"Remember, there is no "I" in Team America". (Pause) -" Yes There Is..." - from the movie Team America

So today is my last day of school before I move to the new one next week (hopefully - thats another story altogether).  I've met some very interesting people in class and for the most part have been very nice.  There is one person in class though who has been such a pain in my ass.  He's Palestinian and he always makes snide remarks about the US and its politics.  I do not profess to be anywhere up to speed with foreign policy but I can hold my own with an argument.  We were doing role playing yesterday and the teacher assigned us roles.  For some perverse reason, she assigned the Palestinian (named Raja) the role of George Bush.  You would have thought he was assigned the role of Satan and he vehemently didnt want to play the role and suggested that I do so instead since I was the American.  I asked him in class during the middle of everything what he has against Americans and he went into a tangent about the not liking us, or politics etc...I told him, that I did not vote for Bush the first time or the second time and mentioned that our foreign policy has been atrocious since the current administration has been in office hoped that change will come with the upcoming elections, blah blah blah, but he kept saying such harsh things.  I finally snapped and asked him what brand of clothes he was wearing and other accessories he had on him.  The laundry list:  He had an Ipod, and Eastpak backpack and Lucky jeans.  I was guessing his underwear was Calvin or something.  I told him:

If you dislike my country so much then I suggest you reconsider what you have on and what youre listening to as Im know the things you have are American brands...

He looked at me like I was the biggest dick in the world and for a moment thought he was going to follow me home and do a jihad on my ass...oh well.  My Thai classmate Nicha broke the tension by saying - I rove everyone, brack or white, I rove Michael Jackson when he was brack but no more because he rooks white!

I cracked up and died.  She says the funniest shit at the drop of a hat and told her later in the day and thanked her for that.  I will be keeping in touch with her.