Don't call me "Sweetie" or "My Friend" - Page 11

babylonDon · 05-15-2008, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Vicariously I

I don't feel I've done my part unless I make fun of some other country at least once a day.

Today it's Chile

Ha! Chile? What kind of name is that?

"Ohhh hey everybody look, my country sounds like a food that gives people gas?"

Idiots..

And what's with all the sea bass?

anhailla · 05-15-2008, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by cheapseats;182012[QUOTE

If Hillary had said to a man, "Hang on a minute dear," yes, I think that would be offensive. Moreover, I can practically HEAR the barrage of accusations about matronliness or even grandmother-li-ness.

I would have defended Hiliary too. They are on campaigning everyday for months with every word recorded. They get tired, these are trivial things compared to what Bush says on a daily basis.

example one...today he compared Obama to Hitler, now that's something to get my panties undergarments in a twist about.

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Visiting 57 states, with one to go, THAT'S a slip. When was the last time you slipped and addressed a man unknown to you as honey?

Does my brother or my friend Dan count?

I understood your good points CS...but I still think he slipped and I don't find him sexist based on that.

anhailla · 05-15-2008, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by DRS112

weird...I've had women call me sweetie...a lot...yet I never see them call their girlfriends it...should I be offended?

Or is that one of those terms that only women can use?

I find it wise to be offended when one feels offended....pooky bear

Vicariously I · 05-15-2008, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by babylonDon

And what's with all the sea bass?

Right? Why can't they keep their bass in freshwater lakes and rivers where they belong?

"And WOW hey look at all this copper we got!"

Yeah great my wife can't wait till I trade her wedding ring in for a copper one.

Refuge51 · 05-15-2008, 10:49 AM

Obama has a wife and two daughters, he's surrounded by females he finds precious. I'm sure the word 'Sweetie' is a main part of that family..sheesh..

Environment Man · 05-15-2008, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Titanium Cat

Do I have to drive? I rarely travel to the US for work, might be going to Minneapolis for such shortly though.

Vacation? I use up all my vacation time on this cruddy message board.

You're always SO mysterious Cat. Why can't you ever just spit it out. Eman style.

guest1234567 · 05-15-2008, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by anhailla;182012

I would have defended Hiliary too. They are on campaigning everyday for months with every word recorded. They get tired, these are trivial things compared to what Bush says on a daily basis.

example one...today he compared Obama to Hitler, now that's something to get my [STRIKE

panties[/strike] undergarments in a twist about.

Technically Bush was not comparing Obama to Hitler.

Bush said, "As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared, 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided,' " Bush said. "We have an obligation to call this what it is -- the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."

He was comparing Obama's foreign policy position that he would talk to the enemy as being the way to avoid conflict to the same policy of an American senator in 1939.

Vicariously I · 05-15-2008, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Refuge51

Obama has a wife and two daughters, he's surrounded by females he finds precious. I'm sure the word 'Sweetie' is a main part of that family..sheesh..

Psst, I'm not sure if you noticed but reasonable thoughts will not be a part of todays discussion.

Carry on.

cheapseats · 05-15-2008, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by poetrychic

since it seems you're the only around here who has a problem with it, do you want us to see if we can get obama to call you and apologise for your delicateness, too?

It's not about my "delicateness." It's about his in-delicate-ness.

But let's leave Barack I-love-him*sigh*...out of it.

As of May 2007, the FACT is that women are paid less than men, for the same positions and with the same education/training, in every state in the nation. The United States Senate's recent vote NO! NO EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN! suggests that this situation is not only not corrected, but is not slated for correction.

Let us put ourselves in the marketplace.

Is it fine by you if an employer...higher than you but lower than the Commander in Chief...addresses you as Sweetie and a man as Mr. Whoever?

Sweetie, the reason we are promoting him instead of you, though you appear to be as qualified and perhaps have been here longer, is because you are liable to get pregnant and go on maternity leave or retire.

Sweetie, the reason that we pay him more than you is because he has a wife and family to support.

But, yeah, for sure, if you have an inside track, I would very much like to have a word with Barack Obama.

CosmicRocker · 05-15-2008, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Comicsartist

Who minimized?

So, we exist, and that's good...
Let me ask you: if a nation were to try the same thing today using the same means what would you call it? 'Good' or 'bad'?

it would depend on the circumstances.
we were already here as colonies.
You can say Christopher Columbus was evil, or Quenn Isabella shouldn't have financed his voyage.
But Europen culture was expanding, for better or worse.

American Indians didn't have a "country" they had patches of land, and they had no need to form a central government.
They were nomadic by and large.

If another country enslaves a native people, and those ppl wnt to suceed, and fom their own government - i wouldn't have a problem with kicking out the Empire ( like the new states from the old Soviet Union)

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