More bad news: Circuit City is liquidating its 567 stores nationwide. Thousands of people are going to lose their jobs.
Heckuva job, Bushie! You shithead!
coolcatdaddy
· 11 months ago
According to Wired, we're looking at 30,000 lost jobs and over 300 stores closed.
Many of the store closings will put even more of a burden on malls and shopping centers that are already dealing with empty space from retailers that are scaling back or going out of business.
Keep in mind that Circuit City is/was the second largest electronics retail chain in the country.
That's some major economic crap going down if big players like this take the slide into non-existence.
nicho
· 11 months ago
They just built a huge Circuit City up the street from me. They never even moved into it.
Badass4Peace
· 11 months ago
What happens to the presidential mattress?
In the name of all things decent I have to assume the Obamas get a nice, fresh new one.
grandma
· 11 months ago
He should be leaving in hand-cuffs.
Asterix
· 11 months ago
But not before a few more goodies are tossed Israel's way:
"US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni planned to sign a deal on efforts to halt arms smuggling to Gaza.
Ms Rice told reporters that the "memorandum of understanding" which she and Ms Livni intended to sign was "one of the elements" that could help bring about a durable ceasefire. "
Thereby inserting the US firmly into the whole mess. Way to go, Madame Supertanker!
The final outrage will be the Bush pardons.
SomeGuy
· 11 months ago
This is going to be a great week to dumpster-dive in DC
Indigo
· 11 months ago
Get me something nice!
Malibu Barbie
· 11 months ago
What will the cleanup crew find?
Bits of coughed-up pretzel Shreds of the U.S. Constitution Fragments of hard drives and disks with sensitive info on Plame, U.S. Attorney firings, payoffs from the oil industry, secret deals with the Saudis 14,730 empty cases of Ambien My Pet Goat - The Abridged Audiobook Gestapo field manual on waterboarding technique "Katrina guitar" with presidential seal
wearing out my F key
· 11 months ago
in some ways, i can't help but feel bad for the guy. he was over his head from the first day all the way to the end. his cabnet lied and manipulated him at every turn. his only real desire was to ride his bike and take a nap every day. i can relate to that.
RainbowPhoenix
· 11 months ago
You didn't come close to destroying the country with your desire to do those things. Bush has no sympathy from me.
lucky hussein
· 11 months ago
he's a sociopath with no sympathies for the suffering of others. he's a sociopath who will believe what he wants regardless of facts presented.
Brian
· 11 months ago
@ Dave_of_the_Jungle Easily the crappiest.
coolcatdaddy
· 11 months ago
Please John - don't refer to that pioneering musical artist in the same breath as that ineffectual dullard who somehow spent the past eight years posing as President.
It's insulting to Elvis.
Indigo
· 11 months ago
Ditto. I get the allusion John made but . . . man! ain't nobody allowed to bad mouth Elvis like that. He's the King!
FunMe
· 11 months ago
Finally! This nightmare will be over. Wish it could have been this way:
What we need is a high-powered exterminator to go through the halls of the White House, followed by a shower of disinfectant.
JohnInTexas
· 11 months ago
I hope someone searches Air Force 2 before it takes off, it may be loaded with cash and the WH silver (what Barbara Bush didn't loot when she departed).
Indigo
· 11 months ago
Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt waited in the Rose Garden after the Inauguration while J.Edgar's finest swept the White House for bombs and spies. I'd like to see Barack and Michelle Obama follow that sensible example.
1billinnj2
· 11 months ago
please do not insult elvis. i wish you had used another saying. such as the jackass has left the dong heap behind, or , don't piss down my leg and tell me its not george bush.
lucky hussein
· 11 months ago
JA - are you going to do a count-down like you did for Rick Santorum in 06? ;)
Nosybear
· 11 months ago
No wonder it was Bush's last speech - where'll he find a rent-a-crowd after today?
Dave of the Jungle
· 11 months ago
Barney
grandma
· 11 months ago
David Gregory on Colbert last nite:
Gregory: "I have no doubts that the press is going to do its job with Barack Obama."
Interesting how Brokaw and a few others questioned Obama about his smoking....don't recall any one of them asking Bush if he was still drinking.
Cpeterka
· 11 months ago
OMG WHAT IF AL KIDA DECIDES TO ATTACK?
nicho
· 11 months ago
Well, Bush was kind of useless the last time. So, there probably wouldn't be any difference.
nicho
· 11 months ago
I hope someone has the presence of mind to do an exorcism. No telling what kind of demons are still lurking around in that place.
Cheney's office alone should be demolished and have salt poured on the rubble -- or whatever the heck you're supposed to do with the detritus of evil.
Butch1
· 11 months ago
Perhaps, in the spirit of bipartisanship, the Obama's will ask if Sarah Palin's witch-doctor is available to do the exorcism. ;-)
grandma
· 11 months ago
Bush Legacy in one word:
LIAR
grandma
· 11 months ago
Write Bush A Farewell Letter»
The online community has been atwitter lately over Karl Rove’s decision to join the microblogging site Twitter; the former White House adviser already has more than 4,000 followers. In his latest tweets, Rove revealed that he’s putting together a letter-writing campaign to thank President Bush for his tenure. Yesterday he wrote:
Send a farewell letter to President Bush—Email gwbfarewell@gmail.com [no attachments] and I’ll give him your note
He later followed up and said that all messages are due by 6:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 19, and he will deliver them to Bush on Jan. 20.
4,000? That's probably going to be his limit. How can someone like him continue to be employed when so many others, far more worthy, can't find jobs? Of course, all that aside, he should be wearing prison stripes.
Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' January 17, 2001 | Issue 37•01
WASHINGTON, DC–Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that "our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over."
President-elect Bush vows that "together, we can put the triumphs of the recent past behind us." "My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us."
grandma
· 11 months ago
Mission Accomplished
smallhandff
· 11 months ago
Perhaps they should bring in a forensics team to check for Jeff Gannon spooge .
unrepentant_expat
· 11 months ago
I can hear the hum of shredders running in overdrive 24/7.
Dave of the Jungle
· 11 months ago
" Smirking Chimp " works for me as a legacy.
Older_Wiser
· 11 months ago
Yeah, and I'll bet they've been "workin' hard" to erase everything, too. Sparkling clean.
And how many Blackberries and laptops do you think they'll miss from the WH?
How much real estate really IS for sale in DC, John? When do you move into your new digs?
unrepentant_expat
· 11 months ago
I hear the Ws have been removed from the keyboards.
GoBlue
· 11 months ago
No, it's the O keys.
benb
· 11 months ago
Please! Please! Please...no more Presidential Press Conferences from this Administration!
grandma
· 11 months ago
Sullivan:
No reflection. Not even a smidgen of doubt or wrestling with the profound legal, constitutional and moral issues involved. What a pathetic excuse for a president. What a sad, callous, callow man.
Lets hope those evil fucks are so delusional that they don't realize they've done anything illegal... then Congress should unleash the Dogs of Law!
cowboyneok
· 11 months ago
Oh, they know. They have that sociopathic look on their faces like they ABSOLUTELY know they've done wrong. They are just hoping they escape accountability. In fact, they are counting on it.
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 11 months ago
not only do they know... I believe they've got dirt on everyone on the hill.
... one of the reasons Pelosi and Reid have been such lapdogs.
Butch1
· 11 months ago
I think Bush doesn't want to hear any flak about him pardoning everyone including himself, so he will wait until the very last part of his tenure to announce it And again, Georgie will get away with ruining everything he touches. He has never been held accountable and it won't happen this time as well. We can only hope the Hague and countries of the world pick up the slack left by the useless Pelosi and Reid and actually hold them accountable for the war crimes they've committed.
cowboyneok
· 11 months ago
Hallelujah! Yes, please do let the door hit you on the way out, and rotten vegetables would be a nice touch.
That speech Bu$h gave was just embarassing. Such a typical Karen Hughes, Karl Rove production... Bush is starting to get "that look" frozen on his face of someone who got away with murder and is slowly being held accountable. Snarky and sly like, "Just wait until you REALLY find out what I got away with!"
Aanya
· 11 months ago
Before the Obamas move in, I certainly would have the White House "de-bugged"! Both electronically and pest control!
SteamingPile
· 11 months ago
Like OJ, right?
cowboyneok
· 11 months ago
After Bu$h's horrible failure to capture Osama bin Laden, I'm not sure I agree with the take we don't need to still capture/kill Osama bin Laden. By his living and sending out tapes, he is still rallying Al-Qaida to their violent jihads:
I think we should still make capturing Osama a HUGE priority. I'm sure Obama will, even though he says its not as big a priority as it once was. After eight years of freedom, Osama has pretty much thumbed his nose at the west for being able to escape justice. Osama still free and making tapes should be the TRUE LEGACY of George W. Bush and friends.
Again, I still think we should definitely capture Osama and it should be a huge priority. Its a shame Bush and friends let him go.
pat
· 11 months ago
so where is the pardon for cheney?
Butch1
· 11 months ago
Coming . . .
curlytoes79
· 11 months ago
Bush was "elected" just as I was leaving college. What a long, strange adulthood it's been. Hopefully my thirties will be better - as far as not having to cringe every time the president is on CNN.
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 11 months ago
Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Actually... do. ---
first he has to figure out how to open it... he has a history of problems with doors.
PeerOne
· 11 months ago
I sometimes still can't believe the nightmare is ending. It's. Just. So. Good.
Butch1
· 11 months ago
Until I see Obama take the oath of office, I do not want to tempt fate by thinking Bush can't do anything more to us. That sociopath doesn't know when to stop.
PeerOne
· 11 months ago
I know what you are saying. It's like I can hear the second-hand on a large grandfather clock tock-tocking slowly until Noon EST January 20, 2009. Until then, we wait with bated breath...
Butch1
· 11 months ago
Exactly. If Bush can screw it up some way, he will find an excuse to prove he is still president until high noon Tuesday.
Butch1
· 11 months ago
I hope they also fumigate the place as well. Perhaps, the cleaning will get rid of that stench of corruption coming from the wake of the leaving Bush administration that is still festering away in the Oval Office and that of the Vice-President's. Like the stale smell of old cigar smoke, we need to open the windows of the White House and let in some fresh air. Hopefully, all the cells in the dungeon will be clear of the bodies.
warbler
· 11 months ago
I do believe that the door, in fact, did actually smack him in the ass last night. It must sting but he still has Condi to to rub whipped cream on it during this last weekend at Camp David.
Pope Buck I
· 11 months ago
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy — they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…”
Butch1
· 11 months ago
That wraps up the George W. Bush Legacy.
quizzila
· 11 months ago
Yeah, but Gatsby had a little actual panache. This guy...well, here are some highlights of "Jay."
All Comments
O B Laden
Heckuva job, Bushie! You shithead!
Many of the store closings will put even more of a burden on malls and shopping centers that are already dealing with empty space from retailers that are scaling back or going out of business.
Keep in mind that Circuit City is/was the second largest electronics retail chain in the country.
That's some major economic crap going down if big players like this take the slide into non-existence.
In the name of all things decent I have to assume the Obamas get a nice, fresh new one.
"US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni planned to sign a deal on efforts to halt arms smuggling to Gaza.
Ms Rice told reporters that the "memorandum of understanding" which she and Ms Livni intended to sign was "one of the elements" that could help bring about a durable ceasefire. "
Thereby inserting the US firmly into the whole mess. Way to go, Madame Supertanker!
The final outrage will be the Bush pardons.
Bits of coughed-up pretzel
Shreds of the U.S. Constitution
Fragments of hard drives and disks with sensitive info on Plame, U.S. Attorney firings, payoffs from the oil industry, secret deals with the Saudis
14,730 empty cases of Ambien
My Pet Goat - The Abridged Audiobook
Gestapo field manual on waterboarding technique
"Katrina guitar" with presidential seal
Easily the crappiest.
It's insulting to Elvis.
Wish it could have been this way:
http://www.100monkeystyping.com/wlog/archives/n...
But better late than never.
Gregory: "I have no doubts that the press is going to do its job with Barack Obama."
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/funny/grego...
Oh, like they did for Bush?!?!
Interesting how Brokaw and a few others questioned Obama about his smoking....don't recall any one of them asking Bush if he was still drinking.
Cheney's office alone should be demolished and have salt poured on the rubble -- or whatever the heck you're supposed to do with the detritus of evil.
LIAR
The online community has been atwitter lately over Karl Rove’s decision to join the microblogging site Twitter; the former White House adviser already has more than 4,000 followers. In his latest tweets, Rove revealed that he’s putting together a letter-writing campaign to thank President Bush for his tenure. Yesterday he wrote:
Send a farewell letter to President Bush—Email gwbfarewell@gmail.com [no attachments] and I’ll give him your note
He later followed up and said that all messages are due by 6:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 19, and he will deliver them to Bush on Jan. 20.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/16/bush-farewe...
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784
Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'
January 17, 2001 | Issue 37•01
WASHINGTON, DC–Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that "our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over."
President-elect Bush vows that "together, we can put the triumphs of the recent past behind us."
"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us."
And how many Blackberries and laptops do you think they'll miss from the WH?
How much real estate really IS for sale in DC, John? When do you move into your new digs?
No reflection. Not even a smidgen of doubt or wrestling with the profound legal, constitutional and moral issues involved. What a pathetic excuse for a president. What a sad, callous, callow man.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...
... one of the reasons Pelosi and Reid have been such lapdogs.
That speech Bu$h gave was just embarassing. Such a typical Karen Hughes, Karl Rove production... Bush is starting to get "that look" frozen on his face of someone who got away with murder and is slowly being held accountable. Snarky and sly like, "Just wait until you REALLY find out what I got away with!"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_...
I think we should still make capturing Osama a HUGE priority. I'm sure Obama will, even though he says its not as big a priority as it once was. After eight years of freedom, Osama has pretty much thumbed his nose at the west for being able to escape justice. Osama still free and making tapes should be the TRUE LEGACY of George W. Bush and friends.
Again, I still think we should definitely capture Osama and it should be a huge priority. Its a shame Bush and friends let him go.
---
first he has to figure out how to open it... he has a history of problems with doors.
Still, I have a bit more sympathy for "Daisy."
Let's all sing together......
One ah and a tow ah
Na na na na, na na na na, hey heeeeeeeeeeeeyeeee goooodbye!!!!!
Actually, it' s a pretty poor choice of allusion because "Elvis" was Bill Clinton's secret service code name.
An insult to the King AND to the Big Dog. Unacceptable.