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Top 15 Flip-Flops of George W. Bush

Nation Building. Bush was against ‘nation building’ — NOW he’s for it.

Homeland Security. Bush was against a Homeland Security Department — NOW he’s for it.

U.N. Vote. Bush said he would demand a U.N. Security Council vote on whether to sanction military action against Iraq — DAYS LATER, he announced he would not call for a vote.

Osama Bin Laden:

September 13, 2001, Bush: “The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our Number One Priority and we will not rest until we find him.”

March 13, 2002, Bush: “I don’t know where he is. I have no idea and I really don’t care. It’s not that important. It’s not our priority.”

9/11 Commission. Bush was against a 9/11 commission — LATER he supported it.

WMD Investigation. Bush was against an investigation into the Weapons of Mass Destruction absent in Iraq — LATER he approved it.

Middle East. Bush was against the U.S. taking a role in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — NOW he pushes for a “road map” and a Palestinian State.

North Korea. Bush said that the U.S. won’t negotiate with North Korea — NOW he will.

Military Benefits. Bush said that ‘help is on the way’ to the military — LATER he cut their benefits.

CO2 emissions. Bush said he would limit carbon dioxide emissions during his campaign — THEN, soon after taking office, he said he wouldn’t limit CO2 emissions.

Deficits. Bush was against deficits — THEN he submitted budgets with the largest deficits in history, after inheriting a budget surplus from the previous administration.

Trade. Bush said he was for free trade — THEN he imposed protectionist tariffs on steel — then he removed the tariffs.

Gay Marriage. Bush was for states right to decide on gay marriage — NOW he is for changing the constitution.

Immigration from Mexico. Bush was for fingerprinting and photographing Mexicans who enter the US — AFTER meeting with Vicente Fox, he’s against it.

National Guard Records. Bush told Tim Russert he would release all of his National Guard records — BUT he hasn’t: his final discharge (DD-214) is missing

Daily Kos has some more on Bush’s flip flops.

Waffle Recipes

From the Albany Democrat-Herald: Best waffle recipes

From GoErie.com: Your house becomes Waffle House with clone recipe

And then there’s Homer Simpson’s Space-Age Out-of-This-World Moon Waffles:

Ingredients

One bag caramel cubes
Waffle mix
One bottle Liquid Smoke
One stick butter

Directions

Empty bag of caramels onto waffle iron.
Add generous portion of waffle batter (Oooooh… Waffle runoff…).
Add one bottle of Liquid Smoke.
Cook until burnt.
Wrap waffle around a stick of butter.
Serve on a toothpick.

Badger Badger Badger Badger

If, as some people believe, there is a fine line between the banal and the clever, this has certainly crossed it:

www.badgerbadgerbadger.com

I’ll let you decide which direction.

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From the Mouths of Cyborgs

(via Eschaton)

If the Democratic policies had been pursued over the last two or three years, the kind of tax increases that both Kerry and Edwards have talked about, we would not have had the kind of job growth that we’ve had.

— Dick Cheney

Sometimes, even a blind squirrel finds a nut.

Nonstick cooking spray should not be used on waffle irons

Good to know (via www.oregonlive.com):

If you’ve been using nonstick cooking spray on your waffle iron, it could cause the sticking. Nonstick cooking spray should not be used because the waffle iron becomes too hot when preheated, causing the lecithin in the spray to burn and leaving a sticky residue.

Oh no, Not Again

First, there was the infamous Sauron: Offer and acceptance. Now there’s the equally brilliant Elf Love:

In the mostly-alternate-universe of Harry Potter, supposedly giving an enslaved house-elf clothing frees the elf. However, the rules for what constitutes “giving” a house-elf clothing are not at all clear. A brief attempt at elucidation over lunch failed, as we lacked a physical copy of the record. A few points of interest follow:

The giving of clothing appears to be strict liability. We don’t care about either the intent of the giver to free an elf (accidentally “passing a sock” frees) or the intent of the elf to be freed (Hermione can leave socks hidden under rubble in order to trick house elves into freedom). So it seems that there’s no intent requirement for the gift of clothing. Leaving aside the question of who does the laundry, what kind of delivery suffices? Clearly, handing a sock to an elf would free it, even if it was handed absent-mindedly. Dobby was freed when his master tossed a sock in the air and Dobby caught it, so the master doesn’t even have to intend to hand the sock to the elf.

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I dunno, I think most of us are better off with with minds full of mush 🙂

_The Passion of the Christ_

Here’s some alternatives…

	Last Temptation of Christ I don’t care what everyone else says – casting Harvey Keitel as Judas was brilliant.
	Monty Python’s Life of Brian Brian: You are all individuals! The Crowd: We are all individuals! Man in crowd: I’m not.
	Jesus Christ Superstar Judas is the voice of reason? What’s not to like?
	Dogma Metatron: I am to charge you with a holy crusade. Bethany: For the record, I work in an abortion clinic. Metatron: Noah was a drunk. Look what he accomplished. And no one’s even asking you to build an ark. All you have to do is go to New Jersey, and visit a small church on a very important day. Bethany: New Jersey? That doesn’t sound like much of a crusade.
	Little Buddha Enlightenment, WHOA!

An Iraqi Intelligence Scandal Quote from Craig Kilborn

This Iraqi intelligence scandal is growing. Americans are asking, “What did President Bush not know?” and “When did he mispronounce it?”
— Craig Kilborn

Christian Porn Addicts

Billboards Target Christian Porn Addicts:

“Her gift for Valentines? Stop looking at porn,” proclaim billboards put up by NetAccountability, a nonprofit software company that aims to help Christians confront the “secret sin” of pornography.

If national surveys are any indication, it is a personal battle waged by millions of Christians.

Almost 18 percent of people who called themselves born-again Christians admitted visiting Internet porn sites, according to a 2000 survey of 1,031 adults by the evangelical group Focus on the Family. In a 2002 Pastors.com survey, more than 50 percent of responding pastors reported viewing pornography in the previous year.

How could anyone pass up the chance to use “Christian Porn Addicts” for an entry title (especially on Valentines Day)?

Do people actually fall for this?

Here’s an actual email sent to my Yahoo email account:

Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 15:01:31 -0500
From: “YAH0O!”
To: “Foistboinder”
Subject: Your_ _Yahoo`_ user ID (foistboinder@yahoo.com)

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will be BL0CKED after` 13 _days_ (@S @FTER autoomateed reegisttration) _if_ you will_
not _signup_ 0N YAHO0 WHITE l1st (_to_ sign up – cl1ck here: http://Foistboinder.yahoo.com/)

Th!s is done – beecause _we_ update now` YAHOO! not` autoomateed reegistered accounts.

ATgofLM4O

If only all scammers were this incompetent.