Comments on: Bush to Kick Off Tyrant Tour

By: honore

honore — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:07:45 +0000

Warrenterra is right. The lack of a disclaimer is a mistake.

The unfortunate fact is that a parody of this man is not possible.

By: nyuntshwe

nyuntshwe — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:59:49 +0000

Most Myanmar oppositions will say they are hurt and angry by this news, President Bush shaking hands with especially with Myanmar's military top brass, but I praise (rarely before) Mr. President for this wisdom. Only positive thinking and persuation could change or soften the leaders of my country. I hope Mr. President's would re-examine his indiscriminate sanction that really hurt the poor of my country. I am okay with personal sanction and other restrictions on the regime and their closed allies. And Mr. President should also learn (this can be done with little effort) if that country he still addresses as Burma is real name of that country. We haven't dropped using the name Myanmar as official name in domestic affairs even under British occupation of some 123 years ( combined Lower and upper Myanmar). It is fundamentally very wrong if Mr. President could only accept the name change (only for international, domestically don't need as no Myanmar (past and present) address our country's name as Burma) if Daw Aung San Suu Kyi call her country as Myanmar. Of course, if she says Myanmar is our historical name, then all Western countries will follow her suit. I have been anti-military dictatorship for 46 years now, but I don't vehemently oppose everything the regime did.
I praise Mr. President for his engagement plan with all said three countries' leaders and wish him a success. Trust must be there. The change will follow it. May God Bless Mr. President for his this decision. Thank you.

By: ajm8127

ajm8127 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:28:29 +0000

The real humor comes from the fact that this president walks the fine line between absurdity and normalcy in his day-to-day conduct, that an article like this could be believable in the first place. Especially by people who are unfamiliar with Mr. McCall, like myself.

By: labdancer

labdancer — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:47:30 +0000

warrenterra- whoa big fella- gotta get you back in that drawer pronto afore y'all hurt yerself. Hafta warn you that the literati- swat them newyorkers call them folks that get their writin' posted at places like parisreview & newyorkreviewofbooks & thenewyorker an such- all them folks kinna already sorta know this here brucemCcall fella- tho mostly fer his back-to-the-futuristic pitcher drawrings in thenewyorker- fulla stuff like sa-tire & ire-rony so best I warn y'all up front it might catch some folks right by the short & curlies of their straight republican ticket self-image hubris fundaments- not meanin' you necessarily warrenterra cuz its real hard to diagnose zombie dna over the innertubes- tho that fella billfrisk I heard tell he could do it not half bad- anywho theys a whole cozy world of safety over there in instapunitworld if y'all find this a bit too taxin shall we say

brucemCcall- see i done said ya need them pitcher drawrings as fair warnin to the younguns

By: warrenterra

warrenterra — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:41:09 +0000

OK, it's a funny piece … but it's top of the Washington Independent's front page right now, with no particular disclaimer that it's a humor story, or even just that it's an opinion piece. Yes, below the title there are the words “The Jaundiced Eye“, but that's hardly the clearest possible disclaimer. This may simply be me not being the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I had to click the top story and read abit before realizing it was intended as humor …

By: honore

honore — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Warrenterra is right. The lack of a disclaimer is a mistake.

The unfortunate fact is that a parody of this man is not possible.

By: nyuntshwe

nyuntshwe — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Most Myanmar oppositions will say they are hurt and angry by this news, President Bush shaking hands with especially with Myanmar’s military top brass, but I praise (rarely before) Mr. President for this wisdom. Only positive thinking and persuation could change or soften the leaders of my country. I hope Mr. President’s would re-examine his indiscriminate sanction that really hurt the poor of my country. I am okay with personal sanction and other restrictions on the regime and their closed allies. And Mr. President should also learn (this can be done with little effort) if that country he still addresses as Burma is real name of that country. We haven’t dropped using the name Myanmar as official name in domestic affairs even under British occupation of some 123 years ( combined Lower and upper Myanmar). It is fundamentally very wrong if Mr. President could only accept the name change (only for international, domestically don’t need as no Myanmar (past and present) address our country’s name as Burma) if Daw Aung San Suu Kyi call her country as Myanmar. Of course, if she says Myanmar is our historical name, then all Western countries will follow her suit. I have been anti-military dictatorship for 46 years now, but I don’t vehemently oppose everything the regime did.
I praise Mr. President for his engagement plan with all said three countries’ leaders and wish him a success. Trust must be there. The change will follow it. May God Bless Mr. President for his this decision. Thank you.

By: ajm8127

ajm8127 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

By: labdancer

labdancer — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

warrenterra- whoa big fella- gotta get you back in that drawer pronto afore y’all hurt yerself. Hafta warn you that the literati- swat them newyorkers call them folks that get their writin’ posted at places like parisreview & newyorkreviewofbooks & thenewyorker an such- all them folks kinna already sorta know this here brucemCcall fella- tho mostly fer his back-to-the-futuristic pitcher drawrings in thenewyorker- fulla stuff like sa-tire & ire-rony so best I warn y’all up front it might catch some folks right by the short & curlies of their straight republican ticket self-image hubris fundaments- not meanin’ you necessarily warrenterra cuz its real hard to diagnose zombie dna over the innertubes- tho that fella billfrisk I heard tell he could do it not half bad- anywho theys a whole cozy world of safety over there in instapunitworld if y’all find this a bit too taxin shall we say

brucemCcall- see i done said ya need them pitcher drawrings as fair warnin to the younguns

By: warrenterra

warrenterra — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

OK, it’s a funny piece … but it’s top of the Washington Independent’s front page right now, with no particular disclaimer that it’s a humor story, or even just that it’s an opinion piece. Yes, below the title there are the words “The Jaundiced Eye“, but that’s hardly the clearest possible disclaimer. This may simply be me not being the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I had to click the top story and read abit before realizing it was intended as humor …