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March 16, 2004, 02:21 AM
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Yet another Bushism..
Bush praises man in Women's Week gaffe
George Bush has marked International Women's Week - by paying tribute to a man.
He told reporters at the White House: "Earlier today, the Libyan government released Fathi Jahmi.
"She's a local government official who was imprisoned in 2002 for advocating free speech and democracy."
But he got his facts muddled. Jahmi is "Definitely male," said Amnesty International's Alistair Hodgett.
The Washington Post reports Jahmi, 62 is a male civil engineer sentenced to five years in jail after speaking out for a constitution and pluralism.
source: Ananova
hehe, the guy is such an idiot! Gotta laugh.
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March 16, 2004, 02:32 AM
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I'm not taking issue with fab's observations but, it would appear that there may be a bunch of idiots in the White House communications office who allowed him to make such a gaffe. I doubt Dubya has ever met Fahti.
[Edited on 16-3-2004 by reinausagi]
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March 16, 2004, 02:33 AM
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Busher bhul English niye ekta calendaro ber hoise...
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March 16, 2004, 02:49 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by reinausagi
it would appear that there may be a bunch of idiots in the White House communications office who allowed him to make such a gaffe.
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That would make him even more idiotic, only an idiot hires a bunch of idiots and only an idiot indiscriminately reads from another idiot.
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March 16, 2004, 03:10 AM
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An old Dilbert cartoon went this way :
Pointy haired manager : A good manager hires people who are smarter than he is
Wally : So your manager is dumber than you ?
Alice : And his manager is dumber still ?
Asok : Accodring to your theory, the CEO is the dumbest person in our company
Wally : Unless you are all bad managers.
Alice : Either way we are doomed.
[Edited on 16-3-2004 by Tintin]
[Edited on 16-3-2004 by Tintin]
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March 16, 2004, 03:20 AM
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This goofball is gonna have someone's head for this one. We've all lost count by now I'm sure. The best of Bush I think is his "Dear caught in the Headlight" look at press conferences.
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March 16, 2004, 06:01 PM
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Perhaps appropriate
George W. Bush meets with the Queen of England. He asks her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give to me?"
"Well," says the Queen, "the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people." Bush frowns. "But how do I know the people around me are really intelligent?"
The Queen takes a sip of tea. "Oh, that's easy. You just ask them to answer an intelligence riddle."
The Queen pushes a button on her intercom. "Please send Tony Blair in here, would you?"
Tony Blair walks into the room. "Yes, my Queen?"
The Queen smiles. "Answer me this, please, Tony. Your mother and father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your sister. Who is it?"
Without pausing for a moment, Tony Blair answers, "That would be me."
"Yes! Very good," says the Queen.
Back at the White House, Bush asks to speak with vice president Dick
Cheney. "Dick, answer this for me. Your mother and your father have a
child. It's not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it?"
"I'm not sure," says the vice president. "Let me get back to you on
that one."
Dick Cheney goes to his advisors and asks every one, but none can give him an answer. Finally, he ends up in the men's room and recognizes Colin
Powell's shoes in the next stall.
Dick shouts, "Colin! Can you answer this for me? Your mother and
father have a child and it's not your brother or your sister. Who is
it?"
Colin Powell yells back, "That's easy. It's me!"
Dick Cheney smiles. "Thanks!"
Cheney goes back to the Oval Office and to speak with Bush. "Say, I
did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's Colin
Powell."
Bush gets up, stomps over to Dick Cheney, and angrily yells into
his face, "No, you idiot! It's Tony Blair!"
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March 16, 2004, 06:10 PM
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LOL LMAO Thats gotta be the funniest joke I have read in sometime.
hahaha
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March 16, 2004, 06:11 PM
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Good one. Thanks for some pure laugh, Ockey.
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March 16, 2004, 09:26 PM
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Chinaman wrote:
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That would make him even more idiotic, only an idiot hires a bunch of idiots and only an idiot indiscriminately reads from another idiot.
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I'd have to agree on that. It is a well heeded unwritten rule in business that one needs to surround himself with people smarter that him. Dubya bears the ultimate responsibility here. Who is his White House Chief of Staff anyway? Definately not of Leon Panetta's calibre.
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March 16, 2004, 10:04 PM
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I can't believe an MBA grad from Harvard (?) doesn't know the origin of the word 'entrepreneur'..
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March 17, 2004, 04:47 AM
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That was a good one Ockey... LOL
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March 17, 2004, 06:46 AM
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I can't believe an MBA grad from Harvard (?) doesn't know the origin of the word 'entrepreneur'
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Fab, he is the beneficiary of his family's patronage to the University. There have always been afew students who are selected because of their families or corporate sponsorship. Yes, they are a few like Bush (born into the right family type), but the other 40 in the class are deserving students and it is they that run the engine.
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