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An interesting analysis by John Oliver of The Daily Show (Original Post) Playinghardball Mar 2013 OP
Maybe it would be different it... CincyDem Mar 2013 #1
Didn't a shoe almost kill Shrub? hay rick Mar 2013 #5
No, it was a pretzel Major Nikon Mar 2013 #11
Don't you remember the shoe thrower when W was in Iraq? brush Mar 2013 #22
Muslims don't serve liquor to official visitors. merrily Mar 2013 #33
What does that mean? brush Mar 2013 #38
Another GWB accomplishment... HuskyOffset Mar 2013 #12
The shoes missed him. Maybe you're thinking of the time he fell off the couch. merrily Mar 2013 #28
LOL! merrily Mar 2013 #27
Disturbing, isn't it? Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #2
We are stupid pscot Mar 2013 #4
Interesting way to put it. Food for thought! merrily Mar 2013 #34
Yep. talkingmime Mar 2013 #3
I can't add anything that'll make this statement better than it already is. NBachers Mar 2013 #6
Post removed Post removed Mar 2013 #7
“Much like rock and roll, school shootings were invented by the black man and stolen by the whites.” UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #8
And promptly sucked out the soul. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #10
Should be an interesting summer. Tab Mar 2013 #9
I predict that it will be very funny and clever, just in a different way. merrily Mar 2013 #29
Mad world. nt Mnemosyne Mar 2013 #13
so very true. liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #14
But shoes aren't phallic symbols MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #15
You know what they say about men with big feet ? n/t CincyDem Mar 2013 #16
Yeah. They need big shoes. SharonAnn Mar 2013 #17
"Big disappointment." Camille Grammer, former wife of actor Kelsey Grammer. merrily Mar 2013 #30
Spot on! John Oliver is great. loudsue Mar 2013 #18
Shoe bombers obviously need to have a multi-million dollar lobbying campaign baldguy Mar 2013 #19
Yes, the 2nd Amendment clearly gives me the right to wear shoes with bombs Doctor_J Mar 2013 #20
You have a Second Amendment right to arm your feet. merrily Mar 2013 #31
lol JimDandy Mar 2013 #24
He'll do great substituting for Jon Stewart this summer Faygo Kid Mar 2013 #21
SO fucking true. nt Poll_Blind Mar 2013 #23
The only thing that stops a bad guy with shoes is a good guy with shoes. dmr Mar 2013 #25
The only thing that stops a guy in bad shoes is a shoe salesman with good taste. merrily Mar 2013 #32
Well, Momma always said you should always wear clean underwear on your feet. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2013 #35
Sounds about right. Initech Mar 2013 #26
0 deaths from cannibis- ILLEGAL. 1,000,000's dead from nicotine/alcohol-LEGAL Gregorian Mar 2013 #36
if the 9/11 hijackers used guns instead of box cutters Snake Plissken Mar 2013 #37

CincyDem

(6,363 posts)
1. Maybe it would be different it...
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 08:48 PM
Mar 2013

The NSA (That's "National Shoe Association" to those of you not in the know) just needs to do a better job convincing people that shoe's don't kill people...people kill people.

hay rick

(7,621 posts)
5. Didn't a shoe almost kill Shrub?
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 09:31 PM
Mar 2013

Mercifully, he survived the attack and can now churn out puppy pictures for the remainder of his hard-earned retirement. Take that, evildoers!

brush

(53,782 posts)
22. Don't you remember the shoe thrower when W was in Iraq?
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 11:19 AM
Mar 2013

He just missed him twice as W showed surprisingly good reaction time.

Dang it!

HuskyOffset

(889 posts)
12. Another GWB accomplishment...
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 10:44 PM
Mar 2013

...if I recall correctly, was unbalancing and falling off of a Segway, a machine designed to automatically balance and be very resistant to becoming unbalanced and spilling it's driver. Obviously non of the test drivers of the Segway were in GWB's league of shear clumsiness. That Segway incident is the perfect metaphor for his presidency.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
28. The shoes missed him. Maybe you're thinking of the time he fell off the couch.
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 03:06 PM
Mar 2013

Or was it that the couch turned itself into an ejector sofa and his parachute failed?

I've forgotten the exact details.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
2. Disturbing, isn't it?
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 08:53 PM
Mar 2013

When you put it so simply, it really does make us look stupid. Or at least the people who have the reins look stupid.

pscot

(21,024 posts)
4. We are stupid
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 09:14 PM
Mar 2013

The Peter Princilpe on a National (global, even) scale. We've reached our level of incompetence.

Response to Playinghardball (Original post)

 

UnrepentantLiberal

(11,700 posts)
8. “Much like rock and roll, school shootings were invented by the black man and stolen by the whites.”
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 10:05 PM
Mar 2013

- Chris Rock

Tab

(11,093 posts)
9. Should be an interesting summer.
Fri Mar 29, 2013, 10:06 PM
Mar 2013

Johnny O. is taking over for Jon Stewart while Jon is doing his movie. Curious to see how that work out.

merrily

(45,251 posts)
29. I predict that it will be very funny and clever, just in a different way.
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 03:11 PM
Mar 2013

And still better than 90% of anything else on TV.

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
19. Shoe bombers obviously need to have a multi-million dollar lobbying campaign
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 10:50 AM
Mar 2013

funded by the shoe bomb manufacturers & supported by the assholes who think they need shoe bombs for hunting & "personal protection".

 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
20. Yes, the 2nd Amendment clearly gives me the right to wear shoes with bombs
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 10:59 AM
Mar 2013

so what is the big deal??

dmr

(28,347 posts)
25. The only thing that stops a bad guy with shoes is a good guy with shoes.
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 12:00 PM
Mar 2013

I guess the TSA figures there's no good guys wearing shoes in America.

Now, about that underwear bomber ...

merrily

(45,251 posts)
32. The only thing that stops a guy in bad shoes is a shoe salesman with good taste.
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 03:18 PM
Mar 2013

I think I've lost the thread of this thread.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,180 posts)
35. Well, Momma always said you should always wear clean underwear on your feet.
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 03:37 PM
Mar 2013

Momma was kinda strange that way.

But it does raise an interesting question: Why doesn't the TSA require underwear checks?

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
36. 0 deaths from cannibis- ILLEGAL. 1,000,000's dead from nicotine/alcohol-LEGAL
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 03:42 PM
Mar 2013

They establish the pattern. And it's all about...wait for it...



MONEY!

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
37. if the 9/11 hijackers used guns instead of box cutters
Sat Mar 30, 2013, 04:36 PM
Mar 2013

9/11 would not have been considered an act of terrorism, it would have been called an isolated incident by a group of mentally unstable individuals.

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