White House celebrates Rosh Hashanah a week early.
Last night, President Bush issued a statement wishing “greetings” to those “celebrating Rosh Hashanah“:
The sound of the Shofar heralds the beginning of a new year and a time of remembrance and renewal for the Jewish people. During these holy days, men and women are called to reflect on their faith and to honor the blessings of creation.
The enduring traditions of Rosh Hashanah remind us of the deep values of faith and family that strengthen our Nation and help guide us each day. As Jewish people around the world come together to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, it is a chance to look to the new year with hope and faith.
Laura and I send our best wishes for a blessed Rosh Hashanah and shanah tovah.
Unfortunately for the White House, Rosh Hashanah does not start until next week — sunset on Sept. 12. (Happy Thanksgiving, Mr. President!)
(HT: On Deadline)
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Bush is an idiot through and through.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:38 pmhow cute, its dopey dwarf.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:38 pmGO JEWS!!!
September 6th, 2007 at 3:38 pmDOH!
September 6th, 2007 at 3:39 pmThat’s prezdint dopey dwarf to you, dammit!
September 6th, 2007 at 3:40 pmyes, Happy Loyalty Day to one and all!!!
September 6th, 2007 at 3:41 pmLast year’s “Thanksgiving Proclamation” was a week early too — are you guys really serious that the White House should issue these things on the exact DAY?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ news/ releases/ 2006/ 11/ 20061116-8.html
September 6th, 2007 at 3:41 pmJust one more indication of how little the thugs in the WH care about anyone or anything that is not related to them, and/or doesn’t give them power or money. It’s a sickness.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:42 pmClinton issued his Rosh Hashanah greeting A WHOLE WEEK early too!!!
September 6th, 2007 at 3:43 pmComment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
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lol, then you might expect
“wishing greeting to those preparing to celebrate the upcoming Rosh Hashanah”
…but English is not his strongest suit, or intelligence for that matter.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:43 pmMaybe there’s an Eastern Orthodox Judaism that has its holidays slightly out of sync with standard Judaism. Kind of like the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians. Nah. Could be that Bush is just a moron.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:44 pmcaption:
“George, did you say?
“Hhmmmmmm….”
“No, I don’t see a George here anywhere….”
“Are you sure you have the right “god”?”
September 6th, 2007 at 3:45 pmClinton issued his Rosh Hashanah greeting A WHOLE WEEK early too!!!
Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 3:43 pm
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Clinton knew what he was talking about fool
September 6th, 2007 at 3:46 pmhttp://www.jewishsf.com/ content/ 2-0-/ module/ displaystory/ story_id/ 14605/ edition_id/ 283/ format/ html/ displaystory.html
Helluva job there, Bushie! Good for Bush that he’s commemorating an important Jewish holiday. Besides acknowledging the fact that the US is a country with Judeo-Christian heritage, Bush is also re-affirming that Israel has a special place in the hearts of many Americans. Namely, Israel is the only country in the Middle East that’s actually a complete ally on the War on Terror and the only country there that doesn’t harm US interests. So, with these thoughts in mind, it’s heartwarming that Bush actually issued a statement to those celebrating Rosh Hashanah. Further comforting was that Bush’s message stressed things important to all religions: family and faith, something that turbulently scares the progressives because progressives are anti-faith and anti-family. Progressives generally despise religion because it imposes curbs on all their ideological aims, such as gay marriage, single-family households, and abortion-on-demand.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:46 pmbush is celebrating rosh hashanah this week since he’ll be celebrating 9/11 next week.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:48 pmLast year’s “Thanksgiving Proclamation†was a week early too — are you guys really serious that the White House should issue these things on the exact DAY?
Comment by Jake Dunce. — September 6, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
Uh, yea Genius.
Its called knowing what you’re talking about.
Something foriegn to this administration, and you.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:49 pmPerhaps the preznit was acknowledging the unofficial start of the Rosh Hashanah shopping season.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:49 pmTHE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Martha’s Vineyard)
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For Immediate Release September 5, 1994
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
Warm greetings to all who are celebrating Rosh Hashana in this promising year of renewal.
The high holidays, the most solemn and hallowed days of the Hebrew calendar, mark the beginning of a new year. Jews around the world pause to reassess their lives and their relationships with others and with God. Most important, Rosh Hashana celebrates change — bidding farewell to an old year and welcoming the new.
During last year’s high holy days, the world rejoiced as Prime Minister Rabin and Chairman Arafat took the first brave steps toward peace in the Middle East. This year, in the same courageous spirit, we have seen new, bold steps in the peace process. Together, we watched the determined leaders of Israel and Jordan turn away from the sorrow of generations of hostility, blood, and tears to embrace the promises of hope and prosperity.
As the shofar sounds this Rosh Hashana, let it be a summons to build on this long anticipated foundation — a summons to nourish the seeds of peace that have finally been planted on both sides of the River Jordan.
Best wishes to all for a joyous Rosh Hashana and a peaceful new year.
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/ legacy/ 090594-remarks-by-president-on-president-greetings-for-rosh-hashanah.htm
September 6th, 2007 at 3:50 pmCaption Contest: “hey I don’t want to interrupt, but could I get the kind of beanie with a propeller on it?”
September 6th, 2007 at 3:51 pmUntil a this morning, Bush thought Rosh Hashanah was a yiddish rock band.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:52 pmLOL, you people really don’t know that these type of statements are always released realy so that churches, synagoges, etc. can read them DURING their services?
September 6th, 2007 at 3:52 pmIt was a scheduling conflict. Bush has already committed September 12th to a school in Florida to read the sequel to ‘My Pet Goat’.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:52 pmIf he canceled that it would frighten the children.
GO JEWS!!!
Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 3:38 pm
Where would you have them go, Mr. Retard?
September 6th, 2007 at 3:52 pmLOL!
cha cha cha wins this round!
September 6th, 2007 at 3:53 pmOy.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:54 pmLOL, you people really don’t know that these type of statements are always released realy so that churches, synagoges, etc. can read them DURING their services?
Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 3:52 pm
Yea Moses? Then why has every other administration in US history gotten the date right?
September 6th, 2007 at 3:54 pmOnly Jakey D. and the rest of Troll Nation doesn’t see the sad joke in this.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:56 pmsorry apologists:
Tue, 6 September 1994 = 1st of Tishrei, 5755
http://www.hebcal.com/ converter/ ?gd=6&gm=9&gy=1994&g2h=Compute+Hebrew+Date&hd=23&hm=Elul&hy=5767
September 6th, 2007 at 3:56 pmFurther evidence that Bush is a complete piece of shit. Do we really need verification of this fact again & again?
September 6th, 2007 at 3:56 pm#17 - Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 3:50 pm
So, you’re saying that Pres. Bush is simply repeating the exact words of Fmr. Pres. Clinton????
September 6th, 2007 at 3:56 pmJ. Dumba$$,
In 1994 Rosh Hashanah WAS on Sept. 7, IDIOT.
September 6th, 2007 at 3:59 pmJ. Dumba$$,
In 1994 Rosh Hashanah WAS on Sept. 7, IDIOT.
Comment by Not Canadian — September 6, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
Jake the Retard Shoots and misses again. Poor old dementia boy doesn’t even know the holiday changes dates!!!
September 6th, 2007 at 4:01 pmIn 1994 Rosh Hashana was on Sept. 5!
September 6th, 2007 at 4:01 pmhttp://www.bioinfo.rpi.edu/~zukerm/hebdate/
Um… not to embarrass you, Jake D., but in 1994, Rosh Hashanah fell in the first week of September. Clinton issued his greeting at the appropriate time.
So sad, Jakey, so sad…
September 6th, 2007 at 4:01 pmHa Cha cha cha beat me to it! Jake D. The Jewish holiday in 1994 started on the 6th of September, 1994 so Clinton DID NOT miss the holiday by a week.
Jake D thinks he is singled out here at TP and can’t understand why. Jake, it’s because you appear as a fool and this is just another example.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:02 pmLOL, you people really don’t know that these type of statements are always released realy so that churches, synagoges, etc. can read them DURING their services?
Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 3:52 pm
This is not unlike the Bush administration coming up with the “real” reason for invading Iraq. If Option A is disproven, quickly claim Option B.
First Jake claims that “Clinton did it”, because Jake seems to think that Jewish holidays are controlled by our calendar and always fall on the same day, much like Christmas or the Fourth of July.
Oops.
When that when is disproven, without missing a beat or acknowledging his own butt-ignorance, Jake moves to “Those announcements are always made a week early”, although the Clinton announcement he cited wasn’t. Apparently, Jake thinks the Jews are so dumb they need a week to prepare to read an announcement during mass, er, church, er, whatever those weirdos in the beanies call it.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:02 pmI used to work for a Jewish fellow who, besides being one of the funniest guys I’ve ever met, used to call this holiday “Rush-a-Home-a”.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:03 pmClinton issued his Rosh Hashanah greeting A WHOLE WEEK early too!!!
Comment by Jake D.
Someone needs to introduce dumbass to the concept of a lunar calendar.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:03 pm.
How would I know? I’m a Catholic Baptist.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:04 pmBush is just plain dumb, we see it over and over again. Without Rove coaching him now daily he doesn’t even know what day it is.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:04 pmYou guys mauled Jake on that one.
Good work.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:04 pmActually Jake D The press release by Clinton was:
http://www.jewishsf.com/ content/ 2-0-/ module/ displaystory/ story_id/ 14605/ edition_id/ 283/ format/ html/ displaystory.html
Friday September 29, 2000
Clinton wishes a sweet New Year
The beginning of Rosh Hashanah is at sundown the end of the 29th of Elul [August-September-Gregorian calendar]
September 6th, 2007 at 4:05 pmJake, you have to get a new calendar every year.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:05 pmThey’re quite cheap right now, if you can find one.
You sure wouldn’t want to get Halloween mixed up with Thanksgiving, being a juvenile turkey and all…
What does that say about the Ivy League schools - Yale in particular?
September 6th, 2007 at 4:05 pmBush has a lot of decidering to do next week, that’s all.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:06 pmIf anyone NOT on the “Ignore List†wants to discuss my lack of knowledge of the mormon faith, or the topic of religion, please let me know.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:06 pm“You guys mauled Jake on that one.
Good work.
Comment by BARTLEBEE — September 6, 2007″
it’s easy to maul someone with no mind of his own, who’s only repeating what he is told.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:06 pmHow would I know? I’m a Catholic Baptist.
Comment by Jake D
A catholic babtist? You cant be a Bushie unless your an evangelical armageddonist!
September 6th, 2007 at 4:07 pm“What does that say about the Ivy League schools - Yale in particular?”
That they let in “legacies” even if they are rather dull-witted?
September 6th, 2007 at 4:07 pmJakey,
September 6th, 2007 at 4:07 pmIf you weren’t so consumed with hating Clinton, you would have googled the holiday FIRST, idiot.
A school that accepts idiots has no credibility I guess.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:08 pmOy vey.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:08 pmPhoto caption:
“Dang, Condi musta put the diaper on the wrong end this mornin’.”
September 6th, 2007 at 4:09 pmBartlebee, Bartlebee….
Rotflmao!
His parents baptized him, then they terrorized him.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:09 pmBush says it’s today,,that’s good enough for the repub sheep, they all nod in agreement. “Yes sir,decider!”
September 6th, 2007 at 4:10 pmit’s easy to maul someone with no mind of his own, who’s only repeating what he is told.
Comment by cha cha cha — September 6, 2007 @ 4:06 pm
Perhaps but don’t sell yourself short. He is a paid liar and a paid liar is hard to debate. He just makes up stuff as he goes and hopes that a percentage of it flys by. But you guys snatched the facts and irrefutably smacked him down in a matter of seconds, literally. Thats the kind of stuff I like to see. Thats the stuff that wins hearts and minds, and elections.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:10 pmBush is a dumbf*ck.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:11 pmBush thought it was Rush Hoshanah, a religious holiday honoring Limbaugh.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:13 pmIt’s the intenational DATE line NOT the international WEEK line..
What an IDIOT!!!!
September 6th, 2007 at 4:15 pmActaully he thinks he is the Pope in this picture.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:15 pmbush and jake are their parent’s clusterf****.s…You all are brilliant today, thank’s for the laugh’s…Blessings
September 6th, 2007 at 4:18 pmActaully he thinks he is the Pope in this picture.
Comment by John Sacks — September 6, 2007 @ 4:15 pm
And we all know he’s actually the Poop!!!
September 6th, 2007 at 4:19 pmSo does that mean you fondle your kids before you beat them?
Comment by BARTLEBEE
I said no dancing!!
[Whap Whap]
September 6th, 2007 at 4:19 pmWhere did Jake go?
Ohhhhhh, I get it. All that dumb sh!t about Clinton, etc. was a FakeJakeâ„¢. Like the opossum you just ran over, a FakeJakeâ„¢ is only visible in the rearview mirror.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:22 pmIchthus!
September 6th, 2007 at 4:23 pmI keep forgetting what the name stands for. Please let me know if you can.
I know in Christianity it’s I(esus) ch(ristos) th(anatos), but I don’t remember the rest. Sorry for going off-topic, folks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthus
Wilco, Google is your friend.
ΙΧΘΥΣ
September 6th, 2007 at 4:25 pmWhether Rosh Hashanah was on September 7th in 1994, Clinton still issued his greetings TWO DAYS EARLY — oh, the humanity!!!
September 6th, 2007 at 4:26 pmgummitch, unfortunately, wiki is blocked here at work
September 6th, 2007 at 4:27 pm#67: It’s Iesu Christi Theos (god) Uios (son of) Soter (savior) = ichthys = fish (substitutions for chi and theta, obviously).
September 6th, 2007 at 4:30 pmPaul Smith, WTF?
September 6th, 2007 at 4:31 pmSpock, the robot people search engine which scours the Web for references to build dubiously accurate profiles, lists George W. Bush among the day’s most popular terrorists. A mere 18 votes (granted, that’s two more than Osama Bin Laden received) won him a spot on the homepage. But terrorist isn’t even among the top 50 Bush labels. Adjectives like “idiot,” “miserable failure,” and “warmonger” are far more popular.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:33 pmWhether Rosh Hashanah was on September 7th in 1994, Clinton still issued his greetings TWO DAYS EARLY — oh, the humanity!!!
Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 4:26 pm
So you admit you LIED on your previous post! About time, RETARD BOY!!!
September 6th, 2007 at 4:33 pmIt it is like an insane asylum out there?
September 6th, 2007 at 4:33 pmI keep forgetting what the name stands for. Please let me know if you can. -Wilco
It means, in Greek, Fish. Yet also that leads to other things
September 6th, 2007 at 4:33 pmPISCES. Egyptian name in the Zodiac of Denderah = Pi-cot Orion or Pisces Hori = the fishes
Whether Rosh Hashanah was on September 7th in 1994, Clinton still issued his greetings TWO DAYS EARLY — oh, the humanity!!!
Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 4:26 pm
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I know it’s wrong to laugh at stupid people or fools, but I can’t help in Jakes case.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:33 pmPaul, are you a descendent of Joseph?
September 6th, 2007 at 4:36 pmIch,
September 6th, 2007 at 4:36 pmI knew it was fish. It’s why early Christians painted the fish on their homes when they had secret meetings.
I was referring to the religious connotation. Looks like I was at least close in remembering the specificis.
Thanks, everyone.
I know it’s wrong to laugh at stupid people or fools, but I can’t help in Jakes case.
Comment by A.Political — September 6, 2007 @ 4:33 pm
I know. I think it’s because he’s always so full of himself and utterly incapable of acknowledging his limitations.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:37 pmPaul Smith that post is worthy of the National Enquirer.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:38 pmtrollbuster, watch it or you’ll end up on his IGNORE LIST
September 6th, 2007 at 4:39 pmdear god you don’t want to get on that!
If anyone NOT on the “Ignore List” wants me to check whether any of the other SEVEN Clinton greetings for Rosh Hashanah were more than two days early, let me know.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:40 pmIf Bush were the Israeli leader, he would have wished American Christians a happy Easter on April Fools Day.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:41 pmtrollbuster:
Did you see my link to Wayne’s post that claimed I never posted a single fact?
September 6th, 2007 at 4:42 pmAnticipation…Anticipation…is making me wait…
September 6th, 2007 at 4:45 pmis that a fact… yawwwn
September 6th, 2007 at 4:45 pmIf the Isreali’s were Bush’s leader, he would have wished us Rosh Hashanah a week early…
oh, wait….
(never mind……..)
September 6th, 2007 at 4:48 pmfish (substitutions for chi and theta, obviously).
Comment by PeterW
Yepper.
Porphyry of Tyros, the Egyptians used an X [Chi]within a circle as a symbol of the soul [Theta=O]
Just messing around here; CHI=X in Greek, We also find a pyramid in China in XIAN. [worldplay CHI-AN] QI in china is the life force.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:50 pmI wonder if Bush will claim reading the Torah (or whatever the scroll is, I’m not Jewish) to his list of books read this year.
“I’m up to 88, Laura!!!”
Did he resist the urge to rub the rabbi’s yarmakuh since it probably reminds him of a bald head?
September 6th, 2007 at 4:51 pmComment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 4:40 pm
PROVIDE ALL THE POST YOU CAN MORON!!!
And show me how this means something in todays world a$$wipe!!
September 6th, 2007 at 4:51 pmI don’t know which is more appropriate: Oy! or Doy!
September 6th, 2007 at 4:51 pmDo you remember when I said that I’ve never claimed to have posted a single fact? If not then let me say it again, I never post facts.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:59 pmbush nick-named the guy in the picture peter rabbi after his second favorite book…
September 6th, 2007 at 5:05 pmThe devil is in the details.
#67 Jake D. - I really don’t believe you showed up here on this post with a “Clinton did it too.” retort.
Wow!!
September 6th, 2007 at 5:25 pmFunny, usually the trolls are at least smarter than Bush - gonna have to call this a tie for stupidity…
September 6th, 2007 at 5:28 pmWell, Art, there’s a very good reason why these are issued EARLY (so far, we’ve established between 2-7 days). Let me know if you have any questions.
September 6th, 2007 at 5:30 pmComment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 5:30 pm
You loud-mouthed, blow-hard were’s the post and links to the sh!t you promised??? LOSER!!!
September 6th, 2007 at 5:33 pmWere’s the Clinton did it more links Jake D(ick)???
AT THIS POST:
Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 4:40 pm
AS YOU PROMISED!!! PROVIDE PROOF OR STFU!!!
September 6th, 2007 at 5:38 pm————–
Bush paying homage to the invisible hand that he answers to and that controls him: THE JEWS.
Get the dual citizenship holding Jews out of the United States Government.
OUT!
NO MORE WAR FOR ISRAEL.
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September 6th, 2007 at 5:41 pmIf anyone NOT on the “Ignore List†(for resorting to personal attacks and/or refusing to answer my questions) wants me to double-check whether any of the other SEVEN Clinton greetings for Rosh Hashanah were more than two days early, let me know.
September 6th, 2007 at 5:52 pm#99,
Why do you qualify your demands. JUST PUT UP OR SHUT THE PHUCK U*P!!!
Who cares who’s on the “IGNORE LIST”? PHUCK YOU!! SPEAK UP A$$$HOLE!!!
Prove your point jerk wad!!!
Post your links LOSER!!!!!
September 6th, 2007 at 5:59 pmGive it a rest, son. Nobody cares about Clinton.
September 6th, 2007 at 6:00 pmthe only thing missing is a propeller on dumbya’s yarmulke.
September 6th, 2007 at 6:16 pmHappy Thanksgiving, Jake.
September 6th, 2007 at 6:33 pmWell, Art, there’s a very good reason why these are issued EARLY (so far, we’ve established between 2-7 days). Let me know if you have any questions.
Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 5:30 pm
And the very good reason is that Jake will go to any extreme to avoid acknowledging that his hero, Dubya, has made a mistake. Just like Dubya himself.
For the record, Jake, no one “established between 2-7 days”). We did establish, however, that you are a putz. A shmuck.
September 6th, 2007 at 6:52 pmWell, Art, there’s a very good reason why these are issued EARLY (so far, we’ve established between 2-7 days). Let me know if you have any questions.
Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 5:30 pm
THIS is your answer for having been caught in a LIE? BAHAHA, your dementia has taken hold old man!
If anyone NOT on the “Ignore List†(for resorting to personal attacks and/or refusing to answer my questions) wants me to double-check whether any of the other SEVEN Clinton greetings for Rosh Hashanah were more than two days early, let me know.
Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 5:52 pm
A couple of days, when weekends are involved, hmmm., now WHY would that happen? Compared to an entire week before the holiday? Happy easter, retarded Jake!
September 6th, 2007 at 6:58 pmAw give Jake D Fake a break, he is paid by the post by the RNC and needs to pay his rent. Poor guy….75 years (snicker, yeah right) old and still living in his mothers basement (snicker).
September 6th, 2007 at 7:01 pmJake you dumbass, you don’t even know the Jewish Holidays aren’t based on our calendar. Maybe you should shut your yap before you embarass yourself more.
September 6th, 2007 at 7:19 pmthis is code.
the bombing will begin on the 12th.
(the invasion of Iraq in 2003 coincided with Purim)
happy new year!
September 6th, 2007 at 7:25 pmwhether any of the other SEVEN Clinton greetings for Rosh Hashanah were more than two days early, let me know.
Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007 @ 4:40
Jake, has the dementia been officially diagnosed yet?
September 6th, 2007 at 7:28 pmhere we go again
September 6th, 2007 at 7:36 pmJake, has the dementia been officially diagnosed yet?
Comment by shayne — September 6, 2007 @ 7:28 pm
He has a CHEAP HMO like most old republicans that refuse MEDICARE because its run by commies! They just give him a Tylenol and tell him to reschedule for a doctor next year…
September 6th, 2007 at 7:47 pmRabbi Bush says it Rosh Hashanah.
September 6th, 2007 at 9:10 pmTalk about “Flat out sloppy”. Must be due for a little “vacation”.
September 6th, 2007 at 10:34 pmIt’s better than a Labor Day Proclamation AFTER Labor Day ; )
September 6th, 2007 at 10:41 pmNow we know why he was so bad — with all his handlers.
Scott
September 6th, 2007 at 11:12 pm“We had to celebrate Rosh Hashannah early this year. I couldn’t be there next week cause I’m doing a photo-op at a NUKULAR PLANT!”
September 6th, 2007 at 11:28 pmAw give Jake D Fake a break, he is paid by the post by the RNC and needs to pay his rent. Poor guy….75 years (snicker, yeah right) old and still living in his mothers basement (snicker).
Comment by Buck Fush
And his mother right there with him, just like Norman Bates!
September 6th, 2007 at 11:30 pmIt’s better than a Labor Day Proclamation AFTER Labor Day ; )
Comment by Jake D. — September 6, 2007
Yeah, but NOT as good as George H.W. Bush telling us on September 7, 1991 that we need to remember the 50th anniversary of
Pearl Harbor.
Yes, he DID, cause I heard him say it on the RADIO.
He’s ANOTHER idiot and TRAITOR.
September 6th, 2007 at 11:35 pmI guess it’s good P-R for bush to recognize the Jewish new year, a time for introspection, recognizing past mistakes and making a new plan for the coming year, but since he isn’t a Jew, obvisouly has no motivation to ‘rethink the course’ then Jews world wide should be offended by the image of him wearing the Yamika. Just my two cents.
September 6th, 2007 at 11:40 pmwill he be fasting during ramadan also?
September 7th, 2007 at 1:49 amOnce again, the nutroots grasping at straws, innefectively attempting to make President Bush look bad, while they pat each other on the back and smugly assert to each other how they “got him” again.
America yawns.
How about some real news:
Wal-Mart’s already got the Christmas stuff out!
Oh yeah, everyone already knows that….it’s called planning ahead. (They wouldn’t put the stuff out if we didn’t buy it.)
September 7th, 2007 at 1:49 amO. Bigfoot,
Or how about this for some real news:
September 7th, 2007 at 2:02 am11 N.J. officials (who just happen to be Democrats!) arrested on corruption
As much as I hate Bush, this isn’t really a story. Politicians from all parties and all over the world pre-record stuff early if need be. Bush will be in Sydney at APEC so did it earlier. His Christmas address was recorded a few months ago (no joke).
September 7th, 2007 at 4:25 amWho cares about Rosh Hashanah, it is just another ignorant superstition. The bible-thumpers should read all of Leviticus 23 and ask themselves how many of the multiple rules they follow, or the condemnation that is waiting if they don’t.
28And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
29For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
30And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
31Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Nice effing god there, isn’t it? Even nicer, Leviticus 24:
13And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
14Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
15And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
16And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
Then, how many godophiles follow this command from Leviticus 25?
1And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.
3Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;
4But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.
Also Lev 25 continues about the Jubilee.
11A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
12For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.
There is also a lot of detail about how to treat slaves. Good examples of what a bunch of ignorant hypocrites biblee-believers are.
September 7th, 2007 at 6:34 amJake? You posting the thing showing Clinton issuing a Rosh Hashanah statement on September 5, 1994 makes you look stupid. Rosh Hashanah was actually ON September 5th in 1994 (http://www.bioinfo.rpi.edu/~zukerm/cgi-bin/nph-g2h-cal.cgi?MONTH=September&YEAR=1994). And do you REALLY think that synagogues all over the country read Presidential statements during their High Holy Day services?
September 7th, 2007 at 9:09 amRegarding Jake’s “Clinton did it too” posts.
September 7th, 2007 at 10:01 amThe Bush administration has done us a favor.
In the next Democratic administration, when Right Wingers start pointing at them for any real or imagined transgressions, we will be able to honestly reply “Bush was worse.”
Its not early ladies and gentleman! He’s doing a preemptive strike!!
September 7th, 2007 at 2:27 pmJust goes to show how ignorant and uncaring this guy is to everybody else but himself. The US government is so wrapped up in it own greedy wants to care about others. This guy is the president! he has a legion of lackeys to find this stuff out for him and he doesn’t evn bother. This guy needs to go down. I think “Burning at the Stake” would be too good for him.
September 7th, 2007 at 2:35 pmThis is news?? Yawn
September 7th, 2007 at 3:21 pmHate to burst your bubble everyone, but Bush did not write or release that statement. I doubt he even knows what Rosh Hoshanah is and we all know he is incapable of putting a sentence together.
Technically, I don’t think the greeting is wrong if given before actual date. It’s like saying “Happy New Year” before Jan 1, but this announcement did sound as if Rosh Hoshanah began this evening.
September 7th, 2007 at 3:32 pmsdfasdfasdf
September 8th, 2007 at 2:10 pmOnly if you’re dumb as a doornail and intellectually impaired could you
September 8th, 2007 at 2:12 pmOnly if you’re dumb as a doornail and intellectually impaired could you not understand the stunningly simple thesis of one Fred Thompson. If Toilet Paper and all its hate-site adherents here brainlessly concur that Thompson’s phrase about quitting smoking was awkward, then they’re even more hopelessly unenlightened than 72-year-old Jim Moran. The difference is that event-attendee Moran has an excuse for his slow pickup: he’s probably senile and deteriorating in his old age
September 8th, 2007 at 2:12 pmWhat Thompson meant, clearly enough, is that Al-Qaeda imposed bans on smoking (including bans on every other freedom and personal-choice issue like drinking, clothing, etc.) to the point where Sunnis realized that Al-Qaeda was an Islamofascist outfit, nothing else.
September 8th, 2007 at 2:13 pmOnly if you’re dumb as a doornail and intellectually impaired could you not understand the stunningly simple thesis of one Fred Thompson. If Toilet Paper and all its hate-site adherents here brainlessly concur that Thompson’s phrase about quitting smoking was awkward, then they’re even more hopelessly unenlightened than 72-year-old Jim Moran. The difference is that event-attendee Moran has an excuse for his slow pickup: he’s probably senile and deteriorating in his old age. What Thompson meant, clearly enough, is that Al-Qaeda imposed bans on smoking (including bans on every other freedom and personal-choice issue like drinking, clothing, etc.) to the point where Sunnis realized that Al-Qaeda was an Islamofascist outfit, nothing else. Thompson’s smoking reference–misconceived by brain dead libtards–was a brilliant comparison of the anti-freedeom ideology of Al-Qaeda, an ideology which seeks to dictate people. The Sunnis finally realized this, and that’s why they’re joining the US in Anbar.
September 8th, 2007 at 2:14 pmSure, I was as ready to take a crack at the President over this Rosh Hashanah thing as anybody (Comment # 131 above.) But I understand even St. Paul’s letter to the Galatians went out a week early for logistical reasons (5 day ground delivery).
So I’m willing to accept any of the explanations for the early letter: get it dictated and out before Australia, mail early enough to be read in the synagogues, sent out over his name without even knowing it, a week early is perfectly acceptable. But acknowledging any of that, I got no schtick! (If somebody can find a photo of Clinton calling the congregation to prayer with the Saxophone, I’d be much obliged.)
To tell the truth, even if they made a mistake, it’s OK on something like this, we all do (the war is another story). You may hate the guy, but it’s really not that sportsmanlike to use a decent gesture like this to reinforce whatever preconceptions we may have about Bush, his intellect, etc. That’s RW talk show stuff. Save it for something bad. Probably won’t be that long a wait.
And btw if you agree it’s uncool to ad hominem Bush over this, than there’s not need to do it to each other — even when we ourselves are wright or wrong about this, or Clinton, or whatever. I haven’t been reading this site long enough to know if it’s an ongoing exchange and only in fun, but, right and left, we ought to be able to take this up a notch. Anyway thanks for indulging this opinion. Now have at me.
September 8th, 2007 at 8:21 pmBTW. Where’d my original comment go that had been #130? Can anybody tell me what vaporized it so I’ll know for the future? Length, content, the fear that the comedically challenged might have perceived that Ben Stein was actually being quoted? What?
September 9th, 2007 at 1:21 pmIsn’ it a shame that our liberal friends have to find an excuse to make a fool out of our President Bush. I came from a mome that had respect for the President. By the way, Happy New Year to all the believers that we can all make this World a better place by what we do not what we say!
September 9th, 2007 at 4:17 pmFor Pete’s sake. News releases have always been sent out early so that they can get into printed publications in a timely fashion including those that are not printed daily. Better early than published days late. Our problem is now that we have near instant publication on the internet which seems peculiar.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:22 pmAs a Jewessa, I take offense to that man wearing a kippa. I don’t care how Conservative the Rabbi was, that shit is just wrong!
And Pat, better early on a L’Shana Tova from a shiksa is neither appropriate or accepted by me.
September 11th, 2007 at 2:09 pmEvery year we get the same anti bush blog spot from someone.
The White House does this EVERY year. I’m pretty sure Clinton and Bush 1 and Reagen also did it. They also do this early for Pesach and I think Chanukah. Maybe they should do it a few days before instead of a week, but when would be better ON Rosh Hashana? A few days people are running like rats preparing they wouldnt even hear about it. A week before is very nice, that way everyone sees the well wishes from President.
We should be thankful that they not only respect our right to practice our religion but that the President of the country sends his own well wishes to us for each holiday. We didn’t have it so sweet in generations past.
Let’s focus on the good, eh?
September 11th, 2007 at 7:34 pmMaybe this explains why he would be making a nationally televised address on Rosh Hashanah. Either that or he just wants to alienate 5% of the American population that will be celebrating a holiday Thursday. I dont seem to recall any nationally televised address on Christmas or Easter.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:53 amWho is the rabbi that is helping Bush? Aren’t the jewish people supposed to be a light to the gentiles? “Those who do not know the law, are cursed”, correct?
September 13th, 2007 at 11:02 amWhy didn’t someone “in the know” advise the President?
A courtesy and honor was given to the Jewish people. Humility is also a godly characteristic.
That’s all fine. What, however, do you think about Obadiah Shoher’s criticism pf Rosh Hashanah as aholiday that has nothing to do with New Year? Here, for example http://samsonblinded.org/blog/petty-paganism.htm
September 17th, 2007 at 1:58 pm