"I'll bet he'll find people who want to be Cal Ripken in Pakistan" -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
This comes via Greg Djerejian who notes that, of course, they don't play baseball in Pakistan.
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20 Sep 2007 10:49 am
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Re Matthew's comment "of course, they don't play baseball in Pakistan"
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They are, on the other hand, real bad ass cricket players. The Raj and all that.
I visited Haverford College a few years ago to look at something in their library. Near the parking lot, a cricket match was in progress between some sullen-looking WASPs (white sweaters, etc.) and some jovial Pakistanis. The Pakistanis were kicking ass and taking names.
Cal Ripken -- is he kind of like the Javed Miandad of Balti-more?
Why would Pakistanis want Kevin Costner to sleep with their wives?
But they do play baseball in Pakistan.
I mean, I was surprised to find that a certain foreign dictator was an NBA fan, but that doesn't mean it isn't so. Just like there are NBA fans in North Korea, so too there are baseball players in Pakistan.
How does Karen Hughes hold any job at all, given her total lack of thoughtfulness and common sense? "Someone" has given this woman an extraordinarily high-profile role in the conduct of this nation's foreign policy, and she's really not even qualified (forgive me) to microwave pot pies for an abusive husband.
>she's really not even qualified (forgive me) to microwave pot pies for an abusive husband.
Wasn't that her job for Bush back in Texas? In fact, I believe "Pot Pie" is Bush's nickname for Hughes.
There is baseball in Pakistan:
http://www.internationalbaseball.org/pakistan.htm
http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?142039
He may not be a widely popular figure in Pakistan, but the concept of sports celebrity is fairly international. Cal is just trying to help.
We have semi-professional lacrosse teams in the US. That doesn't mean that a nation who wanted to do some diplomatic outreach to Americans would have a good idea if they sent one of their better lacrosse players here.
I heard that he found them doing "it" in the pool.
Sending Australia's Shane Warne would probably be a better idea. Yes, there is baseball in Pakistan, just like there's badminton in the US. But would you send an Indonesian badminton star to the US? Would anyone even know who he is?
I hear Michael Vick is available for a trip to Korea.
Haverford also has a baseball team, with the GM of the Arizona Diamondbacks being an alumnus. But, yes, it has the only varisity cricket team in the nation. Suck it, Sw*rthm*r*.
"I hear Michael Vick is available for a trip to Korea. " - Posted by bjk
FOOD FIGHT!
Cal Ripken. Well, he claims to be an Ayn Rand fan. Sounds good to Condi and her beau.
Re "it[Haverford] has the only varisity cricket team in the nation. Suck it, Sw*rthm*r*. "
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Er..boasting of one's athletic prowess relative to a GIRL's school is not the way to impress alumni of --say, Penn State or the other Big Ten.
On the other hand, there are some Ivy Leaguers around -- and they, by definition, are the Special Olympics of college athletics.
So maybe
"Suck it, H%$va$d" would work.
Don, you mean Bryn Mawr, not Swat, re womens' college, I reckon.
Harvard is not worth mocking.
Re "you mean Bryn Mawr, not Swat, re womens' college, I reckon."
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I thought Swarthmore was a girls' school --
maybe because they gave us Michael Dukakis
(Democratic nominee for President in 1988 who was beaten like a drum by George H Bush.)
The video proves that Condi would make a fairly good high school guidance counselor.
I hear Michael Vick is available for a trip to Korea.
Posted by bjk
Koreans hate Michael Vick, too. To them, killing dogs and not having a big barbecue afterwards borders on the criminal.
Koreans hate Michael Vick, too. To them, killing dogs and not having a big barbecue afterwards borders on the crimina
You're part of the reason Dave Chapelle had to stop Chapelle's Show. There is one way of taking a edgy joke as an intentional rimshot or as dealing with issues in a lighthearted manner, but others see edgy humor as a signal that they can get away with treating people or groups of people in a malicious manner under the guise of humor.
I bet you like Carlos Mencia as well.
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Heads in the Sand
Just like all the Americans who grow up wanting to be the next Imran Khan.
Posted by SoCalJustice | September 20, 2007 10:58 AM