BREAKING: White House says "Downing Street Minutes were

[elehhhhna]

taken in Britain and have been mis-translated..."

Developing...:sarcasm:

[lonestarnot]

1. Here we go! Mistranslated WTF....English is English last I heard! Who

took the minutes? Never get this answer.

[Stepup2]

18. Perhaps the spin doctors

mis-underestimate the ability of some people to parse repub speak.

[Roland99]

2. From what source?

And how can English be mistranslated into.....English?

[ET Awful]

25. Well, some of the words had more than one syllable.

Dubya knows that no one would ever give him a document with words like that :)

[DrDebug]

40. LMFAO n/t

[MissWaverly]

3. he's right about that, it should have been done in dubya

[lonestarnot]

6. DUYA BUSHITLER can't get that either.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Who thought that one up? Bush himself?

He probly thinks that somebody mistranslated some words from Britainish to Inglish.

Seriously, I think this shows that they are goddam running scared.

[elehhhhna]

5. Just edited OP to add "Sarcasm" icon.

[arwalden]

7. This Is A Joke... Right? A Joke. It's GOTTA Be.

:eyes:

or

:rofl:

[ananda]

8. what a boner!

Mistranslated!

Is British English a foreign language for Bush and his cretin theocrats?

LOL

Sue

[Theres-a]

9. Don't they mean "dissassembled?"

Bastards.

[Dr.Phool]

10. Let's re-translate it into Mexican

And see what it says!

[lonestarnot]

12. Now dis is funny Dr. Phool!

[BrotherBuzz]

53. I'm impressed -- Que bueno. Now I'm (il)literate in two languages. - Bush

I'm impressed -- que bueno. Now I'm literate in two languages. -- Dubya taking time out of his busy schedule to belittle NBC News White House correspondent David Gregory, and employing his Spanish "prowess" to do so, press conference with French President Jacques Chirac, Paris, France, May 26, 2002

I like these from Dimson too...

"Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican." — Declining to answer reporters' questions at the Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001

"I've coined new words, like, misunderstanding and Hispanically."—Radio- Television Correspondents Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2001

[chookie]

57. Then translate it into Grecian.

.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. LOL Well we all know the mcchimp is

illiterate. The Queen's English is obvioulsy too difficult for him.

[notadmblnd]

13. I'll bet their going to base it on the definition of the word "fix"

try anc claim it means something else in english, than what it means in english.

[HereSince1628]

21. Maybe but they'll also say the "inherited" a secret war from Clinton

The Clinton administration did authorize missions against Iraq. And the picture that can be sketched around that will have just enough truth to gain support among republicans.

[DenaliDemocrat]

14. The sad thing is

Republicans will say, yep mistranslated. I bet FOX News is agreeing as we speak.

[lonestarnot]

17. Well how else can these fuckfaces defend this? And mistranslated is

not going to fly!

[yella_dawg]

15. They were translated from the King's English

to that imitation Texan language that Bunnypants makes up on the fly. Thus mistranslation is inevitable. The English language has no terms for concepts like "misunderestimator" and "catastrophic success".

[Coexist]

16. oh, that was good!

I laughed so hard, my cat jumped off my lap, Watch out, he was really comfortable and is now really pissed!

(edited for clarity - still laughing as I typed and made stupid errors.)

[kevinmc]

19. Yesterday on C-SPAN....

that RW mouthpiece was trying that line of BS, we'll probably hear it from every Limbaugh Contard from now on.

[elehhhhna]

20. Definitions of "fix":

Definitions of fix on the Web:

repair: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
fasten: cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
specify: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
cook: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
pay back: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!"
informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
fixate: make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame"
something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate"
repair: the act of putting something in working order again
sterilize: make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disbilites are sterilized"
situate: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
localization: a determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target"
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

[Pryderi]

37. "It depends upon what the meaning of the word is means."

[kentuck]

22. This is an interesting development because...

it shows that this story is being taken seriously by the White House. It is more than on their radar. This is their feeble attempt to take control of the story and to manipulate it away in the MSM..

[elehhhhna]

23. BREAKING: I MADE IT UP (I thought!)

[lonestarnot]

24. WTF wrong wit you dis morning? You make this up?

[Jackpine Radical]

27. I hate it when people do that.

I don't mind taking my chances on being taken by really good spoofery. The problem is that this crowd is so clownish that a story like this is immediately credible. You can't satirize people like this in such a way as to make it clar that you're doing satire. Besides, they DID say something almost like this the other day, so this sounded like an amplification of that statement.

I jumped all over somebody else's shit for a nearly identical offense a couple of weeks ago. It was somebody I very much lke and respect, too. So please put this stuff in the lounge or something.

[elehhhhna]

29. What did they say that was "something like this"? I never heard it and

thought my OP was pretty ludicrous

[lonestarnot]

36. Your MO now outed! LOL

[kentuck]

31. Not funny...

:)

[Renew Deal]

32. That's pretty funny.

The sad thing is it's believable.

[kentuck]

33. It's very believable..

Indeed, it may very well be true, and breaking?

[elehhhhna]

35. I said I made it up, Kentuck, but it sounds like it's been floated in the

msm somewhere, for real, from what I'm seeing on this thread...

[Cleita]

42. I guess we always knew they had different definitions for

English words than the rest of us. Thanks for the laugh.

[kentuck]

44. I think they would like to bury this story right now....

How they will do that is still up in the air...

[bunny planet]

26. Needed the yuks, thanks.

:rofl:

[Double T]

28. And now we will receive the Karl Rove English translation.....

....that will clear everything up.

[berni_mccoy]

30. Yeah, THAT'S RIGHT

The British officials who gave their reports could NEVER have understood CHIMPSEAK, the official language of the Bush Administration...

It's so coded that no one can break the code, and the speakers sound like they are talking complete gibberish. It's like the Windtalkers, you know.

Bush has on occasion, slipped up, and let a code word out, like the recent example, disassemble, encoded word for the verb to lie.

[ima_sinnic]

45. yeah WINDTALKERS, as in BROKEN WIND TALKERS

as in TALKING OUT OF THEIR ASSES

[countingbluecars]

34. A good practice thread

for when the White House comes out with their actual lame explanation.

[Stirk]

38. Oh I see. The originals were in British. We speak American.

[Ilsa]

39. Mehlman on MTP said they were "discredited", but he was

pretty vague about by whom and on what points. Maybe he didn't get the talking points memo in time.

[RC]

41. You know things are really bad when

sarcasm so obvious as this can really be true.
How can anyone support this criminally sociopathic administration and still have the mental capacity to find the bathroom in time most mornings?

[Pryderi]

43. Actually, a blogger at blogcritics said that exact thing. The "fix" has a

different meaning in the U.K.

If that's the case, why was it such a big deal in the U.K.?

[johnaries]

46. I've seen everal blogs and posts saying "fixed" has a

different meaning in Britain. Even one that tried to say "fixed" means "corroborate". That's why I started these 2 threads:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3785949&mesg_id=3785949

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=191&topic_id=5121&mesg_id=5121

[DistressedAmerican]

47. "In My Line Of Work, You Have To Keep Lying Over And Over...

You know, in order to catapult the propoganda!"

I have never been more sure that these guys FINALLY see the handwriting on the wall. They are fucking toast and they are sweating harder than I'v ever seen.

Hey Freepers, Your lying, sack of shit daddy is GOING DOWN. I will be there to piss on their freaking fascist graves!!!

You did it to yourselves piggies!

[undeterred]

48. Well, I can see how the Brits might have trouble understanding Bush

There's never been a major world leader this stupid.

[in_cog_ni_to]

49. Indeed. It started yesterday with the WIZBANG.com RW wacko

on Washington Journal. He must have had his marching orderes from KKKRove. It started as "parsing of words" :eyes: and then it was "British Phrases" :eyes: which translated Tenet's words the wrong way. Riiiiiiiight. :eyes: We believe you wacko nut jobs. :sarcasm:

Tell me, please. exactly what language was Tenet speaking? :eyes: I know! Pig Latin!

[DearAbby]

50. Mistranslated? well what is the language in Britain, what is it in the US

:shrug:

What a crock of shit!

[elehhhhna]

51. Freep talking Point here: (Please refute)

"The memo states that George Bush "was determined" to attack Iraq long before going to Congress with the matter, and that "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy."
Even if true, I fail to see what the problem is.

The Commander in Chief would be derelict in duty if he did not think ahead and start planning tactics long before you go to Congress with firm and final plans."

22 posted on 06/05/2005 10:45:03 AM PDT by Dont_Tread_On_Me_888 (The Republican'ts have no backbone--they ALWAYS cave-in to the RATs)
< Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies >

[kenny blankenship]

52. Well in the first fucking place

you aren't supposed to "fix" facts.
Facts are supposed to present themselves for finding; you then accumulate them and then weigh them to see what kind of policy they support. You can determine a policy and marshall facts to support it selecting only what helps your position, but under no circumstances is it OK to "FIX" facts and fabricate intelligence to support a predetermined policy. When that policy is a decision to start a war against a sovereign nation then the "fixing of facts" and intelligence to support this policy is a conspiracy to commit an international warcrime, which is an impeachable offense.

If you fail to see the problem with this practice of conspiring to start a war on false justifications you are a Fascist.

[elehhhhna]

54. Not to mention those extra bombing runs...

[johnaries]

59. Two points I would make to the Freeper

1. If Bush's reason's for war against Iraq, he should have presented them and would not have NEEDED to falsify Intel.
2. He lied to Congress, in order to get them to sanction a war they would not have if they knew the truth.

[Poiuyt]

55. When are those Brits going to learn the king's English?

[applegrove]

56. Disassembled the words eh? LOL n/t

[RBHam]

58. They've had a month to practice their dissembling...

Thanks to the tender treatment they've received from the msm.