You Lie!
Being that I was watching Jeter tie the record last night, I didn't see Obama and the health care debate. I did hear that someone in the crowd yelled out, "You lie!"
All politics aside, what would make someone scream something out when another man is giving a speech?
Isn't that just plain rude?
It's not a comedy act where you can go and heckle, is it? Hopefully it doesn't set a precedent. Perhaps next time he can take off his shoe and throw it.
Which brings me to the heart of the matter. I continue to talk about the country losing its moral center - and in a room filled with people, and the President of the United States talking - this guy wants to be the center of attention. They should have escorted him from the room and revoked all his privileges of lying, cheating and stealing from the American public that goes along with his job.
Whatever...
I just remember being a part of an audience at an Italian-American benefit that my father got invited to - it was a filled hall and we were served a prime rib dinner and had open bar to boot. The open bar may have been the problem.
Anyway, the speaker was telling a story about the Italian army being made up of a lot of the citizens of Sicily being involved in a battle and not doing very well. This is roughly how the speech went:
"The Sicilian Army went in and waged battle, but they were quickly beat-down, in fact, they were creamed."
The speaker paused for dramatic effect and my father jumped into the opening:
"Holy shit they were creamed Siciles," he said.
Now if you're going to interrupt a speech that is the way to do it.
Not only was the entire room laughing, the speaker raised his glass in a toast to my Pa.
All politics aside, what would make someone scream something out when another man is giving a speech?
Isn't that just plain rude?
It's not a comedy act where you can go and heckle, is it? Hopefully it doesn't set a precedent. Perhaps next time he can take off his shoe and throw it.
Which brings me to the heart of the matter. I continue to talk about the country losing its moral center - and in a room filled with people, and the President of the United States talking - this guy wants to be the center of attention. They should have escorted him from the room and revoked all his privileges of lying, cheating and stealing from the American public that goes along with his job.
Whatever...
I just remember being a part of an audience at an Italian-American benefit that my father got invited to - it was a filled hall and we were served a prime rib dinner and had open bar to boot. The open bar may have been the problem.
Anyway, the speaker was telling a story about the Italian army being made up of a lot of the citizens of Sicily being involved in a battle and not doing very well. This is roughly how the speech went:
"The Sicilian Army went in and waged battle, but they were quickly beat-down, in fact, they were creamed."
The speaker paused for dramatic effect and my father jumped into the opening:
"Holy shit they were creamed Siciles," he said.
Now if you're going to interrupt a speech that is the way to do it.
Not only was the entire room laughing, the speaker raised his glass in a toast to my Pa.
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