[Assam] A Joe Barton of Our Own?

[kamal deka]

>>> "As a normal human being,who DEEPLY BELIEVES IN HUMANITY ,my heart goes out to the family of the victim of this terrible tragedy."<<<

This one really tops my hilarity chart and hence I laugh my gut
out.How come the context of those remarks sank without a trace? I
hope,you made an attempt to slip a bit of levity into the discussion
since rank absurdity as this one cannot be expected to emerge from an
experienced netter like you,even though I am fully aware of the idiom
( you see, how dam idioms torment me often) that goes '" many a true
word is spoken in jest" ( let me give you the meaning before it gets
your nerve.It means,witty remark that contains serious statement.)


Now,I must admit, your's is truly an example of peerless writing
skill!!!. Now if you just could have gotten the facts straight! It
seems,you got your wires crossed and printed some laughable "facts." I
hope you'll do some checking into this matter by revisiting my earier
mails to see the context and if it turns out that I'm right (which I
am), run a correction, an
apology, a plea for mercy, or something contrite. You can thank me later.

KO


On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at gmail.com> wrote:
> Words of extraordinary significance, duplicity, retraction etc. often finds
> its
> way into the American lexicon as phrases on their own, namely:
>
> *** To be Borked  came from Reagan's Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork who
> was rejected
> by the Senate after a highly charged hearing.
>
> *** To be doing a Cheney came from exaggerated fear-mongering to political
> ends.
>
> *** So on and so forth.
>
>
> Yesterday,  Congressman Joe Barton ( R-Tex) , an ex Oil Co. Executive and
> the one Congressman
> who has received the highest amount of money ( campaign donations) from oil
> companies,
> who was the ranking minority representative in the Congressional hearing
> that took testimony from
> BP CEO, Tony Howard made an unprecedented apology to BP, for his perceived
> crime of the US Govt.
> and President Obama in 'shaking down BP' ( in his words) for the $ 20
> Billion to be kept aside in trust
> for compensation to people and companies who are hurt by the oil spill.
> Among other things he said that
> he does not want to live in a country that does such things.
>
> The same Joe Barton made a complete about face, later in the day, after a
> national outcry and having
> been taken to task by his own party leaders and apologized to the American
> people for his apology
> to BP earlier in the day.
>
> This has the potential to find a way into the American lexicon as well, as
> "To do a Joe Barton", meaning doing an
> ignominious about face shortly after making a seriously controversial
> statement.
>
> Did our distinguished netter KJD of Texas do a Joe Barton in the last couple
> of days, right here in assamnet
> by making the following two statements, one shortly after the other?
>
>
>        "All these drivels  ( sic) with respect to human/humanity/humanism
> are nothing but hackneyed
>        slogans. "
>
> Followed by:
>
>        "As a normal human being,who DEEPLY BELIEVES IN HUMANITY ,my heart
> goes out to the family of the victim of this terrible tragedy."
>
>
> You decide :-).
>
>
> **** Personally, I  never taunt people who change their minds after seeing
> reason. It is a sign of maturity
> to correct oneself, even after making a spectacular blunder.  If that was so
> in KJD's case, instead of making him a target
> of public ridicule, I would commend him for his courage to stand corrected.
>
> Was it?
>
>
> cm
>
>
>
>
>
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