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- donaldspm, on 07/02/2008, -4/+114The Onion calls itself "America's Finest News Source"
The funny thing is... I think they're only half joking. - GorfTron, on 07/03/2008, -3/+48I honestly can't tell Onion headlines from actual headlines anymore. I have to look and see. Bush is a sad joke.
- SirRudy, on 07/02/2008, -6/+46That's great, I love satire!
- sirjorge, on 07/02/2008, -4/+32The Onion is just fantastic, another great one.
- JordanE, on 07/02/2008, -4/+27From an outsiders perspective (in Australia) this sort of gives me a great look at what he has actually done :S
- 0Xonox0, on 07/03/2008, -5/+18He didn't follow the intelligence reports either.
- Thrilltone, on 07/03/2008, -4/+16"The President comforted citizens with the good news that they would now enjoy more healthy walks and less traffic jams."
The ONN deserves to be a real Network on cable...
or at least have an hour on FOX every day.
We have barely scratched the surface of the pain that George Bush's traitorous actions will bring upon our people. - SheilaNoya, on 07/03/2008, -6/+17Let's not make this mistake again by letting McCain replace him. I don't think we can stand another 4 years of this same crap.
- Steinr, on 07/03/2008, -2/+12Some stories are crap but most are the honest to god truth and a good satirical reflection of actual state of society. And as Laughter is rejection we only laugh at it and find it funny because we are too distracted to notice that this is actually happening.
- kemp34, on 07/02/2008, -6/+16That's a knee slapper right there.
- swanny89, on 07/03/2008, -3/+12See the thing is, we live in a democratic republic, where a government is supposed to answer to its people. If the actions of a democracy's leader don't adhere to the needs and desires of the country at large he is Doing it Wrong™
- NonServium, on 07/02/2008, -5/+13Yes, we know historians lie. Unfortunately, there really are people dumb enough to believe that because a guy does what he wants completely in opposition to the wants of the people he's SUPPOSED to represent, (the American citizens), that makes him great.
By the way, a litmus test you might consider. Any argument that can be applied to call every despot in history great is probably not a good argument. - Murrabbit, on 07/03/2008, -2/+10"caused, directly or indirectly, by his actions."
And inaction. - ncurses, on 07/03/2008, -5/+13the onion is the greatest thing ever and you all know it
- pagno, on 07/03/2008, -3/+11[Insert prefered omnipotent being] Bless The Onion.
- rz8472, on 07/03/2008, -4/+11The unfortunate truth is that he isn't even making an effort to pretend he cares.
- inactive, on 07/03/2008, -2/+9Flying Spaghetti Monster, dude.
- MelvinSchlubman, on 07/03/2008, -5/+12Yes, he led. Led us into a pit.
He's also the Decider. He decided to shred the constitution and the rule of law.
"one of the greats". Yeah, in that opposite universe that the Dilbert comic is currently featuring he must be one of the greats because the one we have is abysmal. There's that book about companies going from good to great, but don't hold your breath waiting for history to confer greatness on W. - secrity, on 07/03/2008, -4/+10I thought that The Onion was satire; why did they do a serious story?
- CosmicH, on 07/03/2008, -2/+8This was the first Onion report to actually make me sad.
- Murrabbit, on 07/03/2008, -1/+6Bear with me here - it's awkward to put myself in a position where I actually have to defend bush, but do you seriously believe Bush or anyone in his administration would be confident enough to have pulled something like that off?
For the past 7 years everything these people have touched has turned to *****, and evidence of their ineptitude, corruption, and flat out criminality has been uncovered left and right. There's no way they'd be able to hide something like that.
Following your scenario as a hypothetical, though, I fully believe that they'd completely get away with it, as for some reason none of the very impeachable things that these screw-ups have done during their reign seems to manage to stir the congress to Impeach, nor the people to violently revolt. It's truly a mad world we're living in! - Murrabbit, on 07/03/2008, -1/+6Here here, I'm an Arizonan and have voted for John McCain several times as my senator. That, however, was when he was a sane moderate with reasonable views and courage to stand up for and sponsor some much-needed reforms. . .
These days however it's like we've been given some sort of replicant in his place, programmed to trample everything he's ever stood for and pander to the darkest cruelest dumbest wing of the reactionary republican right. The McCain I used to admire is gone now, all we've got now is McSame. - Matri, on 07/03/2008, -2/+7You've got to have REALLY messed things up if the only website that talks good of you is a satire site...
- Ribbys, on 07/03/2008, -5/+9We Canadians have tried to send aid, but with our dollar increasing in value compared to yours since the Bush destruction began, its been tough. Real tough.
- MadKennyP, on 07/03/2008, -3/+7Onion Headline from the day after George Bush was first elected President:
"American's Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity is Over"
--- sadly accurate. - pprovo1, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5BLAME CANADA!!! BLAME CANADA!!!!!!!!
- norm7, on 07/03/2008, -5/+9Bush has had a hell of a lot of experience in memorializing tragic events through speech over the past 8 years... too bad a steadily increasing proportion of those tragic events have been caused, directly or indirectly, by his actions.
- greenroom628, on 07/03/2008, -5/+9or any intelligent idea, for that matter...
- mrASSMAN, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5Show me a story that is crap.. everything I read there seems to be gold.
- HanFastolfe, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4@WHauser
"Prior to the American Revolution, the standard world view was a conservative one (in the correct historical sense, not in terms of todays political parties). Knowledge was thought to flow from the top down."
Really? What was that whole Renascence thing all about then?
"Your distrust of the masses smacks of elitism..."
The same kind of elitism exemplified by the framers of the Constitution? The kind that kept power as far from the hands of the masses as possible? Where, under the original plane, the only people directly elected was half of the US congress.
"...and I find your line of reasoning to be distinctly unAmerican."
I find your lack of historical context to be completely inline with what is to be expected from todays concept of eduction. Thanks for no letting anyone down.
"Sell your wares somewhere else please."
Stay in school. - KaiUno, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5Thank you Onion. Didn't know where to get my Bush-whacking fix now that Steward is on hiatus.
- MrSpictacular, on 07/08/2008, -0/+3NOO!
The Onion would do well to stay far away from a tyrant like Viacom. - DanH, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3the onion doesn't put out "crap". Their worst is still funnier than 90% of comedy these days.
- darkfus, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4Finally unbiased news reporting! Oh wait..
- inactive, on 07/03/2008, -2/+4I laughed so hard I choked
- Abram730, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2The first F12 hurricane in recorded history.
- louiss19, on 07/10/2008, -0/+2This is brilliant!
- BohicaTwentyTwo, on 07/03/2008, -2/+4More satire?
- ndnspongebob, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3the daily show or comedy central needs to buy them
- masterm1nd, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3Yes, I literally meant twice a day. You got it. You if anyone, knows exactly what I meant.
- denizen42, on 07/03/2008, -2/+3Absolutely.. Ive seen more truth on ONN than on CNN
- DanH, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1"The Daily Show" isn't a corporate entity, you know. Neither is Comedy Central. They're both owned by Viacom.
- Northpunk, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1even though you nkow the video is fake using clips from previous news shows... it is actually a great and real thing :)
- ajv570, on 07/03/2008, -1/+2This is nothing, have you seen the onion movie? now that was Oscar worthy
- masterm1nd, on 07/03/2008, -3/+4Maybe you didn't understand. I have a problem with one of his points. I don't think I took a position for you to argue against. How could it be applied to call every despot in history great? Does history rank every despot as great? By flip flop twice a day, I mean the only thing consistent about polls and the public are that they constantly change. We would go to war and withdraw twice a day if the country were run by polls. Approval ratings aren't the questions and answers which run the country. Try to keep it relevant.
- Abram730, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1I wouldn't call loose change satire.
Just a shame people care not for the truth. They'd rather ignore the evidence and believe 911 was so easy a cave man could do it.
Lucky Al Qaeda was able to change the US shoot down policy though.
Another problem with the official story is there is no such organisation called Al Qaeda.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTTgpsAs4_c
How do you get a democracy to go to war?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3xlb6_0OEs
8:28 scare the public into war.. or lie "he's got a gun"(WMD).
18:50 Obliterate posse comitatus
19:40 put the US Military under foreign control that includes Saudi Arabia(functional executive).
Rumsfeld asking for another attack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mj8m8MzalM
Some things people have forgotten about "The secret government"
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3505348655 ...
here is more on them
http://harpers.org/archive/2003/03/0079525
Yes Hitler is one of their roll models. - DionRodrigues, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Amazing.
- DanH, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1uh oh, somebody wandered over here from Drudge Report.
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