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Author: VeroniqueVeronique Date: Dec 26, 2008 05:08
On Dec 25, 5:53 pm, "Bill Bonde { No matter what happens, it's caused
by global warming )" yahoo.co.uk> wrote:> John Hatpin wrote:
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>> "Dec. 25 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush withdrew a pardon
>> yesterday for a New York real-estate developer after it became known
>> that the developer’s father made the maximum $28,500 donation to the
>> Republican National Committee months earlier."
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>> I'm sorry, I can't help finding this funny.
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> I wonder what the rules are for withdrawing pardons. In fairness to
> this guy, I think maybe Obama should give the pardon later. This is
> like that poor kid on the YouTube getting the winter jumpers in an
> otherwise empty X-Box box:
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> http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2069184.ece
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Date: Dec 26, 2008 13:57
> Years ago, a friend's new husband did about the same thing: she
> wanted a new dressage saddle, which (at the time) retailed for
> over $1,000 and which she knew was beyond their budget. So he went
> to a horse tack store, got the cardboard saddle box from an
> appropriately fancy-pants German saddle manufacturer, and wrapped
> it. Empty. Intending it to be empty.
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> They were divorced a year later, surprise.
Was he just clueless about the difference between a joke and cruelty?
Or did it seem as though he was intending to be cruel (while pretending
it was a joke)?
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Opus the Penguin
People who have seen my car probably don't believe this, but I have not
attempted to make skull shaped bread. - N. Jill Marsh
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Author: Mr CMr C Date: Dec 26, 2008 15:44
On Dec 26, 1:08 pm, Veronique gmail.com> wrote:> On Dec 25, 5:53 pm, "Bill Bonde { No matter what happens, it's caused
> by global warming )" yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>>> John Hatpin wrote:
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>>> "Dec. 25 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush withdrew a pardon
>>> yesterday for a New York real-estate developer after it became known
>>> that the developer’s father made the maximum $28,500 donation to the
>>> Republican National Committee months earlier."
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>>> I'm sorry, I can't help finding this funny.
>
>> I wonder what the rules are for withdrawing pardons. In fairness to ...
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Author: VeroniqueVeronique Date: Dec 26, 2008 18:53
On Dec 26, 4:57 am, Opus the Penguin gmail.com>
wrote:> Veronique (veroniqueuni...@ gmail.com) wrote: >> Years ago, a friend's new husband did about the same thing: she
>> wanted a new dressage saddle, which (at the time) retailed for
>> over $1,000 and which she knew was beyond their budget. So he went
>> to a horse tack store, got the cardboard saddle box from an
>> appropriately fancy-pants German saddle manufacturer, and wrapped
>> it. Empty. Intending it to be empty.
>
>> They were divorced a year later, surprise.
>
> Was he just clueless about the difference between a joke and cruelty?
> Or did it seem as though he was intending to be cruel (while pretending
> it was a joke)?
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Author: VeroniqueVeronique Date: Dec 26, 2008 18:56
On Dec 26, 6:44 am, Mr C gmail.com> wrote:> On Dec 26, 1:08 pm, Veronique gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Dec 25, 5:53 pm, "Bill Bonde { No matter what happens, it's caused
>> by global warming )" yahoo.co.uk> wrote:>
>>> John Hatpin wrote:
>
>
>>>> "Dec. 25 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush withdrew a pardon
>>>> yesterday for a New York real-estate developer after it became known
>>>> that the developer’s father made the maximum $28,500 donation to the
>>>> Republican National Committee months earlier."
>
>>>> I'm sorry, I can't help finding this funny.
>
>>> I wonder what the rules are for withdrawing pardons. In fairness to
>>> this guy, I think maybe Obama should give the pardon later. This is
>>> like that poor kid on the YouTube getting the winter jumpers in an ...
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