Shrubby Arrogance(D-Day Ceremony Thread)

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-06-06 10:05am

I'm watching the D-Day ceremony on tv,and Bush made everyone wait for him to bring his ass there,not only was he late but the look on his face gives the impression that he want to be somewhere else.

"Rant Off"

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-06-06 10:06am

Jeepers, that's pretty fucking disrespectful.

Where was the ceremony?

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-06-06 10:11am

If i saw correctly it is in Arromanches

Son of the Suns · Post by **Son of the Suns** » 2004-06-06 01:34pm

Montcalm wrote:I'm watching the D-Day ceremony on tv,and Bush made everyone wait for him to bring his ass there,not only was he late but the look on his face gives the impression that he want to be somewhere else.

"Rant Off"

Uh maybe back in America due to Reagan's death. Or maybe it just has to due with the fact that most of the people in France hate him.

Zac Naloen · Post by **Zac Naloen** » 2004-06-06 01:38pm

Or maybe it just has to due with the fact that most of the people in France hate him.

and he just gave them yet another reason for them too

beyond hope · Post by **beyond hope** » 2004-06-06 01:42pm

When people already can't stand someone, anything that person does can become another "reason for it."

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-06-06 01:48pm

This belongs in N&P. Montcalm, perhaps you should become acquainted with the existence of forums other than OT.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-06-06 02:19pm

Durandal wrote:This belongs in N&P. Montcalm, perhaps you should become acquainted with the existence of forums other than OT.

I know but sometime if i'm linking a news in N&P i'm screwed if there a minor typo error.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » 2004-06-06 02:25pm

This sounds like another case of Bush pissing on the Vets. From what I understand he already cut benefits for vets when he got into office. He obviously doesn't care about the sacrifices that generation made for their freedom.

I'm surprised that the Vets haven't risen up against him in protest. There's still alot of them. Fortunatly I live in Canada where my Vet benefits will never be cut, but if they were I think my first step would be to start protesting outside my MP's office.

sketerpot · Post by **sketerpot** » 2004-06-06 02:51pm

Imagine that you were the ceremonial head of state, chief diplomat, chief legislator, chief citizen, and whatever the hell else the President is. You have to go lots of places for lots of ceremonies, and ceremonies are usually kind of boring. Wouldn't you be mildly sick of attending ceremonies?

Maybe Bush was suffering from jetlag. Maybe he got stuck in traffic. Maybe he got attacked by ravenous zombie lawn flamingoes. We don't know. There may be a legitimate excuse for this, and the least we can do is give Bush the benefit of a doubt on something that, when you come right down to it, doesn't matter.

Sure, some people got angry, their feelings were hurt, and people had to wait for a while. That's not good. But compare that with the effects of Bush's actual policies, and this looks trivial. The life of one person (and the wars have resulted in the deaths of many people) is more important to me than all the commemorative ceremonies in the world. I just don't see what the big deal is about this.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-06-06 02:57pm

Montcalm wrote:I know but sometime if i'm linking a news in N&P i'm screwed if there a minor typo error.

Use the preview function, then?

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-06-06 03:03pm

sketerpot wrote:Imagine that you were the ceremonial head of state, chief diplomat, chief legislator, chief citizen, and whatever the hell else the President is. You have to go lots of places for lots of ceremonies, and ceremonies are usually kind of boring. Wouldn't you be mildly sick of attending ceremonies?

Maybe Bush was suffering from jetlag. Maybe he got stuck in traffic. Maybe he got attacked by ravenous zombie lawn flamingoes. We don't know. There may be a legitimate excuse for this, and the least we can do is give Bush the benefit of a doubt on something that, when you come right down to it, doesn't matter.

Sure, some people got angry, their feelings were hurt, and people had to wait for a while. That's not good. But compare that with the effects of Bush's actual policies, and this looks trivial. The life of one person (and the wars have resulted in the deaths of many people) is more important to me than all the commemorative ceremonies in the world. I just don't see what the big deal is about this.

You're probably right,liberating nations from tyranny is not as important as liberating oil.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2004-06-06 03:14pm

Montcalm wrote:
You're probably right,liberating nations from tyranny is not as important as liberating oil.

Interesting question.. outside of the morality involved.. probably not?

sketerpot · Post by **sketerpot** » 2004-06-06 03:18pm

Montcalm wrote:You're probably right,liberating nations from tyranny is not as important as liberating oil.

A ceremony is not as important as a war. I said nothing about which war was more important than the other. Unless, perhaps, you were deliberately misinterpreting my post to make a joke?

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-06-06 03:21pm

Montcalm wrote:I'm watching the D-Day ceremony on tv,and Bush made everyone wait for him to bring his ass there,not only was he late but the look on his face gives the impression that he want to be somewhere else.

"Rant Off"

For all we know Air Force One had a flat tire. I'd hestitate to scream pure arrogant jackass with out knowing what's going on. The President of the United States is a bit of a busy man and with the death of a former President as well as nine million other things I think that he might, just maybe, had a good reason.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-06-06 03:55pm

Montcalm wrote:
Durandal wrote:This belongs in N&P. Montcalm, perhaps you should become acquainted with the existence of forums other than OT.
I know but sometime if i'm linking a news in N&P i'm screwed if there a minor typo error.

Then ask a mod to fix it for you, or use the preview function. I'm tired of you just posting anything and everything in OT when it clearly belongs somewhere else.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-06-06 06:46pm

Typically you give someone the benefit of the doubt if they've shown themselves to be worthy of it in the past. Given that Bush has repeatedly shown that he's an arrogant asshole with considerable disdain for the entire fucking continent of Europe he does not particularly warrant the benefit of the doubt.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-06-06 08:08pm

Notice for other Canadians if you missed the ceremony this morning tune in on CBC or CBC News now and watch the show the French gave for the veterans

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2004-06-06 11:43pm

As I understand it the entire thing was late, overall but all the VIP's had lunch in Caeen{sp?} together before going to the ceremony

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2004-06-07 11:59am

HemlockGrey wrote:Typically you give someone the benefit of the doubt if they've shown themselves to be worthy of it in the past. Given that Bush has repeatedly shown that he's an arrogant asshole with considerable disdain for the entire fucking continent of Europe he does not particularly warrant the benefit of the doubt.

Could it be that he is merely reciprocating the disdain Europeans have shown for him?

At least he didn't call them 'Frogs'.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2004-06-07 01:25pm

Glocksman wrote:
HemlockGrey wrote:Typically you give someone the benefit of the doubt if they've shown themselves to be worthy of it in the past. Given that Bush has repeatedly shown that he's an arrogant asshole with considerable disdain for the entire fucking continent of Europe he does not particularly warrant the benefit of the doubt.
Could it be that he is merely reciprocating the disdain Europeans have shown for him?

That's the lamest excuse EVER.

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2004-06-07 03:47pm

Iceberg wrote:
Glocksman wrote:
HemlockGrey wrote:Typically you give someone the benefit of the doubt if they've shown themselves to be worthy of it in the past. Given that Bush has repeatedly shown that he's an arrogant asshole with considerable disdain for the entire fucking continent of Europe he does not particularly warrant the benefit of the doubt.
Could it be that he is merely reciprocating the disdain Europeans have shown for him?
That's the lamest excuse EVER.

It's not an excuse, but it could be a reason.

Frankly, I could care less if Bush told the French to go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut.

RadiO · Post by **RadiO** » 2004-06-07 08:18pm

Glocksman wrote: Frankly, I could care less if Bush told the French to go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut.

On the 60th aniversary of D-Day? In front of a grateful, respectful French populance? When the eyes of the world are upon him?

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2004-06-08 02:54am

RadiO wrote:
Glocksman wrote: Frankly, I could care less if Bush told the French to go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut.
On the 60th aniversary of D-Day? In front of a grateful, respectful French populance? When the eyes of the world are upon him?

Well, not then.

Perhaps at a UN meeting.

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2004-06-08 07:50am

Glocksman wrote:
RadiO wrote:
Glocksman wrote: Frankly, I could care less if Bush told the French to go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut.
On the 60th aniversary of D-Day? In front of a grateful, respectful French populance? When the eyes of the world are upon him?
Well, not then.

Perhaps at a UN meeting.

Which is one of the traditional places...

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