The BBC's Justin Webb on America

Clueless as ever. Remember folks, Webb is the BBC's North American editor. Webb brags openly about painting a false picture of America.

"America is often portrayed as an ignorant, unsophisticated sort of place, full of bible bashers and ruled to a dangerous extent by trashy television, superstition and religious bigotry, a place lacking in respect for evidence based knowledge.

I know that is how it is portrayed because I have done my bit to paint that picture, and that picture is in many respects a true one."

Gee Webb, tell us what you really think of America.

In his latest piece, Webb moans that if only the rest of America could be like San Francisco.

"And yet I feel torn by the European familiarity of San Francisco - its rationalism and secularism and public transportism. Being European in outlook is not - it seems to me - the future for America. "

Thank god for that! Webb fails to mention that the European Court of Human Rights is the reason convicted al Qaeda terrorists cannot be deported from Britain. As Europe becomes more and more Islamic, Webb might want to dwell on that "European familiarity".

This is priceless from Webb.

"So many European tourists here: poor things, they have travelled ten hours to come to the only part of America that isn't American. They'll go home knowing nothing."

See what I mean about clueless? I'm sure it's news to San Franciscans that are no longer Americans.

Here are a few things to ponder Justin. California just voted down gay marriage; how so un European! Since Obama and most Americans oppose gay marriage, I'd say they're in line with the rest of America.

Then there's the Governor. The Governor is proof that anyone can come to America and live the American dream - Arnold Swartzenager epitomizes that.

Of course Webb was using only one town to make his point. He had to in order to paint his picture.