Forum Support Old55 Posted August 10, 2016 Forum Support Posted August 10, 2016 It looks like Duterte is crazier than Trup he certainly is more dangerous. Looks a lot like "Yankee go home" coming down soon to me. What do you American expats think? http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/08/08/rodrigo-duterte-u-s-ambassador-annoying-homosexual-son-btch/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 15 minutes ago, Old55 said: Looks a lot like "Yankee go home" coming down soon to me. What do you American expats think? As a Brit, I have no Bone in this Dog Fight. YET! but if he did say this and leans that way I would suspect he will retract or lie when he needs help 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted August 10, 2016 Author Forum Support Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) Dang it, not sure why I said "American" expats. For sure anyone can speak up on it. I'd bet that useless obama appointee is a PITA. We all know know the last one "Ambassador 40%" was a left wing moron. Edited August 10, 2016 by Old55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support scott h Posted August 10, 2016 Forum Support Posted August 10, 2016 14 minutes ago, Jack Peterson said: As a Brit As a Yank, I will be the first to admit we can be annoying as hell, our sense of superiority and the ability to project moral outrage is legendary (and many times hypocritical) . 17 minutes ago, Jack Peterson said: I would suspect he will retract or lie when he needs help But we are also have very short memories with the need to "help" others in time of need (gives us a reason to feel superior I suppose). If a typhoon or earthquake hits aid will poor in regardless of what names we have been called. You know what? I bet Dueterte knows this too 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnMyWay Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 I can see calling Kerry a lot of names but I have no idea who the other guy is. If he was appointed by Obama, well, probably nuff said. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post i am bob Posted August 10, 2016 Popular Post Posted August 10, 2016 I read the article twice... Look again at the supposed quote and how the punctuation sits. Not the same as what they are implying what he said. A for being called a bakla? We would probably use the term "a$$h0le" instead... And why was Duterte upset to begin with? This gentleman bakla basically told the Philippine people not to vote for Duterte - hence Duterte telling the foreign governments to stay out of Filipino politics. I think we all would have problems with this guy if he came to our country and told us how to vote too... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert k Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 The "Bakla" may have diplomatic immunity but he doesn't have immunity against being insulted. Good practice being an ambassador. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not so old china hand Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) 58 minutes ago, i am bob said: Look again at the supposed quote and how the punctuation sits. Not the same as what they are implying what he said. I was going to sit this one out but, after reading Bob's comment, I read the text with my editor's hat on. The headline and opening paragraph don't match the body of the article. Poor subbing "Go back to writing the horoscope page for a month." Assuming the quote is an accurate verbatim transcription "...bakla. Son of a bitch, he ...." SOB is being used as an exclamation (much like "Oh my God") and not as a description of Mr. Goldberg. And bakla is used in the same way as we Brits might say "w@nker". IMHO the ambassador was speaking out of turn. It's an ambo's job to represent their government to a foreign government: to be "A good man who lies for his country." To comment in public on the fitness (or otherwise) of a candidate in the presidential election is not part of that role. BTW I see that DU30 said he got on OK with Kerry. So perhaps not all is lost. Edited August 10, 2016 by not so old china hand 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ram1957 Posted August 10, 2016 Popular Post Posted August 10, 2016 The Ambassador was basically fired in May and in awaiting for his replacement to be confirmed by the United States Senate. He has a history of sticking his nose where it doesn't belong. http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/05/19/1584863/obama-names-north-korea-expert-ambassador-philippines 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmusslewhite Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, scott h said: As a Yank, I will be the first to admit we can be annoying as hell, our sense of superiority and the ability to project moral outrage is legendary (and many times hypocritical) . Yah we true blue Southern boys have long understood that about you Yanks... Edited August 10, 2016 by jamesmusslewhite 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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