* accepts distinguished American award - pic

[Kadie]

President Bush, left, accepts the distinguished American award from Bill Hybl, Wednesday, May 28, 2008, before the Class of 2008 graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Hybl is a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)



:freak:

[Bicoastal]

1. DISGUSTING American award? Well, he deserves it.

[Turbineguy]

2. Another award

made meaningless.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. See? The Air Force DOES have a sense of humor.

[gatorboy]

6. They're all in stitches over it, apparently.

:P

[NightWatcher]

4. the commander in chief makes the armed forces military academy give him an award

...
House of Nightwatcher bestows the honor of Most Excellent Dude to......

Nightwatcher

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. Gag me!

:puke: :wtf: rhetorical question, but has he no shame? Why do people continue to feed his self inflated ego? :shrug:

[tridim]

7. He's probably in the top 5 Americans who should never receive that award.

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. Hybl is a big time neo-con and the award came from his institute.

William J. Hybl is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) and serves on the board of the International Republican Institute (IRI). A good friend of George W. Bush, Hybl is also a former advisor to President Ronald Reagan.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=William_J._Hybl

International Foundation for Election Systems was involved with coup in Haiti

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=IFES

[Richard Steele]

9. And no one could keep a straight face long enough to get a good propaganda photo. nm

[Kadie]

23. Perfect.

:rofl:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. Sure it wasn't the "extinguished America" award?

[Poll_Blind]

11. He's laughing so hard because he knows 1 inch behind that award, in his coat, is a flask of rum. n/t

PB

[Gidney N Cloyd]

12. Accepts on behalf of _whom_?

I hate when stories get chopped up like that and don't make sense.

[angrycarpenter]

13. the award he deserves

[onethatcares]

16. I just printed that out, and

I'm gonna make copies, stick them in newspapers here and there. It's worth the waste of 25 cents to spread the word.:evilgrin:

[angrycarpenter]

17. as a subject of photo manipulation

This picture is the best ever. I am going to get some mileage out of this one. It has Bush holding a blank slate directly at the camera with three other people to hang captions on. The possibilities are endless.

[Muttocracy]

14. "distinguished" - well, he's one of a kind all right, easy to distinguish. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

15. WOW, going AWOL from the USAF gets you a distinguished American award.

[Permanut]

18. He did not go AWOL

from the Air Force. He went AWOL from the Air National Guard. Let's not make false accusations.

[sinkingfeeling]

20. The Air National Guard is a reserve component of the Air Force.

The National Guard of the United States is a joint reserve component of the United States Army and the United States Air Force. The National Guard comprises the Army National Guard (ARNG) from the Army and the Air Force's Air National Guard (AFNG). The National Guard is operated under the National Guard Bureau, which is a semi-independent subdivision and managing office under the Department of Defense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard

[Permanut]

24. Thanks SinkingFeeling

I should have added a sarcasm. It's just that I've heard so many cheesy excuses for the Dictatortot's military "service", I thought I'd try one of my own. It's clear that I wouldn't do well on the Bush team.

[spanone]

19. he only appears around military uniforms

[chat_noir]

21. uniformly chimpish

[lpbk2713]

22. Distinguished in what area? Selling out his country?

They are all laughing because they all know it's just a big joke.