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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-14-06 06:40 PM
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Okay! It's 10 years in the future. G.W. Bush has become a destitute alcoholic and drug addict.
You see him begging for money on a street corner.

No one else seems to realize that the unkempt filthy man wrapped in a tattered blanket approaching them is the former President. He is either ignored or avoided by all he reaches out to.

What do YOU do?
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-14-06 06:41 PM
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1. Keep walking
Is this a trick question?
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-14-06 06:42 PM
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2. Damn. When did he get out of the pen?
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-14-06 06:43 PM
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3. I'd toss him a bottle of something
to make sure he stays drunk. He's less likely to cause further harm that way.
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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-14-06 06:53 PM
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4. DAMN I gotta piss bad!
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 10:13 PM
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17. matcom has THE answer!
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-14-06 06:56 PM
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5.  Bum fights
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-14-06 07:30 PM
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6. Give him money,
maybe my coat. I don't recognize him either, you see.
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gemdem Donating Member (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-14-06 10:34 PM
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10. I like your answer
It's better than he deserves, but it's the correct thing to do. If nothing else, I'd appreciate the irony (presuming that I recognized him after the fact).
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-16-06 11:56 AM
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29. Give him your coat. Buy him some oranges, but no money.
He has a bad track record with money. Might as well just give him cheap hooch as money.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-14-06 10:15 PM
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8. Buy Him A Drink
and keep them coming until he passes out

take him to Iraq and leave him there:evilgrin:
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-14-06 10:28 PM
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9. I'd tell him: "Get a job! And quit mooching off the taxpayers!"
Current evidence suggests that the man has no understanding of irony. I wonder if such an event would change that.
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Book Lover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 12:26 AM
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11. Slap myself in the face because I somehow was transported into the Trek alternative
Edited on Fri Dec-15-06 12:36 AM by Book Lover
universe. Seriously, this man will never be poor, and if by some magical means, justice were served and the Bush family were reduced to poverty and powerlessness, one of their buddies would pick them up, dust them off, and drop a few mill in their pockets.
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 12:28 AM
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12. Spit on him
kick him, steal his blanket...and then keep walking.


What? Isn't that what he's done to us?
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 12:31 AM
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13. Give him charity, and let him know it's being given by a homo-accepting
liberal devout Christian who believes everything he did was anathema to God, but because I'm a LIBERAL DEMOCRAT, I think he still merits grace and love.

Though I might also be tempted to give him a bottle of Wild Turkey in the hopes that it will get him one more bottle closer to death.
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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 06:58 PM
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15. Yes, I like your answer.
Tell I'm gay and see if he still wants the 10 bucks I'm offering. But I don't think he'll ever want for anything.
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 06:46 PM
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14. "Pretzel?"
Sorry -- I know that borders on criminal negligence, should there be a repeat of that earlier incident (especially since I know how susceptible he is to vasovagal syncope) -- but I couldn't resist.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 08:28 PM
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16. Yell "Hey, look, everybody! That's Gee Dubya Bush** over there!"
Edited on Fri Dec-15-06 08:52 PM by KamaAina
Assuming it's a reasonably busy street corner, the crowd will take care of the rest...

edit: punctuation
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LoveMyCali Donating Member (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-16-06 12:36 AM
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22. I was thinking point and laugh
but it's pretty much the same sentiment as your post. ;-)
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 10:15 PM
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18. Kick him in however many teeth he had left.
Redstone
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 10:23 PM
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19. I'll betcha you wouldn't
I actually don't think any liberal would hurt someone else on purpose, not even *

And Redstone, you seem to have a very tender side you try to keep hidden. I could be mistaken. But I don't think I am.

BTW, is your son OK now about Sneets?
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-16-06 11:35 AM
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27. Me? "A tender side?" Let's just keep that our little secret, OK? I have a reputation
to protect, after all.

Thanks for asking about the Little Guy. He's doing OK, still mentions the cat now and again, but the puppy is a good distraction.

AND, my older son found a kitten (yes, at a shelter, not a store) who looks just like Sneets. He'll be picking her up tomorrow.

Thanks again for asking.

Redstone
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ChromeFoundry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 10:26 PM
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20. Tell him to get a job....
this economy is on the move!
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chknltl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-15-06 10:49 PM
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21. I'd dial 9-11
Ok so lets say he has a legitimate reason for being out from Gitmo and runnin around loose without his minders...I'd get a picture and send it off to the free republic...... "You made it, you broke it...here, you fix it!"

(It would be good for their soul....well that would be my hope even though I suspect those chicken hawks would likely ignore the facts....they have a long tradition of ignoring those rascally facts).
:patriot:
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LuckyTheDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-16-06 12:40 AM
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23. I give him a dollar
I give him a dollar and let him know that it's a DEMOCRAT giving it to him.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-16-06 01:10 AM
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24. Take his blanket
Tear it in half.

Call five other guys to soak one half in urine.

Give it back to him.

Say, "GOP tax cut."
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-16-06 01:13 AM
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25. If I recognize him, Call the Media
and some news photographers I know. Get pictures of him in all his decrepitude plastered all over the newspapers and online.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-16-06 01:15 AM
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26. That premise is ridiculous.
Former presidents do not need to beg on the streets, regardless of their obvious intellectual failings. Besides, he's rich.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-16-06 11:42 AM
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28. Right.
No matter what happens, that is one guy who is not going to suffer poverty in his life.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-16-06 12:00 PM
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30. Historically, some have had a pretty rough time in 'retirement'
That's why they get pensions now, to prevent the national embarrassment of former presidents living in near poverty.
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