johnnyreality
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Thu Jan-22-09 02:58 PM
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Bush thinks the Amazon is in Africa! First Speech as ex-President |
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Even after 8 YEARS IN OFFICE! Bush thinks the Amazon is in Africa! No wonder his foreign policy was so good...
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Thu Jan-22-09 03:00 PM
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1. When you have lived your entire life as an ignorant moron, it is almost impossible to change. |
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Thu Jan-22-09 03:46 PM
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12. W's an honorary Palin! |
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Thu Jan-22-09 03:02 PM
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2. Prosecute Bush and Cheney, war criminals. nt |
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Thu Jan-22-09 03:05 PM
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3. If your going to make fun of him (and there is much to make fun of) |
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at least give him his props: Teddy Roosevelt "took a safari to Africa" CHECK, and explored the Amazon" CHECK
As a matter of fact, he did do those things
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Thu Jan-22-09 03:06 PM
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4. No, it was just conflated. Like his shit for brains. nt |
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Thu Jan-22-09 03:10 PM
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5. Not a well constructed sentence, but.. .. . |
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. . . . as stupid as I think boooosh is, I won't accuse him on this basis of thinking the Amazon is in Africa.
What he said was that Theodore Roosevelt went on a safari to Africa and he explored the Amazon. Two separate and distinct events.
If, for instance, I told friends I went on a long road trip to visit Chicago and see the Statue of Liberty I am talking about two distinct events.
While the uninformed may infer that booooosh doesn't know where the Amazon is or that I don't know the difference between Chicago and New York, others will understand that it's far more likely that poor syntax leaves the meaning ambiguous.
One need only turn the sentence around. If booooosh said Roosevelt explored the Amazon and went on safari Africa, there is far less ambiguity.
I'm not trying to be charitable to the loathesome piece of dung, I assure you. But I dislike lazy thinking even on the part of those I (generally) agree with.
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Thu Jan-22-09 06:29 PM
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16. I don't know why you'd call him "uninformed" and a "lazy" thinker... |
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I mean, there's no need to throw insults around, especially when there's always a high degree of plausibility with Bush that he really would think that.
If Sarah Palin said she went to Chicago and saw the Statue of Liberty, I'd conclude she thought it was in Chicago, not because I'm "uninformed," but because she's just the sort of fucking moron who would think that. Same with Bush.
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Thu Jan-22-09 06:48 PM
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17. I agree...he's probably only guilty of poor syntax |
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Now if he had said, "Theodore Roosevelt went on a safari to Africa to explore the Amazon", then there would be reason for thinking he's dumber than we all think he is...
:)
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Thu Jan-22-09 03:10 PM
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6. to protect BUSH from knowing what an ass he is--- his dad had an African river renamed The Amazon!!! |
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WHAT AN IDIOT.... it would have been cheaper to rename South America to Africa....
THEY are sooooo stoopid ! ! !
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PresidentObama
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Thu Jan-22-09 03:14 PM
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7. I hate to defend Bush, but I think he was meaning he went to Africa AND explored the Amazon |
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as two seperate and different events.
But then again, Bush attacked Kerry for botching a joke.
So fuck it, attack him for botching this statement as well as a Presidency :P
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Thu Jan-22-09 03:41 PM
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8. He's an honorary Palin! |
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Thu Jan-22-09 03:42 PM
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9. He would not confuse the Amazon with his favorite thing in Africa |
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Thu Jan-22-09 03:47 PM
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nope, he knows where they are
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Thu Jan-22-09 03:42 PM
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10. He's an honorary Palin! |
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Thu Jan-22-09 03:43 PM
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11. He's an honorary Palin! |
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Thu Jan-22-09 04:51 PM
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14. "This video has been removed by the user. " |
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Thu Jan-22-09 05:03 PM
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Edited on Thu Jan-22-09 05:04 PM by Politicalboi
A web site on the internetS? It's a jungle with all those tubes.
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Thu Jan-22-09 06:48 PM
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You mean the Amazon is not in the country of Africa? :sarcasm:
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