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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:41 PM
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You Just Might Be an Asshole
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 05:46 PM by David Zephyr
If you are terrified of horses and afraid to be near them, and yet like to dress up in cowboy costumes as an adult and ride bicycles rather than horses on a former pig farm that you call a "ranch", you just might be an asshole.

If you were a cocaine-snorting, shiftless and worthless drunk until you were forty years old, and yet then begin to pontificate sanctimoniously to the entire nation about "decency and honor" and "moral character", you might just be an asshole.

If you dodged the military draft and avoided a foreign war because you were the privileged son of a Congressman, and yet like to dress up in military costumes as an adult and send hundreds of thousands of poor kids to a war that you alone started, you might just be an asshole.

If you and your brothers went from one failed and questionable business venture to another and were bailed out time and again by taxpayers and family friends, and yet have the gall to lecture a nation on economics and budgeting, you might just be an asshole.

If you and your family helped arrange for your girlfriend to have an abortion because you didn’t have the sense to use a condom when you were young, and then later wag your finger at women about the “sanctity” of life of an embryo, you might just be an asshole.

If you have the audacity to criticize our Armed Forces for helping restore order and civility to a region torn by thousands of years of ethnic strife and ridicule its success with a snarl calling it “nation building”, and yet, then later embark on a ill-advised and failed $300 Billion attempt of it yourself, you might just be an asshole.
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atommom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:42 PM
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1. snort, laugh, kick!
:kick:
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:26 PM
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133. Git 'er done , DZ !
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:44 PM
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2. HAHAH...well done, DZ
I'm gonna send that baby to a few newsrooms....anonymously, of course.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:13 PM
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31. Send it to Jeff Foxworthy. He'll love ! LOL! n/t
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RubyDuby in GA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:35 PM
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134. No he won't
He's a big ol'Republican.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-02-05 12:00 AM
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144. But he appreciates *comedy*.
Edited on Fri Dec-02-05 12:01 AM by sfexpat2000
On edit: If he's a Thug -- which I belive is part of his act or his act would be very different, send it to him FIRST. LOL!
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 11:12 PM
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94. Thanks, blm.
Of course, my mama would not be happy with me writing and using the A word, but then again, this is about a real AH, isn't it. :hi:
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 01:17 AM
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96. Here are some kinder, gentler words for a$$#0!3
How can your mama be possibly be unhappy with these selections?

Rectal sphincter
Anal crevice
Posterior orifice
Ventral duct

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Christa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:44 PM
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3. oh lordy lordy
:rofl: :woohoo: this was beautiful :yourock:
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:45 PM
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4. LOL!
:rofl: Make that a Major League Asshole!
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klook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:50 PM
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12. Big Time!! (eom)
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:51 PM
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14. Oh Yeah! Big Time!
How could I leave that out? :rofl:
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:46 PM
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5. If you and your friends have been busted for driving drunk
and then have the gall to lecture Americans about "National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month". you just might be an asshole.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:53 PM
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34. Good one!
:rofl:
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:47 PM
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6. kick
:kick:
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afdip Donating Member (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:48 PM
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7. and not just a run-of-the-mill asshole, either . . . world class
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:48 PM
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8. Sounds like the first ASSHOLE.
Reminds me of what I read about when Green Day has been touring and Billie Joe Armstrong comes out on the stage and says.."My name is george w bush, but my friends call me Asshole!"

Said the crowds just Roar!:applause: :applause: :applause:
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confludemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:11 PM
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37. That moment is captured in their DVD "Bullet in a Bible" n/t
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 08:12 PM
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46. Thanks! Have you seen
the recent Rolling Stone with Billie Joe on the cover?

It has priceless information in it!
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confludemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:24 PM
Response to Reply #46
60. I haven't, but that concert DVD had me in tears. awesome and beautiful
one of the best for me since "Live Rust" many years ago.
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:48 PM
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9. Excellent!
:thumbsup:
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gademocrat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:48 PM
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10. dead on balls accurate
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thereismore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:55 PM
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20. My cousin Vinny nt
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Sabriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:49 PM
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11. If you put people of color in your media backdrops,
yet work against them in your political endeavors, you just might be an asshole.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:23 PM
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40. Another one!
:rofl:
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:51 PM
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13. Well done!
:applause:
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Ron Mexico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:52 PM
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15. If you nominate one of your unqualified cronies to the Supreme Court and
expect us to believe that she withdrew on her own accord, you just might be an asshole.

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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:29 PM
Response to Reply #15
42. LOL
:rofl:
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yorkiemommie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:53 PM
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16. great job!

n/t
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Iowa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:53 PM
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17. You nailed it. Recommended.
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:46 PM
Response to Reply #17
82. Luv the Artwork.
Says it all to a sad-tee!
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:47 PM
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83. Iowa, I love your graphic about the "Corporate Media".
"Corporate Media". Thank you. :hi:
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Glimmer of Hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:53 PM
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18. This is brilliant. You should turn it into a song!
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:54 PM
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19. if you use rescuers as photo-props in the midst of a rescue mission
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 05:56 PM by BJW
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thereismore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:56 PM
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21. What's that bit about abortion? Did bushturd have a preg girlfriend
who became unpreg? This is teh first time I hear about it.
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sickinohio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:02 PM
Response to Reply #21
28. I didn't know that either!
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:58 PM
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71. Me either, but found a link explaining it...
http://bushwatch.net/flyntabortion.htm

For what it's worth. Doesn't surprise me if it's true.
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:57 PM
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22. if you waste thousands of gallons of jet fuel for photo-ops and then
tell Americans to drive less and conserve fuel.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:42 PM
Response to Reply #22
44. LOL!
:rofl:
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:45 PM
Response to Reply #22
81. Good One!
Just talking about that earlier today!

:thumbsup:
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Terran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:57 PM
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23. Bravo!!
Woowoo! (*whistles*) (##thunderous applause##)
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:59 PM
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24. if you keep saying that unqualified, incompetent jerks in leadership
positions are doing "a heck of a job"
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:01 PM
Response to Reply #24
26. ...
:spray: Including thinking that of yourself! :rofl:
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 08:42 PM
Response to Reply #24
52. Heck of job, Brownie!
Yeah, he might just be an asshole! LOL! :rofl:
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 05:59 PM
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25. Sweet
:applause:
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blue neen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:01 PM
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27. Fantastic.
:thumbsup:
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blue neen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:03 PM
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29. If you put our nation's children through the hypocrisy of NCLB,
yet you can't simultaneously think and speak, you MIGHT just be an asshole.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:00 PM
Response to Reply #29
54. Ha!
:rofl:
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:10 PM
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30. If you continue to insult the American people by continually feeding
us your feeble lines of BULLSHIT and expecting us to swallow it all- hook, line and sinker...

YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE!!!

Peace.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:05 PM
Response to Reply #30
55. LOL!
No "might be"? :rofl:
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MsConduct Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:15 PM
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32. So funny, so true, and so , well, ironic! Love it, thanks! n/t
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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:15 PM
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33. "send W to Mars"
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Usrename Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 06:57 PM
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35. Google the word "asshole" and hit "I feel lucky"
:kick:
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bliss_eternal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:08 PM
Response to Reply #35
36. I LOVE that!
The video and song are genius--when I need a giggle I do this!
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:53 PM
Response to Reply #35
85. Sent it off to all. Thanks for that tip!
Here's the link: http://www.filmstripinternational.com/index.php?asshole

Found it as Usrename suggested. :thumbsup:

Ain't it the truth.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:14 PM
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38. You forgot one:
"You Just Might Be an Asshole:"

If you let an entire American city drown, killing thousands of Americans while doing photo ops with a country singer.

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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:07 PM
Response to Reply #38
56. omg
:cry: :hug:

:hi:
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:10 PM
Response to Reply #38
57. Thanks for adding this one, Swamp Rat!
Yeah, that one sort of does qualify for asshole status, doesn't it? Thanks! :hi:
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:24 PM
Response to Reply #38
59. This was a classic, Swampy.
:patriot:
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:55 PM
Response to Reply #38
86. And Pushing Social Security to Arizona Elderly!
Yup. One big Asshole.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:16 PM
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39. And a stupid..
....fucking asshole at that :)

I listened to some of George's speech today. The man is either stupider than a bag of hammers or lying his ass off.
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 09:50 AM
Response to Reply #39
115. I'm thinking it's both n/t
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wrate Donating Member (376 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:25 PM
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41. Please replace every instance of "might just be" with "are". Fucking A!!
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Flying Dream Blues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 07:38 PM
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43. If you bitch about ending your vacation early to deal with the largest
national disaster the country has ever faced, and before actually dealing with it you stop for cake and a fundraiser, and delay getting help to people who are dying because you can't be bothered, you just might be an asshole. No, in fact, you definitely ARE an asshole.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:32 PM
Response to Reply #43
65. Might be?
:rofl:
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jhain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 08:03 PM
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45. PERFECT
and I can think of many more as soon as I can breathe again!
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twaddler01 Donating Member (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 08:14 PM
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47. Muahaha
Let's see, it took me about 10 words to figure this one out! Brilliant! :D
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democrank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 08:17 PM
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48. If you
start with blowing up frogs then graduate to blowing up countries....
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:33 PM
Response to Reply #48
66. Good one!
:rofl:
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misternormal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 08:19 PM
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49. Right on the money !!!
:headbang:
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TacticalPeek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 08:30 PM
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50. Bwaaahahahahahahahaha!
:evilgrin:

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CanOfWhoopAss Donating Member (776 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 08:34 PM
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51. yuk yuk yuk :) nt
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lady raven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 08:42 PM
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53. Hilarious, but I take exception to ONE part of it...
Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 08:42 PM by HereKittyKitty
"FORMER pig farm"?

Pardon me if I'm wrong, but I thought * still owned his "ranch" and spent time there...

(ducking)
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:59 PM
Response to Reply #53
90. You Mean that Illegal "Western White House?"
Yeah. Every chance the asshole gets.
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:22 PM
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58. Damn. I wanted my Rove post to get to the top, but this is just too
well done.

Recommended.

A great post.

:patriot:

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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:24 PM
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61. If you've called Osama bin Laden a child of "privilege"
who sends others out to die but "never offers to go along for the ride" while not seeing same in the Mirror Every Morning! -- You just might be an asshole.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:34 PM
Response to Reply #61
67. Ouch!
:rofl:
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:04 PM
Response to Reply #67
74. Yup...this from the Chimperor's own mouth, I swear!
From The little Boy who wanted to be Emperor"s speech
at National Endowment for Humanity

Bush said Islamic radicalism is "elitist" and led by a "self-appointed vanguard" that presumes to speak for the masses. He chided bin Laden for telling Muslims "what is good for them." Then courageous George said, "And what this man who grew up in wealth and privilege considers good for poor Muslims is that they become killers and suicide bombers. He assures them that his is the road to paradise though he never offers to go along for the ride." Bush paused, got the scripted applause, and then did his silly smirk, so pleased with himself.

http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/gallagher234.html
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jbnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 03:58 PM
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139. His whole terrorism speech
sounds like a confession. I wrote a post about it I'll go find.

OK here are the quotes

How can he say these lines with a straight face? Who do you think people around the world would think of when he says these lines? It's chilling, like he looks in the mirror and reports on the bad guy he sees there.


Some might be tempted to dismiss these goals as fanatical or extreme. Well, they are fanatical and extreme -- and they should not be dismissed ...Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience, must be taken very seriously -- and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply.

The radicals exploit local conflicts to build a culture of victimization, in which someone else is always to blame and violence is always the solution. They exploit resentful and disillusioned young men and women, recruiting them through radical mosques as the pawns of terror. And they exploit modern technology to multiply their destructive power.

Over the years these extremists have used a litany of excuses for violence -- We're facing a radical ideology with inalterable objectives: to enslave whole nations and intimidate the world.

And what this man who grew up in wealth and privilege considers good for poor Muslims is that they become killers and suicide bombers. He assures them that his -- that this is the road to paradise -- though he never offers to go along for the ride.

Like the ideology of communism, our new enemy teaches that innocent individuals can be sacrificed to serve a political vision. And this explains their cold-blooded contempt for human life.

Its leaders pretend to be an aggrieved party... In truth they have endless ambitions of imperial domination, and they wish to make everyone powerless except themselves. ..They seek to end dissent in every form, and to control every aspect of life, and to rule the soul, itself. While promising a future of justice and holiness, the terrorists are preparing for a future of oppression and misery.

By fearing freedom -- by distrusting human creativity, and punishing change, and limiting the contributions of half the population -- this ideology undermines the very qualities that make human progress possible, and human societies successful. The only thing modern about the militants' vision is the weapons they want to use against us.

They're unconstrained by any notion of our common humanity, or by the rules of warfare.

Throughout history, tyrants and would-be tyrants have always claimed that murder is justified to serve their grand vision -- and they end up alienating decent people across the globe
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La_Fourmi_Rouge Donating Member (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:46 AM
Response to Reply #61
102. K & R
mcscajun, your reply has inspired me to k & r this entire post, as you have so perfectly plucked a thought, that never completely formed in my mind, out of it.



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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:27 PM
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62. OMG!
I am saving this! :thumbsup:
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:31 PM
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63. If you exploit the memory of the September 11th, 2001, terror attacks
which were caused by your gross incompetence and your entire damn administration being asleep at the wheel, you just might be an asshole.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:46 PM
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68. That would certainly reach asshole status, S.S.
One might call that person an asshole, huh?
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:39 PM
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76. One might.
And this one sure does. Sometimes I pretty it up with the word "flaming."

BTW, brilliant compilation, DZ. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:32 PM
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64. Might be? Ain't no doubt about it! Not now, not then, not EVER!
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toddaa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:46 PM
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69. My first nomination
I've been lurking on DU for nearly two years and this is the first time I've nominated a post.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 09:54 PM
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70. Well, thank you. How about all the other contributions here?
Now, I just wonder who on earth could be this much of an asshole?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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im10ashus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:00 PM
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72. OH HELL YES!!!!
This is like the BEST POST EVER! :yourock:
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reality based Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:02 PM
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73. Just about the best summation of the little twerp's hypocrisy
that I have ever read. Thank you.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:35 PM
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75. Absolutely Perfect !!!
Bravo!!!

:applause::yourock::applause:


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No Exit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:39 PM
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77. Great!!! If you asked a mother whose son had just been killed in Iraq
"How do you know he would've had a great life?" after she had just tearfully told you what a good person her dead son was, and then you later coaxed tears out of your reptilian eyes while ostensibly reading a posthumously revealed letter of another dead soldier, you might just be an asshole.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:41 PM
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79. Asshole status, no doubt.
Or as Straight Shooter said, "flaming".
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No Exit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:52 PM
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84. Flamin'... like white phosphorous!
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spacelady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 11:05 PM
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92. I kinda like "Gaping Asshole" but that's just me.....this will be my
first recommended thread also--it's just so appropos!
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 11:08 PM
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93. Gaping!
:rofl::rofl:
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No Exit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:40 PM
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78. If you love to tell everyone how great the American peepul are,
but are scared shitless of actually coming into contact with any of those American peepul, you might just be an asshole.
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 04:55 PM
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141. Definitely AH status!
:rofl:
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:42 PM
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80. If you are...
If you are all for taking away from the poor, the disabled, the elderly, the lower and now middle-class everything you've given to you're 1 percent wealthy big-buds, giving them the ease of filing bankruptcy whenever, yet not allowing the rest of Americans to do so...

Well, I'd say you're a real asshole!

Excellent post, Mr. Zephyr!

Add: Nothing like ringing-in the New Year by derailing Medicare, for those already stifled by so many of the haves, as have-no-mores, you're certainly an "asshole!"
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:57 PM
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87. I'd say!
:rofl:
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BattyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:58 PM
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88. ROFL!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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grace0418 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:58 PM
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89. If by asshole you mean
completely worthless waste of DNA, evil scum-sucking, motherfucking piece of shit for which there is a special spot in the deepest pits of hell then, yes, asshole covers it.
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BamaLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-30-05 10:59 PM
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91. The 5th paragraph
I've never heard of that... have I been completely in the frikkin dark? Someone help a brutha out on this one!!
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Laurab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 12:11 AM
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95. Same here
I never heard that one, either...it makes him even worse, if that's at ALL possible....
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lectrobyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 09:38 AM
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114. google "Robin Lowman" and make up your own mind on it. It
certainly seems possible that it did occur.
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Beam Me Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 01:21 AM
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97. That's why we call him (*)
(*)

Looks like an asshole to me!
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Carla in Ca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 01:59 AM
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98. Thanks, David Zephyr
I just sent this to my Dad. He'll hate it, but we will get a good laugh out of it! Great post. :hi:
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Rebelry Donating Member (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:11 AM
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99. Loved this! Thanks for the laugh. Too true.
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:25 AM
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100. That's great! Is that true about the abortion, or are you just talking...
...about ReThugs in general (i.e. Bob Barr taking his wife to get an Abortion so that another child doesn't interfere with him marrying his mistress)?
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:35 AM
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101. Abortion allegation link provided by rateyes in post #71 above
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 03:00 AM
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103. Thanks, added the bookmark to my "Bush Crap" folder
It's got a lot in it.
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 03:34 AM
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104. if you're perfectly healthy, but you're first in line to get
a flu shot while some seniors forced to sit outside in the hot sun die while waiting to get one too.
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 03:35 AM
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105. if you fly into a disaster zone in a big plane
and you don't bring in relief supplies nor do you transport any homeless people out with you when you leave.
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 03:37 AM
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106. if you think you were destined to be president of the United States
because of your history of repeated business failures.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 05:19 AM
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107. Mighty fine work David! n/t
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 07:08 AM
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108. If you're the arrogant, beliigerant, strutting "Leader of the Free World"
Edited on Thu Dec-01-05 07:09 AM by Stephanie
but you have to ask your minder for permission to use the bathroom, you just might be a Major League Asshole.






This has got to be a DU record for nominations! lol!
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 07:13 AM
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109. Excellent David Zephyr!!
:applause: :yourock:
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bigbrother05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 07:26 AM
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110. Sums him up nicely
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Raster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 08:03 AM
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111. If you abandon poor black people to die in New Orleans,
Edited on Thu Dec-01-05 08:03 AM by Raster
you might be a racist, murdering asshole.
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Stockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 09:16 AM
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112. Ahh, is the fifth one true?
n/t
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 09:22 AM
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113. Thanks for posting that! nt
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chat_noir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 10:09 AM
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116. if you act like this
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TNOE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 10:21 AM
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117. This is such a good post
I think you should add the other great comments - and get it all together for us to send far & wide on our e-mail lists. Just a suggestion!!
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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 10:26 AM
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118. A pious, reichous, sanctimonious hypocritical a......?
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 10:29 AM
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119. Jimmy Breslin sommation, :
Bush's style is to be nowhere if things that carry a bit of fear
happen. During Vietnam, he kept all dental appointments. For the World
Trade Center attack, he first froze in a classroom in Florida. Then he
flew off in his plane for long hours. Three days later, he got to New
York where a flunky placed a retired firefighter, Bob Beckwith from
Long Island, alongside him atop a truck. Then Bush called out a
football dressing room speech over a bullhorn.
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 10:36 AM
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120. Absolutely Perfect. n/t
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Justpat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 11:01 AM
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121. HaHa! Thanks for this!
I printed it out and taped it up over my desk.
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robbedvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 11:02 AM
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122. If you commit to film the most offensive, gross gaffe you made
Kristen Breitweiser comments on W's propaganda Showtime movie - a real story was used here:

And since we are talking about the visit to Ground Zero, I found it
particularly offensive that there was so much posturing about how to get
the best photo-op. The worst part comes when the president meets a young
mother and child who are desperately searching for their missing father
and husband. President Bush takes the picture of the child's father and
signs his name across it, telling the young girl, "When your daddy comes
back, tell him you met me." For a child and wife facing the devastating
loss of a loved one who very likely has just been burned, crushed and
buried in rubble, meeting the president doesn't rightly matter. Nor does
it matter having his signature scrawled across a photo that you wanted
to display on a wall of missing victims -- something that would have
offered at least a glimmer of hope.

A "mind-numbingly boring" propaganda film
A 9/11 widow reviews last night's Showtime film about President Bush's
actions on and after that fateful morning.
By Kristen Breitweiser

http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2003/09/08/dc911/?ref=http://images.salon.com/src/ads/soe/action.asp
- - - - - - - - - - - -
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Poet Lariat Donating Member (275 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 11:14 AM
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123. If you "sprung forth" your evil ways on the people of Texas
as that states Governor and then "sprung forth" again on all Americans and eventually the world as President of the United States...you might be an asshole.

I know..."sprung forth" ain't correct english. Just thought it fit.
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npincus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 11:40 AM
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124. Lurking Freepers: Read and LEARN
the wisdom of David Zephyr
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 12:10 PM
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125. I wondered why such a title had so many recommendations? Now I know why.
Add one more.

:toast:
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ozymandius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 12:43 PM
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126. Hallelujah! Do I have a witness?!?
:thumbsup:
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 01:02 PM
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127. if you continually complain that being president of the United States
is hard work.
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lynettebro440 Donating Member (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:05 PM
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128. And I shall be the 101th nom
Good job!
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:13 PM
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129. if you privately snigger and mock pleas for mercy
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:14 PM
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130. if you attended the best private schools in the nation but ask
Edited on Thu Dec-01-05 02:15 PM by BJW
"Is our children learning?"
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Justpat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:37 PM
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135. Good one. n/t
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:47 PM
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136. deleted
Edited on Thu Dec-01-05 02:48 PM by BJW
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:20 PM
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131. if you persist in making speeches at military bases even though
each time you do this the bases, including VA medical facilities, are shut down so veterans and their families can't get access to important medical care.
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:23 PM
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132. if you besmirch the office of the presidency by publicly holding
hands as an open gesture of your personal/family friendship with the head of a corrupt monarchy.
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BJW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 02:48 PM
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137. IF YOU NEVER STOP TO CONSIDER THAT YOUR GUT DECISIONS
might just be a case of some really bad gas!
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Shredr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 03:05 PM
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138. Hilarious!
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 04:10 PM
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140. If you profit by selling photographs of yourself running away
from danger on 9/11, well yeah, you're an asshole.

:hi:
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truthnproof Donating Member (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 06:05 PM
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142. Here's The Asshole Song To Go With It
http://filmstripinternational.com/index.php?play=asshole


This is simply my favorite political song AND flash animation...
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lovelaureng Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-01-05 06:19 PM
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143. Well done! nt
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