juddog Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 President Bush was visiting a primary school. One of the classes was in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meaning. The teacher asked the president if he would like to lead the discussion of the word "tragedy." So the illustrious leader asked the class for an example of a tragedy. Little Jimmy stood up and offered, "If my best friend, Johnny, who lives on a farm, were playing in the field and a tractor ran him over and killed him, that would be a tragedy." "No," said Bush, "that would be an accident." Little Suzie raised her hand: "If a school bus carrying 50 children drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy." "I'm afraid not." explained the president. "That's what we would call a great loss." The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Bush searched the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of tragedy?" Finally at the back of the room little Johnny raised his hand. In a quiet voice he said: "If Air Force One carrying Mr. and Mrs. Bush was struck by a "friendly fire" missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy." "That's right!" exclaimed Bush. "Can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?" "Well," says little Johnny, "it has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't be an accident either." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Conan4Life Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 sadly, i would prolly vote for gates unless he was running agenst Schwarzenegger ummm may call for a vote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bflo_Soldier Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 I'm just proud to live in a Blue City, in a Blue County and in a Blue State. I'd like to say like 3 other things but would hate to get moderated as it's a touchy topic. I'm no longer proud to be an American though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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