"Peoples" of the world Unite
“And providing hope to suffering peoples.”
-George Bush, president of the United States addressing a press conference on January 3, 2005.
The ‘peoples’ of England might not be too happy with their government for supporting a man who is committing genocide of their language. Gee, I try so hard not to pick on the most idiotic president any nation has ever seen, but he refuses to let me do it. I mean its your bloody mother tongue damn it and it’s the only language you know, you can’t not be able to communicate in even a single language and have a finger on the button that can destroy planet earth 70 times over. Think about it, if his Sec of defense comes and tells him that the Chinese have sent a missive, there is a very good chance that GWB will launch missiles in retaliation.
Tsunami relief, ex presidents Clinton and Bush senior are deputed to organize the fund raising. And a press conference with the three of them turned into yet another foot in the mouth display of the leader of the most ‘powerful’ nation on earth. Ex-president Clinton’s glaring over the shoulder sure as hell didn’t help GWB junior. Clinton’s amused smile that said, “Dubya, you don’t have a clue as to what you do, have you?” had a predictably unnerving effect on him.
I thought we were rid of the Bush scourge, but looks like there might be a change in the script. Jeb Bush the Governor of Florida is being brought into the forefront in a not too subtle way, and looks like he is being groomed to become the 44th president of the United States. Well, we managed to survive a tsunami; we might actually live through another term of Bushmen, after all, life runs on hope.
The ‘peoples’ (???) of America have given more money and aid to the victims than the rest of the world put together. Corporates and individuals of a nation on the other side of a tragic world have dug deep into their pockets and derided their leaders who act like descendents of Scrooge McDuck. A country that gave us an innumerable number of extremely intelligent beings will give us an idiot once in a while. And statistics say that once in a very rare ‘while’, one of those idiots will become a president.
Send your “thank you” notes to:
The People(s) of the world for contributing to the relief efforts
Planet Earth (Across the street from Planet Mars)
Milky Way Galaxy.
P.s I have received a few mails regarding the word "peoples". Some say its usage is correct in this context, some say it is not. I will let the ayes and nays fight over it. I got better things to do, like, have an intelligent conversation with my rubber duck.
-George Bush, president of the United States addressing a press conference on January 3, 2005.
The ‘peoples’ of England might not be too happy with their government for supporting a man who is committing genocide of their language. Gee, I try so hard not to pick on the most idiotic president any nation has ever seen, but he refuses to let me do it. I mean its your bloody mother tongue damn it and it’s the only language you know, you can’t not be able to communicate in even a single language and have a finger on the button that can destroy planet earth 70 times over. Think about it, if his Sec of defense comes and tells him that the Chinese have sent a missive, there is a very good chance that GWB will launch missiles in retaliation.
Tsunami relief, ex presidents Clinton and Bush senior are deputed to organize the fund raising. And a press conference with the three of them turned into yet another foot in the mouth display of the leader of the most ‘powerful’ nation on earth. Ex-president Clinton’s glaring over the shoulder sure as hell didn’t help GWB junior. Clinton’s amused smile that said, “Dubya, you don’t have a clue as to what you do, have you?” had a predictably unnerving effect on him.
I thought we were rid of the Bush scourge, but looks like there might be a change in the script. Jeb Bush the Governor of Florida is being brought into the forefront in a not too subtle way, and looks like he is being groomed to become the 44th president of the United States. Well, we managed to survive a tsunami; we might actually live through another term of Bushmen, after all, life runs on hope.
The ‘peoples’ (???) of America have given more money and aid to the victims than the rest of the world put together. Corporates and individuals of a nation on the other side of a tragic world have dug deep into their pockets and derided their leaders who act like descendents of Scrooge McDuck. A country that gave us an innumerable number of extremely intelligent beings will give us an idiot once in a while. And statistics say that once in a very rare ‘while’, one of those idiots will become a president.
Send your “thank you” notes to:
The People(s) of the world for contributing to the relief efforts
Planet Earth (Across the street from Planet Mars)
Milky Way Galaxy.
P.s I have received a few mails regarding the word "peoples". Some say its usage is correct in this context, some say it is not. I will let the ayes and nays fight over it. I got better things to do, like, have an intelligent conversation with my rubber duck.
posted by Antimatter at 12:57 AM
3 Comments:
He might not be Mr.Perfect Grammer but atleast he has America leading the biggest aid operation. Unlike Mr.Blair who didnt bother to cut short his christmas break in Egypt. If you think Mr.Bush's grammer is worse than Mr.Blairs indifference, think again! Give the man some credit!Im sure we have better things to focus our attention on rather than commenting on ppl who are actually doing something.
Btw, why are you so bothered abt living through another term of Bushmen? Try looking at your own govenment for a change. Im sure you will be a lot more amused and disgusted.
First of all , i hate to tell you this b'cos i love making fun of bush too... but in the present case i'm afraid he was perfectly right in saying "suffering peoples" ...
"peoples" is perfectly accepted usage and correct as per the Oxford English Dictionary..(which btw i just checked to make sure) .It is used when referring to groups of people... For ex.: English speaking peoples (which was the ex. in the dictionary) , refers to groups of people around the world that speak english...
It sounds strange to our ears because we are not accustomed to saying it and we are also used to hearing misguided souls use it as an expression of plurality of the word "people" which is not correct....
"Suffering peoples" , are perfectly right...if what he was referring to was the different groups of suffering people..rather than just meaning it as a plural for people...And in the present case i'm inclined to believe he probably was referring to the different countries as the separate groups...
sorry lol...* "suffering peoples" is perfectly right...*
I had included another example but deleted it and therefore the 'are' instead of 'is'....lol..I like to be correct..well i try..
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