Bush Seeks Job As Olympic Bikini Inspector
August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
These two photos are just priceless. When sharing these with a friend he commented, “he said that America doesn’t have any problems”. I suppose when you are staring down the backside of America’s volleyball team it’s easy to think that…
A touch more research on this turns up some funny actual quotes giving additional context to the shots above. From an AP Article:
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Then May-Treanor turned her back to the president, offering her bikinied rear for one of the traditional slaps that volleyball players frequently give each other.
“Mr. President, want to?” she asked, repeating an offer she made when Bush gave a pep talk to the U.S. athletes before Friday’s opening ceremonies.
Both of these came via Digg, the first from here, the second from a blog post wonderfully titled “You Got A Little Sand…Here, Let Me Get That
The George W. Bush Female Athlete Inspection Continues.”
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Election 2008: My Background
October 18, 2007 | 1 Comment
As I live in NH, I get the opportunity to meet a number of presidential candidates and form an opinion using first hand experience. I find that my opinions of candidates can sometimes change in retrospect, so I intend on chronicling my experiences and meetings going forward. However, there is some history I’d like to get out so I have a starting point.
The first national election I paid attention to was the 1992 primary. I was merely 12, but I can remember supporting Tom Harkin in a formal grade school debate. Bill Clinton went on to win that primary and later the national election. During the national election, I was quite curious about Ross Perot. His concise, non-politician sounding, talk was intriguing. His platform was clear and I was a bit torn before finally siding back toward my liberal roots with Clinton.
Eight years later in 2000 I was finally of age to participate. As a college student in NH, I was able go out and meet candidates. Out of the blue I took the opportunity to meet George W. Bush in Lebanon, NH. What stuck out for me most was his odd spin on how to reform education. More mandatory standardized testing and tax credits for enrolling students in private schools seemed insane to me. Later, I saw John McCain speak and realized that not all Republicans were crazy. With this in mind and Al Gore a sure thing on the Democrat ticket, I’d oppose Bush in any way possible way. This led to me voting for McCain in the primary, which he ended up winning in NH, even though he would go on to lose nationally.
By the time the election came around, I was uninspired by Al Gore and had lost faith with the two party system. I then dipped my toe back into the third party concept and threw my support behind Ralph Nader. When the election was eventually awarded to Bush, I felt somewhat bad about not having supported Gore, when he was electable and superior to Bush. With this in mind, I was more passionate in my opposition of Bush and certain that in the future I would only support candidates I feel are electable.
In the 2004 campaign I met Howard Dean. For the first time, I had found a candidate who truly resonated with me. I vowed to do anything possible to help him get elected. This was the first time I got involved in helping a candidate’s campaign. Beyond participating in the campaign, I took the opportunity to see him speak two additional times before the election, each time reassuring me that this was the strongest person to lead America. When his campaign imploded, I remained faithfully hopeful, but was heartbroken to see his hopes of the White House dwindle. The primary was eventually won by John Kerry.
This left me forced to put my support behind John Kerry, in continued resistance to Bush. Without a doubt this was a better choice than George W Bush and I would not make the mistake of refusing to choose the lesser of two evils in a close election again. Of course everyone knows how this election eventually turned out, Bush getting four more years in Washington.
This leads us to Election 2008… With George W Bush out of the equation, I feel like any candidate will be an improvement, leaving me very hopeful for the future. This also has the side effect of me needing to look at each candidate equally, on both side of the aisle. Over time, I’ll post my impressions of each that I get to see. Of course keep in mind… I’ve never supported any candidate who has gone on to win the presidency…
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Zombie War
October 18, 2007 | 2 Comments
I laughed to tears when I saw this video from Kim’s blog. Such a wonderful cut together piece. The scary part is how believable it is that Bush could fear a Zombie War. I mean, this is the president who warned of animal-human hybrids…
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The Collected Ramblings of George W Bush
May 26, 2006 | 5 Comments
Sara sent along this site that collects all the ramblings of our president, the page is titled: The Complete Bushisms, Updated frequently. Many of these you may have heard, but I was surprised to find so many that were new to me.
Here’s a quick sample of some of my favorites:
“The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany.”—Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
“I think we are welcomed. But it was not a peaceful welcome.”—Philadelphia, Dec. 12, 2005, on the reception of American forces in Iraq
“Listen, I want to thank leaders of the—in the faith—faith-based and community-based community for being here.”—Washington, D.C., Sept. 6, 2005.
“I’m looking forward to a good night’s sleep on the soil of a friend.”—On the prospect of visiting Denmark, Washington D.C., June 29, 2005
And if you still haven’t, take 20 minutes and go watch Stephen Colbert roast the president at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner. No matter how many times I watch this I still think it is hilarious. I may even need to buy the DVD from C-SPAN.
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Bush Finally Takes Responsibility
September 15, 2005 | 2 Comments
I have complained loudly about the president on many occasions. I feel he has led us into bad situations and made foolish decisions time and again. As part of this I’ve felt with each mistake has come a redirection of blame, or a series of excuses. Some have even started a call to
Instead I was shocked to see the follwing video on WashingtonPost.com: Bush on Failed Rescue: ‘I Take Responsibility’
Thank you for finally being an adult Mr. President. I’m here to say the American people appreciate
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Alphabetic Series of Screw-Ups
September 13, 2005 | 2 Comments
On an
Check it out:
Abu Graib
Bin Laden
Chalabi
Deficit
Enron
Failure to Find WMDs
Halliburton
Iraq
John Bolton
Katrina
Locusts
Mars Attacks
North Korea
Osama & Jenna
Pregnancy: Osama & Jenna
Queer Revolt
Rodents of Unusual Size
Syrian War
Tigers
Unicyclists, Nuclear
Voldemort
WWIII
X-Rated Tape: Osama & Jenna
Yam Shortage
Zero People Left on Earth
They left out ‘G’ which is depressing. Anyone got anything great to put in for ‘G’? Comment and let me know.
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Barbara Bush Detached From Reality
September 12, 2005 | Leave a Comment
The famous quote “Let them eat cake…” which was probably never uttered by
Now undeniably, a quote like this has been uttered, recorded, and cannot ever be defended with some obscure hope for contextual justification.
While visiting the
“And so many of the people in the arenas here you know, were underprivileged anyway. This is working very well for them.”
So unforgivable… Explains a bit more about the ignorance and lack of sensitivity in her son
From The National Ledger: Barbara Bush: Let Them Eat Cake
With this one unfortunate slip of the tongue, a few moments of a radio interview, she has gone far towards helping us more clearly paint the economic boundaries of America in 2005. The lives of these people, in effect, really had no value without money. Losing your house, friends, community, and sense of place is a good thing. Be our guests, and we might even feed you some cake if you’re good boys and girls.
If you still don’t believe it, listen to the MP3.
More on this:
Barbara Bush: Relocation ‘working very well’ for poor
Barbara Bush: Things Working Out ‘Very Well’ for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans
Barbara Bush on Hurricane Katrina Refugees
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