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Pot shot?

While Green will inevitably carry the can for this disappointment, in truth it was not a great England performance, just a great start. The American goal may have been a fluke, yet it came about because England were defending too deep and allowing their opponents to take pot shots. Far too little was seen of England’s attacking players – Capello even turned to Peter Crouch before the end – to place all the blame on the goalkeeper.

- England 1, USA 1: England miss out on fine start as USA benefit from Robert Green gaffe, June 12, 2010, Guardian.co.uk.

2. Sarah Palin was not a founder of the Tea Party but she fit in nicely. It is an ultra-conservative political movement made up of right wing conservative Republicans and independents who are angry with the government.

Their conspiracy theories include one that the president is deliberately undermining the Constitution for the benefit of a shadowy elite. In her speech, for which she was paid $100,000, Mrs. Palin marked off the administration’s foreign policy which is designed to reinstate America’s credibility in the world, as “apologizing for America.” She took potshots at the president, accusing him of a “lackadaisical” attitude to the war on terrorism. “To win the war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law.”

The Tea Party believers promise to “take back America” from its dangerous drift to the left and restore states’ rights and individual rights – themes the “hockey mom” from Alaska strongly endorses.