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» Monday Demotivators: The Presidents Day Edition - Dissociated Press — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:33:51 +0000

[...] well…shoot ‘em up. On a presidential note, you could always revisit the glory days of Bush Shoe Tossing , or de-evolve ex-President (man I like the sound of that) Bush with Darwin’s Devolve Me. And [...]

By: Dojo Nick

Dojo Nick — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:58:54 +0000

Bob Ross WAS kinda groovy, in an anti-cool, artsy, Afro-wearing sorta way. But after putting the ol’ thinking cap on, I, too, found it difficult to identify a bona fide hero. Too many human foibles among the candidates. Acts of heroism, on the other hand, are chock-a-plenty. The rescues by the 911 firefighters, for example, Bill Gates’ setting up the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, or Mikhail Gorbachev ending Communism.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:10:41 +0000

You missed a couple…

Ninja Bush – http://www.tabloidgames.com/game.php?id=9 –
careful, he throws baseball back

http://www.readyaimvote.com/byebyebush lets you cast your vote

can you throw a shoe at bush
http://www.kroma.no/2008/bushgame/
pretty dumb

and shoebushworldwide
you get to pick the shoe and what you yell when throwing.
http://www.shoebushworldwide.com

and then there’s thankyouforthrowingyourshoe.com –
http://www.thankyouforthrowingyourshoe.com

By: admin

admin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:54:53 +0000

As always, well put Dojo Nick. I should know better than to tangle with someone as articulate as the author of Budo Mind and Body, which I'm about to re-read by the way. And I'd like to add that while I'm quite flattered to be on your "favorites" list (we should form a mutual admiration society), I'm curious as to how I could achieve "hero" status. Would it involve a sword? An epic act of bravery? I personally find it hard to identify a hero for myself, at least amongst the living. Maybe Bob Ross ?

By: Dojo Nick

Dojo Nick — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:58:49 +0000

Nuance, nuance, nuance! Actually, I respect shoe tossers of various ilks (can “ilk” be used in the plural?), but few rise to the level of “hero.” If they rose easily, you’d be on the list, too, with those clever anti-Bush cartoons you edit (figurative Bush-directed shoe tosses). You’re on my “favorites” list for other reasons, arising circa 1982. Anyhoo, two or more wrongs don’t make a right; even if one does accept the notion that it was wrong for the Bush administration to invade and occupy Iraq, one is not compelled to lionize their detractors.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:00:11 +0000

Okay, I confess. B’s a paid troll. At least she looks like a troll sometimes. Was that a troll just now?

But seriously Dojo Nick – it sounds like you don’t have much respect for the tosser. What did you think about the killing of Saddam Hussein’s sons and his later execution? For the record I thought THAT was a despicable breach of SOME kind of decorum regarding heads of state, and lining up half of the Bush administration’s key people and throwing shoes at them for a while would hardly begin to put things back in balance in relation to the U.S. invasion, government “decapitation”, and occupation of a nation state.

By: Dojo Nick

Dojo Nick — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:38:11 +0000

Apparently, the bar for heroism has been substantially lowered: “The daughter, Amal Saad Gumaa, said she agreed with the idea [of marrying the shoe-tosser]. ‘This is something that would honour me. I would like to live in Iraq, especially if I were attached to this hero,’ she told Reuters by telephone.”

Meanwhile, Beatrix, whoever she is, turns out to have a great sense of humor. Where are you hiding her, Ian?

By: Beatrix

Beatrix — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:02:05 +0000

My friends call me “The Girl With Emphysema” because I smoke Luckies sometimes. But you’re gonna love this- Egyptian offers daughter to Iraqi shoe-thrower – http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-37081920081217 and heres another Bush game – http://www.mind360.com/braingames/teasers/bushshoeincident.html

By: admin

admin — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:04:21 +0000

Crap. I hate being wrong, but must politely concede.

From Dictionary.com:
1840–50; < Gk epnymos giving name. See ep-, -onym, -ous

I’m going to scrawl this on men’s room walls everywhere:
“Dojo Nick Gives Good Name”

Neener-Neener.

But now I’m confused. How does this all affect the meaning of that song “The Girl From Eponymous”?

By: Dojo Nick

Dojo Nick — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:14:04 +0000

Grammar Nazi Dojo Nick reporting: standard usage would dictate that your sentence read, “The eponymous (I love saying that; bring it on grammar nazis!) That Guy Totally Threw A Shoe At President Bush: The Game at least…” To further complicate things, “eponymous” means named after a person, group of people, or named group (such as a band), and technically doesn’t refer to a title that evokes the thing named. You’re spot on about the game “Bush Boot Camp.” There’s nothing funny about a game that has users aim and fire at a real public figure. One would think the Secret Service would pay a visit to the creator of that one.