02-07-2005 02:40									#31
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quote: Originally posted by Max Webster I wouldn't follow him into battle ...

That's ONE thing nobody ever had to worry about with Bush.

	02-07-2005 04:25									#32
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I read the article. Usual Bush waffle.

Move along people, no signs of intelligence here.

	02-07-2005 05:39									#33
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quote: Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat If you were from anywhere other than Nebraska, you'd probably know.

quote: You need to learn to distinguish between editorials and news, Drake.

I understand the difference perfectly. Rufus et al. are the ones criticizing the Times as a whole of bias because of their Murdoch! and Faux News! connection. All over one man's statement that Bush isn't an idiot...

	02-07-2005 06:39									#34
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten quote: You need to learn to distinguish between editorials and news, Drake. I understand the difference perfectly. Rufus et al. are the ones criticizing the Times as a whole of bias because of their Murdoch! and Faux News! connection. All over one man's statement that Bush isn't an idiot...

You honest-to-God can't read, can you?

My point was not about the perfectly idiotic editorial you found. My point was that the Times -- like the Wall St. Journal, the Chicago Tribune, and the UK Telegraph -- exhibits a systematic conservative bias, in the same way that the Boston Globe, LA Times, and UK Guardian exhibit a systematic liberal bias. My further point was that anyone who found it remarkable that a paper with a systematic political bias would run a puff piece consistent with that bias probably needs to learn a bit more about the wider world beyond the prairie.

Chin up, Drake. You're young. You'll get there eventually.

	02-07-2005 06:59									#35
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I guess only those of us on the prairie understand sarcasm...

quote: My point was not about the perfectly idiotic editorial you found.

It's not an editorial. It's an interview with personal observations at the beginning. And you accuse me of not being able to read?

	02-07-2005 07:13									#36
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten It's not an editorial. It's an interview with personal observations at the beginning. And you accuse me of not being able to read?

So its even LESS SUBSTANTIAL than even an op-ed.

	02-07-2005 07:24									#37
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I never argued it was substantial. My OP was obviously facetious, poking fun at the breathless threads on the equally unsubstantial Downing Street Memos. The fact that the BDS suffering crowd got in a tizzy over it was just a bonus...

	02-07-2005 07:31									#38
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That Potemkin doesn;t care about the Downing Street memos is irrelevant to everyone else. Given that, no one was bound to grasp your attempt at "facetiousness"

	02-07-2005 07:33									#39
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Man, you're stupider than I thought if you couldn't tell I was joking. And that's saying something...

	02-07-2005 07:36									#40
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NO, the point is Drake that no one cared for your 'joke' It was a complete an utter failure.

Call it the Mother of all Bombs.

You are starting to give MrFun a run for his money.

	02-07-2005 07:39									#41
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I think the second post in the thread was Kuci laughing at my joke...

You, sir, are pwned.

quote: You are starting to give MrFun a run for his money.

It is good to see you again Irony, my dear friend.

	02-07-2005 07:46									#42
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Your defense is "Kuci laughed"?

Man, you are really scrapping the barrel on this one.

* GePap points and laughs at Drake

	02-07-2005 07:49									#43
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quote: NO, the point is Drake that no one cared for your 'joke' It was a complete an utter failure.

Emphasis added.

"Kuci laughed" is all I need to disprove this moronic statement of yours.

PWNED!

	02-07-2005 07:55									#44
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now, I'm just being a smartass here and taking selective quotations COMPLETELY out of context
(IE I suppose I'm spamming- but for humorous purposes)

quote: fanaticism that President George W. Bush brings to every aspect of his life

:afraid:

quote: Mr Bush ... the dim, war-mongering Texas cowboy

quote: It’s an executive office, he points out, a place where decisions are made. “So the... decision I had to make was what colour the rug should be

quote: The next thing he learnt ... For all second-term presidents, political mortality is more evident with each day that passes. Oddly, hemmed in by tightening domestic political constraints and the slow but remorseless shift of public attention away from them towards the competition to be their successor, they can find themselves struggling to count. The usual pattern is to turn towards the rest of the world, where presidents can wield America’s largely untrammelled power. But for President Bush, foreign affairs offer no respite from his struggles, no freedom of manoeuvre; indeed they are the main focus of his difficulties.

...Read no further. Those lines were just too good to pass up for satire purposes. The rest- well- let's just say that the content wasn't intriguing enough to read any further. It merely seemed to repeat past news.

Though you know, I never quite figured out why people call Bush dim? Oh well, slander is the game of politics and satire.

	02-07-2005 07:56									#45
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How sad. People, (specially immature kids) laugh at bad jokes all the time.

16 Posters have participated in this thread. Outside of you, only 1 thought it funny.

That's less than 10% of your audience thinking it was anything to laugh at.

Seems a rather obvious failure.

But I guess you have really low standards for comedy.

You probably own all of Pauly Shore's movies as well

	02-07-2005 08:01									#46
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quote: now, I'm just being a smartass here

That's the spirit!

quote: That's less than 10% of your audience thinking it was anything to laugh at.

You and your ilk aren't my audience. You're the butt of the joke.

	02-07-2005 08:03									#47
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So you are nothing more than a jester for teenagers?

	02-07-2005 08:04									#48
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Its good to know finally just exactly what the worth of your contribution to poly really is.

It will be sad to have to see you leave when the kids here get older...well, not really.

	02-07-2005 08:04									#49
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Whatever you say, buddy...

	02-07-2005 08:15									#50
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Oh, poor Drakie is sad to be exposed as nothing more than a stooge for Kuci and maybe Jaguar

You know the immortal song Drake, and its so appropriate, no?


So, come on, Laugh, Clown, Laugh:

quote: Life is a play and we all play a part The Lover, the Dreamer, the Clown The Dreamer and Lover are always in tears The Clown spreads sunshine around The life with a smile is the life worthwhile The Clown till the curtain comes down Even though you're only make believing Laugh, Clown, laugh! Even though something inside is grieving Laugh, Clown, laugh! Don't let your heart grow too mellow Just be a real Punchinello, fellow You're supposed to brighten up a place And laugh, Clown, laugh! Paint a lot of smiles around your face And laugh, Clown, don't frown Dressed in your best coloured humour Be a pallietto and laugh, Clown, laugh!

	02-07-2005 08:18									#51
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God, you are the coolest guy on Apolyton, GePap. I really envy you.

spoiler(highlight to read): In case you couldn't tell, I'm not being serious. I'm sure you'll still put it in your sig, though...

	02-07-2005 08:25									#52
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Its nice to see you are following the advice of the song.

Keep up the brave face little trooper. I know its hard being exposed , like you have.

Just don't go and pull a Ned on us by running away crying.

I am sure the more religious posters here might say a little prayer for you.

	02-07-2005 08:58									#53
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Okay, people, keep it civilised.

	02-07-2005 13:16									#54
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Whilst the OP wasn't funny as such (as the article was pretty poor frankly) I am amused by the scale of the backlash and attempts at explaining why not to listen to The Times because of its purported pro-Bush bias.

	02-07-2005 14:33									#55
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten Man, you're stupider than I thought if you couldn't tell I was joking. And that's saying something...

Not all of us are fluent in your version of Ebonics.


What's it called again ?

Bush Analinguish ?

	02-07-2005 18:04									#56
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The Man - as in Bush - is not Stupid. He's a Fool, and a narrow-minded one at that - something infintely more dangerous. Statements Like "Bring 'em on" and "The End of Hostilities" come to mind. I'm thinking about getting one of those black ribbons, and printing myself a bumper-sticker. That says - I got to bury one of Bush's mistakes. The only problem is that this is a red state where lawn signs that say "Give Peace a Chance" get vandalized (happened to a friend). Sigh, I don't want my car dinged up even more.

	02-07-2005 18:28									#57
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It's a sad state of affairs...

	02-07-2005 20:00									#58
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i dunno why people think the times a 'right wing' paper, just because it had something in it that wasn't cricital of bush, i'd certainly agree with dolphin about it.

and yeah this thread is funny, for gegap's OTT reaction if nothing else

	02-07-2005 20:15									#59
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Quite a lot of vitriol going around in the past few days, no?

	03-07-2005 06:38									#60
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I like Drake, he's funky.