[Rhodes22-list] Somewhere in Pakistan (Political Humor)

Thu Oct 16 12:43:21 EDT 2008

Brad,

You hit it on the head, you southern NASCAR loving redneck bigot you!!

Here's, to me, part of what makes it even funner

1) Biden's "joke" was funny when he told it
2) When word got out, he had to pretend he didn't mean it as a joke.

Here's the original comment, and then the "explanation" a "Biden 
spokesperson" released:

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You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight 
Indian accent. I'm not joking
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The point Senator Biden was making is that there has been a vibrant 
Indian-American community in Delaware for decades. It has primarily been 
made up of engineers, scientists and physicians, but more recently, 
middle-class families are moving into Delaware and purchasing family-run 
small businesses. These families have greatly contributed to the 
vibrancy of the Indian-American community in Delaware and are making a 
significant contribution to the national economy as well.
-----

The irony is that the political double-speak backpeddling IGNORES the 
fact that he said you "unless you have a slight Indian accent". Why 
would contributions to "the vibrancy of the Indian-American community in 
Delaware" require that someone speak with an accent?

I'd have been much more impressed if he'd simply said "Yeah, I WAS 
joking, sorry you didn't get it. Pull the stick out of your butt, then 
come back and talk to me, and I'll tell you some black jokes that Flip 
Wilson came up with, THOSE were funny, he's a pro."

But, then we likely wouldn't be seeing an Obama/Biden ticket, and Biden 
wouldn't be able to talk about the upcoming "Biden administration"

Yeah, he said THAT too!

Brad Haslett wrote:
> Wally,
>
> Biden made a joke about 7/11 clerks.  It wasn't PC but then PC is way overrated.
>
> A long time ago in a far away place, my youngest son was attending the
> 8th grade at Bradenton Academy whilst enrolled at the Bollettieri
> Tennis Academy (one of his classmates was Maria Sharapova - something
> I've never given the little bastard forgiveness for).  That's a long
> story and it involves an ex-wife, an ex-astronaut, and the CEO of a
> huge defense contractor.  You can't make shit like this up.
>
> On one of my visits to his school I had a long conversation with the
> head mistress/owner.  This was during the 2000 campaign primaries and
> we soon discovered that we were both Bush 43 supporters.  She ran
> through the litany of McCain rumors - he has a black baby, he left his
> first wife, his current wife is a drug addict, yada, yada, yada.
>
> After we'd worn that topic out she asked if I knew any good Jewish
> jokes.  I was very reluctant because she was obviously very Jewish,
> but, I shared the tamest ones I thought was appropriate.  She came
> back with some really funny stereotype jokes and then I let it rip.
> >From there, we told every single ethnic joke we could think of and
> laughed our asses off.
>
> Then she told me this story, "I have kids from all over the world, if
> I can get them to laugh at their differences, they have none".
>
> So who did Herb make fun of?  We all have the same DNA.  This racist
> crap has worn its self out in my world.
>
> Brad
>
> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:31 AM, TN Rhodey <tnrhodey at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Herb, Why should I check with Biden? Is he your role model? I am not much of
>> a fan of Biden so I am not sure why I should contact him.
>>
>> I understood the joke....I just didn't think it was funny. To each his own.
>>
>> Wally
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com>wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I thought it was funny. Especially the DELL and AOL customer service,
>>> though even THAT part is an exaggeration. I know for a fact that Dell
>>> uses tech support in the US, not outsourced "elsewhere", but have had to
>>> deal with tech support with other companies, and understand the concept
>>> completely.
>>>
>>> If you're missing the humor in it, you might see if you can make contact
>>> with Biden, he made some somewhat similar comments in the past.
>>>
>>> TN Rhodey wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Was that supposed to be funny?????
>>>>
>>>> Wally
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:35 AM, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> This  morning, from a cave somewhere in Pakistan, Taliban Minister of
>>>>> Migration Mohammed Omar, warned the United States that if military
>>>>> actions against Iraq continues, Taliban authorities intend to cut off
>>>>> America's supply of Convenience Store Managers and possibly Motel 6
>>>>> Managers.  And if this action does not yield sufficient results, Cab
>>>>> Drivers will be next, followed by DELL and AOL Customer Service Reps.
>>>>> Finally, if all else fails, they have threatened to send us no more
>>>>> candidates for President of the United States!
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