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Earth_First Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 07:35 PM
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Bush to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi during India visit:
"Elaborate security arrangements have been made for his visit to the Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi..."

http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/27/stories/2006022719310100.htm

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snacker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 07:36 PM
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1. That disgusts me. n/t
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 07:40 PM
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4. that was my reaction as well
:puke:
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 07:37 PM
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2. ...and here's the perfect response by an Indian heroine
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WannaJumpMyScooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 07:39 PM
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3. India announces it no longer need nuclear power,
with the sudden discovery of power emmanating from the rotating body of Bapu Gandhi.

Acting as a turbine, the spinning body puts out enough energy for India, China, and Indonesia's power needs for the next 4 centuries.
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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 07:40 PM
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5. well intentioned comment, though somewhat humorous
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 07:42 PM
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6. bet he'll call him "Mahatma Condi"
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 09:24 PM
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13. Thinking it has something to do with Mahatma Rice
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ken_g Donating Member (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 07:44 PM
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7. to paraphrase Gandhi when asked about his thoughts on..
Western civilization, he stated, "I think it would be a good idea".

All the more relevant today.
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 07:47 PM
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8. not like this, I hope ....


"My friends allege that I showed up in a Nixon mask one year and that another time I dressed as Mahatma Gandhi in a toga that looked like a diaper by the end of the night.
-- "A Charge to Keep", p. 135, 1999

http://www.dubyaspeak.com/himself.phtml?year=2001
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ken_g Donating Member (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 07:50 PM
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10. Diaper!? eeewwwww!!!! /nt
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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 07:48 PM
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9. He does have that bald man fetish.
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niallmac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 07:51 PM
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11. When a knuckle head like Bush pays homage to a man like Ghandi,
Edited on Wed Mar-01-06 07:51 PM by niallmac
is there a danger the planet will split in half from a convergence of hypocritical mass?
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 09:27 PM
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14. This is like Hitler paying homage to David Ben Gurion!
I would not be surprised if the earth would open up under Bush's feet and swallow him whole!
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 08:13 PM
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12. and the hindu people are about to puke too!
:puke:
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kittykitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 10:07 PM
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15. I doubt if he even knows who he is. n/t
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 10:15 PM
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16. & he knows who that person is?
We've paid for so much of his education--the geography, the current events...
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