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StefanX Donating Member (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-28-05 03:40 PM
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White House vs. The Onion...


...and it looks like the White House has lost round one!

The White House Demands The Onion Stop Using Presidential Seal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The White House is not amused by The Onion, a newspaper that often spoofs the Bush administration, and has asked it to stop using the presidential seal on its Web site...

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=white+house+onion+seal


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The Onion's response?



http://www.theonion.com/content/node/42136
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-28-05 03:46 PM
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1. LMFAO
:rofl: :spray: :rofl:
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ContraBass Black Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-28-05 04:22 PM
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2. Holy---------!
Edited on Fri Oct-28-05 04:24 PM by ContraBass Black
No way.

I think I would have preferred some ironic flaunting of the seal, but I think this is much more likely to have the intended effect.
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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-28-05 04:26 PM
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3. Oh, man...that's the gift that keeps on giving.
:rofl:
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oustemnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-28-05 04:46 PM
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4. so crude....
by which I mean hilarious! Go Onion!
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-28-05 06:31 PM
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5. Oh. My.
Ya know it just goes to show you, you don't fuck with The Onion. You just don't fuck with The Onion.

The WH must be filled with a lot of really really really stupid dweebs.
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