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Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by RichyBlacK(m): 7:28am On Nov 05, 2007
Source: http://webquest.org/bdodge/2003/02



What happens when an idiot becomes president of a nation like the US.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by RichyBlacK(m): 7:38am On Nov 05, 2007
davidylan:

Its not too difficult to find those who have no answers to their own duplicity. They latch unto the irrelevant and start making noise.

Study: Geography Greek to young Americans

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- After more than three years of combat and nearly 2,400 US. military deaths in Iraq, nearly two-thirds of Americans aged 18 to 24 still cannot find Iraq on a map, a study released Tuesday showed.

The study found that less than six months after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, 33 percent could not point out Louisiana on a US. map.

The National Geographic-Roper Public Affairs 2006 Geographic Literacy Study paints a dismal picture of the geographic knowledge of the most recent graduates of the US. education system.

"Taken together, these results suggest that young people in the United States , are unprepared for an increasingly global future," said the study's final report.

"Far too many lack even the most basic skills for navigating the international economy or understanding the relationships among people and places that provide critical context for world events."

The study, which surveyed 510 young Americans from December 17 to January 20, showed that 88 percent of those questioned could not find Afghanistan on a map of Asia despite widespread coverage of the US.-led overthrow of the Taliban in 2001 and the political rebirth of the country.

In the Middle East, 63 percent could not find Iraq or Saudi Arabia on a map, and 75 percent could not point out Iran or Israel. Forty-four percent couldn't find any one of those four countries.

Inside the United States, "half or fewer of young men and women 18-24 can identify the states of New York or Ohio on a map [50 percent and 43 percent, respectively]," the study said.

On the positive side, the study noted, seven in 10 young Americans correctly located China on a map, even though they had a number of misconceptions about that country. Forty-five percent said China's population is only twice that of the United States. It's actually four times larger than the US. population.

When the poll was conducted in 2002, "Americans scored second to last on overall geographic knowledge, trailing Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Sweden," the report said.

The release of the 2006 study coincides with the launch of the National Geographic-led campaign called "My Wonderful World." A statement on the program said it was designed to "inspire parents and educators to give their kids the power of global knowledge."
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by RichyBlacK(m): 7:43am On Nov 05, 2007
Source; http://politics.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/comment/0,,1844203,00.html

Published on Monday, August 14, 2006 by the Guardian/UK
Bush's Belief in a Worldwide Islamist Conspiracy is Foolish and Dangerous
We can only see off the serious threat we face if we separate real Muslim grievances from al-Qaida's homicidal mania
by Max Hastings



George Bush sometimes sounds more like the Mahdi, preaching jihad against infidels, than the leader of a western democracy. In his regular radio address to the American people on Saturday he linked the British alleged aircraft plotters with Hizbullah in Lebanon, and these in turn with the insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan.

All, said the president of the world's most powerful nation, share a "totalitarian ideology", and a desire to "establish a safe haven from which to attack free nations". Bush's remarks put me in mind of a proverb attributed to Ali ibn Abu Talib: "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere."

In the United States a disturbingly large minority of people - polls suggest around 40% - remain willing to accept Bush's assertions that Americans and their allies, which chiefly means the British, are faced with a single global conspiracy by Islamic fundamentalists to destroy our societies.

In less credulous Britain one could nowadays fit into an old-fashioned telephone box those who believe anything Bush or Tony Blair says about foreign policy. Many of us are consumed with frustration. We know that we face a real threat from Muslim fundamentalists, and that we are unlikely to begin to defeat this until we see it for what it is: something infinitely more complex, diffuse and nuanced than the US president wishes to suppose.

There is indeed a common strand in the anger of Muslim radicals in many countries. They are frustrated by the cultural, economic and political dominance of the west, whose values they find abhorrent. In some, bitterness is increased by awareness of the relative failure of their own societies, which they blame on the west rather than their own shortcomings.

They turn to violence in the spirit that has inspired fringe groups of revolutionaries through the ages. It is essential for the western democracies to defend themselves vigorously against such people, whose values and purposes are nihilistic. We must never lose sight of the fact that al-Qaida's terrorists attacked the twin towers on 9/11 before Bush began his reckless crusade, before the coalition went into Afghanistan and Iraq, before Israel entered Lebanon.

In September 2001, most of the world clearly perceived that a monstrous crime had been committed against the United States, and that the defeat of al-Qaida was essential to global security. While many ordinary Muslims were by no means sorry to see American hubris punished, grassroots support for Osama bin Laden was still small, and remained so through the invasion of Afghanistan.

Today, of course, everything has changed. In the eyes of many Muslims, the actions of Bush and Blair have promoted and legitimised al-Qaida in a fashion even its founder could hardly have anticipated a decade ago.

Bush has chosen to lump together all violent Muslim opposition to what he perceives as western interests everywhere in the world, as part of a single conspiracy. He is indifferent to the huge variance of interests that drives the Taliban in Afghanistan, insurgents in Iraq, Hamas and Hizbullah fighting the Israelis. He simply identifies them as common enemies of the United States.

Almost three years ago he contemptuously challenged the Iraqi insurgents to defy American will: "My answer is - bring 'em on." Today he has widened this bold defiance to embrace a vastly more ambitious range of foes: "He who has one enemy will meet him everywhere."

Far from acknowledging that any successful strategy for addressing Muslim radicalism must include a just outcome for the Palestinians, he endorses Israel's attempt to crush them and their supporters by force of arms alone, together with Israeli expansion on the West Bank. The west faces the probable defeat of its efforts to stabilise Afghanistan, a worthy objective, because of the likely failure of its campaign in Iraq, which began on false pretexts.

There is no chance that the west will get anywhere with the Muslim world until the US government is willing to disassemble a spread of grievances in widely diverse societies, examine them as separate components, and treat each on its merits. America cannot prevail through the mere deployment of superior wealth and military power, the failure of which is manifest. Judicious and discriminatory political judgments are fundamental, and today quite lacking.

The madness of Bush's policy is that he has made a wilful choice to amalgamate the grossly irrational, totalitarian and homicidal objectives of al-Qaida with the just claims of Palestinians and grievances of Iraqis. His remarks on Saturday invite Muslims who sympathise with Hamas or reject Iraq's occupation or merely aspire to grow opium in Afghanistan to make common cause with Bin Laden.

If the United States insists upon regarding all Muslim opponents of its foreign policies as a homogeneous enemy then that is what they become. The Muslim radicals' "single narrative" portrays the entire course of history as a Christian and Jewish plot against Islam.

It is widely agreed among western governments and intelligence agencies that, in order to defeat the pernicious spread of such nonsense, a convincing counter-narrative is needed. Yet it becomes a trifle difficult to compose this when the US president promulgates his own single narrative, almost as ridiculous as that of al-Qaida.

Whatever the truth about last week's frustrated aircraft bomb plot, we cannot doubt that Britain faces a serious and ongoing threat from violent fanatics undeserving of the smallest sympathy. Yet we shall defeat them only when our Muslim community at large perceives that its interests are identified with Britain's polity.

This objective will remain elusive as long as the British government supports the United States in pursuing policies that many Muslims perceive as directed against their entire culture. You and I know that this is not so. We are as dismayed as they are by Bush and Blair's follies.

Yet, however eloquently we explain this, many Muslims respond by pointing to the spectacle of American, Israeli and British troops daily executing operations that the president declares to be in furtherance of his global jihad. It avails little that we know our boys in Afghanistan are pursuing infinitely more admirable purposes than the Israelis in Lebanon, when Bush is telling the world that the two conflicts are mere different fronts in a common struggle.

Tony Blair - "waist deep in the big muddy", as Pete Seeger used to sing about Lyndon Johnson in the Vietnam era - clings to a messianic conviction that he must continue to endorse American statements and policies to maintain his restraining influence on George Bush. This invites speculation about what the president might do if Tony was not at his elbow. Seize Mecca?

The west faces a threat from violent Muslim fundamentalists that would have existed even if a Lincoln had been presiding at the White House. As a citizen, I am willing to be resolute in the face of terrorism, which must be defeated. I become much less happy about the prospect of immolation, however, when Bush and Blair translate what should be an ironclad case for civilised values into an agenda of their own which I want no part of.


© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by almondjoy(f): 8:11am On Nov 05, 2007
davidylan:

We are not saying so. All we say is that you should count your own teeth before laughing at others who have bad teeth.

When you insult George Bush we expect that your own country should be able to boast of better leaders and not the likes of hairdressers, phoney diploma holders and area boys!

lol false! The average American can successfully draw the map of the US and locate almost all 50 states. Try doing your own. I don't if u can locate Kebbi state on the map. . . all u occupy yourself doing is blaming George Bush for global warming and desertification.

When are you going to blame Bush for Etteh's problems?

he he he he he he heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! cheesy grin cheesy grin cheesy grin. I could not have done a better job at explaining. grin



RichyBlacK:

Well, I've counted my own teeth. Common how long does it take to count one's teeth?

Since I've fulfilled that condition, can I now continue trashing George self-servicer Bullshit in peace? Thanks!

By all means--go ahead. When you finish--dig up some graphics to illustrates Nigeria and Yarry Dullard's dismal position in the state of world affairs too. kiss Let us see what kind of statistics you can manufacture for I am sure they are non-existent.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by Afam(m): 12:34pm On Nov 05, 2007
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Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush
« #44 on: Today at 02:57:14 AM »

I will like to see some memorable quotes from OBJ, Afam, if you've got the time to spare to look for them. Methink we should zero in on our ''leaders' in naija first before looking elsewhere.

Who cares what you think? Responding to threads you don't fancy is not by force.

Unless they have cut off your hands in N'Djamena you should be able to source for information you want, this is simple and only a fool will not understand this.

@people trying desperately to divert attention,

Human beings suppose get shame no matter how small.

This thread is not about US vs Nigeria, not about Bush vs Yar'adua, it is about "some memorable quotes of Bush".

Advice: Start a thread on what you like and stop this stupid attempt at diverting attention to other issues anytime you come across information that does not expressly praise the US.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by azorjiu(m): 1:27pm On Nov 05, 2007
"I have here with me, the President of the United Kingdom of England"- Bush
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by Afam(m): 1:47pm On Nov 05, 2007
azorjiu:

"I have here with me, the President of the United Kingdom of England"- Bush

Boy!!! The man olodoness no get part 2.

Seems like the major qualification of all his advisers is First Degree in Failed Wars and Invasions.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by almondjoy(f): 4:48pm On Nov 05, 2007
Memorable Quotes from Nigerian " Agoyin, Ugba and Tuwo Politicans "





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  English Language According To Speaker Etteh!
« on: November 01, 2007, 03:31 PM » 

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Please, don't laugh

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACCORDING TO SPEAKER ETTEH

1) On the day the National Assembly was inaugurated, Mrs Etteh reminded
House of Representatives members of the need to register their names,
warning that any person who failed to do so would have their name
"striking out". Slip of tongue? Perish the thought. The following day she
repeated the phrase "striking out" several times.

2) When a motion was tabled, she asked the member who was speaking,
"are you in support of favour?"

3) Any time the "ayes" have carried the day on the floor, she wastes no
time in announcing, "the hayes has it".

4) Giving her defence before the David Idoko panel, Etteh informed the
nation that she spoke to the management of the national assembly if due
process was followed and each person "answered in the affirmation
action".


5) When the German ambassador in Abuja visited her, the speaker
enthusiastically announced that "the first place I visited as a young
parliamentarian was a German"


6) When the Spanish ambassador paid her a courtesy visit with a fairly
large delegation, an impressed Etteh spared no effort to "welcome the
strangers".


7) When officials of FERMA visited the House, speaker Etteh urged them
to urgently "make our roads habitable".

To demonstrate the urgency of fixing major roads nationwide, she did
not fail to make the point of the "deploration state of our roads"

9) When a House member tabled a motion on the unenviable condition of
Kaduna Airport , Etteh called attention to the "two run-aways of our
airport".


10) Concerned about the increasing wave of vices, such as occultism on
university campuses, excessive drinking, smoking and womanising by our
youth, she has
set for herself the task of reducing, if not, eradicating these social
vices, which she colourfully calls "social devices".

11) In far-away South Africa , at a meeting of the African
Parliamentary Union, speaker Etteh stated that Nigeria has vast land where
agriculture could thrive
so much, that it could serve as an alternative source of foreign
exchange, or in her own words, " Nigeria has fast land where agriculture is
alternate"


12) To Etteh, the comity of nations can sometimes be referred to as
"international countries".

13) The office of the speaker has regained its aura as, not just an
exalted place, but an "exotic office".

14) The House has become respected as "a hollow chamber", rather than
just a hallowed chamber.

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Gaffes by other Nigerian politicians in the past
1) Chief (Alhaji) Adegoke Adelabu: Penkelemes (Peculiar mess)

2) First Republic minister was asked a question in New York on his
stand on a controversial international issue and feeling that the Nigerian
government had an open mind on this matter, he replied, "I have an
empty mind as far as this issue is
concerned".


3) Anambra moneybag politician, Okechukwu Odunze, who contested the SDP
primaries for the post of Governor of Anambra state boasted that, "if
Arthur Nzeribe has money, I also has money".
When a reporter asked for
his view on a hot national issue, he replied[b] "no commentary".[/b]

4) Alhaji Barkin Zuwo, who stated that Kano "has surplus minerals like
Fanta, Coca cola, Sprite, Mirinda and even Tango"
while voting for
massive use of derivation as a means of sharing national revenue, whereas
Kano state, which he was representing in the senate, did not produce
mineral resources.

Legend has it that Barkin Zuwo once saw a number of car
marts and concluded they all belonged to one person known as Saleh,
because they all had the inscription, "for sale".





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OBJ--upon quelling rumours of any illness or untimely death calmly reassures reporters and Nigerians Quote:

I DEY KAMKPE KITIGBA!!!!!!! cheesy grin cheesy grin cheesy grin cheesy grin cheesy grin

Many reasons to prefer cow boy GWB anyday! kiss
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by Afam(m): 4:55pm On Nov 05, 2007
You can reproduce posts over and over again but you sure cannot influence what people will respond to. A fact of life you must live with.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by almondjoy(f): 4:59pm On Nov 05, 2007
That's fine--we are all here to have fun--at what we find to be selectively "funny". No hard feelings. Enjoy your joke and I will surely enjoy mine!!!! kiss

WE DEY KAMKPE!!!! grin
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by eedidiong: 5:05pm On Nov 05, 2007
am u envious,if it were u wat would u have done.it was an opprtunity for her get what everybody wants
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by Iman3(m): 7:16pm On Nov 05, 2007
@RichyBlack

The chart you produced should have been termed "An Idiot's Guide to US Budget Deficit",that would be more apt given the sheer economic illiteracy on display.

Given that US budget deficits are historically below average-1.2% of GDP at present-wouldn't that mean that the average US President has been an idiot.At 1.2% of GDP,US budget deficit is lower than that of France,Italy,Britain and our beloved Nigeria-All ruled by idiots and none of which,apart from Britain, is embroiled in 2 major wars.

Here is why the chart is superficially designed for the economically illiterate.Not adjusted for inflation,the deficit looks spectacular even though its below average at the moment.Imagine,using an obvious analogy, if we had a chart showing deficits of 2bn Naira in 1980 and 20bn Naira in 2007,to the mentally challenged,deficits have gone up spectacularly,the reality is that 2bn Naira in 1980 is worth more than 20 bn Naira in 2007. . . . . . .but a RichyBlack might not know the difference for like any rabid anti-Semite,the tools of logic elude him.

Not saying that the budget deficits don't matter,only saying that you have to be a unbridled slowpoke to think that a budget deficit of 1.2%(below OECD and US historical average) shows the US President is an idiot.The irony is that those who call Bush an idiot are actually the real idiots.

PS:I'm sure the blogger knows this but they can always rely on the gullible.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by ono(m): 3:58am On Nov 06, 2007
I-man:

@RichyBlack

The chart you produced should have been termed "An Idiot's Guide to US Budget Deficit",that would be more apt given the sheer economic illiteracy on display.

Given that US budget deficits are historically below average-1.2% of GDP at present-wouldn't that mean that the average US President has been an idiot.At 1.2% of GDP,US budget deficit is lower than that of France,Italy,Britain and our beloved Nigeria-All ruled by idiots and none of which,apart from Britain, is embroiled in 2 major wars.

Here is why the chart is superficially designed for the economically illiterate.Not adjusted for inflation,the deficit looks spectacular even though its below average at the moment.Imagine,using an obvious analogy, if we had a chart showing deficits of 2bn Naira in 1980 and 20bn Naira in 2007,to the mentally challenged,deficits have gone up spectacularly,the reality is that 2bn Naira in 1980 is worth more than 20 bn Naira in 2007. . . . . . .but a RichyBlack might not know the difference for like any rabid anti-Semite,the tools of logic elude him.

Not saying that the budget deficits don't matter,only saying that you have to be a unbridled slowpoke to think that a budget deficit of 1.2%(below OECD and US historical average) shows the US President is an idiot.The irony is that those who call Bush an idiot are actually the real idiots.

PS:I'm sure the blogger knows this but they can always rely on the gullible.

Hmnnnn. . . . . . . . .brilliant!
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by almondjoy(f): 7:58am On Nov 06, 2007
I-man:

@RichyBlack

The chart you produced should have been termed "An Idiot's Guide to US Budget Deficit",that would be more apt given the sheer economic illiteracy on display.

Given that US budget deficits are historically below average-1.2% of GDP at present-wouldn't that mean that the average US President has been an idiot.


At 1.2% of GDP,US budget deficit is lower than that of France,Italy,Britain and our beloved Nigeria - All ruled by idiots and none of which,apart from Britain, is embroiled in 2 major wars.

Here is why the chart is superficially designed for the economically illiterate.

Not adjusted for inflation, the deficit looks spectacular even though its below average at the moment.

Imagine, using an obvious analogy, if we had a chart showing deficits of 2bn Naira in 1980 and 20bn Naira in 2007, to the mentally challenged, deficits have gone up spectacularly, the reality is that 2bn Naira in 1980 is worth more than 20 bn Naira in 2007. . . . . . .

but a RichyBlack might not know the difference for like any rabid anti-Semite,the tools of logic elude him.

Not saying that the budget deficits don't matter, only saying that you have to be a unbridled slowpoke to think that a budget deficit of 1.2%(below OECD and US historical average) shows the US President is an idiot.

The irony is that those who call Bush an idiot are actually the real idiots.

PS:I'm sure the blogger knows this but they can always rely on the gullible.


If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. It is one thing to lift charts and histograms, but another thing to use them appropraitely.

Chai!!! Iman---you wicked oh! cheesy grin cheesy grin cheesy grin cheesy grin

Brother RiccoB--are you still there? tongue
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by RichyBlacK(m): 6:09pm On Nov 06, 2007
I-man:

@RichyBlack

The chart you produced should have been termed "An Idiot's Guide to US Budget Deficit",that would be more apt given the sheer economic illiteracy on display.

Given that US budget deficits are historically below average-1.2% of GDP at present-wouldn't that mean that the average US President has been an idiot.At 1.2% of GDP,US budget deficit is lower than that of France,Italy,Britain and our beloved Nigeria-All ruled by idiots and none of which,apart from Britain, is embroiled in 2 major wars.

Here is why the chart is superficially designed for the economically illiterate.Not adjusted for inflation,the deficit looks spectacular even though its below average at the moment.Imagine,using an obvious analogy, if we had a chart showing deficits of 2bn Naira in 1980 and 20bn Naira in 2007,to the mentally challenged,deficits have gone up spectacularly,the reality is that 2bn Naira in 1980 is worth more than 20 bn Naira in 2007. . . . . . .but a RichyBlack might not know the difference for like any rabid anti-Semite,the tools of logic elude him.

Not saying that the budget deficits don't matter,only saying that you have to be a unbridled slowpoke to think that a budget deficit of 1.2%(below OECD and US historical average) shows the US President is an idiot.The irony is that those who call Bush an idiot are actually the real idiots.

PS:I'm sure the blogger knows this but they can always rely on the gullible.

@I-man,

Firstly, it is obvious that your idiocy and stupidity have succeeded in blinding you to the axis labels on my chart. You don't quarrel with the accuracy of my chart - of course you can't, but rather (in a pathetic attempt to sound savvy) introduce two different measures for budget deficit: (1) adjusted for inflation, and (2) as a percentage of (at-the-time) GDP. That chart did not claim either of those measures, it only showed (accurately) the dollar trend of the US budget deficit.

Let us look at the other measures you introduced:

Adjusted for Inflation (using a specific time value of money - present-day and FY 2000) and as a percentage of GDP

A. Adjusted to present-day dollar value (budget deficit is in red):



B. Adjusted to fiscal year 2000 dollar value (budget deficit is in red):


C. As a percentage of GDP (budget deficit in red)




Secondly, your pro-Apartheid, anti-Arab president, George self-servicer Bullshit is still the most clueless, dumbest, stupidest, most inarticulate, most idiotic, most senseless, most arrogant, most dishonest, most insensitive, bag of flesh, blood and bones, to become president of any nation.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by RichyBlacK(m): 6:20pm On Nov 06, 2007
'Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.' - GWB
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by RichyBlacK(m): 6:44pm On Nov 06, 2007
Dangerously dumb
Posted May 24th, 2007 at 3:40 pm


I don’t want to alarm anyone, but at times, the president appears to be dangerously dumb. Consider this exchange, for example, from this morning’s press conference.

[b]Q: Mr. President, moments ago you said that al Qaeda attacked us before we were in Iraq. Since then Iraq has become much less stable; al Qaeda
has used it as a recruiting tool, apparently with some success. So what would you say to those who would argue that what we’ve done in Iraq has
simply enhanced al Qaeda and made the situation worse?

BUSH: Oh, so, in other words, the option would have been just let Saddam Hussein stay there? Your question is, should we not have left Saddam
Hussein in power? And the answer is, absolutely not. Saddam Hussein was an enemy of the United States. He’d attacked his neighbors. He was paying
Palestinian suicide bombers. He would have been — if he were to defy — and by the way, cheating on the U.N. oil for sanctions program — oil-for-food
program. No, I don’t buy it. I don’t buy that this world would be a better place with Saddam Hussein in power, and particularly if — and I’m sure the
Iraqis would agree with that.[/b]

Given the president’s small and confused worldview, he’s simply unable to answer the question. By any reasonable measure, Bush’s policies have made an awful situation tragic. We invaded Iraq in part because it was a destabilizing force in the Middle East, and we made it and its region less stable. Al Qaeda is getting stronger, not weaker. Terrorist attacks are going up, not down. Casualty rates are increasing, not decreasing.

Confronted with this fairly obvious and straightforward reality, Bush offers a forceful response: Saddam Hussein was a bad guy.

It’s like having a foreign policy argument with a six-year-old.

I know it’s impolitic for anyone to suggest the president is stupid. It makes the left look shrill, it’s considered rude and overly personal, it might even help the White House manage expectations. Besides, it’s a tired cliche. A cheap laugh. A joke that was too obvious years ago, and pointless now.

But I’m having a hard time understanding how anyone can consider the exchange and respect Bush’s intellect.

The reporter noted that Iraq is less table and al Qaeda is using Iraq to its advantage

The president responded, “Your question is, should we not have left Saddam Hussein in power? And the answer is, absolutely not.”

The reporter protested, and said that wasn’t his question.

“That’s really the crux of it,” Bush responded. When the reporter tried to clarify this important point, the president snaps, “Let me finish, please, here. I’m on a roll here.”

On a roll. The president can’t even describe his policy about Iraq and al Qaeda coherently, but he thinks he’s “on a roll.”

I wonder, when Republicans watch press conferences like this, do they hang their heads in shame, or have they deluded themselves into thinking Bush has a clue?

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Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by Afam(m): 7:07pm On Nov 06, 2007
Bush no go kill person with hin olodoness.

@RichyBlack,

I am surprised you tried to correct the clueless I-man with the load of rubbish he posted all in a bid to sound intelligent.

Funny enough, in trying to explain he benefits the more without even acknowledging it nor will he thank you.

Enough of free education on NL.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by RichyBlacK(m): 7:24pm On Nov 06, 2007
Afam:

Bush no go kill person with hin olodoness.

@RichyBlack,

I am surprised you tried to correct the clueless I-man with the load of rubbish he posted all in a bid to sound intelligent.

Funny enough, in trying to explain he benefits the more without even acknowledging it nor will he thank you.

Enough of free education on Nairaland.

@Afam,

I tire for that I-man guy. He just came out of nowhere gunslinging with no bullets. I thought he was trying to question the veracity of the chart I posted, instead he started talking about other measures of deficit. He mixed up inflation adjustment with % GDP, while ignoring what the chart was showing.

When they don't have any means of defending their pathetic GWB, they start trying to distract us from the thread - Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush. I had to do him the favor of free education as a fellow (though renegade - after selling his soul to GWB) Nigerian. grin

One more Bushism jare:

"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein." — GWB, Washington, D.C., May 25, 2004
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by Afam(m): 7:48pm On Nov 06, 2007
@RichyBlack,

Well if you insist on providing the free education no wahala but the guy no worth am.

Was Bush referring to the guy's bravery as regards having his hand cut off or based on the guy still alive, which one?

It may take the US 30 years to shake off the very negative effect of a clueless president who doesn't even know that there is nothing like President in the UK.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by ono(m): 12:18am On Nov 07, 2007
Afam,
I simply want you guys to ''shift'' all that energy of yours from talking about ''Bush's memorable quotes'' to ''quoting'' tangible and workable solutions to the myriads of problems that's staring us in the face here in Nigeria.

You might say there are other threads with naija problems and solution, well, but I believe all these your quotes (including Richyblack's) will not stop Bush from completing his term of office.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by Afam(m): 12:32am On Nov 07, 2007
ono:

Afam,
I simply want you guys to ''shift'' all that energy of yours from talking about ''Bush's memorable quotes'' to ''quoting'' tangible and workable solutions to the myriads of problems that's staring us in the face here in Nigeria.

I don't do what you want.

ono:

You might say there are other threads with naija problems and solution, well, but I believe all these your quotes (including Richyblack's) will not stop Bush from completing his term of office.

And where did you get the idea that anyone is interested in Bush not completing his term? Must you manufacture nonsense from thin air just to be seen as making a contribution?

The title of the thread is simple, clear and straight to the point. Trying to divert attention to other non existent issues is a waste of time and energy.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by Iman3(m): 1:16am On Nov 07, 2007
RichyBlacK:

@I-man,

Firstly, it is obvious that your idiocy and stupidity have succeeded in blinding you to the axis labels on my chart. You don't quarrel with the accuracy of my chart - of course you can't, but rather (in a pathetic attempt to sound savvy) introduce two different measures for budget deficit: (1) adjusted for inflation, and (2) as a percentage of (at-the-time) GDP. That chart did not claim either of those measures, it only showed (accurately) the dollar trend of the US budget deficit.

Let us look at the other measures you introduced:

The above was the 2nd Installment of An Idiot's Guide To The US Budget Deficit.

Your peroration of piffle doesn't deal with the glaring flaws I pointed to.Let me use a simple analogy.A man in 1960 on annual income of $10,000 spent $15,000 annually.Indeed,this trend was the average for the next 40 years.Forward to 2000,on annual income of $100,000,he spends $125,000.To make the analogy simple,lets ignore what other assets the man may have.

What RichyBlack would do here,in his infinite stupidity, would be to simply produce a chart showing that this man had deficits of $5,000 in 1960 but now has deficits of $25,000 in 2000 which RichyBlack tells, us shows that the man is an idiot,how else can we explain the chart showing a dip South in deficits from $5,000 to $25,000 ?

Shown that in reality,the man has actually halved his deficit to below the average,he haughtily dismisses this,after intensive consultation with Google,as a pathetic attempt to sound savvy .Whereas $5,000 represented 50% of income,$25,000 represented 25%.

Upon further clarification,the deficit looked less spectacular when adjusted for inflation,but more importantly,when adjusted to reflect the GDP. . . .hardly surprising since the deficits are below OECD average and below the US historical average. . . . which leads to the question of whether the leaders of China,Japan,France,Italy,UK,Nigeria,e.t.c are bigger idiots for running bigger deficits than GWB who is funding 2 major wars.

Is an attempt to look at a deficit in the context of percentage of GDP a pathetic attempt to look savvy? Maybe,if you an inveterate nincompoop. . . . .the only reliable measure for comparing GDP over decades is to look at percentage of GDP.For instance,the EU,probably in an attempt to look savvy,sets a 3% limit for budget deficits in the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP).

To produce a chart showing US Budget deficits in dollar terms and implying that it somehow shows the idiocy of GWB,despite the deficit being below US and OECD average,tells us more about the idiocy of the poster which even intensive consultation with Google couldn't obscure.If this was the way we actually compare deficits,every single leader on the planet whose country has a deficit would be an idiot,inevitably deficits grow larger in mere currency terms over decades.A 2bn Naira deficit in 1970 will look smaller on a RichyBlack chart than a 20bn Naira deficit in 2000 even when adjusted for inflation.

Such is the manner of the idiot's impotent rants about a man who is inevitably smarter than he is.I once noted that given that Bush's IQ figures are about 125 and the average Black man has an IQ of 70,does that mean that Black people are retards as Dr Watson notes?

As I noted earlier, Not saying that the budget deficits don't matter, only saying that you have to be an unbridled slowpoke to think that a budget deficit of 1.2%(below OECD and US historical average) shows the US President is an idiot.

The irony is that those who call Bush an idiot are actually the real idiots.
grin grin

PS:A feebleness of mind can't be obscured even with the "power" of Google and a multiplicity of charts.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by Tornadoz(m): 2:54am On Nov 07, 2007
Such is the manner of the idiot's impotent rants about a man who is inevitably smarter than he is.I once noted that given that Bush's IQ figures are about 125 and the average Black man has an IQ of 70,does that mean that Black people are retards as Dr Watson notes?

The above is from a black man validating Dr Watson's unfounded statement that Black people are less intelligent than white people. I-man is so marinated in right wing politics he's beginning to think he's white (albeit with 70% IQ).
Please stay on topic and forget the one trick monkey known as I-man. He usually maintain monastic silence and from no where raises his voice 10 octaves higher than anybody when he discovers new expletives.
I haven't forgotten his toe-curling praise of racist O'Reilly. Anyway back to topic.
I normally watch the videos below to see a genius comedian on top of his game. Take a look at comedian Bush in top form.

Is Bush an idiot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whhbPVrb5KM

Funny Bushman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqLvBUSJucg

Is Bush America's worst president?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a30rJQbDDno

Colbert and Bushman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-oMlBSiX3g

Not shown in Us(presidential grilling by an Irish journo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fze2J2Ve9is

Trying to lie his way out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sulDYYAiCU

Please stay on topic and leave the fiercely unintelligent I-man to spume.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by Afam(m): 9:33am On Nov 07, 2007
Recent responses on one of the videos

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laybackinthapark: its one thing to be upset by foreigners criticising your country, but the idea that non-American's have "no valid opinions" makes me wonder if the average American has any idea what freedom of speech is all about.
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such a idiot

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Over 56 million free people sense 2001 and all some of you people can do is cry about America. I guess you would rather the Talliban and Saddam were still in power.
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tell me about it. look at pakistan right now. what a great democracy! and the u.s. has stood by it for how long now? what will happen with the world.

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Believe it or not, people in countries other then the US, pay attention to world affairs. We form opinions based on relevant information, and most likely are better informed on what is truly happening in your country than you are. Your media is biased and censored; your only getting the stories the Bush admin wants you to hear. Ignorance!? Ha! As a Canadian I can only laugh.


Won't be surprised if comments that were complaining about non Americans commenting on US issues were actually made by I-man or Davidylan using different user IDs as usual.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by almondjoy(f): 9:38am On Nov 07, 2007
Now this is getting interesting.  Next please!!!!!! cheesy grin cheesy grin cheesy grin cheesy grin



ono:

Afam,
I simply want you guys to ''shift'' all that energy of yours from talking about ''Bush's memorable quotes'' to ''quoting'' tangible and workable solutions to the myriads of problems that's staring us in the face here in Nigeria.

You might say there are other threads with naija problems and solution, well, but I believe all these your quotes (including Richyblack's) will not stop Bush from completing his term of office.


Well apparently, it has been pointed out to us that it is a Bush Bashing Thread, so let them knock themselves out while India successfully removes extra limbs from a child without flying the child out of India!!!!!  Nigeria cannot even maintain constant power supply and operates on people with candles and lanterns while circulatiing medical staff take turns to mop sweat off the brows of the "butchers" called surgeons---as full time jobs.

Please let them keep laughing at Bush to ease the personal humiliations of the national failures of nativeland.  I think it makes some feel better instead of sinking deeper into incurable depression.  Everyone deserves an outlet you know.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by mrpataki(m): 2:23pm On Nov 07, 2007
almondjoy:

Now this is getting interesting. Next please!!!!!! cheesy grin cheesy grin cheesy grin cheesy grin




Well apparently, it has been pointed out to us that it is a Bush Bashing Thread, so let them knock themselves out while India successfully removes extra limbs from a child without flying the child out of India!!!!! Nigeria cannot even maintain constant power supply and operates on people with candles and lanterns while circulatiing medical staff take turns to mop sweat off the brows of the "butchers" called surgeons---as full time jobs.

Please let them keep laughing at Bush to ease the personal humiliations of the national failures of nativeland. I think it makes some feel better instead of sinking deeper into incurable depression. Everyone deserves an outlet you know.

So you read that story too!I read it in the Dutch newspapers this morning, after watching it on CNN throughout yesterday. The surgeons working on the child are even Indians! Yet we wallow in Bush bashing! Yeye pack of people!

This Afam of an entity, I wonder what the ballyhoo of Bush administration has done to his website or whatever he is into. Simple Economics is been shown to him here, he looks for ignorant fellows to support his infantile reasonings.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by almondjoy(f): 2:36pm On Nov 07, 2007
mrpataki:

So you read that story too!I read it in the Dutch newspapers this morning, after watching it on CNN throughout yesterday. The surgeons working on the child are even Indians! Yet we wallow in Bush bashing! Yeye pack of people!

This Afam of an entity, I wonder what the ballyhoo of Bush administration has done to his website or whatever he is into. Simple Economics is been shown to him here, he looks for ignorant fellows to support his infantile reasonings.

Yes sweets, I did! Isn't that amazing? India oh! India!!!! Afam is a die-hard Bush fan. cheesy grin cheesy grin cheesy cheesy grin
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by Iman3(m): 4:42pm On Nov 07, 2007
Tornadoz:

The above is from a black man validating Dr Watson's unfounded statement that Black people are less intelligent than white people. I-man is so marinated in right wing politics he's beginning to think he's white (albeit with 70% IQ).
Please stay on topic and forget the one trick monkey known as I-man. He usually maintain monastic silence and from no where raises his voice 10 octaves higher than anybody when he discovers new expletives.
I haven't forgotten his toe-curling praise of racist O'Reilly. Anyway back to topic.

Your unholy interest in my posts is disturbing,verging on the perverse.The irony of a man,who cites Neo-Nazis,complaining about O'Reilly is hilarious.Like I noted,if Bush of an IQ of 125 is an idiot,what does one make of the Black race with an average IQ of 70?

PS:Bini Viewer,there is nothing like an IQ OF 70%.I have always advised ignoramuses to consult Google before posting.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by Afam(m): 5:43pm On Nov 07, 2007
mrpataki:

This Afam of an entity, I wonder what the ballyhoo of Bush administration has done to his website or whatever he is into. Simple Economics is been shown to him here, he looks for ignorant fellows to support his infantile reasonings.

Use pidgin english if proper grammar dey strange to you.

Learn to manage your frustration. No be person send you message for Netherlands. If you be driver, drive well, if you dey clean dead body, do am well.

Enjoy.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by Nobody: 6:09pm On Nov 07, 2007
Afam:

Use pidgin english if proper grammar dey strange to you.

Learn to manage your frustration. No be person send you message for Netherlands. If you be driver, drive well, if you dey clean dead body, do am well.

Enjoy.


If you dey expose yourself as an idiot then do am well. grin Apparently you dont even need this admonition, you are already doing a good job. Keep it up! Your teacher must be proud of you.
Re: Some Memorable Quotes Of George Bush by Afam(m): 6:35pm On Nov 07, 2007
Seems you have nothing to offer as you have clearly run out of lies.

There is a saying that goes thus;

If you tell a lie today, tell another lie tomorrow, and another lie the next day, it will continue until you run out of lies.

It seems you have reached the point where you can't even figure out any more lies to tell.

I warned you earlier that you will simply self destruct even though I didn't know it was going to be soon.

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