Markme123 Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 *in the middle of a mild heart attack*
Justice Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Dick Cheney: The Man With a Heart of Wood
Jobber of the Week Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Hello? Hey man. 'Sup? Nothin' much. Watching the game, havin' a Bud. WHASAAAAAAAAAP!!!!! WHASAAAAAAAA WHASAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPP!! Heh, heh. Hey, where's Big D? I'll get 'em. D! D! Pick up the phone! IN AN UNDISCLOSED LOCATION... Yo? WHASAAAAAAAAAA WHAZAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAA
Jobber of the Week Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 AAAAAA.... Hey, who's that? Hey, guys! WHASAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPP!!!!!! Yo! Yo! Who dat? I hear someone listenin! Hang up, you! Okay, okay, take it easy.... So man, what you doin? Not much. Watching the game, drinking a Bud.
Rob E Dangerously Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 The Animal Kingdom comes out to support Clark "Kucinich, give us your lunch money" YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!
Firestarter Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 "Kucinich, give us your lunch money" Rob wins. Jobber is disqualified for being dumb enough to try to spin a picture of the President making a call on 9/11 as comical. Whatever your politics, you don't need to go there.
kkktookmybabyaway Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 "Stay short and looney, Dennis. You make me look tall and almost presidential." "Hey, John, I was thinking. We should cancel the World Bank and the IMF along with NAFTA and the WTO and create a Department of Protectionism. Isn't that a great idea?" "Super, Dennis." "Thanks!" Weak. Here's another one. "That'll do Elf. That'll do..."
Jobber of the Week Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Jobber is disqualified for being dumb enough to try to spin a picture of the President making a call on 9/11 as comical. Whatever your politics, you don't need to go there. Oh, puh-lease. I used Google Image Search for all these things. There's only so many pictures of him using a phone. If you think it's a bad thing, then fine. But it was unintentional. 'Sides, I thought you'd be more offended by me bringing up his drinking, which is something I didn't think about until after I hit submit, actually.
Firestarter Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 I don't leap down the throat of people who poke good-humoured fun at the President. If you'd been nasty or mean-spirited about his former drinking problem I might have commented, but since you didn't seem to be I took it as the harmless pleasantry I considered it. Actually, on second thought, if it seemed you were being nasty I would probably just have ignored it. I really only comment when people either criticise the President directly to me, or try to invent some sort of commentary on his ability based on wholly irrelevant facts or lies. I still think your use of the 9/11 photo was in extremely poor taste. It has nothing to do with the President per se. You could conceivably come up with funny captions for pictures of people jumping from the collapsing Towers, but that wouldn't mean I'd appreciate those either. Remove it a step and invent a funny caption for a candlelight vigil for the victims - would that make you laugh? It wouldn't make me laugh. Do what you did, and take a picture of the President in one of the worst hours of our nation's history - grieving for the dead, absorbing still more terrible news with every passing minute, and deciding how best to defend us - and slap a funny caption on that. Does that make you laugh? It's no different from taking a hypothetical photo of a crying woman holding a portrait of her daughter, say a military officer who died in the Pentagon, and writing underneath something like "Boy, those onions sure are strong!" That doesn't make me laugh. That appalls me. There are some things that you can't, that you shouldn't decontextualise. Ever. This is one of them.
Jobber of the Week Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 I still think your use of the 9/11 photo was in extremely poor taste. It has nothing to do with the President per se. You could conceivably come up with funny captions for pictures of people jumping from the collapsing Towers, but that wouldn't mean I'd appreciate those either. Remove it a step and invent a funny caption for a candlelight vigil for the victims - would that make you laugh? It wouldn't make me laugh. You don't seem to understand. I did not go into my "Pictures of Politicians to Use in TSM Threads" folder, double click on the "9/11 Photos DO NOT USE FOR HUMOR PURPOSES THESE ARE NOT FUNNY" folder, and choose use a tragedy to further a gag. You seem to think that this is exactly what I did. Let me inform you of what I really did. I typed the following serach into Google Images: bush telephone Now, there's not really a whole ton of pictures of Bush and a phone. I found a picture of Bush talking on a telephone, staring at something bright. Either a window to the outside or a TV screen (I was creatively using it as the latter.) I didn't know what the picture was about, when it was took, where it was took, who he was talking to, or what he was talking about. I did not say "HA! I'll poke fun at 9/11! That'll generate a laugh!" I did not consider using pictures of people falling out of buildings. I wasn't attempting to piss on the families of dead people. I simply saw a picture of Bush on the telephone, and believed it looked innocent enough for inclusion in this gallery.
Slayer Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 I simply saw a picture of Bush on the telephone, and believed it looked innocent enough for inclusion in this gallery. It's all fun and games until Marney gets offended
Slayer Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 Also, with there being five different pics of him on the phone, I'll be goddamned if I could tell which one (save for the one of him smiling) was taken on 9-11, versus one on some other date
Firestarter Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 You don't seem to understand. No. You don't seem to understand. Whether it was intentional or not doesn't matter. As soon as you realised when the photo was taken, if you were at all concerned about the propriety of inventing mockeries of a real person in the middle of a real tragedy, you would have edited it out or replaced it with something else. Either you don't care just because it's the President, or you just - don't care. Whichever is the case, I'm done with this now. Try setting aside your pride and listen to your conscience. FYI: what you used is a very well-known photo which was available for quite a time to the public immediately after 9/11. The President is in Air Force One, as is obvious from the porthole-shaped areas of light on the curved cabin wall he is facing. It was published in practically all national newspapers and many international newspapers, not just for days but even a month or two afterwards. I saw it again in a special edition of The Economist one year later.
NYU Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 .....there seems to be something wrong with this picture....
Slayer Posted January 30, 2004 Report Posted January 30, 2004 .....there seems to be something wrong with this picture.... My lord, you're right He only has four fingers!
Jobber of the Week Posted January 31, 2004 Report Posted January 31, 2004 Yes, appearantly, I've chosen to exploit a national tragedy for humor, even though I said that, you know, I didn't and wouldn't have. However, since I am to please, I went to go look for more pictures of President Bush on the telephone. One looked like it was a campaign headquarters or school, but according to the Florida newspaper article it's attatched to, it's after his speech on 9/11. No can do. Then there's another Air Force One shot, but the caption says that it too is somehow related to terrorism. I guess there's something about terrorist attacks that causes photographers to take more pictures of the President using the phone line. Finally, I got one of him at his ranch or something and replaced it. FISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
DerangedHermit Posted January 31, 2004 Report Posted January 31, 2004 Pinocchio for a new generation: starring Dennis Kucinich as Pinnochio and John Kerry as Geppetto. Pinocchio's nose grows each time he thinks he has a chance.
Slayer Posted January 31, 2004 Report Posted January 31, 2004 Yes, appearantly, I've chosen to exploit a national tragedy for humor, even though I said that, you know, I didn't and wouldn't have. However, since I am to please, I went to go look for more pictures of President Bush on the telephone. One looked like it was a campaign headquarters or school, but according to the Florida newspaper article it's attatched to, it's after his speech on 9/11. No can do. Then there's another Air Force One shot, but the caption says that it too is somehow related to terrorism. I guess there's something about terrorist attacks that causes photographers to take more pictures of the President using the phone line. Finally, I got one of him at his ranch or something and replaced it. FISSION ACCOMPLISHED! Bah, I saw no problem with the original one If you're bending over backwards to please ONE tightass on a message board... I think I'm done here
Jobber of the Week Posted January 31, 2004 Report Posted January 31, 2004 Bah, I saw no problem with the original one If you're bending over backwards to please ONE tightass on a message board... I think I'm done here Actually, I was considering posting something offensive to compensate. I just don't want to totally throw a potentially funny thread off track. And how can you go wrong with this?
Guest Olympic Slam Posted January 31, 2004 Report Posted January 31, 2004 "Yes its true, I want to be a dentist. In fact, I'm leaving for the Island of Misfit Toys and never coming back. "
Styles Posted January 31, 2004 Report Posted January 31, 2004 "But I'm going to be President! The man in the tree said so!" "Come on, son, it's time for bed now." "See, you've got to understand, when I said Osama Bin Laden deserves a fair trial, I was trying to appeal to the Southerners who wear the white robes, well what I mean is priestly robes, I'm a very religious man you know, well except that last church I left because of lack of a bike trail, well actually it's because I hate children, well, no, no I don't mean that, what I mean is..." "And then I said, 'don't you know I'm a four star general..." (day dreaming): "...and in today's news, Joe Lierberman, Moderate for America proved his Joementum was for real, by winning every remaining primary..." "Do YOU have four stars on your apron? I didn't think so. So don't tell ME about what is and isn't sanitary food preparation." "Ahh, my friend, I knew you'd return. They all think I'm crazy, 'who are you talking to, General? What big fuzzy creature?', but we know better. Here, have a snausage!" "Dennis, your mother and I have been talking and we've decided you need to give up this crazy President fantasy of yours." "But People For The Ethical Treatment Of Rocks have endorsed me." "Come on Dennis, let's get ready for bedtime." "Hey, where are you going, did you know I'm a Vietnam veteran?......Call me."
BUTT Posted January 31, 2004 Report Posted January 31, 2004 I know it's in poor taste to include a picture of President Bush on 9/11 as part of joke, but what does it say about his fundraising efforts when he actually sold that picture at one of his fundraisers in order to raise money for his campaign?
Guest FrigidSoul Posted January 31, 2004 Report Posted January 31, 2004 I would like to state that while I was at the Democratic Convention I didn't recieve any TV time and this upsets me. Just because I am partially made of food does not mean I do not have serious views on some of the nations issues! If you don't shut your burger patty mouth now I'll throw ya on a plate and serve ya with fries
NYU Posted January 31, 2004 Report Posted January 31, 2004 "I really think this endorsement from Kim Fields is going to push me off the brink and into the presidency." "Son....it's over. Unlike you, I actually served in Vietnam" "The man is right, Kisss-in-a-vitch. You're not qualified for the presidency unless y'all been in a war. Go hug yaself a tree there."
Vern Gagne Posted January 31, 2004 Report Posted January 31, 2004 I would like to state that while I was at the Democratic Convention I didn't recieve any TV time and this upsets me. Just because I am partially made of food does not mean I do not have serious views on some of the nations issues! He's nothing but a corrupt politician. Everyone knows who runs McDonald Land.
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