and of course Iraq...

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You mean, THE Iraq. U.S. Americans should know this stuff.

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Clever? Nah, I ran out of that years ago. But if you find this, let me know, k?
"The road goes ever on..." ~ Tolkien

In memory of my friend skip...
Go then, there are other worlds than these

She told it like she saw it.






... that is the problem.

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I'll assume that one of the prizes for winning the contest would be some sort of scholarship........... the question is whether or not this young lady is in incredible need of more education or if a scholarship would simply be wasted on her.

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It takes a gutless mouse to play only when the cat's away.

No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. ~~ Francois Mocuriac

Confucius say, "He who masturbate into cash register come into money."

An optimist looks at the glass and says it's half full. A pessimist looks at the glass and says it's half empty. A Cubs fan looks at the glass and says, "When's it gonna spill?"

Deus Impetitio Esuritori Nullus

At least they didn't ask her any tough questions like asking her to point out the U.S.

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it's only kinky the first time

it's not the orgasm but getting there thats fun

a shot in the bush is worth two in the hand

whip me, beat me, tie me up, break my arm, but please don't break my heart

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid people are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt" -Bertrand Russell

At least she can fall back on her good looks

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My speech killed! I was on my way to the provincials but then a judge asked me about affirmative action.

It completely discombobulated me. I had no idea what the phrase was and tried to bluster my way through an answer based on my speech on strident feminism (yes, I was pro). I flubbed it and lost the championship. That question made me lose! Augh!

That woman got nervous at a major event. It reminded me of my stage fright at a major event when I was a teen.

There's so much pressure on you when you're speaking in front of many people (and it's why so many people are more afraid of death than speaking in public).

She's still majorly hot and I hope she rises from this unseemly humiliation.

I liked her articulate 'A lot of people in the US don't have that' comment. Don't have what exactly?

And what would the ideal answer have been anyway?

Because Americans are stupid? That wouldn't have got her many points with the judges surely?

Because the education system is crap? That wouldn't have gone down too well either, I'd have thought.

I'm not sure how she could have got out of that one unscathed.

Perhaps she should simply have said 'I don't know, but it saddens me that the US people don't take more of an interest in the world as a whole and their part in it'

Why are people always so afraid of admitting that they don't know something?

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Fruit flies like a banana"

M Y - N A U G H T Y - P I C T U R E S ! !

How embarassing.

I tend to agree with Lou that there's no easy answer to put out there that wouldn't have offended someone, but there will always be opposing viewpoints that someone will have issue with. Say it like you see it and stand by your opinion.

I think she choked under the pressure, but she sure looked cute doing it. lol

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We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

Lou,

She was devastated that more Americans didn't have maps, cos if they had, then maybe South Africa could, or maybe the Iraq . . .

Steph,

"it's why so many people are more afraid of death than speaking in public"

Yep!

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

We're petrified of doing something stupid and having everyone see it on the internet.







Pretty much like everything I do here.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

I do not give much attention to most 'award' and pageant productions for being much more than self-indulgent exercises of marketing or the privileged, and that isolated clip did little to change my prospective.

If this 'competition' was to select the best example within a given parameter, I hope this young lady had gotten to this top level in error or through underhanded dealings. I didn't see any physical exception of attractiveness that couldn't be found by dozens in any high school across the nation. As for her "holding under pressure", nothing outstanding came across to me. I believe a trip to any grade school would have come up with a more coherent response.

If this sorting for a poster child of the 'typical' was the purpose, I'm more disappointed (and reinforced ) that she IS the winner. My concerns of our American isolated ethnocentric concept is not recent, but things ARE changing. The numbers alone have had me concerned for a long time. The ratio of 300 thousand to 6.5 BILLION and the difference of conditions and privilege on a more aware and shrinking planet have to tell us SOMETHING. Only recently have I not felt I was the only one marching to the beat of a different drum. Too bad the hardest taught are always the best lessons.

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That's a rather stereotypical statement Lou. It saddens me that you actually believe that of ALL Americans!

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Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.

~Thomas Dewar~

OK, guys, watch that clip again and give an erudite answer. Pretend you're her and expound on theories relating to that question. Don't forget, you're facing an international audience.

Eminent educators can't answer that question and you want a beauty queen to espouse eloquence on latitude and longitude?