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H2O Man

(77,992 posts)
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 04:59 PM Sep 23

My Apologies

I would like to offer my sincere apologies to the world for the raving lunatic's rant at the United Nations today. Despite my goal of never quoting George W. Bush, I am reminded of what he said after the felon's 2017 inaugural address: "That was some weird shit." Both speeches were authored by a tapeworm named Stephen Miller.

While I recognize the UN is far from perfect, I would hope they would unite to help America deliver the mad man to a forensic psychiatric cell in either a state of federal prison system.

Sincerely,
H2O Man

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My Apologies (Original Post) H2O Man Sep 23 OP
Remember after gw won in 2004? barbtries Sep 23 #1
Yes. H2O Man Sep 23 #22
Never Saw that. But remember the "I'm Sorry" signs w people photos on FB! electric_blue68 Sep 23 #32
Hear hear, dear H20 Man! cilla4progress Sep 23 #2
Thank you. H2O Man Sep 23 #23
The steve miller and gwb connection is revealing here senseandsensibility Sep 23 #3
It's unreal. H2O Man Sep 23 #24
they'll never get anywhere bigtree Sep 23 #4
You win! H2O Man Sep 23 #25
I add my apology as well. n/t returnee Sep 23 #5
Thank you! H2O Man Sep 23 #26
K&R berniesandersmittens Sep 23 #6
Thanks! H2O Man Sep 23 #27
But, but don't forget "person, woman, man, camera, tv". rubbersole Sep 23 #7
this is why NJCher Sep 23 #19
"Bitter, party of one, your table is ready." 😜 rubbersole Sep 23 #21
Very well done! H2O Man Sep 23 #28
Excellent post Grim Chieftain Sep 23 #8
Thanks. H2O Man Sep 23 #29
Political pundit on CBC just now describing Trump as Bev54 Sep 23 #9
Nice! H2O Man Sep 23 #30
Better. The UN can keep a close watch on trump make a referral against him to the I.C.C.; ancianita Sep 23 #10
Many of the UN representatives actually heard the speech through earphones from the interpreter FakeNoose Sep 23 #11
I would imagine that swong19104 Sep 23 #13
Brits are piss poor at languages róisín_dubh Wednesday #37
Maybe Trump might get a Nobel Peace Prize swong19104 Sep 23 #12
He truly is won-dumb -uk spanone Sep 23 #14
And so it was later... Godot51 Sep 23 #15
Oh My God. vanlassie Sep 23 #20
The line is just Procol Harum's reference to "Canterbury Tales." John1956PA Sep 23 #31
Yes. But it's being used in a different context tonight. vanlassie Wednesday #36
Damn! Now I know why those lyrics seemed so important SalviaBlue Sep 23 #33
This was like a George Carlin stand-up comedy show BigmanPigman Sep 23 #16
Well said. I'll sign onto that. Magoo48 Sep 23 #17
From your lips stage left Sep 23 #18
I really do keep hoping that we will be rescued SalviaBlue Sep 23 #34
there will be no D-Day EmmaLee E Wednesday #42
I'm in. Permanut Sep 23 #35
Excellent post and K&R for this characterization... llmart Wednesday #38
Ah...tapeworm... this reminds me of my childhood. iscooterliberally Wednesday #39
Thank you to the building maintenance people Clouds Passing Wednesday #40
If the speech was written by Miller Mblaze Wednesday #41

barbtries

(30,799 posts)
1. Remember after gw won in 2004?
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 05:04 PM
Sep 23
https://www.amazon.com/Sorry-Everybody-Re-election-1-Jan-2005-Paperback/dp/B013RPYMTE
Sorry Everybody: An Apology to the World for the Re-election of George W. Bush by James Zetlen (1-Jan-2005) Paperback

My youngest son is on page 35.

cilla4progress

(26,452 posts)
2. Hear hear, dear H20 Man!
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 05:07 PM
Sep 23

Couldn't they have turned their backs or walked out?

What must they think of us!

Painful...

H2O Man

(77,992 posts)
23. Thank you.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 09:52 PM
Sep 23

I was thinking American farmers could have sold tomatoes there and made good money.

senseandsensibility

(24,015 posts)
3. The steve miller and gwb connection is revealing here
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 05:07 PM
Sep 23

We've come full circle, but now the world is seeing it as well. Something tells me that they won't be "charmed" like most of the people in the red states are.

H2O Man

(77,992 posts)
24. It's unreal.
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 09:54 PM
Sep 23

I had my son watch this with me today. Very early on, he cracked up laughing and said, "I've had enough!" and left.

H2O Man

(77,992 posts)
26. Thank you!
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 09:58 PM
Sep 23

I had difficulty believing he would be such an obnoxious, flaming asshole at the UN.

rubbersole

(10,635 posts)
7. But, but don't forget "person, woman, man, camera, tv".
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 05:58 PM
Sep 23

The doctors couldn't believe it. "Sir, how did you do that?"
Americans have known for a loooong time. Just not enough of us to stop this. And we're hoping for forgiveness (if the insane pos doesn't destroy the world first.) 🙏

NJCher

(41,572 posts)
19. this is why
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:59 PM
Sep 23

we all have to learn the hard way--their cluelessness.

But I'm not bitter. Nah.

H2O Man

(77,992 posts)
28. Very well done!
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:00 PM
Sep 23

If I remember correctly, these were huge, weight-lifting doctors with tears running down their cheeks.

ancianita

(42,027 posts)
10. Better. The UN can keep a close watch on trump make a referral against him to the I.C.C.;
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 06:42 PM
Sep 23

even if we're not signatories, the ICC could still issue an arrest warrant, as it did with Vladimir Putin, whose country isn't a signatory, either. A UN referral to the ICC would get him even closer to other bad stuff besides a psychiatric cell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court

FakeNoose

(38,809 posts)
11. Many of the UN representatives actually heard the speech through earphones from the interpreter
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 06:43 PM
Sep 23

Correct me if I'm wrong, however ....

I believe the UN interpreters are given advance copies of speeches - any speech, not just Chump's - so they can give a proper interpretation without errors or hesitations. If that's the case, most UN representatives heard the actual speech, not Chump's crazy off-the-cuff ramblings.

It was just the native English-speakers who didn't need interpreters ... they're the ones who heard Chump's ravings because of the broken machine.

swong19104

(529 posts)
13. I would imagine that
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 06:59 PM
Sep 23

any and all attendees from all the various nations are fully fluent in English. Translators are probably only used when the speaker is speaking in his/her native tongue which is not that well known. And chances are, all speakers are quite fluent at speaking in English. It’s really just Americans who are incapable of learning another language. Practically everyone under the age of 30 outside the US are trilingual.

róisín_dubh

(12,141 posts)
37. Brits are piss poor at languages
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 01:19 AM
Wednesday

I don’t know a single white British person who speaks a second language, unless they have family members who do. Not one. The only exceptions to this are three academics who work on Latin America and Germany. Even my academic colleagues are profoundly monolingual.

swong19104

(529 posts)
12. Maybe Trump might get a Nobel Peace Prize
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 06:54 PM
Sep 23

By having the entire rest of the world unite as one to kick the US of A in the gonads until it coughs up the useless sputum that is Trump.

World peace by just tossing Trump into a live volcano. Of course, once dead, he’d be ineligible for any Nobel.

Godot51

(642 posts)
15. And so it was later...
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:00 PM
Sep 23

... when the miller told his tale
that our faces at first just ghostly
turned a whiter shade of pale

BigmanPigman

(53,863 posts)
16. This was like a George Carlin stand-up comedy show
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:08 PM
Sep 23

except Carlin was 100% correct. The tRump Show is not comedy which makes this even more of an abomination.

SalviaBlue

(3,102 posts)
34. I really do keep hoping that we will be rescued
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:16 PM
Sep 23

by the reasonable, smart, good people in the world.

We are in trouble.

I’m looking for the helpers.

llmart

(16,901 posts)
38. Excellent post and K&R for this characterization...
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 08:56 AM
Wednesday

"tapeworm named Stephen Miller". So perfect.

Mblaze

(789 posts)
41. If the speech was written by Miller
Wed Sep 24, 2025, 10:55 AM
Wednesday

Then he should be sent to a mental institution. Trump should be sent to a remedial reading class. Maybe if he could read, he might learn something.... the he should be sent to a psychiatric ward.

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