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Sunday, November 24, 2002

Abbott & Costello go to Washington DC. I'm always the last one to get onto these Internet joke memes, but I thought this one was pretty funny. Condi Rice tells Dubya about the new leadership in China:

Dubya: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening?
Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.
Dubya: Great. Lay it on me.
Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.
Dubya: That's what I want to know.
Condi: That's what I'm telling you.
Dubya: That's what I'm asking you. Who is the new leader of China?
Condi: Yes.
Dubya: I mean the fellow's name.
Condi: Hu.
Dubya: The guy in China.
Condi: Hu.
Dubya: The new leader of China.
Condi: Hu.
Dubya: The Chinaman!
Condi: Hu is leading China.
Dubya: Now whaddya' asking me for?
Condi: I'm telling you Hu is leading China.
Dubya: Well, I'm asking you. Who is leading China?
Condi: That's the man's name.
Dubya: That's who's name?
Condi: Yes.
Dubya: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
Dubya: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thought he was in the Middle East.
Condi: That's correct.
Dubya: Then who is in China?
Condi: Yes, sir.
Dubya: Yassir is in China?
Condi: No, sir.
Dubya: Then who is?
Condi: Yes, sir.
Dubya: Yassir?
Condi: No, sir.
Dubya: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of China. Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.
Condi: Kofi?
Dubya: No, thanks.
Condi: You want Kofi?
Dubya: No.
Condi: You don't want Kofi.
Dubya: No. But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk. And then get me the U.N.
Condi: Yes, sir.
Dubya: Not Yassir! The guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi?
Dubya: Milk! Will you please make the call?
Condi: And call who?
Dubya: Who is the guy at the U.N?
Condi: Hu is the guy in China.
Dubya: Will you stay out of China?!
Condi: Yes, sir.
Dubya: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the U.N.
Condi: Kofi.
Dubya: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone.
(Condi picks up the phone.)
Condi: Rice, here.
Dubya: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls, too. Maybe we should send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East. Can you Get Chinese food in the Middle East?
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Osama issues new call to arms. Guardian Unlimited | Special reports - A chilling new message from Osama bin Laden is being circulated among British Islamic extremists, calling for attacks on civilians and describing the "Islamic nation" as "eager for martyrdom".

(Osama is the ghost in the machine: he can appear out of nowhere, yet he cannot be found. How can you defeat a something you cannot catch? ) « 1:12:18 AM »    

Study finds whites still fear integration. The Detroit News - The researchers found that 38 percent of the respondents said they would leave their neighborhood if more blacks moved in. "It is embarrassing for many whites who have these opinions and it obviously comes from their insecurities and the fact that their experiences are so limited with people from other racial and ethnic groups."

(We'll always have Idaho. Classic chicken-and-egg situation, no? The white folks surveyed fear black people because they've never lived with them, but the notion of living with blacks makes them want to leave, insuring that they'll never share the experience of living together, while retaining the original magnifying the fear. What did I just say? (b/w allaboutgeorge)) « 12:31:08 AM »    


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