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    Bush League

    You Don't Know Anything About Money, Which Is Why We Have Experts, Thank God

    Miyuki Hatoyama, Japan's First Lady, Would Love To Visit Uranus

    Downtrodden Japanese Women Turning to Almost-Whoring in Droves

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    Image of fuzzymuffins 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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    Image of HaysiFantayzee 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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    Image of pony_express 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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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    11/03/09

    In reply to Bush League
    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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    Image of Mike Byhoff 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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    Image of New Gonzo Drifter 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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    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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    Image of New Gonzo Drifter 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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    11/03/09

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

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

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

    In reply to Bush League
    Did I start a war with this country? #georgebush
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    seyswho promoted this comment finwar was starred finwar was unstarred
    Image of seyswho 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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    Image of atlasfugged atlasfugged
    11/03/09

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

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

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

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


    @goetz: #georgebush
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    11/03/09

    @seyswho: This is a black day for baseball. #georgebush
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    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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    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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    Image of badasscat 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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    Image of BicycleShed 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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    11/03/09

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

    @mentir: so true, even while people are booing him out of the stadium. #georgebush
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    Image of Sonar Jose 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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    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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    Image of Magister Magister
    09/21/09

    In reply to You Don't Know Anything About Money, Which Is Why We Have Experts, Thank God
    You'd think part of our "problem" could be rooted in how a $143,494 bill that will only cost the college $79,000, turns into $200k for an AP/Yahoo headline.

    (Thankfully Hamilton caught the discrepancy)
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