Bagaimana dengan yang ini?
Memang lebih asyik mengamati Gus Dur dalam konteks lutu-lutuan. Soalnya
dilihat dari konteks politik, ia tampak mumet dan bisa menyebalkan.
salam,
penyimak pinggiran
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http://www.detik.com/peristiwa/2000/06/27/2000627-155440.shtml
Tidak Konsisten
Berkaitan dengan acara Peringatan Hari Keluarga Nasional itu sendiri, Gus Dur
sempat ngedumel. “Sekarang ini, kita kalau bicara tentang KB jadinya tidak
konsisten. Anak saya saja empat, ini Kepala BKKBN-nya sendiri hamil,” Gus Dur
menunjuk Khofifah Indar Parawansa, Menteri Pemberdayaan Perempuan yang
sekaligus kepala BKKBN.
“Tapi ya, mau dibilang apa, sudah telanjur.
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In a message dated 6/26/00 6:14:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
<< When Wahid met Bill Clinton, he told him the following joke: Winston
Churchill and Clement Atlee, Britain's Labour Prime Minister after World War
II, were walking in a park when Churchill said he needed to relieve himself.
Atlee stopped beside him, but Churchill asked him to walk a little way
further down the path. "Why?" asked Atlee.
"Because any time you see anything big, you want to nationalize it," replied
Churchill.
One day Suharto was fishing when he was washed away by a sudden flood, and
lost consciousness in the water. When he awoke he was lying on the bank,
rescued by a farmer.
"Do you know who I am?" he asked.
The farmer said no.
"I am Suharto, the President of Indonesia. Now, since you've helped me, ask
what you want and I will give it to you."
"I only want one thing, Mr. President," said the farmer.
"What is it?"
"Please don't tell anybody that I saved you." >>