October 26, 200520 yr Have these people never heard of satire? A joke? White House to Onion: Stop using seal Symbol 'being used inappropriately,' says spokesman WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The White House is not amused by The Onion, a newspaper that often spoofs the Bush administration, and has asked it to stop using the presidential seal on its Web site. The seal was still on the Web site www.theonion.com on Tuesday at the spot where President George W. Bush's weekly radio address is parodied. With headlines like "Bush To Appoint Someone To Be In Charge Of Country" and "Bush Subconsciously Sizes Up Spain For Invasion," The Onion is popular with readers looking for a little laughter with their politics. White House spokesman Trent Duffy said people who work in the executive mansion do have a sense of humor, but not when it comes to breaking regulations. "When any official sign or seal is being used inappropriately the party is notified," Duffy said. "You cannot pick and choose where to enforce that rule. It's important that the seal or any White House insignia not be used inappropriately," he said. Duffy said while he does not personally read The Onion, he admitted knowing others in the White House who do. "Like everyone else, we like a good laugh." Scott Dikkers, editor-in-chief of the satirical newspaper, said its lawyer disagrees with the White House assessment. "I've been seeing the presidential seal used in comedy programs most of my life and to my knowledge none of them have been asked not to use it by the White House," Dikkers said. "I would advise them to look for that other guy Osama (bin Laden) ... rather than comedians. I don't think we pose much of a threat," Dikkers said. http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/26/odd...reut/index.html
October 26, 200520 yr Saturday Night Live has been using the symbol for years and yet... No protest. Luckily, the Onion falls under satire which falls under free speech. So, the White House can go look around in the world in which we live and shut their f***ing mouths. Everyone makes fun of Bush these days, get over it.
October 26, 200520 yr makes me enjoy reading them even more he is the worst republican president ever
October 26, 200520 yr makes me enjoy reading them even more he is the worst republican president ever I highly doubt the president was aware of the onion or even wanted to them to take it down. Keywords: The Bush Administration
October 26, 200520 yr makes me enjoy reading them even more he is the worst republican president ever I highly doubt the president was aware of the onion or even wanted to them to take it down. Keywords: The Bush Administration Bush for those who don't pay attention has a very good sense of humor. He has made fun of himself in the past on numerous occasions. I'm with Passion I doubt he knows or will ever find out about something like this.
October 26, 200520 yr Apparently some people in the administration don't understand the concept of free speech, or satire, for that matter.
October 26, 200520 yr makes me enjoy reading them even more he is the worst republican president ever I highly doubt the president was aware of the onion or even wanted to them to take it down. Keywords: The Bush Administration Bush for those who don't pay attention has a very good sense of humor. He has made fun of himself in the past on numerous occasions. I'm with Passion I doubt he knows or will ever find out about something like this. Plus the dude doesn't know how to use the internets. Nor should he be surfing the web.
October 27, 200520 yr makes me enjoy reading them even more he is the worst republican president ever I highly doubt the president was aware of the onion or even wanted to them to take it down. Keywords: The Bush Administration Bush for those who don't pay attention has a very good sense of humor. He has made fun of himself in the past on numerous occasions. I'm with Passion I doubt he knows or will ever find out about something like this. Plus the dude doesn't know how to use the internets. Nor should he be surfing the web. Al Gore should give him lessons on how to use it. After all he invented it, and Billy is the majority stockholder in the website SluttyInterns.com. :mischief
October 27, 200520 yr makes me enjoy reading them even more he is the worst republican president ever I highly doubt the president was aware of the onion or even wanted to them to take it down. Keywords: The Bush Administration Bush for those who don't pay attention has a very good sense of humor. He has made fun of himself in the past on numerous occasions. I'm with Passion I doubt he knows or will ever find out about something like this. Plus the dude doesn't know how to use the internets. Nor should he be surfing the web. Al Gore should give him lessons on how to use it. After all he invented it, and Billy is the majority stockholder in the website SluttyInterns.com. :mischief I love how the old joke of Gore claiming to invent the internet, when he never claimed to in the first place. What he did do was champion it's creation, and support those that were creating it. http://www.sethf.com/gore/
October 27, 200520 yr makes me enjoy reading them even more he is the worst republican president ever I highly doubt the president was aware of the onion or even wanted to them to take it down. Keywords: The Bush Administration Bush for those who don't pay attention has a very good sense of humor. He has made fun of himself in the past on numerous occasions. I'm with Passion I doubt he knows or will ever find out about something like this. Plus the dude doesn't know how to use the internets. Nor should he be surfing the web. Al Gore should give him lessons on how to use it. After all he invented it, and Billy is the majority stockholder in the website SluttyInterns.com. :mischief I love how the old joke of Gore claiming to invent the internet, when he never claimed to in the first place. What he did do was champion it's creation, and support those that were creating it. http://www.sethf.com/gore/ Interesting how all these threads break down into part one upsmanship. "OH SNAP OUR GUY ISN'T THE ONLY DUMB ONE LOOK WHAT "YOUR" GUY SAID!" Politics bascically break down into homecoming court x1000.
October 27, 200520 yr We've been through this Al Gore thing before. Some people can't take alittle sarcasm. :confused The :mischief icon does mean sarcasm.
October 27, 200520 yr We've been through this Al Gore thing before. Some people can't take alittle sarcasm. :confused The :mischief icon does mean sarcasm. actually it means "mischief." :mischief /sarcasm
October 27, 200520 yr We've been through this Al Gore thing before. Some people can't take alittle sarcasm. :confused The :mischief icon does mean sarcasm. actually it means "mischief." :mischief /sarcasm :mischief
October 27, 200520 yr We've been through this Al Gore thing before. Some people can't take alittle sarcasm. :confused The :mischief icon does mean sarcasm. well sorry about that, it was late. I get reactionary when I'm sleepy.
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