October 16th is the big day at McGill, the prestigious Montreal university that will confer an honourary degree on President William Clinton.
Fark.com comments that the honourary degree comes with a lifetime supply of poutine, a stripper of his choice and one free drink at The Village (good Monday to Thursday, 4-6 pm).
Ironically, reports the Canadian Press, President Clinton will make the trip just before another ex-president heads to Montreal. His successor, George W. Bush, will deliver a speech several days later at the city’s Queen Elizabeth hotel.
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Showing posts with label President of the United States of America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label President of the United States of America. Show all posts
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
924...George W. Bush Costs You Money
The former POTUS is reaping the money, money that is shoved in the wallets of former United State's presidents after they leave office.
He is also costing you, a tax payer in a country that is not his country, money.
Like the one before him, Bill Clinton, President Junior is on the speaker's circuit looking to pick up a few shekels here and there.
Unlike President Clinton, President G. W. Bush attracts an unruly crowd who seem to think he is some sort of war criminal. Bill Curry in the Globe and Mail this morning reports that this is costing you beaucoup d'argent.
Security for President Bush is going to run in the half million dollar range this year. When he appeared in Toronto it cost over 100 k to protect him from harm; same town, same venue, same time for President Clinton and the cost was a tenth of that.
Libby Davies, NDP MP from British Columbia "...said private-sector firms are likely making money from these events and should be helping the government with the security costs."
Yes they should.
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He is also costing you, a tax payer in a country that is not his country, money.
Like the one before him, Bill Clinton, President Junior is on the speaker's circuit looking to pick up a few shekels here and there.
Unlike President Clinton, President G. W. Bush attracts an unruly crowd who seem to think he is some sort of war criminal. Bill Curry in the Globe and Mail this morning reports that this is costing you beaucoup d'argent.
Security for President Bush is going to run in the half million dollar range this year. When he appeared in Toronto it cost over 100 k to protect him from harm; same town, same venue, same time for President Clinton and the cost was a tenth of that.
Libby Davies, NDP MP from British Columbia "...said private-sector firms are likely making money from these events and should be helping the government with the security costs."
Yes they should.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
816...Throw A Shoe Win A House
Muntazer al-Zaidi is the Iraqi journo who fired his size 10's, both of them, at George W. Bush's Presidential noggin last year and The Guardian this morning writes that he is poised to get out of jail on Monday and into the arms of an Iraq that loves him and his chutzpah.
He has won the love and admiration of millions for doing what many think their leaders were and are afraid of doing: standing up to the man, the real man, the President of the United States. Mr. Zaidi's act is replicated in wall murals, children's games, t shirts, it is omnipresent in the street culture of that part of the world.
The dude has hit the lottery. His boss has built him a four bedroom house. He has more cars than the winner of both showcases on Price Is Right. And many other fabulous prizes are on offer including harems, a ten million dollar offer for his shoes and, perhaps as an omage to the current POTUS, healthcare.
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He has won the love and admiration of millions for doing what many think their leaders were and are afraid of doing: standing up to the man, the real man, the President of the United States. Mr. Zaidi's act is replicated in wall murals, children's games, t shirts, it is omnipresent in the street culture of that part of the world.
The dude has hit the lottery. His boss has built him a four bedroom house. He has more cars than the winner of both showcases on Price Is Right. And many other fabulous prizes are on offer including harems, a ten million dollar offer for his shoes and, perhaps as an omage to the current POTUS, healthcare.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
650...I Still Love Sarah Palin
And if it were twenty years ago...
Still, Governor, try to make sense. At least some of the time. In an Associated Press story Sarah Palin, you may remember her, she ran for Vice President back in the day, says that President Obama's plan to overhaul healthcare is evil.
Evil?
Like Charles Manson evil?
Oy vey.
Still, Governor, try to make sense. At least some of the time. In an Associated Press story Sarah Palin, you may remember her, she ran for Vice President back in the day, says that President Obama's plan to overhaul healthcare is evil.
Evil?
Like Charles Manson evil?
Oy vey.
The former Republican vice presidential candidate posted her thoughts Friday on Facebook.
Governor Palin says in the America she knows, people won't have to "stand in front of Obama's 'death panel" so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of healthcare."
You forgot to compare President Obama to Chancellor Hitler.
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
602...Here Is What Not To Do If You Are A Cop
Run Barack Obama's name through your computer data base.
Someone is going to notice and that someone will be the Secret Service.
Ryan White and C. M. Route are now on paid administrative leave from the DeKalb County Police Department. DeKalb County is in the Atlanta area and I found this story on WSBTV.com. What these two geniuses did July 20th was run the President's name through the National Crime Information Center on the computer in their cruiser. Why this is wrong and why this may get them fired or, at minimum, censured, is beyond me, but it is and they should have known better.
No word on whether they got a hit but they are in trouble deep.
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Someone is going to notice and that someone will be the Secret Service.
Ryan White and C. M. Route are now on paid administrative leave from the DeKalb County Police Department. DeKalb County is in the Atlanta area and I found this story on WSBTV.com. What these two geniuses did July 20th was run the President's name through the National Crime Information Center on the computer in their cruiser. Why this is wrong and why this may get them fired or, at minimum, censured, is beyond me, but it is and they should have known better.
No word on whether they got a hit but they are in trouble deep.
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Friday, July 3, 2009
435...Say It Ain't So Sarah Palin, Say It Ain't So
It's not what I want to hear and I have a right to know.
The Juneau Empire, paper of record in the capital of their 50th state, the state you can see from Russia, Alaska, reports that Governor Sarah Palin hastily called a news conference Friday morning at her home in suburban Wasilla, giving such short notice that only a few reporters actually made it to the announcement, saying that she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why. Speculation has been raised that she would focus on a run for the White House in 2012.
The former Republican vice presidential candidate will step down July 26.
Wonder what David Letterman will have to say about this.
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The Juneau Empire, paper of record in the capital of their 50th state, the state you can see from Russia, Alaska, reports that Governor Sarah Palin hastily called a news conference Friday morning at her home in suburban Wasilla, giving such short notice that only a few reporters actually made it to the announcement, saying that she is resigning from office at the end of the month without explaining why. Speculation has been raised that she would focus on a run for the White House in 2012.
The former Republican vice presidential candidate will step down July 26.
Wonder what David Letterman will have to say about this.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
374...Sex And The Governor
I was reading Columbia, South Carolina's paper of record, The State, http://www.thestate.com/, just to find out what Steve Spurrier was doing when this story jumped out.
OMG.
The Governor of the Palmetto State, Mark Stanford, was away without leave for an entire week and it turns out he was in Buenos Aires, Argentina chilling with Maria, his girlfriend. A girlfriend his wife, four kids and the state he purports to lead, were unaware of.
As a sidebar, when he was a Congressman he voted in favour of impeaching President Bill Clinton, citing the need for "moral legitimacy".
Do as I say, not as I do.
Amazing story, can you see Stephen Harper, Dalton McGuinty or Jean Charest vanishing for a week to visit a girly girl in a far away land?
It may be wrong but it sure is interesting.
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OMG.
The Governor of the Palmetto State, Mark Stanford, was away without leave for an entire week and it turns out he was in Buenos Aires, Argentina chilling with Maria, his girlfriend. A girlfriend his wife, four kids and the state he purports to lead, were unaware of.
As a sidebar, when he was a Congressman he voted in favour of impeaching President Bill Clinton, citing the need for "moral legitimacy".
Do as I say, not as I do.
Amazing story, can you see Stephen Harper, Dalton McGuinty or Jean Charest vanishing for a week to visit a girly girl in a far away land?
It may be wrong but it sure is interesting.
WFDS
Friday, June 12, 2009
275...This Note Should Work, Eh?
Agence France-Presse reports that President Obama wrote a note for 10 year old Kennedy Corpus who ditched school to go see his Barackness speak in Green Bay, Wisconsin Tuesday.
Her father, John Corpus, sounds kind of lame frankly. He told the President that "I am fortunate enough to be here with my 10-year-old daughter, who is missing her last day of school for this. I hope she doesn’t get in trouble."
Last day of school, bro'; unless they still have nuns, no one is going to hold a grudge over the summer. Who is the note for, really? The trophy case. If they have nuns though, the note may save a child's life.
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Her father, John Corpus, sounds kind of lame frankly. He told the President that "I am fortunate enough to be here with my 10-year-old daughter, who is missing her last day of school for this. I hope she doesn’t get in trouble."
Last day of school, bro'; unless they still have nuns, no one is going to hold a grudge over the summer. Who is the note for, really? The trophy case. If they have nuns though, the note may save a child's life.
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Monday, June 8, 2009
237...Didn't Anyone Learn Anything From NIxon?
Richard Nixon that is.
Re: taping stuff.
Hello, Lisa Raitt.
Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.
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Re: taping stuff.
Hello, Lisa Raitt.
Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
228...Do They Get The New York Times In Heaven?
If they do, The Greatest Canadian [at least according the CBC], Tommy Douglas, must be smiling.
First thing that popped out of my copy of the New York Times [only N I N E dollars, plus tax, at Boushey's, Elgin Street, Ottawa---by the way that is more than a cooked chicken---N I N E] was the lead that President Obama's is going to step up his role in pushing for health care reform. He had previously said that he would leave the contentious issue, and why universal health care is contentious is beyond me, to Congress. Instead President Obama will give speeches and conduct town-hall style meetings to push his preferred policies, including government-run insurance coverage. Nice step, four or five or six decades too late but, better late than never.
By the way, N I N E dollars. No comics. Quite the racket, eh?
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First thing that popped out of my copy of the New York Times [only N I N E dollars, plus tax, at Boushey's, Elgin Street, Ottawa---by the way that is more than a cooked chicken---N I N E] was the lead that President Obama's is going to step up his role in pushing for health care reform. He had previously said that he would leave the contentious issue, and why universal health care is contentious is beyond me, to Congress. Instead President Obama will give speeches and conduct town-hall style meetings to push his preferred policies, including government-run insurance coverage. Nice step, four or five or six decades too late but, better late than never.
By the way, N I N E dollars. No comics. Quite the racket, eh?
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Friday, June 5, 2009
218...The World Ended Forty Years Ago Today
It was June 5, 1968 when Robert Francis Kennedy won the California primary and virtually ensured himself the Democratic nod for the Presidency.
It was also June 5, 1968 when Sirhan Sirhan ended RFK's run for the office of the President of the United States of America with a volley of bullets from a .22 calibre pistol.
May RFK's eternal soul rest in peace.
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It was also June 5, 1968 when Sirhan Sirhan ended RFK's run for the office of the President of the United States of America with a volley of bullets from a .22 calibre pistol.
May RFK's eternal soul rest in peace.
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