To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve distinction.
Minna Antrim, epigrammatist
George W. Bush again shows how out of touch he is by thinking baseball fans would welcome him.
Showing posts with label president bush. Show all posts
Showing posts with label president bush. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Friday, February 29, 2008
Items in the News
A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a new focus, a new ratio between commerce and intellect.
John Jay Chapman (1862–1933), author
(it's an experiment that commerce is winning handily)
A couple of items in the news yesterday that both please and baffle me.
The good news is United Airlines treats celebrities the same way they treat their steerage-class customers. The bad news is they are still in business.
From The New York Post's Page 6
Stuck In Coach
BEING a celebrity doesn't always get you perks. Josh Hartnett found himself in an unusual predicament when he was forced to fly coach on a flight back to New York the day after the Os cars. "United Airlines was so overbooked, there was no way for him to get upgraded," said an onlooker. "But it wasn't for lack of trying. There were so many celebs on the flight, when he went to the counter to ask about a wait list they told him, 'You're number 55.' "
No Surprise Bush in the Dark
Our embarrassment of a president showed that he is as out of touch as father Bush was when he admitted he was unaware of the predictions of $4-a-gallon gas. He also showed he does not pay attention to current events, unless it’s sports related.
From CNN:
President Bush, saying he was unaware of predictions of $4-a-gallon gasoline in the coming months, told reporters Thursday that the best way to help Americans fend off high prices is for Congress to make his first-term tax cuts permanent.
"If you're out there wondering... what your life is going to be like, and you're looking at $4 a gallon, that's uncertain," Bush responded to a question posed at a White House news conference. "And when you couple that with the idea that... taxes may be going up in a couple years, that's double uncertainty."
Analysts have said that gasoline could reach $4 a gallon by this spring, due to strong demand and a change in formulation, among other reasons.
When taking the question about the $4 milestone, Bush told the reporter, "That's interesting. I hadn't heard that."
John Jay Chapman (1862–1933), author
(it's an experiment that commerce is winning handily)
A couple of items in the news yesterday that both please and baffle me.
The good news is United Airlines treats celebrities the same way they treat their steerage-class customers. The bad news is they are still in business.
From The New York Post's Page 6
Stuck In Coach
BEING a celebrity doesn't always get you perks. Josh Hartnett found himself in an unusual predicament when he was forced to fly coach on a flight back to New York the day after the Os cars. "United Airlines was so overbooked, there was no way for him to get upgraded," said an onlooker. "But it wasn't for lack of trying. There were so many celebs on the flight, when he went to the counter to ask about a wait list they told him, 'You're number 55.' "
No Surprise Bush in the Dark
Our embarrassment of a president showed that he is as out of touch as father Bush was when he admitted he was unaware of the predictions of $4-a-gallon gas. He also showed he does not pay attention to current events, unless it’s sports related.
From CNN:
President Bush, saying he was unaware of predictions of $4-a-gallon gasoline in the coming months, told reporters Thursday that the best way to help Americans fend off high prices is for Congress to make his first-term tax cuts permanent.
"If you're out there wondering... what your life is going to be like, and you're looking at $4 a gallon, that's uncertain," Bush responded to a question posed at a White House news conference. "And when you couple that with the idea that... taxes may be going up in a couple years, that's double uncertainty."
Analysts have said that gasoline could reach $4 a gallon by this spring, due to strong demand and a change in formulation, among other reasons.
When taking the question about the $4 milestone, Bush told the reporter, "That's interesting. I hadn't heard that."
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Gimme Some Truth
I'm sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
John Lennon (1940-1980), singer, song writer
The whole truth, nothing but the truth; not from the Bush administration.
Our government made 935 'false statements' to its citizens in the run-up to
the war in Iraq. Bush made 260 of them himself. And, the citizenry doesn't seem to care.
The right-wing nut jobs and the sanctimoniously righteous will discount the story citing the fact CNN carried it.
Tip of the hat to Chandira at Diary of a Hope Fiend.
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
John Lennon (1940-1980), singer, song writer
The whole truth, nothing but the truth; not from the Bush administration.
Our government made 935 'false statements' to its citizens in the run-up to
the war in Iraq. Bush made 260 of them himself. And, the citizenry doesn't seem to care.The right-wing nut jobs and the sanctimoniously righteous will discount the story citing the fact CNN carried it.
Tip of the hat to Chandira at Diary of a Hope Fiend.
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