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Do or do not. There is no try. Member  |
We got this forward from Rae's Aunt & Uncle. It came with a red, white and blue theme and the following text. I'm just curious if there's an intelligent and high brow way of responding to this. Thoughts?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  I live for three things: The Girls, football, and live jazz. What do you live for? Let passion drive you. |
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Administrator/Colporteur Member  |
"I deleted it."
__________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "Science is the foot that kicks magic square in the nuts." -Scratch Fury |
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Do or do not. There is no try. Member |
I know I know.
But it pisses me off. Grrr... *goes to hit delet like he knows he should* *rolls eyes at Dweller for being so damned reasonable and right* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I live for three things: The Girls, football, and live jazz. What do you live for? Let passion drive you. |
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Administrator/Colporteur Member |
Oh, and the words are Key's. The tune? An English drinking song. Bloody colonists.
__________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "Science is the foot that kicks magic square in the nuts." -Scratch Fury |
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Lexis Nexus Member  |
*steals jobs from Americans*
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Do or do not. There is no try. Member |
Where can I find that report I heard about on NPR yesterday where the guy was telling Congress that the jobs immigrants are taking are jobs that 'mericans don't want at the salaries they're being paid, and that we have historically low unemployment right now such that there are more jobs than people looking for them, and thus the 'stealing jobs' argument is hogwash? Hmm....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I live for three things: The Girls, football, and live jazz. What do you live for? Let passion drive you. |
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Administrator/Colporteur Member |
That's a little misleading. According to the same body of statistics, the unemployment rates for immigrants and illegal immigrants are lower than those for American citizens.
__________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "Science is the foot that kicks magic square in the nuts." -Scratch Fury |
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Lexis Nexus Member |
I bet that if they were broken down according to country or area of origin, disparities would show up.
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Pirate/Zombie/Hero Member  |
Hmmm...I actually don't mind the bit about keeping the anthem in english. But then, I'm against ANY song being sung in a language different from the one it was written in. Give me a translation so I understand what's going on, but sing the damn thing the way it was written! Lyrics do not tend to translate well.
But then I got to the "Part of the Problem" bit and was done. |
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Administrator/Colporteur Member |
Incidentally, given the framing of the song, I think the artists involved were trying to be controversial.
NPR stories here and here, and a Newsday article here. Note the age of the story. Note how often you hear this song on the radio. __________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "Science is the foot that kicks magic square in the nuts." -Scratch Fury |
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Only sounds like Keith Flint Member  |
Send them things in support of Barack Obama. Thats what I do. They stop emailing you after a while.
Or remind them that this country is founded on the freedom to do as one wishes as long as it doesnt break any laws and last time you checked singing something - anything that is public domain - anyway you want is completely legal, and that the freedom of speech applies to other languages as well. |
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Do or do not. There is no try. Member |
That's a great suggestion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I live for three things: The Girls, football, and live jazz. What do you live for? Let passion drive you. |
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Only sounds like Keith Flint Member |
Yeah, my family are pretty awful about forwarding crap so I end up sending them anything i have, lately its been barack obama stuff. Hopefully they signed that petition for the deescalation in iraq.
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Administrator/Colporteur Member |
I don't mind the political stuff, it's the crappy urband legend stuff about Barack Obama being Muslim, or "missing" children reports from 1998.
__________ AJGraeme "You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to let you have it." -Taylor Mali "Science is the foot that kicks magic square in the nuts." -Scratch Fury |
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is hogging the Comfy Chair Member  |
All of the post is a pain, but this is the bit which would have me jabbing the delete button like a demented thing. I cannot bear viral emails that tell me that if I don't forward the wretched thing to 50 of my closest friends I clearly don't: love them/love my country/care about women with cancer/want to avoid seven years bad luck/etc etc, insert offensive assumption of your choice. Even if I was inclined to support the original email, whatever it might be, this ensures that I don't. *********************** There once was a bard of Hong Kong Who thought limericks were too long. - Gerard Benson. |
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Only sounds like Keith Flint Member |
if my family sent me anything about obama being a muslim I'd first correct them, and then ask them why it matters what his religion is, and what they would think if I were a muslim. When my brother came out, my mother took it pretty badly and to help her get over it I told her i was a muslim. THat was somehow more controversial. Heh. |
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is hogging the Comfy Chair Member |
*sniggers helplessly* *********************** There once was a bard of Hong Kong Who thought limericks were too long. - Gerard Benson. |
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Assistant *fwap*er Member  |
I solve the problem of forwards from family by deleting anything with fwd in the subject line. I don't care what it is or who it's from. If you can't be bothered to send me anything with actual content, I don't want to read it.
******************************** The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm not so sure about the turnip. ~~ Terry Pratchett |
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Miss Kitty Fantastico Member  |
ditto to Giabow - except for two female friends who only forward funny jokes or silly pictures.
I would have thought the end of the world is everyone's responsibility, wouldn't you? ~Death in Thief of Time Minister of Kraftwerk in the Realm of U & P, Order of the Pineapple with frond for advancement in Nap studies. |
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Lexis Nexus Member |
I do that too.
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