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Old 04-22-2004, 11:17 PM
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Talking Ask the average Dominican this simple question......

What weighs more - a pound of cement or a pound of feathers?
They'll ALL tell you a pound of cement weighs more.......(yeah we asked about 50ppl during the course of our stay this year and every one of them said cement)!!
With a mentality like this how would they ever understand why one person may be a better choice that another for president?
If Mejia wins again I just may redo my whole condo next year. At 40:1 for the Canadian Dollar my kitchen reno this year was CHEAP-Cheap-cheap!!
Wanna see a picture???
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Old 04-22-2004, 11:36 PM
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I don't think that you can evaluate anyone's "mentality" based on a trick question then try to paint everyone with the same brush. (I had to really think about that one! lol)
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Old 04-23-2004, 01:30 AM
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Don't you guys see when you are being "Wound Up"?? Look at O & C's previous posts & see how virtually everything he writes is contentious & open to ridicule!!! His English is less than Grammatically correct & his spelling is often a little bit off, (But then is that of many Brit's & North Americans' that post on this board) but the man is not as stupid as his posts suggest!! I mean ...... NO ONE that has a brain in his head would support Hippo again & even if they did, they wouldn't admit it on THIS Board!!

By the way MommC. If you are living in the DR now I would tone down the ridicule of Dominicans a bit. Giving them trick questions & then referring the level of mentailty in a rather demeaning way, is NOT conjusive to a long & HAPPY life here!!! Just a suggestion as there are many more intelligent Dominicans here than there are Intelligent Brits', North Americans, Canadians etc!! Some of them might, understanably, take offense!! - Grahame.

Nice one Nelly - I like the cross referrencing of painting to mentality .... Clever!!
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Old 04-23-2004, 02:17 AM
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Does it matter that, in your opinion, Leonel is bland, boring & garrulous to the point of incomprehension by the "moradores"? Does a President not have a job to do? Is not the ability to do the job an important criterion? Does he have to be liked as well? I would be interested to hear your personal experience of this concept!
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Old 04-23-2004, 10:00 AM
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Why anyone takes posts from O&C seriously these days is beyond me?
He doesn't live here and he has left this board more times than anyone to never return. But, they do have entertainment value and many people bite on his words I think O&C posts could best be described as ... "our neurons can't fathom all his jibber-jabber".

On another note, people should show a little more respect for the people that live and work in the DR. You shouldn't tar everyone with the same brush as some of you would look pretty pathetic, stupid and poor compared to some of the Dominicans I know.
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Old 04-23-2004, 11:58 AM
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Just to join in on the Hipo-bashing, something I enjoy thoroughly since he is so deserving (ignorant, disrespectful, indecent, dictatorial), there is no way that someone with common sense can possibly want that this guy could ever manage the destiny of a few people, much less a nation of 9 million basically good folks. Yes, he will probably get the support of 25% of the population due to the large amount of government employees or government-dependent interests as well as strict party line voting, mostly based on the large amount of the uneducated, gullible, lower class.
However, my stereotypes have changed over the 8 years I have been living
here since the majority of Dominicans are very aware of their realities and, in this particular case, the majority realizes they made a huge mistake voting for this 'ding-dong' 4 years ago.
Leonel Fernandez is a well-educated, intelligent, decent man who governed this country as well as anyone has in its history and perhaps the best of all.
I believe the DR is lucky to have him as an alternative right now to try to get out of the messes Hipo has created as no one else comes close to being as well prepared for the task. This guy is so good I have no doubts he could be president of the U.S. without missing a beat. Really!
I hope the fraudulent maneuvers that Hipo and his cohorts will try don't work, so Fernandez can be elected on May 16th so this poor country can get back on the right track.

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Old 04-23-2004, 01:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MommC
What weighs more - a pound of cement or a pound of feathers?
They'll ALL tell you a pound of cement weighs more.......(yeah we asked about 50ppl during the course of our stay this year and every one of them said cement)!!
With a mentality like this how would they ever understand why one person may be a better choice that another for president?
If Mejia wins again I just may redo my whole condo next year. At 40:1 for the Canadian Dollar my kitchen reno this year was CHEAP-Cheap-cheap!!
Wanna see a picture???

well that's all that matters that you re-did your kitchen. who cares if the rest of the country goes to the dogs!
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Old 04-23-2004, 01:50 PM
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Quote:
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What weighs more - a pound of cement or a pound of feathers?
They'll ALL tell you a pound of cement weighs more.......(yeah we asked about 50ppl during the course of our stay this year and every one of them said cement)!!
With a mentality like this how would they ever understand why one person may be a better choice that another for president?
Do you think it is only in the DR that you would get that answer if you asked the same question in other countries?

What I want to know is what sort of mentality is required to go around asking people that question.
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Old 04-23-2004, 03:04 PM
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Do you think it is only in the DR that you would get that answer if you asked the same question in other countries?

What I want to know is what sort of mentality is required to go around asking people that question.
who probably is a leeetle insecure about their own I.Q. level!
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Old 04-23-2004, 05:48 PM
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fdnz is as bland as boiled idaho potatoes with no condiments. bush everyone's grammar here stinks- unerstanable? - okay bob.

rob i challenge you to a duel at high noon for ye have offended my honor. place the ok coral. at 15 paces according the rules of genteelmen.

you'll be surprised at hippo's landslide win. sources which i can't name have guaranteed his win in the first round.
 

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