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"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
Lentilla (Keeper of Non-Sequiturs) Posted Dec 4, 2003
Fun with anagrams...
George Herbert Walker Bush = Huge Berserk Rebel Warthog
Saddam Hussein = Sudan Is Mashed
or...
Smashed Unsaid
Sunshine Maids
"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
redpeckhamthegreatpompomwithnobson Posted Dec 4, 2003
oh how I love good intelligent discourse!
"The trouble with the french is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur!" - Dubya
"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Dec 5, 2003
Since my parents and syblings are all from England, I am hoping the next time I go to the States they deport me there. I would love the vacation!
"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Dec 5, 2003
btw, redpeckham- that is possibly the finest quote of Dubya I have ever seen.
"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
Empty Sky (Remember me fondly.) Posted Dec 5, 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3292873.stm
" US President Ronald Reagan can no longer walk or talk and is rarely awake, his daughter has said."
There is no truth to the rumour that the above sentence has begun every article about Ronald Reagan since 1979.
"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
redpeckhamthegreatpompomwithnobson Posted Dec 5, 2003
zoomer. It is rather funny isn't it - Dubya's good for a laugh if nothing else.
I'm trying to get oetzi to re-join us cos I'm worried this thread may go down he toilet.
maybe that's what Dubya wants cos it's all going rather quiet in Iraq - and there is talk over here that Blair may resign. Come on Della as well, where are you?
"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
trunt Posted Dec 5, 2003
"it's all going rather quiet in Iraq"
Well, yeah: it's quiet for the guy in this picture: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/031205/w120536.html
It's only going quiet if you're not listening.
"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
redpeckhamthegreatpompomwithnobson Posted Dec 5, 2003
well obviously 'quiet' is relative. thousands die everyday of Aids in Africa. Blair said to us yesterday that we are second only to the US in giving help for that. Death comes in many guises. It's about about time you saw the bigger picture!
It's Saddam, it's Bush
anhaga Posted Dec 5, 2003
Let's see. What's the title of this thread again? "The Big Picture"? No that's not it. Hmm. What is it again?
It's Saddam, it's Bush
redpeckhamthegreatpompomwithnobson Posted Dec 5, 2003
well its rather difficult della, cos we hear nothing from saddam and Bush is just trying to get re-elected. if we could get some soldiers from Iraq involved in this thread we might be getting somewhere. Any ideas?
It's Saddam, it's Bush
redpeckhamthegreatpompomwithnobson Posted Dec 5, 2003
not della i meant to say anhaga
It's Saddam, it's Bush
anhaga Posted Dec 5, 2003
Well, actually, we have heard from Saddam a number of times over the past months. Of course, it's all been pretty much empty rhetoric. Of course, that's pretty much what President Bush keeps giving us as well.
"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
trunt Posted Dec 5, 2003
Here's some of the "bigger picture" redpeckhametc.
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/031205/w120532.html
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/05/martin_cellucci031205
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/04/galati031204
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/04/quetobacco031204
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/04/snow_friesen031204
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/031205/w120542.html
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/03/Consumers/web_tariff031203
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/04/male_oldest031204
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/04/drink_stroke031204
http://www.cbc.ca/pcgi-bin/templates/sportsView.cgi?/news/2003/12/04/Sports/messier031204
http://www.cbc.ca/pcgi-bin/templates/sportsView.cgi?/news/2003/12/04/Sports/mapleleafs-bruins031204
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/04/iraq031204
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/05/israel_canadian031205
All of the above is at least as relevant to this thread as your little bit of common knowledge about AIDS/HIV. Funny thing is, buried in all the links is one to a story which is directly relevant to this thread, sadly, it may get lost in all the other links. This burying seems to be what you and Oetzi sometimes like to do. That's why so many went away. You mention a desire to have Iraqi voices on the thread. Well, many of the posts have contained Iraqi voices, not least the Kindergarten teacher asking why Americans were blasting away at children with tanks. A lot of us are very aware of the big picture; here we have been trying to focus on the details.
"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
redpeckhamthegreatpompomwithnobson Posted Dec 5, 2003
Oh yeah trunt - so how much is Canada helping out and giving MONEY to African countries then? Links are one thing but money out of our taxes are quite another.
How much are YOU contributing i wonder?
"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
anhaga Posted Dec 5, 2003
If you want to talk about aid to Africa, start a thread about it.
(Personally, I send 800 billion dollars every year to Africa. Prove me wrong.)
"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
anhaga Posted Dec 5, 2003
Never mind. I started a new thread for you: F19585?thread=354339
"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Dec 5, 2003
Go on, have a look Red! The water is fine, come on in!
"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
BouncyBitInTheMiddle Posted Dec 5, 2003
We're back to foreign aid as a percentage of GDP again aren't we? None of us do as well as we might there.
The US certainly donates a lot less to AIDS research/treatment than it spends blowing things up and making enemies. Which is funny in a bitter way because AIDS does so much more damage.
It's Saddam, it's Bush
Oetzi Oetztaler....Anti Apartheid Posted Dec 5, 2003
I LOVE THE FRENCH
Great french bread in the CO-OP
best in the business.
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"Why did they shoot a kindergarten with tank shells?"
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- 2306: Empty Sky (Remember me fondly.) (Dec 5, 2003)
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