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fstranger1:
Am I smart or what?

I practically spoon-fed you the answer. Come on Stranger!

[quote author=isale_gan2 link=topic=590933.msg7604291#msg7604291 date=1296009407]It's an easy assignment.  I should have thought of something harder.

Answering an earlier post, Obama is not stu-pid.  Far from it.  But you propably just say that when you disagree  You called me stu-pid. No, wait. ."stupit."  I just remember, I actually don't like you at all.  Not one bit.  [/quote]Can I get a reaction to the above or should I let sleeping dogs lie?

Also, we'll address the following at some point:
- Is Obama an "elitist"?
- Is Obama "stupidd"?
- Is Obama an "eediott"?
- Is FStranger a *%!@#$%^&*!$#* ?  hehehehe.  Too much?

fstranger1:
That is you "epiphany"

Am I right?

Easy assignment.  I used a couple of the same words in my first post of Today's News.

It was all stream of consciousness.  I didn't really outline my message before I posted.  Hence, if it sucks, it sucks.    I don't post there often.  Don't have the time.  In case you want to search other posts. 

fstranger1:
where is the link?

It's an easy assignment.  I should have thought of something harder.

Answering an earlier post, Obama is not stu-pid.  Far from it.  But you propably just say that when you disagree   You called me stu-pid. No, wait. ."stupit."  I just remember, I actually don't like you at all.  Not one bit. 

fstranger1:
Why the phucc is he bringing up China and Indians

Very stupidd move!

Best universities, how many Americans are studying in them?


How many Americans are in their grad school?

This guy is stupidd. . . you see why I hate listening to him?

On one hand praising the Indians, on the other hand condemning their rote memorization based educational system

The guy is confused!

Oh, Sweery, you don't know how to watch SOTU, any SOTU speech.  You take it too darn serious.  ::pointing and laughing at you::

Check out this link, and scan the comments.  Am on page 1 - see if you can tell me my username there.  http://community.nytimes.com/comments/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/what-to-watch-for-in-obamas-state-of-the-union/?sort=oldest&offset=1

fstranger1:
Obama is annoying?

He likes to lecture more than deliver a speech

Too elitist for my liking

Seems too introverted!


Now talking about some stupidd degrees not being enough for jobs in America

To be honest, I wasn't gonna pay attention.  You're making me have to watch.  

BTW, it is so hard posting here.  Don't know if it's because I'm using Windows 7.  But the little message box effs up while I'm typing.  It takes forever.  It really sucks.

fstranger1:
Using style to tongue lash the republicans

This guy is an eediot

Please don't tell me you're a repub.

fstranger1:
By the way, what is the 411 on Rahm Emmanuel?

I hope he is prevented from contesting

Rahm is a bulldog.  Looks all wimpy, talks all lispy,  . .
(did that sound you know?  Just rhyming is all.  No offense.)

I think a judge is saving his butt right now.  Wait and see mode.

fstranger1:
You seem more open minded than I think

Why is that?

Me not understand.  Don't start.  



I'm witty.  Wit - a sign of high intellect. ::sarcasm::  That's what you're seeing.  Sit back and enjoy.

SOTU cont.

Here comes the great black hope;

You realize this guy is not "akata"?  ::incredulous::

He's shaking hands. . . walking down the aisle. . . leaning in. . .scoping for chicks. . . hugging the babes 

P.S. I'm still proud dude is president. Don't get it wrong. Just like to rip into him now and then. for Obama, my African brother!

SOTU cont.

Viewing the floor of the House of Reps;

Members of Obama's cabinet came into the assembly shaking hands with Reps lining the aisle;

Matthews and his posse of MSNBC talking heads talking it to death;  Am waiting for Chris to do another one of his cranky old man routines;

fstranger1:
That was awesome

The guy Becomrich is a gem

Too bad i did not see the pix of his child.


Becomrich is tha best!

Thought you'd like it. Found it a couple mins before alerting you. Didn't see picture either. The lord works in mysterious ways indeed. No idea I'd find becomrich at his best in there.

SOTU coverage cont.

Matthews is back.  With his MSNBC posse.  Glaring absence is Keith Olbermann.  His last appearance was last Friday.  WTH happened? 

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/olbermann-hosts-last-countdown-on-msnbc/?hp

Stranger, another Becomerich classic: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-342715.0.html

fstranger1:
Not watching SOTU. i use to watch it when Bush was president, because of his charisma.

Obama does not have any swagger. he is very boring

"Swagger," huh?  lol.

I figure Bush would be more popular with men.  (Other than that whole Iraq/war criminal thing of course.)

Obama seems geeky.  That whole awkward sloppy kiss on Biden's wife was not a good intro to the macho populace.    And he did it again another time too.  Yuck!

fstranger1:
You love American politics so much

I really don't!  I studied it and I know it more than Nigeria's politics.  Do you not get the sarcasm in my posts? 

Good to know

Why?

I used to be interested, but no more.

They repeat the same thing over and over until they bore you to sleep.

Anyway, keep updating

Not watching SOTU. i use to watch it when Bush was president, because of his charisma.

Obama does not have any swagger. he is very boring

I will be looking forward to your post-SOTU analysis

Oh, pressure.  I wasn't really serious about watching.  Just have it on in the background.  Mentioned it cos I wanted to talk about Matthews and to update my thread. 

How was work today?

Still waiting for your revelation of the day. . . when will it happen?

Yesterday's was awesome!

hahahaha.  Have a lot of time on my hands for a few more days. 

Yesterday's revelation just came about innocently.  I don't have anything planned.  Maybe something juicy will pop out during the course of the conversation. 

More foreign affairs new:

A couple of hours till the SOTU - State of the Union - speech.  That's what's going on here in the good ol' USA. 

I love Chris Matthews (MSNBC).  He's at his irritable condescending best.  Ripping these right-wingers in his show a new one.  What sent him into this tirade?  His new sworn enemy, right-wing tea party favorite, congresswoman Michelle Bachman.  She's the new Newt Gingrich - standing up to make her ridiculous speeches any time the floor is open. 

He just ran a clip of her talking about slavery, the US constitution and the founding fathers and, and getting it all wrong!   "This woman knows nothing; do you not vet people before you select them for leadership position," thunders Chris.  Go on, old boy!

http://www.businessinsider.com/whoah-chris-matthews-just-totally-lost-it-on-a-tea-partier-over-bubblehead-bachmann-2011-1

Stranger,

How was your day? How is your sojourn in America? Land of the free home of the brave.

You have to check out this thread from back in June. Pure coincidence I found it. Cos it's an area I don't frequent. Some good people doing good work,
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-459340.0.html

I like these quotes pulled from recent posts:

No mata how bad a child is, we cant leave it out for the dogs to feed on. -lafaze 24/1/11 re sa police @ okah hse

if you kill someone's grandpa, don't be suprised if he wants to kill all your family and even your dog. -aigbofa 24/1/11

P.S.: Another one.  Why do they all have to do with dogs? 

He who breeds a mad dog inside the house to keep the mad man outside away would one day be bitten by the mad dog inside. -samtoye, 18/6/10

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=591988.msg7602215#msg7602215 date=1295983443]How?

I have said it not once, but twice already, that the Non-Yoruba Benins are also familiar with the Yoruba culture. Plz you people should stop wasting my time with unnecessary posts, I already have too much to read right now. No offense.[/quote]♫♪ Lookout! Another one bites the dust. Another one bites the dust. And another one gone. Another one bites the dust. Gonna get you too! ♪♫

Hehehehehe.  Jason, take heart.  Ileke's leaving a trail.  She takes no prisoners.

ChinenyeN:
I can understand why too. Both ethnicity and race are social constructs, they convey much of the same thing, and in many instances (if not all) they're interchangeable.

I know, right?  Each society decides their own racial classification.  In America, where their whole history is bound by the relationship between the black slaves and white "oppressors" the truly lasting construct is your skin color and what percentage of your ancestry is black.  They had that 1/12(?) black blood disctinction in Louisiana, didn't they?

Americans, Black and White, will look at someone any other society will consider caucasian and proclaim her black. 

We're so used to the black vs white racial classification, that's why sometimes when an Igbo calls a Yoruba racist (or vice versa), he'll say, "why am I racist, we're the same color, you mean tribalist right," but in actuality, race can be any group/cultural distinction.

Or do you agree with the clsassification that the only racial groups are, Caucasian, Negroid and Mongoloid?  I'm asking with sincerity.

Aigbofa:
If you love Yorubas, you certainly have a weird way of showing it.

It's parsing, but he didn't say he loves Yorubas.  He'll be greeted with loud guffaws.    He said he does not hate Yorubas.

[quote author=EzeUche_ link=topic=592030.msg7600306#msg7600306 date=1295965365]The 12 tribes of Israel are used to describe the descendants of the 12 sons of Jacob. That is all. Sort of what we call clans. I see no difference between clan or tribes. I consider my tribe Aro-Igbo, but my ethnicity is Igbo. Igbos are not a tribe.[/quote]Clan is not the same as tribe.  It would be considered a subset of tribe. Smaller and fitting into a specific tribe which in turn will fit into an ethnic group which will fit info a racial group.  Some consider ethnic group and race the same thing.

fstranger1:
And it all starts again

New day same shiot!

Hope you have a good day.

fstranger1:
Its Algeria, not Nigeria

"In A Better World" is an Algerian film!

Oh, okay.  Thanks.  I was busy composing/updating and searching for link, so didn't see your post until now.

P.S.: Surprised to see 10 movies noms for Best Movie.  Always was limited to 5.  But I don't pay as much attention as I used to - maybe it changed last year?

Today in America:

The news is all about the President's State of the Union Address happening tonight.  Borefest.
Maybe we'll see Nancy Pelosi snap-to when someone calls the Presidio a "liar."  I love Nancy though.  Mommy!

The Academy Awards just announced that Nigeria Algeria has a movie nominated in the category of Best Foreign Film.  Didn't catch the name.

P.S.: More news on:
1) President's Speech: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/what-to-watch-for-in-obamas-state-of-the-union/?hp
2) Academy Awards: (can't find anything about Nigeria online; did I hear wrong?)

Onlytruth:
So how did it end up in African lexicon? Abi somebody de call us monkey indirectly.
hehehe!  

It's not just used in relation to Africans.  I've heard Oyinbos refer to themselves or others as being tribal.  For example, amongst the elite who guard their territory and their social standings, they'll refer to themselves as being tribal, or others will call them "tribal."  Or sometimes, the word tribal will be substituted for the word "clannish."  I'm not a linguist and won't get bogged down with the evolution of the word, but I do believe it is used for a variety of groups not just monkeys. lol

But the issue is, is a TRIBALIST someone who hates other tribes, as AljHarem says, or just someone who loves their tribe?  It's the term Eku-Bear was not sure about.  He says he is a tribalist who looks out for the interest of his own people.  

Bear, can you clear it up, please?

alj harem:
to me the classification of TRIBAL or TRIBALIST can not be used in the context here

if a man loves his people and think good about his people he is neither a tribal person or a tribalist.

A tribalist is someone like ezeuche, onlytruth, fstranger because they show love to there people but also hate other ethnic groups because they are yoruba or igbo etc

Okay I like you, Alhaji.  I understand your point.  My post wasn't attacking you though.  It just happened to follow yours. 

With naming names of who is or who is not a tribalist?  At one time or another, different names get bandied about.  There are people who believe OnlyTruth is sensible and fair-minded and mature and the opposite of a tribalist; you're saying he is a tribalist.  I never thought Eku_Bear was a tribalist; someone else is saying he is. 

Other people are so over-the-top with their chest-beating, I don't know if they're putting us on .  Other times people are reacting to other perceived tribalist attack.  Nairaland is weird.  That's all I have to say.

I think it might help to differentiate being "Tribal" from being a "Tribalist."  At least for Nairaland use.  It seems this issue will never go away here.  

Tribal meaning someone who is aware of tribal distinctions and traditions and history, as oppossed to someone who is a Tribalist, as in racist towards other tribes.  

If you can come up with a better classification, let's hear it.  

Stranger,

I don't trust you without my chaperone present. You're bound to get out of control. Go on to Politics and have a nice evening.

I'll give you another revelation tomorrow.

[quote author=Ileke-IdI link=topic=590933.msg7597274#msg7597274 date=1295924851]Ok will check it out!

LOL I am so sowwy, gotz to go. And got morning class tomorrow.
You be real evil chick o. Perfect for fstranger lol.

@fstranger
first of all, ewwww
2nd aint gonna ever happen

Goodnight my special peeps [/quote]I know, right? I just didn't want to say anything cos he already thinks I'm some close-minded religious fundamentalist covered head to toe jihadist.

fstranger1:
If you average AA and ZZ, i think, if my brain is not decieving me, you get DD, init?

Anything left?

Can I suck whatever your babies left. I can use them as appetizer before sucking Isale_gan2's DD

Deal?

That small print was going to end up in the dustbin if Ileke has not copied it into her reply.

It's Isale Gangan.  Max characters for NL moniker is 10, so I did GAN "squared."

Stranger,
You really know people that know Ileke?  If you're not sure how old she is, I bet you I can review her posts and tell you.

For one, she is nervy for a Naija 22-yr-old, even if she grew up in USA, so check one for being 40ish.

Anyway, I don't want to talk about her if she is no longer here.

Ileke,
Have you heard of Eva Cassidy before? If not, click on "Fields of Gold" or "People Get Ready" YouTube links. Great Singer. I've known of her for a decade. Interesting.