quote:most Americans seem to cling to the American Dream, even though most of them manifest almost no part of it in their daily lives, because they believe that if they're good little consumers they may get admitted to the American Dream Country Club
Most are Christians as well- Parallel?
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How is it that there are people in India who can speak fairly good English and are working in call centers there while we have people that have been in America for years and still "No Hablo"?
Why is it that people that came over from the Orient speaking very little English a year or two later own their own businesses and have nice homes. Their kids make straight "A's" and excel while other ethnicities can be in school for years and not be able to read, write, or speak the English language?
Why is it that McDonalds had to put little pictures of the menu items on their registers?
Pretty soon we can get rid of the alphabet altogether and make EVERYTHING a glyph or icon instead. That way people who choose not to learn basic skills can still operate in society without having to be embarassed by their lack of education.
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Wait a minute. . . are you implying that people in India have learned English in order to get jobs dealing with Americans?
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No, to make Bollywood-style movies that the rest of the former Empire can enjoy.
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Wasn't Imperialism grand?
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From the same Dan Froomkin column : comes these 2 other itmes:
quote:Maureen Dowd writes in her New York Times opinion column (subscription required): "The president has enshrined his immaturity and insularity, turning every environment he inhabits -- no matter how decorous or serious -- into a comfortable frat house.
"No matter what the trappings or the ceremonies require of the leader of the free world, he brings the same DKE bearing and cadences, the same insouciance and smart-alecky attitude, the same simplistic approach -- swearing, swaggering, talking to Tony Blair with his mouth full of buttered roll, and giving a startled Angela Merkel an impromptu shoulder rub. He can make even a global summit meeting seem like a kegger. . . .
"Catching W. off-guard, the really weird thing is his sense of victimization. He's strangely resentful about the actual core of his job. Even after the debacles of Iraq and Katrina, he continues to treat the presidency as a colossal interference with his desire to mountain bike and clear brush."
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From the same Dan Froomkin column : comes these 2 other itmes:
quote:Maureen Dowd writes in her New York Times opinion column (subscription required): "The president has enshrined his immaturity and insularity, turning every environment he inhabits -- no matter how decorous or serious -- into a comfortable frat house.
"No matter what the trappings or the ceremonies require of the leader of the free world, he brings the same DKE bearing and cadences, the same insouciance and smart-alecky attitude, the same simplistic approach -- swearing, swaggering, talking to Tony Blair with his mouth full of buttered roll, and giving a startled Angela Merkel an impromptu shoulder rub. He can make even a global summit meeting seem like a kegger. . . .
"Catching W. off-guard, the really weird thing is his sense of victimization. He's strangely resentful about the actual core of his job. Even after the debacles of Iraq and Katrina, he continues to treat the presidency as a colossal interference with his desire to mountain bike and clear brush."
-------------------- Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war. ~ohn Adams
Once again the Bush Administration is worse than I had imagined, even though I thought I had already taken account of the fact that the Bush administration is invariably worse than I can imagine. ~Brad DeLong
You're just babbling incoherently. ~C. Montgomery Burns
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Dowd often comes across as a total cunt though. Democrats would do well to steer well clear of her...for when she finally says something that offends everyone in a liberal-Coulter kinda way.
Hmmm...I wonder if I'd be successful with a call-center where the callers all use fake "quickie Mart" accents and call India... I'd probably get arrested
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quote:Maureen Dowd writes in her New York Times opinion column (subscription required): "The president has enshrined his immaturity and insularity, turning every environment he inhabits -- no matter how decorous or serious -- into a comfortable frat house.
"No matter what the trappings or the ceremonies require of the leader of the free world, he brings the same DKE bearing and cadences, the same insouciance and smart-alecky attitude, the same simplistic approach -- swearing, swaggering, talking to Tony Blair with his mouth full of buttered roll, and giving a startled Angela Merkel an impromptu shoulder rub. He can make even a global summit meeting seem like a kegger. . . .
I don't see this as a problem. I see this as someone who is very comfortable being themselves, and to me it comes across as being very honest. If I met someone who adheres to strictly to protocol all the time, I'd be wondering what they're hiding, and what would happen when I meet the *real* person. Clinton (as I remember him, YMMV) acted very much the same.
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He loves to cuss, gets a jolly when a mountain biker wipes out trying to keep up with him, and now we're learning that the first frat boy loves flatulence jokes. A top insider let that slip when explaining why President Bush is paranoid around women, always worried about his behavior. But he's still a funny, earthy guy who, for example, can't get enough of fart jokes. He's also known to cut a few for laughs, especially when greeting new young aides, but forget about getting people to gas about that.
That's our president, liker of the fart joke.
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I bet he tries to get Cheney to play battleshits with him, too.
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