'Challenges' Prove Too Much For White House

[louis-t]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041216/pl_nm/bush_economy_challenges_dc&e=1&ncid=
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The word "challenges" -- a main theme of a two-day White House economic conference that ended on Thursday -- was misspelled on a large television monitor that stood in front of Bush during a panel discussion.

Perfect. Stupider by the day.

[Sannum]

1. LOL

I nearly spit out my soda when I read that, LOL.

Perfect. Next time DON'T get George to proofread things.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Can't blame him .........

Chimpus Khan can't read, so clearly he was not the proofreader.

[Throckmorton]

86. The clenis did it

and it also stole all the W keys from the computers

[gizmo1979]

2. getting dumber

watching GW has been proven to lower your IQ. He should come with a warning label!

[GHOSTDANCER]

47. yup

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[rockedthevoteinMA]

3. Faith based spelling anyone? n/t

[kittycat1164]

4. omg we're in trouble..........n/t

[CatWoman]

6. leave no chimp behind

*snicker*

[LiberalFighter]

17. NCLB should be No President Left Behind

If the President or his administration can't spell what does that tell the children that are in need?

[calimary]

24. Or maybe - NCLB - No Chimp Left Behind

n/t

[montana_hazeleyes]

44. LOL

:D

[Gothmog]

7. LOL this is up there with Bush having his fly open

This white house is populated by a bunch of idiots and apes.

[LSparkle]

8. White House had no commant

What a stupid bunch of frat asses they are. Every last one of them.

[durablend]

9. The "Dumbing Down" of Amerikkka...

Can't go much lower with the red states so they're starting to work on the blue states.

[Changenow]

10. The link is broken.

is there another?

[htuttle]

12. Works for me

Goes right to the story at yahoo news.

:shrug:

[Cadfael]

13. here's a picture

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. Grab a copy before it's scrubbed

[htuttle]

15. "Spelling Challanges for Today and Tomorrow"

I'm amazed nobody caught this. Think of how many crew personnel worked on this. Think about all those economist types who looked at this. The Stage Manager didn't notice it?

Do you think that everyone was just TOO afraid to appear to criticize the king that they all just broke into a sweat and looked the other way when they noticed it? OH MY GOD! A MISTAKE!!! SHH!! DON'T SAY ANYTHING!!

That must be a very oppressive atmosphere to work in. You couldn't pay me enough to do that, not even a million bucks.

[DoYouEverWonder]

16. I think spelling

is the least of this asshole's challenges or should I say challanges?

[Buns_of_Fire]

59. Maybe some people there DID notice it...

...and just decided not to say ANYTHING to ANYBODY -- just to be contrary and help make this "event" look even more absurd than it already was.

I know that personally, I'm REAL bad about doing that. I'll get asked something like "Is it okay to pour water on a grease fire to put it out?" and, first time through, I'll give them the straight answer. But then, if some fool says "No way! That's not right! I've been doing this for years -- what do YOU know about it?"... Well, that's when I'll just smile and shrug and let them do whatever they want. And slowly reach for the phone to dial 911. :evilgrin:

[KoKo]

14. Idiots Rule....Spelling is dead... "Pointy Headed Liberals" are the only

folks who know how to spell and would have caught this if they didn't hire "morans" like themselves to do their A/V work....

GACK!

On Edit: "Morans" is a definite spelling for those of you who know the DU "inside joke" about this. :D

[HeeBGBz]

37. What is the moran?

Shrub's bible? Like the Koran?

Or just another mindnumbing soundbyte from the White House?

[KoKo]

48. A Freeper had a sign calling us "Moran's" at a demonstration way back.

The joke was that "Moron" was spelled "Moran" and it's been a joke on DU for awhile. There's a picture of the guy with his mis-spelled sign that's around here, and if you ask, some DU'er will post it. I don't have it...you'll have to take my word that what I say is what it is. ;-)'s

[HeeBGBz]

49. I've seen the photo

Didn't know if it was a DUer in on the joke or what. Thanks.

[MojoRoad]

75. The famous morAn pic

And another (recent) Classic.....




And a personal fave




Cheers

[Theres-a]

88. hoo-hoo!!!!!!!!

:yourock: great photos!

[bunny planet]

50. I don't know the inside joke about the spelling of 'morans'. Sigh!

Can you let me in on it? I'm so glad I didn't correct the spelling everytime I saw it, I'm usually a spelling-nazi but I figured something was up when everybody wrote it the same way.

Not only did they not spell challenges correctly, the hoky typeface that looks circa 1977 letraset is also hysterical. Very funny, very pathetic. We are so f*cked.

Never mind I see the moran explanation upthread.

[Mist]

64. A new word to play with!

"Morans" is classic, but "challanges" is fun, too. Everyone else has challenges, but only RWs have "challanges." 'Cos they're special.

[izzie]

18. I can hear them laughing in Europe.

I just open door in Maine and can hear them from here.

[hatrack]

19. No dowt, were inn a challanging economic situashun

Here's to ineptitude at every level! :toast:

[struggle4progress]

20. How many high school drop-outs work in the White House? eom

[Dora]

61. And how many have fake degrees? eom

[Just Me]

21. If they weren't so arrogant and imposing and unforgiving,...

,...it wouldn't be a big deal.

But, they deliver nothing other than "bullydom".

They deserve the "trigger-happy", persecutory retributions that they have used against their own people.

They are NOT stupid,...they are usurpers,...calculating usurpers of human weakness in order to profit and empower their selfist/stingy lot.

They contribute nothing, take anything and will eventually get what they have given,...a big, black hole.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

22. Misspellings?

How positively freepy.

Edit: spelling.
Edit: Edit spelling of previous edit.
Edit: Spealing.

[VegasWolf]

23. Faith based education, no reading, writing, or arithmetic. Just jesus

nonstop.

[slay]

25. Just as "lamb" has silent "b" at end, "Bush" ends in silent "is an idiot"

:P

[louis-t]

26. Good one!

And so true.

[The_Casual_Observer]

27. Let me guess, was it on a vinyl banner with an out of focus US flag?

Fuck you george bush!

[wicket]

28. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

:kick:

[Career Prole]

29. I've always hated bizspeak. When we were saner we had "problems".

Now we have "issues" or "challenges"...and when they're really on a bizspeak roll they'll call a problem an "opportunity".
The world could be falling down around them and they'd be chirping happily about challenges.

[bunny planet]

51. Catastrophic success, that's my favorite bizspeak, or is it Newspeak?

[A Simple Game]

53. OMG, I'll never forget a problem or mistake being called an

opportunity for improvement.

I hated that.

And yes I did use spell check.

[Career Prole]

57. That's perfect! Would there have been a crisis

if the transmission from Apollo 13 had been "Houston...we've got an opportunity for improvement"?
I think not! We can solve the world's problems with a simple renaming!
:D

Spell check?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

58. Look. It IS obnoxious but good psychology nonetheless

Fostering a good attitude is what business is all about, and you know what they say about "If you don't have anything good to say..."
I have had to learn this attitude and mindset myself over the years since I was always from the "reality based community".
It can be offputting as fantasy land spin, but the business community embraces this mindset.

As to the main post on the misspelling, I am cracking up!

[Career Prole]

65. Externally, I understand completely...

...but internal use of the happy words cracks me up.
Like when the ops director asks where we stand on "that press drive issue" and I answer "Well, there aren't any more flames shooting out of it, but we've lost power to the rest of the plant".
I suppose it makes sense to tell the customer there'll be a slight delay due to an electrical issue, but it takes a mind firmly in denial to call that an issue when you're talking to the electrician. :D

[Rush1184]

70. Arn't they refering to Iraq

as having these great business 'opportunities'.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

72. OMG, do I ever agree

I hate all that euphemistic doublespeak, I hate to break it to those idiots, but making a problem a "challenge" willnot make solving it any easier. What BS!

[neweurope]

30. All true. But Pres. Rove isn't worried. He's after the freeper's soul

and the freeper doesn't care how that's spelled. And those who DO care forget once more about Iraq, "elections", small planes and suicides etc. - at least for awhile. Oh really, Karl Rove goes to bed smiling.

[bunny planet]

52. So true.

And the freepers only like him more because he is illiterate. He's just a regular good ol' boy who can't spell worth a darn, just like us.

:wtf:

[Tempest]

31. Here's a screen capture of the picture

http://tinyurl.com/5ngb7

[The Backlash Cometh]

32. But, but, but, isn't challange the French pronounciation?

???

lol!

[peekaloo]

39. L-O-L

[GliderGuider]

41. challenge is "défi"

... as in "it défis the imagination".

[yorkiemommie1]

33. shoulda had jenna proofread it n/t

[SoCalDem]

34. The picture.. save this one.. no doubt it will disappear soon

[Swamp Rat]

42. I think I'll print that one and leave a copy on the English department BB

They are truly dumb.

[uppityperson]

35. Give 'em a break, it's hard werk

Thanks for the laugh today, I needed that. On the other hand, why do they think...
Oh, never mind. What a bunch of morans

[finecraft]

36. Lets just all use hieroglyphics instead

Since this administration seems to be language "challanged", why don't we just use hieroglyphics instead? For example, the hieroglyphic for his economic summit would be a picture of a dog, a picture of a pony, and a picture of Barnum and Bailey's Circus. English translation - A dog and pony show with a lot of clowns.

[Swamp Rat]

38. But but... it's hard work!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

40. That's right world, America is ran by a bunch of idiots.

:cry:

[Niche]

43. MORANS! I want that job - making signs that are WRONG...

but get paid anyway. I get SHIT if my script is flawed ...but I write fiction not shit the Leader stands in front of... what's more important? Hmmmm. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING! YOU FOOLS!

P.S. In the film idustry this would never happen by accident. People check and double check.

[alexisfree]

45. Thats almost as funny as when he was reading the book upside down

Thats almost as funny as when he was reading the book upside down
at the elementry school " My Pet Goat"

[LevelB]

46. Challange?

Why am I channeling Inspector Clouseau?

[FDRrocks]

55. Sadly enough, that was a photoshopped picture....

http://www.snopes.com/photos/bushbook.asp

I was disappointed, too.

[Kali]

71. You scared me!

I thought you meant the OP - I had just sent the link to most of my e-mail addressees....(I would have hated to send a retraction)

[reprobate]

74. Maybe, but I distinctly remember watching live coverage.

And that wasn't the book he was holding during the attacks of 9/11.

Could be my memory is faulty, but the book, the child, and the wall background were different. I think these pictures were done at some later time to debunk the originals.

[fshrink]

54. After the One Question Rule, the One Syllable Rule.

[aikido15]

56. How sad is it...

to have a president that is this clueless??:freak:

[saigon68]

60. GRAB THE PHOTO SAVE IT TO YOUR HARD DRIVE

YAHOOLIGANS HAVE TAKEN IT OFF THE ARTICLE. ITS ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR, LIKE ALL THE US TROOP DEAD BODY PICTURES, AND THE BLOWN TO BITS IRAQ CHILDREN PICTURES.

THEY HAVE ALSO SCRUBBED THE BAGS ON HEADS PHOTOS, AND THE OUTRAGES AT ABU GHRAIB. (apparently done today also)

THEY ARE BASTARDS !!!!!!!!!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

62. Reuters link but no photo

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=639882

[Kali]

73. still there for me

???

[quiet.american]

63. What an ass-clown

Just had to say it.

[Soth]

66. But is our children speling? n/t

...

[ally_sc]

67. nobody on the staff can spell either...

at first i was appalled by the public speaking and the mispronunciation of certain words like nuclear....but they were to dumb to even spell check? duh...

[durablend]

68. Opening a dictionary = HARD WERK

The strain alone could risk injury. :crazy:

[Pluvious]

69. It's all so... Appalling !

"The illiteracy level of our children are appalling."
—George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

[Cocoa]

76. the sailors asked him to spell it that way

[lonestarnot]

77. That why DOW in shitter today?

[MaineYooper]

78. it was a compromise, I think

from the original:

finanshul challanges fer tuday n tumorah

[DeadManInc]

79. Challenges

No child left behind werkt fer me!

[xxqqqzme]

80. hiring graduates of Bob

Jones University again?

[MindLikeAParachute]

81. It's hard work I tell you

But maybe that's how Bush spells it :)

[slybacon9]

82. This just released on reuters...

Scott McLellan:

"We accept no responsibility for this banner. It was actually painted by the troops on the USS Lincoln before the president ever got there. It was their initiative, not ours. "

And on FOX:

"Well I think it shows the courage of the Bush Anministration to actually spell the word the way it should be spelled.... i mean, isn't that how it sounds? Chall an - ges? Kudos to them. "

[tandot]

83. Over 59 Mio. Americans didn't want a President who is smarter then them

Horrifyingly to us and the rest of the world, 59 Million people voted for an utterly ignorant and incompetent moron.

I guess birds of a feather flock together

[Merlot]

84. Best laugh I've had all day!

And it's been a really long day so I needed a good laugh. For the first and probably last time, I can honestly say "thank you" to the Bush Administration for bringing some humor into my life.

I know they do a lot of stupid stuff, but usually it just scares me...

[captain disgruntled]

85. "Moran" has been making me crazy here for ages--

ironically, it's the name of a pretty liberal democratic congressman from the Eighth District in Virginia (i.e. just down the road from me): http://moran.house.gov/ :shrug:

[ZanZaBar]

87. They obviously have not been spending enough time on the internets...

= P