Comments | akujunkan: Want to know why America is on its way out?

akujunkan

Want to know why America is on its way out?

Apr 21, 2008 11:22

Here's your answer: Question: which of these foreign heads of state just visited America?
a) Gordon Brown
b) The pope
c) Lee Myung-bak

( Answer. )

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dark_waterlily April 21 2008, 17:21:18 UTC

can anyone tell me which of these received 24-hour coverage on the news channels to the exclusion of the other two?
The Pope?
tell me if I won something *excited*
"But the pope spoke out about human rights!"
Adding insult to injury: Catholic church doesn't believe that working like a pack mule until you die and with no right to find a better future is a modern form of slavery...
BY THE WAY POPE, WHERE THE HECK IS THAT BASTARD PRIEST THAT RAPED THOSE ORPHANS IN MY COUNTRY?
/end of hijack

akujunkan April 22 2008, 02:41:59 UTC

Erm. You sure did win something. How about....TEH INTRANETS!?

::cough::

Oh man, the way the RCC has historically handled child sexual abuse by its clergy can set me off like few other things in this world...which is truly a scary thing, as a lot of things set me off;-)

BTW, did you ever link to that slavery article you'd mentioned in the other post? If you did, I missed it.

dark_waterlily April 22 2008, 03:19:15 UTC

I won teh intranets?
NOOOO it is full of aids and boys that want to be the *little girl*
Link? er, no I am lazy D:
I will translate it asap....

akujunkan April 22 2008, 04:47:59 UTC

Oh, holy crap--I thought it was in English! If not don't worry. You've got better stuff to do than become my personal translator;-)

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metal_dog5 April 22 2008, 08:23:36 UTC

Something which might be of interest.

The international media is, from what I've seen*, no better. I had no idea anyone other than the Pope had been visiting the US.

*Not as much as I would when the kids are at school. I think the Pope got at least a page about his visit. I do remember the listings of US presidents who've met popes. Obviously extremely relevant to us.

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akujunkan April 23 2008, 04:07:41 UTC

The international media is, from what I've seen*, no better. I had no idea anyone other than the Pope had been visiting the US.
True, but I still maintain that who's visiting the U.S. has less relevance for you than it does us. And still people don't care.

And yes, there is a large roman catholic political block in the U.S. ... but I fail to see how the pope's visit honestly affects their lives as tangibly as the 2nd largest FTA we've ever negotiated.

(Ah, Avatar...that affects my life more than anything...)

I am ashamed...not for me. bran420_7 April 24 2008, 22:21:48 UTC

I did know that Gordon Brown was here, but it was briefly mentioned and there was no talk about the policy being discussed. Basically I had to gather from the lack of information that he was just trying to take up where Blair left off. I had absolutely NO idea that Lee Myung-bak was here. Although who cares about South Korea, right? I mean, isn't the Middle East SO much more important than the Asian coastal countries? But in a funny related story, Kim Jong Ill(yes, he makes me ill), that bastard from North Korea that Bush refuses to stand up to, even garnering evidence that he has helped Syria with nuclear capabilities, was chosen as the Root of All Evil on the new show on Comedy Central staring Lewis Black.

Re: I am ashamed...not for me. akujunkan April 26 2008, 05:33:37 UTC

Really? I didn't know myself that Brown was visiting until his final day in town. (Maybe that's due to my area focus, but still.)

LOL on your KJIll pun--I'll have to remember that one. Especially now that we're backing down on their intransigence re: the denuclearization deal on the one hand, and accusing them of proliferating to Syria on the other.

Oh wait--I get it! It's because the ME *is* so much more important than East Asia, right? And bush hopes to invade Syria and Iran before he's out of office to usher in the end times.

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