Bush says he uses “the Google.”
Watch it:
Transcript:
HOST: I’m curious, have you ever googled anybody? Do you use Google?
BUSH: Occasionally. One of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. It’s very interesting to see — I’ve forgot the name of the program — but you get the satellite, and you can — like, I kinda like to look at the ranch. It remind me of where I wanna be sometimes.
Geez, I didn’t know you could google hell?
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:05 pmOr Jeff Gannon’s bathroom!
He should google “failure.”
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:06 pmReminds us of it too!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:06 pmthat makes two of us anyway
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:07 pmSo he IS spying on us! We knew it!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:08 pm“It remind me of where I want to be sometimes. ”
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:08 pm…instead of doing the job i was sworn to do: protecting the Constitution of the United States of America. Presidenting is hard work!
I wish I were home… I wish I were home. Maybe Condi can buy him green slippers.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:09 pmThem there map thingy on Google is real cool. But when I looked at the Ranch, my truck wasn’t in the driveway.
Yeah, I google stuff, like Bush Condi affair. And see what I git.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:09 pmPlease, please google “failure”. See if you recognize the person that comes up!!!!!!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:10 pmYeah Bush, get to know the word Google, that’ll be the deficit by the time you are done.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:10 pmI wonder on which one of “the internets” he uses “the Google”?
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:11 pmGeorge, Google Uranus.
-GSD
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:11 pmHe can use a computer?????…wow….Earth Google too..WWWowww….
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:12 pmGoogle ‘Keith Olbermann’…and see what you get.
Alright, time for a top ten list of things the Chimp should pout into ‘the google’. GO!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:14 pmOne of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. It’s very interesting to see — I’ve forgot the name of the program but you get the satellite
Er, that program would be Google Earth, sir.
You know, the planet you’re currently living in…
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:14 pmThis is a funny funny man who is not supposed to be funny! Ugh.
Btw, Google bought YouTube for 1.6 billion. Does anybody else have a problem with this? I mean, all youtube has for assests are storage devices and internet bandwidth. Is advertising worth THAT much? One day, ‘the google’ bubble will burst.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:15 pm“I kinda like to look at the ranch. It remind me of where I wanna be sometimes. ”
What’s stopping you? We would all like you there, too.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:18 pm‘Google ‘Keith Olbermann’…and see what you get.’
Sportscaster.
ESPN anchor.
Baseball announcer.
Sports reporter.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:18 pmI wonder on which one of “the internets†he uses “the Google�
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider — October 23, 2006 @ 5:11 pm
He uses the internets that are a series of tubes, not the dump truck internets.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:19 pmSometimes I am not so sure English is the president’s first language.
To all of you right wingers and nativists out there I say: Pres Bush is the best argument against any English-only policy.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:19 pm1. Cutting brush
2. Condi’s underwear
3. God
4. the future
5. prozac alcohol
6. librul media
7. torture techniques
8. wholesale whiskey
9. the president
10. elections for dummies
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:20 pmEr, your Presidency, no one is stopping you from going back to the ranch - especially if you take your cronies back with you - and stay there for ever.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:20 pmCan anyone please tell me just where in Crawford, TX “the ranch” is? I’d like to use the google on it… I need a street or intersection to zero in… got the coordinates, anyone?
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:21 pm#19….Jane…We haven’t spoken since last Thursday night….Or as I call it, “Black Thursday.” How ya holding up????
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:23 pmlol i bet u cant look at it..bush just made it up on the spot
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:24 pmIt remind me of where I wanna be sometimes.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:25 pmTrust me, alot of us wish you were there all the friggin’ time!
What an insightful question to ask in the first place.
Can she gush and giggle any louder?
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:26 pmI bet he has never used it, and some aide was the one that showed him his ranch on Google Earth, so that he knew what to say in case the question was dropped at him.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:27 pmJane, Wayne, and exley
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:28 pmSorry ’bout those Mets! and now, because of those pesky “redbirds”, our house is divided: Cardinal shirts on the stairway, Tiger baseball caps by the TV. Wife (Cardinals) vs Moi (Tigers).
Dammit, had Beltron not looked at a called 3rd Strike!!!
Anyways, off topic, but I feel your pain (especially after game 1 of the WS)
Alright, time for a top ten list of things the Chimp should pout into ‘the google’. GO!
Comment by TerrytheTurtle — October 23, 2006 @ 5:14 pm
Here’s a few:
1. Mental heath institutions
2. Business etiquette for G8 Summits
3. How gandhi won his freedom peacefully
4. How to speak English
5. Geography lessons
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:30 pmHere’s my Google list for Bush:
1. U.S. Constitution
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:30 pm2. Bill of Rights
3. Separation of church and state
4. Honesty
5. Resignation from Presidency
6. Retirement Options in Iraq
7. MapQuest to Oblivion
8. English as a Second Language
I’m amazed he even knows what a computer is let alone how to use it.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:30 pmFunny thing Ex, when I googled Keith Olbermann the first thing that came up was Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Maybe you should watch it some time.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:30 pmBush also fell off “the wagon”.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:32 pm#29 DRxJ,
I have been waiting to hear from you since Thursday. I appreciate your condolences. Rest assured I am rooting HARD for your Tigers! I despise the Cardinals…..GO DETROIT!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:33 pm#24, Exley, still alive, but I’m just not ready yet to get into football, despite the fact that my namesakes (J.E.T.S.!) have already won as many games as they did all of last year. Have you checked Wayne’s new blog for his comments? Click on his name in any post of his. How’re you holding up?
Sorry to be off topic, all!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:35 pm#33 Just being tongue-in-cheek, HellinaBucket….Thing is, I found Olbermann insufferably pompous when he was reading hockey scores. He has gotten only more pretentious and unwatchable when he comments on things he knows nothing about. Stick to sports, Keith. Even you can’t screw up: “Kings 2. Rangers 0.”
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:38 pmwait a second, bush is telling the terrorists how to google his homestead?
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:38 pmThere must be dozens of sports chat rooms/blogs that you trolls can go to. Thank you in advance.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:41 pmBaseball sucks.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:41 pm#36….Jane..Yeah, TP…We won’t stay on this off-topic for long. Jane and I just need to commiserate for a moment. Thursday night and Friday were rough. We’ll get ‘em next year, Jane! I had no idea Wayne had a blog. I’ll check it out. Keep the faith, Jane. LET’S GO METS! J-E-T-S! JETS! JETS! JETS! Have a good night…
And now back to our regularly scheduled squabbling.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:41 pmI wonder if he’s seen the giant Pentagram you see when you Google Earth “Washington DC”? maybe that’s what made him want to go back to his Ranch…
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:42 pmUmm change the channel?
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:42 pmMy 10
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:43 pmMap of Paraguay
Impeachment proceedings
Resignations for Dummies
My pet exploding frog
Deficit
China (the country)
How to be a soldier
flying outdated planes for fun and skippy doo
Where is Iraq
How to tell a Sunni from a Shiia
“It remind me of where I want to be sometimes. â€
Don’t worry Mr. Presdent we can make you go to the ranch permenantely.
Impeachment anyone?
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:43 pm1. Texas Rangers
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:43 pm2. Power Rangers
3. K Fed
4. Brangelina
5. Chuck D
6. Dick “The Dick” Cheney
7. Mom
8. Dad
9. Me
10. Nucular
And now back to our regularly scheduled slapping Exley, the teach, upside his head
Comment by Exley
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:43 pm“I occasionally use the google when I’m on the internets”
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:44 pm#39, yeah, but we like it here, RATFASP. And don’t call Jane and DRxJ “trolls.” That’s not polite.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:45 pmHe not only fell off the wagon he also managed to get run over by all four wheels trying to use his blockhead as a wheel chock
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:47 pmplease post
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:48 pmExley,
Your constant digs at Keith Olbermann’s non-sports-related work is getting tiresome. Have YOU actually spoken to ANY of the people he’s interviewd on his MSNBC show “Countdown with Keith Olbermann”? (Notice that the show is not called “Countdown with Exley”.) I think he knows more about the current political landscape than you or me, if only because he actually talks to the people involved (unlike the vast majority of us). So don’t belittle what you don’t understand. Why not write to Think Progress and ask them to put up more sports-related threads for you? That seems to be what you’re interested in, not politics.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:48 pmWhy is George W Bush appeasing the terrorists and letting them know where the president has a home (so he doesn’t have to pay taxes).
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:49 pm#39, yeah, but we like it here, RATFASP. And don’t call Jane and DRxJ “trolls.†That’s not polite.
Comment by Exley
Trolls. =)
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:49 pmcaption contest; “See, look, Hitler held his arm much to high, its like this ‘heil!’
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:50 pmsooooo, let’s impeach and convict him and send him back to where he longs to be….
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:51 pm“I like to use the google when I’m looking up some Shakespeares.”
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:52 pmExley is a group think painter, he thinks all ‘liberals’ parrot Olbermann…but to tell the truth he watches more Olbermann than I do! LMAO!!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:54 pmAwww shucks, itn’t he cute how he like to practice his geography, remind him which country he’s dictator of. Make his daddy proud- little bitty Georgie.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:54 pmBoo Dog ~~~~~ BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:56 pmdon’t call Jane and DRxJ “trolls.†That’s not polite.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:57 pmHey, I’ve been called worse. Just try and post a right wing blog sight with “progressive ideas”…OUCH. Of course ,that was before my post mysteriously disappeared
Wayne,
“I think he knows more about the current political landscape than you or me.”
Well, I might agree with half your statement, Wayne. I will leave it up to you to figure out which half.
But, I’ll tell you what, Wayne…Why don’t you write to TP and insist on more “Keith Olbermann is Great” threads or — better yet — start your own fan club!
What has become tiresome, Wayne, is your recent penchant for writing posts that say merely, “Hey gang! Watch Keith Olbermann tonight! He’s great!”
You used to write and think for yourself, Wayne. Try and get back to that.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:57 pmHe wants to be back at the ranch? Let’s send him there!
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:58 pmHe should google ASS PUPPET, there is a great photo of Ren there.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:00 pmBoyOBoyOBoy - that is one incurious dolt.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:01 pmDRxJ, thanks for the condolences, go Tigers! Exley, good night!
Okay, 39 + 54, you can have TP back. Dog named Boo, at least we’re not the real Jason Hendler-type trolls! :-]
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:01 pm#58 he thinks all ‘liberals’ parrot Olbermann
Oh, God…I hope not, Boo. If the best spokesman the Left has is an ESPN radio talk-show host, you guys are in trouble!
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:05 pmAh, it’s some reassuring that Mr. Bush can use “the google” along with his crayons and his coloring books when he’s planning his next moronic foreign war adventure…
Mr. Bush, you better brush up (pun intended) on your Spanish, because they don’t hablar los ingleses down in Paraguay, your new home away from Crawford where you will flee to try to avoid your coming World Court war crimes trial…
Cheers.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:10 pm58 he thinks all ‘liberals’ parrot Olbermann
Oh, God…I hope not, Boo. If the best spokesman the Left has is an ESPN radio talk-show host, you guys are in trouble!
Comment by Exley
Exley I don’t watch TV.
How can you then explain the recent polls?
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:15 pmExley,
I do write and think for myself, so there’s no need for me to try to get back to that. And that’s why I started my blog. But it doesn’t mean that I won’t think that someone else here might be interested in knowing about what’s on TV tonight.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:15 pmAs long as he’d prefer to be back on the “ranch” perhaps he should go there - permanently. Until his trial in the Hague.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:15 pmSo he googles the internets to see an aerial view of his place in Crawford - wow! I am so impressed.
The man is a moron.
he must be taking the pot
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:15 pmAgain, you watch more TV than I do, which is none, I refuse to watch it.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:16 pm#68
Hmmm. What is the best the Right has to offer? Oh yes, your president. The WORLD is his forum. No limitations. Actually, Fox cleans his drool best. Your “spokesman” is a buffoon. Is that the best the right has?
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:18 pmSo he googles the internets to see an aerial view of his place in Crawford - wow! I am so impressed.
The man is a moron.
Comment by Marie
You would think he’s seen his ranch from above when he flies in on Air Force One. Besides, why would he waste his time looking at satellite pictures of his ranch on Google when the NSA undoubtedly can show him real-time surveillance footage?
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:19 pmAnswering your question about google’s youtube purchase - here is what you said.
“Btw, Google bought YouTube for 1.6 billion. Does anybody else have a problem with this? I mean, all youtube has for assests are storage devices and internet bandwidth. Is advertising worth THAT much? One day, ‘the google’ bubble will burst.”
Google fails at innovation when it requires creativity in the visual kind of form and marketing skills that will reach across all groups quickly. Google doesn’t have that; they’ve failed on their own movie site, they failed on internet telephony, etc. They have been buying up small companies for the intangibles (youtube is mostly comprised of intangible assets, ie not physical assets, - they are going to have to amortize the goodwill on that transaction for awhile). The ‘intangible’ assets that Google happens to be interested in is 1.) a popular site (brand is an intangible) and 2.) the people behind the brand (not an intangible per se as in part of the company but they want to retain them). The companies like youtube, myspace, etcare worthless if they can’t find someone who has some marketing skills, ability to make things rather simple, but also an ability to draw people to their site. It’s sad google can’t do that but that could be because they hire tons of engineers and few of anything else.
Youtube’s servers aren’t worth that much. Their bandwith is not a tangible asset but is a fixed and/or variable cost (could be flat rate, could be flat + above charge, could be per gig charge). Anyway all they own are some chairs, office, and their server farm which isn’tanything compared to Google.
In case you have been wondering where google/gmail space is coming from it’s extra space on google’s server farms that they installed expecting for there to be video traffic etc.
Google bought youtube because its offering failed. I mean really failed. Google did have a youtube equivalent but because they make their sites that require HUMAN CREATIVITY look like THEIR SEARCH PAGE they have failed several times on projects they should not have.
Their video clip service was one. Their news site is another - it is absolutely horrific and uses an algorithm that places stories on the page no one cares about. Also the way it places them makes it even less appealing (humans would know a better in your face piece etc). Their business/financial section is appalling. Kos has issues with their blog search feature in that it returns absolute junk. What he really means is that it returns poorly written anti-semitic rants on DailyKos journals that are nothing like what gets front paged (ie the front page is quality). Reading about zionist plots and the evil jews on a search for dailykos is pretty sad (this isn’t the main search figure). You don’t win converts that way. By the way the economist finds the site to be mildly amusing, they do cite it, but they have little respect for the vast majority of the diaries. That’s just a side note…
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:19 pm“The Google” is on the “internets,” right?
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:21 pm#70,
Wayne…I know you can and do write and think for yourself and I look forward to checking out your blog….We have always been civil with eachother, Wayne. Let’s keep it that way. Let’s just say that we disagree on Olbermann and move on from there. We have been civil when discussing REAL issues of war and peace, constitutional law, and terrorism. I think we can look past our disagreement on the relatively minor matter of the merits or lack thereof regarding a TV commentator.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:23 pmCorrection- #69
Hmmm. What is the best the Right has to offer? Oh yes, your president. The WORLD is his forum. No limitations. Actually, Fox cleans his drool best. Your “spokesman†is a buffoon. Is that the best the right has?
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:23 pmIf he wants to be back at the ranch so badly, I’ll pitch in for the plane ticket. Coach, of course.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:24 pmYou know he doesn’t actually push the buttons himself, he just yells for someone when he wants to look at his bushes. It must be nice for him to have all of those distractions, to keep his mind off of what a frightened little man he is right now. He feels ’safe’ behind the gates, with all of those guys with guns protecting him. But there is the issue of getting there first. Get ready to run, mister!
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:26 pmThat is a nice sentiment Exley, the problem is that you like to bring it up on every thread you post to. Just like how Rainman always had to watch Whapner at 3:30.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:31 pm“it reminds me of where i want to be tonite”. where does he really want to be tonite? I know i don’t want to be anywhere near him.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:32 pmWe are lucky he won”t come here in the Northeast. He is the plague.
#78 Okay, Exley. fair enough. But before we get off the Olbermann topic, just one last thing. Many of us do tune to him for some of our information (and the rest, admittedly for many, comes from The Daily Show, which is just as valuable a source of political news as the three major networks - and I am not making that up). And he does it in a style that appeals to many of us, especially where his concern for the truth comes through, unlike the people at Fox News Channel (who never met an inconvenient truth they could handle). So, the next time I hear that Keith is doing something that other posters here might want to know about, I’ll say something to them about it. Besides, I intend to spend more time working on my blog (which is only about a week old), so I don’t have time to post long things here which TP would probably delete anyway. And thanks for visiting my blog; I responded to you there (about what you wrote there). And I am more than willing to remain civil with you, since you obviously aren’t one of those religious loony-bins who thinks Jesus is going to do anything for my ass.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:32 pm#82, Spudge…I only brought it up after the topic was raised in posting #13. Believe me, I am never the first one to raise the issue. But I vow from now on not to comment on KO ever again.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:34 pm#84,
Fair enough, Wayne. Like I just told Spudge, I won’t comment on K.O. again. I have made my feelings on him clear. No sense beating what appears to be a dead horse.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:37 pmI would have to actually watch him first….Why would you want me to watch crappy tv?, You one o’them there Sadists? l =)
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:40 pm#87 Agreed.
Back to the dope-in-chief. You know, I don’t really believe that Bush was being forthright here. When he says that he’s done it, I think he did it only to see what it was like, and they showed him how to call up a picture of his ranch. I seriously doubt that Bush surfs the internets every night calling up stuff. So I think he should have been more honest and said that he’s familiar with Google, was shown how it’s done, but doesn’t have time to do it himself. I would have believed all that. I don’t believe what he said to the interviewer.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:43 pmEXLEY:
It is true. Olbermann was a sports caster. But if you Google O’Reiley this is what comes up
Phone Sex addict
Sexual Harassment of staff
Moron
BTW is Exley your real name, or is it a accronym for the Shrub’s “Ex” “Ley”?
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:45 pmI would sugggest that W Google on ‘worst president ever’.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:46 pmGood enough for me.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:46 pm#77
It appears you’re the one witout a clew. What GW means by “internets” is correct. There are parallel networks that are used by the government and the private sector. However, I wouldn’t expect your types to know this.
An extranet is a private network that uses Internet technology and the public telecommunication system to securely share part of a business’s information or operations with suppliers, vendors, partners, customers, or other businesses. An extranet can be viewed as part of a company’s intranet that is extended to users outside the company. It has also been
described as a “state of mind” in which the Internet is perceived as a way to do business with other companies as well as to sell products to customers.
It is also called EDI or Electronic Data Interchange, but again, you entiltlement bozos wouldn’t know.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:48 pmwow, he just found out about the google. Here’s something I was wondering while zooming in on my house and almost being able to read the license plate of the car in my driveway…
why didn’t GW use “the google” map thingy to show us PROOF of WMD PRODUCTION in IRAQ!!!
Hell, at least JFK had PICTURES of what was going on in Cuba.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:49 pmGoogle + YouTube = GooTube?
Sounds like Google Image Search, actually… heheh
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:49 pmlol Bush commands the most powerful spy network on Earth, controls the most advanced technologies in the world, and he uses GOOGLE to see his freakin’ ranch?? He’s got like 100 satallites in space under his control, many with nukes probably attached to them.
For cryin’ out George, are you trying to connect with the American people when you claim to use “the Google”, as if you were just an average Joe? Sorry pal, but the average Joe is considerably smarter than you and much more capable of handling the presidency.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:53 pmYOU KNOW THERES A PART OF ME THAT FEELS REALLY SORRY FOR THE GUY _ HE”S JUST SO OUT OF HIS DEPTH
SOLUTION? THE SOONER WE CAN RETIRE HIM TO HIS RANCH THE SOONER WE”LL ALL BE BETTER OFF
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:54 pmI’m not certain of this statement, but I would imagine Google Earth wouldn’t make a clear image of the Crawford Ranch available. And, why would the president use Google Earth (or any similar site) anyway when his has access to the best satellite images available. I don’t believe he’s ever used “The Google” or the “Internets”…he’s just not that curious about the world.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:57 pmTim, #93, what “entitlement bozos”? Where the hell does that come from? Many of us know what EDI is, but it would depend on what business you’re in and what businesses you deal with. (Yeah, bad grammar, I know.) Not everyone works with EDI, don’t be so supercilious.
By the way, #77, among MANY others, was making a joke. Do you know what that is? From your post, I’d say maybe not.
October 23rd, 2006 at 6:59 pmLol, yeah, he’s using the google through Ted Steven’s Tube ;)
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:01 pmIt appears you’re the one witout a clew.
Comment by Tim — October 23, 2006 @ 6:48 pm
Need I add anything?
What GW means by “internets†is correct.
No. There is just one Internet.
There are parallel networks that are used by the government and the private sector. However, I wouldn’t expect your types to know this.
Ugh… this statement was painful to read. I have the feeling any of us knows a whole lot more than you about this.
It is also called EDI or Electronic Data Interchange, but again, you entiltlement bozos wouldn’t know.
Yikes! Internet = EDI !?
You are hopelessly clueless about this subject….
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:03 pmGoogle earth doesn’t zoom in very well on areas that are in the boonies, like Crawford. However, I’m sure the CIA has digital satellite cameras that can zoom in on a zit on a persons face. Surely they could have found proof of Iraqi WMD production prior to our imminent invasion in ‘03.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:03 pmI love it!! When he’s not taking one of his multiple vacations, he’s dreaming about them. What a pre-adolescent mindset!
Since Google Earth isn’t live, maybe he’s actually thinking of that defense satellite he’s got trained on ‘the ranch’ to keep an eye on the brush.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:09 pm#90, PO’d
Believe me, I hold no brief for Bill O’Reilly or really any other television commentator — left or right. I find most of their commentaries shallow, superficial, and factually inaccurate. There are some exceptions — George Will, Christopher Hitchens, Evan Thomas, etc. — but these folks come primarily from print media (rather than talk radio). Their commentaries and analysis seem somewhat more substantive than your O’Reillys or your “commentator who shall not be named.”
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:11 pmhicks always put the infront of everything
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:14 pmKelso (and anybody else),
Go to Google Earth and type in Crawford Texas and then zoom in. Kelso is 100% correct here. Does George Bush sit around dreaming of which frickin’ blob of color is his ranch.
“Mine is the greeenish brownish squarish roundish one there Karl”
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:14 pmwow, in the middle of massive violence and anarchy raging across Iraq and North Korean nukklear testing, what a good question to be asking the person most responsible for the disasters. A CNBC Exclusive! heckuva job there corporate media - keeping the people informed about that which most affects their lives.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:17 pm.
Oh, and Tim,
I was really intrigued how it was possible for someone as clueless as you to post an ignorant paragraph, followed by a cogent one, followed by more nonsense.
So, I googled “extranet wikipedia”, and lo and behold, there it was: You lifted your middle paragraph almost verbatim from the Wikipedia.
See, to sound smart you have to know what you are doing…
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:30 pmMan, Olbermann is reallyunder your skin, isn’t he? He’s got you all riled up. Must really boil your blood the way he talks to Bush. So much so that you gotta bring him up again and again; and denigrate him as just a ’sportscaster’. Doesn’t that strike you as….petty? Hmm?
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:31 pm[…] the other day and i thought it was pretty funny…check out this video wherebush says he uses “the google” […]
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:32 pmOh, and Tim,
I was really intrigued how it was possible for someone as clueless as you to post an ignorant paragraph, followed by a cogent one, followed by more nonsense.
So, I googled “extranet wikipediaâ€, and lo and behold, there it was: You lifted your middle paragraph almost verbatim from the Wikipedia.
See, to sound smart you have to know what you are doing…
Comment by Gregor Samsa — October 23, 2006 @ 7:30 pm
**Snap**, Mr, Samsa!
Very nicely done.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:37 pmActually, in order to view the Crawford Ranch, you have to use a commercial pay per view service. The Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld estates and Camp David are blotted out in the Google views. Makes them easier to find.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:37 pmWill right wing bloggers now call for the President’s resignation now that he has told the terrorists his ranch is viewable on Google Earth?
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:39 pmWhile Rome burns , the Nero in the WH googles . My cartesian logic revolts at anything POTUS says or does , he says more than he does . It’s mind boggling how we got here .
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:41 pmI can’t wait until the guys at YTMND exploit this for what it’s worth. There have been already volumes spoken about our current president’s inability to speak well impromptu, so I don’t wish to make a redundant comment on that.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:46 pmMAYBE BUSH SHOULD USE ‘THE GOOGLE’ TO LOOK UP ‘BUSH STAY THE COURSE’ -
“Then there are some odds and ends at this vague site here called Google, where there are about 1,110,000 Results for ‘Bush stay the course’. However, one could mistake that for a coincidence.”
at
http://www.defworld.blogspot.com
scroll down
1,110 000.
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:46 pmWill right wing bloggers now call for the President’s resignation now that he has told the terrorists his ranch is viewable on Google Earth?
Comment by shilshole
You’re right!
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:47 pmHe’s helping the terrorists!
Send him to Gitmo!
LOL!
The Googleicider
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:54 pm[…] http://thinkprogress.org/ 2006/ 10/ 23/ bush-says-he-uses-the-google/ […]
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:55 pmthe President has the combined technical resources of the United States Government at his disposal -
…and he uses a company whose primary income is generated by consumer advertising to look at satellite views of his ranch?
wtf?
October 23rd, 2006 at 7:57 pm[…] And when he has serious business, he has someone deliver to him an internets […]
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:06 pmAlso, Brian, if he’d rather be there, then why doesn’t he just go?
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:07 pmHe’s already treated these past 6 years as some kind of part time job in between his workout sessions.
Duh… you can’t see the ranch on Google maps. Bush views his ranch via the Government satellites.
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:13 pm[…] another WOW- ‘the Google’ from the mouth of our ‘President’ […]
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:14 pmguess George looks up the Google on the internets, huh…
this is our president? oh my God please let this be over soon!
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:17 pmGoogles on the internets. Hey George, Googles Jeff Gannon.
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:24 pmExely
Interesting that you find Olberman so threatening to your world view that you need to try to demean his resume. Given that he is outnumbered by conservative/neocon hacks by at least 20 to 1, his content must be truly impactful or you would not even notice.
Thanks for the continued validation.
BTW, out of curiousity, since you are focusing on early resume rather than current content, was your first job along the lines of flipping hamburgers, or astrophysics researcher?
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:29 pmso?
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:36 pmevery now and then I get thrown to one them sites with Cowboys eating vanilla pudding,…………..by accident…
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:40 pmare there two Tim’s posting? wierd
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:58 pmare there two Tim’s posting?
October 23rd, 2006 at 8:59 pmWell, will wonders never cease? I had no idea the Idiot could use a computer.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:01 pmGood God.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:12 pmOf course, he uses the Google when he wants to search the Internets. There’s so many of ‘em that a guy like him needs the Google to keep track of ‘em.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:13 pmGee, I hope Exley didn’t see Keith Olbermann tonight because he would have heard another scathing commenatry on how the RNC and Bush&Co are using fear in political commercials better than OBL could have ever wished.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:18 pmKO speaks real truth to power, and that is so hard for the repugs to take. They are so accustomed to lies and distortion that when they hear truth, they recoil.
google digg.com
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:36 pmMarie,
I think KO hit another homerun with his Special Comment tonight. I’ve always thought it interesting how the GOP will use terror to allege that they protect us from terrorists, but KO said it far better than any of us could.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:38 pmDamn, there are a lot of assh*les who visit this site.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:53 pmBush says he uses ‘the Google’…
Bush says he uses ‘the Google’ posted at IndianPad.com…
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:22 pmWhat a progess! He did not use email.
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:37 pmHey George, try typing “post turtle” on the google.
October 23rd, 2006 at 10:55 pmWell so much for “do no evil”…
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:01 pm#152 - that’s not nice.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:08 pmI have to admit that this item is pretty frivolous. Nevertheless, I laughed my head off. “The Google.” Good heavens.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:15 pm#105: There are some exceptions — George Will, Christopher Hitchens, Evan Thomas, etc.
I hope you’re kidding about George Will. While I credit Will with being more intelligent than most of the right-wing talking heads–Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, et al–he also has a long track record of obfuscation and dishonesty. One of my favorites is his ridiculous claim (echoed by many conservatives) that scientists in the 1970’s were claiming that the earth was headed into a period of “global cooling.” In fact, scientists warned against extrapolating the short-term cooling trend (from roughly the 1940’s to the 70’s) into a long-term pattern.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:23 pmAnybody who uses “the google” does not use google.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:26 pmWell I’m sure Al Gore has googled, especially since he invented the internet. Or maybe he doesnt get wireless on his Gulsfstream as he jets across the country telling YOU to stop consuming fossil fuels.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:32 pmI think people should be ashamed of making fun of President Bush. I mean its almost a sin to make fun of the mentally handicapped.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:37 pm#160: Well I’m sure Al Gore has googled, especially since he invented the internet.
Do you actually think that Gore claimed to have invented the Internet? Or are you making an ironic commentary on the stupidity of the corporate media?
Or maybe he doesnt get wireless on his Gulsfstream as he jets across the country telling YOU to stop consuming fossil fuels.
So Gore would be a more effective spokesman if he rode around via horse and buggy?
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:44 pm#161 Shinobi: I’ve never been one to be politically correct. Retarded is the correct term.
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:46 pmBush. What a liar. What a damned liar!
October 23rd, 2006 at 11:54 pmFolks, he googles them there, so he doesnt have to google them here. Happy?
October 24th, 2006 at 12:14 amAlso, Bush doesnt open his e-mails unless Langley checks them for anthrax.
October 24th, 2006 at 12:19 amThe Google…
Couldn’t pass this one up… my comments in italics:
“HOST: IÂ’m curious, have you ever googled anybody? Do you use Google?
BUSH: Occasionally. One of the things IÂ’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps.”
October 24th, 2006 at 1:05 amLooking for those elusive WMDs, n…
Wow so much hatred for the peace loving liberals out there.. Maybe you should remember the only reason your all so pissed is because you pot fields show up on Google earth too. Maybe if you put your efforts into something constructive you might have a better chance of getting something done about your problems…… Hmmm maybe not your all too fried and to remember where you put the keys to your 85 Volvo and not bright enough to remember that taking a shower is a good thing…….. May G W B find a special place in hell for each and every one of you bleeding heart suck ups that can do no wrong…. No wrong in your eyes that is……
October 24th, 2006 at 1:41 amOh, and Tim,
I was really intrigued how it was possible for someone as clueless as you to post an ignorant paragraph, followed by a cogent one, followed by more nonsense.
So, I googled “extranet wikipediaâ€, and lo and behold, there it was: You lifted your middle paragraph almost verbatim from the Wikipedia.
See, to sound smart you have to know what you are doing…
Comment by Gregor Samsa — October 23, 2006 @ 7:30 pm
Nice smackdown! I didn’t think Tim could come across as any more pathetic, but Mr. Samsa has managaged to do just that.
October 24th, 2006 at 1:42 amI love “the Google”. Maybe he should Google “impeachment”.
http://www.getsomejosh.com
October 24th, 2006 at 1:56 amYou can see the ranch in Google Maps here
October 24th, 2006 at 2:14 amhttp://www.tagzania.com/item/28187
Who cares about Bush, Maria Bartiromo is smokin’ hot!
October 24th, 2006 at 2:20 amhahaha he is such dumb ass
October 24th, 2006 at 4:35 amTiming is interesting
So… just before the US attacks Iran (whereupon Iran will attack US forces in Iraq) those US forces lose most of their ammo.
Cool. Nice shooting, and nice timing, IR!
About the ‘big blast’ - at least one commentator is claiming this to have been a mini-nuke. But its unlikely. Firstly, nukes are designed to _not_ go off in accidents. Unless the conventional explosives go off in_exactly_ the right sequence - no fission.
Plus, there are other videos around of this event, and extensive commentary of the attack and results. One video apparently taken from much closer, which shows the flash and fireball without overloading the camera. Unlikely to have been even a small nuke. Just many tons of big bombs going off all at once, seen by a sensitive camera with its gain turned way up due to it being nighttime.
Camp Falcon mess-
htt p://www.iraq-war.ru/article/105374
Video Clip: Shock And Awe Explosion At US Falcon Base In Baghdad
htt p://www.iraq-war.ru/article/105534
Original of TV video at htt p://www.jihadunspun.com/intheatre_external.php?article=106538&list=/home.php&
Mortar attack caused US ammo dump fire in Iraq
htt p://www.iraq-war.ru/article/105243
And of course “no US casualties”.
Yeah, right. Nine planeloads of ‘no casualties.’
Bet the graph of official US fatality figures at
htt p://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/USfatalities.html
never shows a bump. Nice straight line as always.
Wonder how many troops were barracked there? Hundreds? Thousands?The US has pulled troops from all over Iraq, to bolster Baghdad. There could have been a _lot_ of them there.
=Camp Falcon mess”
ht tp://www.iraq-war.ru/article/105374
I wonder…if the UK General asked to be interviewed by the Daily Mail as an act of desperation because there was a media blackout on this oh so significant event - and as an insider he would know the full extent of the destruction, and fear for the safety of British troops in Basra.
Pity he didn’t mention Camp Falcon in the interview, and a pity the interviewer didn’t ask him about it. http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/105534
October 24th, 2006 at 4:46 am[…] BUSH: Occasionally. One of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. It’s very interesting to see — I’ve forgot the name of the program — but you get the satellite, and you can — like, I kinda like to look at the ranch. It remind me of where I wanna be sometimes. […]
October 24th, 2006 at 5:05 am[…] And to round up today’s list of links… here’s George W. Bush admitting on television that he uses “the Google”!! […]
October 24th, 2006 at 5:54 amThe president’s english is worse then the english of illegal aliens, still he claims they don’t want to assimilate. Don’t ever assimilate to Bush, or you’ll end up a moron.
October 24th, 2006 at 6:14 amit’s Google Earth…
October 24th, 2006 at 7:04 amhe probably uses “the google” to check out that land deal in Paraguay, too. What do you bet Ken Lay is already there, setting things up?
October 24th, 2006 at 7:18 amFor some reason everytime I go to google and type Bush and press enter the first thing that shows up on the top of the page is …
Did you mean: Dumb Ass
October 24th, 2006 at 8:22 amSince Bush dreams about his ranch all the time, and since his presidency is a complete failure as well, then he should RESIGN immediately and go bicycle on his ranch for the rest of his damn stupid life! Better yet he can go to Paraguay and be eaten by a panther or something or get Deng Fever > bye W!
October 24th, 2006 at 8:30 amSheesh. No need to get your knickers in a bunch, folks. Number 43 is just making one of his patented elliptical remarks…. think:”the google search engine.”
October 24th, 2006 at 8:44 amBush: - I love google earth, I can see all the things I’ve destroyed at Iraq and I think I’ll find Osama Bin Laden soon…
October 24th, 2006 at 8:55 amThis latest crap by bull shit bush is just another little ploy to make the non observant voter’s think he is a regular guy, yah! the guy they want to have a warm beer with….This is so like all his crap…Bush is still on the campaign trail with his lies telling evey one how great everything is…The only one’s that think and say how great thing’s are, are at the top 2%…Only 2 more week’s to see how this all shakes out…..Guess the fool in power can google that…What a load of crap, bet Laura has to set the google up for him.. Or maybe he is using cheney or roves computer…Bet he is checking on all the electronic voting machines……Blessings
October 24th, 2006 at 9:19 am[…] Indeed, after copious research (I used “The Google”) I found the registration form for Colorado and I see that, in fact, one registers one’s party affiliation on the form (more copious researach reveals that one indicates party affiliation in Arizona as well). Hence, the author of the piece is using voter registration stats to represent voting behavior. However, the two are not the same thing–not by a longshot. Filed under: US Politics, 2006 Elections | |Send TrackBack […]
October 24th, 2006 at 9:38 amIsn’t google giving money to GOP candidates through their new PAC now?
October 24th, 2006 at 9:50 am‘I’m from Texas. And I like toast. he he hehehe he he. he. I’m the decider. I decide things.”
October 24th, 2006 at 10:07 amanyone know if GOOGLE EARTH is set up for macOS yet?
guess i could try down loading it again to see - lot hoops to go through to find out it’s not compatible… anyone know?
October 24th, 2006 at 10:25 amSorry, Katy, haven’t a clue. Speaking of which…
Gregor, #101/110, looks like troll Tim cut and run, eh?
October 24th, 2006 at 10:30 amWill he bomb the Internets if he doesn’t find his ranch?
October 24th, 2006 at 11:14 amIs it that difficult to remember the name of the program? I mean, people from all around the world who use Google Earth know the name of the program even if they don’t know English…
Is George Bush’s native language English — Does he have such thing as a native language?
As for the 10 things I’d like him to google…
1) Wikipedia in Simple English
2) Weapons of Mass Destruction
3) Learn English in only five months
4) Separation of church and state
5) Spain (maybe he could tell his brother Jeb that Spain is a kingdom, not a republic)
6) Bushisms (he could spend the rest of his term just reading them)
7) Science for dummies
8) Geography for dummies
9) My Pet Goat (the book he was reading when terror struck on 9-11)
10) North Korea (they DO or WILL have “nukular” weapons)
[…] Adesso bisogna prendere in giro George W. Bush perché in un’intervista ha detto che lui usa “the Google” (”il” Google”) per guardare le mappe, compresa quella del suo ranch. Ciò detto, nei commenti a un blog che segnala l’intervista ce n’è uno illuminante, che fa anche più ridere: «Geez, I didn’t know you could google hell». […]
October 24th, 2006 at 11:25 amReminds him where he wants to be? Damn, he’s spent enough time during his presidency at the ranch. Maybe he needs to google “work” to remind himself what he should be doing
October 24th, 2006 at 11:28 amLaugh all you want, lefty tools.
He’s still President, and will be for two more years.
Fifty years from now he’ll be remembered along with JFK and FDR,
while Clinton will be one schoolkids struggle to remember
along with Taft and Harding.
Frankly, I’d be worried if he WAS overly familiar with Google.
He’s got more important things to do. And if you think he’s not in 24/7 contact when he’s at the ranch, you’re sadly ignorant. That place is more wired than Bill Gates’ office.
October 24th, 2006 at 11:34 amFifty years from now Bush will be remembered along with JFK and FDR,
while Clinton will be one schoolkids struggle to remember
along with Taft and Harding.
Frankly, I’d be worried if he WAS overly familiar with Google.
He’s got more important things to do. And if you think he’s not in 24/7 contact when he’s at the ranch, you’re sadly ignorant. That place is more wired than Bill Gates’ office.
October 24th, 2006 at 11:37 amOne of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. It’s very interesting to see — I’ve forgot the name of the program but you get the satellite
Doesn’t he have access to real satellite imagery? Is this the technology we are using to defend our country now? Google earth? Forget NSA satellite’s!!! We got Google Earth!
October 24th, 2006 at 11:49 am#209/211, yes, we’ll keep laughing, you righty tool, because otherwise we’d be screaming over the stupidity and ineptitude of your president. The Crawford ranch may be “more wired than Bill Gates’ office”, but it doesn’t make any difference if the occupant is, to use a computer term, “off-line.” And you just couldn’t resist bringing up Clinton–is there is single right-wing Bush-lover out there who doesn’t refer to Clinton when Bush is the topic? Get over Clinton, Bush is YOUR idiot in the White House right now screwing our country. But don’t worry, after the mid-terms, we’ll be laughing at you (as if we weren’t already.)
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October 24th, 2006 at 11:58 amBush uses "the Google"…
He likes to spend his days looking at "the satellite" on "the Google" and pining for the ranch. This guy is so disconnected from the reality of modern American it’s not even funny. Ok, it is a little bit funny….