Comments on: Intercultural Understanding — Part XXVII

By: Al

Al — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:46:27 +0000

Right, Dr. Alber. As usual, you are insightfully on the spoor of an important point, though certain exceptions must be noted — that in Oklahoma, Kentucky, Texas, Kansas, Alabama, southern Ohio, and a few other places that kind of stuff wins elections all the time; in fact, it’s a requirement.

By: Steve Alber

Steve Alber — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:05:19 +0000

Turkey … Brazil … Valdez … Erdogan, they’re all the same. But Gundogdu! Hey, he’s another story. If you look at the last two syllables of his name, it’s a good thing he’s mayor of Istanbul because clearly, with a moniker like his, he could never win an election in America.

By: Al

Al — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:09:17 +0000

Caramba! You must be right (though he came along later than Pedro I). You could tell that Juan was running things because he was always accompanied by a Democrat carrying a bag of Starbucks.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:46:56 +0000

I thought the emporer of Brazil was Juan Valdez…

By: Al

Al — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:31:32 +0000

Oops. Sorry, Mayor. Nothing personal. And we notice that Mr. Erdogan is also head of the Virtue party, so he can’t be all bad.

By: Kadir Topbas

Kadir Topbas — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:29:00 +0000

No, you ignorant American. I’m the mayor. Four mayors ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan held the office. They sent him to prison, but now he’s prime minister, so watch your step.

By: Al

Al — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:25:24 +0000

After posting the above, I thought — well, that isn’t nice, leaving the question hanging about Fasil Gundogdu. So I thought I should get an answer and let everyone know if he’s still mayor of Istanbul. I went to Google and typed in Fasil Gundogdu, and they returned 4.650 entries, of which the first one was our post on The Horse, as above.

That would never have happened under Pedro I.