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White House Cease & Desists to The Onion
raj2569 writes "You might have thought that the White House had enough on its plate late last month, what with its search for a new Supreme Court nominee, the continuing war in Iraq and the C.I.A. leak investigation. But it found time to add another item to its agenda - stopping The Onion (soul sucking, life sapping, irritating, obnoxious, but still free registration), the satirical newspaper, from using the presidential seal." The only joke here is that our tax dollars are being spent on this.
hahahahahahahah ha ha haha ha. YOUR tax dollars.
For the Onion to use the seal is not a job but is "satire". For the current administration to use it is a "joke".
Please mod me 1 or troll. It's where the truth is these days, even on Slashdot. Beware the power of moderators everywh
I gotta say, I give the White House (and more specifically the current administration) some credit on this. Sure, Clinton didn't give a shit when The Onion used the presidential seal, but that was just a sign of the contempt that budget balancing whore had for the office of President.
Now this administration may be able screw up the invasion of the wrong country, leak the names of CIA agents, mismanage hurricane disaster relief efforts, funnel billions to Haliburton, put scientific research back decades, and turn the country into a joke in general, but they'll be *damned* if they're going to let some satire magazine use the Presidential seal in an article with a headline such as "Bush: Vacation ruined by 'Stupid Dead Soldier'".
Bravo!
Sooo...you don't have Audi in US?
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The whole thing is a joke. Just like Bush's Presidency.
Unlike The Onion, the Bush Presidency is a bad joke.
Nah, everyone knows The Onion is a joke. The Onion said so. Maybe the fear is that people will think the current administration is a joke too. Oh wait...
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Where's the "-1 Incomprehensible" mod when you need it?
"Despite the seriousness of the Bush White House, more than one Bush staffer reads The Onion and enjoys it thoroughly," he said. "We do have a sense of humor, believe it or not."
He went on to state that the White House staffer that found it is actually a closet libertarian, doesn't really like Bush, and kept shaking his head when his supervisor insisted they "look more into this satan-worshipping-pinko-commie-hippie-website".
I say, give the damned seal his fish ration and be done with it.
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When dealing with a satirical website, you want to give them ammunition and a reason to use it.
Alert your friends: The Onion might actually start getting funny again.
Is it just me, or did that article read like something printed by... I don't know, The Onion?
The problem is that many people may confuse some of the stupid remarks made by The Onion with the stupid remarks made by President Bush and therefore may become confused...after all, we don't want the world associating the official US Government Seal with misinformation and stupidity, do we?
The NSA: The only part of the US government that actually listens.
Dear mi fellow Mericans.
Recently, mi staff have informed me about a grave misuse of a seal. Apparently, this website, The Onion, is misusing the Presidential Seal of the United States of Merica. Now, I have not seen this seal - and I hope it's doing well, with all those hurricanes in Florida and whatnot, but to misuse a seal? Now that's nnanimal cruelty.
Now, I have talked to all my friends at Hallyburton about this, and we agree. Seals should be clubbed as babies to be used as coats. If the Seals are not going to be used as coats, they should be allowed to live out their natural lives at Seaworld and the like. You know, preforming tricks for the kids. Ya gotta member the children, they're our most precious resource. But I digress.
This website, The Onion, is misusing the Presidential Seal and it's got to stop. Our staff has sent a letter to The Onion, and they just made fun of us. How terrble is that? Even worse, some people have suggested that the seal be changed at The Onion. That's not good. How would you like it if we changed you?
Anyways, seals are great creatures. Make good coats, preform tricks for kids. Kids important. Onion misusing seals. Onion's bad, make kids cry. Now go out there and tell those bad liberals at The Onion to stop misusing seals and making kids cry.
Good night, and God Bless you.
Yer President
after all, we don't want the world associating the official US Government Seal with misinformation and stupidity, do we?
Good point. Let's take the seal out of whitehouse.gov ASAP!
In my humble opinion, I believe that the Onion should consider using the Turkey; Ben Franklin would have agreed. Personally, I can think of no better bird brain image for the current administration than the Domesticated Turkey; I've also noticed slight tinges of other colors in its feathers.
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NEWS FLASH: Onion countersues White House for "stealing all the good jokes". Joe Jones, an Onion spokesman, was quoted as saying "They're running us into the ground. How can we make jokes about the White House, when they haven't said something non-humorous in weeks? Harriet Miers as "qualified"? They stole our front page story!!"
What? You mean the Pittsburgh Zombie Attack preparations story isn't true? Get me George Romero on the phone!
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Sorry, I don't mean to be rude, but I think you misspelled "corporations" there. :-)
If you disagree, post your argument. (-1, Overrated) isn't your personal censorship tool for views you don't like.
1) To the original poster - are you incapable of writing your own summary? Nice cut
and paste
2) The Onion may be free, but it *is* commericial[sic] - it has a lead in ad as well
as ads on its pages.
3) The government does this all the time.. they are just glacially slow in doing anything about it.
4) The government has a fanatical devotion to the pope.
Um, can we come back in again?
This smells like a grab for headlines to me.
Same for The Onion.
I can imagine people going to their doctors and asking if they can have these new placebos prescribed for them, 'cause they sound good... :)
Too bad I'm without modpoints just now, or you'd certainly get a "+1, Illegal" from me!
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Kinda like how in PHP, 1 == true, but 1 !== true?
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