How's That Again?

Bushism of the Day
By Jacob Weisberg
Posted Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005, at 9:14 AM PT


"Because the—all which is on the table begins to address the big cost drivers. For example, how benefits are calculate, for example, is on the table; whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are being considered. And when you couple that, those different cost drivers, affecting those—changing those with personal accounts, the idea is to get what has been promised more likely to be—or closer delivered to what has been promised. Does that make any sense to you? It's kind of muddled. Look, there's a series of things that cause the—like, for example, benefits are calculated based upon the increase of wages, as opposed to the increase of prices. Some have suggested that we calculate—the benefits will rise based upon inflation, as opposed to wage increases. There is a reform that would help solve the red if that were put into effect. In other words, how fast benefits grow, how fast the promised benefits grow, if those—if that growth is affected, it will help on the red."—Explaining his plan to save Social Security, Tampa, Fla., Feb. 4, 2005

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Makes perfect sense to me.....

You have to remember that when politicians speak, the cloth in their underwear, and the pants that they are wearing, muffle their voice.

OH MY :o

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Originally posted by RICHARD
You have to remember that when politicians speak, the cloth in their underwear, and the pants that they are wearing, muffle their voice.

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:D

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Does that make any sense to you?

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No.

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It's kind of muddled.

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Ya think!? :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


*laughs*

Fuzzy Math?

Huh? :confused:

Usually if a person doesn't understand another person, the first person thinks the second person is an idiot. Put me as the first person in this sentence and Bush as the second and it is immediately plain why I think he's an idiot. :rolleyes:

And this is the man that is the head of the most powerful country in the world? Talk about scary. <shudders>

Blame it on the blue states???

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents,
more and more closely, the inner soul of the people.
On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land
will reach their heart's desire at last and
the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)



;) :D

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Originally posted by lizbud
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents,
more and more closely, the inner soul of the people.
On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land
will reach their heart's desire at last and
the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."


H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

;) :D

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My private prejudices are innumerable, and often idiotic.

- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)

" I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."

Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), Saturday Review, Aug. 25, 1962

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Originally posted by lizbud
" I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."

Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), Saturday Review, Aug. 25, 1962

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Woise guy, eh? Whoo whoo whoo, Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!!!
-Curly ;)

"No, Georgie, we don't understand anything you are saying."
I had to read that paragraph over like 4 times and I still had trouble focusing!

Would that be voodoo economics???

As long as it helps solve the red I think it's ok:D

This really doesn't help the southern folk image. :o

Bush clarity redux......


Bushism of the Day
By Jacob Weisberg
Posted Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2005, at 1:50 PM PT


"This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table."—Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 22, 2005 (Thanks to Fred Kaplan)

How's about a pot smoking quote???:)

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How's about a pot smoking quote???:)

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Yeah, I read about that conversation being taped & then
published by his (friend?). Far be it from Bush to want to mislead
the youth of this country. About pot that is...:D

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Originally posted by lizbud
Yeah, I read about that conversation being taped & then
published by his (friend?). Far be it from Bush to want to mislead
the youth of this country. About pot that is...:D

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He could have said he didn't inhale.:confused:

With friends like that who needs drugs?

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He was trying to protect his daughters, too.:confused: :o ;)

I was on the Hollywood Freeway....Ah, Hollywood Parking Lot, on my way to work this morning.

As usual, it was slow going......

With nothing much to do I started watching the traffic around me.

I had heard a study a while back that observed people while driving. It noted that people, when seeing a lane that moves
faster, will move into that lane, filling it up and effectively slowing it down.

A few cars ahead I saw one little blue car switching, back and forth, between the lanes that were moving..

Intrigued, I watched this car moving sideways, but never making any progress forward.

Being stubborn, I stayed in my lane and I finally pulled up on the side of the LBC and saw the reason for his plight...

The John Kerry for president bumpersticker on his rear window.



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Originally posted by RICHARD
The John Kerry for president bumpersticker on his rear window.

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LOL

Sometimes I feel like I'm in the twilight zone!

. . . isn't the election over?

Let's move on people . . .

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The election may be over but Bushisms will evidently go on as long as GWB keeps opening his mouth.:p


Bushism of the Day
By Jacob Weisberg
Posted Thursday, Feb. 24, 2005, at 9:09 AM PT


"After all, Europe is America's closest ally."—Mainz, Germany, Feb. 23, 2005

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Originally posted by lizbud


Bushism of the Day
By Jacob Weisberg

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And I'm worried about the unemployed......:confused:

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Originally posted by RICHARD
And I'm worried about the unemployed......:confused:

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You are ? :confused:

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You are ? :confused:

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Sure, I'd love to hang on every word the president says.:confused:

Weisberg writes about other things too. Have you read
In Defense Of Government ?

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Originally posted by lizbud
Weisberg writes about other things too. Have you read
In Defense Of Government ?

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No.

I really don't read anything political.

For some reason all the little footnotes and ibids distract me.

It's hard enough to think on my own.

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BTW.

I saw Tim Robbins on the Bill Maher show last night.

He claims the the US killed 'one hundred thousand people'
in Iraq due to aerial bombing.

On the Nat'l. Geo Channel I saw the "shock and awe" program and they claimed that there were innocent victims and that the
number killed due to bombs in the 'low hundreds'

I'll read you mind and say it for you...Any civilians and US/Brit/Aussie/Spanish and everyone else, troops that were killed were one too many, but when Maher asked TR about the genocide that Saddam put his people thru he couldn't answer.


I think that is the most frustrating thing about the "left".
Someone can't count and when the numbers conflict it's always US that are at fault...


And what about Ward Churchill???

That maggot makes me sick.

First, Ward Churchill is an American Indian wannabe and
a walking joke.:rolleyes: His describing the 911 victims as
somehow deserving of their deaths is beyond the pale. Total
idiot.

I've never looked to any Actor as a political guru. Tim Robbins
is a good Actor, but that's about it.

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Tim Robbins is a Good Actor

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Unfortunately....neither Ronald Reagan nor Arnie were good actors.... at least on the screen....

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Originally posted by Edwina's Secretary
Unfortunately....neither Ronald Reagan nor Arnie were good actors.... at least on the screen....

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You know, I didn't picture you as a Preadator fan....
But, you have to admit, Kindergarten Cop was pretty funny....


"It's not a two-mah....":D


Oh,

And should you get a chance-


Cue up patriotic music and flag photos-

PBS and CNN aired two riveting documentaries on the soldiers in Iraq.......Frontline was the PBS special and I don't remember the name of the CNN special.........

PBS followed a group of soldiers that named themselves the Misfits- and India Company was the subject of the CNN special.

Catch some of the interviews with the soldiers.

Having been in sales and marketing for many years, I can only quote my personal adage (when in front of the customer).....

BS baffles brains!!

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PBS followed a group of soldiers that named themselves the Misfits-

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Is that the one where they showed a soldier shoot a stray dog because he claims it was "coming at him"? How he came to that conclusion when the dog was trotting along in the opposite direction several yards away and barking, I don't know. And instead of quickly putting the dog out of it's misery while it was spinning, screaming and flopping on the ground bleeding to death, they just stood there and watched it die. Sorry, but I didn't find that very riveting. :mad: :(

I was on my way to work when I was put on a detour route.

The cops closed down one lane of a two lane street, put up cones with little signs that said, "Keep to the Right".

Had I "Kept to the Left' I would have been in trouble.

Who knew driving and politics had so much in common.;) :confused: :eek: :rolleyes:

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PC,

I didn't see part. If I had, I would have been pissed.

I was extremely pissed. My jaw hit the floor.