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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

This is pretty funny!

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

[Big Grin]

Posted by Nato (Member # 1448) on :

Hahaha that iRack doesn't look stable at all! [Eek!]

Posted by 0Megabyte (Member # 8624) on :

It would have been better if it had been more subtle. As it was, the humor was a bit too blatant.

Great idea, though the writing needed some improvement.

I did get some laughs out of it, though.

"There IS no exit strategy!"

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

What it comes down to, 0M, is that they stretch out their jokes too much. All TV skit shows do. If that skit were only two minutes long, they wouldn't have had to push so hard. Still, it was better than most SNL fare.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Agreed.

Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :

I still like Steve Jobs' land of iDaho.

Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :

Ha!

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

That was good. It would have been better at about a minute thirty, though.

Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :

I will admit, an item that bears similarity to a shelf is not what I thought of when I first heard iRack...

Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :

quote:
Originally posted by RunningBear:
I will admit, an item that bears similarity to a shelf is not what I thought of when I first heard iRack...

Agreed. I was hopeful, then all my hopes were crushed. [Frown]

The skit was pretty good though. [Smile]

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

Thirded. [Big Grin]

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

It was good...but as Icky said it was a little bit long.

I still liked it, of course. [Smile]

Posted by 0Megabyte (Member # 8624) on :

I think I liked the iDaho better!

"Oh, and I have iCBMs. And I'm not afraid to use them. So don't even ****ing try."

Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :

Er, I thought of something else, too. I was sort of surprised to see an actual rack and not either a bust, antlers, or a medieval torture device.

I agree that it could have been shorter, but I enjoyed the joke. I saw the iRan thing coming, but I couldn't help laughing anyway.

This has nothing on the Daily Show's bit about IranIraqKorea, though.

Posted by Qaz (Member # 10298) on :

Attributed to President Bush, USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003: "Mission accomplished."

Actually said by President Bush, USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003: "Our mission continues."

Posted by Jutsa Notha Name (Member # 4485) on :

The reason why "Mission Accomplished" is attributed to Bush

Bush claimed 'major combat operations' have ended in Iraq. Since then more soldiers have died than Americans died on 9/11.

The White House made the banner stating "Mission Accomplished"

Excuses as to what the president actually meant are falling on deaf ears because the White House has shown that hyperbole is perfectly acceptable behavior on their part. The White house has even gone as far as to crop out the "Mission Accomplished" banner on the White House page with the speech and in the video of the president giving the speech.

You will have to do better than pointing out a few words with your defense, Qaz.

Posted by Qaz (Member # 10298) on :

It was not a defense. It was just the truth.

Posted by Jutsa Notha Name (Member # 4485) on :

And yet it really isn't the truth. Just spin. Similar to saying "well, he didn't use those exact words. . ."

Posted by Qaz (Member # 10298) on :

And yet it really is the truth, literally, without spin, only facts.

But if you call your interpretations "truth" and the bare facts "spin" and "not the truth" there is no point in discussion so I will let it pass.

Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :

If I say to someone, "i'm not punching you right now" as I punch them, what's the truth?

Posted by Jutsa Notha Name (Member # 4485) on :

[No No]

In the May 1st speech he announced the "end of major combat operations" in Iraq. That is fact

Since then there have been no less than FIVE troop surges, at least two of which had nearly the troop levels equal to the invasion. That is fact.

So, the assumption that his words were misleading at best, lies at worst, but either way false. No nitpicking at words is going to change that fact. The truth is that the May 1st comments about the militay operations and what has actually happened since then are contradictory. Or, will this turn into a disagreement of what "is" means as well? [Dont Know]

Posted by Puppy (Member # 6721) on :

So, what defines "major combat operations"? Is it troop levels? That seems irrelevant.

It seems that you could involve many MORE troops in holding a country than it took to invade that country, and still mark a date and time when the "invasion" is finished and successful.

If "major combat operations" = "invasion" and not "troop levels", then there is nothing false about Bush's statement.

I mean, you can say that this war is a bad idea, or poorly run, or immoral, or whatever you want. But I don't understand the focus on the "mission accomplished" thing. The very day he said it, everyone started criticising it. It's not like he convinced us all that the war was over, we all believed him, and then were disappointed.

It seemed to me, even at the time, that all he was saying was, "The invasion is successful, now on to the next phase." Which I think is what he meant. The huge negative reaction seems to stem from deliberate misinterpretations of his intent.