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| JohnSmith |
And, now that i have you in this thread, check out this link too, it's to a radio show called counterspin.
http://www.webactive.com/cspin/
I listened to their program this morning, and learned alot about US foreign policy in regard to the UN and Iraq, i encourage anyone else interested to check it out.
Counterspin is produced by FAIR a media watch group, http://www.fair.org/
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| Verona^My |
| Well, it was one of Chetiens aids that was responcible for that verbal blunder. A total lack of tact even if Bush isn't the brightest of the bunch. |
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| JohnSmith |
Published on Friday, November 22, 2002 by the Canada
Newswire
President Bush May Be "Moron": Stupidity Experts
TORONTO, Nov. 22 /CNW/ - A high-ranking federal
official may be correct in an
assessment of US president George Bush as "a moron" say
a group of Canadian stupidity experts.
"Technically, a moron is someone who is stupid but
looks normal," said Albert Nerenberg, a Toronto-based
film director who is completing a television
documentary titled Stupidity.
A controversy has erupted over newspaper reports that a
top Canadian federal aide called Bush a "moron" for his
hard-line stance on Iraq at the current NATO meeting in
Prague.
"Much has been said recently about Bush arriving at a
point where he looks presidential," said Nerenberg.
"What's intriguing about morons is that they can pass
as just about anyone, but inside they're still morons."
The original term moron was coined by an American
Psychologist in New Jersey during the early part of the
century. Moron was added to the US version of the IQ
test to screen out people who looked intelligent but
weren't. A moron was considered to have an IQ between
50-75.
"Sadly, we may be the world's only current stupidity
experts," said Shannon Brown,
producer of Stupidity and an executive at
Trailervision. "There is very little true research on
the important subject of stupidity, and the only
self-proclaimed expert, James Welles, a Florida-based
author, was recently arrested on serious charges for
doing something extremely stupid."...
more at:
http://commondreams.org/headlines02/1122-03.htm
Stupidity features interviews with Noam Chomsky, John Cleese, Bill Maher and former Bush speechwriter David Frum, and is being commissioned by the Documentary Channel and the CBC. A trailer for Stupidity can be found at www.trailervision.com |
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| SportTrance |
| another canadian posting about our president...... |
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| JohnSmith |
| Another American complaining about it.. :rolleyes: |
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| SportTrance |
| quote: | Originally posted by JohnSmith
Another American complaining about it.. :rolleyes: |
All these canadian joke posts towards american politics just looks sad :( Guess you guys are making the best out of a ty situation.
Like I said in other posts, we cant all be that dumb, you can poke fun, and say whatever you wish about the U.S. political leader, or the people, but in a non-geographical sense, we all still know whos on top. Somebody has to be doing something right.
Overall this thread was pretty pointless. I'm sure everyone in North America has already heard about this, and well, apparently a Canadian political leader said it, which makes it hard to take offense to. :( |
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| JohnSmith |
well.. i joke about canadian politics too, i would post pictures of the premier of my province, everyone hates him. but i don't think most americans would have a clue who he is, so it would be pointless.
this is a political forum, and as such, i will talk about politics. it just so happens that the USA has the most well known leader, as well as the most powerful. he is going to be the butt of jokes, it's a fact of life.
i don't think all americans are dumb, not at all. I think that george bush IS a moron though. However, it was not smart of a political aide of our PM to say so. she lost her job over it.
as for america being on top well..
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