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Don't be fooled (Original Post) alp227 Jul 2014 OP
There is nothing common about The Onion! nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #1
I don't even know why it's on that list. GoCubsGo Jul 2014 #5
CNN. JaneyVee Jul 2014 #2
Don't be fooled.. sendero Jul 2014 #3
The Onion is a fucking prescient, dead on news source: msanthrope Jul 2014 #4

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
5. I don't even know why it's on that list.
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 09:26 PM
Jul 2014

I guess some people still don't understand that its a parody site.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
4. The Onion is a fucking prescient, dead on news source:
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 09:21 PM
Jul 2014

Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'
NEWS • Politics • Government • George W. Bush • Clinton Administration • ISSUE 43•01 ISSUE 37•01 • Jan 17, 2001

WASHINGTON, DC–Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that "our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over."


President-elect Bush vows that "together, we can put the triumphs of the recent past behind us."

"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us."

Bush swore to do "everything in [his] power" to undo the damage wrought by Clinton's two terms in office, including selling off the national parks to developers, going into massive debt to develop expensive and impractical weapons technologies, and passing sweeping budget cuts that drive the mentally ill out of hospitals and onto the street.

During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/

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