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James Jones' Jewish joke - funny or inappropriate?
haaretz ^ | 4/25/10 | Nathan Guttman,

Posted on 04/25/2010 5:38:06 PM PDT by Nachum

National Security Adviser James L. Jones doesn't necessarily come across as the amusing guy at policy events. Rather, the veteran general is known for his measured and careful wording, and his somewhat monotonic delivery.

Maybe that is why some were surprised when Jones decided to open his remarks at the 25-year anniversary gala of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy with a joke. Not just any joke - a Jewish joke that some say was in poor taste.

And here is how it goes:

A Taliban militant gets lost and is wandering around the desert looking for water. He finally arrives at a store run by a Jew and asks for water

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


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KEYWORDS: israel; james; jamesjones; jewish; joke; jones
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I thought it was really funny—I’m a big fan of all ethnic humor. It lives in a separate space of unreality.


61 posted on 04/26/2010 7:44:29 AM PDT by sand lake bar
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To: Nachum

I haven’t read the whole thread so this may have been mention, but lGabriel Malor at Ace of Spades HQ does a good
job with this. Here is the money quote:

“The putative lesson of NSA Jones’ joke is that crafty and heartless Jews give people the runaround and make a buck off it. Yes, it’s offensive. It feeds a stereotype Older Than Print that became the justification for quite a bit of bad behavior toward Jews. And NSA Jones thinks this particular story has an element of truth.”


62 posted on 04/26/2010 8:27:54 AM PDT by Fantasywriter
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It’d be funny if a Jew told the joke to fellow Jews. It seems to me that, then, they’re poking fun as much at a stereotype as they’re enjoying a rather simple-minded joke. With GEN Jones (Ret), it isn’t funny. There is an underlying cavalier attitude about Jews by Obama and his cronies. I guess with the Liberal ones in America, it makes sense for Obama to be cavalier. They don’t care, and he doesn’t care. For pro-Obama Jews, it seems, being a Jew is like being in the red head club, or the right hander’s club. It’s no big deal; it’s just another distinction. But they’re not the only Jews in the world, and many of these other Jews are in mortal danger all the time. Maybe Obama and the boobs in his administration could consider that fact.


63 posted on 04/26/2010 8:50:44 AM PDT by elhombrelibre ("I'd rather be ruled by the Tea Party than the Democratic Party." Norman Podhoretz)
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To: Nachum

Now Obama will fire James Jones, and thereby “prove” how sensitive he is to anti-Semitism, as he continues to stack the deck against Israel.


64 posted on 04/26/2010 11:56:15 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ( Two-state solution: A bad idea whose time has gone.)
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To: Nachum

I thought it was funny.


65 posted on 04/26/2010 11:59:04 AM PDT by linn37 ( "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: Nachum

Two black czars and Bill Ayers walk into an illegal arms facility....Obama is sweeping...eh nevermind, was going to try this one at CAIR, and ACLU meeting or maybe a black panther meeting.


66 posted on 04/26/2010 12:48:43 PM PDT by Karliner ("Things are more like they are now than they ever were before."DDE)
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To: Nachum

I am sure he thought it was OK, because, he probably heard it from DumBO.


67 posted on 04/26/2010 2:57:41 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (2012, the end of our long national nightmare.)
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To: Fresh Wind

a neutron walked into a bar and ordered a drink.

He received it and asked, “How much?”

The bartender replied , “ For you, no charge”


68 posted on 04/26/2010 4:26:40 PM PDT by erman (Vote Republican or vote for the traitor's party- your choice.)
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To: erman

A horse walked into a bar and turned his tail to the bartender.

The bartender asked “ Why the Kerry Face?”


69 posted on 04/26/2010 4:29:09 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Ostracize Democrats. There can be no Democrat friends.)
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To: wtc911
Well, he’s no Earl Butz...

Did you hear the one about the Senator who went into a 7/11 and said...?

Or the one about the DNC chairman who joked about the hotel staff?

-PJ

70 posted on 04/26/2010 4:31:48 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
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To: Nachum
Yeah, not funny considering it was told by Husseins arabist loving lacky.

Imagine the howls of protest had a Republican NSC guy said that.

71 posted on 04/26/2010 4:40:21 PM PDT by blasater1960 ( Dt 30, Ps 111, The Torah is perfect, attainable, now and forever)
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To: IM2MAD

Pretty funny - my French is a little rusty - what was that - the latest meeting of the DNC?......


72 posted on 04/26/2010 7:46:50 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Nachum

I thought it was funny.


73 posted on 04/26/2010 8:13:56 PM PDT by ChicagoHebrew (Hell exists, it is real. It's a quiet green meadow populated entirely by Arab goat herders.)
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