Here's something I find slightly overly humorous and remotely related to the theme of apologetics: Today's Financial Times, recounting Obama's meet with Putin yesterday said this: "Earlier, Mr Obama had breakfast with Mr Putin who retains effective power even after being succeeded as president by Dmitry Medvedev. After drawing a sharp rebuke from Mr Putin for comments made before his arrival (Obama had said Putin had one foot back in the Cold War era), Mr Obama praised Mr Putin for his “extraordinary work” at the start of the meeting. But the two men were visibly awkward before the cameras and Mr Putin mostly avoided eye contact with Mr Obama."
Avoided eye contact? Maybe because he was intimidated by BO's height? Maybe it was his own hangup about being short? Maybe because he knew he'd become mesmerized like so many others? Maybe because, unlike Bush, Putin thought that Obama might really be able to look into his soul. (I think Bush may have been seeing his own reflection in Putin's eyes, eh?) On Jul 7, 1:43 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Or overwhelmed? > > On 7 July, 06:33, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Now you have me laughing! How about overjoyed? :-) > > > On Jul 6, 11:37 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Sorry, rigsy. But the word overrun and vermin seem to naturally go > > > together. Other words that fit in with overrun are horde, > > > infestation. What else is one usually overrun with. If it's > > > something joyful, then it's overwhelming, if it's something tedious > > > and boring then it's overburden, if it's burnt it's overcooked. Over > > > is just a prefixual indicator of something not good. Nothing personal > > > there. And you were right the first time, it was harsh sounding and I > > > reacted to another straw of blame on minorities. It's just a bug in > > > my craw. > > > > On Jul 6, 5:10 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have to wonder why you picked the term "vermin", frankly. That's a > > > > pretty loaded word to imply was my intent or meaning. I am simply > > > > stating a fact that is quite obvious. And it does impact on our > > > > culture and politics. It's no different than what the Indian Nations > > > > dealt with with our arrival and expansion. We've been the "melting > > > > pot" so we might adapt gracefully to our minority status. > > > > > On Jul 6, 1:31 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I have to wonder why you characterized it as being 'over-run' as > > > > > though they were vermin of some sort? > > > > > > On Jul 5, 6:02 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Whites will become the minority in the future USA over-run by Blacks > > > > > > and Latinos. > > > > > > > On Jul 5, 1:11 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > We may have started as one but we are many now and whether we will > > > > > > > ever be one again remains to be seen. Yet in another sense we are > > > > > > > all > > > > > > > one since we had a common beginning but I doubt that is of any > > > > > > > inherent value. Since we are many what about I Ching? Shall we > > > > > > > throw > > > > > > > I Ching out the window? (A small theft from Firesign Theatre, mea > > > > > > > culpa.) > > > > > > > > On Jul 4, 3:08 pm, Tinker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > We need a common point for the cooperation of unity to begin :-) > > > > > > > > > peace & Love > > > > > > > > > On Jul 4, 2:15 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > That's true Rigsy. But we're just learning those arts. And > > > > > > > > > given a > > > > > > > > > dearth of cooperation, I'll opt for some co-dependency in > > > > > > > > > small > > > > > > > > > doses. It's a reasonable substitute. > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 3, 1:41 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > There's a big difference between co-dependency and > > > > > > > > > > co-operation.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
