Feb. 14th, 2006 12:43 pm
Don't know much geography
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muckefuckWhen the White Sox went to the White House yesterday, Coach Ozzie Guillen wasn't there. He wasn't willing to break off a vacation with his family. Besides, he was there already just two years ago. President Bush was very understanding and made some remark about how he could see why a "Caribbean guy" like Guillen wouldn't have wanted to brave DC's unseasonable weather.
A Chicago morning DJ mocked this last bit, saying "Caribbean guy? Isn't he from Venezuela?" Yes, which is ON THE CARIBBEAN, dumbass. Look at a friggin' map.[*] Also, if you paid any attention to baseball outside of the borders of the USA, you'd know that Los Leones de Caracas won the Caribbean Series which was held--where again?--oh, right, VENEZUELA. (All of forty miles from Guillen's hometown, in fact.)
That's the problem with getting a reputation for stupidity: People think you're saying dumb things even when you aren't.
[*] (Just for you nitpickers: Guillen was born in Ocumare del Tuy, which, while not being on the coastline, is only a few miles further inland than Maracay--still closer to the Caribbean than quite a few towns in Cuba or the Dominican Republic.)
A Chicago morning DJ mocked this last bit, saying "Caribbean guy? Isn't he from Venezuela?" Yes, which is ON THE CARIBBEAN, dumbass. Look at a friggin' map.[*] Also, if you paid any attention to baseball outside of the borders of the USA, you'd know that Los Leones de Caracas won the Caribbean Series which was held--where again?--oh, right, VENEZUELA. (All of forty miles from Guillen's hometown, in fact.)
That's the problem with getting a reputation for stupidity: People think you're saying dumb things even when you aren't.
[*] (Just for you nitpickers: Guillen was born in Ocumare del Tuy, which, while not being on the coastline, is only a few miles further inland than Maracay--still closer to the Caribbean than quite a few towns in Cuba or the Dominican Republic.)
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