Offering constructive criticism to the social cripples in our midst since early 2005.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Is was rude in the sense that it was designed to be exclusionary to W and to point out that while Chirac understood english, Bush was illiterate in the French.

It wa "designed to be exlcusionary"? You should be using those ESP powers to make money, pal.

And if Bush hadn't had such a hissy fit, no one would have cared. Maybe it was designed to show how insecure he is.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by spookyfish
This is a justification for closing a lot of the U.S. airbases around the world. If I recall correctly, a number of bombing missions on Baghdad were launched from U.S. Bases.

And Aircraft carriers are for the smaller fighter fighter/bomber planes.

The B-2 fly out of the midwest and drop their loads in Afghanistan. Which I think is pretty much the opposite side of the planet.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Is was rude in the sense that it was designed to be exclusionary to W and to point out that while Chirac understood english, Bush was illiterate in the French.

Yes, as a technical matter, this is rude. However, normal etiquette is somewhat suspended in journalism. In this case, where all 3 did have a common language, the mitigating factors for asking the Q in French (buttering up your immediate subject, looking suave & intercontinental) are probably outweighed by those against (pissing off your other subject, looking biased & elitist), but that's a judgment call.

Then again, Bush is illiterate in French, and I think everyone already knows it, so I'm not sure I see much of an "attack" in this case. It will only help him with 75% of America that is also illiterate in French and doesn't like the implication that this makes them ignoramuses (presuming that about 5% of the population speaks something close enough to intelligible French to enable them to have understood the question themselves, and 20% of the rest aren't annoyed by implication that they are somehow "illiterate").

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Spanky
The B-2 fly out of the midwest and drop their loads in Afghanistan. Which I think is pretty much the opposite side of the planet.

Although they are refueled mid-air, and not by planes from the US.

BTW, they bring a beach chair on board for the non-duty pilot to sit in while waiting for the turnaround. It's a 12 hour flight each way, or something.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Well, more specifically that more people now smokemarijuana, but yeah, that too.

That might change. Independent proprietary research I'm privy to indicates a sharp uptick in the use of cookies, cakes, brownies, etc..., as marijuana delivery mechanisms. Its seems that not only are marijuana smokers better informed, they also tend to be more health conscious.

I wonder how a Bush neanderthal drug policy talking head would handle the use of marijuana cookies? Most of the anti marijuana ads I see tout the dangers of SMOKING it. But what would the Bushies say about a tar free delivery mechanism? And what would they say about stats that prove dopeheads are generally smarter than the cigarette and booze fueled trailer folk who make up the GOP's "right wing base."*

* Not counting, of course, the closet sodomite incest addled Christian Right who wouldn't be caught dead with liquor in their hands.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Yes...........this is rude.

I claim validation by this affirmation from an expert in the field.

Next.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
It wa "designed to be exlcusionary"? You should be using those ESP powers to make money, pal.

I do, I just spend it all on wine and women.

[SlaveNoMore]

Bad_Rich_Chic
... and 20% of the rest aren't annoyed by implication that they are somehow "illiterate").

FWIW, I am annoyed by anything French - not merely that overly nasal whine they pass off as a language.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
It wa "designed to be exlcusionary"? You should be using those ESP powers to make money, pal.

And if Bush hadn't had such a hissy fit, no one would have cared. Maybe it was designed to show how insecure he is.

I break with you there.... One thing W is not is insecure. He reminds me of a few total dicks I've known who realize early in life that they don't have to be smart because they were born on third base. Bush doesn't care that he doesn't know French. He's just pissed some shitbag journalist thinks he's high and mighty enough to make a fool of a fifth generation Bush.

Bush doesn't believe God put him where he is. He believes his blood put him where he is. And he's right. If I were him, I'd act the same way. He's basically royalty. No insecurity there at all. In fact, I think if his handlers didn't force to him to become more well read and act humble, he'd be more unapologetically uninformed and obnoxious just to prove he could be. He's the idiot blueblood who belongs in Vail but accidentally wound up in DC. The more I watch him, the more I realize the early press characterizations were right. Smart, shallow, and ignorant and arrogant as the day is long.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
FWIW, I am annoyed by anything French - not merely that overly nasal whine they pass off as a language.

Really?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
FWIW, I am annoyed by anything French - not merely that overly nasal whine they pass off as a language.

Seen the chicks in Paris? Fuuuuuck. When's the dollar going to climb enough for me to visit again? I got lots of shit to see over there. There's a freak city called Cap D'Agde where you can basically walk around naked everywhhere in town, and its a beach village. A crazy friend of my wife lived there for e summer with her boyfriend and said it was off the charts. Why don't we have that action in the States?

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
FWIW, I am annoyed by anything French -

Dissent

[SlaveNoMore]

y sebastian_dangerfield
Seen the chicks in Paris? Fuuuuuck. When's the dollar going to climb enough for me to visit again? I got lots of shit to see over there. There's a freak city called Cap D'Agde where you can basically walk around naked everywhhere in town, and its a beach village. A crazy friend of my wife lived there for e summer with her boyfriend and said it was off the charts. Why don't we have that action in the States?

They all smell like cigarettes and BO. You can have 'em.

[SlaveNoMore]

Gattigap
Really?

In honor of the day the French emptied the prisons and allowed - to this day - the convicts to run the country, I re-bring you:

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
They all smell like cigarettes and BO. You can have 'em.

FGOTD*

*Forrest Gump of the Day