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Friday Night Open Thread

by John Cole|  January 18, 20088:44 pm| 35 Comments

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Create your own obscene joke with this headline:

“Bush calls for ‘direct and rapid’ stimulus”

Have fun.

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  1. 1.

    Jake

    January 18, 2008 at 8:52 pm

    That’s not obscene enough for you?

  2. 2.

    myiq2xu

    January 18, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    Paging Jeff Gannon! The President will see you now.

  3. 3.

    Ted

    January 18, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    …but stopped short of suggesting it be with homaseksuls.

  4. 4.

    demimondian

    January 18, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    I’m having images of electro-stimulation play.

    (Don’t know what that is? Dreggas can tell you, I’m sure.)

  5. 5.

    JGabriel

    January 18, 2008 at 9:11 pm

    This one kind of writes itself:

    Bush calls for ‘direct and rapid’ stimulus

  6. 6.

    JGabriel

    January 18, 2008 at 9:12 pm

    Hmm, that was supposed to link to a photo. Oh well here’s the link so you can see the photo that should accompany the suggested headline:

    http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/F/_/bush_flipping_finger.jpg

  7. 7.

    stephen

    January 18, 2008 at 9:18 pm

    Bush calls for ‘direct and rapid’ stimulation

  8. 8.

    cbear

    January 18, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    I, for one, can understand his statement and the sentiment behind it.

    I mean, how would you feel if you just spent 2 weeks being butt-raped by the Saudis and didn’t even score a reach-a-round???

  9. 9.

    Robert Johnston

    January 18, 2008 at 9:44 pm

    1-900-FOX-NEWS is how the president usually accomplishes that goal.

  10. 10.

    calipygian

    January 18, 2008 at 9:52 pm

    Bush calls for ‘direct and rapid’ stimulus

    And what about Dick’s needs?

  11. 11.

    Ted

    January 18, 2008 at 9:53 pm

    Bush recommends you go to a sperm bank, and tell the nurse you’re unable to ejaculate. He says the response will frighten you, but you’ll love it anyway.

  12. 12.

    little bird

    January 18, 2008 at 10:12 pm

    Take notes, Laura.

  13. 13.

    KC

    January 18, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    1-900-FOX-NEWS is how the president usually accomplishes that goal.

    I’m sorry, but that’s f’n great. True too.

  14. 14.

    grumpy realist

    January 18, 2008 at 10:23 pm

    (Since this is an open thread):

    And you thought “Snakes on a Plane” was just a movie…..

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22730900/

  15. 15.

    AlanDownunder

    January 18, 2008 at 10:28 pm

    At last, uncontroversial grounds for impeachment.

  16. 16.

    Dug Jay

    January 18, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    Paging bob….Paging bob….Paging bob….Paging bob….

  17. 17.

    Dreggas

    January 18, 2008 at 11:58 pm

    demimondian Says:

    I’m having images of electro-stimulation play.

    (Don’t know what that is? Dreggas can tell you, I’m sure.)

    Tens unit anyone?

    Violet wand maybe?

    I could almost go for that right now, would be less painfull than the ass pounding my 401(k) is probably taking along with the rest of the economy *sigh*.

  18. 18.

    Dreggas

    January 18, 2008 at 11:59 pm

    I just finished talking to my parents, according to my father George Soros is responsible for the weak dollar. Someone, please, pull the plug on fox news…

  19. 19.

    LiberalTarian

    January 19, 2008 at 12:38 am

    Hasn’t he ever heard of foreplay??

  20. 20.

    Pixie

    January 19, 2008 at 12:39 am

    Oh lord…it looks like we’re all wearing the blue dress now..

  21. 21.

    Enlightened Layperson

    January 19, 2008 at 12:42 am

    But no foot-tapping, please.

  22. 22.

    LiberalTarian

    January 19, 2008 at 12:54 am

    I could almost go for that right now, would be less painfull than the ass pounding my 401(k) is probably taking along with the rest of the economy sigh.

    Dude, I know it was reactionary, but I lost a third of my 401(k) with the Enron bullshit (that, interestingly enough, Ken Lay got to keep because he fucking DIED).

    I know I’ll lose 20% in penalties to early withdrawal, but I did the math. 33% > 20%. Fuck GW Bush, fuck Republicans, and fuck the pantywaist Democrats.

    If they will not protect the public, the public has to proect themselves.

  23. 23.

    LiberalTarian

    January 19, 2008 at 12:55 am

    fuck. Protect.

  24. 24.

    LiberalTarian

    January 19, 2008 at 12:58 am

    Proect sounds like something our little buddy GW Bush would do.

    Arg.

  25. 25.

    Tim (the other one)

    January 19, 2008 at 1:23 am

    “Bush calls for ‘direct and rapid’ stimulus”

    Nancy Reagan prompts:

    “We’re doing all we can”

  26. 26.

    badgervan

    January 19, 2008 at 1:39 am

    …Barney takes to the hills.

  27. 27.

    Anne Laurie

    January 19, 2008 at 2:18 am

    … Joe Lieberman drops to his knees.

  28. 28.

    Darkness

    January 19, 2008 at 2:19 am

    Dreggas Says:

    I just finished talking to my parents, according to my father George Soros is responsible for the weak dollar. Someone, please, pull the plug on fox news…

    YAAAAH!!!! Shit like that scares the crap out of me.

    Well, of course it can’t be the people in charge (and the national debt, low interest rates and excessive import to export ratio). The White House fax writers must have a dart board with Soros, Moore, the Clintons, and Russia on it and they just give it a toss when they need a crybaby excuse for the problems they caused.

    You know, funny enough, someone is pulling the plug Dec 31, 2008 on Fox and every other analog broadcast station. Perhaps your parents will just think the teevees have gone off the air and they can go back to their lives again like useful members of society instead of automatons of the republican party.

  29. 29.

    Funkula

    January 19, 2008 at 3:04 am

    “Bush calls for ‘direct and rapid’ stimulus”

    That’s what she said!

    …Ok that was weak.

  30. 30.

    Conservatively Liberal

    January 19, 2008 at 6:50 am

    “Bush calls for ‘direct and rapid’ stimulus”

    It means that we are tired of taking a pounding in the ass and are finally going to get a reach around just to keep us happy during the rest of the ass pounding.

    Maybe he can’t find Laura’s G spot and needs help?

    Maybe he found Barney’s G spot?

  31. 31.

    gypsy howell

    January 19, 2008 at 7:15 am

    that, interestingly enough, Ken Lay got to keep because he fucking DIED.

    ALLEGEDLY died.

    Nothing like a quick ‘cremation’ to take care of the evidence, eh? Then the Lays got to sail off into the sunset with their billions.

  32. 32.

    Jake

    January 19, 2008 at 8:00 am

    Someone, please, pull the plug on fox news…

    But not the TENS unit.

    Speaking of Faux News, stimulating the president and plugs:

    Bill O’Really – Butt plug, or world’s biggest butt plug?

  33. 33.

    AnnPW

    January 19, 2008 at 8:40 am

    Pays lip service to problem?

  34. 34.

    Richard Bottoms

    January 19, 2008 at 2:16 pm

    Sounds like the same hand job the country has been getting for years.

  35. 35.

    dj spellchecka

    January 19, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    this makes me think of our tourture policy: “‘direct and rapid’ stimulus”

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