The president has to go to the bathroom.

TragicMonkey said:
We must leave open the possibility that he only had to go number one. Hypothesizing number two is conjecture, and these days there is too much speculation around the president due to partisan politics. We should confine ourselves to the facts of the matter, which are that he had three whole root beers for lunch. In mitigation, it should be noted that he was attempting to wash down some aggressive pretzels.
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Strawmannerisms!!!

Show me your evidence, you tu quoquing pile of [bathroom talk deleted - Miss Manners].
 
Luke T. said:
Does it look photoshopped to anyone else?
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Not photoshopped, necessarily, but suspicious, nonetheless:

1) Is that really the unwrinkled hand of a man in his mid-fifties? Or is it the hand of a guy in his twenties?

2) Why would he write Condi a note instead of just leaning over and whispering in her ear? It's not like the teacher is going to demand that he share his gossip with the rest of the class...

3) (I'm surprised the Bush-haters haven't picked this up yet) - All the letters are formed more or less correctly and the pencil is being held the same way an adult would hold a pencil, instead of in his fist.
 
My husband sent me this

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when he should have been working (today is day number 3 at new job). I wondered if it was real or if it was Photoshopped.
 
BPSCG said:
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3) (I'm surprised the Bush-haters haven't picked this up yet) - All the letters are formed more or less correctly and the pencil is being held the same way an adult would hold a pencil, instead of in his fist.
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Jeez, give us some credit. Even Rhoda "Bad Seed" Penmark got 2nd place in the penmanship competition.
 
but that wasn't the original OP photo

manny, the note in the OP picture was suspected as being not real, is there anything to provide evidence it was the President's actually? Yeah, we want to see snopes dig to the truth of THAT!
 
Heh. My regard for "Reuters" is lower than a ditch in the 9th Ward, but I don't think they invent photographs from whole cloth. But if the "it was photoshopped" meme catches on we can be sure that Barbara will be on the case.
 
BPSCG said:
Not photoshopped, necessarily, but suspicious, nonetheless:

1) Is that really the unwrinkled hand of a man in his mid-fifties? Or is it the hand of a guy in his twenties?
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That's what caught my attention.

And all the papers, including the note, look like Xerox copies.
 
There's so much jpeg artifacting going on in that thing, it is hard to see anything. For certain, the lettering has been darkened so we can read it. I don't think ink pens write that dark.

While I find it amusing, it can easily be explained away.

The "I think" in the sentence probably means I think this guy is going to blab on forever and I may have to hit the head before he's done. The question mark was probably meant for the next sentence. When I'm writing, even typing, I'm thinking far faster than I'm writing, and already on the next sentence before my hand catches up. Leaves the odd word in the wrong sentence from time to time.

It's amusing in its unpresidentialness. Like when Reagan stuck his tongue out at the camera. It was funny because it was out of character.

As Krusty would say, the pie in the face gag is only funny if the guy has dignity.
 
is it legal?

i'm just wondering ... is it legal to take pictures of whatever world leaders scribble on a piece of paper with a high power camera? wouldn't that be considered espionage? if it is legal, world leaders should be more careful -- and does that mean the press can start photographing stuff like combinations on briefcases -- whatever is on someone's laptop -- caller id's on cellphones? how about listening in on conversations with high-powered directional microphones?
 
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swstephe said:
i'm just wondering ... is it legal to take pictures of whatever world leaders scribble on a piece of paper with a high power camera? wouldn't that be considered espionage? if it is legal, world leaders should be more careful -- and does that mean the press can start photographing stuff like combinations on briefcases -- whatever is on someone's laptop -- caller id's on cellphones? how about listening in on conversations with high-powered directional microphones?
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TOP SECRET CLASSIFIED INFORMATION: PRESIDENT BUSH NEEDED TO USE THE RESTROOM

Upon leaking the information, 3 CIA agents were compromised and liquidated by Soviet forces, the Dow Jones dropped to 5, and Osama Bin Laden took over Europe.
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Get a grip, people. If there was something sensitive on the paper, nobody would've been able to get a photograph of it. The president wouldn't be writing "Nuke Iran" on a scrap piece of paper or the like. If reporters could photograph it, so could anyone.

And where's everyone's handy Occam's razor? A vast conspiracy by news outlets to doctor this image of something absolutely plausible that nobody has any reason to fake? This is starting to sound like the stuff of faked-moon-landing conspiracies. I'm very disappointed.

The purpose of the image was to put a human face on these tense international negotiations. I'm no Bush supporter, but the logistics of cordiality at the U.N. must be absolutely daunting. Think of all the diplomatic posturing involved. Sometimes biology is going to throw an extra wrench into things (remember his father in China?) Asking your advisors what would be proper is absolutely understandable.
 
TOP SECRET CLASSIFIED INFORMATION: PRESIDENT BUSH NEEDED TO USE THE RESTROOM

Upon leaking the information, 3 CIA agents were compromised and liquidated by Soviet forces, the Dow Jones dropped to 5, and Osama Bin Laden took over Europe.
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Huh-huh, huh-huh, you said "leak."
 
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