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pepperbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:10 PM
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WAIT A MINUTE....IF AL GORE GOT LAMBASTED....
for saying he invented the internet, doesn't this piece also merit a bit of indignation?

http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/20/bush-government-research-developed-ipod/

Bush: government research developed iPod

Apple has long boasted of its culture of innovation, and how this led to such products as the original Mac and the iPod. However, it turns out that, at least in the case of the iPod, Apple had a hidden ally: the US government. During a speech at Tuskegee University, President (and iPod user) George W. Bush told his audience, "the government funded research in microdrive storage, electrochemistry and signal compression. They did so for one reason: It turned out that those were the key ingredients for the development of the iPod."
*snip*
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:13 PM
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1. Absolutely. Great new meme..."Bush invented the iPod!"
What a fucking putz. At least it explains why the headphones suck...Bush can't do ANYTHING right! :rofl:
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Pab Sungenis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:19 PM
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3. GORE only invented the INTERNET. BUSH invented the IPOD!
I don't have Photoshop installed on this machine, but I would love to do a parody of one of those Apple ads with a Bush Silhouette. Maybe I'll drag out the laptop.
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:21 PM
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5. I can see the image now...
The silouhette of Bush against a deep red back ground, the ear buds up his nose, the cord wrapped around his feet, as he is about to fall over onto his fucking head! LOL!
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Pab Sungenis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:48 PM
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11. Here we go.
I couldn't get a good shot of headphones, so if anyone wants to add them please do.


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Jawja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 02:04 PM
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15. LOL!!!
That's great!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Southsideirish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:36 PM
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8. Al helped to direct funding for research that led to the internet's growth
and development. That he "invented" it is yet another rotten republican lie.
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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:52 PM
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12. Well, you're probably a lot better at it...
But for now, I threw this one together. LOL!

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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:15 PM
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2. Bush knows how to use an iPod? He even knows what it is?
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vireo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:26 PM
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7. Yes, indeedy!
First, Bush's iPod is heavy on traditional country singers like George Jones, Alan Jackson and Kenny Chesney. He has selections by Van Morrison, whose "Brown Eyed Girl" is a Bush favorite, and by John Fogerty, most predictably "Centerfield," which was played at Texas Rangers games when Bush was an owner and is still played at ballparks all over America.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/04/11/MNGQTC699Q1.DTL

Do you think he ever listens to "Fortunate Son"?
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:45 PM
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9. I am sure that song in on the forbidden list.
Do you think he ever listens to "Fortunate Son"?
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dweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:53 PM
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13. hopefully someone will download to his Ipod
Neil Young's newest ...

then send him off biking. :D

dp
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 02:36 PM
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17. His head will explode... for sure!
(*I hope I hope I hope)
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Peter Frank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:20 PM
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4. Thanks for helping get this story out on the internets... n/t
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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:23 PM
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6. Oh...I thought we scavenged it from the Roswell UFO...
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:46 PM
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10. It would only depend on the conservative media.
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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:56 PM
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14. Man, he's really getting desperate. n/t
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 02:12 PM
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16. BushCo is also responsible for the increased popularity of . . .
"My Pet Goat" . . .

just wanted to give credit where credit's deserved . . .
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