Look! They've "Clarified" the Caption of Bush with a Cool Drink ---pix--->>>

[Stephanie]

Gee, I wonder who asked them to do that? And is there any connection to Bush's sudden "flu?"



CAPTION CLARIFICATION - REISSUING TO CLARIFY THAT PRESIDENT BUSH IS DRINKING A NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER.
U.S. President George W. Bush enjoys a non-alcoholic beer before an official dinner in Heiligendamm
June 7, 2007. Leaders from the world's major industrialised nations meet in the Baltic resort of
Heiligendamm on June 6-8 for a Group of Eight (G8) summit. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (GERMANY)

http: //news.yahoo.com/photo/070607/ids_photos_wl/r1916101032.jpg

[ThomWV]

1. Drunken bastard

[Stephanie]

19. Here's the Original Caption >>>>>

U.S. President George Bush enjoys a cold drink in historic Heiligendamm, Germany, Thursday, June 7, 2007. The leaders of the G8 nations are holding their annual summit in the sea resort on June 6-8, 2007. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070607/481/d13c6cc2994a4213affd4fc94bf1d53b

[shain from kane]

2. One's flu, over at the cuckoo's nest. Recommended cure, hair of the dog that bit you.

[qanda]

3. There is no such thing as a non-alcholic beer

They should put a low-alcholic beer.

[GliderGuider]

7. Made 'specially for low alcoholics (eom)

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[LiberalFighter]

23. Good point! I verified that statement and you are right. Now...

could that possibly mean that Bush gets drunk easily with regular beer but he gets a good buzz with "non-alcohol" beer?

I still want proof that it is a "non-alcohol" beer.

If Bush quit cold turkey drinking beer then wouldn't one avoid drinking anything that even tastes like beer?

[maxrandb]

24. It's doubtful you'd find one in Germany either. n/t

[CountAllVotes]

28. actually N/A beer is very common in Germany

and it has been very common for a long time. It was being sold everywhere I went when I was there *cough* 20+ years ago. I bought a bottle of it thinking it was regular beer only to find out it was N/A beer in fact. It was a dark beer and it tasted not that great if I remember right.

:kick:

[PATRICK]

4. The tray coming up

Gingerale, OJ, Sprite, faux champagne.

[shain from kane]

5. Bush* inhales beer.

[tridim]

6. Non-alcoholic my ASS!

The media really needs to quit covering for this particular alcoholic, he doesn't deserve it.

[Labors of Hercules]

37. Acually, I prefer him when he's drunk.

At least then he can't make somewhat intelligible decisions for people to carry out.

[Bucky]

48. That's great in theory

if he weren't surrounded by people ready to carry out even unintelligible directives. I knew he was off the wagon the day I heard "I nominate Harriet Miers".

[Labors of Hercules]

55. mmm... good point.

yep. ya got me there. ugh.

[Eurobabe]

8. Glad we got that straight

:eyes:

[trumad]

9. Great head and good color to that beer

Non--- my ass.

[Bucky]

26. look real close at the color of that beer

No, not the amber where his hand is, but the pale piss yellow where his hand isn't on the other side of the glass.

That is the color of Buckler. Nice theory, but the facts don't match. The beer by the way, came straight out of a bottle. Dumbass poured it straight into the pilsner glass (apparently doesn't know how to pour beer into a glass) and it foamed up all over the table.

If Bush's bubble handlers were so organized that they could sneak a real beer into a Buckler bottle, how come they're still so stupid that they let him sit right next to Merkel again? You know that's just courting disaster. Bush does some screwed up stuff, but drinking a beer in front of cameras isn't one of them. Hell, photo ops is about the only thing his crew cares about.
.

[Sequoia]

40. "they're still so stupid that they let him sit right next to Merkel again"

Ha, ha...time for a shoulder massage. "Don't let that drunk freak near me!"

[elehhhhna]

10. "...with a cocaine chaser."

[mondo joe]

27. What's next? Will he be snorting Faux-caine? "It only contains .05% actual cocaine!"

[Stephanie]

53. Faux pretzels?

.

[malaise]

11. Sorry

http://beergeek.stores.yahoo.net/nobe.html

[Supersedeas]

12. his nose is embedded deep into that cup...

[zippy890]

17. Noticed that too - LOL

His nose is way into that glass
:rofl:

[Ezlivin]

13. Why didn't they show the shots of whiskey he had with his boilermaker?

This is just the second step of enjoying the 5 or 6 boilermakers he has every day.

[TacticalPeek]

14. Gee, why non-alcoholic beer I wonder?

He's never been an alcoholic or 'problem drinker', right?

The press has such a squiggly line to follow sometimes I'm surprised it doesn't get them dizzy.

[DFW]

15. Coming at you live and in color from Germany

There is indeed such a thing here as alcohol-free beer.
Don't ask me what it tastes like. Unlike Bush, I
REALLY don't drink alcohol (real waste being in
Germany, I know, I know), and I don't drink the
imitation stuff either.

But the fact there is such a thing does not mean
Bush is drinking it. On the other hand, one can
easily get a stomach flu from drinking water one
is not used to. I suspect that it is water in general
that Bush is not used to.

[Batgirl]

16. Mommy, why does President Bush's head keep shrinking?

So small and withered, one expects him to retract it box turtle-like into the protective shell of his oversized suit.

[Missy Vixen]

18. Of course, this is IMHO

but those I know in AA won't even drink "non-alcoholic" beer. They've said more than once to me that "if you sit in the barber shop long enough, you'll get a haircut."

Also, the press' willingness to enable Bush is nothing short of sad.

IMHO, YMMV,
Julie

[Bucky]

29. It's not just your opinion then

OTOH Bush has consistantly said he quit drinking without going to AA, FWIW.

J/S
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[Beelzebud]

20. Oh bullshit.. Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining.

They really do think we're just a bunch of fucking idiots don't they?

[Stephanie]

21. yes they do

and they've gotten away with it so far

[deutsey]

22. I was going to say: "You CAN full a lot of the people most of the time"

:evilfrown:

[Cleita]

25. Non-alcoholic beer doesn't have the kind of head that clings

to the glass like that one is. That's the real thing. All bartenders and brewers, who know how to pour beer, strive for the kind of head on lagers and ales that cling to the side of the glass when drained and it's really hard to do with a non-alcoholic beer, especially one that's been carried around on a tray for awhile. (Ex-bartender and beer connoisseur here.)

[dogday]

30. I read that on another thread as well

That non-alcoholic beer does not hold a head like that at all...

[Bucky]

33. Again, check the facts

Bush poured the Buckler out of the bottle himself (even spilled it because it foamed up over the top--typical of the dumbass). It wasn't "carried around on a tray for awhile."

Here's the photo of him guzzling


But here is the one where you can see how it got all foamy. He's not used to drinking from a glass. Or, I suspect, dining with grown ups.



Honestly, people are spending more time with these photos than the Oswald "funny shadows" rifle photo.

[Cleita]

39. He poured it correctly then. People are under the mistaken

notion that beer should be poured on the side of the glass to avoid a head. This is wrong. It should be poured directly in the glass to create a head. This releases the carbon dioxide bubbles that give you gas. Of course if you are drunk already, most likely you will let it spill over the top of the glass, which I am going to assume he was or at least he was medicated making him uncoordinated. It doesn't mean that the beer that made it into the glass was compromised.

Then when you drink the beer the head should cling to the side of the glass. (This requires a very clean glass.) This technique is how brewers like their beer to be poured to preserve the full flavor. It's especially important with full-flavored brews like stouts and ales. Pouring these special beers flat or drinking them directly out of the bottle flattens out the flavor and often makes them taste bitter. It also gives you gas, which accounts for the beer belches.

[Sequoia]

41. Thanks for that tip. I never knew that little trick.

I always poured sideways.

[Cleita]

42. Make sure you have a really clean glass. Many beer connoisseurs,

like myself keep aside special glasses for beer only. Wash them well with brushes or a really clean cloth and a good detergent, then rinse with really hot water. If the glass is clean the rinse water should sheet off. Air dry on a rack. DO NOT TOWEL DRY. When you are ready for your brew. Make sure that your beer is between 33 and 40 degrees cool (average fridge temp). Pour as I said and enjoy. If the head doesn't cling to the glass as you drink, the glass isn't clean or the temperature isn't right. You will find you will enjoy better flavor and less gas this way.

[Sequoia]

44. I pour my beer in one of those frozen plastic mugs.

But, then it's cheap beer. What is your stance on glass mugs in the freezer?

[Cleita]

46. Very bad for a drinkable brew and a useless gesture as the

beer changes the temperature of the glass in a few minutes. Then you get a nice flat, tasteless beer that is no colder than the cooler it came out of. Better you should chill your beer down to no less than 33 degrees F, or you will end up with near frozen beer, if you want a really cool but flavorful brewski. I had a really dumb barmaid once, who worked under my supervision, who tried to freeze wine cubes. Alcohol doesn't freeze but the temperatures will affect the flavor.

On edit: I know a bunch of chemists are going to swoop in here to correct me. So let me qualify my statement and say that alcohol doesn't freeze very well in our normal day to day freezers and coolers.

[Sequoia]

50. Well then, I'll just have to drink it faster.

Bad habits are hard to break. You make me want to head out to my favorite pub for lunch where they serve real beer.

[VTMechEngr]

43. Not always.

Many styles like Hefe Weisse are poured down the side of a glass to about 3/4 full before finishing off down the center for a nice head.

Each style has its quirks.

Beer and Wine lover here.

[Cleita]

45. I suppose you could do that and still get a drinkable beer.

I think your Hefe Weisse could be poured straight as well. Also, it depends on what shape container you are pouring it into and how clean the glass is. There is too much information here for just a post so I won't go into it. Often the bubbles on the side of the glass give away the fact that your beer is cleaning the glass for you and I could see where pouring it on the side and letting it clean the glass could still give you a decent head that clings to the side of the glass essential to a satisfying glass of beer.

[Richard Steele]

54. In another thread, there was a pic of a "Buckler" n/a bottle next to him on that table.

I've had Buckler from identical bottles- no way that stuff
would give you a thick 2-inch head when poured into a glass.

No way.

[Eurobabe]

31. then he ordered up some of them Jägermeisters

someone told him it was a 'digestive.'

[ProgressiveFool]

32. Bush is just showing himself to be a "half glass full" sort of guy nt

[Solly Mack]

34. This is hardly the first time Bush has been photographed drinking

a suspect liquid at a dinner/social gathering...

How many times before has a news agency issued a clarification?

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

35. Yeah, right...betcha those bubblies have his name on them LOL n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

36. It's amazing how Yahoo is jumping to clarify their caption.

Anybody else would just have to live with the first caption.

[Stephanie]

38. Yahoo, or Reuters?

I suspect it's Reuters that issued the clarification.

[in_cog_ni_to]

47. BULLSHIT! n/t

[supernova]

49. He had a f*ucking hangover

this morning. That's what.

Anything else they try to say about it is just wheedling.

C'mon Georgie Porgie. Take it like a man and admit that you were off the wagon last night. That would be the honorable, truthful thing to do.

[Cleita]

52. Randi Rhodes just said the same thing.

It goes without saying that I thought so too.

:rofl:

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

51. Shit man,

I'm a drunk who is now an alcoholic. Let me assure you, there is NO WAY drinking non-alcoholic beer is part of any recovery process..........

[paparush]

56. Updated - Updated Caption

CAPTION CLARIFICATION - REISSUING TO CLARIFY THE EARLIER RECLARIFICATION.
U.S. President George W. Bush is shown peeing off the porch , draining the lizard , taking a leak relieving himself at Heiligendamm .