I reserve statements like that for open defiance of SCOTUS.
Hey, don't give him ideas!
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If Bush was being Jacksonian, he'd have personally killed the Chilean guard in a drunken duel at dawn with pistols.
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frigidmagi wrote:The guard would have to insult his wife first.
I don't know about that. Andrew Jackson fought duels after getting into angry arguments at bars. In fact, there was a duel he got into with an expert marksman after getting incredibly drunk and the only reason he won the duel was because he cheated by buying a shirt many sizes to big and turning his body. The shirt was big enough that it didn't turn with him very well and the expert marksman only creased his chest with the bullet, but failed to kill him. Appearantly, Jacksons body was covered with scars and old wounds from duels and fights.
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"Quetzalcoatl, plumed serpent of the Aztecs... you are a pussy." - Stephen Colbert
"Really, I'm jealous of how much smarter than me he is. I'm not an expert on anything and he's an expert on things he knows nothing about." - Me, concerning a bullshitter
If Bush was being Jacksonian, he'd have personally killed the Chilean guard in a drunken duel at dawn with pistols.
Actually, I was using the word "Jacksonian" in the context of historian Walter Russell Mead's work.
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Jackson started dueling due to the fact his wife was techinially married to someone else at the time of their wedding (don't you just love it when the courts fuck up). More than one person made the mistake of suggesting Jackson and his lady were living in sin.
Andy boy tended to believe gunpowder and shot made great teachers.
So Shrub yanks one of his security guards through the door, and some of you masturbators are calling him a "real American badass" and posting his idiotic "baddest middle-aged politician in the Old West" publicity photos? Jesus fucking fuck, you people are allowed to vote and drive cars?
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frigidmagi wrote:The guard would have to insult his wife first.
I don't know about that. Andrew Jackson fought duels after getting into angry arguments at bars. In fact, there was a duel he got into with an expert marksman after getting incredibly drunk and the only reason he won the duel was because he cheated by buying a shirt many sizes to big and turning his body. The shirt was big enough that it didn't turn with him very well and the expert marksman only creased his chest with the bullet, but failed to kill him. Appearantly, Jacksons body was covered with scars and old wounds from duels and fights.
It was Charles Dickens. Andrew Jackson married a woman who was supposed to have gotten a divorce from her previous husband - it later turned out that the divorce wasn't finalized, and thus, they were living in sin. Some of Jackson's political opponents convinced Charles Dickens to insult Jackson's "marriage" with his wife, and thus initiated a duel.
The pair fought with pistols - Charles Dickens fired first, and hit Jackson right on the breast pocket, which should've been where his heart had been. Accounts differ on what Jackson did, from wearing an overlarge shirt to having his breast pocket moved away from his heart. Whatever the case, he survived the shot, and returned fire, hitting Dickens in the stomach. Jackson mounted his horse, and rode over the hill, where he then fell off. His friends rushed him to medical treatment, and Dickens died hours later.
You've got the wrong Charles. It was Charles Dickinson, not Dickens.
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I'm studying for the CPA exam. Have a nice summer, and if you're down just sit back and realize that Joe is off somewhere, doing much worse than you are.
I don't think Charles Dickens dueled Andrew Jackson, though that would be cool.
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"Quetzalcoatl, plumed serpent of the Aztecs... you are a pussy." - Stephen Colbert
"Really, I'm jealous of how much smarter than me he is. I'm not an expert on anything and he's an expert on things he knows nothing about." - Me, concerning a bullshitter
DPDarkPrimus wrote:
I reserve statements like that for open defiance of SCOTUS.
Hey, don't give him ideas!
Isn't he allready doing that with some SCOTUS case?
Yeah. The Gitmo prisoners' rights case.
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ArmorPierce wrote:Well, actually Bush is kind of strong - depending on what they mean when they say he can bench 175 (do they mean that is what he benches during workout or what he can do once?). Regardless, that would give him stronger upper body strength than the majority of Americans.
What's the average upper body strength of most Americans? I can bench that much.
SirNitram wrote:Oh.. Lookie there.. A circlejerk. Well okay boys, make sure you have enough tissue to clean up the mess when you're done. And clean the tweezers before you put them back when you're done jerking. That's just nasty.
And let me know when Bush does something intelligent that might actually garner respect from those other than his fawning fanboys.
Let me guess... you wouldn't happen to be one of the members of the "anybody but Bush" cult would you? You call it a "circle-jerk" for thinking it's neat that the president would do the dirty work and help out a secret service agent? Fucking Christ.
SirNitram wrote:Oh.. Lookie there.. A circlejerk. Well okay boys, make sure you have enough tissue to clean up the mess when you're done. And clean the tweezers before you put them back when you're done jerking. That's just nasty.
And let me know when Bush does something intelligent that might actually garner respect from those other than his fawning fanboys.
Let me guess... you wouldn't happen to be one of the members of the "anybody but Bush" cult would you? You call it a "circle-jerk" for thinking it's neat that the president would do the dirty work and help out a secret service agent? Fucking Christ.
Wow, did that take you alot of effort to type out, little one? Your mother must be so proud.
Yea, it's a mindless circlejerk in here. Sure, it's good that he wasn't going to stand there like a dipshit while this happened, but should I be impressed by a President acting more mature than a fourth grader? I thought the prevailing whine was that the President was a competent, mature adult.
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You call it a "circle-jerk" for thinking it's neat that the president would do the dirty work and help out a secret service agent? Fucking Christ. 
