Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:
> Date sent: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:05:48 +0100 (BST)
> From: Drsolly <[email protected]>
>
>
>> I can tell there's sarcasm or irony there, by the tone of voice, but other
>> than
>> that, I cannot work out what this posting is about.
>>
>> Could someone give me some pukka gen on this?
>>
>
> One has to go back a bit:
>
> a) Person of colour runs for US Prez.
>
> b) US says "We are not bigotted or racist, no, not us!"
>
> c) Person of colour wins.
>
> d) Proportion of US population goes seriously flaky, claiming person of
> colour
> was not born in US, is trying to kill all US grandmothers by providing
> medical
> treatment, etc. Commodity prices for tin-foil start to creep upward.
>
> e) Prez of colour takes interest in education, and states intention of giving
> pep
> talk to students at beginning of school year.
>
> f) Proportion of US population, terrified at the thought of someone
> encouraging
> students to learn something during the school year, tries all possible means
> to
> prevent said pep talk from happening.
>
> (In Chris' case, the school board said that the telecast could be shown, but
> only if
> all parents signed off permission for their youngsters to attend, said
> permission to
> be publicized and obtained during a holiday weekend.) (In opposition to the
> rest of
> the world, which celebrates labour holiday at the beginning of the summer
> holiday
> period, North Am reminds workers that the next day is when they have to go
> *back* to work ...)
>
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> I think we have to realize that Canada is not immortal. But if it
> is going to go, let it go with a bang rather than a whimper.
> - Pierre Elliott Trudeau, March 30, 1988
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Yeah, it's just because he's black... it couldn't possibly be opposition
to his policies.
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