Bushism:" You know, people study for years to speak fluent Texan"

[dajoki]

WP
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/08/AR2006010800868.html?referrer=email

By Al Kamen

Monday, January 9, 2006

Talkin' the Talk in Texas

President Bush said Wednesday that he will ask Congress for $114 million to teach Americans little-taught languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Hindi and Farsi. The initiative is vital, he said, because "we need intelligence officers who, when somebody says something in Arabic or Farsi or Urdu, knows what they're talking about." Diplomats also need to speak the local language.

<<snip>>

I mean, somebody takes time to figure out how to speak Arabic, it means they're interested in somebody else's culture," he explained. You know, people study for years to speak fluent Texan"

[sakabatou]

1. :: smacks head ::

:banghead:

[Kathryn STone]

2. I know both me and my bf say he is a piece of garbage

[dajoki]

3. and pukes

:puke:

[...of J.Temperance]

4. So says Junior the Connecticut Yankee Ivy Leaguer and fake Texan

Jaysus, who does this stupid dumbassed shit-fer-brains think he's kidding?

George Walker Bush, born 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut...and Poppy's from Massachucetts and Grandpoppy was from Connecticut and represented Connecticut in the United States Senate.

Fucking sandbaggers.

[carpetbagger]

8. And his mom's from New York City as well.

Same borough as this carpetbagger's mother (Queens).

[dajoki]

20. and attended...

their best prep schools, not that it helped.

[Nutmegger]

33. Hey, we're proud Shrub was born right here in Connecticut!

:sarcasm:

[DianeG5385]

5. If real, How stupid is this guy???

His freakin' arrogance and complete disregard for the US of A is blazing!!!!! I think GWB is planning on destroying America and we have one chance to stop him in Nov. 2006.

[dajoki]

12. and i hope we do it!!

[lyonn]

16. 2006 is our only answer to bush

and his bold ideas! We MUST get the House or Senate. Then we can sack up bush and any others flaunting their powers. We need more Dems like Hackett in Ohio that speak out. Murtha has tried to get the Dems attention. But we need all of them to quit pointing their finger at the other side and speak about themselves and start talking about what is happening to this country.

We need organized poll watchers too.

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[punpirate]

7. "... years to speak fluent Texan."

Well, hell, maybe he's speaking from personal experience. From what I hear, he's still learning, apparently.

As usual, I have to wonder who's going to get this $114 million, since we already have governmental agencies to teach languages--the State Department has its own language program for those going to diplomatic posts, and the military and the intelligence services use the language school at Monterey, CA. There may be a need to expand those programs, and I could see additional funds being used for this--but only if the programs are already at capacity. This might be worth watching--just to see if the money goes to a private contractor... with Republican ties.

[Frustratedlady]

9. It Will Turn Out Like NCLB

Which, the last I heard, was underfunded (not to mention a total disaster). There will be 8 years of education lost to our children, because they happen to attend school under this stupid program of No Child Left Behind. George is the one who was left behind! Now, this?

Can anyone show me an example of Fluent Texan? Just a sentence would do.

[dajoki]

14. he should try...

english first.

[lyonn]

17. If listening to him lately is any indication of his learning

ability, and we already know that answer, he appears to be falling apart. I can only hope he is totally losing it knowing that his crown is slipping.

[dajoki]

13. i wouldn't bet against it n/t

[PatrioticLeftie]

10. If his lingo is any example...

Then learning to speak "Texan" is a lost cause.

[niyad]

11. one of my friends, who is not particularly politically savvy (although

learning, hanging around me) told me about this (I had missed the news that day) and before I could say anything, she said, "wait, I know what you were going to say--he can't even speak his own native tongue, and he wants others to learn foreign languages?" I am so proud of myself.

[dajoki]

15. keep it up!!

[niyad]

18. poor georgie must be unaware of this extrememly handy little book:

http://www.talkintexan.com/book-B-dictionary.htm

what am I saying? it's a BOOK, of COURSE he is unfamiliar with it.

[dajoki]

19. of course...

it's not "My Pet Goat"

[DrDan]

21. "people study for years to speak fluent Texan"

do you think he was referring to years of inbreeding?

(my apologies to an Texan from this forum - I was not referring to you)

[dajoki]

22. you know...

how royalty is with the inbreeding.

[ieoeja]

23. Everyone realizes that's a joke, I hope. n/t

[NYCGirl]

25. No, I don't think they do. I was just about to mention that when I

saw that you already had.

[dajoki]

26. he's trying...

to make a joke out of a serious subject.

[NYCGirl]

27. Listen, I live about a mile from the former World Trade Center, and I

don't think that his joke is especially offensive. I've heard much worse, and much funnier, BTW.

[dajoki]

28. i agree...

it's not funny, but it offends me.

[DancingBear]

24. "we need intelligence officers, who, when somebody says something in

Arabic or Farsi or Hindu, knows what they're talking about."

We HAD them. They were called "translators."

They either quit or were fired.

The whole gay thing, you know.

Do you think any of your "base" is going to belly up and help out?

Words can't describe how much I HATE this fucker.

[newyawker99]

29. Doesn't he make you proud?

:puke:

[hatrack]

30. And despite years of effort, some can never master it . ..

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Neil Lisst]

31. Bush can't speak fluent Texan.

He can't speak fluent anything.

This is your brain on drugs, kids. There's a reason he sounds more and more like Ozzy Osbourne. His brain was cooked a long time ago, and it wasn't that good to start with.

[OneTwentyoNine]

32. As Malloy says "TO STUPID TO BE PRESIDENT" Gawd........n/t