Earlier this month, Elliott’s Hardware store in Dallas offered former President Bush a job as a part-time greeter. “We think it would be a great fit for him as he settles back into life in Dallas,” the store’s owner said. Bush showed up at the store on Friday “lookin’ for a job,” he said to some of Elliott’s employees. Bush ended up turning down the offer but continued on his quest for “flashlights and batteries.” Watch a local Dallas news report:
The Decider was there buying flashlights and batteries. He past over the aisle containing morals, honesty, and integrity…. you know the one right next to the “Mission Accomplished” banner.
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:50 amCoward.
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:51 am“…he posed for pictures and bought flashlights and some batteries. Along with those items he left with an Elliott’s blue uniform jacket and a name tag…”
Then he went home to play “Security Guard” with Barney
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:53 amDid he pay for anything he walked out with?
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:56 amBusiness as usual for Dubya the Dubious.
Bush… continued on his quest for “flashlights and batteries.”
– - Hey, what does he know that we should know?
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:57 amHe applied but could not figure out how to fill out the application. Store mgmt also wanted him to wear a bicycle helmet full time, even on coffee breaks.
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:57 amI know this story is funny but the 5000 dead troops and ruined economy really put a dampener on my giggle circuits.
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 amIf they offered him a job, they must not have bothered with a background check.
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 amI’ve been day dreaming about how many SHARP objects are in hardware store. No shoes…..but lots and lots of sharp objects. How long do you think he’d last in that environment?
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 amOne can only dream…..
Bush ended up turning down the offer…
Apparently, because a drug test is required for new hires.
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 amHow unfortunate, it might have been his only success in life, it was commensurate with his talents
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:01 amIf former President and criminal-at-large Bush had taken the job, Elliott’s Hardware would likely be going out of business in less than one year given Dubya’s reverse midas touch. EVERYTHING that fool touches turns to shit!
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:01 amFlashlights and batteries aren’t going to do him much good. He’ll still be in the dark on pretty much everything.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:02 amBush continued on his quest for “flashlights and batteries.
And duct tape, plastic wrapping, and gas masks!
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:03 am“Bush turns down greeter position…”
Bush probably seemed so distraught when he discovered that the job offer was in jest, that they allowed him to claim that he turned down the job.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:03 amHe needed the flashlight ’cause someone told him to put it where the sun doesn’t shine.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:06 amA Patriot Acting,
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:06 amI respectfully disagree, only in the fact that he would be employed by the company, and not actually OWN it.
Plus, I think the hardware store would have increased traffic.
Hell, I’d visit and actually make a purchase or two, just for the fact that I’d be able to ridicule our former president.
How cool would that be, to enter the store, see Dubya, and call him a mucking foron to his face! Pretty damn cool, until the secret servicemen pummeled me mercilessly.
“Bush turns down greeter position…”
He did however ask if they have any branches in Paraguay “just in case”!
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:07 amThe store owner’s were pleased that georgie didn’t take the job because their store couldn’t absorb the impact of a shoulder mounted missile.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:07 amTypical childish stunt to get attention. Nothing more.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:09 amNevar Says:
Typical childish stunt to get attention. Nothing more.
Maybe he just figured it was the only store safe to visit, with no fear that people would start hurling tampons and shoes at him.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:11 amHas the Bubble ever really been employed??
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:14 amGreat — just what we need, yet another criminal on the unemployment line and welfare dole in Texas…
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:19 amI heard the economy was still pretty good in Dallas, but couldn’t Elliot’s find someone qualified for the position?
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:21 ami seriously doubt he’s qualified.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:21 amDRxJ Says:
I respect your disagreeing with me Dr. but may I ask you an honest question? Putting politics aside (difficult but try) if you owned a business would YOU hire George Gilligan Bush?He wouldn’t own the company, just be an employee. I’m still confident that he would cause the ruination of your business in less than twelve months.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:22 amSure. The Texas Rangers once gave him a job to steal $135 million from the taxpayers of Arlington, Texas. He was very successful, and he pocketed $14 million out of the scam.
Bush as businessman
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:27 amHow the Texas governor made his millions
He turned down this job. And to think, it would pay twice as much as W will be making on his speaking tours. Always the smart business man, isn’t he?
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:28 amI’ll bet it’s the first time he’s ever been in a hardware store.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:28 amYou lost, Jerky Johhny!
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:38 amAwwww, and he had such a future there…
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:39 amMr. Philby Says:
BDS!
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Apparently it’s become a world wide pandemic, you li’l bath water drinker, you!
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:40 amWell, to my fellow Texans “representin’” in the video, “yes”, he is REAL (”i heard this voice, looked over, and there HE was RIGHT THERE???”)
Idjits.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:40 amSpeaking of Dallas….. Even D Magazine in Dallas calls Pete Sessions “sleaze”
http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2009/02/21/the-pete-sessions-sleaze-patrol/
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:42 amI hope GWB remember that Real Estate saying; Most times the first offer is the best offer”.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:42 amWell, JK, President Obama won’t have to worry about employment opportunities after his 8 years in office, because he has something to fall back on which you and your love doll both lack. That would be a first-rate education. I would suggest that you and Shrub take advantage of the stimulus bill and seek remedial training.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:42 amThe initial offer from Elliot’s hardware to Shrub regarding the greeter’s position – pure snark.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:44 amThe hardware store can count their blessings. W would have screwed up and killed their business. Was he also buying duct tape and plastic along with the flashlight and batteries?
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:44 amW stole enough from the people of Arlington on the stadium deal and sales taxes and then from the public coffers while in the goverors office and as POTUS to last him. All he needs to do is sit back and take it easy for all that hard republican work.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:48 amshoeless says: “…He was very successful, and he pocketed $14 million out of the scam.”
Arlington got lucky; Dubya’s deal didn’t destroy the city and the ballpark actually got finished. I remember at the time not begrudging the chump trading on the family name, but I wonder how the new batch Bush underachievers feel, now that he’s “screwed the pooch” for them ever going back to that well.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:48 amI mean, no one could have anticipated Dubya pulling up the ladder behind him, on his own kin.
gee, I dunno….in this tight job market I wouldn’t be so quick to turn down gainful employment.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:49 amMr. Philby Says:
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BDS!
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:18 am
Apparently , you suffer from the same debilitating disease that Jim Bunning and Bill Frist suffer from in misdiagnosing ailments ……
Your condition is called “perpetual stupidity”…..
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:49 amW should be a greeter at the Federal Pen.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:49 amHow does one become incredibly gald?
Just curious…
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:50 amBush greeter: This way to the
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:51 amscrewingscrews.Bush ended up turning down the offer but continued on his quest for “flashlights and batteries.”
But alas , poor Georgie could still not find those missing WMD’s nor a clue ……..
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:51 amJK, haven’t you heard. President Obama said he will allow Bush’s precious tax cuts for the uber-wealthy to expire next year. He is now in a meeting with business and government leaders to discuss additional tax increases on your rich idols in order to cut the deficit. You should really pay closer attention.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:51 amWhat color of alert are we on now?
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:53 amStore management figured out that all they needed was a cardboard cutout of bush, which was much more qualified then the real thing.
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Maybe, if you consider the owners selling out for about the same amount of profit as the taxpayers poured into the stadium to be “lucky”.
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:56 amjb Says:
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What color of alert are we on now?
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:53 am
Whatever color is used for the condition known as “bullshit”….
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:57 amI don’t know. Why don’t you ask your buddys at the next cross burning?
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:00 pmjb Says:
“What color of alert are we on now?
February 23rd, 2009 at 11:53 am Add Karma Recommend (2) |”
Permanent Orange.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:03 pmHe’s not smart enough to be a greeter, besides think of all the people that would spit on him….very messy.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:05 pmWhen I go to the local hardware store, I go because they have people there who can give me good advice.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:05 pmThe giddy response of all those interviewed made me gag. I’ll never step foot in an Elliott’s again.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:08 pmHey, maybe bush could stand in the parking lot and let people throw shoes at him, that way he wouldn’t have to strain his brain by talking.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:09 pmUnder-qualified, was he?
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:15 pmJohn Kerry Says:
I can’t wait to see how the “Edward R Murrow” of our time spins the NON repeal of the tax cuts tonight on COUNTDOWN TO LOW RATINGS!!!
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And yet you’ll be watching it…
Irony… it does a troll good…
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 pmBill Clinton gives $100,000 speeches and troll Kerry thinks Obama will end up shining shoes.
JK, wanna know one great talent of Obama’s? GIVING SPEECHES.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 pmWhat a shame that he turned this job down. It might have been a chance for him for the first time in his life to over achieve.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 pmJK: HINT: tax cuts (NO!)
The recovery bill includes tax cuts. Try to keep up with current events.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 pmAnyone know if Gonzo heard this story, and immediately called the store to find out if the position was still open?
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:21 pmI would like to suggest that Bush be given a mop. That way for a change, he can clean up the public’s messes instead of the other way around.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:24 pmYou mean Sandy Berger? The former Clinton official of whom “after a long investigation, Justice Department prosecutors determined that Berger only removed classified copies of data stored on hard drives stored in the National Archives, and that no original material was destroyed”?
THAT Sandy Berger? The one who “eventually pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material”?
That’s all ya got? Come on, Mr. Philby, I’d have thought someone resourceful enough to be a doubler agent giving Stalin classified information would bring more to the table than this. I mean, cripes, Sandy Berger wasn’t even sentenced to jail time.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:27 pmElliot’s Hardware would be unable to have enough people to sign loyalty oaths to chimpy to stay in business.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:29 pmBush was not offered a greeter’s job at Payless. They were afraid of the wear and tear on their inventory.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:32 pmYes, but Elliot explained to Fredo that hammers and pliers were not meant to be sold as torture devices.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:38 pmMr. Philby Says:
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jb Says:
W should be a greeter at the Federal Pen.
Sandy Burgler, anybody?
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm
WHO ????
Is he related to SCOOTER LIBBY ?
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:39 pmPeorgieTirebiter Says:
I wonder how the new batch Bush underachievers feel, now that he’s “screwed the pooch” for them ever going back to that well.
I mean, no one could have anticipated Dubya pulling up the ladder behind him, on his own kin.
This Bush seems to be doing just fine…unfortunately:
‘George P. Bush may not be ready to follow his father, grandfather and uncle into politics just yet, but he is trying to help the Republican Party regain a conservative message, which on Saturday included criticism of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist.
Bush, the son of former Gov. Jeb Bush, grandson of former President George H. Bush and nephew of former President George W. Bush, addressed a national conference of young Republicans and told them there is a rift in the party between fiscal conservatives and what he calls “D light” – Republicans who are trying to appeal to the political middle.’
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:39 pmI bet Mr. Philby would condone the outing of an undercover CIA agent.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:40 pmshoeless, I understand, I guess my point was that, it could have been worse, at least Halliburton didn’t get the contract to build it and KBR isn’t running the concession stands.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:41 pmMr. Philby Says:
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ralph the wonder llama
You mean you would defend and condone a (d) stealing top secret documents? Shocker!
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:38 pm
As opposed to you and your retarded political brethren , who have defended and condoned an entire administration outing an undercover CIA agent , which is grounds for treason ……..
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Yeah, with all that dirty money to be made, I wonder why Dick Cheney didn’t appoint himself as Vice President of the Texas Rangers?
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:43 pmMr. Philby, ya got nuttin. Ya know that Moses was a murder, doncha?
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:43 pmSandy Burgler???
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:48 pmMr. Pillby says:
LOL! A freakin’ pencil pushin’ tramp!
Throwing your blatant sexism aside, you probably best refer to her as a frekin’ pencil pushin’ COVERT agent!
Mucking foron!
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:51 pm… says a poster named after a notorious double agent for Stalin.
But now that you mention it, can you point where I condoned the offense you cited, minor though it was?
You mean you would make up stuff about others to pretend you have a point?
Not much of a shocker, really. Pretty much what we’ve come to expect from you.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:52 pmWhoa, there, Philby, I don’t think anybody was talking about Condaleeza Bush–I mean Rice.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:52 pmdang! Dubbie’s one chance to do something with his life to actually help people and he passes it up.
st. peter ain’t gonna be pleased with this development.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:53 pmMr. Philby, why do you hate undercover CIA agents who work to gather information on Iran’s Weapons of Mass Destruction programs?
Are you an Iranian spy?
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:53 pmMr.Pillsbury says:
No biggie (in reference to 9/11)
Such compassion!
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:53 pmYour standard knee-jerk right-wing dismissal of Valerie Plame’s duties notwithstanding, she was still a covert agent and White House officials revealed her identity to a reporter.
And you condone it.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:54 pmmary,
Take heart, a Shrub addressing the right wing’s junior youth is a long way from, a Bush having unlimited corporate funds to grease their ambitions. Dubya may not have completely broken the vault, but he definitely made it a lot harder to open.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:55 pmIf the above idiot was referring to Sandy Berger, Mr. Berger’s bit of carelessness pales to the point of total insignificance compare to the treasonous crimes of George W. Bush, his cohorts and the minions of braindead followers.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:57 pmUnfortunately for you, sarcasm requires an established pattern of reasonable commentary in order to be effective. It’s the contrast between one’s standard level-headed discourse and the outrageousness of the sarcastic remark that clues the listener to its intent.
You, sadly, have failed to establish such a pattern of reasonable discourse, thus your attempts at sarcasm will always fail until such a pattern is established.
I won’t hold my breath.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:59 pmThere it is.
When confronted with facts to counter an argument, Mr.Pillsbury resorts to the “It’s just sarcasm” facade.
Weak.
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:59 pmVery weak.
Mr. Empty seems to be grasping at straws. I suggest a very long session of silent prayer.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:00 pmPeople too dumb, lazy or stubborn to wipe their own asses is all that’s left of the GOP.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:01 pmMr. Philby’s brain. No biggie.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:02 pmMr. Philby’s heart. No biggie.
Mr. Philby’s contribution to America. No biggie.
Mr. Philby Says:
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As opposed to you and your retarded political brethren , who have defended and condoned an entire administration outing an undercover CIA agent , which is grounds for treason ……..
LOL! A freakin’ pencil pushin’ tramp!
February 23rd, 2009 at 12:48 pm
According to whom ?
A GOP salad tossing sycophant ?
Wow ………That’s quite impressive
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:02 pmThat is a standard wingnut evasion tactic. Note that whenever Rush Limbaugh is called on one of his more heinous, indefensible idiocies, he and/or his defenders say that he is just “an entertainer”.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:03 pmI don’t want to put anything in your mouth. God knows where it’s been.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:05 pmMr. Empty evokes a insignificant event of a past official taking home a few photocopies of insignificant information in a feeble attempt to excuse the acts of TREASON that came from the highest level of the Bush administration.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:06 pmThat’s because Dick Cheney said if he authorized treason, that means it wasn’t treason.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:07 pmMr. Philby Says:
“And the belief is, among his friends, that he thought if that document became public in some forum, it would be seen as a variety of actions that he could have taken to prevent 9/11 but didn’t take.”
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Funny, that… just how could Sandy have prevented 9/11 when he wasn’t serving in the current admin at the time?
Hey… someone was in office on 9/11, and chose to ignore a briefing entitled “Bin Ladin Determined To Strike Inside US”… what was his name?
It’s coming back to me (heh… how quickly we try to forget, huh?)…
Botch… it was that Botch feller… HE was in office on 9/11.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:08 pmMr. Philby, were you not the one who said that I “condoned” the misdemeanors of Sandy Berger, absent all evidence?
Were you not the one who said that outed covert CIA agent Valerie Plame was a “freakin’ pencil-pushin’ tramp”, thus implying that her outing was justified?
We don’t have to make up false claims. You provide all the fodder for any “smears” (also known as “pointing out the troll’s foolishness”).
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:09 pmMr. Philby Says:
Unlike you loons, I remember 9/11.
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Then… ***droll pause***
You should remember who was “IN OFFICE” on 9/11, right?
Clue fer ya, Sherlock… it wasn’t Clinton, or Berger.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:10 pmMr. Philby Says:
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It’s funny you loons are so desperate to smear me you have to make false claims and put words in my mouth. Unlike you loons, I remember 9/11. You peeps would rather sweep it under your dirty rug.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I was part of the clean-up effort…… I bet you don’t live within a thousand miles of the NY/Tri State area ; don’t try to tell me about 9/11 , you sorry little pissant .
While you were cowering in your little hovel/trailer in East Buttfu(k , Kentucky , others of us had the (worst kind) of work to do……….
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 pmI knew it was Jimmy Carter’s fault!
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 pmshoeless Says:
I knew it was Jimmy Carter’s fault!
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I dunno, shoeless… I see FDR’s greasy fingerprints all over this one…
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 pmOh yeah, well Bush tells fart jokes.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:12 pmTRoS is the master of the droll pause, for sure.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:12 pmjb Says:
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Oh yeah, well Bush tells fart jokes.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Bush IS a fart joke ……….
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:13 pmshoeless Says:
That’s because Dick Cheney said if he authorized treason, that means it wasn’t treason.
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Hey… just because a law has been broken, it doesn’t necessarily mean a crime has been committed. So there!
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:15 pmMCMetal Says:
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:18 pm“A GOP salad tossing sycophant?”
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Now that, is a snappy rejoinder! Menacing, but fair,and with just a hint of intellect. How can you not love being liberal?
Really, Troll JK?
Why don’t you educate us on Sandy berger’s case.
How much jail time did he receive as a result of the investigation and plea?
What was the finding of the investigation regarding any damage to national security?
How would you rank Mr. Berger’s crimes in relation to the outing of a covert CIA agent during wartime?
(By the way, glad to see your doctor finally got the dosage right. You were getting to be such a bore, always posting only a few words and then retreating into your hole again.)
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:23 pmJohn Kerry Says:
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Oh boy! Ralph The boy wonder llama is back from zi jungle again! Must be time for your Noon feeding!
Anyway, love your ridiculous (as usual) comments on Sandy Burglar, Shows you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about (as usual!). But hey, what’s really so wrong with leaving with documents in your socks, underwear, etc. Hell, we all do it, don’t we!!
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Just like we all out undercover CIA agents for any reason , much less political retribution , skid mark ?
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:23 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
TRoS is the master of the droll pause, for sure.
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It’s the practice, ralph…
Feel free to try it sometime.
I see JK is getting bolder these days. Still a little heavy w/ the bolding and caps though. It makes it seem like he’s shouting and waving his hands in the air all time. Bit of a drama queen, if you ask me.
I’m sure someone here has pointed out to our beloved trolls that Berger did plead guilty to a MISDEMEANOR (serious crime, that…), unlike BotchCo, who continue to deny all and anything they can. Shameful…
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:24 pmI’m sure that somebody ate BoldfaceLiar’s lunch already. It happens on a daily basis.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:26 pmWaiting on your response, Troll JK… I’m always eager for education.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:29 pmPeorgieTirebiter Says:
mary,
Take heart, a Shrub addressing the right wing’s junior youth is a long way from, a Bush having unlimited corporate funds to grease their ambitions. Dubya may not have completely broken the vault, but he definitely made it a lot harder to open.
‘Mr. (P) Bush, 32, also dabbles in the family business. He’s a member of the Texas Maverick PAC, a group of young guns that raises money for Republican causes. He frequently speaks at GOP gatherings about outreach to minority voters and the need to get younger Republicans involved in party politics.’
PeorgieTirebiter – as much as I wish I could get the spectre of another Bush out of my mind, I just can’t. Not with his fans calling him their “John-John” etc.
But thanks for your effort to reduce my anxiety about it!
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:31 pmPatrioticLiberalChristian Says:
Mr. Philby, ya got nuttin. Ya know that Moses was a murder, doncha?
Engaged in drunken incest, too..
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:35 pmTroll JK must still be googling wingnut sites to find some dirt on Sandy Berger.
I wonder if he’s tried conservapedia.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:44 pmLibertyLover Says:
PatrioticLiberalChristian Says:
Mr. Philby, ya got nuttin. Ya know that Moses was a murder, doncha?
Engaged in drunken incest, too..
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Whoa… Moses was a GOOPer? Who knew?
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:46 pmPolitics aside, Elliot’s is one of the finest hardware stores I’ve ever been a patron of. If you find yourself in the area, don’t be put off by the store’s brush with Bush.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:51 pmMr. Philby Says:
It’s funny you loons are so desperate to smear me you have to make false claims and put words in my mouth. Unlike you loons, I remember 9/11. You peeps would rather sweep it under your dirty rug.
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From the tenor of this post, I think we call see the tact the wingnuttia will be taking over the next 4 years. It will be endlessly portrayed as being a Democratic failure alone, as evinced by Mr P’s ridiculous posturing.
Funny… for the wingnutters, it appears the Botch Years never happened…
Everything wrong in the whole friggin’ world, including 9/11, was Clinton’s fault. And now, w/ Obama in office, it’s “just more of the same…”
But it’s like the years between 2001 and 2009 just never happened…
Kinda like all those missing emails…
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:51 pmTROS says: Whoa… Moses was a GOOPer? Who knew?
You’re slipping. When he said we’d have to take his gun out of his cold, dead hands that should have been a clue!
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:53 pmI’m sorry for the bold, I’m just hoping that JK will pay attention.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:55 pmJK, you said ralph was WRONG! Yet, you failed to educate us all on how wrong he was.
C’mon! Be a brave little soul and counter his post with facts.
Thus, we define it as a “debate”.
Debates are fun.
And challenging.
Are you up for the challenge?
Are you just a little pissy ant wuss?
Yes, he came in wearing his jacket with the Presidential seal. He must have been afraid no one would recognize him without it. Or he forgot he is no longer in the White house. I wish we could forget. Boy do I ever.
February 23rd, 2009 at 1:58 pmTRoS,
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:12 pmAs hard as it was for me to accept, it’s now clear that Republicans really are going with a strategy of THE BIG LIE.
To say it’s craven would be an understatement, and the frustration of being forced to even respond to such crap is off the charts. Unless the msm starts calling them out from the start, its going to be a long hard slog. I mean, how the hell do you go back to arguing against flat earth theories?
Mr. Philby Says:
BDS!
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YOU are a punk suffering from BIS (Bush Idolotry Syndrome_
You ignorant loaf. You even have to take your insults from what the Limborg hivemind has programmed you with. You are pathetic
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:15 pmCan’t argue with ignorance,
but you can MAKE OUT WITH IT!!!!
woo-hoo righty dummies – thanks for raising $ for CodePink!!!!
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:16 pmMr. Philby Says:
Sandy Burgler, anybody?
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You have to be one of the most ignorant and pathetic creatures on the Planet. Do you EVER post anything that Rush didnt put into your empty and useless head?
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:18 pmPeorgieTirebiter Says:
I mean, how the hell do you go back to arguing against flat earth theories?
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Ummm… w/ a tire iron?
(metaphorically speaking…)
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:19 pmPatrioticLiberalChristian Says:
TROS says: Whoa… Moses was a GOOPer? Who knew?
You’re slipping. When he said we’d have to take his gun out of his cold, dead hands that should have been a clue!
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Heh… it’s Monday… long weekend… blah blah blah… wait ’til Tuesday afternoon… I’ll be back on my game…
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:22 pmGeez, ralph… you were right… JK WAS googling Sandy Berger.
And he’s stealing my material. I can call you “Llama Boy”, but an f-in’ troll?
I’ve notice the damned trolls using several of my lines of late…
F-in’ thieves…
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:23 pmSo, basically, Troll JK… you confirm that Sandy Berger was sentenced to no jail time (as I said) and the investigation found that no original documents were destroyed, and national security had not been compromised (again, as I said).
Thanks for confirming those basic truths.
I accept your apology for saying I had no idea what I was talking about.
I noticed you ignored my third question, however:
How would you rank Mr. Berger’s crimes in relation to the outing of a covert CIA agent during wartime?
I wonder why you ignored that one.
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:23 pmMr. Philby Says: 80
You are a liar and a fool and an ignorant brainwashed piece of garbage. She was a covert agent you MORON. The CIA declassified her job summary and read it into the Congressional record. She WAS covert she had travelled under NOC cover several times the previous year and you are so ignorant pathetic and brainwashed that if you had a shred of decency you would be humiliated.
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:23 pmMr. Philby Says: 100
No one has to smear you. You embarass yourself regularly. Your abject stupidity shines through every post you make. You ignorant troll.
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:25 pmMr. Philby Says:
Unlike you loons, I remember 9/11.
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I remember it too. Unlike you MORONS it didnt make me cower under my bed for seven years like the bedwetting coward you are.
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:27 pmTroll JK, I notice you make the claim that after Berger returned the documents, “there were things missing…… little things like drafts of a sensitive after-action report on the Clinton administration’s response to a failed terror plot to blow up the Los Angeles International Airport during December 1999, otherwise known as “the Millennium plot.”
I also n otice you included no link or source for this claim. The link that I provided earlier — in fact, before you even accused me of “having no idea what I was talking about” — stated quite clearly that the investigation found that no original material was destroyed.
How do you reconcile these statements seemingly at odds with each other?
I eagerly await your response.
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:36 pmOkay. I’m confused. JK THE BOLD YELLED that ralph was wrong. Yet his cut and paste rebuttal basically acknowledged everything that ralph had posted.
WTF?
As for the STill in grade school attack, I wonder if JK THE BOLD would stoop to such a level?
Obrotha the messiah and his shoe shining reference-JK THE BOLD earlier today, before it was flagged and deleted.
Never mind
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:39 pmNow, Troll JK, you know yourself that this is no answer.
It was a simple question. How would you rank Mr. Berger’s crimes in relation to the outing of a covert CIA agent during wartime?
You can try to relativize it all you want, but all that does is expose your reluctance to provide a straightforward answer.
(By the way, I never denied that Berger committed a crime; I stated from that start that he was convicted of a misdemeanor. Congrats. You got at least one detail right. If that makes you feel vindicated, that’s great. Maybe the meds will be even more effective if you have some self-esteem.)
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:39 pmJohn Kerry Says:
Of COURSE he comitted a crime you MORON. Who said he didnt? Be sure not to smoke near all those strawmen you construct. M
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:42 pmHow would I rank Burglar’s crime vs the outing of a “COVERT” agent? First as far as “COVERT” who are you talking about? And don’t give me that Plame bullshit.
Shorter JK: Duhhhh….
His mama must be so proud.
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:48 pmJKMORON you are too stupid for words.
First as far as “COVERT” who are you talking about? And don’t give me that Plame bullshit. Or maybe you’ve got this mixed up with your NEW YORK TIMES’ outtings?
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Well you are a liar and astonishingly ignorant. Plame WAS cover MORON. The CIA declassified her OFFICIAL job summary and read it into the official record. This is NOT IN DISPUTE. She was a covert agent. As for the NYTimes, wow, you have to tell me is it physically painful to be as stupid as you are? The ONLY thing the NYTimes EXPOSED was that the Bush administration was bypassing the usual legal procedures to track the money. BUSH HIMSELF had said in SEVEN DIFFERENT SPEECHES that he was tracking terrorist money. You are just a brainwashed fool regurgitating the idiocy that Rush told you to believe and you were STUPID enough to buy into
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:54 pmJK – Why do you want to make out with Ralph so badly???
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:56 pmJohn Kerry Says:
Libs like you love to think that Plame was COVERT.
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Sorry, but she was.
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:58 pmJohn Kerry Says:
I feel “vindicated”, as usual!!
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So THAT’S what you call that rapid, vigorous, stroking motion…
“Vindicated”… hey, everbody… look, or mebbe don’t look… heh..
JK is “vindicating himself”… again…
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:01 pmJohn Kerry Says:
LLAMA BOY:
No reluctance here at all. Libs like you love to think that Plame was COVER
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You are a liar. You are an ignorant lying brainwashed fool. You just lap up the lies Rush tells you and dont know a THING he didnt tell you. You disgust me. A mind is a terrible thing to turn over to Rush the Oxymoron
http://uspolitics.about.com/b/2007/05/30/cia-plame-was-covert.htm
According to court documents (pdf) filed by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, Valerie Plame was a “covert” CIA employee when her name became public in July 2003. MSNBC reports that Fitzgerald made the claim in documents recommending that I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby be sentenced to 2.5-3.0 years in prison. The sentencing hearing is 5 June.
Ms. Wilson was a covert CIA employee for whom the CIA was taking affirmative measures to conceal her intelligence relationship to the United States… When traveling overseas, [Plame] always traveled under a cover identity [undercover], sometimes in true name and sometimes in alias — but always using cover — whether official or non-official (NOC) — with no ostensible relationship to the CIA.
The CIA declassified Plame’s employment status because “public interest … outweighed the damage to national security that might reasonably be expected from the official disclosure of [Plame's] employment and cover status.”
You flat out NEVER know what you are talking about. You just spew out the propganada you were programmed with. You are pathetic
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:05 pmReal simple. In an argument or debate, one must provide facts when discussing counter statements.
JK THE BOLD, please show us where Plame was NOT covert!
Because I’ve already linked to the fact she was. (oh deary me. There’s that word again: facts. How inconvenient of me to recommends such a thing)
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:13 pmJK came, JK LIED, JK got spanked. Typical day in the life of a stupid brainwashed troll.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:13 pmInteresting.
Leaving aside the established fact that Valerie Plame WAS a covert agent (unless one discounts the open testimony to that fact by DCI Michael Hayden before Congress), Troll JK evaluates the relative risks to the nation’s security and decides that, should the Obama administration decide to out a covert agent in political retaliation, that would be roughly equivalent to, say, Scooter Libby swiping copies of documents and then returning them.
Oh, wait — Scooter Libby is a convicted felon. He could never get access to that kind of classified material…
Oh well, at least we got a straight answer from Troll JK. the meds must be working.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:17 pmThis is true, we do love to think that.
We have a love of fact-based reality, you see.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:18 pmOh, I beg to differ, Eugene. This is a new experience for Troll JK. For months and months he’s been sullen, withdrawn, antisocial. He’d pop in, yell something nonsensical, and then go back to his silent world.
Thankfully his doctors have settled on the right combination of meds to bring his Trollette’s Syndrome under control. This episode here today actually represents a major triumph of medical science.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:21 pmIf I may, I’d like to THANK JK THE BOLD FOR AT LEAST ATTEMPTING TO CARRY ON A DEBATE!
Even though he appears to have no clue on how to, and lost miserably, it’s at least good to see he’s abandoned his one hit wonder posts.
Little steps JK. Little steps.
Soon, you’ll be able to debate like bitblt the idjit, though you may want to forgo the third person reference.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:25 pmOh, silly Troll JK. You evidently don’t realize that Ambassador Wilson was saying that, once Novak’s column hit the streets, his wife’s cover was blown and she was no longer covert.
Of course, since Ambassador Wilson understands the rules of covert duty, he was unable to confirm publicly that his wife had been a covert agent before that date. But his statement quite clearly expresses that AS OF that date, she was not a clandestine officer.
Silly Troll JK. Why would DCI Hayden testify that she WAS covert if your interpretation were correct?
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:25 pmOh, and JK THE BOLD, I challenged you to provide facts to your argument.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:28 pmYou did not.
Au contraire, YOU are the one who follows the myth, not the truth.
In reference to your little ditty about her husband admitting she was not working before she was outed? WRONG!
Read it and weep, my little friend. Read it and weep!
John Kerry Says:
MY GOD you are ignorant. It linked to the CIA testimony. They READ HER OFFICIAL JOB SUMMARY INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. She had travelled out of the country the PREVIOUS YEAR several times under NOC cover. Typical brainwashed moron. Rush told you different so even the CIA TESTIFYING BEFORE CONGRESS wont allow you to admit reality. Rush said it you believe it that settles it. What an ignorant brainwashed piece of garbage you are.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/01/us/01plame.html
On Friday, the special prosecutor in the case, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, submitted an unclassified summary of Ms. Wilson’s “C.I.A. employment and cover history” to the judge who will sentence Mr. Libby.
The summary said that Ms. Wilson was a covert C.I.A. employee at the time of Mr. Novak’s disclosure. Between the beginning of 2002 and Ms. Wilson’s resignation from the agency at the end of 2005, the summary said, she traveled overseas “under a cover identity, sometimes in true name and sometimes in alias” at least “seven times to more than 10 countries.”
I dont care HOW brainwashed you are if you keep denying the CLEAR REALITY of this you are just a liar and a fool.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:29 pmMY GOD you are ignorant JK of course she wasnt covert AFTER she was exposed by Novak. I simply cannot believe the breadth of your stupidity
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:30 pmWhoa.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:31 pmMy link failed.
Let’s try this again, eh?
Read it and weep,
DRxJ Says:
I cant believe even JK is THAT stupid. I mean did that statement REALLY have to be explained to him? REALLY?
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:41 pmJK must think if he just keeps repeating that Plame wasnt covert often enough it will magically become true. What an ignorant putz
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:47 pmJK THE NON DEBATER SAYS:
have loads of free and useless time on tgeir hands.
TGEIR?
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:48 pmHuh?
Acronym for Thank Gawd Evil Is Right?
JKTroll to teach someone something you have to KNOW something. Since you dont know ANYTHING unless Rush said it you cannot POSSIBLY teach anything. You are incredibly stupid. OF COURSE THAT IS WHAT HE MEANT. That on the DAY Novak exposed her she CEASED to be cover how stupid can you possibly be.
Once again you prove that you are a liar and a fool that just repeats the lies you are told to believe like the brainwashed moron you are. HER NIEGHBORS SAID DIRECTLY THEY DID NOT KNOW SHE WAS COVERT YOU MORON.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/05/politics/05wilson.html?ex=1278216000&en=06e4601f703cf17a&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Before this whole affair, no one would ever have thought of her as an undercover agent,” said David Tillotson, a next-door neighbor for seven years who got to know the Wilsons well over back-fence chats, shared dinners and play dates for their grandchildren with the Wilsons’ children, Trevor and Samantha.
She wasn’t mysterious,” Mr. Tillotson said. “She was sort of a working soccer mom.”
He recalled his incredulity on July 14, 2003, when his wife, Victoria, spotted in The Washington Post, in a syndicated column by Robert Novak, a line identifying their neighbor by her maiden name and calling her an “agency operative.” Ms. Tillotson kept calling out: “This can’t be! This can’t be!”
The Wilsons’ neighbor on the other side, Christopher Wolf, was similarly aghast. As he sat on his deck staring at the Novak column, Mr. Wilson came out his back door.
“I said: ‘This is amazing! I had no idea,’ ” Mr. Wolf recalled. “He sort of motioned to me to keep my voice down.”
You are the most ignorant brainwashed zombie I have ever seen. You are nothing but a propaganda parrot. Skwwaaaaakkkk Whatever Rush said, whatever Rush said, SKWAAAAAAAKKKKKKK. You dont even HAVE a brain you have a tape recorder. You are ignorant beyond the ability of words to describe your ignorance
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:02 pmTroll JK, ask yourself — why would the Wilsons have sued Libby, Cheney, et. al. if he acknowledged that his wife wasn’t covert? It makes no sense. Much like your arguments.
I know you don’t require things to make sense before you adopt them as your explanation of reality, but most of us do look for the most sensible explanation for things we see. It’s all part of living in the “Reality-Based Community™”.
You’re perfectly capable of embracing your preferred view of reality, as I’m sure you will. It’s just a shame that you have to exclude the testimony of the Director of Central Intelligence from that reality if you hope to maintain it.
But you keep slinging those mature insults, JK. They’re actually the strongest part of your argument.
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:06 pmEugene, I’m off to catch a plane back home.
Make sure Troll JK doesn’t puke on the carpets again.
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:07 pmJK you really are too ignorant to be believed. The CIA shows her official job summary to Congress. Her husband says on the DAY she was EXPOSED she was no longer covert and YOU in your desperation to believe what you have been brainwashed to believe YOU dismiss HER OFFICIAL JOB SUMMARY and PRETEND he meant she HADNT been covert when she was exposed. You are a moron. Words cannot express how stupid you are. AND you are a liar. Give it up. You have been spanked no one NOT an ignorant brainwashed moron like you could read the facts and continue to stubbornly and stupidly say she wasnt covert.
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:07 pmPeople who live on Planet Wingnut are completly immune to facts and reality. Actually they dont CARE about facts or reality only the propaganda. Protecting the delusional fantasies they have either made up in their heads or were instructed to believe by their hivemind masters. What wastes of life they are.
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:12 pmJohn Kerry Says:
I just happen to have a few days off and needed to have fun!
You poor sod.
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:12 pmWhen I get days off you won’t find me here. Don’t you get tired of the damp musty air and the stale Cheetos?
shhhhhhhhh, EugeneDebs. Now you’re using those little nuances known as “facts”!
That just won’t do for JK THE BOLD, whose brain is littered with talking points from ditto heads.
FACTS BE DAMNED!
Let’s have some fun, shall we, and define covert:
Not openly practiced, avowed, engaged in, accumulated, or shown
Now, since she was a secretive CIA agent that was working on Iran’s capability for nuclear weapons, once she was outed, she was now “open” and thus no longer COVERT.
Well, duh!
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:14 pmI think you are simply infatuated with the word covert, John Kerry, it helps you feel your craven habits are mysterious and somehow justifiable.
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:15 pmDRxJ Says:
It is clearer than THAT even. The term covert is defined in the statute about exposing covert agents. By its definition her job summary left NO DOUBT she was covert as the statute defined.
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:18 pmJK, can you provide any mention from U.S. Atty Fitzgerald and even the U.S. District Judge presiding over the Libby case that Plame was not covert.
Thanks bunches.
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:23 pm‘continued on his quest for “flashlights and batteries”.’
Someone wrote “Bush couldn’t find his own a** with a flashlight”.
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:45 pmGeorgie heard this and he’s determined to prove that person wrong.
That was a good job for you Bush, you shouldnt turned that offer down. It may help you by a weed.
February 23rd, 2009 at 5:24 pmMr. Philby Says:
LOL! A freakin’ pencil pushin’ tramp!
So the law is only the law when it protects your friends and not those whom you’ve chosen to destroy. If you want to have a fascist state, please don’t do it here.
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Mr. Philby Says:
Do you need a road map? It’s called sarcasm! No biggie!
So you meant the opposite of what you said? If so, what did you mean?
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Mr. Philby Says:
It’s funny you loons are so desperate to smear me you have to make false claims and put words in my mouth.
Then explain what you meant.
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Mr. Philby Says:
Unlike you loons, I remember 9/11. You peeps would rather sweep it under your dirty rug.
I remember it also, and have no desire to sweep anything under any rugs. Quite the contrary; let’s get all the truth out.
What’s the relevance? Are you suggesting that 9/11 justifies outing Valerie Plame as a CIA agent?
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ralph the wonder llama Says:
I noticed you ignored my third question, however:
How would you rank Mr. Berger’s crimes in relation to the outing of a covert CIA agent during wartime?
I wonder why you ignored that one.
All that wingnuts care about is who screwed up. The intention behind it, and the consequences of it don’t matter to them. It’s either a point for their side or a point for ours. Real lives don’t matter. As far as they’re concerned, it’s all just a big game of Friday Night Football.
In Sandy Berger’s case, no one has been able to demonstrate that he had any ill intent in taking the documents with him. Also, no one who wasn’t authorized to see them did. He certainly broke an important rule, but there was no ill intent, and there were no negative consequences.
Ill intent is obvious in the outing if Valerie Plame. She was exposed because her husband published information that the Bush administration found inconvenient. And there are consequences as well – the CIA can’t use her expertise any more like they previously could. So the Bush administration broke an important rule (Plame’s identity as a CIA agent was at least as classified as the documents that Berger took) but they did so with ill intent, and caused negative consequences.
So there’s a distinct difference there, other than “which side scores a point.”
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John Kerry Says:
Also, Plame was not covert at the time of the leak; she’d been on a desk at Langley for the last 10 years.
She was literally designated by the CIA as a covert agent. That’s what their paperwork said. She was not acting openly or telling anyone, but she hadn’t done any clandestine work in some time, but kept the designation in case they wanted to use her in a covert capacity later on. Now you and I can disagree with each other, but the CIA agrees with my side. That’s just fact.
But even if you say “it was just a technicality that got violated,” then you’ve got to admit that Berger’s mishandling of documents was also “just a technicality.” Which you refuse to do. Because you don’t actually care about the law, the intent, or the consequences.
February 23rd, 2009 at 5:33 pmThat’s grounds to cut off his unemployment.
February 23rd, 2009 at 5:51 pmThe slacker.
ElBruce Says:
Actually her job summary showed she had travelled out of the country at least seven times om the previous three years sometimes under NOC cover sometimes under official cover but ALWAYS undercover. We dont KNOW when nor do we KNOW which times she was under NOC cover.
February 23rd, 2009 at 6:34 pmThe Criminal Bush should be the greeter for RepubliCons; like Cheney, Rove, and Delay; in the federal prison were these crooks belong.
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:10 pmNobody should hire Bush.
Bush should be charged for war crimes.
Bush should also be charged for hate crimes.
George W. Bush is a hate-crime criminal (indicated at http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-did-you-think-of-that-naacp-anti.html “George W. Bush had better stop committing hate crimes”).
Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
ONLINE, ANTI-BUSH, EDUCATIONAL, SCHOLASTIC RESEARCH: LISTING OF MAJOR ISSUES
http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2009/01/online-anti-bush-educational-scholastic.html
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:11 pmOnly God’s infinite mercy could possibly vindicate JK’s continued existence. The fact that JK woke up today, as opposed to being discovered by some hyper-observant jogger stands in reminder of the great mysteries that just aren’t ours to know.
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:14 pmThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
LibertyLover Says:
PatrioticLiberalChristian Says:
Mr. Philby, ya got nuttin. Ya know that Moses was a murder, doncha?
Engaged in drunken incest, too..
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Whoa… Moses was a GOOPer? Who knew?
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Correction: it was Lot, not Moses….
my bad.
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:46 pmMr. Bush has a surprising new job, but not this one.
See
http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/new-job-for-bush/
February 27th, 2009 at 10:16 pm