POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
Jul 17th 2004, 9:20 am
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 13:45:35 -0700, in rec.travel.europe, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
...
... Tim Kroesen wrote:
...
... > It has everything to do with "smart" and little to do with 'intelligence
... > you mean... He rose to the top in a real world game of global power and
... > influence. Give the man some due...
...
... ....But bankrupted all of businesses he actually RAN! (Doesn't show
... much "smarts" for a Master's degree in Business Adminstration, does it?)
How much is this Iraq business costing the country, by the way - and I don't mean lives,
just green pieces of paper. Anyone knows ?
<[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this :
...
... Tim Kroesen wrote:
...
... > It has everything to do with "smart" and little to do with 'intelligence
... > you mean... He rose to the top in a real world game of global power and
... > influence. Give the man some due...
...
... ....But bankrupted all of businesses he actually RAN! (Doesn't show
... much "smarts" for a Master's degree in Business Adminstration, does it?)
How much is this Iraq business costing the country, by the way - and I don't mean lives,
just green pieces of paper. Anyone knows ?
Jul 17th 2004, 9:29 am
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
Many of the most successful businessmen in the world 'bankrupted'
previous businesses; Donald Trump comes to mind Evelyn...
Magda; "You're fired!"...<g>
Tim K
"Magda" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 13:45:35 -0700, in rec.travel.europe,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
> <[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like
this :
> ...
> ... Tim Kroesen wrote:
> ...
> ... > It has everything to do with "smart" and little to do with
'intelligence
> ... > you mean... He rose to the top in a real world game of global
power and
> ... > influence. Give the man some due...
> ...
> ... ....But bankrupted all of businesses he actually RAN! (Doesn't
show
> ... much "smarts" for a Master's degree in Business Adminstration,
does it?)
> How much is this Iraq business costing the country, by the way - and I
don't mean lives,
> just green pieces of paper. Anyone knows ?
previous businesses; Donald Trump comes to mind Evelyn...
Magda; "You're fired!"...<g>
Tim K
"Magda" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 13:45:35 -0700, in rec.travel.europe,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
> <[email protected]> arranged some electrons, so they looked like
this :
> ...
> ... Tim Kroesen wrote:
> ...
> ... > It has everything to do with "smart" and little to do with
'intelligence
> ... > you mean... He rose to the top in a real world game of global
power and
> ... > influence. Give the man some due...
> ...
> ... ....But bankrupted all of businesses he actually RAN! (Doesn't
show
> ... much "smarts" for a Master's degree in Business Adminstration,
does it?)
> How much is this Iraq business costing the country, by the way - and I
don't mean lives,
> just green pieces of paper. Anyone knows ?
Jul 17th 2004, 9:34 am
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
I think the average American is well aware how 'corporate sponsored' our
politicians have become...How can you after all spend Tens of millions
in advertising to acquire a job that pays a few hundred thousand... What
are the people to do... Consult the 'Gunner' about that.
Tim K
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Padraig Breathnach wrote:
> > "Tim Kroesen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > [about Dubya]
> >
> >>He was smart enough to be elected President of the United States...
> >
> >
> > That has little to do with being smart -- it's about money,
> > connections, and the willingness to govern in the manner that your
> > influential supporters demand.
> Which is becoming more and more evident - and raises serious questions
> about the "intelligence" of the average American, who seems to
> complacently accept it! (Perhaps they deserve him - too bad the
> thinking minority are stuck with him, also.)
politicians have become...How can you after all spend Tens of millions
in advertising to acquire a job that pays a few hundred thousand... What
are the people to do... Consult the 'Gunner' about that.
Tim K
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Padraig Breathnach wrote:
> > "Tim Kroesen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > [about Dubya]
> >
> >>He was smart enough to be elected President of the United States...
> >
> >
> > That has little to do with being smart -- it's about money,
> > connections, and the willingness to govern in the manner that your
> > influential supporters demand.
> Which is becoming more and more evident - and raises serious questions
> about the "intelligence" of the average American, who seems to
> complacently accept it! (Perhaps they deserve him - too bad the
> thinking minority are stuck with him, also.)
Jul 17th 2004, 9:44 am
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
Our 'Electoral College' system is our lawful system after all... Do any
here think that simply postponing an election for a week would alter the
results... Not in the way the *postponer* would like, surely!
Tim K
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Tim Kroesen wrote:
> > He was smart enough to be elected President of the United States...
How
> > far in life has Magda's intelligence brought her; and what funny
accent
> > might she suffer???
> Uhhh.... "elected"???? There is still some controversy about that,
> Supreme Court decision or no. (The people pulling the strings are
> "smart" enough, and certainly those who insured that he got railroaded
> into office are no dummies, but Bush himself?)
> Certainly the ploy of possibly "postponing" the November elections
"due
> to terrorist threats", plus the highly suspect "electronic" voting
> machines being forced into service despite the "bugs" in their
> programming, already have many Americans expressing doubt about "our
> leader's" honorable intentions for the next one. (If the elections
are
> allowed to take place at all, I predict a lot more controversy over
> voting machines that leave no "paper trail" and are easily
manipulated,
> than ever arose from "hanging chads".)
here think that simply postponing an election for a week would alter the
results... Not in the way the *postponer* would like, surely!
Tim K
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Tim Kroesen wrote:
> > He was smart enough to be elected President of the United States...
How
> > far in life has Magda's intelligence brought her; and what funny
accent
> > might she suffer???
> Uhhh.... "elected"???? There is still some controversy about that,
> Supreme Court decision or no. (The people pulling the strings are
> "smart" enough, and certainly those who insured that he got railroaded
> into office are no dummies, but Bush himself?)
> Certainly the ploy of possibly "postponing" the November elections
"due
> to terrorist threats", plus the highly suspect "electronic" voting
> machines being forced into service despite the "bugs" in their
> programming, already have many Americans expressing doubt about "our
> leader's" honorable intentions for the next one. (If the elections
are
> allowed to take place at all, I predict a lot more controversy over
> voting machines that leave no "paper trail" and are easily
manipulated,
> than ever arose from "hanging chads".)
Jul 17th 2004, 10:37 am
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
"Tim Kroesen" <[email protected]> schrieb:
> He was smart enough to be elected President of the United States... How
> far in life has Magda's intelligence brought her; and what funny accent
> might she suffer???
Top-posting makes posts incomprehensible.
It is a nuisance. Ask George,
he did read the Netiquette!!
(the monitor was upside down).
> He was smart enough to be elected President of the United States... How
> far in life has Magda's intelligence brought her; and what funny accent
> might she suffer???
Top-posting makes posts incomprehensible.
It is a nuisance. Ask George,
he did read the Netiquette!!
(the monitor was upside down).
Jul 17th 2004, 11:55 am
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
"Thomas" <[email protected]> climbed onto an orange crate
and shouted:
>I'm sticking to Europe and the Commenwealth here, but:
>Limey
>Yank
>Merkin
>Kiwi
>Frog
>Kraut
>Dago
>Wop
>All are said in a non derogatory fashion.
Since when are us Yanks and Merkins part of Europe or the
Commonwealth? We fought a war a couple centuries ago to prove the
point...
The Frogs also call us Ricains, I think.
Being offended is trendy, but personally I don't care what names
anybody uses. Ob rocknroll reference: in the early 80s there was a
fairly decent album called "Frogs, Sprouts, Clogs and Krauts" by the
Rumour (Graham Parker's backup band).
--
"Politicians & Diapers Need To Be Changed For The Same Reason"
(seen on a bumper sticker)
and shouted:
>I'm sticking to Europe and the Commenwealth here, but:
>Limey
>Yank
>Merkin
>Kiwi
>Frog
>Kraut
>Dago
>Wop
>All are said in a non derogatory fashion.
Since when are us Yanks and Merkins part of Europe or the
Commonwealth? We fought a war a couple centuries ago to prove the
point...
The Frogs also call us Ricains, I think.
Being offended is trendy, but personally I don't care what names
anybody uses. Ob rocknroll reference: in the early 80s there was a
fairly decent album called "Frogs, Sprouts, Clogs and Krauts" by the
Rumour (Graham Parker's backup band).
--
"Politicians & Diapers Need To Be Changed For The Same Reason"
(seen on a bumper sticker)
Jul 17th 2004, 12:38 pm
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
Tim Kroesen wrote:
...
> How far in life has Magda's intelligence brought her; and what funny
> accent might she suffer???
> Tim K
or vice-versa..
...
> How far in life has Magda's intelligence brought her; and what funny
> accent might she suffer???
> Tim K
or vice-versa..
Jul 17th 2004, 1:15 pm
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
Tim Kroesen wrote:
> Our 'Electoral College' system is our lawful system after all... Do any
> here think that simply postponing an election for a week would alter the
> results... Not in the way the *postponer* would like, surely!
What about an "indefinite" postponement? (Meaning no election at all?)
If we suspend the Constitution a little, why not a lot? I truly hope
I'm just being paranoid, but where the present administration is
concerned.....
> Our 'Electoral College' system is our lawful system after all... Do any
> here think that simply postponing an election for a week would alter the
> results... Not in the way the *postponer* would like, surely!
What about an "indefinite" postponement? (Meaning no election at all?)
If we suspend the Constitution a little, why not a lot? I truly hope
I'm just being paranoid, but where the present administration is
concerned.....
Jul 17th 2004, 3:45 pm
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
In article <[email protected]>,
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Sorry Mixi; you're talking 'royalty' now using the term inheritance
> > regarding political power; no Kennedys in the race this year here...<g>
>
> Might be better if there were!
We might have a hard time understanding their eastern accent and then
we'd know for sure they were no smarter that your give Bush credit for.
--
Nancy Kay
"Patience is a Virtue"
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Sorry Mixi; you're talking 'royalty' now using the term inheritance
> > regarding political power; no Kennedys in the race this year here...<g>
>
> Might be better if there were!
We might have a hard time understanding their eastern accent and then
we'd know for sure they were no smarter that your give Bush credit for.
--
Nancy Kay
"Patience is a Virtue"
remove no in e-mail address
Jul 17th 2004, 3:48 pm
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
In article <[email protected]>,
jenn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Americans from the south don't much like yank but it doesn't bother
> northerners and most poeple don't know the unpleasant meaning of Merkin
They would catch on quick to the unpleasant meaning of Merkin if they
accessed this newsgroup.
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Nancy Kay
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jenn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Americans from the south don't much like yank but it doesn't bother
> northerners and most poeple don't know the unpleasant meaning of Merkin
They would catch on quick to the unpleasant meaning of Merkin if they
accessed this newsgroup.
--
Nancy Kay
"Patience is a Virtue"
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Jul 17th 2004, 3:51 pm
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
In article <[email protected]>,
Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm never offended by names for my culture.
And what is your culture? How much culture to you really have??
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Nancy Kay
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Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm never offended by names for my culture.
And what is your culture? How much culture to you really have??
--
Nancy Kay
"Patience is a Virtue"
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Jul 17th 2004, 4:06 pm
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
Tim Kroesen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Many of the most successful businessmen in the world 'bankrupted'
> previous businesses; Donald Trump comes to mind Evelyn...
Yes, but the different with successful businessmen is that they eventually
stop doing it.
miguel
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> Many of the most successful businessmen in the world 'bankrupted'
> previous businesses; Donald Trump comes to mind Evelyn...
Yes, but the different with successful businessmen is that they eventually
stop doing it.
miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos and tales from around the world: http://travel.u.nu
Jul 17th 2004, 4:20 pm
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
Here's one Kraut who disagrees with you.
Don't put your own associations with words on others.
"jenn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thomas wrote:
> > I'm sticking to Europe and the Commenwealth here, but:
> > Limey
> > Yank
> > Merkin
> > Kiwi
> > Frog
> > Kraut
> > Dago
> > Wop
> > All are said in a non derogatory fashion.
> >
> >
> Frog, Kraut, Dago and Wop are NEVER said in a non derogatory fashion
> Americans from the south don't much like yank but it doesn't bother
> northerners and most poeple don't know the unpleasant meaning of Merkin
Don't put your own associations with words on others.
"jenn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thomas wrote:
> > I'm sticking to Europe and the Commenwealth here, but:
> > Limey
> > Yank
> > Merkin
> > Kiwi
> > Frog
> > Kraut
> > Dago
> > Wop
> > All are said in a non derogatory fashion.
> >
> >
> Frog, Kraut, Dago and Wop are NEVER said in a non derogatory fashion
> Americans from the south don't much like yank but it doesn't bother
> northerners and most poeple don't know the unpleasant meaning of Merkin
Jul 17th 2004, 6:31 pm
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm sticking to Europe and the Commenwealth here, but:
> Limey
> Yank
> Merkin
> Kiwi
> Frog
> Kraut
> Dago
> Wop
> All are said in a non derogatory fashion.
hmmm, big one missing.
Wog - which in Australia referred to mostly southern europeans,
typically greeks and italians. The 1st Australian born generation
decided to claim back the word (cf "fags" in US) and the cry was "I'm a
wog and proud". They defused a racist word and gave Australia a great
deal of it's comedy in 1980s. And words like wogball (soccer) and
wog-a-vision (foreign language tv station) became acceptable slang.
joan
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> I'm sticking to Europe and the Commenwealth here, but:
> Limey
> Yank
> Merkin
> Kiwi
> Frog
> Kraut
> Dago
> Wop
> All are said in a non derogatory fashion.
hmmm, big one missing.
Wog - which in Australia referred to mostly southern europeans,
typically greeks and italians. The 1st Australian born generation
decided to claim back the word (cf "fags" in US) and the cry was "I'm a
wog and proud". They defused a racist word and gave Australia a great
deal of it's comedy in 1980s. And words like wogball (soccer) and
wog-a-vision (foreign language tv station) became acceptable slang.
joan
--
Joan McGalliard, UK http://www.mcgalliard.org
Jul 17th 2004, 7:40 pm
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Re: POLL: who is offended by names for your culture.
Nancy Kay writes:
> And what is your culture?
I don't know. I've never given it much thought, and I see no utility in
trying to label it.
> How much culture to you really have??
As much as anyone else. It's not something one buys at the store.
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> And what is your culture?
I don't know. I've never given it much thought, and I see no utility in
trying to label it.
> How much culture to you really have??
As much as anyone else. It's not something one buys at the store.
--
Transpose hotmail and mxsmanic in my e-mail address to reach me directly.
