Bush says he uses “the Google.”
By on Oct 23rd, 2006 at 5:04 pm
Bush says he uses “the Google.”
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HOST: I’m curious, have you ever googled anybody? Do you use Google?
BUSH: Occasionally. One of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. It’s very interesting to see — I’ve forgot the name of the program — but you get the satellite, and you can — like, I kinda like to look at the ranch. It remind me of where I wanna be sometimes.
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Geez, I didn’t know you could google hell?
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:05 pmOr Jeff Gannon’s bathroom!
He should google “failure.”
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:06 pmReminds us of it too!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:06 pmthat makes two of us anyway
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:07 pmSo he IS spying on us! We knew it!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:08 pm“It remind me of where I want to be sometimes. ”
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:08 pm…instead of doing the job i was sworn to do: protecting the Constitution of the United States of America. Presidenting is hard work!
I wish I were home… I wish I were home. Maybe Condi can buy him green slippers.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:09 pmThem there map thingy on Google is real cool. But when I looked at the Ranch, my truck wasn’t in the driveway.
Yeah, I google stuff, like Bush Condi affair. And see what I git.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:09 pmPlease, please google “failure”. See if you recognize the person that comes up!!!!!!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:10 pmYeah Bush, get to know the word Google, that’ll be the deficit by the time you are done.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:10 pmI wonder on which one of “the internets” he uses “the Google”?
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:11 pmGeorge, Google Uranus.
-GSD
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:11 pmHe can use a computer?????…wow….Earth Google too..WWWowww….
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:12 pmGoogle ‘Keith Olbermann’…and see what you get.
Alright, time for a top ten list of things the Chimp should pout into ‘the google’. GO!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:14 pmOne of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. It’s very interesting to see — I’ve forgot the name of the program but you get the satellite
Er, that program would be Google Earth, sir.
You know, the planet you’re currently living in…
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:14 pmThis is a funny funny man who is not supposed to be funny! Ugh.
Btw, Google bought YouTube for 1.6 billion. Does anybody else have a problem with this? I mean, all youtube has for assests are storage devices and internet bandwidth. Is advertising worth THAT much? One day, ‘the google’ bubble will burst.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:15 pm“I kinda like to look at the ranch. It remind me of where I wanna be sometimes. ”
What’s stopping you? We would all like you there, too.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:18 pm‘Google ‘Keith Olbermann’…and see what you get.’
Sportscaster.
ESPN anchor.
Baseball announcer.
Sports reporter.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:18 pmI wonder on which one of “the internets†he uses “the Google�
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider — October 23, 2006 @ 5:11 pm
He uses the internets that are a series of tubes, not the dump truck internets.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:19 pmSometimes I am not so sure English is the president’s first language.
To all of you right wingers and nativists out there I say: Pres Bush is the best argument against any English-only policy.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:19 pm1. Cutting brush
2. Condi’s underwear
3. God
4. the future
5. prozac alcohol
6. librul media
7. torture techniques
8. wholesale whiskey
9. the president
10. elections for dummies
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:20 pmEr, your Presidency, no one is stopping you from going back to the ranch – especially if you take your cronies back with you – and stay there for ever.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:20 pmCan anyone please tell me just where in Crawford, TX “the ranch” is? I’d like to use the google on it… I need a street or intersection to zero in… got the coordinates, anyone?
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:21 pm#19….Jane…We haven’t spoken since last Thursday night….Or as I call it, “Black Thursday.” How ya holding up????
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:23 pmlol i bet u cant look at it..bush just made it up on the spot
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:24 pmIt remind me of where I wanna be sometimes.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:25 pmTrust me, alot of us wish you were there all the friggin’ time!
What an insightful question to ask in the first place.
Can she gush and giggle any louder?
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:26 pmI bet he has never used it, and some aide was the one that showed him his ranch on Google Earth, so that he knew what to say in case the question was dropped at him.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:27 pmJane, Wayne, and exley
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:28 pmSorry ’bout those Mets! and now, because of those pesky “redbirds”, our house is divided: Cardinal shirts on the stairway, Tiger baseball caps by the TV. Wife (Cardinals) vs Moi (Tigers).
Dammit, had Beltron not looked at a called 3rd Strike!!!
Anyways, off topic, but I feel your pain (especially after game 1 of the WS)
Alright, time for a top ten list of things the Chimp should pout into ‘the google’. GO!
Comment by TerrytheTurtle — October 23, 2006 @ 5:14 pm
Here’s a few:
1. Mental heath institutions
2. Business etiquette for G8 Summits
3. How gandhi won his freedom peacefully
4. How to speak English
5. Geography lessons
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:30 pmHere’s my Google list for Bush:
1. U.S. Constitution
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:30 pm2. Bill of Rights
3. Separation of church and state
4. Honesty
5. Resignation from Presidency
6. Retirement Options in Iraq
7. MapQuest to Oblivion
8. English as a Second Language
I’m amazed he even knows what a computer is let alone how to use it.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:30 pmFunny thing Ex, when I googled Keith Olbermann the first thing that came up was Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Maybe you should watch it some time.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:30 pmBush also fell off “the wagon”.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:32 pm#29 DRxJ,
I have been waiting to hear from you since Thursday. I appreciate your condolences. Rest assured I am rooting HARD for your Tigers! I despise the Cardinals…..GO DETROIT!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:33 pm#24, Exley, still alive, but I’m just not ready yet to get into football, despite the fact that my namesakes (J.E.T.S.!) have already won as many games as they did all of last year. Have you checked Wayne’s new blog for his comments? Click on his name in any post of his. How’re you holding up?
Sorry to be off topic, all!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:35 pm#33 Just being tongue-in-cheek, HellinaBucket….Thing is, I found Olbermann insufferably pompous when he was reading hockey scores. He has gotten only more pretentious and unwatchable when he comments on things he knows nothing about. Stick to sports, Keith. Even you can’t screw up: “Kings 2. Rangers 0.”
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:38 pmwait a second, bush is telling the terrorists how to google his homestead?
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:38 pmThere must be dozens of sports chat rooms/blogs that you trolls can go to. Thank you in advance.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:41 pmBaseball sucks.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:41 pm#36….Jane..Yeah, TP…We won’t stay on this off-topic for long. Jane and I just need to commiserate for a moment. Thursday night and Friday were rough. We’ll get ‘em next year, Jane! I had no idea Wayne had a blog. I’ll check it out. Keep the faith, Jane. LET’S GO METS! J-E-T-S! JETS! JETS! JETS! Have a good night…
And now back to our regularly scheduled squabbling.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:41 pmI wonder if he’s seen the giant Pentagram you see when you Google Earth “Washington DC”? maybe that’s what made him want to go back to his Ranch…
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:42 pmUmm change the channel?
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:42 pmMy 10
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:43 pmMap of Paraguay
Impeachment proceedings
Resignations for Dummies
My pet exploding frog
Deficit
China (the country)
How to be a soldier
flying outdated planes for fun and skippy doo
Where is Iraq
How to tell a Sunni from a Shiia
“It remind me of where I want to be sometimes. â€
Don’t worry Mr. Presdent we can make you go to the ranch permenantely.
Impeachment anyone?
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:43 pm1. Texas Rangers
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:43 pm2. Power Rangers
3. K Fed
4. Brangelina
5. Chuck D
6. Dick “The Dick” Cheney
7. Mom
8. Dad
9. Me
10. Nucular
And now back to our regularly scheduled slapping Exley, the teach, upside his head
Comment by Exley
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:43 pm“I occasionally use the google when I’m on the internets”
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:44 pm#39, yeah, but we like it here, RATFASP. And don’t call Jane and DRxJ “trolls.” That’s not polite.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:45 pmHe not only fell off the wagon he also managed to get run over by all four wheels trying to use his blockhead as a wheel chock
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:47 pmplease post
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:48 pmExley,
Your constant digs at Keith Olbermann’s non-sports-related work is getting tiresome. Have YOU actually spoken to ANY of the people he’s interviewd on his MSNBC show “Countdown with Keith Olbermann”? (Notice that the show is not called “Countdown with Exley”.) I think he knows more about the current political landscape than you or me, if only because he actually talks to the people involved (unlike the vast majority of us). So don’t belittle what you don’t understand. Why not write to Think Progress and ask them to put up more sports-related threads for you? That seems to be what you’re interested in, not politics.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:48 pmWhy is George W Bush appeasing the terrorists and letting them know where the president has a home (so he doesn’t have to pay taxes).
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:49 pm#39, yeah, but we like it here, RATFASP. And don’t call Jane and DRxJ “trolls.†That’s not polite.
Comment by Exley
Trolls. =)
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:49 pmcaption contest; “See, look, Hitler held his arm much to high, its like this ‘heil!’
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:50 pmsooooo, let’s impeach and convict him and send him back to where he longs to be….
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:51 pm“I like to use the google when I’m looking up some Shakespeares.”
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:52 pmExley is a group think painter, he thinks all ‘liberals’ parrot Olbermann…but to tell the truth he watches more Olbermann than I do! LMAO!!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:54 pmAwww shucks, itn’t he cute how he like to practice his geography, remind him which country he’s dictator of. Make his daddy proud- little bitty Georgie.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:54 pmBoo Dog ~~~~~ BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:56 pmdon’t call Jane and DRxJ “trolls.†That’s not polite.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:57 pmHey, I’ve been called worse. Just try and post a right wing blog sight with “progressive ideas”…OUCH. Of course ,that was before my post mysteriously disappeared
Wayne,
“I think he knows more about the current political landscape than you or me.”
Well, I might agree with half your statement, Wayne. I will leave it up to you to figure out which half.
But, I’ll tell you what, Wayne…Why don’t you write to TP and insist on more “Keith Olbermann is Great” threads or — better yet — start your own fan club!
What has become tiresome, Wayne, is your recent penchant for writing posts that say merely, “Hey gang! Watch Keith Olbermann tonight! He’s great!”
You used to write and think for yourself, Wayne. Try and get back to that.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:57 pmHe wants to be back at the ranch? Let’s send him there!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:58 pmHe should google ASS PUPPET, there is a great photo of Ren there.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:00 pmBoyOBoyOBoy – that is one incurious dolt.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:01 pmDRxJ, thanks for the condolences, go Tigers! Exley, good night!
Okay, 39 + 54, you can have TP back. Dog named Boo, at least we’re not the real Jason Hendler-type trolls! :-]
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:01 pm#58 he thinks all ‘liberals’ parrot Olbermann
Oh, God…I hope not, Boo. If the best spokesman the Left has is an ESPN radio talk-show host, you guys are in trouble!
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:05 pmAh, it’s some reassuring that Mr. Bush can use “the google” along with his crayons and his coloring books when he’s planning his next moronic foreign war adventure…
Mr. Bush, you better brush up (pun intended) on your Spanish, because they don’t hablar los ingleses down in Paraguay, your new home away from Crawford where you will flee to try to avoid your coming World Court war crimes trial…
Cheers.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:10 pm58 he thinks all ‘liberals’ parrot Olbermann
Oh, God…I hope not, Boo. If the best spokesman the Left has is an ESPN radio talk-show host, you guys are in trouble!
Comment by Exley
Exley I don’t watch TV.
How can you then explain the recent polls?
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:15 pmExley,
I do write and think for myself, so there’s no need for me to try to get back to that. And that’s why I started my blog. But it doesn’t mean that I won’t think that someone else here might be interested in knowing about what’s on TV tonight.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:15 pmAs long as he’d prefer to be back on the “ranch” perhaps he should go there – permanently. Until his trial in the Hague.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:15 pmSo he googles the internets to see an aerial view of his place in Crawford – wow! I am so impressed.
The man is a moron.
he must be taking the pot
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:15 pmAgain, you watch more TV than I do, which is none, I refuse to watch it.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:16 pm#68
Hmmm. What is the best the Right has to offer? Oh yes, your president. The WORLD is his forum. No limitations. Actually, Fox cleans his drool best. Your “spokesman” is a buffoon. Is that the best the right has?
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:18 pmSo he googles the internets to see an aerial view of his place in Crawford – wow! I am so impressed.
The man is a moron.
Comment by Marie
You would think he’s seen his ranch from above when he flies in on Air Force One. Besides, why would he waste his time looking at satellite pictures of his ranch on Google when the NSA undoubtedly can show him real-time surveillance footage?
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:19 pmAnswering your question about google’s youtube purchase – here is what you said.
“Btw, Google bought YouTube for 1.6 billion. Does anybody else have a problem with this? I mean, all youtube has for assests are storage devices and internet bandwidth. Is advertising worth THAT much? One day, ‘the google’ bubble will burst.”
Google fails at innovation when it requires creativity in the visual kind of form and marketing skills that will reach across all groups quickly. Google doesn’t have that; they’ve failed on their own movie site, they failed on internet telephony, etc. They have been buying up small companies for the intangibles (youtube is mostly comprised of intangible assets, ie not physical assets, – they are going to have to amortize the goodwill on that transaction for awhile). The ‘intangible’ assets that Google happens to be interested in is 1.) a popular site (brand is an intangible) and 2.) the people behind the brand (not an intangible per se as in part of the company but they want to retain them). The companies like youtube, myspace, etcare worthless if they can’t find someone who has some marketing skills, ability to make things rather simple, but also an ability to draw people to their site. It’s sad google can’t do that but that could be because they hire tons of engineers and few of anything else.
Youtube’s servers aren’t worth that much. Their bandwith is not a tangible asset but is a fixed and/or variable cost (could be flat rate, could be flat + above charge, could be per gig charge). Anyway all they own are some chairs, office, and their server farm which isn’tanything compared to Google.
In case you have been wondering where google/gmail space is coming from it’s extra space on google’s server farms that they installed expecting for there to be video traffic etc.
Google bought youtube because its offering failed. I mean really failed. Google did have a youtube equivalent but because they make their sites that require HUMAN CREATIVITY look like THEIR SEARCH PAGE they have failed several times on projects they should not have.
Their video clip service was one. Their news site is another – it is absolutely horrific and uses an algorithm that places stories on the page no one cares about. Also the way it places them makes it even less appealing (humans would know a better in your face piece etc). Their business/financial section is appalling. Kos has issues with their blog search feature in that it returns absolute junk. What he really means is that it returns poorly written anti-semitic rants on DailyKos journals that are nothing like what gets front paged (ie the front page is quality). Reading about zionist plots and the evil jews on a search for dailykos is pretty sad (this isn’t the main search figure). You don’t win converts that way. By the way the economist finds the site to be mildly amusing, they do cite it, but they have little respect for the vast majority of the diaries. That’s just a side note…
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:19 pm“The Google” is on the “internets,” right?
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:21 pm#70,
Wayne…I know you can and do write and think for yourself and I look forward to checking out your blog….We have always been civil with eachother, Wayne. Let’s keep it that way. Let’s just say that we disagree on Olbermann and move on from there. We have been civil when discussing REAL issues of war and peace, constitutional law, and terrorism. I think we can look past our disagreement on the relatively minor matter of the merits or lack thereof regarding a TV commentator.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:23 pmCorrection- #69
Hmmm. What is the best the Right has to offer? Oh yes, your president. The WORLD is his forum. No limitations. Actually, Fox cleans his drool best. Your “spokesman†is a buffoon. Is that the best the right has?
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:23 pmIf he wants to be back at the ranch so badly, I’ll pitch in for the plane ticket. Coach, of course.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:24 pmYou know he doesn’t actually push the buttons himself, he just yells for someone when he wants to look at his bushes. It must be nice for him to have all of those distractions, to keep his mind off of what a frightened little man he is right now. He feels ’safe’ behind the gates, with all of those guys with guns protecting him. But there is the issue of getting there first. Get ready to run, mister!
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:26 pmThat is a nice sentiment Exley, the problem is that you like to bring it up on every thread you post to. Just like how Rainman always had to watch Whapner at 3:30.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:31 pm“it reminds me of where i want to be tonite”. where does he really want to be tonite? I know i don’t want to be anywhere near him.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:32 pmWe are lucky he won”t come here in the Northeast. He is the plague.
#78 Okay, Exley. fair enough. But before we get off the Olbermann topic, just one last thing. Many of us do tune to him for some of our information (and the rest, admittedly for many, comes from The Daily Show, which is just as valuable a source of political news as the three major networks – and I am not making that up). And he does it in a style that appeals to many of us, especially where his concern for the truth comes through, unlike the people at Fox News Channel (who never met an inconvenient truth they could handle). So, the next time I hear that Keith is doing something that other posters here might want to know about, I’ll say something to them about it. Besides, I intend to spend more time working on my blog (which is only about a week old), so I don’t have time to post long things here which TP would probably delete anyway. And thanks for visiting my blog; I responded to you there (about what you wrote there). And I am more than willing to remain civil with you, since you obviously aren’t one of those religious loony-bins who thinks Jesus is going to do anything for my ass.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:32 pm#82, Spudge…I only brought it up after the topic was raised in posting #13. Believe me, I am never the first one to raise the issue. But I vow from now on not to comment on KO ever again.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:34 pm#84,
Fair enough, Wayne. Like I just told Spudge, I won’t comment on K.O. again. I have made my feelings on him clear. No sense beating what appears to be a dead horse.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:37 pmI would have to actually watch him first….Why would you want me to watch crappy tv?, You one o’them there Sadists? l =)
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:40 pm#87 Agreed.
Back to the dope-in-chief. You know, I don’t really believe that Bush was being forthright here. When he says that he’s done it, I think he did it only to see what it was like, and they showed him how to call up a picture of his ranch. I seriously doubt that Bush surfs the internets every night calling up stuff. So I think he should have been more honest and said that he’s familiar with Google, was shown how it’s done, but doesn’t have time to do it himself. I would have believed all that. I don’t believe what he said to the interviewer.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:43 pmEXLEY:
It is true. Olbermann was a sports caster. But if you Google O’Reiley this is what comes up
Phone Sex addict
Sexual Harassment of staff
Moron
BTW is Exley your real name, or is it a accronym for the Shrub’s “Ex” “Ley”?
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:45 pmI would sugggest that W Google on ‘worst president ever’.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:46 pmGood enough for me.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:46 pm#77
It appears you’re the one witout a clew. What GW means by “internets” is correct. There are parallel networks that are used by the government and the private sector. However, I wouldn’t expect your types to know this.
An extranet is a private network that uses Internet technology and the public telecommunication system to securely share part of a business’s information or operations with suppliers, vendors, partners, customers, or other businesses. An extranet can be viewed as part of a company’s intranet that is extended to users outside the company. It has also been
described as a “state of mind” in which the Internet is perceived as a way to do business with other companies as well as to sell products to customers.
It is also called EDI or Electronic Data Interchange, but again, you entiltlement bozos wouldn’t know.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:48 pmwow, he just found out about the google. Here’s something I was wondering while zooming in on my house and almost being able to read the license plate of the car in my driveway…
why didn’t GW use “the google” map thingy to show us PROOF of WMD PRODUCTION in IRAQ!!!
Hell, at least JFK had PICTURES of what was going on in Cuba.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:49 pmGoogle + YouTube = GooTube?
Sounds like Google Image Search, actually… heheh
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:49 pmlol Bush commands the most powerful spy network on Earth, controls the most advanced technologies in the world, and he uses GOOGLE to see his freakin’ ranch?? He’s got like 100 satallites in space under his control, many with nukes probably attached to them.
For cryin’ out George, are you trying to connect with the American people when you claim to use “the Google”, as if you were just an average Joe? Sorry pal, but the average Joe is considerably smarter than you and much more capable of handling the presidency.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:53 pmYOU KNOW THERES A PART OF ME THAT FEELS REALLY SORRY FOR THE GUY _ HE”S JUST SO OUT OF HIS DEPTH
SOLUTION? THE SOONER WE CAN RETIRE HIM TO HIS RANCH THE SOONER WE”LL ALL BE BETTER OFF
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:54 pmI’m not certain of this statement, but I would imagine Google Earth wouldn’t make a clear image of the Crawford Ranch available. And, why would the president use Google Earth (or any similar site) anyway when his has access to the best satellite images available. I don’t believe he’s ever used “The Google” or the “Internets”…he’s just not that curious about the world.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:57 pmTim, #93, what “entitlement bozos”? Where the hell does that come from? Many of us know what EDI is, but it would depend on what business you’re in and what businesses you deal with. (Yeah, bad grammar, I know.) Not everyone works with EDI, don’t be so supercilious.
By the way, #77, among MANY others, was making a joke. Do you know what that is? From your post, I’d say maybe not.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:59 pmLol, yeah, he’s using the google through Ted Steven’s Tube ;)
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:01 pmIt appears you’re the one witout a clew.
Comment by Tim — October 23, 2006 @ 6:48 pm
Need I add anything?
What GW means by “internets†is correct.
No. There is just one Internet.
There are parallel networks that are used by the government and the private sector. However, I wouldn’t expect your types to know this.
Ugh… this statement was painful to read. I have the feeling any of us knows a whole lot more than you about this.
It is also called EDI or Electronic Data Interchange, but again, you entiltlement bozos wouldn’t know.
Yikes! Internet = EDI !?
You are hopelessly clueless about this subject….
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:03 pmGoogle earth doesn’t zoom in very well on areas that are in the boonies, like Crawford. However, I’m sure the CIA has digital satellite cameras that can zoom in on a zit on a persons face. Surely they could have found proof of Iraqi WMD production prior to our imminent invasion in ‘03.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:03 pmI love it!! When he’s not taking one of his multiple vacations, he’s dreaming about them. What a pre-adolescent mindset!
Since Google Earth isn’t live, maybe he’s actually thinking of that defense satellite he’s got trained on ‘the ranch’ to keep an eye on the brush.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:09 pm#90, PO’d
Believe me, I hold no brief for Bill O’Reilly or really any other television commentator — left or right. I find most of their commentaries shallow, superficial, and factually inaccurate. There are some exceptions — George Will, Christopher Hitchens, Evan Thomas, etc. — but these folks come primarily from print media (rather than talk radio). Their commentaries and analysis seem somewhat more substantive than your O’Reillys or your “commentator who shall not be named.”
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:11 pmhicks always put the infront of everything
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:14 pmKelso (and anybody else),
Go to Google Earth and type in Crawford Texas and then zoom in. Kelso is 100% correct here. Does George Bush sit around dreaming of which frickin’ blob of color is his ranch.
“Mine is the greeenish brownish squarish roundish one there Karl”
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:14 pmwow, in the middle of massive violence and anarchy raging across Iraq and North Korean nukklear testing, what a good question to be asking the person most responsible for the disasters. A CNBC Exclusive! heckuva job there corporate media – keeping the people informed about that which most affects their lives.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:17 pm.
Oh, and Tim,
I was really intrigued how it was possible for someone as clueless as you to post an ignorant paragraph, followed by a cogent one, followed by more nonsense.
So, I googled “extranet wikipedia”, and lo and behold, there it was: You lifted your middle paragraph almost verbatim from the Wikipedia.
See, to sound smart you have to know what you are doing…
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:30 pmMan, Olbermann is reallyunder your skin, isn’t he? He’s got you all riled up. Must really boil your blood the way he talks to Bush. So much so that you gotta bring him up again and again; and denigrate him as just a ’sportscaster’. Doesn’t that strike you as….petty? Hmm?
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:31 pm[...] the other day and i thought it was pretty funny…check out this video wherebush says he uses “the google” [...]
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:32 pmOh, and Tim,
I was really intrigued how it was possible for someone as clueless as you to post an ignorant paragraph, followed by a cogent one, followed by more nonsense.
So, I googled “extranet wikipediaâ€, and lo and behold, there it was: You lifted your middle paragraph almost verbatim from the Wikipedia.
See, to sound smart you have to know what you are doing…
Comment by Gregor Samsa — October 23, 2006 @ 7:30 pm
**Snap**, Mr, Samsa!
Very nicely done.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:37 pmActually, in order to view the Crawford Ranch, you have to use a commercial pay per view service. The Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld estates and Camp David are blotted out in the Google views. Makes them easier to find.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:37 pmWill right wing bloggers now call for the President’s resignation now that he has told the terrorists his ranch is viewable on Google Earth?
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:39 pmWhile Rome burns , the Nero in the WH googles . My cartesian logic revolts at anything POTUS says or does , he says more than he does . It’s mind boggling how we got here .
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:41 pmI can’t wait until the guys at YTMND exploit this for what it’s worth. There have been already volumes spoken about our current president’s inability to speak well impromptu, so I don’t wish to make a redundant comment on that.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:46 pmMAYBE BUSH SHOULD USE ‘THE GOOGLE’ TO LOOK UP ‘BUSH STAY THE COURSE’ -
“Then there are some odds and ends at this vague site here called Google, where there are about 1,110,000 Results for ‘Bush stay the course’. However, one could mistake that for a coincidence.”
at
http://www.defworld.blogspot.com
scroll down
1,110 000.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:46 pmWill right wing bloggers now call for the President’s resignation now that he has told the terrorists his ranch is viewable on Google Earth?
Comment by shilshole
You’re right!
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:47 pmHe’s helping the terrorists!
Send him to Gitmo!
LOL!
The Googleicider
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:54 pm[...] http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/23/bush-says-he-uses-the-google/ [...]
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:55 pmthe President has the combined technical resources of the United States Government at his disposal –
…and he uses a company whose primary income is generated by consumer advertising to look at satellite views of his ranch?
wtf?
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:57 pm[...] And when he has serious business, he has someone deliver to him an internets [...]
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:06 pmAlso, Brian, if he’d rather be there, then why doesn’t he just go?
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:07 pmHe’s already treated these past 6 years as some kind of part time job in between his workout sessions.
Duh… you can’t see the ranch on Google maps. Bush views his ranch via the Government satellites.
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:13 pm[...] another WOW- ‘the Google’ from the mouth of our ‘President’ [...]
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:14 pmguess George looks up the Google on the internets, huh…
this is our president? oh my God please let this be over soon!
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:17 pmGoogles on the internets. Hey George, Googles Jeff Gannon.
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:24 pmExely
Interesting that you find Olberman so threatening to your world view that you need to try to demean his resume. Given that he is outnumbered by conservative/neocon hacks by at least 20 to 1, his content must be truly impactful or you would not even notice.
Thanks for the continued validation.
BTW, out of curiousity, since you are focusing on early resume rather than current content, was your first job along the lines of flipping hamburgers, or astrophysics researcher?
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:29 pmso?
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:36 pmevery now and then I get thrown to one them sites with Cowboys eating vanilla pudding,…………..by accident…
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:40 pmare there two Tim’s posting? wierd
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:58 pmare there two Tim’s posting?
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:59 pmWell, will wonders never cease? I had no idea the Idiot could use a computer.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:01 pmGood God.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:12 pmOf course, he uses the Google when he wants to search the Internets. There’s so many of ‘em that a guy like him needs the Google to keep track of ‘em.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:13 pmGee, I hope Exley didn’t see Keith Olbermann tonight because he would have heard another scathing commenatry on how the RNC and Bush&Co are using fear in political commercials better than OBL could have ever wished.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:18 pmKO speaks real truth to power, and that is so hard for the repugs to take. They are so accustomed to lies and distortion that when they hear truth, they recoil.
google digg.com
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:36 pmMarie,
I think KO hit another homerun with his Special Comment tonight. I’ve always thought it interesting how the GOP will use terror to allege that they protect us from terrorists, but KO said it far better than any of us could.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:38 pmDamn, there are a lot of assh*les who visit this site.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:53 pmBush says he uses ‘the Google’…
Bush says he uses ‘the Google’ posted at IndianPad.com…
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:22 pmWhat a progess! He did not use email.
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:37 pmHey George, try typing “post turtle” on the google.
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:55 pmWell so much for “do no evil”…
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:01 pm#152 – that’s not nice.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:08 pmI have to admit that this item is pretty frivolous. Nevertheless, I laughed my head off. “The Google.” Good heavens.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:15 pm#105: There are some exceptions — George Will, Christopher Hitchens, Evan Thomas, etc.
I hope you’re kidding about George Will. While I credit Will with being more intelligent than most of the right-wing talking heads–Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, et al–he also has a long track record of obfuscation and dishonesty. One of my favorites is his ridiculous claim (echoed by many conservatives) that scientists in the 1970’s were claiming that the earth was headed into a period of “global cooling.” In fact, scientists warned against extrapolating the short-term cooling trend (from roughly the 1940’s to the 70’s) into a long-term pattern.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:23 pmAnybody who uses “the google” does not use google.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:26 pmWell I’m sure Al Gore has googled, especially since he invented the internet. Or maybe he doesnt get wireless on his Gulsfstream as he jets across the country telling YOU to stop consuming fossil fuels.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:32 pmI think people should be ashamed of making fun of President Bush. I mean its almost a sin to make fun of the mentally handicapped.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:37 pm#160: Well I’m sure Al Gore has googled, especially since he invented the internet.
Do you actually think that Gore claimed to have invented the Internet? Or are you making an ironic commentary on the stupidity of the corporate media?
Or maybe he doesnt get wireless on his Gulsfstream as he jets across the country telling YOU to stop consuming fossil fuels.
So Gore would be a more effective spokesman if he rode around via horse and buggy?
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:44 pm#161 Shinobi: I’ve never been one to be politically correct. Retarded is the correct term.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:46 pmBush. What a liar. What a damned liar!
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:54 pmFolks, he googles them there, so he doesnt have to google them here. Happy?
October 24th, 2006 at 12:14 amAlso, Bush doesnt open his e-mails unless Langley checks them for anthrax.
October 24th, 2006 at 12:19 amThe Google…
Couldn’t pass this one up… my comments in italics:
“HOST: IÂ’m curious, have you ever googled anybody? Do you use Google?
BUSH: Occasionally. One of the things IÂ’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps.”
October 24th, 2006 at 1:05 amLooking for those elusive WMDs, n…
Wow so much hatred for the peace loving liberals out there.. Maybe you should remember the only reason your all so pissed is because you pot fields show up on Google earth too. Maybe if you put your efforts into something constructive you might have a better chance of getting something done about your problems…… Hmmm maybe not your all too fried and to remember where you put the keys to your 85 Volvo and not bright enough to remember that taking a shower is a good thing…….. May G W B find a special place in hell for each and every one of you bleeding heart suck ups that can do no wrong…. No wrong in your eyes that is……
October 24th, 2006 at 1:41 amOh, and Tim,
I was really intrigued how it was possible for someone as clueless as you to post an ignorant paragraph, followed by a cogent one, followed by more nonsense.
So, I googled “extranet wikipediaâ€, and lo and behold, there it was: You lifted your middle paragraph almost verbatim from the Wikipedia.
See, to sound smart you have to know what you are doing…
Comment by Gregor Samsa — October 23, 2006 @ 7:30 pm
Nice smackdown! I didn’t think Tim could come across as any more pathetic, but Mr. Samsa has managaged to do just that.
October 24th, 2006 at 1:42 amI love “the Google”. Maybe he should Google “impeachment”.
http://www.getsomejosh.com
October 24th, 2006 at 1:56 amYou can see the ranch in Google Maps here
October 24th, 2006 at 2:14 amhttp://www.tagzania.com/item/28187
Who cares about Bush, Maria Bartiromo is smokin’ hot!
October 24th, 2006 at 2:20 amhahaha he is such dumb ass
October 24th, 2006 at 4:35 amTiming is interesting
So… just before the US attacks Iran (whereupon Iran will attack US forces in Iraq) those US forces lose most of their ammo.
Cool. Nice shooting, and nice timing, IR!
About the ‘big blast’ – at least one commentator is claiming this to have been a mini-nuke. But its unlikely. Firstly, nukes are designed to _not_ go off in accidents. Unless the conventional explosives go off in_exactly_ the right sequence – no fission.
Plus, there are other videos around of this event, and extensive commentary of the attack and results. One video apparently taken from much closer, which shows the flash and fireball without overloading the camera. Unlikely to have been even a small nuke. Just many tons of big bombs going off all at once, seen by a sensitive camera with its gain turned way up due to it being nighttime.
Camp Falcon mess-
htt p://www.iraq-war.ru/article/105374
Video Clip: Shock And Awe Explosion At US Falcon Base In Baghdad
htt p://www.iraq-war.ru/article/105534
Original of TV video at htt p://www.jihadunspun.com/intheatre_external.php?article=106538&list=/home.php&
Mortar attack caused US ammo dump fire in Iraq
htt p://www.iraq-war.ru/article/105243
And of course “no US casualties”.
Yeah, right. Nine planeloads of ‘no casualties.’
Bet the graph of official US fatality figures at
htt p://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/USfatalities.html
never shows a bump. Nice straight line as always.
Wonder how many troops were barracked there? Hundreds? Thousands?The US has pulled troops from all over Iraq, to bolster Baghdad. There could have been a _lot_ of them there.
=Camp Falcon mess”
ht tp://www.iraq-war.ru/article/105374
I wonder…if the UK General asked to be interviewed by the Daily Mail as an act of desperation because there was a media blackout on this oh so significant event – and as an insider he would know the full extent of the destruction, and fear for the safety of British troops in Basra.
Pity he didn’t mention Camp Falcon in the interview, and a pity the interviewer didn’t ask him about it. http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/105534
October 24th, 2006 at 4:46 am[...] BUSH: Occasionally. One of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. It’s very interesting to see — I’ve forgot the name of the program — but you get the satellite, and you can — like, I kinda like to look at the ranch. It remind me of where I wanna be sometimes. [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 5:05 am[...] And to round up today’s list of links… here’s George W. Bush admitting on television that he uses “the Google”!! [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 5:54 amThe president’s english is worse then the english of illegal aliens, still he claims they don’t want to assimilate. Don’t ever assimilate to Bush, or you’ll end up a moron.
October 24th, 2006 at 6:14 amit’s Google Earth…
October 24th, 2006 at 7:04 amhe probably uses “the google” to check out that land deal in Paraguay, too. What do you bet Ken Lay is already there, setting things up?
October 24th, 2006 at 7:18 amFor some reason everytime I go to google and type Bush and press enter the first thing that shows up on the top of the page is …
Did you mean: Dumb Ass
October 24th, 2006 at 8:22 amSince Bush dreams about his ranch all the time, and since his presidency is a complete failure as well, then he should RESIGN immediately and go bicycle on his ranch for the rest of his damn stupid life! Better yet he can go to Paraguay and be eaten by a panther or something or get Deng Fever > bye W!
October 24th, 2006 at 8:30 amSheesh. No need to get your knickers in a bunch, folks. Number 43 is just making one of his patented elliptical remarks…. think:”the google search engine.”
October 24th, 2006 at 8:44 amBush: – I love google earth, I can see all the things I’ve destroyed at Iraq and I think I’ll find Osama Bin Laden soon…
October 24th, 2006 at 8:55 amThis latest crap by bull shit bush is just another little ploy to make the non observant voter’s think he is a regular guy, yah! the guy they want to have a warm beer with….This is so like all his crap…Bush is still on the campaign trail with his lies telling evey one how great everything is…The only one’s that think and say how great thing’s are, are at the top 2%…Only 2 more week’s to see how this all shakes out…..Guess the fool in power can google that…What a load of crap, bet Laura has to set the google up for him.. Or maybe he is using cheney or roves computer…Bet he is checking on all the electronic voting machines……Blessings
October 24th, 2006 at 9:19 am[...] Indeed, after copious research (I used “The Google”) I found the registration form for Colorado and I see that, in fact, one registers one’s party affiliation on the form (more copious researach reveals that one indicates party affiliation in Arizona as well). Hence, the author of the piece is using voter registration stats to represent voting behavior. However, the two are not the same thing–not by a longshot. Filed under: US Politics, 2006 Elections | |Send TrackBack [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 9:38 amIsn’t google giving money to GOP candidates through their new PAC now?
October 24th, 2006 at 9:50 am‘I’m from Texas. And I like toast. he he hehehe he he. he. I’m the decider. I decide things.”
October 24th, 2006 at 10:07 amanyone know if GOOGLE EARTH is set up for macOS yet?
guess i could try down loading it again to see – lot hoops to go through to find out it’s not compatible… anyone know?
October 24th, 2006 at 10:25 amSorry, Katy, haven’t a clue. Speaking of which…
Gregor, #101/110, looks like troll Tim cut and run, eh?
October 24th, 2006 at 10:30 amWill he bomb the Internets if he doesn’t find his ranch?
October 24th, 2006 at 11:14 amIs it that difficult to remember the name of the program? I mean, people from all around the world who use Google Earth know the name of the program even if they don’t know English…
Is George Bush’s native language English — Does he have such thing as a native language?
As for the 10 things I’d like him to google…
1) Wikipedia in Simple English
2) Weapons of Mass Destruction
3) Learn English in only five months
4) Separation of church and state
5) Spain (maybe he could tell his brother Jeb that Spain is a kingdom, not a republic)
6) Bushisms (he could spend the rest of his term just reading them)
7) Science for dummies
8) Geography for dummies
9) My Pet Goat (the book he was reading when terror struck on 9-11)
10) North Korea (they DO or WILL have “nukular” weapons)
[...] Adesso bisogna prendere in giro George W. Bush perché in un’intervista ha detto che lui usa “the Google” (”il” Google”) per guardare le mappe, compresa quella del suo ranch. Ciò detto, nei commenti a un blog che segnala l’intervista ce n’è uno illuminante, che fa anche più ridere: «Geez, I didn’t know you could google hell». [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 11:25 amReminds him where he wants to be? Damn, he’s spent enough time during his presidency at the ranch. Maybe he needs to google “work” to remind himself what he should be doing
October 24th, 2006 at 11:28 amLaugh all you want, lefty tools.
He’s still President, and will be for two more years.
Fifty years from now he’ll be remembered along with JFK and FDR,
while Clinton will be one schoolkids struggle to remember
along with Taft and Harding.
Frankly, I’d be worried if he WAS overly familiar with Google.
He’s got more important things to do. And if you think he’s not in 24/7 contact when he’s at the ranch, you’re sadly ignorant. That place is more wired than Bill Gates’ office.
October 24th, 2006 at 11:34 amFifty years from now Bush will be remembered along with JFK and FDR,
while Clinton will be one schoolkids struggle to remember
along with Taft and Harding.
Frankly, I’d be worried if he WAS overly familiar with Google.
He’s got more important things to do. And if you think he’s not in 24/7 contact when he’s at the ranch, you’re sadly ignorant. That place is more wired than Bill Gates’ office.
October 24th, 2006 at 11:37 amOne of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. It’s very interesting to see — I’ve forgot the name of the program but you get the satellite
Doesn’t he have access to real satellite imagery? Is this the technology we are using to defend our country now? Google earth? Forget NSA satellite’s!!! We got Google Earth!
October 24th, 2006 at 11:49 am#209/211, yes, we’ll keep laughing, you righty tool, because otherwise we’d be screaming over the stupidity and ineptitude of your president. The Crawford ranch may be “more wired than Bill Gates’ office”, but it doesn’t make any difference if the occupant is, to use a computer term, “off-line.” And you just couldn’t resist bringing up Clinton–is there is single right-wing Bush-lover out there who doesn’t refer to Clinton when Bush is the topic? Get over Clinton, Bush is YOUR idiot in the White House right now screwing our country. But don’t worry, after the mid-terms, we’ll be laughing at you (as if we weren’t already.)
October 24th, 2006 at 11:50 am[...] read more | digg story Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 11:58 amBush uses "the Google"…
He likes to spend his days looking at "the satellite" on "the Google" and pining for the ranch. This guy is so disconnected from the reality of modern American it’s not even funny. Ok, it is a little bit funny….
October 24th, 2006 at 12:03 pmGeez Fred, Bush won’t be remember in the company you gave (FDR, JFK) because they don’t have a mile long list of verbal gaffs. And as of right now, Bush is losing not one, but two wars. Already something like 75% of historians have Bush in the category of worst presidents, of course most historians are liberals, right?
And since Crawford is so wired up, how come he was so lost when New Orleans drowned? He had to fly over NO a couple of days later to see what everyone in the country already knew, it was a catastrophe. And then after getting back to DC, he had to fly back into the Gulf Coast to tell us “Heck of a job, Brownie.”
Yup, Bush is right up there with the memorable statements of FDR and JFK, with things like, “mission accomplished” and most recently “I never said ’stay the course’” which of course followed many times saying “Stay the course.”
And I think it’s ironic that the dude that is leading our country during the coming of age of the on-line exeperience calls it the “internets” and refers to the largest search engine as “the google.” It reminds me of his father when he was campaigning for president and stopped in a grocery store to be dumbfounded by scanner checkouts. How can I put it more bluntly? OUT OF TOUCH.
October 24th, 2006 at 12:08 pm[...] Bush googelt Bei Thinkprogress findet sich ein kurzes Video zu einem Interview von CNBC mit Bush. Die interessante witzige Frage: HOST: I’m curious, have you ever googled anybody? Do you use Google? BUSH: Occasionally. One of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. It’s very interesting to see — I’ve forgot the name of the program — but you get the satellite, and you can — like, I kinda like to look at the ranch. It remind me of where I wanna be sometimes. [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 12:11 pmTed Stevens is getting a 2 billion dollar earmark awarded to AK, ’cause he told dubbie there was a way they could fit the ranch into the tubes of the internets and move it anywhere dubbie wanted to in the world….
October 24th, 2006 at 12:12 pmThe Google is the new Internets.
October 24th, 2006 at 12:35 pm[...] Posted: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 9:18 AM by Will Femia The Ethics of Web 2.0: YouTube vs. Flickr, Revver, Eyespot, blip.tv, and even Google - Lessig explains true sharing versus fake sharing. Basically, true sharing is allowing a (non-DRM) download. The bottom line is whether you actually have control of the content or whether you just feel like you do. I followed the link at the end of that post to Joi Ito on the how it fits into the definition of Web 2.0. If you’re still interested, as I was, the discussion spreads to Tim O’Reilly and the “switchboard vs. repository issue.” A couple weeks ago everyone was abuzz with scandal over the news that Wal-Mart’s PR firm, Edelman, widely respected for their lip service to social tools as marketing strategy, was publishing a fake blog on their behalf. I didn’t mention it at the time because frankly, who cares about fake WalMart blogs? But in this context the significance is more clear. Web 2.0 as a philosophy requires faith that sharing and openness benefits everyone. This is the spirit behind the many sharing and networking tools and the fights over intellectual property rights. For the Web 2.0 faithful, exploiting Web 2.0 momentum with fake sharing or fake blogging is akin to blasphemy. Web 2.0 is a prescriptive philosophy, not a description of a trend. Speaking of the spirit of Web 2.0, Barenaked Ladies successfully stick it to the recording industry Free Pong - I wasn’t going to post this because Pong is nothing new, but then I saw that I could find my name on the scoreboard with even a crappy score, so at the time of this writing I’m 76, 96, and 103. Yahoo is soliciting entries for a global talent show. You have 20 days left to think of something worth filming. Make A Cylon Jack-O-Lantern – Some electronics required. Lego flame thrower – Wha? I’d like to see the bricks after it’s fired. Surely there’s a melted plastic stink. “YoungFeds aims to be a place for young government professionals to ‘meet, network and advance’.” From the name alone I would have guessed “porn site.” Remember those riots in Paris? Apparently they didn’t exactly end. Shuttle launch viewed from really high. Firefox asks that you not jump the gun on downloading the new Firefox 2.0. (It was big news last night that there were FTP links to be found to get the new version in advance of the official release. This is a pubic service reminder that for downloads like this, you’re better off getting the official version from the official source.) Speaking of the new Firefox, here’s a look at what’s new. Speaking of new browsers, I don’t have IE7 yet or the new Firefox yet (I prefer to let others learn the early lessons), but I have tried the new PandoraBrowser. Pandora, as you know, is a free music player that tries to figure out your musical tastes while presenting you with songs in a category you select. One annoying thing about it, however, is that it sits in a browser window in your task bar. PandoraBrowse puts it in your systray. Simple, but makes a surprisingly big difference. Sure to replace “the Internets” and “a series of tubes” is using “the Google.” You’ve no doubt seen video compilations of President Bush saying “stay the course,” but Whisky Bar offers an annotated list. Speaking of lists, a schedule of all the Halloween TV specials Can the blogosphere help find the owner of a lost iPod? Google-Bombing the Election – I’m not sure how I feel about this. In essence, they plan to use a combination of AdWords purchases and heavy blog linking to surface unflattering results when Republican candidates’ names are called up in the Google. It’s not spreading lies, but it does seem like gaming the system. Since I’m sure similar efforts are taking place to promote candidates (and if they’re not, they could be), I suppose all’s fair in love and elections. I do not understand the Vegemite ban at all. Actually, I don’t understand Vegemite in the first place — blech! But regardless, what’s the real story? If it was a health hazard, there wouldn’t be an Australian left alive. Are they somehow infringing on the domestic yeast-based salty spread market? “Fantasy Congress offers you the power to ‘play politics.’ As in other fantasy sports, you – the Citizen – draft a team of real-life legislators from the U.S. Congress and score points for your team’s successes.” It’s a really cool idea, though the point scoring looks a little complicated. [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 12:39 pmMan you guys are desperate. Get ready for another electoral defeat.
October 24th, 2006 at 12:49 pm[...] Bush says he uses “the Google.” [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 12:49 pmGod Bless America!
October 24th, 2006 at 12:56 pmGod Bless George Bush!
…and God Bless “the Google!”
Quick, get the Google signal!
October 24th, 2006 at 1:04 pm#219, Tom Baker, I would have thought that putting the ranch in Alaska would have required the “dump trucks” type of internets, not the “series of tubes” type. ;-)
October 24th, 2006 at 1:04 pmOver a year and a half worth of vacation isn’t enough for you?
October 24th, 2006 at 1:12 pm[...] LibriVox is a site offering free audiobooks. “LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back on to the net”. Their aim is to make all public domain books available in audio format for free. A hefty task! Their latest project is the recording of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in 21 languages no less, from Afrikaans to Walloon. For more information and to download audio files use this link, alternatively you could always find them using The Google. [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 1:14 pm[...] I'm just about ready to do the unthinkable. Namely, I think I've finally reached the point where I simply have too many bookmarks to deal with effectively. So I've been considering just wiping the slate clean — getting rid of each and every bookmark, RSS feed, and native link in my possession and starting from scratch.This probably doesn't seem like a very big deal to most. But considering that, in addition to well over 1,000 bookmarks related to each of my various areas of interest — most of which I visit sparingly, at best, these days — I use as a homepage a local file that consists of about 100 of my “favorite” online destinations, it's actually a fairly daunting proposition for me, and it's one that represents a new beginning of sorts.As most who know me can attest, I'm a great lover of experiments — especially those of the meaningless variety. (One of the recent best was convincing a friend and co-worker who had never before seen Run Lola Run to watch it (in German, of course) without any subtitles to see if the action and plot could carry themselves along without any assistance from standard, understandable verbal explication. By all accounts, the experiment failed — with the subject not even being able to make it through the film awake, much less entertained.) And the point of this particular experiment is to determine, if at all possible, which of all those links and subscriptions I currently possess and theoretically want or need actually hold any value for me and deserve a place on my machine.Now, of course, I don't want to be rash here. So I'm going to think it over for one more week, but come November 1, my plan is to become completely linkless — starting over with a brand-new, super-empty bookmarks file, a blank homepage, and no RSS subscriptions whatsoever. If you'd like a window into what my online experience has wrought (in terms of links, anyway) over the past six to eight years, just let me know. I'd be happy to contribute all my old links to a worthy cause — or to no cause whatsoever, as the case may be. “Take my bookmarks… Please!”I'll probably share a little bit more about what's inspired this little housecleaning project in my next post. But before I forget, I feel it imperative to tell you that “the great rbally” is about to become “the late, great rbally.” If you wanna get at the rbally archives, in other words, there's no time like the present — and there probably won't be another time, ever again. So get to it. Thanks, rbally, and RIP.Also too good not to share immediately: “The Google”? Isn't that somewhere “on the, uh… internets?” [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 1:15 pmNow that bush knows the just anybody can view satellite imagery, I’m sure they’ll soon make it illegal. Remember, if maps are outlawed, only outlaws will have maps.
October 24th, 2006 at 1:32 pmWhat the C-in-C should look for on the Google…
1. The First Amendment (Church & State – wait, there’s a separation?)
October 24th, 2006 at 1:38 pm2. The Fourth Amendment (Privacy – we’re supposed to get that too?)
3. Dan Quayle (for a slight ego boost – or inspiration…)
4. How to run a baseball club (gotta start somewhere)
5. How to run a country (if there’s time and the “internets” is fast enough)
6. Lingual Abuse/Neglect (nucular? – if you can’t pronounce it, you shouldn’t be able to use it…)
7. “George Bush” and Monkey (begin making funny faces… Now!)
8. Using your name to win elections (and get into college, etc.)
9. Using religion to win elections (Who Would Jesus Hate?… Democrats?)
10. MySpace: Bush Twins (what are those two up to now?)
Google is just a new branch of the “Liberal Media”: http://www.liberalsmustdie.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/20/Default.aspx
Us Republicans use Ask.com because it a conservative search engine: http://www.liberalsmustdie.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/111/Default.aspx
Ask.com gives the right (as in Right-Wing) answers to most important questions:
Question: Is the war in Iraq going well?
Ask.com Answer: “Despite Perception, War in Iraq Going Well,… ”
See??? Ask.com even knows about the liberal bias and the perception that is caused by its propaganda. Awesome!!
Question: Is George Bush the best president?
Ask.com Answer: George W. Bush is the best…
He sure is!!
Question: Are the Democrats going to win ever?
October 24th, 2006 at 2:13 pmAsk.com Answer: Bush is going to win…
[...] and he rides in tooooobs HOST: I’m curious, have you ever googled anybody? Do you use Google? [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 2:45 pmToo perfect….
October 24th, 2006 at 3:14 pmhttp://buzz.smileycentral.com/view_article/id/185.html
[...] In a recent interview where Bush was asked about technology, he confessed that he used “The Google†and “that program where you get the satellite, and you can-like, kind-a look at the ranch but I can’t remember the name.†[...]
October 24th, 2006 at 3:18 pm[...] Bush uses “the Google.” [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 3:26 pmIt’s NASA’s website … what a TOOL Chimpy is.
October 24th, 2006 at 4:01 pmThis is a silly post. Things like this distract from the real debates and dialogue and only make room for more evil to happen. Stop being petty, be substantial, and get this guy out of office!
October 24th, 2006 at 4:09 pmI for one welcome The Googling president overlords.
October 24th, 2006 at 4:29 pmof course you limp d@#k liberals with no spine don’t realize pres Bush took an oath to protect this country no matter what… he is trying to do that but of course if y’all ran the country we’d just ask all those ‘peaceful” islamic nuts to be nice and respect our feelings and they would do it.
October 24th, 2006 at 6:01 pmThe President Of The Web 2.0…
George Bush is a 2.0-geek (see Bush says he uses “the Google.â€) and Nicholas Carr thinks umpteenth about wikipedia and the wisdom of the crowds….
October 24th, 2006 at 6:02 pmYou miss your ranch? Why don’t you use the Google, print out a map, and move back? It would do us all a lot of good.
October 24th, 2006 at 6:04 pmI’m glad most of the morons posting on this site have nothing better to say then, “OMFG HE CALLED IT “THE GOOGLE” LOLOL CHIMP GEEK MORON IDIOT PRESIDENT”. Grow up. George W. is a man with more political intellgence and a stonger moral basis than any of you will ever have. ‘Nuff said.
October 24th, 2006 at 6:12 pmWhile watching this video I want to invite users for a discussion in my blog
Can google get Gods mind?
This was one argument in 2004.I want to validate this argument with diverse opionions by comparing the current trends of google like the one which is described in the post above
http://ragusivanmalai.blogspot.com/2006/10/can-google-get-gods-mind.html
Come on Google users
October 24th, 2006 at 6:32 pmReason #723426563 of why he is an idiot.
October 24th, 2006 at 6:34 pmWhile reading this article I want to invite users for a discussion in my blog
Can google get Gods mind?
This was one argument in 2004.I want to validate this argument with diverse opionions by comparing the current trends of google like the one which is described in the post above
http://ragusivanmalai.blogspot.com/2006/10/can-google-get-gods-mind.html
Come on Google users
October 24th, 2006 at 6:34 pmWonder if he can google up those Weapons of Mass Destruction he couldn’t find?
October 24th, 2006 at 6:37 pmGoogle this:
Loose Change and then get the second edition
Terror Storm
you want more give me an email and I will
how about http://www.st911.org or http://www.prisonplanet.com or http://www.letsroll911.org
lot more where these came from…
October 24th, 2006 at 6:39 pmfolks time to wake up…..we are being dubbed by “W” the
isn’t he in charge of a really big military that has satellites that can look up your nose? Why would he need to use Google’s unsharpened satellite images?
October 24th, 2006 at 7:23 pmThat’s hilarious!
October 24th, 2006 at 7:34 pm[...] Think Progress » Bush says he uses “the Google.†George W. Bush gebruikt “the google” soms. (tags: bush georgebush google video thegoogle) [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 7:35 pmGeez, what a bonehead.
he’s used *THE* google ???
I’ll wager a bet all the appliances at the ranch are constantly flashing “12:00″.
October 24th, 2006 at 8:06 pm[...] I’ve seen a few blogs point to this TV clip of President Bush relating how he likes to use “The Google.” It’s followed by a snarky remark suggesting the search engine is on “the Internets.” While I think it’s pretty funny, I also tend to agree with the theory that the president’s malaprop endears him to his base. Stuffy East Coast Texas interlectuals like me laughing at his abuse of the English language only polarizes them more. [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 8:32 pmRemember when Poppy did not know what a supermarker scanner was?
October 24th, 2006 at 8:54 pmWait a minute, I am not american, I saw this clip, and I started wondering: Is the United States President not supposed to speak in English?
October 24th, 2006 at 10:18 pmPerhaps if he adds a few “you know’s” to his “fluent” English, it might sound a little bit more academic.
[...] Think Progress » Bush says he uses “the Google.†"One of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. [cut] I’ve forgot the name of the program — but you get the satellite, and you can — like, I kinda like to look at the ranch." This from the leader of the free world. (tags: bush google) [...]
October 24th, 2006 at 10:20 pmI love it when people try to make fun of the most powerful man on the planet. You think he is stupid? Well he obviously knows more than you do. Your ignorance is flapping in the breeze.
October 24th, 2006 at 10:34 pm[...] “I use the google… I use it to look up maps“, says the glorious leader of the free world. [...]
October 25th, 2006 at 12:42 am@274:
Wow! What are you on and where can I get it? LOL
I love it when people try to make fun of the most powerful man on the planet. You think he is stupid?
Think it? Good Lord!! It’s as obvious as tits on a snake!! The Preznut is a complete moron and technologically ignorant! LOL
And let’s be very clear, *WE* don’t *make* fun of him, he makes himself look like a complete fool! We just point it out.
Grow up!
As for the Preznut using ‘teh Google’… Yeah, right!! I believe that, just as I believe anything else the lying SOB says!
I doubt for one moment he would know how to use Google Earth. This is the man who when he tries to spell his name ‘B-u-s-h’ he spells it ‘G-o-d’. I bet he has his minions type that into Google so he can see how Great he is! LOL
October 25th, 2006 at 12:52 amtoo look at his ranch.. :) real Bush style..
He sounds stupid.. but he isnt stupid at all. They should just give him some more lessons how to act on TV.
October 25th, 2006 at 3:24 amwho’s gonna be the next President? Beavis (and Butthead as VP) ? Or… Homer Simpson ?
October 25th, 2006 at 4:33 amThis is just a distraction, yes. But “Al Gore said he invented the internet” was a distraction, too. It wasn’t even true, but it was still important.
As for inserting the words “search engine” after “the google”, I guess one could do that all over the place with teh shrub, e.g. adding the word “not” into statements about WMDs, “I don’t really think about him much” and staying the course, “a screw up you’ve made of this” into his conversation with “Brownie”, etc, etc
October 25th, 2006 at 4:36 amLet Al Gore alone. Al Gore would never say “I’ve forgot”(ten!) or “It remind”(s!).
Send Bush back to school!
October 25th, 2006 at 5:49 amAwesome. Its great to see one of Americas best President ever speaking. I’m slightly pissed off on the fact that you have quoted him wrong. Thank God Bush is President and our worse president ever (Bill Clinton) can never never be President again. That’s the only good thing that ever came from Clinton’s presidency. Another great thing is when people bad mouth Bush. When you see one of these people you can ignore the rest of their comments because you know they are idiots probably been smoking the crack again.
October 25th, 2006 at 5:55 amAwesome. Its great to see one of Americas best Presidents ever, speaking. I’m slightly pissed off on the fact that you have quoted him wrong. Thank God Bush is President and our worse president ever (Bill Clinton) can never never be President again. That’s the only good thing that ever came from Clinton’s presidency. Another great thing is when people bad mouth Bush. When you see one of these people you can ignore the rest of their comments because you know they are idiots who have probably been smoking the crack again.
October 25th, 2006 at 5:57 amReading through these posts with all the people bad mouthing Bush, its scary to see how many honestly stupid people there are in the world. We need to have some sort of world wide agency that finds people like this and sterilizes them so that they cant reproduce. The world would be a much more peaceful and peace loving place if we could just get rid of these tards. Some of you people are just really really fing scary in how completely and unequivocally stupid you are.
October 25th, 2006 at 6:01 am[...] Bush uses “the Google” to “pull up maps” [...]
October 25th, 2006 at 7:16 amPerhaps this is why American foreign policy is so bad, perhaps the CIA don’t have spy satellites and use Google Earth too and use google to keep Bush informed of what’s happening in Iraqisatn and other places they want to invade for oil!
October 25th, 2006 at 7:43 am[...] I’ve just learned that even the U.S. president is getting in on the act now, and by ‘act’ I mean ‘using The Google’. Early adopters will already know that The Google is a ‘search engine’ that can help you find ‘pages’ on the ‘internets’. Some ‘web surfers’ even use it to find their way here, in focused search of specific reading material, no doubt for vitally important research projects. Here, without further preamble, is the Autumn 2006 version of the Inexplicably Obligatory Intermittent The G o o g l e Search String Follies: “A few questions…”: [...]
October 25th, 2006 at 8:05 amHilarious.
Its clever – like a chimp using a toothbrush!
October 25th, 2006 at 8:17 am[...] Bush says he uses “the Google.†Bush sounding like a semi-literate backwater yokel? NEVER! (tags: thinkprogress google bush funny) [...]
October 25th, 2006 at 8:31 amWolf, you got nothing.
October 25th, 2006 at 8:35 amKlinton! Klinton is evil! Meep! Meep! Kill the libruls! Libruls ar dumm and suk! Gibber!
Hey, guys: I’m just a European, but let me remind you: YOU ELECTED HIM!!! We warned you but you did not want to listen! So now we’re stuck with him! We? Bush is the most important man on earth.
October 25th, 2006 at 9:06 amThe moron also used Google to find clinching evidence of WMD in Iraq.
His mother was showing it to him and they were looking at the map of Greenland!
October 25th, 2006 at 9:10 amBush RULES!!!
October 25th, 2006 at 9:43 amMore to consider are:
http://www.thepowerhour.com
http://www.prisonplanet.com
http://www.infowars.com
listen up folks….the NOrth American Union is a reality and your ass getting chipped is as well.
If you haven’t Google Northwoods Document as of yet take a gander and see what they knew in the 60’s they pulled off on 911. Are we condemned to repeat history or what?
If these folks that took the time to leave a message over Bush’s ineptitude, what are they going to do when they find out that rumor has it he has purchased 98,000 acres in Paraguay…..you know that is where many of th Nazis after WWII went. History does repeat itself.
Good God folks…your fixing to lose your country given we have just lost all our common law rights. The Military Commission Act of 2006 just did away with Habeus Corpus….Duh…what does that mean. It means they can pick your ass up and take you off in secret and deny you a court hearing and kill you. All theyhave to do is “make believe” you are an enemy combatant.
Think it can’t happen to you just ask all those Japanese Americans from the 40’s.
Chilling….if NOrthwoods Document doesn’t do it for you the rest of the web sites can give you more. It’s up to you to save your Country but it will take all of us on both sides of the aisle if one exists. I only see one party in power and that is the party of power, money and pedophilia.
Please join me and others and help save what little we have left otherwise we will become another Iraq. Its hard to fathom but the North American
October 25th, 2006 at 9:46 amCorridor is awakening and it must be stopped. Death to the New world Order.
Google this:
Loose Change and then get the second edition
Terror Storm
you want more give me an email and I will
how about http://www.st911.org or http://www.prisonplanet.com or http://www.letsroll911.org
lot more where these came from…
folks time to wake up…..we are being dubbed by “W†the
October 25th, 2006 at 10:03 am
Why is everyone laffing ?
October 25th, 2006 at 10:10 am[...] Pressefreiheit • The Google • vertikale Tastatur • Fernbedienung • Monkey News • magischer Kühlschrank • Restaurant ohne Karte • Cooking Cute • 8,6 Gigapixel • erste Liebe • Timefighter, Hello Halloween, Sling • ES-Fanboard Vorheriger Senf Ads_kid=0;Ads_bid=0;Ads_xl=0;Ads_yl=0;Ads_xp=”;Ads_yp=”;Ads_xp1=”;Ads_yp1=”;Ads_opt=0;Ads_wrd=’[KeyWord]‘;Ads_par=”;Ads_cnturl=”; [...]
October 25th, 2006 at 10:25 amIs he going to use “the mobile alibi” too? yes, there is such a thing: mobilealibi.com
October 25th, 2006 at 10:34 amMay every word that any of you have ever said be taken note of and constantly thrown back in your face. No cameras and reporters are following you around constantly waiting for you to trip up so that they can crucify you to the masses…if so, then I don’t think any of us would have a very large fan base. If you don’t like an elected official, then do yourself a favor and join the campaign of someone that you do like, volunteer, and most importantly vote so that the next leader will be someone of whom you approve.
October 25th, 2006 at 11:01 amYou think ought to have thanked Al Gore?
October 25th, 2006 at 12:00 pmBush is awesome. Too bad he can’t run again because I’d still vote for him.
October 25th, 2006 at 12:18 pmI know all about Google Earth, I use it all the time. But I don’t think the Google Oil engine is out of beta yet.
He should check out Google Moon, and maybe he could find E.T., trapsing about our lunar neighbour (which is really made of green cheese George, go check, be sure to hold your breath).
Last I tried, I couldn’t find Osama Bin Laiden on Google Earth. Maybe George should drag the pointer over to Afganistan instead. There’s nothing but fine American built creators and rubble in Iraq. And no matter how hard he scrolls his mouse wheel, all the zooming in the world won’t bring up some pixilated image of weapons of mass destruction. Weapons of mass imigination is more like it.
George, we would all like to see you back in Crawford, stewing up pipe dream initatives benath the shading brim of a ten gallon hat. Just watch out for the stampeed…or don’t. Simply put, a stupid dog can’t crap all over the carpets when he’s left outside to play.
And lastly George, try Googling ‘Freedom’. The first hit you’ll get will have the header of ‘Freedom Security & Privacy’. Think about the Privacy one, then think about your Patriot Act. If you truly want to see Freedom, spin Google Earth over to Canada.
Try Googling you name too, ‘george w. bush’. You’ll get the obligatory White Tripe House pages first of course. But hit number 6, http://www.bushorchimp.com, is kinda nice. And George, there’s fun game too, and lotsa pictures. You like pictures, right? And monkeys! Monkeys are funny!
October 25th, 2006 at 2:20 pmAt least he didn’t say that he invented the internet… like that other jackass Al Gore did.
October 25th, 2006 at 3:06 pm[...] Apparently, the White House research team isn’t very good at “the Google.†ThinkProgress has documented 30 times that Bush has used the phrase to describe his policy in Iraq: [...]
October 25th, 2006 at 4:34 pmLook, I voted for Bush and I don’t regret it. Do I think he is the best President we have ever had? Absolutely not. Did I make a mistake in voting for him? No. I felt he was the best we had to pick from at the time. However, just because I think that, does not mean that I don’t support him in his efforts to protect my way of life. I support him because he is doing what he feels is right.
Despite that, he is our President. He is our leader and deserves our support. Don’t necessarily support President Bush, but the President of the United States. The best damn country in the world.
Now, I know my post will most likely stir something up. I’m happy for that. I will probably never be back to this site, simply because I have better things to do. But it really upset me at the way people continually bash Bush. He deserves better than that, not only as a person, but also as the President.
October 25th, 2006 at 8:03 pmThis is the map he uses.
http://www.virtualvideomap.com
October 25th, 2006 at 8:23 pmTry googling “skull and bone freemason illuminati prick”
October 25th, 2006 at 10:50 pmI wonder how long it took him to find north korea?
October 25th, 2006 at 10:53 pmThis site is called “Think Progress” (because that’s hip, right?) But judging from the intellectual capital of the comments above…it should be called “Think Stupidity”
October 26th, 2006 at 2:15 am“African-Americans watch the same news at night that ordinary Americans do.”
President Clinton on Black Entertainment Television, November 2, 1994
* “I will tell you this: I will not raise taxes on the middle-class to pay for these programs.” – Bill Clinton
* “It might suprise you to know I think I raised them too much, too” – Bill Clinton
* A short time later: “I take full responsability…for what we did. It was the right thing to do.” – Bill Clinton
* “I have no intention of raising taxes” – Bill Clinton
“You know the one thing that’s wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say.” – Bill Clinton
“I invented the internet”.
- Al Gore, former U.S. Vice President
You know, if I were a single man, I might ask that mummy out. That’s a good-looking mummy” —Bill Clinton, looking at “Juanita,” a newly discovered Incan mummy on display at the National Geographic museum
October 26th, 2006 at 3:36 amBush smells and americans are dumb!
October 26th, 2006 at 5:56 amBush is a Dush. What the HELL is he doing wasting time talking to a GOOGLE tech instead of taking care of his “Mission Accomplished” job in Iraq where thousands of American kids are needlessly dying. Hes a moron, your a moron, and anyone who votes for him are morons!
October 26th, 2006 at 6:07 am[...] Here’s the FAQ for 2.0, and here is a really good list of frequently-encountered Firefox issues to help you sort them out if you run across them. And last but not least, the forums actually can be a good source if you go there remembering that youll have to be patient and wade through a lot of crap before you get your answer most of the time. I’ve had a lot of success with simply using The Google to uncover solutions for elusive or frustrating problems. [...]
October 26th, 2006 at 7:11 amBUSH TOATTLY ROCKS!!!
October 26th, 2006 at 8:09 amhe see his ranch or… weapons of masive destruction in anywereeeeee?
October 26th, 2006 at 8:15 amSave Hedonistica!
October 26th, 2006 at 9:40 amUse The Google (Earth) to visit the Bush ranch. Click here for the exact spot.
October 26th, 2006 at 9:47 am[...] I simply cannot condone this kind of cocksure attitude because it must violate decency laws in several states. That said, Rove’s overconfidence is planned — it’s meant to make Democratic voters unsure in the coming election. What Rove doesn’t understand, or is unwilling to admit in a moment of honesty, is that many people check out polls from individual races. Either that or he is completely unaware of how the internet works, which would go a long way in explaining where Dubya got “the Google” from. [...]
October 26th, 2006 at 10:28 amIf the son of a bitch dislikes being president, why did the Repugs steal two elections?
October 26th, 2006 at 11:38 am[...] “Geez, I didn’t know you could google hell?” En af de vittige kommentarer til dette lille klip hvor hr. B svarer pÃ¥ spørgsmÃ¥let om hvorvidt han googler og fortæller hvor han gerne ville være. En anden kommentar lyder: “What’s stopping you? We would all like you there, too”. CNBC: “I’m curious, have you ever googled anybody? Do you use Google?†President George W. Bush: “Occasionally. One of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. It’s very interesting to see — I’ve forgot the name of the program — but you get the satellite, and you can — like, I kinda like to look at the ranch. It remind me of where I wanna be sometimes.â€. [...]
October 26th, 2006 at 11:56 am>> #23 Can anyone please tell me just where in Crawford, TX “the ranch†is?
October 26th, 2006 at 3:34 pmso he’s an old man who’s not down wit technology like us young folk… soo?
October 26th, 2006 at 4:01 pmExley: If the best spokesman the Left has is an ESPN radio talk-show host, you guys are in trouble!
Given that the Right’s best spokesman is a limp-dicked drug addict, I think us Lefties are doing just fine.
October 26th, 2006 at 4:08 pmrofl lets all talk about how cool the google is, and how we are going to call it the google now because he said it, just like internets
October 26th, 2006 at 4:44 pm[...] The headline caught my eye: “Bush defines marriage as man and woman.†That’s amazing. Not that the President would come out (pun intended) against gay marriage, but that he would actually define something. Heck, he has a hard enough time pronouncing words, never mind defining them. Although maybe he uses “the Google†for help. In any regard, Bush traveled to Des Moines today. (I imagine, upon landing, he was surprised to find himself in Iowa instead of France.) He was in corn country to boost the sagging spirits and hopes of some nameless Republican congressional candidate. As such, the Definer decided to offer a kernel or two of opinion on the subject of marriage, to which the AP lent an ear: President Bush said the “sacred institution†of marriage between a man and a woman must be defended against what he called activist court rulings. [...]
October 26th, 2006 at 6:45 pmAs long as he’s using the “internets” to look at his ranch from space, maybe he could use it to find Bin Laden?
October 26th, 2006 at 7:32 pmAs long as he’s using the “internets” to see his ranch from space, maybe he could use it to find Bin Laden
October 26th, 2006 at 7:34 pm[...] The “Decider” uses “the Google” on “these Internets” [Think Progress] [...]
October 26th, 2006 at 8:17 pmIt just shows how out of touch he is.
October 26th, 2006 at 10:14 pmDoes anyone else find it amusing he uses Google Earth when he OWNS THE DAMN SATELITES!
What, NASA won’t show him the pictures and he has to get them off Google Earth?
October 26th, 2006 at 10:37 pmHe can Google “left-wing assholes” and come right to this page.
October 26th, 2006 at 11:41 pmIf he happens to Google
he’ll come stright to this page.
October 26th, 2006 at 11:56 pmI don’t doubt he is PC literate. I remember reading that when he was Governor of Texas he used to set aside time in the afternoon
October 27th, 2006 at 12:38 amto play video games
I don’t doubt that he has some Computer knowledge.
October 27th, 2006 at 12:44 amI remember reading that when he was Governor of Texas;
he set aside a few hours a day to play video games in his office!
After I’s been on The Google and I Googled at The Maps I Googled the end of the Goat book… it turns out I is The Goat. I read on The Google where they own me now… it said Google Bought YouTool for a Brazillion Dollars. And The Google is fun to say. It makes my throat tickle. I wish I was back at The Ranch clearing The Brush. ‘Merica would love me back on the ranch, only uncle Dick says I gotta stay and take it like a man. I Googled take-it-like-a-man and found my good friend Foley.
October 27th, 2006 at 2:22 am
October 27th, 2006 at 4:26 amProbably pleasantly look with heights bird flight.
I spose Ahm ‘a child left behind’ on this here dang the Google issue. I spose I Googled mah share o’ folks. Perhaps I should send some troops to Google Land and let ‘em choose democracy there cuz I made ‘em. Yep, the Google is now policy! Ain’t that rot, Condi. Have you ever been Googled?” GW
October 27th, 2006 at 11:04 amWhen used the google to type in President Bush it asked me..
Great President? or
Greatest President?
He is no Reagan, so I got put down for Great President.
October 27th, 2006 at 11:05 amC’mon people….lighten up! Get over yourselves!! The man can’t freakin blink without you people mocking him. It’s a good thing Al Gore invented the internet so that George can use Google at all!!!
I voted for him twice….and I’d do so again if I could!
LOVE YA GEORGE!!!
October 27th, 2006 at 11:15 amhey Bill from Dover…
maybe you should run for president!
“I wish I were home… I wish I were home. Maybe Condi can buy him green slippers. ”
Comment by Bill from Dover — October 23, 2006 @ 5:09 pm
I wish i were home? ha ha ha… green slippers?
and you make fun of bush for adding a “the” and an “s”?
moron..
October 27th, 2006 at 11:32 amever heard of sarcasm, floodmatt?
October 27th, 2006 at 11:48 amyoure not bill from dover..
October 27th, 2006 at 11:54 am^^^^^^^^^^^
October 27th, 2006 at 11:57 amfloodmatt sucks ass. That would explain a lot. Those people usually don’t understand jokes.
October 27th, 2006 at 12:00 pmThe Decider uses The Google to remind The Citizens he is The Dumbass.
October 27th, 2006 at 12:38 pmthats it bill..
im knocking on all the doors in dover until i find the right bill..
you’re gonna get a swift kick in the pants with my ruby slippers..
October 27th, 2006 at 1:00 pmwhats a Google?
October 27th, 2006 at 1:02 pmkick in the pants? is that some sort of code you people use?
October 27th, 2006 at 1:08 pmwill you be wearing the rest of your judy garland outfit?
ok , i found the link, now where do i look up “failure”?
October 27th, 2006 at 1:11 pmcheck the mirror, ben
October 27th, 2006 at 1:20 pmthanx for standing in front of it Bill
October 27th, 2006 at 1:26 pmBush seems to have overlooked the NSA as an alternative to the Google, for live satellite coverage.
October 27th, 2006 at 1:38 pmThis page is the top Google hit for “use the google to”.
Does he use Wikipedias too? He might be better informed if he would.
October 27th, 2006 at 3:50 pm[...] http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/23/bush-says-he-uses-the-google/ posted by mikey at 4:55 pm [...]
October 27th, 2006 at 4:55 pmIs using the google like getting the cancer?
October 27th, 2006 at 7:48 pmI think it’s like getting The Gay.
October 28th, 2006 at 1:38 amThank you sir, may I have another?
How did a person this dull manage to get elected for two terms?
October 28th, 2006 at 11:53 amWhat an absolute DOLT! Just think, only 2 more years of this nonesense! :D “See ‘yall on da internets…”
October 28th, 2006 at 11:54 am“See y’all on da internets…”
Good grief, only 2 more years of this ridiculous nonsense!
What a DOLT ! :D lol
October 28th, 2006 at 11:58 ami think that Bush should search war in Iraq on ‘the google’ because i don’t think he knows whats going on over there! ;]
October 28th, 2006 at 12:01 pmHey,
The man is a trend setter. The media chomps at the bait every time.
“When I take action, I’m not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It’s going to be decisive.” —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C. Sept. 19, 2001
Nick
October 28th, 2006 at 12:03 pm“and then I look at Pyongyang and you can — like, I kinda like to look at the government buildings. It reminds me of where I wanna bomb sometimes.”
October 28th, 2006 at 1:11 pmThere are hundreds of internets, and have been for a while now.
All old-school executives never use the computer, they are handed a typed, executive summary at the beginning and end of each day . . . they have “people” to do that . . . and then collect their weekly 150K paycheck . . . get real.
I’m not defending anybody here . . . just the media should put things into perspective before crucifixion.
October 28th, 2006 at 3:52 pmwhat a dumb arse
October 28th, 2006 at 9:53 pmwell at least he didn’t say he invented the google!
October 28th, 2006 at 10:01 pmWhat is the name of that prgram? I was looking at it a while back before but forgot it. Can someone please tell me the name of it? Thanks in anyway.
p.s. Poor Bush …. he’s never going to be able get his english right…
October 28th, 2006 at 10:48 pm[...] (Ed. Okay, well, one comment… And thanks to Randy (again!) for the link.) [...]
October 29th, 2006 at 11:32 amI use the google too, when im on the internets
October 29th, 2006 at 1:08 pmClinton we miss you, please come back
October 29th, 2006 at 1:09 pmBack In Action…
I’m back from vacation and it was a good one…for the most part. There were highlights lowlights, but overall, a great experience. But that’s not what you’re here to read. This is tech, right? So first of all, what did…
October 29th, 2006 at 4:28 pmWhat George W. Bush reveals about his level of ignorance is only matched by the stupidity of the nations who willingly join him in combat.
Bush represents the butt of many the world’s jokes. But our poor misguided leaders bow to his commands.
U.S. Foreign Policy is the catalyst to terrorism!
Who, really, has the last laugh!
October 29th, 2006 at 6:10 pmGeez, what a bunch of boobs… sitting around whining about such drivel. Seems like more than a few people here know how to spell correctly or apply English grammar and syntax, or understand anything about the complexities of history or government… what a bunch of losers. I guess this is how most of you pretend you’re contributing to society. Get a life people!
Oh, it’ll sure be entertaining to see the dopey responses to this post. I can’t wait!
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October 30th, 2006 at 2:59 amCome on, this isn’t such a big deal. Google is a search engine. A search engine is a noun. If he had said I use the Google search engine he would have been using correct grammar. He has larger issues weighing on his mind than fussing over the proper use of articles.
October 30th, 2006 at 12:02 pmBy the sounds of things, he was probably using Google Earth. He forgot the name so referred to it as “The Google ” – an easy mistake for the leader of the free world in the 21st century.
October 30th, 2006 at 1:10 pmOk, I googled the Ranch. But I got Michael Jacksons Never Land. can someone explain!
October 30th, 2006 at 1:58 pmGoogle “Total failure” or “out of touch” and the homepage for the DNC in the first site that comes up…
October 30th, 2006 at 3:30 pmWell to bad he did not find out about Goodle Maps before. Mabey he could have looked for those WMDs a better way. Would have saved us a lot of time
October 30th, 2006 at 9:39 pmIm a teenanger and even I know better than you people.I guess respect miss generations age 30-40!
October 30th, 2006 at 9:45 pmIm a teenanger and even I know better than you people.I guess respect miss generations age 30-40!
October 30th, 2006 at 9:45 pm[...] Think Progress » Bush says he uses “the Google.†President Bush loves him some Google Maps (tags: funny google government interview journalism media politics president) [...]
October 30th, 2006 at 11:11 pm[...] If you haven’t seen or heard the latest tech talk from President Bush then I would suggest you do it now. Adding “the” in front of the name of a company, while quite humorous, probably isn’t the biggest flub in the world, but his grammar is what really what puts the icing on the cake for me… “One of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps.” Oh Bush. [...]
October 31st, 2006 at 12:01 amVote NO for the GOP
October 31st, 2006 at 9:21 amDo you people have jobs?
October 31st, 2006 at 4:32 pmPeople just leave Bush alone! It is not a big deal to say the google, and besides he has a right to call google whatever he wants, he is the president of the USA after all.
October 31st, 2006 at 10:49 pm[...] One quote, from Harry Jenkins, which particularly struck me was: ‘We need to shift the focus of the conversation about the digitial divide from questions of technological access to those of opportunities to participate and to develop the cultural competencies and social skills needed for full involvement’. Graham cited the example of George W Bush discussing what he’s ‘used on the Google‘ to help illustrate this point, and Senator Ted Stevens’ own personal internet is always worth remembering (no, it’s not funny). [...]
November 1st, 2006 at 10:25 am[...] Relatedly, a company that played a role in the stupid marketing decision mentioned above, Google, made a statement that makes you go hmmm. Apparently they don’t want us using the word google as verb. Perhaps we should use “The Google” just like our fair president. [...]
November 1st, 2006 at 2:25 pmuse “the google” to look up failure
November 2nd, 2006 at 2:58 amI really wish things like this still suprised me. His antics are conditioning us.
November 2nd, 2006 at 5:57 pmI’m courious what others websited George W. Bush visits.
November 2nd, 2006 at 10:30 pmI am courious what other websites he uses
November 2nd, 2006 at 10:34 pmKlevo Buch molodec
November 3rd, 2006 at 10:23 pmhi
November 3rd, 2006 at 10:24 pmYou guys so leave the poor guy alone. I think Bush is a nice guy. He’s doing a good job, and who doesn’t get homesick once in a while.
November 4th, 2006 at 2:44 pm[...] Dubya: “One of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. It’s very interesting to see – I’ve forgot the name of the program – but you get the satellite, and you can – like, I kinda like to look at the ranch. It reminds me of where I wanna be sometimes.” Have the Republicans lost the geek vote in the mid-terms [...]
November 4th, 2006 at 3:09 pmGoogle idiot and see if democrat comes up!
November 6th, 2006 at 1:06 pmNope, sorry, Steve. All I got was Bush!
November 7th, 2006 at 5:25 pm[...] In the news, George Bush says he “uses the Googleâ€. Wonder if he’s done a google on “failureâ€. You think he uses the YouTube as well? [...]
November 9th, 2006 at 2:23 amhe he …if any of you are from America that are bashing bush, should just go blow up some world trade centers for being anti american
November 11th, 2006 at 1:50 pmYeah, because Bush = America.
I suppose if we had a Democratic president, it would be anti-American to question them too, right?
Someday we’ll look back on all this and realize how ridiculous conservatives’ arguments were.
November 12th, 2006 at 10:16 amAnyone happy about the recent election? I am…so many democrats means no more monkeys ruling our country.Can’t wait till the nxt Presidential election…And btw i heard tht Prez Bush uses “the google” and not yahoo er nething bc “the google” is the only search engine where u type in george w bush in images a monkey doesnt come up.
November 12th, 2006 at 4:53 pmGlad this thread is still alive. HOW in the .. name of Google can the
president get anything done without using the Google?
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Answered my own question I guess. I sure hope somebody in that big white building on Penn Avenue at least knows how to perform a simple search. Your president had to be joking, this whole
November 13th, 2006 at 3:41 pm“the Google” nonsense.
Hi good Bush
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November 15th, 2006 at 4:39 pmi am 16 years old and trust me even when i was 7 i never refered to google as “the google” i guess i was never a “googler” lol
this guys our president???
damn and got elected 2 times….
well like they say they keep using “the internets”:)
[...] Daughter the Second (I can’t call her Young Girl or Sarcasm Girl though both would fit sometimes) is going to be a Twilight Ninja for Halloween and I certainly plan on posting pics but first I had to go refresh my memory on how to turn a solid color tee-shirt into a ninja mask. (It’s all over the net–I think I first saw a how-to page on it on the grimy and gritty 20th century internet, not the squeeky clean, fast collection of tubes of the present century. I found multiple examples just by using “The Google” to search on “t-shirt ninja mask.” [...]
November 18th, 2006 at 5:10 pmHere is my top 10 list of what bush should look up on “the google”.
November 19th, 2006 at 9:34 pm1. The President
2. ESL classes
3. Failure
4. Bush
5. Democrats
6. Republicans
7. The war in Iraq (wonder if he can spell Iraq. Someone should ask him.)
8. Online dictionaries.
9. Impeachment
10. Mental hospitals
Why is Bush our president since he apparently longs for his ranch. I mean who wold be sad if he left. Especially if he took the republicans with him. I have used “the google” since I was 5 and never referred to it as the google. What is wrong with that guy’s head? He can’t be that stupid and still be our prresident right? I mean I wouldn’t elect someone to be our president who referred to google as “the google”. Are Americans really stupid enough to elect a person who is extremely stupid, refers to google as “the google”, has major grammer problems, and belongs in a mental institute as their president? I hate to say it but apparently!
[...] We’re thankful for “the Google” and “the email” (and the “series of tubes” that make them possible) — but not iPods, which are endangering our nation. [...]
November 23rd, 2006 at 9:45 am[...] This is strange. Upon closer inspection, it was revealed that they were eating along an old faded white line on the soccer field. I tried finding some mention of this phenomenon in The Google, but to no avail. The closest we found were blue jays eating house paint (here and here) and sparrows eating grit. Maybe this is the same thing: pigeons eating field chalk for grit or minerals. But they were only on one older faded line. Maybe the new lines are a different paint (to avoid this problem). Or maybe the field paint made some yummy type of grass grow there. Still unclear to me. Anyone else know what’s going on here? | | [...]
November 27th, 2006 at 3:14 am[...] George W. Bush may just be a casual Internet user (for instance, he relies on “the Google” to pull up maps), he now knows what a Skype phone means. During a diplomatic trip to Estonia, the US President received one of those Philips cordless VoIP phones as a gift from his Estonian fellow. [...]
November 28th, 2006 at 11:52 amamerican football sucks soccoer is the way to go but none of the rubish american teams. las vegas WTF english teams pwn them like manchester unbited and arsenal
December 9th, 2006 at 10:17 amBUSH ,KNOWS COMPUTERS ?
December 9th, 2006 at 11:11 amI TOLD YOU MONKEYS ARE HUMAN LIKE ?
BUSH KNOW COMPUTERS ? I TOLD YOU , CHIMPS
December 9th, 2006 at 11:17 amARE LIKE HUMANS, LEARN FAST.
Cainnitis: n) having a traitor in one’s midst
December 14th, 2006 at 12:47 amcainnitis: n) an affliction brought about by having a traitor in one’s midst
December 14th, 2006 at 12:48 amI didn’t realize they had a website that gathered most of the illiterate idiots in the country to a single page…look at all the press the man gets.
December 20th, 2006 at 6:45 pmGeorge Bush for President!….ohhhh thats right he already is….
I hear there’s a boat leaving to take Alec ( im leaving the country) Baldwin and the rest of you haters back to the motherland. HAHAHAHAHAHA
[...] And finally: While his brother likes to use “the Google” to “pull up maps,” Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) is addicted to his Blackberry. Priding himself on being the first “E-Governor,” Bush’s official portrait unveiled at the governor’s mansion “shows him in his office standing next to a picture of his family with his trustworthy BlackBerry.” [...]
December 23rd, 2006 at 10:23 am[...] Its been confirmed that Robert Scoble is on his way help former Democratic VP candidate John Edwards announce his presidential bid in New Orleans tomorrow. Its been a busy month for The Scobleizer, Mayam has the skinny. Whilst not eligible to vote in The USA I have been a follower of Edwards campaign through his personal blog for age’s now and I have to say I like the guy, he has been an early adopter of the online line medium when some others were only learning how to Google Technorati Tags: General, John Edwards, Maryam Scoble, pat phelan, roam4free, Robert ScobleShare and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]
December 27th, 2006 at 7:25 pmjust great if Mr George Bush come vist me in my city and go out by boat for sea trip and show him how much we ceare about all ..Egypt ..Hurghada Red Sea .Hassan Eltayeb
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[...] Think Progress » Bush says he uses “the Google.†(tags: bush google funny politics video humor) [...]
January 2nd, 2007 at 2:57 pm[...] Related links:Read about Bush’s interview hereBonus link: Bush on Google [...]
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January 16th, 2007 at 4:35 pm[...] http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/23/bush-says-he-uses-the-google/ [...]
January 16th, 2007 at 5:47 pmwow your all such douchebags, most of you, if not all dislike bush for the only reason being is that its trendy right now to do
fools.
January 18th, 2007 at 5:34 pmHaven’t you heard? His new home is in Paraguay. Use the Google. HAHAHA!!!
January 24th, 2007 at 2:37 pmI dislike Bush because of the war in Iraq, the way he handled 9-11, the way he uses incorrect grammer. I hate him!
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February 27th, 2007 at 12:41 am[...] The Google was there, ready and willing to help me with this dilemma, and while I would love to believe that I [...]
March 5th, 2007 at 5:08 pm[...] tsk. Ignorance and violence always go together, don’t [...]
March 6th, 2007 at 11:19 pm[...] used the Google on the internets to see what kind of protests were happening elsewhere in the world. The exact [...]
March 21st, 2007 at 1:17 am[...] knew President Bush uses the Google to look at satellite pictures of his ranch on the Internets sometimes, but I didn’t realize [...]
March 30th, 2007 at 1:06 am[...] browsing around ‘The Google‘ I stumbled across this neat little idea, for ‘The Digital Jewel Box‘. Something [...]
April 11th, 2007 at 1:39 am[...] someone with whom I have a good relationship and love dearly, even if she has no idea how to use The Google, is certainly not worth expelling my own frustrations in a rant. That would be callous and [...]
April 11th, 2007 at 1:38 pm[...] downloadable audio books. As usual, their help pages proved not terribly helpful. Using the Google was somewhat more helpful, and what I was able to find I added to our wiki. But then I [...]
April 12th, 2007 at 5:44 pm[...] site to make me less searchable (You’re right. That isn’t a real word) on The Google Click here to understand.), but I caved in due to the pressure. Anyways, I think I had a legitimate post in mind. I [...]
March 17th, 2008 at 12:21 am[...] trip to D&L Parts on the way home from work. After popping the oven’s model number into The Google, I discovered PartSelect.Com, a site that not only has all the schematics and part numbers listed [...]
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