Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Len, I don't know or care what his politics are, but he surely is giving his country a bad name. Jerry Leonard Taupier wrote: > Alastair, > > I knew John Howard was your prime minister. > > And I know he butted in on Mr Obama and his politics. > > What I didn't know is that he's also a republican. > > Cheers, > Len > > > On Feb 12, 2007, at 8:53 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > >> Alastair said (of the Obama photos): >> >>> Thanks for showing: it will be an interesting race to watch to the >>> white >>> house: I know our PM has butted in already, when he should butt out!!! >> >> Don't worry Alastair -- not only do we in American have no idea that >> your PM butted in, we have no idea who he is. I saw a snippit on >> YouTube of what appeared to be an Australian comedy show where they >> had some comedian walking around Southern California saying "Hi, I'm >> the Prime Minister of Australia, I'm here to support your president's >> position on Turkmenistan." Everybody shook his hand, got their photos >> taken with him, was overjoyed to meet a Prime Minister (even if they >> weren't quite sure what a Prime Minister is -- is that like Pope?) >> and agreed that whatever it was President Bush was saying about >> Turkmenistan was very important and thanks for backing him up. >> >> To add insult to injury, he then produced a world map that labeled >> Australia as "Iran" in giant letters and had people push a pin into >> the country they thought we ought to invade next. People gleefully >> read the letters and stuck their little "Invade Next" pins into the >> land down under. >> >> I can only hope they had to go through many hundreds of my countrymen >> before they found a dozen who had no idea where Australia was. Though >> I'm sure that's not the case. >> >> _