(Warning: In case you misinterpret it, I do not feel angry while writing this. In truth, I am empathizing with those people who were hurt and embittered by others who don’t really matter. I wrote this because once in my past, I struggled with this dilemma. Now, I want to tell others how to change their mindset and to get through it.)Lately I’d been reading a lot of posts about how other people
David Letterman kept up his verbal assault on John McCain, commiserating with Paris Hilton and saying he felt like an "ugly date" because the GOP presidential candidate backed out of an appearance on the "Late Show." David Letterman described Paris Hilton as John McCain's first choice for a running mate. The late-night CBS comedian was upset Wednesday when McCain canceled
John McCain, Sarah Palin and the McCain Campaign have gone way overboard with their assault on the media. And it was never more clear than in an interview McCain did with Mike Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough on MSNBC.
Responding to a question from Mika [I'll use her first name since her last name's a pain to spell], McCain called her out as "an Obama supporter." Mika took great exception to McCain
The problem with Dubai is the arrogance we see in the property sector. People are expecting massive prices for property which has neither the quality nor the culture of similar property else where in the world. The market, I feel, is not affected mostly by the man in the street but by massively wealthy individuals buying up 10 at a time off plan. This creates a totally fake demand curve. Many of t
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My recent visit to East London has left me astounded and appalled by the lack of tolerance amongst so many of the locals. Never in my life have I encountered so many arrogant, aggressive and accusatory people before.
Now I consider myself to be reasonably tolerant of others and will generally try to excuse a certain degree of bad behaviour - maybe the person was having
Hantu Laut
Arrogance, incorrigible and insolent are the trademark of some politicians. I have seen many that have to eat the humble pie when they were no more in position of power.Than there were those who had selective memory or amnesia and can't remember the faces of their less fortunate friends when they were constantly intoxicated with the political world.There are also those who rode the
Prior to the 12th General Elections, the Barisan Nasional Government has always been on the attack, with statements such as arrogance, high-handedness etc being hurled against it. I read with interest this piece of news that came from Selangor and from the mouth of the state's chief minister (read the underlined part), which I find very surprising... Then when do they listen the people? H
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According to this article senate Democrats are becoming annoyed at Barack Obama and his arrogance.
“They think they know what’s right and everyone else is wrong on everything,” groused one senior Senate Democratic aide. “They are kind of insufferable at this point.”
That is how a senior [...]
You know what we find "arrogant"? Standing on a public street corner, loudly foisting your personal faith-based judgements and biases on the community at large and telling anyone who will listen that you have irrefutable evidence that God is soon...
From Victor Hanson's essay "The new learning that failed" (The New Criterion, May 2008):[W]e can assess the value of classical learning in the life of the university by illustrating how non-Hellenic are the contemporary university agendas of popular culture, therapy, political correctness, and vocationalism. The Greeks remind us that there are rules to acquiring knowledge not found on the street,
Cross posted from Miss Beth's Victory Dance here.Today, in my stroll through my daily reads, I ran across not one, not two, not three, but FOUR articles at Real Clear Politics regarding the utter arrogance of Obama and his latest idiocy.Good grief, I feel dirty even thinking the man's name--ugh. He becomes more distasteful on a minute-by-minute basis and it's getting to the point whenever I hear h
Today, in my stroll through my daily reads, I ran across not one, not two, , not three, but FOUR articles at Real Clear Politics regarding the utter arrogance of Obama and his latest idiocy.
Good grief, I feel dirty even thinking the man's name--ugh. He becomes more distasteful on a minute-by-minute basis and it's getting to the point whenever I hear his name, the very next thing to cross my
~Loki~This last thursday the SCOTUS dealt a serious blow to fighting the war on radical Islam. They gave Enemy combatants the same rights as US citizens. The Lefties are heralding this as a great victory for Human Rights. But, we all see this as a great victory for the enemies of the United States. A US Senator has now jumped into the fray. Senator Patrick Leahy (D) from the Communist State of Ver
Picture a business where dissatisfied customers have to pay a penalty to stop doing business with you. Sounds like a dream of a business to own, but not one you'd want to patronize. Well, you don't have to imagine such a business. It exists, and if you're one of the nation's 255 million cellphone subscribers, you're already a customer. Consumer advocates fear that the Federal Communications Commis
H. R. 6074 AN ACT To amend the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the `Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act of 2008'. TITLE I--AMENDMENT TO SHERMAN ACT SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. Th
The Talmud teaches in Ethics of Fathers, one should be as clear as possible in their teachings to that students do not stumble on a misinterpretation. The Talmud (first chapter of Sotah) also relates how God despises Yuhara/haughtiness comparing it to idolatry and adultery. Ethics of the Fathers further says in the first chapter that whoever who tries to increase their name, decreases it. Indeed,
I read an article a week or two ago about how the Muslims have taken over as the world's biggest religion and there was something about it that didn't sit quite right with me.
Now please understand...
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Starbucks began the rocky phase of its relationship with Wall St. when its former CEO said that the company would eventually have 40,000 outlets. It had well...
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wow, i am currently in a very unforgiving mood. this is ridiculous. there is nothing more irritating than a person who is so blindly ignorant. from here, the person shall be named he, because i’m too damn lazy to be politically or give a shit. always assuming his abilities are worthwhile, if only his eyes [...]
You may be familiar with the mind-boggling idiocy that unfolded in South Africa earlier this year. It suddenly dawned on the Government that it had under-invested in power generation for the past 5 - 10 years. This has resulted in a number of laughable situations.As an example, here is one. Peak time television between 6pm and 9pm on weekdays will simply not happen. Here is what an SABC executive said:"We suggest that viewers could instead read books, or talk to other family members," the South African Broadcasting Corporation said."If they do not like their relatives, and have forgotten how to read, they can just look at the wall."South Africa's gold mines have closed down - yes closed down. A whole industry that South Africa is renowned for. Absolutely staggering. I lack words to describ
To listen to Liverpool ex players, Benitez and the usual Anti Arsenal scum in the media, one would think that the scoring of the away goal has all but knocked Arsenal out of this tie. They talk of European nights at Anfield and their 12th man as being capable of achieving the pinnacle of European success. [...]
Posted by Ben 03/31/08. If you can't tolerate cursing, oryou suffer from uncontrolled hypertension, just scroll past this post. If you care about the preservation of life, liberty & prosperity, if you want your children to live free, if you don't want your wife gang raped by Muslims and sold into slavery, perhaps you should not turn away.Presenting samples of execrable venom from the web site of Islamic Revolution gloating over Fitna; threatening western civilization. What in the Goddamn Hell are you going to do about this egregious offense to humanity?Congratulations Geert. Your "fitna" movie has created more Mujaahideen amongst the Muslims March 27, 2008Verily, our religion will stay the same till the Day of JudgmentIslam is perfected, perfection can not be improved, only defiled.Th
There’s too much arrogance in this business.
The ad business breeds that arrogance.
- Allen Rosenshine
former chairman, BBDO Worldwide
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Today I heard the disturbing news that my governor was caught hiring a prostitute. The full story hasn’t come out yet, but reports say he hired a woman through a prostitution service in NY to take a train down to Washington DC. When she got there, Governor Eliot Spitzer got caught!This is the man who ran a campaign as the good guy, pledging to fight for ethics reform. When he was NY state Attorney General, he seemed squeaky clean. He was even dubbed “the sheriff of Wall Street” for his strong campaigns against misconduct in the financial services area, and other industries. I was thrilled when he ran for governor of NY. When Spitzer won, I thought my state was in good hands. Yet this pillar of politics got caught with his pants down, well almost, anyway. After working to clean up pro
You need to learn to be a little bit arrogant in order to appeal to a woman. I know this may seem contradictory to everything you’ve ever heard or what any female friend’s advice would be, but trust me, arrogance used in the right way will work for you. I like to balance arrogance with [...]
Years ago, I owned a turtle named "Moses". We had a special relationship that scared my family because I would hold Moses right in front of my face and kiss him. They were always afraid Moses would, as most reptiles do, jerk his tongue out and sting me. But he never did! He crawled on my chest and nestled in my neck, feeling safe with me. I loved Moses more than I can describe.I took him outside with me every day, allowing him to get sunshine and eat bugs as I trimmed my trees and hedges. The back yard was totally fenced in, so I never dreamed he would get out. But the inevitable happened one day. Moses was no where to be found, and I cried for weeks.About eight months later, I was digging weeds out of the flower bed in the front yard, and my shovel hit something hard. Thinking it a rock, I reached down to get it with my hands and was shocked beyond belief to find dear old Moses under the dirt! How had he survived without me to feed him?It's amazing how arrogant we humans can be! God
The first time OJ was in the courtroom to face charges against the Nichole Simpson and Ron Goldman murders, he was stoic. His facial muscles were relaxed, no doubt due to the anti anxiety medication that was being pumped into him during the trial. He looked cool, calm and collected. The only sign of his body revealing the truth was when the gruesome photos were shown; you could see a clenched jaw and see who swallow hard. Even for a sociopath, who managed to convince himself at the time that he didn’t kill Ron and Nichole, the photos shook up his conscience—at least for a moment. When the verdict was announced and he was declared “not guilty” you see a humbled facial expression, filled with gratitude.
There is clearly no humility on OJ’s face this time. Without anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication OJ’s facial expressions roam freely. The body does NOT lie and neither does face.
OJ’s facial expressions speak volumes. They scream out “arro
In his recent "Meet the Press" interview, Sen. Obama appeared to display an unnatural sense of how much of their earnings American workers "need." This was either a result of his clairvoyance or his arrogance.
Over any number of presidential campaigns, the Democratic Party has made much of the diversity of its candidates, with this year being no exception. This is entirely understandable, as their slate of contenders is the first that includes both a black and a woman who are in serious competition for the nomination.Inconsequential differences (except to liberals) in the race and gender of the candidates notwithstanding, the Democratic candidates have expressed a unanimity of opinion on the issue of taxation. All of them to a person have indicated their interest in rolling back the Bush tax cuts - even as the economy hangs over a precipice of subprime mortgage defaults, rising oil prices and a falling dollar. And nearly all have attached their candidacies to some form of universal health care, which would only increase government spending and taxes, if not immediately, then at some point in the none too distant future.So how does an ambitious young man establish any sort of singularity. If
Risking the Lot - Subprime Stupidity and Art Auction Arrogance
The US subprime housing crisis is one of those things that makes you wonder what the people involved were thinking. The lenders had to have known the risks involved in lending money to people to buy a house who couldn’t get finance through the more main stream, traditional lenders yet these lenders let these people borrow money anyway driven by what could only be described as blatant greed. Lending money to people who have the highest probability of not being able to pay the money back is risky enough but when you add the possibility of property values dropping below the value of the mortgages which would result in the lender not being able to recoup the money that they lent, the risk goes through the roof.
It would seem that the art auction houses are taking the same risks as the mortgage lenders by giving minimum price guarantees to their clients which means that they are gambling on their ability to achieve the sal
The board at BEA Systems (BEAS) is sitting on a $17 offer from Oracle (ORCL). BEAS has not traded...
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Folks!What do you know about arrogance, confidence and stupidity?Yeah… Yeah… Some of you folks did say that I’m an arrogant, an overly confident and a stupid Muslim. Yes, correct correct correct…Alhamdulillah… Say whatever you like, folks. :-)Luckily, this post is not about me. It is about Dato’ Seri Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam, the third most influential figure in the world’s most glamorous political party, UMNO.He did something really outrageous yesterday. He practically told PPP or People Progressive Party in full to buzz off, pack their bags and say goodbye (MalaysiaKini has more on this story) to Barisan Nasional Public Limited! He said that during the party’s grand function yesterday and I guess attendees must have choked over their meals when they heard him say that. What a mess it would have been. It must have been very smelly too. Yuck!Poor PPP. I guess Barisan Nasional Public Limited’s major shareholders have convened recently and reached a conclusion that they can
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On Wednesday, Canada's Prime Minister will take part to the G8 summit in Heilingendamm, a city in the North of Germany. Moreover, climate change will be on the agenda. Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, affirmed that members of the G8 are to reduce 50% of their greenhouse gas levels by 2050 while using 1990 as the baseline. Before he said that Canada is not in a good position to suscribe to Merkel's vision, Stephen Harper said that Canada can be a role model for countries like India, China and the USA.Harper spent his time blaming the Liberals for not doing anything while it was them who signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol! After all, the leader of the Conservative Party is not necessarily wrong when he blames the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC). Nonetheless, that doesn't give a reason for Harper to take people for idiots. He also has his share of responsibility in the pollution of Canada. In short, Canada has no lessons to give to other countries in environment.While the Kyoto
On Wednesday, Canada's Prime Minister will take part to the G8 summit in Heilingendamm, a city in the North of Germany. Moreover, climate change will be on the agenda. Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, affirmed that members of the G8 are to reduce 50% of their greenhouse gas levels by 2050 while using 1990 as the baseline. Before he said that Canada is not in a good position to suscribe to Merkel's vision, Stephen Harper admitted that Canada can be a role model for countries like India, China and the USA.Harper spent his time blaming the Liberals for not doing anything while it was them who signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol! After all, the leader of the Conservative Party is not necessarily wrong when he blames the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC). Nonetheless, that doesn't give a reason for Harper to take people for idiots. He also has his share of responsibility in the pollution of Canada. In short, Canada has no lessons to give to other countries in environment.While the Ky
WASHINGTON -- The Reverend Rob Schenck (pronounced SHANK), an Evangelical minister and president of the National Clergy Council in Washington, DC, released this statement today in response to recent comments by the Reverend Al Sharpton about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Mormon faith:
"Religious prejudice is the worst form of bigotry. Rev. Sharpton's comments suggest that
The woman whom the ALP's latest bullshitter Greg Combet has displaced from a job, is displeased.
THE federal MP being dumped to make way for ACTU secretary Greg Combet has warned of a voter backlash against Labor in her Hunter Valley seat.
Kelly Hoare, who has held the electorate of Charlton since 1998, said she [...]
NIGERIA: MUSLIMS CLUB CHRISTIAN TEACHER TO DEATH
Students, extremists stone, beat and burn her after ‘desecration’ of yet unfound Quran.
GOMBE, Nigeria, March 27 (Compass Direct News) – Christianah Oluwatoyin Oluwasesin, a teacher at Government Secondary School of Gandu in this northern Nigerian town, was in high spirits last Wednesday (March 21) as she made her way to school where she teaches government.
She was happy that after the final day of exams, she would be joining her husband in their hometown of Abeokuta, in the southwestern state of Ogun; a few months earlier, her husband Femi Oluwasesin had gone to Abeokuta to take a hospital position as a laboratory technician. The high school teacher’s joyous mood had been noted not only that day but the previous one, as she was seen taking pictures and exchanging pleasantries with friends and colleagues.
Soon her happiness would be cut short. Muslim students at the school, along with outside Islamic extremists, murdered Oluwase
I thought I would post about different issues or sins and maybe it would be best to address what I personally have dealt with. The first of these is arrogance.
This is something that I struggle with constantly. It can take many forms.
Judging others. Most of us (I think) do it. I will pride myself on how much better I am than someone else. I can also look at someone who seems to have their life together and I will go out of my way to find a chink in their armor. "He's having problems in his marriage? Well, mine is perfect." "She may earn more than me, but at least I have some dignity in my job." "I'm better looking than him." "I can draw better than that." "Yeah, I could draw that, too, if I had the right tools and the education." "She may have a better car than mine, but her daddy probably bought it for her. I paid for mine." Who am I to point out someone else's faults? I can dish out the
"I like Rodger and, of course, I like Mark," she said. "But I'm related to Rodger through my sister-in-law. . . . You know, I'd really love to run against Peter MacKay . . . because he's a member of Harper's government . . . but I don't think I have enough time to run against Peter." Um... yeah. Does she know that the Green party got 1.6% of the vote in Mackay's riding last time? Having not even won a seat yet, how can she be so confident that she could topple a Cabinet Minister "if she had the time"? My impression of her has worsened ever since she started siding with the Liberals when they should be going out on their own.
Iran Is Not Backing DownBack in December, 2005 Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran would never abandon its right to carry out the full nuclear fuel cycle in Iran - a feat which could lead to the development of an atomic bomb - despite the threat of United Nations Security Council.Ahmadinejad accused the West of stockpiling nuclear and chemical weapons while at the same time threatening action on Iran if it continued with its nuclear activities.On March 13, 2006 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country will not back down "one iota" on its nuclear program. His stance comes ahead of a crucial UN Security council meeting on Iran.Official (State sponsored) Iranian News Agency site ...*Islamic Republic News AgencyAnd here is the International Atomic Energy Agency Focus on Iran ...*IAEA and IranIran in the news today ...*Iran enters world's nuclear club aiming not to develop nuclear weapons*Iran says US military strike talk "psychological warfar
I sat back yesterday after reading international web sites and realised that I have no idea when the PS3 will be hitting our sunny South African shores. Why do I not know when the PS3 will be hitting our shores? That is a damn fine question. Remember, all of this is happening in my brain, not out loud, that would be sad.So after reading these international websites on the launch of the PS3 and how much it will cost and that only the expensive version will be available in Europe, I thought that I had better do some research. By the way, us lowly, bandwidth challenged South African form part of Europe. The Japanese might love our animals, and our animals love eating Japanese, but we are still European to them.I clicked on www.playstation.co.za and followed the link to the PS3 Website. 1st: I hate pop-up windows! Don't do it! But they did and I went, so I moved on. After waiting for 3Kb of Flash movie to load, I saw that the SA launch is in March 2007. WOW!!! Same as Europe, just no date
Even as a person who works every day with high school teenagers, they never cease to amaze me!This week the Associated Press reported that a Minnesota teenager, as part of a family tradition during the Super Bowl halftime, ran around outdoors - minus his shoes. According to the article:It was 17 below zero at halftime Sunday in this city about 30 miles northwest of Minneapolis, and D.J. Brown's dad said it was too cold to continue the tradition. But the 18-year-old senior at Buffalo High School ran outside in his T-shirt and jeans, threw off his socks and shoes, and ran around the block. Brown said he was outside only five minutes, but his feet started swelling and blistering when he got back inside. The pain was excruciating. He was treated for second-degree frostbite on both feet at the burn center at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and was on crutches and pain medication Monday. Brown, who said he's a straight-A student, chalked up his actions to "teenage arrogance.
When you are nobody, or close to it, you have to pay to be talked about, when you are somebody you have to pay NOT to be talked about.I was, as usual, looking around on blogs and found an interesting note on a TOP blog, Hot air:Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot Air's community of registered readers. Registration is currently closed. That means if you're not already registered, you can't comment. We will let you know if and when registration re-opens. Please don't assume that Hot Air management agrees with or otherwise endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with our terms of use may lose their posting privilege.No comment...but a suggestion, I would rename it "hot air and jucy arrogance" because they actually do not give just Hot air, they mix it with plenty of arrogance...Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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As a child, my mother always taught me to “chin up” and hold my head up high. After marrying my dad who was an expat in Singapore at the time, my mother developed delusions of grandeur which she passed on to my siblings and I. Throughout our childhood, we all believed we were [...]
