Re: Hello. I live in Salem, and I believe in witches.

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:05:48 +0100 (BST)
From:                   Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>

> I can tell there's sarcasm or irony there, by the tone of voice, but other than
> that, I cannot work out what this posting is about.
>
> Could someone give me some pukka gen on this?

One has to go back a bit:

a) Person of colour runs for US Prez.

b) US says "We are not bigotted or racist, no, not us!"

c) Person of colour wins.

d) Proportion of US population goes seriously flaky, claiming person of colour 
was not born in US, is trying to kill all US grandmothers by providing medical 
treatment, etc.  Commodity prices for tin-foil start to creep upward.

e) Prez of colour takes interest in education, and states intention of giving pep 
talk to students at beginning of school year.

f) Proportion of US population, terrified at the thought of someone encouraging 
students to learn something during the school year, tries all possible means to 
prevent said pep talk from happening.

(In Chris' case, the school board said that the telecast could be shown, but only if 
all parents signed off permission for their youngsters to attend, said permission to 
be publicized and obtained during a holiday weekend.)  (In opposition to the rest of 
the world, which celebrates labour holiday at the beginning of the summer holiday 
period, North Am reminds workers that the next day is when they have to go 
*back* to work ...)

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