On 9/7/07, Paul Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Via MSNBC.com (Reuters). > > [snip] > > Even for someone as gaffe-prone as U.S. President George W. Bush, he was in > rare form on Friday, confusing APEC with OPEC and transforming Australian > troops into Austrians. > > Bush's tongue started slipping almost as soon as he started talking at a > business forum on the eve of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) > summit in Sydney. > > "Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for your introduction," he told Prime > Minister John Howard. "Thank you for being such a fine host for the OPEC > summit." > > As the audience of several hundred people erupted in laughter, Bush > corrected himself and joked, "He invited me to the OPEC summit next year." > Australia has never been a member of the Organization of the Petroleum > Exporting Countries. > > Later in his speech, Bush recounted how Howard had gone to visit "Austrian > troops" last year in Iraq. There are, in fact, no Austrian troops there. > But Australia has about 1,500 Australians military personnel in and around > the country. > > Upon finishing his speech, Bush took the wrong way off-stage and, looking > slightly perplexed, had to be re-directed by Howard to a center-stage exit. > > [snip] > > More: > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20632737/ > > What a putz.
We could have 8 more years of fun if we just elect Cheney as his replacement.. ..c'mon who is up for it? _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
