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fuzzymuffins
11/03/09

In reply to Bush League
sigh. of all the twits in this world, he should have had an account. #georgebush
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HaysiFantayzee
11/03/09

In reply to Bush League
I find it interesting that his face doesn't enrage me the way it used to. #georgebush
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pony_express
11/04/09

@HaysiFantayzee: I think he is about as happy to no longer be president as I am happy he is no longer president. #georgebush
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Banjo-Sea Kitten
11/03/09

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Bush in a rare moment of reflection: "Now why can't all foreigners be easy goin' and normal like this?" #georgebush
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Mike Byhoff
11/03/09

In reply to Bush League
I miss him. If only because he made it so obvious where we should be directing our vitriol and laughter. #georgebush
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New Gonzo Drifter
11/03/09

In reply to Bush League
Did everyone miss the fact that former Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi is standing to his right, in the grey suit? Yeah, it is. #georgebush
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noisy doll
11/03/09

@New Gonzo Drifter: I was gonna ask "omg is that Koizumi?" but you beat me to it. #georgebush
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New Gonzo Drifter
11/03/09

@noisy doll: I actually covered him while a print-wire correspondent in Ethiopia three years ago ... he was in Addis Ababa (the A.U.'s HQ is there) on a global tour to promote Japan as a permanent member of the UN Security Council (he spoke at the A.U.) ... he and Meles looked at the ailing lions in at the National Palace for the cameras and made nice, while Ethiopia was crushing its own and invading Somalia ...

But Koizumi is a good guy, overall ... #georgebush
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TheBusinessGuy
11/03/09

In reply to Bush League
He's waiting to receive signals from Cheney in the stands. #georgebush
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
11/03/09

@TheBusinessGuy: I didn't know there is a baseball hand signal for "start a war based on lies" #georgebush
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TheBusinessGuy
11/03/09

@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: It's the middle finger extended to the public. #georgebush
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misslinda
11/03/09

@TheBusinessGuy: I thought it was the middle finger extended towards Mecca. #georgebush
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finwar
11/03/09

In reply to Bush League
Did I start a war with this country? #georgebush
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seyswho
11/03/09

@finwar: More like, "Damn, had I known this country existed when I was Presidoofus, I could have started a war with it!" #georgebush
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atlasfugged
11/03/09

In reply to Bush League
My money's on the Ham Fighters. #georgebush
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Unsolicited Advice
11/03/09

@atlasfugged:

One of my favorite factoids:

Japanese teams play for corporations, and they aren't tied to municipalities like in America. So Nippon Ham is the company that owns them, and the team is the Fighters. Their culture is that corporatist!

(Japan is also weird enough that we'd just uncritically assume they're "Ham Fighters") #georgebush
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atlasfugged
11/03/09

@Unsolicited Advice: I guess that would explain the Hello Kitty Slayers and the dreaded Toyota Camries. #georgebush
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badasscat
11/03/09

@Unsolicited Advice: To be fair, American teams play for corporations too. What, you actually thought the New York Yankees were a civic organization?

American teams choose to call themselves the name of the city they're in because they think it'll better endear them to fans, which will mean more profit. But there's nothing preventing the Yankees from calling themselves the Citicorp Yankees or whatever the hell they want.

The difference in Japan is that people don't automatically think the place where they happen to live is better than everywhere else. So naming your team after the city it's in would almost be considered bad manners, because that would be implying one city is better than another. But corporations are free to fight it out to the death. #georgebush
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unclevanya
11/03/09

In reply to Bush League
"Oooo, shiny pom pom!" #georgebush
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goetz
11/03/09

In reply to Bush League
Aaaannnd heeerrre come the pretzels!
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seyswho
11/03/09

@goetz: #georgebush
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goetz
11/03/09

@seyswho: This is a black day for baseball. #georgebush
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Sgt.Hatred
11/03/09

In reply to Bush League
I think whats really important here is that we recognize what a shitty team name the "Nippon Ham Fighters" is #georgebush
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kimsama
11/03/09

@ande8502: Shittiness is all relative. Consider the other teams are along the lines of the "Yakult Swallows" and the "Toyo Carp." #georgebush
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badasscat
11/03/09

@ande8502: They've got nothing on the Toledo Mud Hens.

How about the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs? #georgebush
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BicycleShed
11/03/09

In reply to Bush League
Later, he projectile vomited on everyone within 10 feet of him, proving once and for all that anything his father can do, he can do bigger and way more fucked up. #georgebush
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mentir
11/03/09

In reply to Bush League
Say what you will, but dude can throw a baseball. #georgebush
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Helio
11/03/09

@mentir: so true, even while people are booing him out of the stadium. #georgebush
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Sonar Jose
11/03/09

@Helio: "Uh, no sir, they're not booing you Mr. President. They're saying 'Booo-ush'".

"Oh, heh-heh, well alright then." #georgebush
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seyswho
11/03/09

In reply to Bush League
Bush Attempts to Be Diplomatic But Can't Help Keeping One Eye on His Beloved Barney #georgebush
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caligulash
12/29/08

In reply to Woody Allen, Polish Rock Star
Ryan: "their first ever concert in Poland"

Did you mean this was their first concert ever and it happens to be given in Poland or they have had prior concerts but this was the first time they did it in that country?

Had I ever heard of Woody Allen having a jazz band I would have known the answer already.
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unclevanya
12/29/08

@caligulash: First time in Poland. He's been playing jazz almost as long as he's been making movies. He used to have a standing gig at Elaine's, and later at Michael's Pub. A documentary about his band's tour of Europe, Wild Man Blues, was released about 10 years ago. It's an entertaining film, and quite revealing in spire of itself.
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Carol Gardens
12/29/08

@caligulash: I went to see him at Michael's Pub when I was in HIGH SCHOOL! And I am, let's say, approaching the mid-century mark. He's been playing somewhere weekly when in town since the early 70s.
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