Anthem spin

BY Staff
Published: November 19, 2008 in Letters

Dear Editor,
I was intrigued by Mr Zephyr’s letter headed ‘Hail to the Chief’ and the comments which followed it.
I could not help chuckling at the thought that just four words could be spun, to poke fun at out-of-favour American chief executives whenever they make an entrance.
In the 1970s when President Nixon faced impeachment, his detractors came up with the line “Jail to the Chief.” Then a few years ago when President George W Bush was allowed a second term in the White House which his detractors felt was based on irregularities at the polls, they sang “Hail to the Thief.” Neat.
Perhaps some genius will be able to create, in due course, a (favourable) spin on this anthem in praise of President-elect Barack Obama.
Yours faithfully,
Geralda Dennison

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Joe Coxall says:

November 19, 2008 at 7:39 am

Geralda, that’s the greatness of the American way of life and freedoms. I read some of those quips and often say to myself, only in America, if it was in some other banana republic, many of the commentators would have been thrown into the slammer for their comments.

The comic forums have however confessed that they find it very difficult to poke any kind of cynic fun at Barak, he is young, articulate and cool. These attributes does not provide great fodder for laughter. But like hell they will try never the less, it is the American way.

Joe,

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- decanadianCarlVeecock says:
  
  November 22, 2008 at 2:05 am
  
  Joe…what’s up?
  
  I did send you an email that I was in NY, but you did not respond.
  
  How come man?
  
  I was in Times Square celebrating with the crowd !
Ulric says:

November 19, 2008 at 1:33 pm

Joe,by extension are you saying that Guyana is a banana republic?

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- decanadianCarlVeecock says:
  
  November 20, 2008 at 7:43 pm
  
  What else it it?
  
  Let’s rumble !
- Caesar Agustus says:
  
  November 20, 2008 at 9:07 pm
  
  That is true.
- Joe Coxall says:
  
  November 22, 2008 at 10:27 pm
  
  Ulric the answer is yes, but I am not saying in a degrading way, and what do you mean by ISNM at the end of your comments.
  
  Joe
Ulric says:

November 21, 2008 at 6:00 pm

If it were a banana republic Carl, I would rumble. I would call it “rumble in the Jungle”. But to call my country a banana republic would be doing its leaders a great disservice, while at the same time calling people like one Veecock a banana republican. I don’t want to do that. It is my understanding that those living in Canada have to un-freeze their brains at this time of year in order to function with any semblance of normalcy. LOL. Are you one of them Carl? Banana Republic? How dare you!!!. ISNM

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decanadianCarlVeecock says:

November 22, 2008 at 2:15 am

What is true?

Ulric or me?

That Guyana can be safely classified as a ‘Banana Republic’ goes
without saying.

1. just look at the daily news and see how frequent it is that police and people
beating up on each other. What for? Better living…more money etc
2. the government cannot stand any words spoken against it…check Benschop.
check Hinckson, check Lewis, check SN, check Sharma. Yea like any
Banana Republic where the people in power do as and when they please.
3. what else? Oh so much that only people with their brains frozen can recall
as they thaw out. Them in the heat…welll they brains already burn out!

But back to Joe…. the favourable spin will be ” Change we can and we will”.

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Caesar Agustus says:

November 23, 2008 at 9:22 pm

Ulric got it right. Guyana is and was a banana republic. And he appears to be giving you a lecture on this topic over in Canada there Dee Canadian of O Canada.

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Joe Coxall says:

November 22, 2008 at 10:24 pm

Carl, I did not receive your email or may have deleted it inadvertently along with the hundreds of spam that I get from these “African presidents’ wives” who always want to send me millions of dollars that they are trying to get out of their country.

I did however get an email from my girlfriend Eloise.

Joe.

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Ulric says:

November 23, 2008 at 2:31 pm

I say no more (ISNM)

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decanadianCarlVeecock says:

November 23, 2008 at 4:45 pm

I could put my spin on that ISNM but I would get
axed for the umpteenth time !

Anyway I sent you an email.
Yuh seh dat Eloise is yuh girl fren.
Lawd…how could that be across de miles of ocean?

Yuh nat hard up eh?

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Joe Coxall says:

November 24, 2008 at 3:59 pm

Carl, love has no boundries. LOL

Joe

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