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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 12:23 PM
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You wanna talk about actual gaffes that actually fucking matter? How many here remember
Edited on Wed Dec-17-08 12:24 PM by Guy Whitey Corngood
this one?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1825593.stm

Bush gaffe hits yen

A remark by US President George W Bush about "devaluation" in Japan has caused confusion in the currency markets.
The yen fell as some traders interpreted the comment as meaning the US favoured a devaluation of the Japanese currency.

Bush aides hastened to clear up the confusion, saying the president - in Japan as part of an Asian tour - had "misspoken".

They said his comment had meant to be about Japan's problem of "deflation" - steadily falling prices, which depress spending and investment - not devaluation.




For a country so advanced our press sure is fucking useless.
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eshfemme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 01:30 PM
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1. What's even sadder is that the currency markets still rises and falls on this dumbass' words
Even words that he's completely fucked up on. That's just really sad.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 01:45 PM
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2. Exactly. Everyone knows he cannot speak English.
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 02:18 PM
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4. Ironically he belongs to the party of "English Only". nt
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 04:02 PM
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5. Then he's screwn.
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 02:17 PM
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3. It truly is. nt
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