I'll go first:
(http://fruitfly.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/bush_groping_merkel.jpg)
awkward......
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January 1992, moments after Bush Snr vomitted all over Japanese prime minisiter Kiichi Miyazawa
Quote from: Mangrove on May 18, 2008, 06:22:32 PM
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January 1992, moments after Bush Snr vomitted all over Japanese prime minisiter Kiichi Miyazawa
Actually, it was their foreign minister, wasn't it?
Invading Iraq.
http://www.geenstijl.nl/filmpjes/Stem_voor_Mulder.wmv
a couple of years ago people in europe got to vote whether they wanted a european constitution or not. when the population of the netherlands appeared to vote against it in a fairly large majority, (some of) our politicians started making TV ads to convince the people to please vote for this constitution.
this one was in particularly bad taste. it shows images of the holocaust, Srebrenica and the terrorist attack in Madrid with the text "this never again", followed by some politician urging you to vote for this constitution!
after the first broadcasts on some local TV stations, the ad spread like wildfire on the internet (thanks to geenstijl.nl), the total and immediate outrage caused this ad to be pulled of the air within a matter of hours.
(afterwards, the Dutch people voted no, and a while later the politicians used some sort of loophole to do what they wanted to do in the first place, anyway)
How long have we got? I've got small books on Australia and Britain's doings.
President Bush's entire presidency
(http://www.nuvo.net/blog/wayneb/archives/MEAR-Bush-sticker-os.jpg)
American News is quite lulzy
I can't think of anything, but I'm sure some of our more politically involved posters can.
Quote from: Alamaris on May 18, 2008, 07:15:26 PM
I can't remember the last time my government did something potentially embarrassing. Then again, Canada is boring, so I tend to get my lulz from American news.
Anybody want to enlighten me to my country's faux pas?
http://www.albionmonitor.com/9801a/canadasorry.html
In a ceremony in Canada's Parliament building on Jan. 6, Native leaders and government ministers pledged to work together to try to heal the damage done to Native people and their culture. Indian leaders condemned the government for its 80-year program of taking children from native families and sending them to often abusive government-run schools. Also, while these kids were at the schools, they were forced to live with christian foster parents for 10 months of the year. This is where I suspect most of the abuse came from. In fact, one of my fathers best friends growing up was one of those native children.
Quote from: Alamaris on May 18, 2008, 07:15:26 PM
I can't remember the last time my government did something potentially embarrassing. Then again, Canada is boring, so I tend to get my lulz from American news.
Anybody want to enlighten me to my country's faux pas?
Your failure to exterminate the cannibalistic Inuit, before they overran and captured the Northwest Territories.
the fact that Mary Carey would have probably made a slightly better Governor than Arnie.
:|
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 18, 2008, 07:34:44 PM
Quote from: Alamaris on May 18, 2008, 07:15:26 PM
I can't remember the last time my government did something potentially embarrassing. Then again, Canada is boring, so I tend to get my lulz from American news.
Anybody want to enlighten me to my country's faux pas?
Your failure to exterminate the cannibalistic Inuit, before they overran and captured the Northwest Territories.
LOL...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/concrete/Picture15.jpg)
Quote from: wun-zee-row-fow-er on May 18, 2008, 07:43:55 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 18, 2008, 07:34:44 PM
Quote from: Alamaris on May 18, 2008, 07:15:26 PM
I can't remember the last time my government did something potentially embarrassing. Then again, Canada is boring, so I tend to get my lulz from American news.
Anybody want to enlighten me to my country's faux pas?
Your failure to exterminate the cannibalistic Inuit, before they overran and captured the Northwest Territories.
LOL...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/concrete/Picture15.jpg)
Other than the Beothuks, which were largely killed off before Canada existed as a nation, when was there ever a genocide in Canada?
Fucking whiners. You wouldn't know a genocide if it gave you smallbox-infected blankets.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 18, 2008, 07:47:36 PM
Quote from: wun-zee-row-fow-er on May 18, 2008, 07:43:55 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 18, 2008, 07:34:44 PM
Quote from: Alamaris on May 18, 2008, 07:15:26 PM
I can't remember the last time my government did something potentially embarrassing. Then again, Canada is boring, so I tend to get my lulz from American news.
Anybody want to enlighten me to my country's faux pas?
Your failure to exterminate the cannibalistic Inuit, before they overran and captured the Northwest Territories.
LOL...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/concrete/Picture15.jpg)
Other than the Beothuks, which were largely killed off before Canada existed as a nation, when was there ever a genocide in Canada?
Fucking whiners. You wouldn't know a genocide if it gave you smallbox-infected blankets.
taks off shirt and puts on this one.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/concrete/Picture16.jpg)
because I can not think of anything...like usual.
Oh, you're just a tee shirt collector.
I should have known.
plz to stay on topic...give Canadian Genocide examples worm
Quote from: Dysnomia on May 18, 2008, 07:55:24 PM
plz to stay on topic...give Canadian Genocide examples worm
I poisoned an ant mound once
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 18, 2008, 06:41:38 PM
Quote from: Mangrove on May 18, 2008, 06:22:32 PM
(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9272/39462324bushseniorap203cg9.th.jpg) (http://img137.imageshack.us/my.php?image=39462324bushseniorap203cg9.jpg)
January 1992, moments after Bush Snr vomitted all over Japanese prime minisiter Kiichi Miyazawa
Actually, it was their foreign minister, wasn't it?
BBC say prime minister: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3200032.stm
but that doesn't mean it's true, however. (this is where I yoinked the pic from)
Quote from: Thurnez Isa on May 18, 2008, 08:22:01 PM
Quote from: Dysnomia on May 18, 2008, 07:55:24 PM
plz to stay on topic...give Canadian Genocide examples worm
I poisoned an ant mound once
yuo are going to hell srsly
QuoteWASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2006 -- Congress has ordered construction of 700 miles of fence along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Quote from: Dysnomia on May 18, 2008, 11:01:18 PM
Quote from: Thurnez Isa on May 18, 2008, 08:22:01 PM
Quote from: Dysnomia on May 18, 2008, 07:55:24 PM
plz to stay on topic...give Canadian Genocide examples worm
I poisoned an ant mound once
yuo are going to hell srsly
Were they these ants?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3941545.ece
Quote from: triple zero on May 18, 2008, 06:48:01 PM
http://www.geenstijl.nl/filmpjes/Stem_voor_Mulder.wmv
a couple of years ago people in europe got to vote whether they wanted a european constitution or not. when the population of the netherlands appeared to vote against it in a fairly large majority, (some of) our politicians started making TV ads to convince the people to please vote for this constitution.
this one was in particularly bad taste. it shows images of the holocaust, Srebrenica and the terrorist attack in Madrid with the text "this never again", followed by some politician urging you to vote for this constitution!
after the first broadcasts on some local TV stations, the ad spread like wildfire on the internet (thanks to geenstijl.nl), the total and immediate outrage caused this ad to be pulled of the air within a matter of hours.
(afterwards, the Dutch people voted no, and a while later the politicians used some sort of loophole to do what they wanted to do in the first place, anyway)
Every country/government ever has pulled that stunt. I know some Roman senators got to power by convincing other romans that Carthage was SRSLY SRSLY a big threat and needed to be wiped off the face of the earth. Every side in WWII had their own version of the 'never again' slogan.
Quote from: Felix on May 19, 2008, 02:17:43 AM
Quote from: Dysnomia on May 18, 2008, 11:01:18 PM
Quote from: Thurnez Isa on May 18, 2008, 08:22:01 PM
Quote from: Dysnomia on May 18, 2008, 07:55:24 PM
plz to stay on topic...give Canadian Genocide examples worm
I poisoned an ant mound once
yuo are going to hell srsly
Were they these ants?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3941545.ece
no
these ants were defenceless and not harming anyone
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/concrete/Picture15.jpg)
Quote from: Thurnez Isa on May 19, 2008, 02:31:41 AM
Quote from: Felix on May 19, 2008, 02:17:43 AM
Quote from: Dysnomia on May 18, 2008, 11:01:18 PM
Quote from: Thurnez Isa on May 18, 2008, 08:22:01 PM
Quote from: Dysnomia on May 18, 2008, 07:55:24 PM
plz to stay on topic...give Canadian Genocide examples worm
I poisoned an ant mound once
yuo are going to hell srsly
Were they these ants?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3941545.ece
no
these ants were defenceless and not harming anyone
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/concrete/Picture15.jpg)
you bastard :argh!:
--has never killed an insect ever, srsly
I go about setting fire to spider egg sacs near my house.
Fucking hate spiders.
every single time I see one of those 8-legged fuckers...they die.
Poor spiders!
I was hanging out at Boots' house today and he made me love him EVEN MORE by pointing out a big nest of baby spiders on his porch and then sitting under it, saying "I guess it's a good thing I don't have hair!"
Baby spiders are SO CUTE!
At a Filipino prison:
http://www.heavy.com/video/45093
OK, incidents I can remember.
UK:
Our government built up its case for the Iraq war on a 10 year old MA thesis they stole off the internet.
MI5 followed the 7/7 bombers for months, apparently decided that they weren't a threat, let them kill 50+ people and the government decided this is not worth an enquiry.
According to the SCOPA Law, wearing LOLCAT t-shirts outside Parliament is a form of political protest that can result in arrests without police permission being obtained for such a protest.
The wholesale pandering to the Daily Mail and Sun newspaper editorials when it comes to policy on law and order and immigration.
Our government trying to defend the actions of successive governments in ethnically cleansing the population of Diego Garcia to make way for a US airbase, and attempting to defeat rulings that the action was unlawful.
Providing support for CIA rendition flights.
Our government cravenly backing down from the BAE corruption investigation after the Saudi Arabian government threatened our civilian population with "more 7/7's" should the investigation continue.
Australia:
Little Johnny Howard, ex-Prime Minister crowing about Australia's capture of the entire Iraqi Air Force (which had taken no part in the war, was mostly stolen by Iran in 1991 and was actually found by an Iraqi who led Australian troops there).
The Cronulla beach riots being written off by Little Johnny Howard as a result of "drinking", totally dismissing the racist element of the Australia First party and skinheads who helped initiate the violence.
Little Johnny Howard accusing immigrants of throwing their children off of a boat, then refusing to apologize.
Attacking Kevin Rudd for issuing a government apology to the Stolen Generations of Aborigines who were taken from their parents (often for nothing more than racist reasons) by government agents.
The Liberal party handing out fake leaflets from an invented Islamic organization saying that Labor supported the Bali suicide bombers.
The Liberal government being prepared to deport 43 Papua New Guinean asylum seekers, who faced death at the hands of genocideal Indnonesian backed death squads if they returned.
Gitmo.
Waterboarding.
The Patriot Act.
Homeland Security.
New Orleans.
Declaring victory in Iraq.
Every time Bush steps up to a microphone.
Donald Rumsfeld.
George W. Bush "giving up" golf for the troops.
Just turn on any news station, odds are good anything they report makes me facepalm. With the occasional lulz.
Quote from: Cain on May 19, 2008, 11:19:28 AM
OK, incidents I can remember.
UK:
Our government built up its case for the Iraq war on a 10 year old MA thesis they stole off the internet.
MI5 followed the 7/7 bombers for months, apparently decided that they weren't a threat, let them kill 50+ people and the government decided this is not worth an enquiry.
According to the SCOPA Law, wearing LOLCAT t-shirts outside Parliament is a form of political protest that can result in arrests without police permission being obtained for such a protest.
The wholesale pandering to the Daily Mail and Sun newspaper editorials when it comes to policy on law and order and immigration.
Our government trying to defend the actions of successive governments in ethnically cleansing the population of Diego Garcia to make way for a US airbase, and attempting to defeat rulings that the action was unlawful.
Providing support for CIA rendition flights.
Our government cravenly backing down from the BAE corruption investigation after the Saudi Arabian government threatened our civilian population with "more 7/7's" should the investigation continue.
Australia:
Little Johnny Howard, ex-Prime Minister crowing about Australia's capture of the entire Iraqi Air Force (which had taken no part in the war, was mostly stolen by Iran in 1991 and was actually found by an Iraqi who led Australian troops there).
The Cronulla beach riots being written off by Little Johnny Howard as a result of "drinking", totally dismissing the racist element of the Australia First party and skinheads who helped initiate the violence.
Little Johnny Howard accusing immigrants of throwing their children off of a boat, then refusing to apologize.
Attacking Kevin Rudd for issuing a government apology to the Stolen Generations of Aborigines who were taken from their parents (often for nothing more than racist reasons) by government agents.
The Liberal party handing out fake leaflets from an invented Islamic organization saying that Labor supported the Bali suicide bombers.
The Liberal government being prepared to deport 43 Papua New Guinean asylum seekers, who faced death at the hands of genocideal Indnonesian backed death squads if they returned.
Oh man, you nailed a lot of the good ones Cain, how the fuck am I supposed to add anything now?
I'm just waiting for Labour to fuck up something I sort of care about so I'll have the right to bitch about them too...
KETCHUP IS A VEGETABLE.
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BY PUTTING HOMELESS PEOPLE IN PRISON, WE'RE GIVING THEM A PLACE TO LIVE
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Quote from: The Reverend Asshat on May 19, 2008, 02:06:31 PM
Gitmo.
Waterboarding.
The Patriot Act.
Homeland Security.
New Orleans.
Declaring victory in Iraq.
Every time Bush steps up to a microphone.
Donald Rumsfeld.
War on Terror
Jeff Gannon
Alberto Gonzalez
Domestic Wiretapping
Swift-Boating
And of course, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A).
Quote from: Cain on May 19, 2008, 11:19:28 AM
Our government built up its case for the Iraq war on a 10 year old MA thesis they stole off the internet.
:lulz:
AND WHAT ABOUT MARGARET THATCHER?!
Quote from: Thurnez Isa on May 18, 2008, 08:22:01 PM
Quote from: Dysnomia on May 18, 2008, 07:55:24 PM
plz to stay on topic...give Canadian Genocide examples worm
I poisoned an ant mound once
Murderer!
(oddly this coincides with my plans for PETA in the very near future)
Quote from: TheStripèdOne on May 19, 2008, 05:52:46 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 19, 2008, 11:19:28 AM
Our government built up its case for the Iraq war on a 10 year old MA thesis they stole off the internet.
:lulz:
AND WHAT ABOUT MARGARET THATCHER?!
Fortunately I was in the UK just as John Major was put into power.
And Lys, I'm sure you'll think of something. I mean, come on, its Johnny Howard. The man's pure scum, I'm only going by what I remember, you actually had to live under him.
Quote from: TheStripèdOne on May 19, 2008, 05:52:46 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 19, 2008, 11:19:28 AM
Our government built up its case for the Iraq war on a 10 year old MA thesis they stole off the internet.
:lulz:
AND WHAT ABOUT MARGARET THATCHER?!
Maggie - best buddies with General "oops where did all those citizens disappear to?" Pinochet
Sided with the US in backing of Saddam Hussein during the 80s.
Running the country's infrastructure into the ground through privatization (that worked really well for the phone companies but for no one else)
Mine was when Chretien took a cream pie to the face and then got MAD about it... if he had just laughed.... if... eh... :|
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on May 19, 2008, 05:45:40 PM
And of course, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A).
he reminds me of me...
Quote from: 221 on May 20, 2008, 09:17:07 PM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on May 19, 2008, 05:45:40 PM
And of course, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A).
he reminds me of me...
:argh!: yeah he reminds me of you too and you of him and he and you him and YOU
and
YOUchoke on a cupcake you squeak.
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on May 19, 2008, 05:45:40 PM
Quote from: The Reverend Asshat on May 19, 2008, 02:06:31 PM
Gitmo.
Waterboarding.
The Patriot Act.
Homeland Security.
New Orleans.
Declaring victory in Iraq.
Every time Bush steps up to a microphone.
Donald Rumsfeld.
War on Terror
Jeff Gannon
Alberto Gonzalez
Domestic Wiretapping
Swift-Boating
And of course, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A).
Abu Grahib.
The amount of deaths in Afghan military prisons that have taken place while "interrogating" the "enemy combatants" who were just militants snowed by Al Qaeda.
Have we found Bin Laden yet?
WMDs in Iraq--NOT
AQ back in Afghanistan a mere 5 years (or less) after 9/11
The fact we're still in Iraq and fucked it up beyond all recognition
The way Sadaam was executed
the fact McCain is saying we might be in Iraq for another 100 years, and people seem "just fine" with that
the trend that being against your government makes you a traitor, not a true patriot
Kyoto Treaty and our lack of signage
Gore lost and yet he's still a better president than Bush ever will be
Dumbass Hillary doesn't get it--gtfo, bitch, and let Obama have a clear field (though I still think it's cool the process is going on like this since it's rare, it's still frustrating)
Quote from: Jenne on May 21, 2008, 04:32:36 PM
The way Sadaam was executed
That part was actually funny.
Quotethe fact McCain is saying we might be in Iraq for another 100 years, and people seem "just fine" with that
He actually back-pedaled on that recently and said 2013 instead. Not that it'll matter since the world is gonna end in 2012. :fnord:
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on May 21, 2008, 05:36:23 PM
Quote from: Jenne on May 21, 2008, 04:32:36 PM
The way Sadaam was executed
That part was actually funny.
Quotethe fact McCain is saying we might be in Iraq for another 100 years, and people seem "just fine" with that
He actually back-pedaled on that recently and said 2013 instead. Not that it'll matter since the world is gonna end in 2012. :fnord:
Yeah, I had issues with how Sadaam's execution was played out. Found it bullshit, in 2 ways--they tried to make it seem all "official" and state-run, when really in the end it was just pathetic and sad. He either deserved to be hung by his balls or a true stately affair, not some jacked up shit in between. Made the US look like major assholes, but then, we typically are.
McCain backpedalled because of the media furor, not public furor. Pretty fucking sad. And the media was just stirring shit--they love that kind of lail, after all.
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on May 21, 2008, 05:36:23 PM
Quote from: Jenne on May 21, 2008, 04:32:36 PM
Quotethe fact McCain is saying we might be in Iraq for another 100 years, and people seem "just fine" with that
He actually back-pedaled on that recently and said 2013 instead. Not that it'll matter since the world is gonna end in 2012. :fnord:
Yes, but its better for him to lie and say we'll majickly escape as soon as he becomes Prezitator....
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on May 21, 2008, 05:36:23 PM
Quote from: Jenne on May 21, 2008, 04:32:36 PM
Quotethe fact McCain is saying we might be in Iraq for another 100 years, and people seem "just fine" with that
He actually back-pedaled on that recently and said 2013 instead. Not that it'll matter since the world is gonna end in 2012. :fnord:
McCain backpedalled because of the media furor, not public furor. Pretty fucking sad. And the media was just stirring shit--they love that kind of lail, after all.
I hate to tell you this, but McCain didn't say we'd be fighting for 100 years, he was saying that, much like in Korea,
et al, we might have to keep a military presence in Iraq.
What, you think if the Dems pull the troops out next year, they
won't station some troops off the coast for the indefinite future?
Hey, I DON'T LIKE IT EITHER. But there are
much better ways to slam on McCain than to take him out of context and misrepresent his words.
Oh whatever, he should've known BETTER than to say Iraq and 100 years in the same fucking sentence.
And I'll slam motherfucking McCain anyway I please, kthxbyeeeeeee. Fucker is on a sucker ticket.
Keeping a military presence in Iraq beyond that needed to safeguard American embassy personnel = keeping the fighting going for 100 years
If Barack Obama is elected, he will go back in time and stop the war before it began.
Quote from: TheStripèdOne on May 21, 2008, 06:48:12 PM
If Barack Obama is elected, he will go back in time and stop the war before it began.
Nah, he'll wave the magic wand and bring our boys home and Iraq will be happy and there will be flowers and candy and sausages and CHANGE!
OR
We'll still be there come next election
OR
We'll pull out and more Hell will break loose
OR
McCain will win and almost exactly the same damn thing will happen.
Quote from: TheStripèdOne on May 21, 2008, 06:48:12 PM
If Barack Obama is elected, he will go back in time and stop the war before it began.
Wasn't there a fread here that did that whole Chuck Norris thing with Obama?
It'll take roughly 3 years to properly organize a withdrawal. At best, the first major wind down will take 18 months, according to my reading.
However, the sooner the policymakers realize little beats nationalistically grounded insurgencies (barring genocide) and get on with planning that instead of setting unreasonable goals and ludicrous targets for security, the better.
Quote from: Cain on May 21, 2008, 06:56:09 PM
It'll take roughly 3 years to properly organize a withdrawal. At best, the first major wind down will take 18 months, according to my reading.
However, the sooner the policymakers realize little beats nationalistically grounded insurgencies (barring genocide) and get on with planning that instead of setting unreasonable goals and ludicrous targets for security, the better.
:mittens: