Little Johnny Joke

[1989TransAm]

Little Johnny meets Barack Obama

Barack Obama was visiting a primary school and he visited
one of the classes.


They were in the middle of a discussion related to words
and their meanings.


The teacher asked the president if he would like to lead the discussion on the word 'tragedy.' So our illustrious president asked the class for an example of a 'tragedy..'

One little boy stood up and offered: "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is
playing in the field and a tractor runs him over and kills him, that would be a tragedy."


"No," said Obama, "that would be an accident."


A little girl raised her hand: "If a school bus carrying
50 children drove off a cliff, killing everyone, that would be a tragedy."

"I'm afraid not," explained Obama. "That's what we
would call great loss."


The room went silent. No other child volunteered..
Obama searched the room. "Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?"


Finally at the back of the room, Little Johnny raised his hand. In a quiet voice he said:

"If the plane carrying you and Mrs. Obama was struck by a 'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy."


"Fantastic!" exclaimed Obama. "That's right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?"


"Well," says Johnny, "It has to be a tragedy, because it sure as hell wouldn't be a great loss ...... and you can bet your black a$$ it wouldn't be an accident either."

[xXDaveyJonesXx]

..yikes

[Stan Weiss]

You can call it a joke. But all it is to me is bigotry and racism.

Stan

[machine shop tom]

You can call it a joke. But all it is to me is bigotry and racism.

Stan

Now if he said "bony ass", would it still be racist and bigoted?

Put GWB in Obama's place in the joke. Would it still be racist and bigoted? Lot's of jokes targeted HIM and NOBODY complained they were racist against whites.....

Too much emphasis on the racial thing since Obama was elected. Just because someone doesn't like Obama doesn't mean that someone is racist or bigoted.

Obama's doing a terrible job, regardless of his ethnicity or color. Heck, I've got Irish ancestors just as he does.

It's just a joke......

In poor taste, but still a joke.

tom

[Stan Weiss]

You can call it a joke. But all it is to me is bigotry and racism.

Stan

Now if he said "bony ass", would it still be racist and bigoted?

Put GWB in Obama's place in the joke. Would it still be racist and bigoted? Lot's of jokes targeted HIM and NOBODY complained they were racist against whites.....

Too much emphasis on the racial thing since Obama was elected. Just because someone doesn't like Obama doesn't mean that someone is racist or bigoted.

Obama's doing a terrible job, regardless of his ethnicity or color. Heck, I've got Irish ancestors just as he does.

It's just a joke......

In poor taste, but still a joke.

tom

Tom,
Everyone one can have a opinion, that is what this country is built on. But when the talk is about shooting down a plane with President Obama and his wife on it that is an other story. I did not like some of things President Bush did but I would have been just as against someone talking about killing him.

Stan

edit - I lived through the JFK, RFK, and Ronald Regan being shooting.

We now have - Sharron Angle and '2nd Amendment Remedies'

[1989TransAm]

Stan, you need to lighten up. This is tame considering all the things said about George Bush.

[gmc406]

LOL @ the joke.