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i got this via email forward.
LAUGH or CRY ??
"Ariel Sharon of Israel is a Man of Peace"
George W. Bush
"General Musharraf of Pakistan is a Democrat"
George W. Bush
"The inhabitants of Greece are the Greecians"
George W. Bush
"The French don't have a word for 'Entrepreneur'"
George W. Bush
"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country."
George W. Bush
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
George W. Bush
"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."
George W. Bush
"The future will be better tomorrow."
George W. Bush
"We're going to have the best educated American people in the world."
George W. Bush
"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
George W. Bush
"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."
George W. Bush
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
George W. Bush
"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
George W. Bush
"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."
George W. Bush
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
George W. Bush
"It's time for the human race to enter the solar system."
George W. Bush
 
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Could you please spend 30 seconds researching this trash before spamming us with it:
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/bush.htm
And half these quotes have been attributed to Dan Quayle in the past:
http://rinkworks.com/said/danquayle.shtml
This doesn't reflect on GWB as being stupid. It reflects on you as being stupid.
[ December 20, 2002: Message edited by: Thomas Paul ]
 
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Die hard liberals consider themselves intellectually superior to conservatives. They take particular glee in trying to make this point every chance they get. These constant "Bush is an idiot" harangues are only extensions of that philosophy. Along those lines is this quote by Thomas Sowell:
"In the annointed we find a whole class of supposedly 'thinking people' who do remarkably little thinking about substance and a great deal of verbal expression. In order that this relatively small group of people can believe themselves wiser and nobler than the common herd, we have adopted policies which impose heavy costs on millions of other human beings, not only in taxes, but in lost jobs, social disintegration and a loss of personal safety. Seldom have so few cost so much to so many."
[ December 23, 2002: Message edited by: Jason Menard ]
 
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Total crap. Well, almost.
Ari Fleischer once mentioned, "The president believes that Ariel Sharon is a man of peace"
But then, it is a personal view.
But GWB did called the inhabitants of East Timor "East Timorians" and the people of Greece "Greecians".
And I won't be surprised if he calls "General Musharraf of Pakistan is a Democrat"
[ December 20, 2002: Message edited by: R Manivannan ]
 
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
And half these quotes have been attributed to Dan Quayle in the past:
http://rinkworks.com/said/danquayle.shtml


Any way it was said by an top american representative.
This doesn't reflect on GWB as being stupid. It reflects on you as being stupid.

Hey!! Cool.. why you are getting so tensed.
Nevertheless this is a meaningless drivel.
 
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Whoever it was that used the term Grecian most likely used it correctly. Grecian when used as a noun means "a native or inhabitant of Greece". When used as an adjective, it simply means "Greek". Feel free to look it up.
 
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Originally posted by Jason Menard:
Whoever it was that used the term Grecian most likely used it correctly. Grecian when used as a noun means "a native or inhabitant of Greece". When used as an adjective, it simply means "Greek". Feel free to look it up.


It is "the French". Not "the Frenches"
It is "the Chinese". Not "the Chineses"
Which is the acceptable word for inhabitants of Greece - Grecian or Grecians!? :roll:
 
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"Grecians" or "Greeks" are both acceptable as plural forms. "Grecian" or "Greek" are both acceptable as singular forms. Sure, "Greek" seems to be more commonly used, but there is nothing wrong with "Grecian". Chinese and French are irrelevant here - not all words use the same patterns. See discussion here for more examples. Or just trust the dictionary link which Jason provided - it's quite correct.
[ December 22, 2002: Message edited by: Jim Yingst ]
 
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In order that this relatively small group of people can believe themselves wiser and nobler than the common herd, we have adopted policies which impose heavy costs on millions of other human beings


What's he talking about?
 
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Intelligentsia-driven governments?
 
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And the winner among all of those quotes is
"They misunderestimated me!"
-GWB
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/021104/nym024_1.html
Some more in 2003 calendar http://www.bushcalendar.com/
 
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Originally posted by Melvin Menezes:
And the winner among all of those quotes is
"They misunderestimated me!"
-GWB
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There was a void in the English language for a word with this meaning and he filled it (it means to not understand and to underestimate). How many other Presidents have been this creative and usefull? Actually, this ability to form new words to encapsulate concepts is a sign of superior intelligence in addition to creativity.
George is the man!!
[ December 20, 2002: Message edited by: herb slocomb ]
 
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Originally posted by Balaji Loganathan:
Hey!! Cool.. why you are getting so tensed.
Nevertheless this is a meaningless drivel.


Balaji, you have your own leaders to make fun of!
We once had a prime-minister who was famous for his unfortunate phrases, and everybody were happy to laugh. Now imagine some foreign newspaper collected those phrases and published them - hmm.. That's not funny
"We're going to have the best educated American people in the world" makes perfect sense. Some countries tend to have their most educated citizens... somewhere else.
[ December 20, 2002: Message edited by: Mapraputa Is ]
 
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:

Balaji, you have your own leaders to make fun of!


We do it ...
looks like some people cant diffrentiate between humour and comment.... for them everyone is against them.
AW continueing the laugh ...
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"Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning?" -- George W. Bush
"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." George W. Bush
"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case." George W. Bush
"We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor as you like to be liked yourself." George W. Bush
 
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Good old thread: "Why can't..."
Never mind, nostalgic recollections.
Is it only me, who thinks that the grass used be greener, and the sun used to shine brighter...
 
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:

Balaji, you have your own leaders to make fun of!



I do not recollect Balaji making a statement anywhere that he isn't an American. What is the definition of American ?
Somebody asked a very pertinent question here.
Incidentally, I have a right to claim American citizenship (jus sanguinis) . If I exercise this right will it change me from troll to liberal .
 
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Hi Map
Still I am same .... but point is that, when a joke comes why some people cant take it as joke?? and at the same time they can joke on any thing they thing is humour but actually is not a joke but aiming to one particular thing.
And as I have said already.. joke means where all characters of joke can be replaced by anyone.
I have not changed, still I dont like discussing some thigns ......
I had to post it because someone tried to counter the quote, instead of taking it in a good manner. Quotes are from the same site whose link is provided for countering the quote.
http://rinkworks.com/said/famous.shtml
When I say I dont want to discuss that does not mean that I cant.
AW the link you have given, read the LONG posts only.....
Do you think Kicking asses and puting a smiley after it does not hurt anyone.... but calling a moron and putting smiley hurts ??
Thanks, I dont want answer.
And I never want to hurt anyone.
 
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Originally posted by Lalooprasad Yadav:
I do not recollect Balaji making a statement anywhere that he isn't an American. What is the definition of American ?
Somebody asked a very pertinent question here.
Incidentally, I have a right to claim American citizenship (jus sanguinis) . If I exercise this right will it change me from troll to liberal .


Laloo, your link doesn't work for me. What was there?
Q: If I exercise this right will it change me from troll to liberal?
A: Absolutely! But then, for this forum the difference isn't too big

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Originally posted by Ravish Kumar:
Hi Map


Hi Ravish!
Thanks, I dont want answer.
I do not have answer anyway...
Peace...
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:

Laloo, your link doesn't work for me. What was there?


The question asked was. When you say "Americans"
does it mean african americans , asian americans
native americans or just european americans ?
 
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:

Hi Ravish!
Peace...


Map
 
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Originally posted by Ravish Kumar:
but point is that, when a joke comes why some people cant take it as joke??


You ever stop to think that it often depends on who is telling the joke?
 
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Originally posted by Jason Menard:

You ever stop to think that it often depends on who is telling the joke?


... and to whom you telling the joke
Couple of months back I was given a lecture about "Freedom of Speech". Some people gave me examples also (which I found very extreme and in low quality).
What some people dont understand is, eventhough you have the freedom to say anything, you should consider other peoples feelings before you say anything. If you dont, you should not complain when others take the same path.
[ December 23, 2002: Message edited by: Sankar Subbiah ]
 
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Originally posted by Sankar Subbiah:
Couple of months back I was given a lecture about "Freedom of Speech". Some people gave me examples also (which I found very extreme and in low quality).
What some people dont understand is, eventhough you have the freedom to say anything, you should consider other peoples feelings before you say anything. If you dont, you should not complain when others take the same path.


While I'm not particularly interested in your "low quality" poorly thought out attempt to tie two dissimilar MD threads together, I would like to point out that nobody is asking anybody to not exercise free speech (based on the earlier thread a concept which many have failed to grasp, but I digress). Ravish asked a question, I simply provided an answer.
I'm a big boy and I don't think there is much that can be said here that is capable of "hurting my feelings". It's a free country (some places anyway) and you are free to say what you'd like (check local laws to be sure though). Yourself and the others have made your attitudes towards us clear in this thread and in previous threads, so quite frankly I'm not seeing anything new or unexpected.
So if I don't like it, I will simply move on to another thread, point out the many inaccuracies in what has been said (as has been done already), or simply fire back. I'm certainly not going to cry about it or blubber to the powers that be to close a thread because I might find the subject matter not to my liking. That's just plain pathetic IMHO. Anyway, feel free to continue.
[ December 23, 2002: Message edited by: Jason Menard ]
 
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Originally posted by Sankar Subbiah:
What some people dont understand is, eventhough you have the freedom to say anything, you should consider other peoples feelings before you say anything. If you dont, you should not complain when others take the same path.

Yes, you have freedom of speech. And so do I. Just because you have the right to say something stupid doesn't mean that no one can call you stupid for saying it.
In this case, I was not offended by the lines you posted. I was offended by the stupidity of re-posting internet spam without even making a tiny attempt to check the veracity of what you are posting. "I read it on the internet so it must be true." By the way, I have millions of dollars that I need to smuggle out Nigeria. Send me your bank account number and I'll share some of it with you. :roll:
 
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I expected this knee-jerk reaction from both of you.. Carry on...
[ December 23, 2002: Message edited by: Sankar Subbiah ]
 
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
In this case, I was not offended by the lines you posted. I was offended by the stupidity of re-posting internet spam without even making a tiny attempt to check the veracity of what you are posting.


You were offended by the spam-ness of the post or veracity part of it? Or both?
1. I never saw anybody post his/her own masterpiece here. Everybody copies and pastes jokes from somewhere else. No?
2. Since when jokes have to be based on facts?
Come on...loosen up a little. It won't hurt you
 
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Originally posted by Jason Menard:

I would like to point out that nobody is asking anybody to not exercise free speech (based on the earlier thread a concept which many have failed to grasp, but I digress).


Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
Could you please spend 30 seconds researching this trash before spamming us with it:


He effectively said "This is a spam, dont post it here"
Bury your head deep in the sand...
 
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Originally posted by Pakka Desi:

You were offended by the spam-ness of the post or veracity part of it? Or both?
1. I never saw anybody post his/her own masterpiece here. Everybody copies and pastes jokes from somewhere else. No?
2. Since when jokes have to be based on facts?
Come on...loosen up a little. It won't hurt you


I fully agree with Pakka desi.
I was offended by the stupidity of re-posting internet spam without even making a tiny attempt to check the veracity of what you are posting.
this is a meaningless drivel forum, if it is other forums,i will recheck or think twice before i make a post or reply. I thougt this specific forum is for fun and relaxing.Even if the message is wrong, it always good to make a friendly reply to him/her to check its correctness, but your(tom and jason) very first reply is really hard to me.
Even if i search in internet, i dont think i can check its correctness in 30sec.
 
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Originally posted by Balaji Loganathan:

I fully agree with Pakka desi.
[qb]I was offended by the stupidity of re-posting internet spam without even making a tiny attempt to check the veracity of what you are posting.
this is a meaningless drivel forum, if it is other forums,i will recheck or think twice before i make a post or reply. I thougt this specific forum is for fun and relaxing.Even if the message is wrong, it always good to make a friendly reply to him/her to check its correctness, but your(tom and jason) very first reply is really hard to me.
Even if i search in internet, i dont think i can check its correctness in 30sec.[/QB]


well said Balaji..
 
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Now how long will you guys keep misinterfering with each other's posts?
 
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Originally posted by Balaji Loganathan:
Even if i search in internet, i dont think i can check its correctness in 30sec.


It took me less than 30 seconds to verify that the post was nonsense. I grabbed one of the lines, put it in snopes' search and found out that it was nonsense.
 
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Originally posted by Pakka Desi:
2. Since when jokes have to be based on facts?

When they claim to be factual. Let's say I made up a joke about people from India that said they were all morons and were better off when they were ruled by the British. Would that be offensive? Why when it's just a joke? Loosen up. Since when do jokes have to be based on facts? But, it's OK to spread lies about the president of the US as long as it's just a joke, right?
 
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
When they claim to be factual. Let's say I made up a joke about people from India that said they were all morons and were better off when they were ruled by the British. Would that be offensive? Why when it's just a joke? Loosen up. Since when do jokes have to be based on facts? But, it's OK to spread lies about the president of the US as long as it's just a joke, right?


As per your logic, even blond jokes would be banned. Or you don't think blond girls are really dumb, do you?
Who is spreading lies about the US president??? I don't see the original post saying anything like that. Almost all the jokes are based on a tiny thing blown out of proportion. Nobody is actually trying to prove that Bush said all that. However, I do find it funny. And if you replace Bush by Bill Clinton, I don't think anybody would find it funny. Similarly if you replace Clinton by Bush in sexist jokes, they wont be funny anymore. Somethings fit and somethings don't. That's just how jokes work.
There tons of jokes about Indian curry already. You can too make jokes about Indians being morons or being ruled by the british and see how many people laugh. Try it out...who knows it might start a new series of jokes.
You can try whole your life but if dumbness is attributed to Bush, you can't get it off. Sexual excapades are attributed to Clinton and you can't get it off even if Clinton becomes an ascetic. And I don't think any non-american attributed dumbness to Bbush. It's your own people. As one of the links given in the previous posts shows, somebody is even printing a calander of Bush's comments. What will you do about it? Sue them?
You are taking it too seriously.
 
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Originally posted by Pakka Desi:

It's your own people. As one of the links given in the previous posts shows, somebody is even printing a calander of Bush's comments. What will you do about it? Sue them?
You are taking it too seriously.


No Pakka desi..it waste to keep on replying.Lets sucks our thumb finger and listen to them what ever they say.
 
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A Klansman telling jokes about Martin Luther King is not funny.
An Arab person telling Jewish jokes is not funny, nor is a Jewish person telling Arab jokes.
A white South African telling jokes about Nelson Mandella is not funny.
A Texan telling jokes about Mexican immigrants is not funny.
Similarly, you are not funny.
 
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You guys are still at this nonsenseless talk?
Sounds like demeaningless drivel
[ December 23, 2002: Message edited by: Melvin Menezes ]
 
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Balaji,
I thought that it was funny, even though I knew that he didn't REALLY say all that stuff.
And I am a supporter of his. Frankly I really admire the man - even if he sometimes gets tangled up in the words .
Why does a man have to be "perfect" to be a great leader? He is certainly the best leader for the US right now - even if he is human.
 
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Originally posted by Jason Menard:
Ravish asked a question, I simply provided an answer.


Thanks, I dont want answer.
I think this is what I said ....

Originally posted by Jason Menard:
You ever stop to think that it often depends on who is telling the joke?


It depends on the joke. When you CANT replace the characters of joke, you are gonna be in big trouble.
Here it does not depend even if you change the name of big personality with anyone. If it makes you happy then repalce it with A.B. Vaypayee. But thing is that no one will believe you

Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
It took me less than 30 seconds ....


It took me less than 5 sec to paste the quote, which is not SPAM (Thanks for the URL)
Actually there was no need to counter the quote.
AW peace .. what happend to us ...
I am leaving ..
But before that ..
once Rajiv Gandhi told in public meeting that India should increse the production of RED chilli by having more RED chilli crop than GREEN chilli
 
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