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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:47 PM
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Most Obscure Caption Ever? ---pix->>>




Education officials in Pakistan have dropped a poem from a school
textbook after discovering that it secretly contained the name of US
President George W. Bush(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/051206/photos_od_afp/051206185641_jv3u3x9k_photo0
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im10ashus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:49 PM
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1. He he!
Poetry is hard work! He he!
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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:50 PM
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2. Here is the LBN link from Sunday...
Edited on Tue Dec-06-05 02:52 PM by Kadie
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1966138



edited to add...

:puke:
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Norwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:52 PM
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4. What the hell is wrong with these people?
:puke:
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:21 PM
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22. Jesus! What a load of crap that is.
:puke:
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:24 PM
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24. anonymous aka:
kkkarl... :puke:
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:51 PM
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3. No caption.
But what an UGLY man! He also looks deranged.
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deek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:53 PM
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5. You've got to be kidding!!
from story:

At first sight the anonymous 20-line ode entitled "The Leader", which was taught to Pakistani students aged between 15 and 18, appears merely to list the qualities of the ideal statesman.

But closer inspection reveals that the first letter of each line spells out the American president's title and name.

Bush's surname appears in the following lines: "Bracing for war, but praying for peace / Using his power so evil will cease. / So much a leader and worthy of trust, / Here stands a man who will do what he must."

more and complete poem at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051206/od_afp/pakistanuseducation_051206185641;_ylt=AmcPG0z5.i9pgj6Ffg8iv3oFO7gF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGVna3NhBHNlYwNzc3JlbA--
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melody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:00 PM
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11. What's next? Eighty-foot tall portraits in the public square?
Is there no end to this half-wit's ego?
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Flubadubya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:56 PM
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6. Just realized how much he looks like a Garden Gnome...
and certainly NOT a cute one! :puke:
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:58 PM
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8. More like a Garden Orc
Or a Garden Uruk-hai...
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:21 PM
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23. coming right up!


(This is a garden ornament made by a company on Vancouver Island.)
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Flubadubya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:27 PM
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25. Hah!! Beautiful...
Edited on Tue Dec-06-05 03:28 PM by Flubadubya
ummmh... I mean UGLY!!! Yeah, really ugly! Thanks Lisa. :rofl:

Well, it should at least keep the bugs away. :)
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:57 PM
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7. The photos of Chimpy . . .
. . . are proof that the elections were tampered with. No way over half the people in this country voted for such a total imbecile. I have a thirteen year-old niece who could run this country better than Dubya.
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swimboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:59 PM
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10. Welcome to DU, CrazyOrangeCat!
:hi: I wish your niece had won.
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:01 PM
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12. Thanks!
And thanks to you Canuck, I just saw your greeting from last nite.
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SammyBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:06 PM
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15. Welcome to DU, CrazyOrangeCat
:yourock:

A pile of my dog's steaming shit can run this country better than Bush.
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:09 PM
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17. Vote for SammyBlue's dog's turd! ;)
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:13 PM
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19. I agree
and welcome to DU! :hi:
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:17 PM
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21. Thank you! n/t
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 02:59 PM
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9. And meanwhile, in Iraq
all mention of Saddam has been removed from textbooks. http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/history-revised-saddam-vanishes-from-schoolbooks/2005/09/12/1126377257168.html

Their attempts at psy-ops are everywhere.
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Tony_Illinois Donating Member (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:02 PM
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13. Looking Like The Booze Has Left Its Mark
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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:05 PM
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14. He looks like one of those "uncles" you try to avoid
during family get togethers---stinking of smoke and alcohol and always getting too close.
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DKStreet Donating Member (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:46 PM
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26. and everybody pretends he's not a raging alcoholic
you know, to keep the family peace and all...
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:09 PM
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16. You are now screwed!
I've got mine, to the nether regions for the rest of you!
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jimshoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:13 PM
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18. When asked to comment
on just how much money his administration has stolen, the pResident could only laugh hysterically...
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-06-05 03:13 PM
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20. New Caption:" * tries to yell for help after tying his own tie too tight
The story and poem are at this link: <http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051206/od_afp/pakistanuseducation_051206185641;_ylt=AtMIhFcUGZY9fkD549STufwFO7gF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGVna3NhBHNlYwNzc3JlbA-->

Looks like something some Republican supporter at the Texas Textbook printing company must have added in to the english version of the textbook. Why? Because it's a very simple rhyming poem, almost a limerick, the only type of poem most ReThugs understand to be a poem.
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