Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry, Agreed. Len On Feb 12, 2007, at 9:34 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > 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. >>> >>> _ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information