posted June 22, 2006 05:14 PM              

Welsh singer CHARLOTTE CHURCH has slammed American President GEORGE W BUSH as a "proper weirdo" after he mistook Wales for a town.

Church, who is re-launching herself as a pop star with upcoming new album TISSUES AND ISSUES, was astonished at the political leader's lack of geographical knowledge.

The 19-year-old says, "George Bush hasn't got a clue what he's doing. He asked me what state Wales was in. I said, 'It's its own country next to England Mr Bush.'

"If he doesn't know the rest of the countries in Europe, he could at least know what's in his own country.

"I'm really worried about it. He's a right weirdo."

posted June 22, 2006 07:42 PM            

He still thinks that this country is fighting a war in Afghanistan!

posted June 22, 2006 07:49 PM              

What can I say?

.....accept to agree (along with a majority of the people in the world)...

.....that indeed he IS "a proper weirdo!"

....and here's why......

(now check out the "proper weirdo's" resume)

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Resume - George W. Bush

6/21/6

Resume

GEORGE W. BUSH 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington , DC 20520

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

LAW ENFORCEMENT

I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine , in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has been "lost" and is not available.

MILITARY

I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam

COLLEGE

I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a cheerleader.

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE

I ran for U.S. Congress and lost. I began my career in the oil business in Midland , Texas , in 1975. I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas . The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.

I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money. With the help of my father and our friends in the oil industry, including Enron CEO Ken Lay, I was elected governor of Texas

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS

I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas the most polluted state in the Union .

During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America

I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money.

I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American history.

With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida , and my father's appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over 500,000 votes.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT

I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.

I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week.

I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury.

I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history.

I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.

I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.

I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the U.S. stock market.

In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues every month.

I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history. My "poorest millionaire," Condoleeza Rice, had a Chevron oil tanker named after her.

I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S. President. I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most corporate campaign donations.

My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. History, Enron.
My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.

I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or prosecution.

More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip- offs in history.

I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.

I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.

I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.

I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President in U.S. history

I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States government.

I've broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.

I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.

I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law. I refused to allow inspectors access to U.S . "prisoners of war" detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.

I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 U.S. election).

I set the record for fewest numbers of press conferences of any President since the advent of television.

I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year period. After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history.

I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.

I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for protests against any person in the history of mankind.

I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will I garnered the most sympathy for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.

I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for protests against any person in the history of mankind.

I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. citizens, and the world community.

I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families-in-wartime.

In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq and then blamed the lies on our British friends.

I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.

I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD. I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden [sic] to justice.

RECORDS AND REFERENCES

All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's library, sealed and unavailable for public view.

All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.

All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President, attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for publi c review. I am a member of the Republican Party.

PLEASE CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN THE 2006 MIDTERM ELECTIONS. PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY VOTER YOU KNOW.

.......and by the way......

posted June 22, 2006 08:02 PM              

"I'm embarrased that he's from my home state, Texas"

posted June 22, 2006 08:10 PM              

At a press conference this morning, President Bush needled Los Angeles Times reporter Peter Wallsten after he stood up to ask a question wearing sunglasses. “Are you going to ask that question with shades on?” Bush said, telling Wallsten, “I’m interested in the shade look, seriously.”

But as Wonkette first noted, and which ThinkProgress subsquently confirmed, Wallsten is legally blind. Wallsten tells us he has a rare genetic disorder called Stargardt’s Disease. The disease is a form of macular degeneration that can be slowed “by wearing UV-protective sunglasses and avoiding exposure to bright light.”

Wallsten said Bush’s comments did not offend him at all. “I never advertise it to him. I’ve never told him.”

Watch it:

Transcript below:

THE PRESIDENT: Yes, Peter. Are you going to ask that question with shades on?

Q I can take them off.

THE PRESIDENT: I’m interested in the shade look, seriously.

Q All right, I’ll keep it, then.

THE PRESIDENT: For the viewers, there’s no sun. (Laughter.)

Q I guess it depends on your perspective. (Laughter.)

THE PRESIDENT: Touche. (Laughter.)
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/14/bush-reporter-shades/

Bush Apologizes to L.A. Times Reporter
Jun 15 12:42 PM US/Eastern
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By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON

President Bush, who often teases members of the White House press corps, apologized Wednesday after he poked fun at a reporter for wearing sunglasses without realizing they were needed for vision loss.

The exchange occurred at a news conference in the Rose Garden.

Bush called on Los Angeles Times reporter Peter Wallsten and asked if he was going to ask his question with his "shades" on.

"For the viewers, there's no sun," Bush said to the television cameras.

But even though the sun was behind the clouds, Wallsten still needs the sunglasses because he has Stargardt's disease, a form of macular degeneration that causes progressive vision loss. The condition causes Wallsten to be sensitive to glare and even on a cloudy day, can cause pain and increase the loss of sight.

Wallsten said Bush called his cell phone later in the day to apologize and tell him that he didn't know he had the disease. Wallsten said he interrupted and told the president that no apology was necessary and that he didn't feel offended since he hadn't told anyone at the White House about his condition.

"He said, `I needle you guys out of affection,'" Wallsten said. "I said, 'I understand that, but I don't want you to treat me any differently because of this.'"

Wallsten said the president said he would not treat him differently, so Wallsten encouraged him to "needle away."

"He said, `I will. Next time I'll just use a different needle,'" Wallsten said.

Wallsten said he thought that was a pretty good line. And his only complaint is that the president didn't answer his question at the news conference.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/15/D8I8OSE80.html

posted June 22, 2006 08:34 PM            

They aren't going to do you any good Rainbow and neither will they help your friends Saddam and the terrorists.

I wonder where this singer with the flagging career managed to run into the President?

Was she having an out of body experience when he talked to her?

Had it been Clinton, we all know where they would have met...under the desk in the Oval Office or in the Lincoln Bedroom. But where and when did she meet Bush?

Nice going Petron, still in there pitching I see. However, in your attempt to make the President look uncaring, you overlooked a couple of details.

First, those are regular sunglasses and not the kind of glasses the blind wear.

Second:
"Wallsten said Bush called his cell phone later in the day to apologize and tell him that he didn't know he had the disease. Wallsten said he interrupted and told the president that no apology was necessary and that he didn't feel offended since he hadn't told anyone at the White House about his condition."

posted June 22, 2006 08:40 PM              

quote:

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Any research will show you that he's not calling the shots. He's just a puppet.

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posted June 22, 2006 09:08 PM            

I wouldn't say she "slammed" Pres. Bush so much as she was shocked that he didn't know such basic geography. That's pretty shocking no matter who you are. As a President of the US ... I mean, really now, it's not like the English are even remotely exotic to us and the Welsh are right there. So that's rather disappointing. And I can imagine being a little worried about it considering it shows a lack of basic highschool (giving some leeway here) geographical knowledge by, of all people, the US President.
But how bad a slam could "right weirdo" really be? Not being silly on purpose but, for the Welsh or even the English ... is that a serious put down?

posted June 22, 2006 09:10 PM              

quote:

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Why shucks miss Sue, he cain't be expected to know everything-Why he's the "Rootinst-Tootinst Dunne Slinger" in these here parts

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Ya got THAT right, Kim Rogers....

(did he say dung slinger?)

posted June 22, 2006 09:38 PM              

quote:

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Do you never tire of the lies you tell against Bush Rainbow?
They aren't going to do you any good Rainbow and neither will they help your friends Saddam and the terrorists

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Oh!

My friend!

Saddam!

Oh my!

Never dreamed anyone would have spotted me having coffee with him in that obscure little coffee shoppe...but gee! that was only once...does that count as a real friendship????

posted June 22, 2006 09:48 PM              

I think Charlotte Church has a very pretty voice too....

....and I agree that what she said about bush was hardly a slam...

Poor girl couldn't help but be shocked by such ignorance....and as you say, especially coming from a "president."

posted June 22, 2006 09:56 PM              

quote:

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They aren't going to do you any good Rainbow and neither will they help your friends Saddam and the terrorists.

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Now this I would call a lie.

posted June 22, 2006 10:33 PM            

All the communists wanted Saddam to be left alone. He is one of them and governed Iraq in the Stalinist communist mode of the Soviet Union under Stalin.

Nothing changes with these two. Just to give you a little history.

The question of where and when a singer who is attempting to revive her career by bashing Bush actually met Bush. And if it never happened, then Bush never made that comment about Wales.

posted June 22, 2006 10:51 PM              

http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/church%20slams%20bush

.....that's not an anti-bush website....

It's a site with the latest celebrity news....I never saw an anti-bush thing on it....

Here's what it said...