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Winston Churchill:
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
112 comments:
Buna seara, ahaaaa, uite un chat fara restrictii !
E bine asta !
merci, draga,
un compliment,
chiar nu pe deplin meritat, tot produce placere ...
Jay Leno and Hillary:
Hillary Clinton said that her childhood dream was
to be an Olympic athlete. But she was not athletic
enough. She said she wanted to be an astronaut, but
at the time they didn't take women. She said she
wanted to go into medicine, but hospitals made her
woozy. Should she be telling people this story? I
mean she's basically saying she wants to be
president because she can't do anything else." --Jay
Leno
"Well, the big story -- Hillary Clinton will be
running for president in 2008. You know why I think
she's running? I think she finally wants to see what
it's like to sleep in the president's bed." --Jay
Leno
"Top Democrats have mixed feelings about Sen.Hillary Clinton running for president. Apparently,
some Democrats don't like the idea, while others
hate it." --Conan O'Brien
"In a fiery speech this weekend, Hillary Clinton
wondered why President Bush can't find the tallest
man in Afghanistan. Probably for the same reason she
couldn't find the fattest intern under the desk."
--Jay Leno
"Former President Bill Clinton said that if his
wife, Hillary, is elected president, he will do
whatever she wants. You know Bill Clinton -- when he
makes a vow to Hillary, you can take that to the
bank."--Jay Leno
"Did you know Bill and Hillary Clinton were born
under the same sign? Know what sign? 'For Sale.'"
-Jay Leno
"A student from the University of Washington has
sold his soul on eBay for $400. He's a law student,
so he probably doesn't need it, but still, that's
not very much. Today, Hillary Clinton said, 'Hey, at
least I got some furniture and a Senate seat for
mine." -Jay Leno
"Hillary Clinton said today that she wants
legislation to allow all ex-felons to vote. See,
this way all the Clinton's former business partners
can vote for her in 2008." --Jay Leno
It's been a weird day--full moon. I needed a laugh, hope you do too. CAJ
A new sign in the Bank Lobby reads:
"Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive-through ATM machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles.
Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined below when accessing their accounts.
After months of careful research, MALE & FEMALE Procedures have been developed. Please follow the appropriate steps for your gender."
MALE PROCEDURE:
1. Drive up to the cash machine.
2. Put down your car window.
3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.
4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.
5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.
6. Put window up.
7. Drive off.
*******************************
FEMALE PROCEDURE:
Unfortunately, most of this part is the Truth.!!!!
1. Drive up to cash machine.
2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the machine.
3. Set parking brake, put the window down.
4. Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger seat to locate card.
5. Tell person on cell phone you will call them back and hang up.
6. Attempt to insert card into machine.
7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car.
8. Insert card.
9. Re-insert card the right way.
10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back page.
11. Enter PIN.
12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.
13. Enter amount of cash required.
14. Check makeup in rear view mirror.
15. Retrieve cash and receipt.
16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.
17. Write debit amount in check register and place receipt in back of checkbook.
18. Re-check makeup.
19. Drive forward 2 feet.
20. Reverse back to cash machine.!
21. Retrieve card.
22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided!
23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you.
24. Restart stalled engine and pull off.
25. Redial person on cell phone.
26. Drive for 2 to 3 miles.
27. Release Parking Brake.
ha ha, deci, femeile au 27 de miscari, toate active, pe cind barbatii au 34 de miscari, 7 automate si 27 pasive ...
Bonjour, I am back in town.
A fost frumos, Berlinul e super. Ieri am vazut Muzeul de Istorie Germana (Unter den Linden 2), este grozav, am stat acolo aproape 6 ore.
Am vazut tot acolo o expozitzie despre viatza din RDG. Nume uitate ca tovarasii Ulbricht, Pick, Grotewohl..., multe chestii asemanatoare Romaniei pe care am putut sa le explic sotziei mele plecata din Romania pe la 9 ani (si deci nu a gustat prea mult din raiul comunist.
Era prost si acolo dar o fosta est-germana scria (rep-roducere din expozitzie) ca fiind la studii la Leningrad a intzeles ce paradis este in Est-Germania. Totul e relativ...
Ce se intampla cand un mic buffallo este atacat de o grupa de lei si un crocodil?
Asteptatzi pana la capat, filmul este cam lung, dar face!
Roy said...
Bonjour, I am back in town.
Bun revenit !
Te-ai ferit de skin-head-si,ai stat numai prin muzee , hai ?
filmul, face!
bivolul va supravietui in Nebraska.
Subject: New Car
I had just bought a new Lexus 450, but had to return to the dealer the next day because I couldn't get the radio to work.
The salesman explained that the radio was voice activated. "Nelson," the salesman said to the radio The radio replied, "Ricky or Willie?" "Willie!" he continued and "On The Road Again" came from the speakers.
Then he said, "Ray Charles!", and in an instant "Georgia On My Mind" replaced Willie Nelson.
I drove away happy, and for the next few days, every time I'd say, "Beethoven," I'd get beautiful classical music, and if I said, "Beatles," I'd get one of their awesome songs.
Yesterday, a couple ran a red light and nearly creamed my new car, but I swerved in time to avoid them. I yelled, "Assholes!"
Immediately the French National Anthem began to play, sung by Jane Fonda and Barbara Streisand, backed up by Michael Moore and The Dixie Chicks, with John Kerry on guitar, Al Gore on drums, Dan Rather on harmonica, Nancy Pelosi on tambourine, Harry Reid on spoons, Bill Clinton on sax and Ted Kennedy on Scotch.
Damn, I LOVE this car!!!
--
Subject: The World's Shortest Books:
The World's Shortest Books:
FRENCH WAR HEROES
by Jacques Chirac
________________________________________
MY BEAUTY SECRETS
by Janet Reno
_________________________________________________
MY CHRISTIAN ACCOMPLISHMENTS &
HOW I HELPED AFTER KATRINA
by Rev Jesse Jackson & Rev Al Sharpton
_______________________________________
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT BILL
by Hillary Clinton
_________________________________
Sequel:
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT HILLARY
by Bill Clinton
___________________________________
MY LITTLE BOOK OF
PERSONAL HYGIENE
by Osama Bin Laden
___________________________________
THINGS I CANNOT AFFORD
by Bill Gates
____________________________________
THINGS I WOULD NOT
DO FOR MONEY
by Dennis Rodman
_______________________________________
AMELIA EARHART'S
GUIDE TO THE PACIFIC
___________________________________
A COLLECTION of
MOTIVATIONAL SPEECHES
by Dr. J Kevorkian
__________________________________
ALL THE MEN I HAVE LOVED BEFORE
by Ellen de Generes & Rosie O'Donnel
____________________________________
GUIDE TO DATING ETIQUETTE
by Mike Tyson
__________________________________
THE AMISH PHONE DIRECTORY
_____________________________________
MY PLAN TO FIND THE REAL KILLERS
by O.J. Simpson
_______________________________________
HOW TO DRINK & DRIVE OVER BRIDGES
by Ted Kennedy
__________________________________
MY BOOK OF MORALS
by Bill Clinton
with introduction by The Rev. Jesse Jackson
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U site interesant:
Ghost Towns.
Survey Offers Stark Perspectives on Muslim-American Identity, Loyalty
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
WASHINGTON —
While terrorists strap on bombs and wreak horrors half a world away, a debate continues in the United States over whether the seeds of such radicalism exist among the American-Muslim community.
Events like the arrest of a Brooklyn, N.Y., Muslim extremist last week for plotting to explode the fuel lines at John F. Kennedy International Airport, or the arrest a month earlier of men linked to an extremist group plotting to attack the military installation at Fort Dix, N.J., invigorates that debate.
A recent finding in the biggest survey ever taken of Muslim-Americans indicates that nearly a quarter of young Muslims believe homicide bombing can be justified to defend Islam, and 47 percent of all those surveyed consider themselves "Muslim first" ahead of being Americans.
Demographics breakdowns in the survey by Pew Research Center entitled "Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream" may be the greatest cause for concern, say observers. Though 13 percent of all respondents said that suicide bombing in defense of Islam was justified under certain, albeit rare, circumstances, that number rose to 26 percent of respondents between the ages of 18 and 30.
Added to that is the fact that the negative responses appear to be weighted toward African-American Muslims. For example, 9 percent of African-American Muslim respondents viewed Al Qaeda favorably as opposed to 3 percent of all foreign-born Muslims.
"It is precisely because an indoctrination is taking place. It means that a huge jihadi political effort is ongoing within the United States to brainwash young minds. That is the central problem," said Walid Phares, a terrorism expert for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.
According to the poll, 53 percent of those surveyed said it is more difficult to be a Muslim in the U.S. since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. That majority cited increased intolerance and a greater proclivity for anti-terror policies to single out Muslims in its objectives.
"There is a serious tension between the success of assimilation and the success of radical ideology," said Stephen Schwartz, a Muslim convert and author of "Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa'ud from Tradition to Terror."
Schwartz said he believes the spread of radical Wahhabi Islam by Saudi Arabian migrants over the last two decades has created a hotbed of extremist activity, particularly after the Sept. 11 attacks.
"The problem we have as Americans is that our openness and our freedom gave the radical ideologists the green light," Schwartz said.
Muqtedar Khan, a professor of political science and international studies at the University of Delaware, suggests that young Muslim-Americans are more likely expressing rebellious views than reflecting a real affinity to radical activity in the United States.
"It's their way of saying they are not going to suck it up to the system, a way to express their discontent with the system," Khan said while acknowledging that this age group was more likely to absorb anti-American and anti-Israel rhetoric on the Internet and be more devout.
Khan acknowledges this as a problem the community needs to deal with, perhaps through better programs to engage the youth, but said "it should not be seen as though they are going to go out and join (the jihad)."
The poll does offer a flip side. Among the 60,000 American Muslims who responded to the Pew survey, sizable majorities are educated, generally happy and believe the American dream can be achieved through hard work. They reject extremism and suicide bombings.
In fact, these Muslims — and they include recent and older immigrants from across the globe as well as native African-Americans — are more likely to embrace mainstream American culture and are much more assimilated than their "ghettoized" counterparts in Europe today.
"Although many Muslims are relative newcomers to the U.S., they are highly assimilated into American society," read the survey's conclusions. "With the exception of very recent immigrants, most report that a large proportion of their closest friends are non-Muslims. On balance, they believe that Muslims coming to the U.S. should try and adopt American customs rather than trying to remain distinct from the larger society."
According to the Pew poll, approximately 1.4 million Muslim adults over 18 live in the U.S. today, nearly 85 percent of Muslims in the United States arrived after 1985; 39 percent after 2000.
The majority of American Muslims — 65 percent — are foreign-born, with almost a quarter of those coming from Arab countries. Of the 35 percent native-born Muslims, 20 percent of them are African-American.
Almost 60 percent of those surveyed have more than a high school education and 22 percent overall are currently enrolled in college, while 57 percent hold full or part-time jobs. According to the poll, 24 percent are self employed or small business owners.
The results, say some of the analysts who spoke to FOXNews.com, show that it is unwise to use the poll to warn of a potential terror cell around every corner.
"I don't see that happening within this country because Muslims have overwhelmingly been supportive, as well as seeing themselves fully American, as well as Muslim," said Farid Senzai, a researcher with the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, a collaboration of scholars in the field of Islamic studies who served as advisors to the poll. "Clearly, Muslims here have integrated in ways that Muslims have not so much (in Europe)."
Europe is a touchtone because of its massive, often isolated enclaves of Islamic immigrants, particularly in France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, where reports of extremism include terror plots, tensions over religious law spilling into the courts, and in some cases, rioting and assassinations.
A different story is present in the U.S., said Senzai and others. While it is more difficult to get into this country legally, once Muslims are here they are more welcomed and appreciated than in Europe, and are more inclined to integrate as a result.
Match this to the European model where "opportunities are very low," Khan said .
Khan immigrated to the United States from India in 1992 but also spent time teaching in England, where he said he confronted more prejudice there than in the 14 years he's spent in the United States. He said British Muslims lived in hopeless situations comparably.
"They are among the least educated and skilled, least likely to be homeowners. That is not true about Muslim Americans at all. They live in suburbs, they have jobs and their education is very high," said Khan. "The (American) model is working fine."
But Phares, who just published his book "War of Ideas: Jihadism against Democracy," said he is skeptical about the advisers who helped to design the poll questions, suggesting they had a predisposition to what the American-Muslim community should look like.
"The Pew experts wanted to see the results that we all saw —- as an indictment of the U.S. government not of the responsible parties for this radicalization process within the community," said Phares.
Others point out that a joint poll conducted in January by Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland and the Center on Policy Attitudes entitled "Public Opinion in Iran and America on Key International Issues" found that in the context of war, 24 percent of all Americans feel that intentional killing of civilians is often or sometimes justified.
Schwartz doesn't buy that explanation. He points to the percentage of the poll that find that 47 percent of respondents consider themselves "Muslim first." While a previous Pew poll found that Christians in America responded in similar fashion, Schwartz insists that these Muslims "are not saying something benevolent."
Khan argued that many Muslim first identifiers are recent immigrants who have arrived from failed states and never felt part of a nation before. Like devout Christians and Jews, "their religious identity has an impact on them everyday. "People should not make foolish conclusions about that," he said.
Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream-Full Pew Report
Toma Caragiu in "Administratorul de bloc" (sau poate blog?
Ushcheala Baietzi!
Ford Motor Co. posted strong improvements in the 2007
Initial Quality Study by J.D. Power and Associates, with four
of the top 10 brands.
Ford Motor’s vehicles topped five of 19 vehicle categories,
more than any other automaker. It is the first time a
domestic carmaker took that honor since 1998—when Ford
tied Toyota and Honda.
Porsche and Lexus led the overall rankings for the
second straight year with 91 and 94 problems per 100 vehicles,
respectively. Honda placed fourth. Mercedes-Benz,
shaking off quality problems of the past several years, vaulted
into fifth place from 25th on the strength of its new models.
Toyota Motor, which led 11 segments last year, took
just four this year. Not one Chrysler or General Motors
brand scored above the industry average. All of Chrysler’s
brands had more than 150 problems per 100 vehicles vs.
the industry average of 125. Cadillac fell to 25th place from
7th a year ago because of troubles with the redesigned
Escalade SUV.
Hyundai slid nine spots in the rankings to 12th this
year. Land Rover was the most-improved nameplate with a
17% gain, but it still ranked dead last with 170 problems.
Surprisingly, Ford’s gains came from the higher quality
of newly launched vehicles; usually new models suffer in
the Initial Quality Study. The gains were led by Lincoln,
which jumped to third place from 12th last year.
Ford’s Wixom, Mich., large-car assembly plant, which
closed last week, earned the highest quality rating of all
plants worldwide that produce vehicles for the U.S. market.
Roughly half of the problems reported in this year’s
survey involved actual defects, such as noisy engines or
malfunctioning gauges. The balance concerned unpopular
design choices, such as too few cupholders or hard-toreach
controls—even though only 22% of survey questions
are design-related.
For more, click HERE to listen to today's Worldwide
Automotive Report, a free podcast from AutoBeat Daily and
Detroit's WWJ Newsradio 950.
OPEC WARNS OF BIOFUEL RISK. The Organization of
the Petroleum Exporting Countries cautions that efforts by
western nations to develop biofuels to fight global warming
could risk pushing oil prices sharply higher, says the
Financial Times.
OPEC’s secretary-general tells the newspaper the
danger comes if cartel members question the strength of
long-term demand because of alternative-fuel substitutes.
He says those countries might curtail investment in new oil
production after 2012, leading to soaring prices.
The warning came as leaders of the G8 industrialized
nations gather to begin a three-day summit in Germany
today. Action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including
greater use of alternate fuels, is expected to be a big topic.
Ce ziceti de ASTIA?
OPEC WARNS OF BIOFUEL RISK. The Organization of
the Petroleum Exporting Countries cautions that efforts by
western nations to develop biofuels to fight global warming
could risk pushing oil prices sharply higher, says the
Financial Times.
OPEC’s secretary-general tells the newspaper the
danger comes if cartel members question the strength of
long-term demand because of alternative-fuel substitutes.
He says those countries might curtail investment in new oil
production after 2012, leading to soaring prices.
The warning came as leaders of the G8 industrialized
nations gather to begin a three-day summit in Germany
today. Action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including
greater use of alternate fuels, is expected to be a big topic.
Aha,
puicusorilor le e frica ca o sa scada pretzurile, deci amenintza un pic.
Cea mai buna tactica a lor ar fi tocmai cea de scadere a pretzurilor la un nivel care ar face si mai dificila decizia de investitzii in surse alternative.
Oricum, Occidentul nu prea are de ales. China si India sant deja mari consumatoare de petrol, cererea va creste enorm in urmatorii ani, asa ca singura solutzie pentru Vest este investitzia in surse alternative si cu cat o va face mai repede va fi mai bine.
S-a intors cumnata-mea din Japonia si ne-a povestit cateva impresii.
Viatza este scumpa acolo: de pilda un pepenas galben costa cam de 10 ori mai mult decat in Israel.
Insa... dai un ban dar stii ca face: tzi-l ofera in felul urmator:
pepenasul este inconjurat cu o panglicutza rosie si se vinde intr-o cutie al carui interior este tapisat cu un material asemanator cu matasea. Cutia are si ea o panglicutza roz-bombon.
Pacat ca nu se poate manca si cutia!
Ciresile sant oferite si ele ca niste bomboane: in cutii in care sant 10-12 ciresi, parca ar fi niste praline.
In general japonezii mananca putzin. La hoteluri la masa de dimineatza primeau fiecare cate doua rosii- cherry si o feliutza subtzire de castravete, asta cu titlul mandru de "salata".
DSL in Gabon
Situatzia din Gaza devine din ce in ce mai serioasa. Lupte de strada in care au murit zeci de Hamasnici si Fatahishti + populatzie civila, gloantzele fluiera in ritm de mitraliera, se trage cu rachete.
Executzii peste tot. Azi Hamasul a "cucerit" casa unui colonel din Fatah, i-a scos pe totzi afara, a omorat nevestele colonelului, copii si pe fratzii lui sub ochii lui dupa care l-a omorat pe el.
La ora actuala Hamasul a cucerit nordul fasiei Gaza, Fatahul care e mai puternic in West Bank aprinde focul acolo.
Casa lui Hania a capatat 2 rachete (cand Hania se afla un etaj mai jos), casa lui Abu Mazen a fost bombardata si ea.
Am auzit palestinieni civili cerand Israelului sa intervina si sustzinand ca Israelul e de aur fatza de ce inghit ei acuma.
Multzi palestinieni vor sa treaca granitza in egipt, dar Egiptul se teme de o invazie si nu le da drumul.
Vai de capul lor!
Din ciclul "de la romani adunate si-napoi la romani date."
"Lumea are voie sa aiba doua conturi; unul in lei, unul in valuta si
inca unul pentru economii. Mai mult nu."
Florin Georgescu (fost ministru al finantelor)
"S-au verificat toate actele pe fostii trei ani pe care am fost primar"
Marian Vanghelie
"A garanta proprietatea inseamna a limita dreptul omului asupra
proprietatii lui "
Ion Iliescu
"Bancile sunt conduse de bancheri in toata lumea in afara de Cismigiu si
Herastrau"
Bogdan Balthazar (director de banca)
"Becali e un brand. Eu la Avicola Iasi pot sa fac pui Gigi Becali, daca
vreau"
Gigi Becali
"Doar prin hazardul inconstient social nu se putea ajunge in sfere atat
de aureolate si in plan financiar"
Cornel Dinu (antrenor de fotbal)
"Dumnezeu e cel mai tare serviciu de informatii din lume - stie tot,
chiar si-un fir de par"
Gigi Becali
"Familia e sfanta, pe cand patria....cum sa va spun patria e sacra"
Dumitru Dragomir (presedintele Ligii Profesioniste de fotbal)
"Destinul meu a fost marcat de soarta"
Dan Iosif (copil al strazii, apoi revolutionar, apoi consilierul lui
Iliescu, in prezent parlamentar si om bogat)
"Omul este o persoana umana"
Gheorghe Hagi (fotbalist)
"Este vointa lui Dumnezeu ca eu sa pasc acest popor"
Gigi Becali
"Domnul Ion Cristoiu a spus despre mine ca sunt corupt pe vremea cand nu
eram, in 1993"
Viorel Hrebenciuc (parlamentar P.S.D.)
"Eu in tinerete eram amfitrion pe oriunde ma duceam"
Gigi Becali
"Eu sunt pe toate listele de corupti si arestati, dar nu am nicio greata"
Viorel Hrebenciuc
"Sigur ca am auzit de El Nino. E numele unui cantaret de muzica latina ,
nu?"
Loredana Groza
"Exista aici, in aceasta sala, tineri care au murit in revolutia din
decembrie 1989"
Viorel Catarama
"La noi, sefii de partide sunt ca vacile in India "
Antonie Iorgovan
"Domnul Iorgovan e un fel de electron sarit de pe orbita"
Adrian Nastase
"Omar Hayssam apartine tarii, este un bun al intregului popor"
Adrian Nastase
"Am invatat putin limba braziliana!"
Loredana Groza
"M-am certat cu Mitica Dragomir, dar fara jigniri. El m-a facut
oligofren, eu l-am facut zdreanta, dar nu ne-am insultat. In schimb
Marian Iancu e obraznic si umbla cu tot felul de jargoane care nu e bine
sa le dai la presa"
Gigi Becali
"Fiecare are gusturile lui in muzica... N-are cum sa asculte toata lumea
numai Schopenhauer"
Costi Ionita
Admin,
se intra tare greu pe blog, mai ales pe comentarii... cred ca ar trebui sa mai scoti niste floricele mai ales chestia aia din youtube..
Robin, cu prima ocazie voi vorbi cu tine de germania. acum ma cert cu vecinii.
Vorfreude ist die schönste Freude
Placerea dinainte e cea mai mare placere... Ma pregatesc de concediu... ma voi duce...
vacanta neamtu tiganu
Neamtzule,
Ai grija sa nu te ingrasi pe Costa de Sol, ca nu ai sa mai potzi incapea pe usa bloc(g)ului.
Eu peste vreo 2-3 saptamani plec la Constantinopole la padisah in interes de servici.
Din ciclu „Betivi din toate tarile uniti-va“
Sarkoshon dupa vodca cu Putin
Roy, nu ma voi ingrasa pt. ca mincarea-i fudulie... bautura-i temelie.. Grand Reserva
Wow, Sarko pare bine pilit!
Roy, saracu Bush isi pierdu ceasu un Albania, gurile rele zic ca i l-ar fi furat... se zice ca tinea f. mult la ceas... d-aia nici nu vru sa mearga in Ro.
he-he-he
L-a pacalit rusnakul sa bea tarie. Poate daca insista cu sampania se intampla invers. Concediu placut neamtule, mi-ai turtit fesul cu pozele alea. Am citit ca-s multi sud-americani la lucru in Spania, un fel de colonizare inversa. Pazea la buzunare ... .
Acum citiva ani am avut tot asa o vila misto inchiriata in Spania. Mentionez ca mergem in gasca. Ziua in amiaza mare cind eram la plaje am gasit-o sparta... ne-a furat niste camere video si niste nimicuri... mai rau a patzito prietena nostra ca-i furara actele. Politia a venit dupa citeva ore ca avea siesta... da avem asigurare..
P.S Desi deja am inceput sa ma bucur mai e ceva pin-atunci... intii merg o saptamina in Ro, mai apoi mai muncesc ceva si d-abia dupa aia... da cum ziceam am timp mai mult sa ma bucur de ce o sa fie..
Vizitator,
Inclin sa cred ca you don't mock me, asa ca-ti raspund ca da, asa este. La limita analizei sta adevarul evident ca venind in acesta lume nu ne-a intrebat nimeni ce preferinte avem: sa fim frumosi, destepti, bogati, sanatosi, europeni, din familie buna si cu toate sansele de a fi educati, ori invers.
Care alb, sa zicem middle-class, fara avere, ar dori sa schimbe locul cu un mexican? Daca nu vrea inseamna ca deja are mult, nu din meritul sau propriu.
"... you don't mock me,"
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I would never...
pentru ca te-am citit cu mare atentie te-am ales sa adeveresti si litera si spiritul lucrurilor.
Multumesc de raspuns.
O noapte buna !
Ceasul lui Bush
In Gaza e curatzanie generala. Azi a explodat o bomba omorand 13 Fatahisti.
Impotentul Abu Mazen face pe el de frica. Asta-i omul in care si-au pus americanii sperantze...
Iar europenii care tocmai se gandisera sa recunoasca guvernul Hamas... Ce lovitura pentru dobitocul de Solana!
La radio canadian preluau un comentariu de la bebece. Cica este un nou faliment al administratiei Bush care a mizat pe un exemplu democratic al noului stat palestinian (pentru restul lumii arabe), care nu s-a realizat.
Cum o dai, tot Bush e de vina. BBC-ul a devenit o nerusinare planetara. Cea mai mare agentie de stiri britanica in slujba teroristilor si a neocomunismului!
In Sfirsit o Lege cu Cap si Coada
Golane draga,
Toate administratziile, nu numai cea a lui Bush au fost oarbe in privintza palestinienilor.
Cel mai primit "om de stat" la Casa Alba pe vremea lui Clinton a fost Arafat, mare terorist care si-a schimbat parul dar naravul ba.
Administratzia Bush a dat-o in bara cand a mizat pe Abu Mazen. Tipul asta este un impotent, nu face doi bani. Oricine in Israel stie asta si israelienii au scris-o de nenumarate ori la Ziua.
Dar ce stie orice israelian nu stie administratzia. Bush si Rice au mizat pe boul asta.
La inceput Bush s-a intzeles cu Sharon ca nu vor fi alegeri la palestinieni atata timp cat Abu Mazen nu dezarmeaza toate militziile.
Insa Bush l-a primit pe Abu Mazen la Casa Alba si cand i-a cerut sa dezarmeze militziile ca sa se poate faca alegeri, Abu Mazen fiind un incapabil i-a spus ca asta nu se poate face inaintea alegerilor, insa dupa alegeri o va face cu sigurantza.
Cu asta, a fentat administratzia care a facut o schimbare de 180 de grade crezandu-l si presand pe israelieni sa permita alegerile. Intre timp, a intervenit boala lui Sharon si a venit la putere in Israel un om slab, Olmert.
Olmert a incercat sa se impotriveasca presiunilor americane, dar n-a fost greu sa fie "convins" de americani sa permita alegerile "democratice" (cu impuscaturi pe strada) si la care a participat si marele expert Carter care a sustzinut ca alegerile au fost "curate".
Si asa a venit Hamasul la putere. Bineintzeles ca Abu Mazen nu a dezarmat pe nimeni, dar administratzia a continuat sa se amageasca ca are cu cine sa discute si ca cel cu care trebuie discutat este impotentul de Abu Mazen. Bush a contnuat sa vorbeasca cu potlogarul care l-a tras pe sfoara.
Si uite asa, americanii il pupa pe Abu Mazen si preseaza Israelul sa faca inlesniri palestinienilor, in timp ce Hamasul se intareste zilnic, introducand arme si bani de provenintza iraniana prin tunelele dintre Egipt si Gaza.
Egiptenii au inchis ochii la aceste tunele crezand ca armele vor fi folosite numai contra Israelului. Administratzia ar fi putut sa-l zguduie un pic pe Mubarak care primeste peste 2 miliarde de $ de la americani, dar nu a facut-o.
Si uite asa, s-a creat in Gaza un nou stat manuit de Iran, Hamastanul, din ignorantza a 3 guverne: israelian, egiptean si american. (Hamastanul este periculos Egiptului in aceasi masura in care este periculos Israelului, pentru ca l-a un moment dat ii va ajuta pe Fratzii Musulmani sa faca revolutzie in Egipt).
De fapt astazi s-au creat 2 entitatzi palestiniene: una care conduce Gaza si e manuita de Hamas si una in West Bank unde domneste Fatahul.
Roy,
Merci frumos pentru explicatii; in mare cunosc situatia dar precizarile tale sint binevenite.
Punctul meu este ca Bush (si americanii in general) au facut o incercare onesta de a stimula un proces de pace, stind de vorba cu aceia care au raspuns, cel putin verbal, initiativei. Daca nu tratau cu Arafat, atunci cu cine? Daca nu cu Abu Mazen, atunci cu cine? Cu Hamas?
Americanii incearca sa contacteze pe cei mai putin extremisti, ceea ce mi se pare o miscare naturala. Am si eu o intrebare care se poate adresa si altor israelieni cu pozitii similare: spuneti ca SUA NU TREBUIA sa discute cu Arafat, NU TREBUIE sa discute cu Mazen, NU face bine aia si NU face bine ailalta.
Ce ar trebui, in opinia voastra, sa faca?
Hi Roy,
Pina imi raspunzi la intrebarea precedenta mai vin cu una: care este parerea generala in Israel despre noul(!) presedinte? Se asteapta vreo schimbare - pe aici Pres este numit "pacifistul"?
Intai itzi raspund despre Peres.
La noi presedintele nu are nici o putere politica. Functzia lui e onorifica: primeste scrisori de acreditare, participa la inmormantari si cocteiluri, viziteaza ranitzii si alte chestii de genul asta.
Peres saracu nu s-a saturat de placerea de a guverna si si-a bagat si nasul in asta. Probabil ca si-a facut socoteala ca in mai putzin de un an vor fi aici alegeri, Kadima va dispare si el o data cu ea et pour toujours..
Deci mai bine sa fie intr-un post onorific decat sa dispara complet.
Prin urmare: absolut nici o schimbare.
Chestia mai importanta este ca Ehud Barak s-a reintors la carma Partidului Muncii, iar in alegerile viitoare vom avea un duel intre doi fosti PM care au facut comeback: Barak si Bibi.
In materie despre ce trebuiau sa faca americanii: este frumos ca si-au dat silintza si desi nu sant un suporter al lui Clinton apreciez faptul ca si-a batut capul o groaza cu Israelul si palestinienii.
Insa, parerea mea este ca americanii sant cam diletantzi in materie de politica arabeasca, ca de altfel si europenii.
Faptul ca si-au bagat nasul nu ma deranjeaza, ba chiar e binevenit. Cu o singura conditzie: sa lase naibii naivitatea si sa intzeleaga ca cu cat sant mai maleabili cu arabii /persanii chestia este interpretata ca un semn de slabiciune.
Sharon a intzeles ca nu se poate face pace cu palestinienii in generatzia asta. A spus-o direct.
Nimeni nu e obligat musai sa-si bage nasul si sa lupte pentru pace, daca nu exista aceasta posibilitate.
Insa americanii vor sa fie activi iar daca calca in strachini iese chiar mai rau. Vezi ce s-a intamplat in cazul Hamasului.
Roy,
Multumesc de raspunsuri. Totusi, sa nu-ti fie cu suparare, citeste ce ai scris si ai sa vezi ca, din nou, imi spui ce NU TREBUIAU sa faca americanii (adica nu trebuiau sa trateze pacea cu arabii).
Din partea cealalta (ONU), ni se spune americanii sint vinovati fiindca NU TREBUIAU sa boicoteze tratativele cu Hamas.
Mi se pare ca este la moda sa dam vina pe americani, fara a putea formula o varianta alternativa la ceea ce fac ei. Pentru ca, daca iau de bune ce zici, rezulta ca Israelul ar trebui sa declare razboi total arabilor (nici o intelegere nu este posibila), sa-i deporteze (sau impuste) pe toti palestinienii din Gaza si West Bank(nu poate fi pace in generatia actuala), iar USA sa-l sprijine neconditzionat.
Crezi ca asa ceva este fost posibil, in mod realist?
Ciudate concluzii tragi.
De unde rezulta ca Israelul trebuie sa declare razboi tuturor arabilor?
Ultimul razboi cu Siria a fost in 1982. De atunci au trecut 25 de ani. A declarat Israelul razboi Siriei? Au fost tratative la Sheperstown intre Israel si Siria, nu au reusit, dar asta nu a insemnat ca Israelul a declarat imediat razboi Siriei. De ce crezi ca exista doar doua posibilitatzi (pace cu legaturi intre state sau razboi) si nu trei?
Poate sa fie liniste fara ca sa fie pace intre 2 tzari. Atat timp cat Israelul este puternic, nu va fi atacat. Nu sant contra tratativelor, dar daca nu ai cu cine, nu trebuie musai sa le faci, pentru ca asta este doar o autoamagire (vezi ce s-a intamplat cu tratativele cu Iranul).
La alt punct pe care il ridici:
De unde rezulta ca Israelul trebuie sa deporteze sau sa omoare pe totzi palestinienii, in lipsa de tratative sau in situatzie de conflict care mocneste?
Asta probabil ca ar fi facut-o USA sau Frantza care nu ar fi permis ca orasele lor sa fie bombardate cu sute de rachete in decursul anilor. Sa-tzi aduc aminte ca pentru 9/11, americanii au ajuns la mii de kilometri de casa lor.
Israelul a reactzionat in modul cel mai cuvilizat posibil. Orice putere militara intr-o situatzie asemanatoare isi termina vecinii in 24 de ore. Israelul are capabilitatea militara sa o faca si cu toate astea nu a facut-o.
Din contra, chiar in aceste clipe, cand Gaza a fost transformata in Hamastan iranian, locuitorii Gazei primesc electricitate, benzina, apa, gaz din Israel.
Si atunci, de unde tragi concluziile astea?
Eu sant de parere ca americanii e bine sa se amestece, cu conditzia ca intzeleg ce fac.
Nu prea intzeleg de ce americanii ar trebui sa trateze cu Hamasul. Daca americanii ar trata cu Hamasul, de ce sa nu trateze cu Ben Laden sau cu Iranul?
Roy,
Cer scuze, inseamna ca nu m-am exprimat cum trebuie. Eu am scris acolo exagerat tocmai ca sa arat ca asa ceva (razboi total, deportari, etc.) este imposibil. Asa mi se parea insa ca recomandai tu cind vorbeai de imposibilitatea pacii, ca nu ai cu cine trata, etc. Sint absolut de acord ca Israelul trebuie sa fie puternic si gata sa le-o traga celor care vor bataie.
Nu vad insa nimic rau in actiunile americane. Incearca si ei sa faca pace. Daca nu reusesc, macar pun bete in roate dusmanilor mai mari ai Israelului (asmut Fatahul impotriva Hamasului, omoara fundamentalistui islamici prin Afghanistan si Irak, etc.). Mi se pare curios criticismul impotriva politicii americane cind vine dinspre Israel si nu este insotit de o alternativa, propunere, etc.
Am deschis discutia fiindca acum an vorbeam cu un amic din Israel care din timpitzi si idiotzi nu-i scotea (pe americani). Iar cind l-am intrebat de ce, am primit raspunsuri in doi peri. De aceea voiam sa incerc sa lamuresc situatia.
Eu sant foarte pro-american. Insa asta nu inseamna ca nu ma pot mira de greselile pe care le fac americanii (si nu numai ei).
Daca ma uit cu ce s-a soldat povestea asta, ce concluzie trebuie sa trag?
Daca americanii nu presau cu alegerile "democrate" castigate cu arma in mana de Hamas, astazi poate nu am fi ajuns la un Hamastan in Gaza.
Vreau sa vad acum, cand Hamasul a ramas singur in Gaza ce o sa faca americanii.
In circa 2-3 zile, ai sa vezi articole in presa americana despre "criza umanitara" din Gaza. Imediat administratzia o sa inceapa sa preseze Israelul sa faca inlesniri. Cui? Guvernului Hamas ilegal din Gaza (care exact in clipa asta a devenit inexistent fiind dizolvat de Abu Mazen)?
Sau te pomeni ca americanii o sa inceapa sa discute cu acesti teroristi a caror salbaticie este incredibila.
Ce o sa mai inventeze The State Department?
Dar vreau sa fiu clar: principala vinovata in aceste desfasurari este insa administratzia israeliana (guvernul Olmert) care ar fi putut sa manevreze criza altfel dar nu a facut-o.
Un guvern slab (Olmert), o administratzie americana naiva si un sarpe egiptean (Mubarak), iata un amalgam care a creat primul guvern al fratzilor musulmani in Orientul Mijlociu.
"Mi se pare curios criticismul impotriva politicii americane cind vine dinspre Israel si nu este insotit de o alternativa, propunere, etc."
Nu este chiar asa. Nu o data au fost propuneri israeliene, respinse de americani.
Dupa razboiul din Irak, am vazut o discutzie de specialisti israelieni in terorism care au spus ca Israelul a avertizat pe americanii ca va veni un val de teroare in Irak si le-a facut anumite propuneri, insa americanii ne-au spus mersi, nu trebuie, ne descurcam noi.
Daca nu se organizau alegeri democratice, Hamasul s-ar fi plins ca guvernul Fatah nu are reprezentativitate si ar fi incercat sa ia puterea cu arma in mina, ceea ce ne ducea exact la situatzia... de acum. Macar asa se poate spune ca mizeria in cloaca palestiniana este mult mai mare decit simpla lupta impotriva opresorului israelian. Au avut o sansa si i-au dat cu piciorul.
Apoi, Hamasul inca n-a ramas singur in Gaza, Mazen tocmai a dat ordin Fatahului sa se bata cu Hamasul. Eu zic ca de aici Israelul iese cistigat.
Roy,
Nu vorbeam de propunerile israeliene respoinse de americani. Autrement Janette (ca sa parafrazam o cunoscuta zicala populara fromana...)
Vorbeam de respingerea actiunilor americane, chiar si atunci cind sint evident in folosul Israelului, de catre persoane particulare israeliene, fara a oferi nici o sugestie ce ar trebui de fapt americanii sa faca? Care ar fi acele actiuni care sa le ofere satisfactie si pe care sa le aprobe?
Fiecare om cu parerile lui, santem liberi sa ne exprimam.
Insa este bine sa stii ca natziunea care ii sprijina pe americani cel mai mult este Israelul. Cca 80% din israelieni sant pro-americani. N-ai sa intalnesti nicaieri asa un procentaj.
Israelul este unica tzara care i-a sprijinit pe americani la ONU aproape 100% (Mai precis, Israelul a sprijinit 95% din propunerile americane la ONU).
Eu nu vad cum Israelul iese castigat din situatzia asta.
Solutzia pana la urma va fi sa intram in Gaza si sa dam de pamant cu Hamasul.
Iar invatzatura este ca cu putorile astea nu se poate discuta. Sper ca americanii sa intzeleaga asta si sa nu le dea cumva tarcoale.
Insa este bine sa stii ca natziunea care ii sprijina pe americani cel mai mult este Israelul.
I think it's the other way around.
Realitatea este ca americanii au in Israel cei mai mari si loiali suporteri, iar Israelul ii are pe americani drept cei mai mari suporteri ...
Acest parteneriat este bazat pe interese vitale pentru fiecare (nu musai comune), iar relatiile sint de pe pozitii de egalitate.
Prostii fac si unii si altii, si spre deosebire de interese, prostiile sint comune, fiindca deocamdata americanii si Israelul au o politica internationala prin care se identifica ...
Americanii au facut o mare prostie sa preseze pe participarea Hamasului la acele alegeri, fiind siguri ca Hamasul nu are nici o sansa, iar Israelul a facut o mare timpenie sa se permita asa ceva.
Ca in fond era pe deplin justificata cerinta ca organizatiile care nu recunosc dreptul la existenta a statului Israel, nu au ce sa participe la alegeri.
PS. insa Israelul are in subconstient temerea ca exista si posibilitatea ca loialitatea Americii sa fluctueze in functie de interese, si de aceea cea mai mare incredere trebuie s-o aibe in ei insisi.
(acest simtamint a fost exprimat si de Begin, si de Sharon)
"Ca in fond era pe deplin justificata cerinta ca organizatiile care nu recunosc dreptul la existenta a statului Israel, nu au ce sa participe la alegeri."
Cerintza asta daca nu ma insel era inclusa in defunctul tratat de la Oslo.
Blogger anuntza ca in curand va apare cu o versie care permite publicarea nu numai de poze ci si videouri.
"Cum o dai, tot Bush e de vina."
Golanule draga, ... e drept ca americanii sint acuzati peste tot si de toti pentru tot ce se intimpla in lume.
Pe nedrept, fiindca ei sint singurii care fac ceva in prezenta situatie in care singura alegere este intre "rele"..., nu sint demagogi precum ceilalti.
Insa nu trebuie confundate listele de plingeri.
Una este lista celor care isi masoara "adrenalina" cu americanii de pe pozitii cam divergente (cum e cu mighty Europe)
si alta e lista de plingeri intre parteneri care se identifica in interese si strategii.
Am si eu citeva plingeri pe aceasta a 2-a lista:
una e cu Hamasu` la alegeri,
alta e felul in care au intentionat sa-i directioneze pe isralieni in actiunea recenta din Liban (aici mi-a placut ca Israel s-a oprit la timp, dupa ce si-a exprimat punctul de vedere, si a reusit sa plaseze "pisoiul" pe umerii demagogilor ONU, ...
iar ultima chestie care m-a suparat, este neparticiparea americanilor la celebrarea a 40 de ani a Jerusalemului, ... ceea ce e cam trist intre prieteni, plus ca dovedeste faptul ca americanii nu inteleg subtilitatea lui "sine qua non" in acest caz...
USS Liberty
Israel attacked the USS Liberty using UNMARKED AIRCRAFT. This is the single fact which proves Israel knew exactly who they were attacking. Israel's story is that they thought USS Liberty was an Egyptian ship and therefore a legitimate target of war. Were that true, there would be no reason to attack a supposedly Egyptian ship with unmarked aircraft. The only possible reason to use unmarked aircraft to attack the ship is that Israel knew it was an American ship and intended to sink it, then to blame the attack on Egypt.
Israel claims the USS Liberty was mistaken for the out-of-service Egyptian horse carrier El Quseir.
According to a 1981 NSA report on the incident, the El Quseir "was approximately one-quarter of the Liberty's tonnage, about one-half its length, and offered a radically different silhouette.
California draga,
Cunosc subiectul Liberty care de obicei este ridicat din praful istoriei ca sa demonstreze "tradarea" Americii de catre Israel, asa ca am un raspuns imediat:
Cei care il flutura "uita" sa mentzioneze o groaza de lucruri, printre el cel mai important fapt:
10 comisii americane (printre ele: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Senate Armed Services Committee, House Armed Services Committee, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, National Security Agency,CIA, etc) au investigat in decursul anilor cazul si nu au putut dovedi ca atacul a fost intentzionat.
Ca sa-tzi satisfac interesul subit pentru cazul asta, iata o tabela a tuturor comisiilor, cu toate datele si rezumatul concluziilor si din care te vei putea scufunda cu usurintza in studierea cazurilor pe Internet. Spor la lucru!
Investigations of the Liberty Tragedy
Daca tot vorbim de razboiul de 6 zile, dupa cate imi amintesc dupa razboiul din 56, America a garantat dreptul de trecere al vaselor israeliene prin stramtoarea Tiran, insa cand egiptenii au inchis accesul (asta a fost de fapt una din cauzele principale ale razboiului din 67) presedintele Johnson nu a facut nimic in materie.
Daca te intereseaza subiectul relatziilor americano-israeliene, iata un articol:How Special is the U.S.-Israel Relationship?.
P.S.1 (a la krautu) In urma cu cateva zile au avut loc manevre aeriene militare ale celor doua tzari pe teritoriul Israelului.
P.S.2 Ronald Reagan a scris despre relatziile intre cele doua tzari: "Only by full appreciation of the critical role the State of Israel plays in our strategic calculus can we build the foundation for thwarting Moscow's designs on territories and resources vital to our security and our national well-being."
Si as mai vrea sa-tzi adaug ceva: se flutura foarte mult si cu ajutorul financiar american acordat Israelului. Este foarte generos si nu multe tzari primesc asa ceva.
Insa aproape ca nu se vorbeste despre ce primesc americanii din partea Israelului. Poate pentru ca serviciile primite nu pot fi masurate in bani.
De exemplu, daca in toiul razboiului rece, Israelul a procurat Americii un MIG cate miliarde de dolari face asta?
Cat valoreaza vietzile americanilor salvatzi de stiri pe care Mossadul le trece americanilor?
Cat valoreaza tehnologia militara israeliana introdusa in avioanele militare americane?
Cand vorbim despre cazul X sau Y, este bine sa ne uitam la toata fotografia si nu la pixeli.
Roy,
Ca sa concluzionam:
Sint sigur ca exista o colaborare strinsa intre SUA si Israel, la fel si interese comune.
Nu am indoieli asupra acestui fapt si nu am deschis discutia in acest sens.
Ma deranjeaza in schimb vehementza cu care unii israelieni critica SUA. Vorbesc, deci, de opinia publica, nu de relatiile interstatale.
Cred ca am tocat destul subiectul si am aflat lucruri interesante.
Golanu,
Ultimile 2 comentarii ale mele i le adesasem lui cali.
Sant de acord ca subiectul este consumat.
Un Site de Referitza
In legatura cu videoul in care Sarkozi apare pilit: am vorbit cu cineva din Frantza care mi-a spus ca Sarko nu bea, in schimb lucreaza intr-un ritm nebun... si ca probabil era mort de oboseala.
Urmatorul patent: Cofee Table.
Roy, Israelul nu da nimik USA-ei !
Nu mai incerca sa schimbi ceea ce nu e !Multumiti-va cu pomana de acolo si cioku' mik.
Sinteti de 60 de ani niste pomanagii.
Stiu ca nu-ti place dar ata ete !
E bine aici, sint si niste anonimoushi care Zice pa vorba lor si nu o zice rau .
A Modern Parable.
A Japanese company (Toyota) & an American company (General Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race.
On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
The Americans, very discouraged & depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate & recommend appropriate action. Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing & 1 person steering, while the American team had 8 people steering & 1 person rowing.
Feeling a deeper study was in order, American management hired a consulting company, paid them a large amount of money for a 2nd opinion. They advised of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.
Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's management structure was totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 3 area steering superintendents &1assistant superintendent steering manager.
They also implemented a new performance system giving the 1 person rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the
'Rowing Team Quality First Program,' with meetings, dinners & free pens for the rower. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes, other equipment, extra vacation days for practices & bonuses.
The next year the Japanese won by two miles.
Humiliated, the American management laid off the rower for poor performance, halted development of a new canoe, sold the paddles, canceling all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses & the next year's racing team was out-sourced to India.
The Failed States Index 2007
Airbus..
Din pacate anu asta nu pot sa merg la Le Bourge... cea mai mare expozitie de aviatie din lume... in schimb gurile rele zic ca Airbus ar fi obtinut contracte de ca. 15 miliarde de Euroi.. atit A380 cit si iubitu meu A350...
Ooops!
Ploua, ploua... ploaie de vara... in fata casei mele e un parculet... maricel.. cind sunt ingindurat ca acum... cineva f. drag mie e bolnav... ma asez pe balcon... cu-n pahar de vin.. o tigare si ma uit la veverite cum se catara prin copaci si la pisicile care incearca in zadar sa le vineze, se lasa pagubase si se reped la cite un arici. Stiti cit de repede se poate misca un arici? Fuge iute, iute si apoi se ghemuieste... iar fuge iute, iute si se ghemuieste..
Ploua, ploua, ploaie de vara calda... o fata se plimba cu ciinele, ciinelui ii place tare mult ploaia, tunete, traznete... fata isi ridica miinile catre cer si se-nvirte... tare mult mi-ar place sa ma plimb prin ploaie!
Dilema (de CINE?)
Ati vazut prea bine ca la consultatii
Doctorii te-ntreaba despre emanatii.
Vor sa stie totul: abundenta, faze,
Unii le zic "vanturi", altii le zic "gaze".
Dar sa nu va mire daca medicina
Studiaza astazi foarte mult "basina".
Fiindca, biologic, pentru toti e clar,
A basi e un lucru foarte necesar.
Toata lumea bese, asta-i axioma
Nu intereseaza sunet sau aroma.
In privinta asta toti suntem la fel
Floarea nobilimii, preoti, printi, printese,
Papa de la Roma bese si iar bese.
Ins-o chestiune trebuie-nteleasa
Fiecare bese dar la el acasa!
Fara martori merge, tare sau incet,
Nimeni nu-ti dicteaza sa te besi discret
Vrei rafale scurte sau prelungi sa sune
Treaba ta, esti liber, poti sa faci si spume!
Si chiar daca nimeni nu-ti sta imprejur,
Poti sa besi in lege, pana pici in cur.
Eticheta cere, insa, sa fii pudic
Bunul simt pretinde sa nu besi in public.
Ce-ar fi, bunaoara, s-auzi pe cutare
C-a basit in public doamna nu-stiu-care
Sau ca domnisoara, profesoara X,
S-a basit in clasa, ieri la 9 fix?
Cum ar fi privite, sau calificate,
Ar mai fi prestigiu, autoritate?
Cine le-ar mai crede fiinte gratioase?
Ar fi socotite niste basinoase.
Dar ma-ntorc acuma iar la medicina
Sa-ti risti sanatatea pentru o basina?
Sa n-o lasi sa iasa daca esti in public,
Fiindca eticheta cere sa fii pudic?
In privinta asta sunt pareri mai multe,
Cine-ar sta pe toate a le mai asculte?
Astfel, dupa unii poti sa besi oricat
Dar sa stii la vreme sa le strangi de gat.
Poti sa fii acelasi om cu demnitate
De le dai tacut drumu-n libertate
Asta-i o parere, una dintr-o mie
Dar morala spune ca-i ipocrizie
Ce deosebire intre om si cal
Ar mai fi atuncea sub aspect moral?
Cand te-arati in lume demn, gras si frumos
Si-n realitate esti un basinos?
Cati nu sunt din astia care bas de zor,
Parca stii vreodata ce-i la curul lor?
Dar ramane lege ca e indecent
Sa slobozi la gaze pe esapament.
Fie, cu morala nu te poti certa
Dar mai vine gazul fara voia ta.
Suiera si geme, cu prelung ecou
Iar tu ai nesansa sa fii la birou.
In astfel de cazuri, spune, ce te faci?
Sa recurgi la scuze sau sa te prefaci?
Din experienta eu va spun cinstit
Ca nicicand in viata nu am indraznit
Sa recurg la scuze, ar fi fost mai rau
Sa roseasca lumea toata-n jurul meu.
Am tarsit un scaun, am facut ceva,
Ca sa nu se creada c-am basit cumva.
Si oricat s-ar spune ca sunt ipocrit
S-au facut si altii ca n-au auzit.
Chiar si-ndragostitii cand admira luna,
Cu sau fara voie, scapa cate una
Dar cu-o tuse seaca, bine regizata
Sau cu-o melodie mai pe nas cantata
Fac sa se ascunda tot, a poezie,
Chiar si nedorita, scurta galagie
Ce-a trecut prin mate si s-a dus in vant
Si care ne-ncurca viata pe pamant.
Dar astfel de cazuri cand ipocrizia
E asociata chiar cu poezia,
Crime, moralistii nostri le socot.
Caci morala-si baga nasul peste tot.
In final, tot omul se intreaba trist:
Sa asculti de medic sau de moralist?
mosule,
mi se pare ca e Toparceanu.
Razboi................
Razboi, Iran si Irak, un iranian si un irakian stau fata in fata in
transee si se impusca de zor. La un moment dat iranianului i se
blocheaza pusca:
- La pisda matii pusc' imputit! injura iranianu' in cea mai pura
romaneasca de care era el in stare. Irakianu' il aude si il
intreaba intr-o romaneasca la fel de pur stalcita:
- Bei bork, de inde stii la tine romineste, bei?
- Facut jcoal la Romania.
- Zeu? Si unde fecut la tine jcoal?
- La Timisoara.
- E! Si ce jcoal fecut tu, bei?
- Politehnica. Da' di ce?
- Pei si eu fecut jcoal la Romania.
- Daaa? Ce jcoal?
- Eu fecut Medicin la Tirgu Mures.
Iranianu' intre timp isi reparase pusca si incepe sa traga dupa
irakian rafala dupa rafala, incarcator dupa incarcator:
- Ia bei, la bizda matii de bozgor imbutzit!
Bune bancurile lui Mos Grigore, dar trebuie spuse mult mai multe ca sa-i poata trece catraneala lui Roy. Inca o data i s-a confirmat ca banul este cel mai bun prim-ministru. US ii spijina pe Olmert si pe Abbas, Olmert il sprijina pe Abbas, US este sprijinit de ... gard. De n-ar bate Doamne vantul prea tare, sa nu se strice sandramaua. Plina lumea de prieteni ...
Briel,
Nu vad de ce crezi ca sant catranit?!
Uite, de pilda azi sant foarte bucuros si am cu ce sa ma laud: azi odrasla cea mica primeste diploma BA in economie si inca "magna cum laude".
Iar peste 2 luni, seniorul aduce acasa primul lui salariu si incheiem inca un cerc din viatza.
Prin urmare nu-s motive de catraneala.
Amintiri din tineretze: Ludmila Belusova si Oleg Protopopov.
Ea are 72 si el 75!!!
Roy, question.......
Cine e Cretinu' Asta?
Farher of the Iranien Revolution
Roy,
Credeam ca pe motive politice esti cam innegurat, dar bucuriile familiale intotdeauna depasesc orice alt subiect de interes. Felicitari pentru ambii copii (hmm... adulti), chiar ca ai cu ce sa te lauzi.
Ai mei sunt mai tinerei, inca mai studiaza si merg foarte bine, au lasat in urma lor impresii bune despre romani. Cum nu prea se cunoaste aici pe unde se afla tara Romania, catusi de putin, conteaza.
Cand mergi la Constantinopole, dupa cum spuneai, poate faci niste fotografii si le pui pe blog. Ieri m-am uitat lung la pozele din Israel, care sunt publicate de Jerusalem Post ... tare imi plac.
When Charles De Gaulle decided to retire from public life, the British ambassador and his wife threw a gala dinner party in his honor. At the dinner table the Ambassador's wife was talking with Madame De Gaulle: "Your husband has been such a prominent public figure, such a presence on the French and International scene for so many years! How quiet retirement will seem in comparison. What are you most looking forward to in these retirement years?"
A penis", replied Madame De Gaulle.
A huge hush fell over the table. Everyone heard her answer... and no one knew what to say next.
Le Grand Charles leaned over to his wife and said: "Ma cherie, I believe ze English pronounce zat word, 'appiness !'"
Briel...............
Un episod care face parte din jurnalul unui emigrant Canadian.
12. Aug.
-Ne-am cumparat o casa noua in Canada.
Sunt foarte emotionat.
Aici e atat de frumos.
Muntii sunt de o splendoare nedescrisa.
Abia astept sa ii vad acoperiti de zapada.
: 14. Oct.
: -Canada. E cea mai frumoasa tara de pe Pamant.
Frunzele au primit toate acele minunate nuante
de culoare galbena si portocalie.
M-am plimbat cu masina prin natura si am vazut cativa cerbi.
Sunt atat de gratiosi.
Cerbii sunt cele mai frumoase animale.
Cred ca am ajuns in paradis.
Iubesc Canada.
11. Nov.
-Ziua sarbatorii nationale.
In curand incepe vanatoarea cerbilor.
Nu imi vine sa cred ca cineva poate sa ucida un animal atat de frumos.
Sper ca va ninge in curand.
E atat de frumos aici.
2. Dec.
-Azi noapte a nins pentru prima oara.
M-am sculat si am vazut ca este alb peste tot ca in cele mai frumoase vederi.
Am iesit afara, am curatat in fata casei si apoi ne-am batut cu bulgari de zapada (eu am castigat).
Cand a trecut masina de curatat zapada am curatat din nou in fata curtii.
Tara deosebita.
Iubesc Canada.
12. Dec.
-Azi noapte a nins iarasi.
Masina a curatat zapada din nou.
Ne-a blocat intrarea in curte.
Aici e splendid.
19. Dec.
-Azi noapte a nins iarasi.
N-am putut sa scot masina sa merg la lucru.
Aici e intr-adevar foarte frumos numai ca sunt obosit de curatat zapada.
Din nou masina aia bestemata.
22.Dec.
-Cacatul asta alb nu s-a oprit toata noaptea.
Am bataturi la maini de la lopata si ma doare spatele.
Aceasta maimuta cu masina parca se ascunde dupa colt si numai asteapta sa termin de curatat in fata curtii.
La naiba.
25. Dec.
-Craciun Fericit pe naiba.
A nins din nou zapada asta nenorocita.
Daca il prind pe poponistulala cu masina il omor.
Fu..le ...... ca nu arunca mai multa sare(pt. topit zapada) pe sosele.
27. Dec.
-Azi noapte iarasi zapada.
Nu ies de trei zile din casa doar ca dau cu lopata intr-una dupa ce trece masina.
Nu pot pleca nicaieri, masina este ingropata sub un deal de zapada si mai e
si foarte frig pe deasupra.
Au spus ca la noapte va mai cadea inca 30 cm din cacatul asta de zapada.
28. Dec.
-Prognoza a fost proasta.
S-au mai depus 50 cm nu 30 cm.
Daca continua asa nu se va topi pana la vara.
Masina de curatat a ramas blocata si maimutoiul a venit la mine sa imi ceara lopata.
I-am spus ca am rupt deja 6 curatand rahatul ce mi l-a aruncat in fata curtii.
Era cat pe ce sa ii dau in cap cu lopata.
4. Jan.
-Am iesit din casa in sfarsit.
M-am dus pana la alimentara sa cumpar de mancare si la intoarcere am
lovit un cerb.
Masina avariata ma costa $3000.
Bestiile de cerbi trebuie omorate.
Sunt peste tot.
De ce oare nu i-au omorat vanatorii toamna trecuta?
3. Mai
-Am dus masina la mecanic.
Incredibil cat de mult a ruginit de la sarea aia nenorocita care se arunca peste tot, tot timpul iernii ca sa topeasca zapada si tot degeaba.
10. Mai
-Ma mut in Florida.
Nu imi pot imagina care-i timpitul care poate trai in Canada asta
Moshule,
Tipul despre care ma intrebi este unul dintre cei mai uratzi politicieni de extrema stanga israelieni.
Tipul a inceput prin anii 60 cu o revista "galbena" care se numea "Haolam haze" (adica "Lumea asta") care avea si multe tzitzi si tuhasuri despuiate de conitze (isi creiase o banda de iepurase si facea pe Hefner dar de nivel minus 10)
In continuare si-a facut un mic partid de stanga cu acelasi nume "Haolam Haze" si s-a imperechiat cu Partidul Panterelor negre si a reusit sa intre in Knesseth.
Pe urma s-a certat cu aia si si-a gasit alta dragoste: Arafat si palestinienii si de atunci ii linge in tuhas fara preget. A primit si un fel de premiu Nobel alternativ pentru pace.
O holera, care are vreo 84 de ani, deci in catziva an ne va scuti de prezentza lui.
Bravo moshule,
Nostime bancuri, un articol comme il faut despre boul de Carter.
Briel,
Da, as avea motive politice sa fiu innegurat, insa au fost si evenimente imbucuratoare: Barak l-a schimbat pe Peretz in postul de ministru al apararii si probabil ca vom avea alegeri in cateva luni, asa ca o sa scapam de un conducator slab.
Inside Politics
by Jannifer Harper, Washington Times, 13/06/2007
Watch this
For 24 hours, the international non-incident was called "Watchgate" by a global press fixated by the idea that President Bush lost his watch while rubbing elbows with the citizens of Albania earlier this week.
Was he pickpocketed? Was he careless? Inquiring minds and restless pundits reviewed an ABC News video of the moment again and again yesterday, looking for clues.
White House spokesman Tony Snow cleared up the mystery, which had already assumed conspiracy-theory status. The watch was not lifted or lost.
"The president put it in his pocket, and it returned safely home," Mr. Snow said.
The saga barreled on, nonetheless, but National Review Online's John Derbyshire used the story as "an excellent opportunity to recycle a Soviet-era joke."
It goes something like this: It seems Soviet leaders Josef Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev were touring their Eastern European satellite countries aboard a train, tracking their progress by time. Ten o'clock meant they were in Czechoslovakia, 2:30 meant Hungary, the joke went.
Khrushchev: "Sorry, I'm lost yet again. What country are we in now?"
Stalin: "What time is it?"
Khrushchev (lifts wrist to look at watch): "Hey. My watch. It's gone."
Stalin: "Ah, this must be Romania."
HOW TO SAVE THE AIRLINES
Dump the male flight attendants. No one wanted them in the first place.
Replace all the female flight attendants with good-looking strippers! What
the hell -- They don't even serve food anymore; so, what's the loss?
The strippers would at least triple the alcohol sales and get a "party
atmosphere" going in the cabin. And, of course, every businessman in this
country would start flying again, hoping to see naked women.
Because of the tips, female flight attendants wouldn't need a salary; thus, saving even more money. I suspect tips would be so good that we could charge the women for working the plane and have them kick back 20% of the tips, including lap dances and "special services."
Muslims would be afraid to get on the planes for fear of seeing naked women. Hijackings would come to a screeching halt, and the airline industry would see record revenues. This is definitely a win-win situation if we handle it right -- a golden opportunity to turn a liability into an asset.
Why didn't Bush think of this? Why do I still have to do everything myself?
Sincerely,
Bill Clinton
Imi amintesc si eu de Belousova si Protopopov...
odata si-au inceput programul, si dupa vreo 2 minute defectiune tehnica: muzica nu nu s-a mai auzit, insa tipii au continuat imperturbabili dansul lor gratios, iar cind , dupa vreo 5 minute (care mi-au parut un veac) sonorul de pe stadion s-a restabilit, miscarile lor au cazut exact pe acordurile muzicii ... ce moment !lumea in delir total ...
PS. Roy, felicitari pentru baietii tai !
Mos Grigore,
M-ai plesnit in amintire si am ras cu lacrimi. Fix asa era iarna acum 6-7 ani + . Acum s-a schimbat, e mai blanda si parca nu asa de lunga. Anul acesta am avut chiar si primavara, iar vara in desfasurare e colturoasa, concediul devine un loz in plic. Dar sa stii ca "maimutoiul" e la datorie exact cum zice jurnalul si nu intra cu plugul pana nu se opreste ninsoarea, poa' sa fie jumate de metru.
Acum, ca sa fii fair pune un banc si cu vanturile din Chicago, dar nu de-alea toparceniste.
Neamtule, daca esti trist ori suparat noi incercam sa te consolam gandindu-ne la tine. Mai mult nu putem.
Briel...............
"Acum, ca sa fii fair pune un banc si cu vanturile din Chicago, dar nu de-alea toparceniste".
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In realitate nu se poate....pentruca "Wind City", porecla lu' Chicago nu vine dela VINT, desi e vintos al dracu, ci dela mirosul ramas de pe urma pietzelor imense dela vremea aia, ale caror gunoaie putrezeau peste tot.
Numele vine dela "to make wind" care are totusi intelesul lui Topirceanu.........
Vintos cred ca e din cauza efectului de tunel creat de srazi inguste (relativ) si cladiri foarte inalte.
PS. Daca vrei sa-l vezi vino la mine (la tzara).
Mergi prin chicago pe strazi insorite, dai coltzul pe o strada mai intunecoasa si cu vant si-tzi dau lacrimile de frig. Asta prin iunie.
In rest, Chicago e un oras interesant si lung al naibii.
Ia zi Roy-ule ce stii de asta
"Sever Plocker"
ca gasii o tona de ANTI....
de el
Sever Plocker este o figura foarte interesanta.
In urma cu zeci de ani era redactor adjunct la defunctul "Al Hamishmar" care s-ar putea traduce "The Guardian". Asta era oficiosul Mapamului, partid de stanga care s-a impartzit in 14, si care are veterani in Labor si Meretz.
Dupa episodul cu Al Hamishmar a trecut la Yedioth Aharonot unde esre astazi redactor sef adjunct si seful deskului economic.
Nu intotdeauna sant de acord cu el, insa de obicei le vede destul de corect.
Parerile lui sant de centru indreptat putzin spre stanga, desi l-a sprijinit foarte serios pe Netanyahu cand era ministru de finantze.
Stalin's Jews
by Sever Plocker
We mustn't forget that some of greatest murderers of modern times were Jewish
Sever Plocker
Here's a particularly forlorn historical date: Almost 90 years ago, between the 19th and 20th of December 1917, in the midst of the Bolshevik revolution and civil war, Lenin signed a decree calling for the establishment of The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage, also known as Cheka.
Within a short period of time, Cheka became the largest and cruelest state security organization. Its organizational structure was changed every few years, as were its names: From Cheka to GPU, later to NKVD, and later to KGB.
We cannot know with certainty the number of deaths Cheka was responsible for in its various manifestations, but the number is surely at least 20 million, including victims of the forced collectivization, the hunger, large purges, expulsions, banishments, executions, and mass death at Gulags.
Whole population strata were eliminated: Independent farmers, ethnic minorities, members of the bourgeoisie, senior officers, intellectuals, artists, labor movement activists, "opposition members" who were defined completely randomly, and countless members of the Communist party itself.
In his new, highly praised book "The War of the World, "Historian Niall Ferguson writes that no revolution in the history of mankind devoured its children with the same unrestrained appetite as did the Soviet revolution. In his book on the Stalinist purges, Tel Aviv University's Dr. Igal Halfin writes that Stalinist violence was unique in that it was directed internally.
Lenin, Stalin, and their successors could not have carried out their deeds without wide-scale cooperation of disciplined "terror officials," cruel interrogators, snitches, executioners, guards, judges, perverts, and many bleeding hearts who were members of the progressive Western Left and were deceived by the Soviet regime of horror and even provided it with a kosher certificate.
All these things are well-known to some extent or another, even though the former Soviet Union's archives have not yet been fully opened to the public. But who knows about this? Within Russia itself, very few people have been brought to justice for their crimes in the NKVD's and KGB's service. The Russian public discourse today completely ignores the question of "How could it have happened to us?" As opposed to Eastern European nations, the Russians did not settle the score with their Stalinist past.
And us, the Jews? An Israeli student finishes high school without ever hearing the name "Genrikh Yagoda," the greatest Jewish murderer of the 20th Century, the GPU's deputy commander and the founder and commander of the NKVD. Yagoda diligently implemented Stalin's collectivization orders and is responsible for the deaths of at least 10 million people. His Jewish deputies established and managed the Gulag system. After Stalin no longer viewed him favorably, Yagoda was demoted and executed, and was replaced as chief hangman in 1936 by Yezhov, the "bloodthirsty dwarf."
Yezhov was not Jewish but was blessed with an active Jewish wife. In his Book "Stalin: Court of the Red Star", Jewish historian Sebag Montefiore writes that during the darkest period of terror, when the Communist killing machine worked in full force, Stalin was surrounded by beautiful, young Jewish women.
Stalin's close associates and loyalists included member of the Central Committee and Politburo Lazar Kaganovich. Montefiore characterizes him as the "first Stalinist" and adds that those starving to death in Ukraine, an unparalleled tragedy in the history of human kind aside from the Nazi horrors and Mao's terror in China, did not move Kaganovich.
Many Jews sold their soul to the devil of the Communist revolution and have blood on their hands for eternity. We'll mention just one more: Leonid Reichman, head of the NKVD's special department and the organization's chief interrogator, who was a particularly cruel sadist.
In 1934, according to published statistics, 38.5 percent of those holding the most senior posts in the Soviet security apparatuses were of Jewish origin. They too, of course, were gradually eliminated in the next purges. In a fascinating lecture at a Tel Aviv University convention this week, Dr. Halfin described the waves of soviet terror as a "carnival of mass murder," "fantasy of purges", and "essianism of evil." Turns out that Jews too, when they become captivated by messianic ideology, can become great murderers, among the greatest known by modern history.
The Jews active in official communist terror apparatuses (In the Soviet Union and abroad) and who at times led them, did not do this, obviously, as Jews, but rather, as Stalinists, communists, and "Soviet people." Therefore, we find it easy to ignore their origin and "play dumb": What do we have to do with them? But let's not forget them. My own view is different. I find it unacceptable that a person will be considered a member of the Jewish people when he does great things, but not considered part of our people when he does amazingly despicable things.
Even if we deny it, we cannot escape the Jewishness of "our hangmen," who served the Red Terror with loyalty and dedication from its establishment. After all, others will always remind us of their origin.
It wasn’t the Holocaust
Holocaust was not determining factor behind Israel’s establishment
By Sever Plocker
The inauguration of the new Holocaust Museum at “Yad Vashem” and the Zionist statement that is evident from the museum’s architecture begs, yet again, a discussion as to whether or not Israel would have been established had the Holocaust not taken place.
Historically speaking, Zionism, as revolutionary national liberation movement, was established decades before the Holocaust. The first Zionist Congress was held in 1897; Adolf Hitler was eight-years-old, and Nazism wasn’t even in its budding stage.
Great Britain, the most dominant colonial power at the time, officially recognized the Jewish nation’s right to a “national home” of its own in 1917, 25 years before the first European Jew was sent to a concentration camp.
It was the inquiry into the history of the Jewish nation as a stateless people continuously rejected by its surroundings that pushed Jews into the arms of Zionism, that is, a political solution in the form of a Jewish state.
Indeed, this was a cumulative, bitter historical lesson, rather than a one-time revelation.
The demographic argument
The Holocaust only re-validated Zionism’s basic assumptions, whereby the Jews are a nation living in the Diaspora among other nations that despise them, to some extent or another, and that seemingly “harmless” anti-Semitism can escalate into murderous pogroms.
The Holocaust was such a pogrom; its scale makes it a unique, but not deviant, event in the history of anti-Jewish hatred. Indeed, it was proceeded by numerous “minor” and “moderate” Holocausts and violent anti-Semitic outbursts across the globe.
However, the strongest argument for rejecting the claim the Holocaust produced Israel has to do with demographics.
On the eve of World War II, some 9.5 million Jews lived in parts of Europe that were later conquered by the Nazis.
What would have happened to European Jewry had the “final solution” not materialized? How many would Jews would be here today if they hadn’t been systematically annihilated?
The relatively slow birth rate among Western European Jews before the war allows us to assume the European Jewish population in 1945 would stand at about 10 million, and would increase by 2 percent a year.
The result: The number of European Jews in 1975 would reach some 18 million, and today the number would stand at about 33 million.
Is it at all fathomable that 18 to 20 million European Jews would not demand a homeland? Can anyone imagine the assimilation of 20 or more million Jews into Christian Europe?
'We pine for the Jews who were murdered'
Poland’s Jewish community alone would number 6 million in 1980 had it not been for the Holocaust. Can anyone imagine that the State of Israel wouldn’t have been established and recognized by the world as the single solution to “Europe’s Jewish problem,” once this “problem’s” scope surpassed the 15-million mark?
Indeed, the Europeans would not have accepted the existence of such huge Jewish minority amidst them, and the Jews, in turn, would not have agreed to the status of a minority devoid of national-sovereign rights.
If the Holocaust had never occurred, the mass immigration of European Jews to Palestine-Israel would have commenced in the 1950s, with the approval and encouragement of European governments, including the Soviet Union.
No Arab protest could have prevented this from happening: A Jewish state accepting millions of Jews from Europe would quickly become an acknowledged fact.
The Holocaust did not beget Israel; rather, the Holocaust almost foiled the country’s establishment, by depleting the Jewish nation’s resources, threatening its very existence, and creating a huge gap in Jewish demography.
Without the Holocaust, today Israel would have been more heavily populated and stronger.
We pine for the Jews who were murdered.
PS. Sursa ynet.
Moshule,
Primul articol vorbeste de lucruri stiute. Din pacate, poporul nostru ca si alte popoare a avut specimene de tipul asta.
Chestia este ca bestii ca Yagoda nu se considerau evrei si ca printre victimile lor au fost si multzi evrei.
In ceea ce priveste articolul 2 se bazeaza pe o prezumtzie falsa (rata demografica de 2% a durat un timp relativ scurt - asa numitul baby boom) si pe ideea ca si fara Holocaust ar fi inceput o emigratzie masiva din Europa spre Palestina sprijinita de guvernele europene. Asta nu are cum sa fie demonstrat si nu este mai mult decat "daca bunica avea roate era tramvai".
Ca Holocaustul a daunat demografiei evreiesti, well asta nu mai are nevoie de domonstratzii.
Plocker (de pronuntzat se pronuntza Plotzker) nu este un geniu. Partea lui mai tare sant analizele economice si mai putzin analizele politico-istorice.
Ziua mi-a cenzurat de doua ori urmatoarea postare la articolul "Un proces care nu se mai inchide: Eliade si evreii":
Procesul este de fapt intre Eliade si Tesu, care stoarce ultima picatura din lamaia subiectului. Nu este prima oara in ultimile luni cand domnul ziarist il abordeaza pe Eliade.
Foarte putzini evrei stiu astazi cine a fost Eliade si mai putzini sant obsedatzi de subiect, probabil ca Mr. Tesu este singurul care il traieste cu intensitate zi de zi.
Qui prodest? Raspunsul la intrebare este clar: un articolas de promovare a cartzii.
Si acum pe sleau: putoarea de Tesu incearca sa faca din nou bani din subiectul asta.
Daca reuseste sa starneasca un pic de zazanie in forumul Zilei inseamna ca si-a indeplinit misiunea pentru care este platit.
joke:
Q: What's the difference between a dead dog in the road and a dead
lawyer in the road?
A: There are skid marks in front of the dog.
joke no.2
Q: How many hardware engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. We'll fix it in software.
Q: How many system programmers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. The application can work around it.
Q: How many software engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. We'll document it in the manual.
Q: How many tech writers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. The user can figure it out.
How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb?
CHARISMATIC: Only one.
Hands already in the air.
PENTECOSTALS: Ten.
One to change the bulb, and nine to pray against the spirit of darkness.
PRESBYTERIANS: None.
Lights will go on and off at predestined times.
ROMAN CATHOLIC and ORTODOCS: None.
Candles only.
BAPTISTS: At least 15.
One to change the light bulb, and three committees to approve the change and decide who brings the potato salad.
EPISCOPALIANS: Eight.
One to call the electrician, and seven to say how much they liked the old one better.
MORMONS: Five.
One man to change the bulb, and four wives to tell him how to do it.
UNITARIANS:
We choose not to make a statement either in favor of or against the need for a light bulb. However, if in your own journey you have found that light bulbs work for you, that is fine. You are invited to write a poem or compose a modern dance about your personal relationship with your light bulb, and present it next month at our annual light bulb Sunday service, in which we will explore a number of light bulb traditions, including incandescent, fluorescent, three-way, long-life and tinted, all of which are equally valid paths to luminescence.
METHODISTS:
Undetermined. Whether your light is bright, dull, or completely out, you are loved. You can be a light bulb, turnip bulb, or tulip bulb. Church-wide lighting service is planned for Sunday, August 19. Bring a bulb of your choice and a covered dish.
NAZARENE: Six.
One woman to replace the bulb while five men review church lighting
policy.
LUTHERANS: None.
Lutherans don't believe in change.
AMISH:
What's a light bulb?
ha ha
Q: What's a WASP's idea of open-mindedness?
A: Dating a Canadian.
(WASP= White Anglo-Saxon Protestant)
Q: What is the difference between Texas and yogurt?
A: Yogurt has culture.
Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt
of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He
brought death into the world.
-- Mark Twain --
"Q: What's a WASP's idea of open-mindedness?
A: Dating a Canadian."
S-ar putea, intr-adevar, sa fie. Cind peste 50% din populatia Canadei este de alta origine decit engleza, mai stii pe cine poti nimeri? Multe sanse sa "date" o chinezoaica, filipineza, rusoaica, mexicanca, negresa (am incercat sa le tin in ordine descrescatoare a probabilitatii), toate posedind indestructibila calitatea de cetatean canadian!
Goodbye Weapon
Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."
~ Thomas Jefferson
(This is why Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton wants gun control so badly!)
FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE
1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.
3. Colt: The original point and click interface.
4. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.
5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?
6. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.
7. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.
8. If you don't know your rights, you don't have any.
9. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
10. The United States Constitution (c)1791. All Rights Reserved.
11. What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?
12. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.
13. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.
14. Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians.
15. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.
16. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.
17. 911: Government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.
18. Assault is a behavior, not a device.
19. Criminals love gun control; it makes their jobs safer.
20. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.
21. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.
22. You have only the rights you are willing to fight for.
23. Enforce the gun control laws we ALREADY have; don't make more.
24. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.
25. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.
Immigrant Vote in Belgium
Ashraf Marwan
Newton Zionistul
Major Powers
Moshule,
Studiul despre "Major Powers" este interesant, insa...
Am intrat in el mai adanc (am citit partzi din pdf). Amanumite dubii despre rezultatele pollului.
De exemplu, uitandu-ma cum vad israelienii institutzia Natziunilor Unite am fost surprins sa citesc ca aproape 40% din israelieni o vad pozitiv!!! Asta nici in vis nu exista.
Sau de exemplu am citit ca 42% din Israelieni cred ca Statele Unite sprijina Israelul prea mult...
Numerele astea nu sant desigur zero dar nu ajung la 40-42%!
Deci studiul asta mi se pare cam dubios.
Mos Grigore said...
"... for Newton only two things existed everywhere: God and gravity."
Mosule,
pentru articolul asta,
multumesc frumos !
Ah, ce trist!
A murit Parpur. Parpur este un fel de soricel copiat dupa Mickey Mouse care apare la canalul TV al Hamasului.
Din motive neclare, Hamasul a hotarat in elimine serialul. Dupa cum sustzin ei, serialul s-a terminat ca sa faca loc altor emisiuni pe canal care a devenit foarte neincapator.
Parpur a disparut in stil american, adica l-au facut mort. Dar cum? Parpur a fost omorat in bataie de un israelian care vroia sa-i cumpere pamantul (probabil nu s-au intzeles asupta pretzului).
Crainica, dulceatza lor, a povestit copiilor ca Parpur a murit "moarte sfanta". Asa au pierdut copiii din Gaza mascota lor si ce le-a ramas in cap e usor de intzeles.
Uite, aici putetzi sa-l vedetzi pe Parpur ce simpatic era.
Subject: Fwd: SMILE THERAPY!
La Bula vine un vecin:
- Auzi ma Bula, vrem sa tapetam camera de zi, si e la fel de mare ca a ta.
Tu cand ti-ai tapetat cate suluri ai cumparat?
- 14.
- Multumesc.
Dupa 2 saptamani se intalnesc:
- Auzi ma tampitule, am cumparat 14 suluri si 4 mi-au ramas in plus.
- Pai si mie...
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Dulcea limba moldovineasca ......
Ce e ala "piron" ?
Locul de unde te urci în tren.
Ce sunt aia "chilotzi" ?
Aia de chiloteaza avioanele.
Cum se numeste pe moldoveneste lovitura de colt la fotbal ?
Palitura de ungher
Cum se numeste pe moldoveneste lovitura de pedeapsa
?
Palitura de osânda
Cum se numeste pe moldoveneste filmul "Salvati de clopotel" ?
Izbaviti de talanguta
Care-i treaba la Suceava ?
Bei manânci si stai dijeaba.
Care-i deviza moldoveanului ?
Viata-i scurta.
Daca tot n-o putem lungi, hai s-o facem lata !
Ce primesti la un restaurant moldovenesc daca ceri "creier pane" ?
Mimorie di porc prajita
Care e bancul cu IBM la moldoveni ?
Ai biem o bere !
Ce fel de anunturi se difuzeaza la metroul moldovenesc ?
Pazea ca sa lichiesc ushili.
Urmiaza stazia Primavierii, cu podisca pi partia driapta.
Ce îsi scriu mai nou ardelenii pe poarta în loc de "câine rau" ?
Moldovean în gazda.
Ce spune o frantuzoaica si o moldoveanca dupa o noapte de amor ?
Frantuzoaica : "esti un amant asa de bun !".
Moldoveanca : "ali tali sunt toati mobilili astia ?"
Un moldovean se duce la un bar si striga :
- Marman, adu un rachiu ca ma ardie buzili !
Barmanul aduce, dupa cinci minute, iar :
- Marman, adu un rachiu ca ma ardie buzili !
Barmanul nervos aduce, dar dupa cinci minute :
- Marman, adu un rachiu ca ma arghe buzili !
Barmanul, nervos ca o pruna uscata, vine si zice :
- Asculta, în primul rând io sunt "barman" si nu "marman" !
In al doilea rând, ia gura de pe scrumiera !
Un om mergea cu trenul prin Moldova . Cu el în compartiment un moldovean. Se apropie de gara Oituz si omul nostru deschide fereastra sa vada gara. Moldoveanul din spate :
- Marashesti..
Omul nostru :
- Oituz !
Moldoveanul iara :
- Marashesti !
- Ba-i Oituz !
La care moldoveanul infuriat :
- Închide ba giamul ca ma rashesti !...
Vorbeau un moldovean si un oltean. Întreaba olteanul :
- La voi mortii se îngroapa cu popa ?
Si moldoveanul :
- Nu, la noi popa ramâne afara...
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