They left off les accents aigus: Nous sommes désolés que notre président soit idiot.
Ah, but to whom are they referring? Where was the garment made? This very well could be a reference to Chiraq Chirac; it says WE are sorry about OUR president.
Given that the bag was made by Tom Bihn (follow the links, you’d have seen it), and given the context of the rest of the Tom Bihn site, it’s safe to assume that it was written by Americans, directed to non-Americans.
Jesus, but you’re getting predictable, Mitch.
In a fit of pique, I deleted Mitch’s reply to this. In retrospect, that was hasty and petulent action. Mitch has been kind and supportive in his comments in my journal, and did not deserve the snippy comment that I aimed at him. I apologize, Mitch – that was unfair and unwise on my part. You are always welcome to comment in my journal and you are correct that respect is a two-way street. Please accept my apology.
Below is Mitch’s reply, in total. I did follow the link. It’s not in the post. The only reference to it as being made is in a link quite a bit down the page.
So, apparently, by your standards, TOM, in order not to be “getting predictable,” and otherwise in order to rise to your required level of cleverness, I am required to
1. Follow your link to a blog entry, which says nothing about the manufacturer of the garment; 2. Read all of the over a dozen comments posted thereto; 3. Accept as true the one referring to the tombinh.com website; 4. THEN go to said tombinh.com website (for surely the post giving that information couldn’t possibly have been mistaken; 5. THEN review that website for indicia of that manufacturer’s political views and, more to the point, for verification that it’s based in the USA.
Sorry, I think it’s you who’s being unreasonable, etc.
I was just trying to post something fun in response to what seemed a fun post by you. We have very different political views, and I never have insulted you or disrespected you for yours. Now that I see that you aren’t treating Respect Street as a two-way thoroughfare, however, I’ll act accordingly. Bye.
Thanks, Tom. Of course I had overreacted, too, by deleting you from my friends list, which is why your no-longer-there reply had you stating that you didn’t know if I ordinarily was a reader of your journal or not.
I was, and again am.
In the event that you don’t look at my journal (and heavens know that I didn’t give you any good reason to), please accept my apology. You are correct that respect is a two-way street, and I did not abide by that. I’m sorry for that, and I hope to be more mindful of it in the future.
And damn, crow sure doesn’t taste good, particularly when it’s well-deserved :-/
First, a big foxy hug to both you and Mitch.
This is what I don’t like about this year.
Everyone’s on a hair trigger due to the large differences over the election. Even things that are posted with innocent intentions get misinterpreted or reactions stronger than was intended.
In a nutshell, it’s why I stopped posting political analysis in my journal.
(Now, hopefully no one misinterprets this post or goes postal from it. *grin*)
Situations like this are the reason I don’t allow comments in my journal anymore. If someone wants to take issue with something I said, they have to email me.
Well, I’m not sure I like that that approach so much, either, but at the same time it’s your journal and it’s yours to handle any way you want.
In writing just about anything on the net, my typical approach is to heed the sage words of Mark Twain: It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.
Likewise, if someone says something that gets me incensed, I know from long-past experiences that the best thing for me to do is step away from the keyboard and let it sit for a while. After time has passed and I’ve had time to think and not write out of emotion but out of reason, then I’ll start composing a response. It’s an engineer’s way of approaching things, I’ll admit, and it probably doesn’t work for everyone.
All of that having been said, you see what happens when I don’t follow my own rules. And that’s one of the reasons why I’ve left this exchange in place – if nothing else, as a reminder to myself what happens when I get too heated and write before thinking.
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love the tag…
Someone who takes a record budget surplus, and in three years turns it into a record deficit, loses a NET of three million jobs in three years, not three million gross, three million NET, including all the jobs created in that span, deserves such a tag. Bush is an inestimable idiot, with no compassion or consideration for the man in the street. Chirac should feel insulted that there was any confusion.
How can I get a few T-shirts??
They left off les accents aigus:
Nous sommes désolés que notre président soit idiot.
Ah, but to whom are they referring? Where was the garment made? This very well could be a reference to Chiraq Chirac; it says WE are sorry about OUR president.
Given that the bag was made by Tom Bihn (follow the links, you’d have seen it), and given the context of the rest of the Tom Bihn site, it’s safe to assume that it was written by Americans, directed to non-Americans.
Jesus, but you’re getting predictable, Mitch.
In a fit of pique, I deleted Mitch’s reply to this. In retrospect, that was hasty and petulent action. Mitch has been kind and supportive in his comments in my journal, and did not deserve the snippy comment that I aimed at him. I apologize, Mitch – that was unfair and unwise on my part. You are always welcome to comment in my journal and you are correct that respect is a two-way street. Please accept my apology.
Below is Mitch’s reply, in total.
I did follow the link. It’s not in the post. The only reference to it as being made is in a link quite a bit down the page.
So, apparently, by your standards, TOM, in order not to be “getting predictable,” and otherwise in order to rise to your required level of cleverness, I am required to
1. Follow your link to a blog entry, which says nothing about the manufacturer of the garment; 2. Read all of the over a dozen comments posted thereto; 3. Accept as true the one referring to the tombinh.com website; 4. THEN go to said tombinh.com website (for surely the post giving that information couldn’t possibly have been mistaken; 5. THEN review that website for indicia of that manufacturer’s political views and, more to the point, for verification that it’s based in the USA.
Sorry, I think it’s you who’s being unreasonable, etc.
I was just trying to post something fun in response to what seemed a fun post by you. We have very different political views, and I never have insulted you or disrespected you for yours. Now that I see that you aren’t treating Respect Street as a two-way thoroughfare, however, I’ll act accordingly. Bye.
Thanks, Tom. Of course I had overreacted, too, by deleting you from my friends list, which is why your no-longer-there reply had you stating that you didn’t know if I ordinarily was a reader of your journal or not.
I was, and again am.
In the event that you don’t look at my journal (and heavens know that I didn’t give you any good reason to), please accept my apology. You are correct that respect is a two-way street, and I did not abide by that. I’m sorry for that, and I hope to be more mindful of it in the future.
And damn, crow sure doesn’t taste good, particularly when it’s well-deserved :-/
First, a big foxy hug to both you and Mitch.
This is what I don’t like about this year.
Everyone’s on a hair trigger due to the large differences over the election. Even things that are posted with innocent intentions get misinterpreted or reactions stronger than was intended.
In a nutshell, it’s why I stopped posting political analysis in my journal.
(Now, hopefully no one misinterprets this post or goes postal from it. *grin*)
Situations like this are the reason I don’t allow comments in my journal anymore. If someone wants to take issue with something I said, they have to email me.
Well, I’m not sure I like that that approach so much, either, but at the same time it’s your journal and it’s yours to handle any way you want.
In writing just about anything on the net, my typical approach is to heed the sage words of Mark Twain: It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.
Likewise, if someone says something that gets me incensed, I know from long-past experiences that the best thing for me to do is step away from the keyboard and let it sit for a while. After time has passed and I’ve had time to think and not write out of emotion but out of reason, then I’ll start composing a response. It’s an engineer’s way of approaching things, I’ll admit, and it probably doesn’t work for everyone.
All of that having been said, you see what happens when I don’t follow my own rules. And that’s one of the reasons why I’ve left this exchange in place – if nothing else, as a reminder to myself what happens when I get too heated and write before thinking.
love the tag…
Someone who takes a record budget surplus, and in three years turns it into a record deficit, loses a NET of three million jobs in three years, not three million gross, three million NET, including all the jobs created in that span, deserves such a tag. Bush is an inestimable idiot, with no compassion or consideration for the man in the street. Chirac should feel insulted that there was any confusion.
How can I get a few T-shirts??