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Presidents I've Met

October 19, 2008 8:30 PM

In the spirit of the presidential election season, Andy Rooney takes a look back on some of the presidents he's met over the years.

Rooney On The Presidents He's Met
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by jasperbowwow October 22, 2008 4:44 PM EDT
Andy, why don%u2019t you become the national spokesperson for the use of the singular and plural words They, Them, Their, and Theirs? After all, the words You, Your, and Yours are both singular and plural.

Then the awkward constructs of He or She, She or He, Her or Him, Him or Her, His or Hers, and Hers or His go away. Poof! Magic! No matter how you phrase these constructs, one gender always comes in second.

An example? Here is a multiple guess question. Pick your THREE favorite answers.

If your kid finds a penny on the ground,

A. it is theirs to keep.
B. it is hers or his to keep.
C. it is his or hers to keep.
D. let them keep it.
E. let him or her keep it.
F. let her or him keep it.
G. it isn%u2019t worth the effort to pick it up.


You would be doing an immense service to humanity to accept this challenge. I could see a Nobel Prize looming in your future! :-)

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by greenelinda October 20, 2008 3:44 AM EDT
Andy I think you should go with your initial gut feelings of "being a little bit suspicious of both candidates." If you think Eisenhower was a great American (I agree), then would you please google Eisenhower''s speech warning Americans to "beware the Military-Industrial Complex"? Just look at the cost of Life for a phony war and the loss of Freedom in The Patriot Act! Both candidates, against the will of most Americans, voted to bail out corporate greed and corruption in the trillions! Both candidates are now for endless war in Afghanistan! Both candidates are for dirty and dangerous coal and nuclear; there really is no such thing as clean coal or clean, safe nuclear! And don''t you know President Eisenhower would be mad as hell to see our elections stolen by electronic voting machines and scanners, all manufactured secretly by Republicans! Watch the videos "Stealing America One Vote at a Time" and "Hacking Democracy." Read the book "Hacked - High Tech Election Fraud," and be suspicious when you vote! If you are forced to use an electronic voting machine, you will never know who it voted for! Beware the Military-Industrial-Pharma Complex, and those candidates funded by it! I think when it comes time to vote, you might look into your conscience and consider Green Party candidate, Cynthia McKinney or Independent, Ralph Nader! They''''re not suspicious!
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