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Okay, I'm sure many of of you know what that is. What's your favorite Bush quote? Personally, mines is the most recent one:
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
yeah that is a classic.
i cant remember it exactly but its sumthin like this (any one know it exactly please post)
" Most Iraqis are innocent peace loving civilans. and we will hunt them down no matter what"
ok i know its not that, but u know what i,m gettin at ;)
More:
"Then I went for a run with the other dog and just walked. And I started thinking about a lot of things. I was able to — I can't remember what it was. Oh, the inaugural speech, started thinking through that."
"We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House — make no mistake about it."
"I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport."
"My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason. It begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance has come an era of peace in the Pacific."
"And so, in my State of the — my State of the Union — or state — my speech to the nation, whatever you want to call it, speech to the nation — I asked Americans to give 4,000 years — 4,000 hours over the next — the rest of your life — of service to America. That's what I asked — 4,000 hours."
"I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling, which is illiterate children."
And finally, one of the most classic:
"It's your money. You paid for it."
wow, those are sum cool ones. i remember a speech once were he was taking the piss out of his own lingustic limitations. at least he knows the truth.
"[W]e've had leaks out of the administrative branch, had leaks out of the legislative branch, and out of the executive branch and the legislative branch, and I've spoken out consistently against them, and I want to know who the leakers are."Quote:
Originally Posted by aeris2001x2
That's the closest one I can think of.
If you had someone write down your spoken words exactly as you speak them, you'd probably be rather surprised how almost incoherent they are. That's the nature of spoken language. We studied it a bit in a linguistics class I took. We think much faster than we can talk, and we parse language in a way that we hear what we're expecting to hear, for the most part. You can mix up words and leave them out, and the context carries your message across, along with nonverbal communication and whatnot. One good example is the Watergate tapes. This is what natural conversation looks like.
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Originally Posted by http://www.watergate.info/tapes/72-06-23_smoking-gun.shtml
"There's an old saying in Tennessee... I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee... that says, fool me once, shame on... shame on you. Fool me... you can't get fooled again."
True, but the big difference is that these speeches are prepared. They are thoroughly checked for accuracy and intent of meaning. To slaughter prepared speeches that Bush has done so many times only makes him more susceptible to ridicule than anyone else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Unne
Plus the way he mangles the language is rather amusing.
I don't think i have a favorite. There are just to many to choose from! Although that old saying in Tennesee is definetly up there, and so is this one. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
I won't lie and tell you I don't find them amusing beyond all things, but I still think it's a pretty low blow to think of him as an idiot because he's a poor public speaker.
what? i thought he was a monkey who had been trained by his oil baron masters??? that explains his linguistic problem...
Don't misunderestimate me.
i prefer to think of Bush as an idiot for the horrible way he has run the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
"I will not repeat it again, in French, nor in English, nor in Mexican."
I agree. People get pissed when I say things about clintons sex scandle yet they can say anything about Bush they want and it's all ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
In case you all failed to notice, fire was the first person to bring up the word idiot in this thread. No one had been calling him an idiot, merely making fun of the fact that he's a poor speaker. Big deal.
Thats because its POPULAR to bash Bush right now.
however Bush lingustic limitations is an amusing way 2 take the piss out of a man i despise because of his Foreign Policy. if he was not already an idiot then i would not bother bashing his way of talking.
well, for the first time ever i actually AGREE with what's popular! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by aeris2001x2
Well nowadays the popular thing to do is to not be popular :pQuote:
Originally Posted by nik0tine
Ha, I have some more favorites:
"Let me put it to you bluntly. In a changing world, we want more people to have control over your own life."
"As you know, we don't have relationships with Iran. I mean, that's — ever since the late '70s, we have no contacts with them, and we've totally sanctioned them. In other words, there's no sanctions — you can't — we're out of sanctions."
"I want to thank my friend, Senator Bill Frist, for joining us today. You're doing a heck of a job. You cut your teeth here, right? That's where you started practicing? That's good. He married a Texas girl, I want you to know. Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me."
"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein."
"Then you wake up at the high school level and find out that the illiteracy level of our children are appalling."
"[A]s you know, these are open forums, you're able to come and listen to what I have to say."
"We had a chance to visit with Teresa Nelson who's a parent, and a mom or a dad."
Man, I should put all this on my website soon...it's so hilarious.
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what? i thought he was a monkey who had been trained by his oil baron masters??? that explains his linguistic problem...
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Originally Posted by Escobar
Noone died in when Clinton lied. Thus something should be said. Whether this is it or not, isnt for me to decide.
On a lighter note:
"Newcular"
I actually think the whole 'punk' 'goth' etc. phase is going away. thank god. Im seeing less and less kids dressed all in black pretending to be depressed, and more kids acting like the regular high school stereo type. boy, that sure past quickly, eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Escobar
Around here it hasn't. I hate skating in town now because 48748545u5 little kids come and wanna skate with me with there brand new boards and bam shirts >:0
I never could understand the whole skating thing... Then again, i've never been into stuff like that. After all, i STILL don't know how to ride a bike. lol :p
is it ok if ppl r goths if they ARE depressed? cause i,m going down that road...
back on topic...i have only talked 2 1 person in UK who likes george bush. and at university, when your essays r crap, alot of lecturers like to compare its content and lingustic quality 2 sumthin bush would write :greenie:
It's ok if anyone is goth, if they so choose so. I don't mind goth people, but it was jsut getting old when EVERYONE'S favorite color was black. EVERYONE was wearing black clothing and and makeup. I guess what gets me most is that something like this became a fashion statement. It wasn't intended in that way imo. Same with the whole punk phase. It was jsut watering down something that was otherwise pretty intense and damn cool. That's just how i see it. Of course, anyone can dress however they like. I have no right to judge.Quote:
Originally Posted by aeris2001x2
cool. when i get sum money i,ll be going alot more gothic. it will be a gothic/otaku nerd mesh :greenie:
Why do you need money? Make your own clothes, or buy stuff from thrift stores. You can then customize that stuff any way that you like.Quote:
Originally Posted by aeris2001x2
I don't really make my own clothes because i buy mine from shows to support the band. Clothing is cheap at shows, so that is another alternative if you like to do stuff like that.
lol, i cant make clothes for ****. plus there are a few things i really want, (like this cool pair of new rock boots and a Cowboy Bebop Anime shirt), they must be mine :cool:
lol oh. well, i guess it would be rather hard to find, and especially make, stuff like that. Where can you even go about buying something like that?
there is a shop in town that sells alot of gothic stuff. for the Anime stuff i go online and import. i got an Evangelion Anime shirt from Australia and i love it. i,m trying to find sum FF shirts too, though i,ve only found ffX-2 so far. :eep:
Um, if i recall, in the instruction booklet that comes with FFIX there is a thing that tells where u can buy some FFIX shirts, lunch boxes, and some otehr stuff. Of course, that was a long time ago, so it may no longer be for sale. Either way, id check. However, i do know they sell FF stuff because i have seen a kid at my school with a Sephiroth shirt on once.
that little ****. beat him up and rob it... :D damn, too small! j/k :rolleyes2
i.ll check my ffIX booklet, though mine was UK so i,m not too hopeful. man, to get my self a Sephiroth shirt :evilking:
http://www.geocities.com/dingojellybean2/bushism.html
That took a while to get up. Be warned, there's literally hundreds of Bush quotes. So I hope you didn't eat before you read.
yeah, if i happen to find anything out by chance ill be sure to keep you posted. the internet will usually does the trick for things. OH YEAH! try Ebay! they have everything on ebay. well, almost everything.
lol. how did a conversation about bushisms turn into a thread about clothing? :confused: Im thinkin' it's my fault.
:eek: oh yeah, this is my 999th post. woot. :eek:
i mentioned it was popular to bash bush i think...
yeah i been on Ebay, and its devoid of FF shirts :( . but i,ll keep looking.
by the way, how do i find out how many posts i done?
jellybean, after i,ve rested, i,ll give that link a go :eep: lol
I would be very inclined to agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by eestlinc
This is true. In a way I kind of take it personally because I have friends who choke up and die in front of an audience, and I know what they went through because of people calling them stupid. So I'm being oversensitive. Boo.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheAbominatrix
Understandable, but I dont think most of us would make fun of something like that. The fact that the President routinely makes a 'tard of himself when speaking is grounds for laughter though, cause well... he's the President.Quote:
Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
You have to remember, the President has to hold himself to a higher standard. He's speaking close to 300 million people almost every day and the fact that he goofs up his speeches hundreds of times only makes him a prime target for humor. The fact that he continously goofs up either shows he's really dumb or doesn't really care about getting his message across.Quote:
Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
which begs the question, how did such an idiot get into the white house?
I still don't know...but it shows how dumb most of America is. You can look back in 2000 to his many speech goofs...it's unbelievable how many times he slaughtered his own speeches for his own campaign.Quote:
Originally Posted by aeris2001x2
what was Al Gore like? i mean i dont see how he could have been as bad as bush. and can u explain the 2000 election results. ppl say Bush *Robbed* victory.
unfornately i was too much of a love struck fool 2 pay attention to US politics in 2000.
Al Gore, while better at not making dumb goofs, is more... bland. Bush has more personality than Gore does, and that appeals to voters. They want someone they can empathize with... someone easy to listen to, someone they could see being friends with.
As for how Bush got in the white house... well there was a lot of stuff going on down in Flordia (Jeb Bush's state), and that whole recount issue. It's very possible that Bush stole the election, but I don't know enough on the subject to be sure. Whatever happened though, there was a lot that made a mockery of our country. It was a messed up election, that's a fact.
What happened in florida during the 2000 election was some people weren't allowed to vote. I think what was supposed to happen was they were making it so convicted fellons couldn't vote as usual, but they made damn sure that people very similar to those fellons couldn't vote either. Like say, people with the same last name. Now, the amount of black people in prison compared to white people is much higher. Many african americans share similar last names, thus making it so quite a few african americans could not vote. Blacks almost ALWAYS vote democrat. And apparently a few other things happened that im not sure of, but the thing about this is the lady who made all of these decisions in florida was bush's florida campaign manager or something like that. I really don't know a whole lot about all of thi,s but that is what i have picked up. Correct me if you know more about this than i do.Quote:
Originally Posted by aeris2001x2
That is true nik, and while I believe otherwise it could have been a screw up. I dont think it was.
I also read reports of police setting up road blocks and detaining black people who were on their way to the polls, usually until the polls closed (and yes, black people do tend to vote Democratic).
And then there was the nonsense with the confusion about the actual ballots, and the hanging chads crap...
Y'know, I, in a way, agree, slightly, with FoA.
But I do enjoy my Bushism with irony, which is why the "and so do we" freudian is my current favourite. :D
"We stand for things."
Uh-huh. Now, what kinds of things again? Just because we all see exactly what you mean, we'd like you to expound on your ideas of things.