In Time Magazine’s latest issue, U.S. President George W. Bush is profiled as Time’s “Person of the Year” and included among the photographs by Christopher Morris are a couple of President Bush on or near his Trek bike with the caption, “At a Secret Service training facility, Bush bikes and listens to Van Morrision’s Brown Eyed Girl on his iPod.” Bush also sports what look to us to be Etymotic Research ER-6i Isolator earphones (see our review “Review: Etymotic Research ER-6i Isolator earphones – September 10, 2004, for more information).
Earlier this year, MacDailyNews noticed a line in a piece by Susan Baer for The Baltimore Sun about Vice President Dick Cheney: “His family life, too, has been kept largely under wraps, though in some ways it is remarkably ordinary, right down to the iPod the vice president received from his children for Christmas,” Baer wrote.
So, now we know that the top two positions of the U.S. Government’s Executive Branch are occupied by Apple iPod users.
Full article here.
Related MacDailyNews articles:
Baltimore Sun: Vice President Dick Cheney a confirmed Apple iPod user – April 01, 2004
A liberal of superior intellect AND biblical expert wrote: wrong answer fuck-wad. Read your bible again, this time without the log in your eye.
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You know, I have to admit, it’s kind of interesting getting lectured about having a log in my eye by someone who in the previous sentence called me a “f***-wad”. I’ve never come across that convergence of hermeneutical principles.
(And by the way, he already DID bomb Sodom and Gomorrah. My answer was demonstably correct.)
Regardless, I look forward to your next mixture of biblical interpretation and profanity.
<rick blather>
Max, consider for a moment the uncomfortable possibility that your awareness and my awareness are not the same.
</rick blather>
Right. Your awareness is the mistaken, troll-like kind.
<rick blather>
How many arguments do I want to lose today?
</rick blather>
I won’t be losing any today, Rick. Oh, and,
“He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.” Proverbs 11:29
Hey Rick O’Shutyourcakehole, I’m curious as to how many hours a day you listen to rush and o’reilly? You know they are liars, right?
Thanks.
“In that your best and your brightest ran your recent bid for President,”
Nope, not my best and brightest, nor my choice. And GWB is your brightest? The C average college student?
” and in that they proceeded to woo the American people with such stunts as putting Michael Moore in the VIP section next to Jimmy Carter at the Democratic National Convention; “
Again, out of my hands.
“taking Al Sharpton seriously;”
Ditto
embracing the now-famous Hollywood hate-fest in all its classless and clueless glory as being emblematic of “the heart of America”;
I didn’t see any embracing going on. Just like minded people who recognized what 4 more years of GWB would result in.
“and making the case that you would be a better protector of these United States because, A) You served 4 months in Vietnam, “
You’re conveniently forgeting that he did 2 tours of duty. GWB had what experience?
“and, B) You want U.S. foreign policy to be submitted to the world’s approval (that famous “Global Test”),”
Do you have any clue what he actually said? Let me enlighten you. Foreign policy would not be submitted to the world’s approval. We WOULD be able to justify why we do things to the world though. He didn’t say we’d HAVE to. I’m sure any intelligent person would want actions we take to be justifiable. No matter what kind of spin you try to put on it, you can’t justify the deaths of over 1000 American sons, daughters. brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers. Not to mention the 6000 plus who have had life changing injuries and amputations based on what the end result will be.
ok, Rick…
Conservatives would fuck the poor in order to help the rich make more profits. This is an example of gluttony, and Jesus would abhor it.
Conservatives would rather destroy Mother Nature in favor of profits. I believe Jesus would be a Liberal here too.
Conservatives have blatantly and willingly lied to the people of this great nation in order to wage a war that secures their greedy interests. In doing so, they have shown no respect for the soldiers they have sent to die for these interests, have shown no respect for international law, and have sexually tortured captives. I think Jesus wouldn’t like that.
Conservatives have used the issues of abortion and gay marriage to hijack Jesus’ followers for their own adgendas. I think that Jesus would say that’s not right. The fact is that Liberals aren’t “Pro” abortion – they think that it isn’t a black and white issue. It’s not like liberals go “Yay!” when they hear that a retarded daughter was raped by her father and is going to have an abortion. Gay marriage, who cares? When you boil it down, it doesn’t have much to do with the church, it has to do with rights and tax law that favor married couples. If two women love each other, and want to spend the rest of their lives together, they should have these same benefits. What would Jesus think, I dunno.
thats a few. time to make some tea…
and oh yeah – as you like to use this in some hateful way, I will too:
Merry Christmas!
ok neo-goons, if bush is soo phucking great…PHUCKING ENLIST THEN SHITEWADS!!!
voted for bush = cluless sheep mac user or not!
DESTROY BUSH!!!
EB wrote, “Example of Jesus being a liberal:
Mary Magdalane was an apostle. But I’m sure you won’t believe that because of all the lies your church has told you about the bible.
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EB, some questions for you:
1) There are various definitions of “apostle”. To which one are you referring?
2) On what verse or group of verses do you base your assertion that she was an apostle?
3) How would Mary Magdelane being an apostle be an example of Jesus as a liberal?
4) In determining whether or not Jesus could be classified as a liberal, are we allowed to look at the entire thrust of EVERYTHING the bible has to say about him, or should we selectively choose this bit and that bit to proof-text our way towards a liberal Jesus?
5) Of all the lies my church has told me about the Bible, suppose you tell me exactly where you gained your clairvoyant insight into what church I have ever had anything to do with?
Thanks.
Merry Christmas!
“Max, consider for a moment the uncomfortable possibility that your awareness and my awareness are not the same.”
Oh yeah, your awareness is the mistaken kind.
You morons are still going at it. I love it!
Jerry. Jerry. Jerry. Jerry. Jerry. oops, i mean . . .
MDN. MDN. MDN. MDN. MDN. MDN. MDN.
Hey all you folks arguing about how we got into this mess…check out some interesting ideas about how we should move forward:
http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/
This guy doesn’t care who he offends; in other words, he seems to be above the right-left, red-blue labels and effectively addresses the systematic problems with DOD, State department, Pentagon, etc.
my 2cents
God bless the world, with the exception of America.
Democrats = pro-communist
Democrats = pro-terrorist
Democrats = pro-Saddam
Democrats = anti-American
Democrats = TRAITORS
I hate President Carter so much!
From a non-american perspective, (swedish) I can say no more than some people of your country (mostly rep) are so pathetic. It’s not strange that 80% of the worlds population wanted kerry for president.
And that guy isn’t too much of a president neither.
Too many people in your country have to look up from their bible a few times a day, and the world will be a better place for us all.
(Warning: this text contains bad english, I’m a swede after all) =P
So Bush is dumb….
Two men took intelligence tests in the military. One scored higher than the other one. Can you guess who scored higher?
Hint-The one with the higher intelligence score won re-election. The low scorer lost to that man….
Interesting….
I hope you all realize that if it would have been just Mac Users voting, Bush would have lost. That should tell you something.
I hope you all realize that if it would have been just Mac Users voting, Bush would have lost. That should tell you something.
oh c’mon people. can’t we all just get along. it’s pretty simple to see george is not a great man. dishonest and so-forth. a bumbling bafoon… he’s an angel compared with cheney and rove though. anyway, who cares. the world is going to hell in a hand-basket and would have even if the dems had won 2004. let’s remember that foreign US policy would not have changed under kerry or anyone else. just as it hasn’t –ever. reagan? clinton? jfk? bushes? check the facts –it’s all the same. different faces, different administrations but the same total corruption time after time.
anyway, bush wears an ipod. great. holy-moly that’s so great. wow. yawn etc…
oh c’mon people. can’t we all just get along. it’s pretty simple to see george is not a great man, dishonest and so-forth. a bumbling bafoon etc… he’s an angel compared with cheney or rove though. anyway, who cares.
the world is going to hell in a hand-basket and would have even if the dems had won 2004. let’s remember that foreign US policy would not have changed under kerry or anyone else. just as it hasn’t –ever. reagan? clinton? jfk? bushes? check the facts –it’s all the same. different faces, different administrations but the same total corruption time after time.
anyway, bush wears an ipod. great. holy-moly that’s so great. wow. yawn etc…
I hope you all realize that if only Mac Users had voted, Bush would have lost. That should tell you something.
Oh, and merry flaming ____________mas.
I started to read this apparently endless thread and, almost as a reflex, stopped again as soon as I saw what was really festering in it.
But then I realized that by averting my eyes from this pestulance, I am condoning it. So I made myself read the whole thing.
This is that time of year when I normally am able to get a little mid-winter break, and enjoy the festival of lights that this nation excels at producing in late December. Some religions have a name for it, others do not. But this has still been that time of year when people smile a little more genuinely to each other, and actually look other people in the eye. We are reminded that we co-exist in this country, this world, and therefore have a need to respect each other. There is no place else to go to. And it simply does not bring you anything but misery, if you spend your relatively short time on this Earth, fretting about the fact that we are not all of the same opinion.
So you can now see how reading this drivel made me sad. Truly sad. I feel like I am witnessing the beginning of the breakdown of this society. The disrespective, hate-filled, spiteful projectiles that almost all of you hurl at each other are so pointless, so far removed from any sense of intelligent discussion, that it borders on depressive. And it dampens ones hopes for the future of this country. You can see that it does not matter who would have won this presidential election, the situation would be the same: Two ever-growing factions of people that have less and less understanding of, and respect for, the human beings that belong to the “other” faction. This leaves the rest of America either disgusted with both of these hateful sects, or disinterested in the apparently failed political system, as a whole. Why do you think that fewer and fewer of our children are participating in the democratic process, even taking into the account the spike in turn-out for this last presidential election? “It’s the hate, stupid”, to paraphrase a common quote. You can not tell me, earnestly, that this is still a meaningful debate. It has long since lost any relevance. Or meaning. It is nothing but a pityful shouting contest, designed to denigrade, embarrass, and belittle other people, and their beliefs.
I am not going to fall into the trap of telling you to stop, to “see the light”, or whatever one should be urging you to do. Because I do not belief you would listen. Nor am I going to let myself be pushed to a cynical disposition by this, declaring myself better than you, and passing judgement on you as being some sort of bad people.
But I refuse to read this vile and just turn quietly to another page. This needed to be said. At least I needed to.
GWB is the most dangerous preident ever, He is an imbecile who thinks he is on a mission from God. And has a fantasic propaganda dept. unparalled since the Thrd Reich Roves got Shikelgruber elected. I hope he drives his bike into a cesspool and drowns. He can be buried next to the 1300 service menbers he has killed.
gstank is a freaking idiot!