RICKAMAVEN
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 1:59:00 AM
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Bush Pardons Himself For Crimes Past, Present & Future

Washington, D.C. - President Bush today issued a pardon to himself for all crimes he has committed in the past, for crimes he is currently committing and for crimes he intends to commit in the future. In addition, Bush issued pardons to Scooter Libby, ****** Cheney, Karl Rove, Donald Rumsfeld, Condaleeza Rice, Alberto Gonzales, Colin Powell, Jeb Bush, his wife Laura and the twins. In announcing these unusual blanket pardons Bush said "You can't be too careful. There would be hell to pay if anyone ever found out two-percent of what we've been doing for the last six years."

drnos
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 5:38:00 AM
Like the title of another of your posts: This is supposed to be funny, but it isn't.
RICKAMAVEN
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 7:00:00 AM
drnos

i found it amusing. what did you find it to be?

Charlie
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 7:05:00 AM
Rick

I found it to be your typical post!

Charlie

RICKAMAVEN
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 9:52:00 AM
charlie

you should have checked out my

INTERESTING BIKE CLIPS and

$1.00 WORTH OF GAS AND PLEASE CLEAN MY WINDOWS

not everything i post is political.

drnos
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 10:03:00 AM
Rickamaven: There's no interesting turn of phrase. There's no humorous situation posited. There is no setup: the story doesn't have any unexpected twists nor any punch line.

Unlike some people, I _don't_ think that our president is off limits when it comes to jokes. Even in a time of deadly serious war.

But there was just nothing humorous in that story.

Here's a joke: "A baby seal walks into a club..."

See? There's a pun there on the word "club." It's unexpected. There's a clever twist of a known phrase. Of course clubbing baby seals is hideous, but it still can be a funny joke.

pacman357
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 11:49:00 AM
I don't know...it was short on character development, relied too heavily on cliches, it borrowed from popular culture while being too obvious. Not witty or clever. I'm afraid I'm going to have to give it a thumbs down. Maybe by the time the DVD comes out, you'll have it edited a little better.
RICKAMAVEN
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 6:35:00 PM
pacman357

i'll give your regards to the author.

pacman357
Wednesday, July 5, 2006 9:18:00 PM
Um...you do know that was sarcasm aimed at the section above me, right?
RICKAMAVEN
Thursday, July 6, 2006 3:33:00 AM
pacman357

my bad.