October 14, 2001

4:48 PM

George Rap Bush?Turn him over. Turn him over. Turn his cohorts over. Turn any hostage they hold over. Destroy all the terrorist camps. There's no need to negotiate. There's no discussion. I told them exactly what they need to do. And there's no need to discuss innocence or guilt. We know he's guilty. Turn him over.
posted by Carol Anne (24 comments total)

I'd like to hear the recording. His rap really needs some work.
posted by bloggboy at 4:56 PM on October 14, 2001

"All they(the Taliban)have got to do", says George Rap Bush "is turn them over(...)as well as destroy his camps and the innocent people being held hostage in Afghanistan "


Before these innocent people are duly destroyed there's just no room for negotiation, right?

Somebody get the guy a Grammar!

P.S.

If Dubya knows what syntax means I'm a Taliban.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 5:06 PM on October 14, 2001

Why are the last words in the article "Come on Barney"

?!?!
posted by punkrockrat at 5:07 PM on October 14, 2001

It's that damn sasquatch again...
posted by Kikkoman at 5:14 PM on October 14, 2001

What the flug?!?
posted by Outlawyr at 5:15 PM on October 14, 2001

destroy all the terrorist camps - actually we're doing a pretty good job of that right now

That's cheating:

"We'd destroy the camps, but you destroyed them all."
"You had your chance. Welcome to Armageddon."
posted by holgate at 5:17 PM on October 14, 2001

Think (peace-loving) purple dinosaur.
posted by gleemax at 5:18 PM on October 14, 2001

Barney is Evil
posted by stbalbach at 5:18 PM on October 14, 2001

Barney Bush's very own webpage.
posted by Carol Anne at 5:34 PM on October 14, 2001

Why are the last words in the article "Come on Barney"

Barney is his dog. He was on the lawns, trying to catch the dog, when the press sprung upon him for an impromptu interview. Thus "Come on Barney" at the end.

They could of killed it.

(the line, not the dog)
posted by Neale at 5:35 PM on October 14, 2001

Oh, Carol Anne, the Barney Bush page is a treasure!

Neale:...And here I thought he was talking to a reporter named Barney. Okay, you cleared that up. I just listened to it, I didn't watch it.
posted by realjanetkagan at 5:40 PM on October 14, 2001

He watch channel zero.
posted by machaus at 5:41 PM on October 14, 2001

I thought it was Barney Frank. Which is whole other thing.
posted by owillis at 5:55 PM on October 14, 2001

Peeve alert: "They could of killed it."

The proper words are: They could HAVE killed it. When people say "could've" it is often heard as "could of." Same goes for "would've" (would have) being mis-heard as "would of."

End of peeve. Sorry, but it seems to happen with alarming frequency. No offense meant to Neale.
posted by davidmsc at 7:20 PM on October 14, 2001

Peeve alert: "They could of killed it."

The proper words are: They could HAVE killed it. When people say "could've" it is often heard as "could of." Same goes for "would've" (would have) being mis-heard as "would of."

End of peeve. Sorry, but it seems to happen with alarming frequency. No offense meant to Neale.
posted by davidmsc at 7:20 PM on October 14, 2001

new peeve alert: inadvertently double-clicking "POST" button. Sorry.
posted by davidmsc at 7:20 PM on October 14, 2001

That's George "H. Rap" Bush to you, pal.

What I want to know is where's Ernie?
posted by y2karl at 8:44 PM on October 14, 2001

D'oh!
posted by y2karl at 8:47 PM on October 14, 2001

I could of ... hey, wait a minute, "could" and "of" don't jell. Except in, for instance: "I could, of a cold October morning, treat myself to a warming pizza".

I could of murdered a pizza right now - no, I could actually of from it!
posted by MiguelCardoso at 9:12 PM on October 14, 2001

"Come on Barney" was a coded message to Bush's sleeper operatives working at comfortable, unobtrusive farming jobs in unsuspecting Afghanistan.

If the Taliban have any sense they'll display his still image while an Afghan translator reads his words, partially munged.
posted by dhartung at 11:09 PM on October 14, 2001

Single most sweet post ever!
posted by crasspastor at 11:19 PM on October 14, 2001

"We'd destroy the camps, but you destroyed them all."
"You had your chance. Welcome to Armageddon."

Is there something about the British accent which causes "all" and "Armageddon" to rhyme?
posted by crasspastor at 11:23 PM on October 14, 2001

"They could of killed it."
The proper words are: They could HAVE killed it.

The proper response is to just get over it. Language evolves in precisely this manner. His meaning is clear, and that's all that matters.

End of peeve. :)
posted by daveadams at 9:25 AM on October 15, 2001

daveadams: that human languages are redundant and thus tolerant of error does not imply that error-free writing and speech lack value.

I'm sorry to hijack the thread!

-Mars
posted by Mars Saxman at 9:37 PM on October 15, 2001