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[Stephanie]

U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former CIA (news - web sites) Director George Tenet in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, December 14, 2004. Two others received the nation's highest civilian honor; retired U.S. Army Gen. Tommy Franks, who oversaw combat in Afghanistan (news - web sites) and the initial invasion of Iraq (news - web sites), and former Iraq administrator L. Paul Bremer. REUTERS/Larry Downing

[DiverDave]

1. Black is White

Up is Down.
Orwell only missed by 20 years.

[Robbien]

2. Just BushCo trying to keep up the false front

Don'tchaknow. We are delivering freedom to that Iraqi whose house we just bombed to rubble.

Freedom ribbons all around.

[Cocoa]

3. what a petty president we currently have

what a weak, small, pathetic president Bush is. Every gesture is so narrow and un-generous.

To get this award from Bush is an embarrassment that each of these assholes deserves. Congrats guys! :toast:

[samtob]

4. I am not disagreeing with your post, but

when you look at the list of other recipients, makes you wonder how much honor there is in receiving it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom

Lucille Ball? Joe DiMaggio? Doris Day? the list goes on.

[quiet.american]

7. Dick Cheney has one???? What a hoot! n/t

[Generator]

5. Awards that are meaningless and hollow

from a man never rightly elected: Priceless.

I never thought I would come to understand how horrors befall countries like Germany in WW2. Now I do. It's one lie at a time. Fed with a steady diet of propaganda that stands in for reality.

[signmike]

6. Medal of Freedom - for misnaming fried potatoes?

[Sara Beverley]

8. Tenent just has no scrupples. He's on my shit list.

I thought better of him but when the deal goes down, they all stick together, every friggin, lying one of them.

[Stephanie]

13. Tenet took the fall for 9/11

Of course he gets a medal! Wouldn't you lie and say that 9/11 was all your fault if you could get a medal in exchange?

I have some shiny pebbles I'm going to trade him for that beanstalk.

[IHeart1993]

9. How about the George Orwell medal

:crazy:

[Willy Lee]

10. Is this like the American Star medal Bush received?

I, like most people, figured that George W. Bush's American Star Medal was won for valor in the face of tremendous challenges. I had never heard of one before, so I just figured they were very rare.
When I took a closer look, I realized that the "medal" is actually an American fifty-cent coin pressed into a crinkled-up wad of gold foil. The foil appears to be from Rolo chocolate-covered caramels. The yellow star backing appears to have been made from the plastic top of a Planter's Mixed Nuts Can.

(Taken from one of my favorite web sites, http://www.cockeyed.com/citizen/medals/medals.html)

[Deja Q]

11. False president. False freedom. False medal. FALSE HONOR.

What's to be surprised about, folks?

[trof]

12. Looks good on your resume' though:

Recognitions and Awards:
Most Beautiful Baby, Two Egg, Aabama, 2/6/51
Perfect Attendance Award, Vacation Bible School, 8/30/58
Secretary of Biology Club, Jackson High School, 1967
Hall Monitor, Jackson High School, 1965-1968
Sargeant-At-Arms, Young Republican Club, Mott Junior College, 1970
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 12/14/04

[trof]

15. Humor Alert: Funny post above .

If I DO say so.
;-)

[tabasco]

14. Great job, Tommy Franks ! I nominate for DHS position !

You knew about the ammo dump even before the invasion, but didn't bother to secure it during your glorious roadmarch to the Baghdad Airport. One platoon could have guarded it but you were too fucking stupid and incompetent to order it. The troops appreciate you giving the insurgents that 400 tons of HE. Congratulations, you grossly incompetent fool. If this Ranger ever gets in the room with you I will kick your sorry ass.

[Stephanie]

16. Will you be my date for the Inaugural Ball?

I have some people I'd like you to meet!

[tabasco]

17. I would be honored ...

to crash that pig sty with you, my dear. :hi: