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"Australia's prime minister came under fire at home Friday over a playful salute he gave President Bush at a NATO summit, which critics said seemed to suggest Australian subservience to Washington. [...] "We are not the 51st state of the United States of America and Mr. Rudd's salute carried a subservient connotation many Australians won't like," said Bob Brown, leader of the minor opposition Greens party. [...] "It was just a joke," Rudd told Australian reporters in Bucharest. "I was just saying 'hi' to the president of the United States -- I was just with him the other day." ..." http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/australia.pm.salute.ap/index.htmlThe Aussies are sensitive because Bush called their former Prime Minister, John Howard, his " deputy sheriff."  |
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« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2008, 05:00:50 PM » |
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"Australia's prime minister came under fire at home Friday over a playful salute he gave President Bush at a NATO summit, which critics said seemed to suggest Australian subservience to Washington. [...] "We are not the 51st state of the United States of America and Mr. Rudd's salute carried a subservient connotation many Australians won't like," said Bob Brown, leader of the minor opposition Greens party. [...] "It was just a joke," Rudd told Australian reporters in Bucharest. "I was just saying 'hi' to the president of the United States -- I was just with him the other day." ..." http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/04/04/australia.pm.salute.ap/index.htmlThe Aussies are sensitive because Bush called their former Prime Minister, John Howard, his " deputy sheriff." This sounds like the Australians want to be the driver but Americans should provide the car. I can smell Liberal stink  Rudd likes and respects Bush....Liberals can't deal with it. lol |
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« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2008, 06:31:49 PM » |
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ALL AMERICANS MUST BE PUNISHED AND DESTROYED....THIS IS MY 08 LOGIC BLACKS.
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« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2008, 06:49:48 PM » |
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ALL AMERICANS MUST BE PUNISHED AND DESTROYED....THIS IS MY 08 LOGIC BLACKS.
The poor White trash of Asia shouldn't be worried about Bush or America...or the Jews, quite frankly. Ain't that Right, Dave?  |
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« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2008, 07:10:31 AM » |
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During Rudd's visit to the US, there was a gushing editorial in the Wall Street Journal about how Rudd is a responsible liberal. They expressed surprise that such creatures still existed. I guess they thought reasonable liberals had gone extinct.
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they call me MR. GRUMPY god damn it!
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« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2008, 08:01:31 AM » |
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During Rudd's visit to the US, there was a gushing editorial in the Wall Street Journal about how Rudd is a responsible liberal. They expressed surprise that such creatures still existed. I guess they thought reasonable liberals had gone extinct.
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"The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer."
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« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2008, 03:06:24 PM » |
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reasonable liberal is an oxymoron.
To pursue truth, one should not be too deeply entrenched in any hole.E.B. White is my ideal liberal hero. |
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they call me MR. GRUMPY god damn it!
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« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2008, 05:02:31 PM » |
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"The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer."
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« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2008, 05:35:54 PM » |
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reasonable liberal is an oxymoron.
To pursue truth, one should not be too deeply entrenched in any hole.E.B. White is my ideal liberal hero. this is good advice in general |
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they call me MR. GRUMPY god damn it!
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« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2008, 08:25:55 PM » |
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reasonable liberal is an oxymoron.
To pursue truth, one should not be too deeply entrenched in any hole.E.B. White is my ideal liberal hero. this is good advice in general the worst vice is advice. |
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"The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer."
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« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2008, 08:37:38 PM » |
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During Rudd's visit to the US, there was a gushing editorial in the Wall Street Journal about how Rudd is a responsible liberal. They expressed surprise that such creatures still existed. I guess they thought reasonable liberals had gone extinct.
Maybe the NYT is trying to promote this global warming profiteering scam? Rudd signed the Kyoto Treaty or the "Give me cracker's money" Treaty.  |
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« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2008, 05:18:38 AM » |
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E. B. White? E.B. rocks! And his book of style (sorely needed by many internet users)
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« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2008, 06:55:54 AM » |
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No, but he wrote Charlotte's Web. E. B. White? E.B. rocks! And his book of style (sorely needed by many internet users)
Yup! Most importantly, "Omit needless words!" |
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