Respect !

[slimmouse]

<br> Say no more;<br><br> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.davidicke.com/images/stories/April%20heads%201/hu.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <p></p><i></i>

[Hugh Manatee Wins]

"No means no."<br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[Rigorous Intuition]

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[Et in Arcadia ego]

What's that about anyways?<br><br>He's lucky that guy didn't whoop out a samuri blade and cleave his head in two..<br><br><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

[JerkyLeBoeuf]

Smoooth operataaaaah,<br>He's a smooooooth, operataaaaaah... <p></p><i></i>

[thoughtographer]

"What a fine garment. Wal-Mart?" <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"A crooked stick will cast a crooked shadow."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>

[EyesNarrowlyOpen]

Jerky, yer old pal Sade had it right. Turns out that this song was her own composition (unlike all the rest of the songs on her 1984 album!) and seem to describe our Decider-in-Chief's history and character TO A TEE! Especially for his GOP "lovers" who finally seem to have clued in that EVEN TO THEM, he's really the:<br><br><!--EZCODE CENTER START--><div style="text-align:center"><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Smooth Operator</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>He's laughing with another girl <br>And playing with another heart. <br>Placing high stakes, making hearts ache. <br>He's loved in seven languages. <br>Diamond nights and ruby lights, high in the sky. <br>Heaven help him, when he falls. <br><br>Diamond life, lover boy. <br>We move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy. <br>City lights and business nights. <br>When you require streetcar desire for higher heights. <br><br>No place for beginners or sensitive hearts <br>When sentiment is left to chance. <br>No place to be ending but somewhere to start. <br><br>No need to ask. <br>He's a smooth operator, <br>smooth operator, <br>smooth operator, <br>smooth operator. <br><br>Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male. <br>Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale. <br><br>Face to face, each classic case. <br>We shadow box and double cross, <br>Yet need the chase. <br><br>A license to love, insurance to hold. <br>Melts all your memories and change into gold. <br>His eyes are like angels but his heart is cold. <br><br>No need to ask. <br>He's a smooth operator, <br>smooth operator, <br>smooth operator, <br>smooth operator. <br><br>Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male. <br>Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale. <br><br>Smooth operator, <br>smooth operator, <br>smooth operator, <br>smooth operator, <br>smooth operator...</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></div><!--EZCODE CENTER END--> <br><br>The best line of course:<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>"Heaven help him, when he falls. "</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> <p></p><i></i>

[anotherdrew]

Shows what a diplomaniacal kinda guy he is:<br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8107/wrongplace7ul.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=anotherdrew>anotherdrew</A> at: 4/25/06 7:32 pm<br></i>

[anotherdrew]

<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://harryshearer.com/leshow/index.html">harryshearer.com/leshow/index.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Check out the show from this sunday, April 23rd. Streams in real audio. good show from the guy that does a lot of the voices on the Simpsons. You'll get a good laugh out of the bit towards the end when bush and shwartzy (calif gov) are talking about Hu's visit. <p></p><i></i>

[darkbeforedawn]

Thanks for this! A picture is worth a thousand words and in this case-a few laughs as well. Amerika has got the president it so richly derserves. <p></p><i></i>

[robertdreed]

The faces in the background in that one shot...<br><br>I ask you, Secret Service- just as a general inquiry, not mentioning any names- aren't there some instances in which a Wing Chun combination punch and heel kick is entirely appropriate? <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=robertdreed>robertdreed</A> at: 4/25/06 9:50 pm<br></i>

[Sepka]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>What's that about anyways?<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>The Chinese president had apparently thought the ceremony was over, and started to leave the stage. Bush grabbed his sleeve and stopped him. It's undignified, but probably less embarassing to the visiting dignitary than allowing him to start walking away too soon.<br><br>-Sepka the Space Weasel <p></p><i></i>

[km artlu]

Now that Sepka has weighed in with the "nothing unusual here" point of view, I feel compelled to balance that by mentioning the oft-referenced comment of someone in the know, FDR I believe: "if it happens in politics, it was meant to happen".<br><br>The Falun Gong raver, playing the Taiwan national anthem, the tug on the sleeve....I can just see the smirking weasal smile on Rove after the event. <p></p><i></i>

[km artlu]

...meant to say "announcing", not "playing". <p></p><i></i>

[anotherdrew]

Hu was at one point refered to by bush or some other official as president of the Republic of China (which is the offical name of tiwan). It's mentioned in the harry shearer show <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=anotherdrew>anotherdrew</A> at: 4/26/06 1:57 am<br></i>