View From The Porch: News: Misleading headlines.

Friday, September 07, 2007

News: Misleading headlines.

The link at the CNN.com homepage said "Bush spars with South Korean president", and I got all excited and clicked on it, but when the page opened, there wasn't any kung fu fighting, just an argument about Iraq. Quelle pisser.

10 comments:

Comrade Misfit said...: They were also arguing about getting a peace treaty done with North Korea.

A real fight would have been far more entertaining. I think I'd bet on the South Korean to kick Dubya's ass. If such a fight were in the cards, I might even give odds.; 9:08 AM, September 07, 2007
Anonymous said...: He might be able to take Bush.

Cheney on the other hand, would probably wing him :); 10:48 AM, September 07, 2007
Tam said...: eb-misfit,

I dunno, the Shrub's got probably six inches of reach on the Korean dude. I don't know how strong his kung fu is, however.; 11:27 AM, September 07, 2007
7.62x54r said...: My first thought was lances on horseback, and then American style boxing. Oh well.; 11:45 AM, September 07, 2007
Comrade Misfit said...: Not just the reach, Tam. El Shrubo doesn't strike me as being the kind of person who can take a punch.; 11:59 AM, September 07, 2007
LawDog said...: Not just the reach, Tam. El Shrubo doesn't strike me as being the kind of person who can take a punch.

He played rugby for Yale. If you can't take a punch, you don't last on a rugby pitch for a game, much less a couple of years.; 12:34 PM, September 07, 2007
Anonymous said...: I've given up all hope of Dubya coming up with as frank a diplomatic exchange as his father puking on the Japanese Prime Minister during the height of our economic tensions with them.; 1:24 PM, September 07, 2007
Comrade Misfit said...: I thought he was a cheerleader for the rugby team, not a player.; 4:03 PM, September 07, 2007
Don said...: In America, rugby is probably better fight training than Tae Kwon Do. In Korea, maybe not.; 6:49 PM, September 07, 2007
LawDog said...: I thought he was a cheerleader for the rugby team, not a player.

According to the Yale Daily News

http://tinyurl.com/38cwtq

Bush was a fullback on a team full of international students, most of whom had been playkmxexying the game since childhood.; 12:47 AM, September 08, 2007