First, is everyone from CA ok? Anybody now Hatracking from an undisclosed location to avoid the flames? My best wishes and prayers to all of you fire fighting civilians!
However I just heard some interesting comments made about the rash of Dangerous and Destructive wildfires made by some of our most powerful politicians: (OK, so I made them up.)
President Bush: As we all know, Alqueda in Iraq is largely responsible for the fires in California...
Vice President Cheney: Though the matches they used to light the fires, we have on hard, but secret reports that I can not let you verify, came directly from Iran.
Guiliani: If I were President, I'd treat those fires just like I treated 9/11. I was great on 9/11.
Ms. Hillary Clinton: You know, (laughs) we need to get our soldiers home so they can go back to doing what the national guard has always done--fight forest fires. My national Fire Fighter program would insure that everyone had fire insurance.
Edwards: Um, didn't I have a national fire insurance program first? Hello? Anyone listening?
Obama: We all know that I was for National Fire Insurance long before any of these folks like Ms. Clinton jumped on the Fire Insurance Bandwagon. I mean, I have years of experience with fires and insurance and, I look better behind a podium than she does.
McClain: I don't think the issue is who started the fires, or who has insurance for the fires. I beleive that the issue is making sure our fire fighters get all the support they need to put the fires out. That is why I'm sponsoring a non-binding resolution in congress to show our support to all the hard working fire fighters who are willing to vote.
Romney: Fire is something I took care of in Massachue..Massasche...my state. I have experience putting out fires and ....
Fred Thompson: Hey! There goes the set to three of my movies where I got to play a president. Don't let me be homeless. Let me play a president in a building that hasn't burned down since 1812.
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
Heh. I assume Obama would say, "Too bad our troops are too busy air-raiding villages and killing civilians to help out with the fires."
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
<deleted Romney joke> I decided this thread is in poor taste. Sorry, Dan.
[ October 23, 2007, 04:06 PM: Message edited by: Morbo ]
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Oh, and Glenn Beck is no pol and this is a real quote. It really made me gag.
quote: We come back to the center of the melting pot, that we're all one America, that just because I disagree with you doesn't mean you hate America, and I love America. We all love America. We just disagree on how we should function, what we should do, big government, small government. It doesn't mean you hate America. I think there is a handful of people who hate America. Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200710220003 How could anyone say "We all love America" then at the end of the same paragraph say "there is a handful of people who hate America. Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today."?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I don't even think that's true anymore. Republicans don't stand for government staying out of your life and being small, and Democrats don't stand for huge government that controls everything you do.
I think at the very least that has balanced out, if not flipped the other way entirely.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
quote:Originally posted by Morbo: Oh, and Glenn Beck is no pol and this is a real quote. It really made me gag.
quote: We come back to the center of the melting pot, that we're all one America, that just because I disagree with you doesn't mean you hate America, and I love America. We all love America. We just disagree on how we should function, what we should do, big government, small government. It doesn't mean you hate America. I think there is a handful of people who hate America. Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200710220003 How could anyone say "We all love America" then at the end of the same paragraph say "there is a handful of people who hate America. Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today."?
lolwut???
Seriously, wtf?
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
<pet peeve>
Hillary Clinton's title is Senator Clinton, not Ms. Clinton. When you refer to all the men by their last names only, you should do so for the woman as well. I can understand if you wanted to distinguish her from her husband, although in a list of current presidential canidates I don't think that's necessary since he isn't one, but at least do so with her proper title.
</pet peeve>
Posted by Tstorm (Member # 1871) on :
Great, these are funny!
Governor Schwarzenegger: With the help of the Federal Government, we will terminate these fires for all Californians.