Comments on: The Bush Years poster features a dapper Jack Abramoff http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282369 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282369 A grim thing to have on your wall. No, thank you very much. A grim thing to have on your wall. No, thank you very much.

]]> By: Teapunk http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282370 Teapunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282370 ... and to think that there was so much fuzz about whether Clinton "Had sex with that woman" or not - Bush did all that and completely got away with it. The world truly is bizarre. … and to think that there was so much fuzz about whether Clinton “Had sex with that woman” or not – Bush did all that and completely got away with it.
The world truly is bizarre.

]]> By: FoetusNail http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282373 FoetusNail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282373 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6urw_PWHYk" rel="nofollow">Damon on Palin</a> if you've not seen it yet. Damon on Palin if you’ve not seen it yet.

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282374 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282374 amapolalola, There is one image, however, that should be printed and distributed EVERYWHERE — McCain humping Bush's leg. That says it all. amapolalola,

There is one image, however, that should be printed and distributed EVERYWHERE — McCain humping Bush’s leg. That says it all.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282387 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282387 <i>McCain humping Bush's leg</i> I love the <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/images/eartothegrounduploads/mcbush_huggiebear28.jpg">full photo</a>. All those advisers and nobody told them not to wear pleats. McCain humping Bush’s leg

I love the full photo. All those advisers and nobody told them not to wear pleats.

]]> By: LightningCrash http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282388 LightningCrash Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282388 this != a wonderful thing this != a wonderful thing

]]> By: cmdowns http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282397 cmdowns Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282397 I wear a hat to work. An Akubra. I would recommend it to anyone. Both wearing a hat to work, and the Akubra. I wear a hat to work. An Akubra. I would recommend it to anyone. Both wearing a hat to work, and the Akubra.

]]> By: Gigolo http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282404 Gigolo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282404 Hah that sums it up pretty well. This video accompanies it well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8F6NH3sc18&fmt=6 Hah that sums it up pretty well. This video accompanies it well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8F6NH3sc18&fmt=6

]]> By: xopl http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282661 xopl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282661 Thank you #13 for this: It is full of "wonders," as in "I wonder how they got away with that shit without being impeached, much less getting reelected." In response... Voting fraud is how he got elected both times. Sadly, I really do believe that. Just ask me about the voting machine in Ohio that recorded 4 billion votes for John Kerry. And Bush got away with all of this because Democratic leadership in Congress signed off on torture and spying and the war. If he goes down, they go down with him. Thank you #13 for this:

It is full of “wonders,” as in “I wonder how they got away with that shit without being impeached, much less getting reelected.”

In response…

Voting fraud is how he got elected both times. Sadly, I really do believe that. Just ask me about the voting machine in Ohio that recorded 4 billion votes for John Kerry.

And Bush got away with all of this because Democratic leadership in Congress signed off on torture and spying and the war. If he goes down, they go down with him.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282406 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282406 It IS wonderful, #9. It is full of "wonders," as in "I wonder how they got away with that shit without being impeached, much less getting reelected." It IS wonderful, #9.

It is full of “wonders,” as in “I wonder how they got away with that shit without being impeached, much less getting reelected.”

]]> By: Roschelle http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282662 Roschelle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282662 Now that SARAH PALIN and the world has been educated - will the <a href=http://roschellenelson.blogspot.com/2008/09/will-bush-doctrine-cause-more-us.html">infamous</a> Bush Doctrine cause more U.S. casualties? Now that SARAH PALIN and the world has been educated – will the infamous Bush Doctrine cause more U.S. casualties?

]]> By: amapolalola http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282407 amapolalola Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282407 #8, #10 <i>That</i> deserves a unicorn chaser #8, #10
That deserves a unicorn chaser

]]> By: FoetusNail http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282410 FoetusNail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282410 <a href="http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/01/06/hats/index.html?x">Salon article about Abramoff's hat.</a> Salon article about Abramoff’s hat.

]]> By: Noelegy http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282923 Noelegy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282923 I always had my suspicions that society started going downhill around the time people stopped wearing hats. (tongue in cheek) I always had my suspicions that society started going downhill around the time people stopped wearing hats. (tongue in cheek)

]]> By: LightningCrash http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282420 LightningCrash Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282420 #13: That's because the majority of a group of 535 people went right along with Bush, even with a Democratic-party majority. Legislation originates in the House, after all. #13:
That’s because the majority of a group of 535 people went right along with Bush, even with a Democratic-party majority.

Legislation originates in the House, after all.

]]> By: Bodhipaksa http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282685 Bodhipaksa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282685 I don't think Jack Abramoff was wearing his hat to work in that picture. Wasn't that him leaving his trial? I don’t think Jack Abramoff was wearing his hat to work in that picture. Wasn’t that him leaving his trial?

]]> By: droo31 http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-283710 droo31 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-283710 So Bush was responsible for a bridge collapse? So Bush was responsible for a bridge collapse?

]]> By: jetsetsc http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282431 jetsetsc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282431 I distinctly remember my feelings in January 2001 when they showed Clinton boarding a plane right after he handed the keys over. I thought, wow, the end of a great era, and I wonder what's coming next? Hoo boy... I distinctly remember my feelings in January 2001 when they showed Clinton boarding a plane right after he handed the keys over. I thought, wow, the end of a great era, and I wonder what’s coming next? Hoo boy…

]]> By: Neener http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282445 Neener Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282445 Wait, people, you know that Jack Abramoff wore the hat for religious reasons, right? "Looks like a ganster" ??? How about "Looks like a Conservative Jew." Am I the only person who lived in an East Coast city? Wait, people, you know that Jack Abramoff wore the hat for religious reasons, right? “Looks like a ganster” ??? How about “Looks like a Conservative Jew.” Am I the only person who lived in an East Coast city?

]]> By: brownsauce http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282701 brownsauce Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282701 Did this poster really need the man pile of man ass picture? There were other angles, y'know. Did this poster really need the man pile of man ass picture? There were other angles, y’know.

]]> By: dbarak http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282450 dbarak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282450 That's a little harsh on the guy, don't you think? Me neither. That’s a little harsh on the guy, don’t you think?

Me neither.

]]> By: FoetusNail http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282451 FoetusNail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282451 That's the point of the Salon article. <blockquote>That the world saw Jack Abramoff wearing this hat for the first time while admitting to such grievous transgressions, that much of the world will now associate this symbol of piousness with the gangster look, is a Chillul Hashem -- an act that shames the name of G_d.</blockquote> That’s the point of the Salon article.

That the world saw Jack Abramoff wearing this hat for the first time while admitting to such grievous transgressions, that much of the world will now associate this symbol of piousness with the gangster look, is a Chillul Hashem — an act that shames the name of G_d.

]]> By: wolfiesma http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282452 wolfiesma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282452 This doesn't come close to summing it up. I don't see one example of Bush's "Healthy Skies, Healthy Forests," policies, for example. The complete gutting of 35 years of environmental rules and regulations deserves at a least a mention, don't you think? This doesn’t come close to summing it up. I don’t see one example of Bush’s “Healthy Skies, Healthy Forests,” policies, for example. The complete gutting of 35 years of environmental rules and regulations deserves at a least a mention, don’t you think?

]]> By: Trvth http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282463 Trvth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282463 Think - if the US wasn't attacked by terrorists in 2001 and if Katrina had hit an area not populated by Democrats - both incidences President Bush had no control over - this would have been a much less interesting poster. Oh, and if his family wasn't in the oil business. Think – if the US wasn’t attacked by terrorists in 2001 and if Katrina had hit an area not populated by Democrats – both incidences President Bush had no control over – this would have been a much less interesting poster. Oh, and if his family wasn’t in the oil business.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282470 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282470 TRVTH, he was in charge of the mind-boggling responses to those things, that's what he's blamed for. TRVTH, he was in charge of the mind-boggling responses to those things, that’s what he’s blamed for.

]]> By: FoetusNail http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282471 FoetusNail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282471 Thanks for pointing out the hat, it's making this so much easier to handle. Hey, look... Kittens... <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/8268/" rel="nofollow">Here's Your Hat, What's Your Worry? The lost virtues of stylish headgear.</a> Takuan? Thanks for pointing out the hat, it’s making this so much easier to handle. Hey, look… Kittens…

Here’s Your Hat, What’s Your Worry?
The lost virtues of stylish headgear.

Takuan?

]]> By: FoetusNail http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282473 FoetusNail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282473 TRVTH, what he said. TRVTH, what he said.

]]> By: haaz http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282730 haaz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282730 Re: #41 -- I was actually wondering what was up with the butt of the poor guy on the right-hand side of the picture from Abu Ghraib. It looks deformed, like the skin was pulled off and wrapped around something. Any idea what it is? Re: #41 — I was actually wondering what was up with the butt of the poor guy on the right-hand side of the picture from Abu Ghraib. It looks deformed, like the skin was pulled off and wrapped around something. Any idea what it is?

]]> By: colonel gentleman http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282475 colonel gentleman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282475 #22, Yeah, if only there had been some sort of warning... http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/10/august6.memo/ And I think the beef that folks had with Katrina was not the hurricane but how the aftermath was handled. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-corn/hurricane-katrina-and-bus_b_6618.html #22,

Yeah, if only there had been some sort of warning…

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/10/august6.memo/

And I think the beef that folks had with Katrina was not the hurricane but how the aftermath was handled.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-corn/hurricane-katrina-and-bus_b_6618.html

]]> By: Trvth http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/the-bush-years-poste.html#comment-282480 Trvth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282480 @UGLY CANUCK, An argument about President Bush's responses to the 9/11 attack and Katrina would last for a loooong time so, if you will, just think about what Sean Hannity would say about the poster and how you would reply - and we'll both agree that whoever made the Bush Years poster did a very good job. Man I hate politics - the last 8 years (except for the Supreme Court appointees)have made me absolutely sick. @UGLY CANUCK, An argument about President Bush’s responses to the 9/11 attack and Katrina would last for a loooong time so, if you will, just think about what Sean Hannity would say about the poster and how you would reply – and we’ll both agree that whoever made the Bush Years poster did a very good job. Man I hate politics – the last 8 years (except for the Supreme Court appointees)have made me absolutely sick.

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