So W walks to the side of a road, scratches his head, checks his gut...

[salin]

and decides to do what?

[Dear Bastards]

1. Take a piss in the road?

[salin]

3. only after the secret service blocks the traffic

for a three mile radius... of course at least one might have a secret camera disguised as an earphone...

[tinfoil tiaras]

2. "Howdy-Dee! Iz a terrist!

HEZ A GUNNA SHOOT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

[salin]

4. showing his true, chicken hawk feathers

[boston bean]

5. pick his nose?

[salin]

7. only after he whizzes on the road, (earlier post)

he is still forgetting that secret service guy with the camera/ear piece...

[GOPisEvil]

6. Pull out the shotgun and blast away!

Oh wait, that's Cheney, sorry! :hi:

[salin]

8. peppered by the chickenhawk?

is that some kind of new Asian restuarant delicacy?

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

9. I hear it's big in South Texas.

;)

[salin]

11. well, isn't everything allegedly big in Texas?

or so Texan's are reputed to brag ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

13. Everything is big...including the egos.

;)

[salin]

15. I do know a few exceptions to that rule,

present company highlighted :hi:

[GOPisEvil]

18. Remember that I wasn't born here.

And thank you. :hi:

[salin]

20. Didn't know that...

what fine state gets the honor of claiming you as a native son?

Btw, while I was in hs my father considered a job at your current hometown's local U. Maybe he just preferred a slightly cooler climate - and basketball, to football :shrug: ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

22. None of them.

I'm a lousy foreigner. :)

You mean people don't wear shorts in December up there? ;) Hey now, they do everything pretty good down there where they wear the ugly orange. Much to my chagrin, of course.

[salin]

23. That I did not know, either

so which country gets the honor of claiming you as a favorite son?

Per the burnt orange... I'll take the crimson (be it the old red, or the current maroon) any day...

[GOPisEvil]

24. I was born in Greece.

Although I became a US Citizen at age 8. Anticipating your next questions, no I haven't been back since I left at 2, and I was adopted by an American couple, so I wasn't "raised Greek" and sadly don't speak the language.

Anything else you want to know? :D

[salin]

25. for what it is worth

I was just back in my mother's home country for the first time in 30 years, and while she does, I don't speak the language.

[GOPisEvil]

26. I really want to go back, but I can only just visit.

My mom would worry that they would try to draft me into the Greek Army. :D

[salin]

27. I urge you to go, when you get the chance/opportunity

and per your Mom's worry... just claim Texas loudly, and folks will be concerned about that chickenhawk contagion... you should be safe that way. ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

28. Oh, one day...one day...

I actually did some research, and as long as I travel on my US Passport, I'll be safe from military service. ;)

Now...if I ever go claim dual citizenship (should, say, life in the US worsen appreciably), then I should probably stay out of Greece for long periods of time - although with an EU member nation passport, I can settle in any EU country for a while - 6 months, I think).

[salin]

30. my roots - at least the ones that we have any connections with -

are just outside of the EU. But given that I wouldn't qualify for dual citizenship, the scenario isn't quite the same. While I was there, I was reading a lot about 'the resistance' under German occupation ... very inspiring. Also a big reminder that as bad as bushco is - we are nowhere close to those times. Oh - and cause it feels obligatory to say: Vidken (sp) Quisling was a trecherous, vile human being. (I feel better now!)

[GOPisEvil]

32. When your name becomes the very meaning of "traitorous collaborator",

you are indeed a treacherous, vile human being. Ugh...

I'd like to make that trip. My parents went up that way and were very impressed with Sweden, Norway, Finland and Estonia.

[salin]

33. Absolutely stunning.

Not sure which was better - the incredible scenery (we were in several different regions - very different scenery - but all astounding in beauty), or the feeling of connectedness in spending time with family that is only one generation removed.

[GOPisEvil]

34. My mom was really impressed with how beautiful and CLEAN everything was.

Mom's big on clean. Very big. :)

[salin]

35. Very clean - though not free of grafitti

lots in Oslo, less in other places... though in many areas there seemed to be a lot of Argentina fans (world cup soccer time).

[GOPisEvil]

36. I'm sure mom and dad stayed mostly to touristy places.

;)

[salin]

37. fair enough

we only saw the Oslo graffitti because we took the train into the city.

Having lived in a number of US cities, there were no signs of slums/urban decay/poverty as I have known and seen it in some of our cities.

[GOPisEvil]

38. I daresay there isn't the kind of utter hopelessness there.

Plus, the government cares more about its citizens' welfare.

[salin]

39. the citizens care more about its citizen's welfare

that is one marked difference between here and there.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Spits...

:puke:

[salin]

12. the image is growing...

whizzes in the roads, picks his nose, then spits... sorta fits his 'everyguy' persona, dontcha think?

[Rhiannon12866]

29. It sure is, LOL! Sounds like a regular guy to me...

:eyes:

Actually, I had David Letterman's recent Top 10 Favorite George W. Bush* Moments in mind when I made my post. Check out #1...:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2dbFeTasnM&mode=related&search=

[salin]

31. ROTFLMAO

I had never seen that Letterman clip - too, too funny! Thanks!

[Rhiannon12866]

40. You're welcome. That was just on the other night...priceless! LOL!

After seeing his interview with Bill O'Reilly, I became pretty much convinced that Letterman is one of us... He always practically swooned over Bill Clinton, but his coverage of the Cheney shooting incident was what really convinced me. This clip is arguably my favorite, ever...:bounce:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkHXnXCwss

[salin]

41. I LOVED the clip he ran where W is speaking before a hand-picked audience

and some kid is standing right behind him and falling asleep through the whole speech.

Then there were the WH theatrics around the clip (they called CNN while they were on the air with a repeat of the clip to say it was doctored - then CNN gets called on getting called by the WH and changing their on-air story while on the air... and finally the bushies have to admit that the clip was real and not doctored.) Whole thing made them look so stupid as so much energy (and tax payer dollars) was spent on such a trivial thing.

[Rhiannon12866]

42. You must mean this one, LOL!

I loved that one, too... Letterman is definitely on a roll.:D

But I missed the CNN theatrics over it. I'm surprised that they'd even show it... Their coverage of the current Middle East crisis is so biased that Tony Harris was arguing, the other day, about "the view on the ground" with some poor American woman pinned down by bombs in Lebanon. This White House can't even admit that some sleepy kid isn't enthralled with Bush*, as if it matters...:-(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEXe6aIerdk&search=Letterman%20sleep

[valerief]

14. self delete

[grannylib]

16. read the front page and listen to the voices and be a decider and

invade others' personal space and basically continue to fuck up everything he's ever touched.

[salin]

17. blue ribbon answer!

but can he read the front page?

[grannylib]

19. *lol* I'd bet not, but he CLAIMED he does...

[salin]

21. That's right.. the front page = "My Pet Goat" ... he seems to think

that many days news focuses on that darn goat!