Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly Kill-this-Thread III:The Thread That Would Not Die

Speaking of names, did you know that Kiefer Sutherland's full name is Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland?

When I was just curious to see if my name had been dot-commed, I discovered a real estate broker and a school of cosmetology.

My next door neighbor married someone with my same name. It didn't last long. He was a wannabe rock musician with bad credit. I know this because my bank ran a credit report on me, and came up with stuff I never bought. Turns out the first 5 digits of out social security number are the same, and our street numbers are both "213."
Now, I check all 3 credit reports every year.

Not that I use it but my kids can recite these lyrics:

They say a man should always dress for the job he wants
So why am I dressed up like a pirate in this restaurant
It's all because some hacker stole my identity
Now I'm in here every evening serving chowder and ice tea
Should'a gone to free credit report dot com [yee haw]
I could'a seen this comin' at me like an atom bomb
They monitor your credit and send you e-mail alerts
So you don't end up selling fish to tourists in t-shirts

Nosferatu

Non sequitir.

Not quite.

Nosferatu is the name of the famous silent movie about vampires.

Well, then . . . George W. Bush.

It is a name, after all.

My real name is George W. Bush.

Oh, wait. Different thread.

BTW, there's something wrong with me. Every time I see HWW, I misread his subheading as "...COMETSTAR."

Sounds like next years hot kid anime series.

Speaking of Ol' George...

So I analyzed that and decided I didn't want to be the president during a depression greater than the Great Depression, or the beginning of a depression greater than the Great Depression." --George W. Bush, Washington D.C., Dec. 18, 2008

"People say, well, do you ever hear any other voices other than, like, a few people? Of course I do." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2008

"I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2008

"You know, I'm the President during this period of time, but I think when the history of this period is written, people will realize a lot of the decisions that were made on Wall Street took place over a decade or so, before I arrived in President, during I arrived in President." --George W. Bush, ABC News interview, Dec. 1, 2008

"I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the president." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Nov. 12, 2008

"He was a great father before politics, a great father during politics and a great father after politics." --George W. Bush, on his father, George H.W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Nov. 12, 2008

"Yesterday, you made note of my -- the lack of my talent when it came to dancing. But nevertheless, I want you to know I danced with joy. And no question Liberia has gone through very difficult times." --George W. Bush, speaking with the president of Liberia, Washington, D.C., Oct. 22, 2008

"I want to share with you an interesting program -- for two reasons, one, it's interesting, and two, my wife thought of it -- or has actually been involved with it; she didn't think of it. But she thought of it for this speech." --George W. Bush, discussing a company that improves access to clean water in Africa, Washington D.C., Oct. 21, 2008

"This thaw -- took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to unthaw." --George W. Bush, on liquidity in the markets, Alexandria, La., Oct. 20, 2008

"I didn't grow up in the ocean -- as a matter of fact -- near the ocean -- I grew up in the desert. Therefore, it was a pleasant contrast to see the ocean. And I particularly like it when I'm fishing." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Sept. 26, 2008

"Anyone engaging in illegal financial transactions will be caught and persecuted." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2008

Hm. Everytime I see yours, I think of Cyndi Lauper's hit, "She Bop."

I think we both need to get out more.

Just because I'm in a snarky mood and feel like kicking a dead horse . . .

It's nice that he knows when it's time to leave.

Those voices are his brain cells shouting, "Feed me!"

Nixonian translation: "If the president does it, it's not illegal."

You learn something new every day. I didn't know that President was a place.

That's carrying revisionism a little too far, don't you think?

Actually, I can see the Gospel according to George: "Do unto others, then declare 'Mission Accomplished!'"

When did politics end? Nobody told me, or the Democrats, apparently.

I'm confused. Did Liberia go through difficult times because George danced with joy, or did he dance with joy because Liberia went through difficult times?

It's interesting because it's interesting?

I can just imagine George and Laura sitting around the breakfast table:

"George, I think you should talk about this program during your speach."

"Yes, dear."

"George? You haven't heard a word I said."

"I've listened to every word, dear. Now, what program did you say?"

And I guess the polar icecaps are going to take awhile to unmelt.

Here we have it: George's official denial that he is Aquaman.

Good. That means the "enemy combatants" at Guantanamo Bay will have some company.

Hey, now. Nothing wrong with a little 1980's, errr... fluff now and then.



[slight pause while I knock my skull against the keyboard a few times]

"Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop" is a song by Big Joe Turner , whom I absolutely adore.

It's inauguration day. Good-bye Dubya! Don't let the door hit you on the way out!

What? Oh, is that today?

I've had a countdown to this day on my Facebook page for over a year.

We had a big gathering on campus to watch it. Not only local TV, but Montreal TV came down as well. They were interviewing some of the French-speaking profs for reaction as I was leaving.

None of these guys ever go away for good, you know. How much did good old Dick make on the book 'n lecture circuit again ?

Chief Justice Roberts appeared to have been taking speaking lessons from W.

I liked Pres. Obama's speech.

Me, too. It was short, to the point, and didn't gloss over the difficulties the U.S. faces. Obama seems to be striving to become a leader who can inspire us to do better rather than promising that government is going to fix everything. I like that.

Obligatory nitpick: He began his speech by saying that 44 Americans had taken the oath of office. Technically, that's not correct. Grover Cleveland counts as two presidents (22 and 24), but it's stretching things to consider him two Americans.

I started hating them all a year ago. To save time.

Even Silent Cal?

I took today off from work to watch the Inauguration. It's kept me busy. I haven't posted in this thread since the Bush Administration.

Don't blame me, Buddy. I wrote in Zod. Just like I always do.

I'm a Non man, myself.

Maybe Al "I'm in charge" Haig counts, too.

Does that make you female, then?

They always forget David Rice Atchison