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Yes, I suppose the Bernie

Nebton — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:40:34 +0000

Yes, I suppose the Bernie Madoff reference should've made that clear. I'm trying to come up with something clever based off "balls of Stiehl", but I'm getting nothin'.

I was playing with G's

DF — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:19:30 +0000

In reply to Must … fight … inner spelling

I was playing with G's spelling. I'm sure he meant to type "steel."

Oops. Freudian mispelling.

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:36:15 +0000

In reply to Must … fight … inner spelling

Oops. Freudian mispelling.

Must … fight … inner spelling

Nebton — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:31:44 +0000

In reply to Presidents, currency,

Must … fight … inner spelling Nazi …

*fails*

I was going to let it slide when Genghis said "balls of steal[sic]", but letting it slide twice is beyond my capabilities. Unless we're talking about theft, the word y'all are looking for is "steel".

Presidents, currency,

DF — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:38:12 +0000

In reply to Yes, well you're not the

Presidents, currency, sodium. What won't those Asians manipulate?

As far as balls of steal go, I'd say they belong to either Hank Paulson or, perhaps to a lesser extent, Bernie Madoff.

Don't be stupid. You can't

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:26:39 +0000

In reply to Would you look deep into

Don't be stupid. You can't see souls. You smell 'em. Soul juice is excreted through the pits.

Would you look deep into

Orlando — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:13:40 +0000

In reply to Yes, well you're not the

Would you look deep into their eyes to see their souls?

Yes, well you're not the

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:21:00 +0000

In reply to The tradition of bowing in

Yes, well you're not the president of the U.S. are you? Those Asians are only trying to manipulate him into bowing by bowing first. Obama must have non-bowing balls of steal. If I were president, I wouldn't even shake foreign leaders' hands. They're just not on my level. If they were lucky, I'd wink at 'em.

The tradition of bowing in

Orlando — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:06:07 +0000

In reply to Obama Bows Again!

The tradition of bowing in some Asian countries is akin to a handshake here. Everybody does it. When I lived in Korea, I bowed all the time. Not, multiple times in one meeting, like they do in Japan, but once, when you initially come into contact with someone, as is tradition in Korea. I didn't bow because I was showing my willingness to be subservient. I bowed because people bowed to me first, and, just as it's very difficult to refuse a handshake under all but the most extreme circumstances, it's hard not to return a gesture of respect when it is offered. Once you've got the hang of it, you sort of forget who's bowing first and you just do it, as you would a handshake.

I am pretty sure that Drudge and his minions at Fox can grasp this concept. But I'm less certain that a portion of their viewers, who have little to no knowledge of or interest in foreign culture, can understand it. So, as usual, the conservative media is manipulating their followers to score empty political points against a Democratic opponent. Or in other words, they're being assholes. What else is new?