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George H W Bush has died

  • 01-12-2018 6:01am
    #1
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭


    RIP


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  • #2
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    https://twitter.com/npr/status/1068731746315890688?s=21


  • #3
    Atoms for Peace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    No new taxes.


  • #4
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    A politician from a different era. Rip.


  • #5
    John Sacrimoni
    Registered Users Posts: 229 ✭✭John Sacrimoni


    RIP, he wasnt the worst.


  • #6
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,793 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    RIP, an influential figure. We still have Jeb!


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  • #7
    Mookie Blaylock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭Mookie Blaylock


    Gone too soon
    Are dheis Rel go raibh a anam


  • #8
    Odyssey 2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,065 ✭✭✭✭Odyssey 2005


    Mookie Blaylock wrote: »
    Gone too soon
    Are dheis Rel go raibh a anam

    He was 94 !!


  • #9
    KevRossi
    Registered Users Posts: 4,485 ✭✭✭KevRossi


    RIP to his family and friends.

    But he represented all that is rotten about US politics and it's corrupt corporate dealings.


  • #10
    John Sacrimoni
    Registered Users Posts: 229 ✭✭John Sacrimoni


    KevRossi wrote: »
    RIP to his family and friends.

    But he represented all that is rotten about US politics and it's corrupt corporate dealings.

    His family and friends are not dead.


  • #11
    Vicxas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,404 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    George H.W Bush - "He wasn't the worst"

    What an epitaph.


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  • #12
    flatty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭flatty


    He bred the idiot who unleashed havoc on millions of innocents.
    I'll not mourn the passing of any of them.


  • #13
    Sciprio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 790 ✭✭✭Sciprio


    I will not shed a tear for a terrorist who killed inocent people and then then gave birth to a terrorist just to send innocent people to their deaths just to compete or surpass their daddies unfinished business.


  • #14
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    A brave man, his service history speaks for its self.

    Rest in Peace Mr President.


  • #15
    paw patrol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭paw patrol


    flatty wrote: »
    He bred the idiot who unleashed havoc on millions of innocents.
    I'll not mourn the passing of any of them.

    that "idiot" was US president twice...what have you achieved?


  • #16
    paw patrol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭paw patrol


    I found him an interesting character .

    I was about 13 when he invaded Iraq and that started my quest into finding out why/how the world worked.
    All those theories I believe about the elite running the show ..all ties back to GH Bush.


  • #17
    SuperSean11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭SuperSean11


    Sciprio wrote: »
    gave birth to a terrorist.

    I want to see that video on LiveLeak


  • #18
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Bill Clinton speaks about the lovely hand written letter George Bush gave him on his innaguration day in 93.

    Wishing him well for his tenure, for the good of the USA as a whole. A true Statesman, no party rivarly.


  • #19
    John Sacrimoni
    Registered Users Posts: 229 ✭✭John Sacrimoni


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Bill Clinton speaks about the lovely hand written letter George Bush gave him on his innaguration day in 93.

    Wishing him well for his tenure, for the good of the USA as a whole. A true Statesman, no party rivarly.

    One of the good guys.


  • #20
    Larbre34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,364 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Sciprio wrote: »
    I will not shed a tear for a terrorist who killed inocent people and then then gave birth to a terrorist just to send innocent people to their deaths just to compete or surpass their daddies unfinished business.

    Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah pinko.

    I wonder will it be unprecedented that a sitting President not only doesnt eulogise a former one, but is banned altogether from the Funeral. Betcha Obama speaks


  • #21
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,191 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Somewhere Homer Simpson is smiling politely.

    RIP Mr President


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  • #22
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,409 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    Somewhere Homer Simpson is smiling politely.

    RIP Mr President

    I feel sorry for Kate Bush losing her dad , so close to Christmas too


  • #23
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,151 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Did he see the toy show?


  • #24
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    Not sure who I was thinking of but I thought he died years ago.


  • #25
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,409 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Patww79 wrote: »
    Not sure who I was thinking of but I thought he died years ago.

    Saddam Hussein ?


  • #26
    Mookie Blaylock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭Mookie Blaylock


    Patww79 wrote: »
    Not sure who I was thinking of but I thought he died years ago.

    His daughter Barbara


  • #27
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,450 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    corner of hells wrote: »
    Saddam Hussein ?
    Cliff Richard.


  • #28
    fxotoole
    Registered Users Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭fxotoole


    corner of hells wrote: »
    Saddam Hussein ?

    Colonel Gaddaffi?


  • #29
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    A patriot


  • #30
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    Sciprio wrote: »
    I will not shed a tear for a terrorist who killed inocent people and then then gave birth to a terrorist just to send innocent people to their deaths just to compete or surpass their daddies unfinished business.

    The fathers war was not the son’s war.


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  • #31
    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    I had no idea he was still alive!


  • #32
    SharpshooterTom
    Registered Users Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭SharpshooterTom


    Last respectable Republican president.


  • #33
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    The first American prezzie I was aware of.

    His presidency gave the Simpsons some great moments. The (brilliant) episode that features him, obvs, but also taking the piss out of the infamous Willie Horton campaign ad.

    RIP.


  • #34
    barneystinson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,685 ✭✭✭barneystinson


    paw patrol wrote: »
    that "idiot" was US president twice...what have you achieved?

    When was the second time...?? (1989 - 1993 and.....?)


  • #35
    Vinculus
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭Vinculus


    How did that New World Order work out for him?


  • #36
    Mookie Blaylock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭Mookie Blaylock


    barneystinson wrote: »
    When was the second time...?? (1989 - 1993 and.....?)

    He was the puppet master for his son's first term, that's well known...he even held court in the oval office


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  • #37
    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,750 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    Foweva Awone wrote: »
    I had no idea he was still alive!

    He's not, read the OP.


  • #38
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Odyssey 2005 wrote: »
    He was 94 !!

    Exactly. He had so much more to give.

    Terrible when young men are cut down in their prime.


  • #39
    LeBash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭LeBash


    Sciprio wrote: »
    I will not shed a tear for a terrorist who killed inocent people and then then gave birth to a terrorist just to send innocent people to their deaths just to compete or surpass their daddies unfinished business.

    I'm fairly sure Barb gave birth.


  • #40
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,191 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Vinculus wrote: »
    How did that New World Order work out for him?

    BWO Bush World Order

    Hogan and The Outsiders said no to Bush


  • #41
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Patww79 wrote: »
    Not sure who I was thinking of but I thought he died years ago.

    Reagan I'd say?


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  • #42
    orourkeda1977
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭orourkeda1977


    flatty wrote: »
    He bred the idiot who unleashed havoc on millions of innocents.
    I'll not mourn the passing of any of them.

    He did that too as well as has son.

    He was president for the first gulf war.

    But like you say, didnt they all.


  • #43
    Oafley Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,506 ✭✭✭Oafley Jones


    Avatar MIA wrote: »
    He's not, read the OP.

    They didn’t say “is still alive”.


  • #44
    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,750 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    LeBash wrote: »
    I'm fairly sure Barb gave birth.

    That's what the one pants leg rolled up brigade want you to think! Think for yourself!


  • #45
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    What a family in fairness, two Presidents and a Governor in Jebb.

    The matriarch Barbara nee Pierce was also a Great Great grand daughter of Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the USA . Democrat


  • #46
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,465 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    barneystinson wrote: »
    When was the second time...?? (1989 - 1993 and.....?)

    The 2 terms mentioned related to the son as someone said he bred the idiot son .....
    The response was that idiot was president for 2 terms.


  • #47
    shutup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 507 ✭✭✭shutup


    paw patrol wrote: »
    that "idiot" was US president twice...what have you achieved?

    He’s thrown a kettle over a pub, what have you done?


  • #48
    yew_tree
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭yew_tree


    Born into a wealthy family and raised with a silver spoon...despite that he enlisted and fought in WW2 as a pilot, flying over 42 missions and getting shot down by the Japanese...that is bravery whatever why you look at it.

    He then entered public service and ended up head of the secret service, CIA and president...some life even if you disagree with his policies....

    It’s funny to watch the comments by Irish people this morning calling him a war mongorer which is fair enough but those same keyboard warriors will kneel at the house of Obama despite him dropping bombs like confetti.


  • #49
    Mookie Blaylock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭Mookie Blaylock


    yew_tree wrote: »
    Born into a wealthy family and raised with a silver spoon...despite that he enlisted and fought in WW2 as a pilot, flying over 42 missions and getting shot down by the Japanese...that is bravery whatever why you look at it.

    He then entered public service and ended up head of the secret service, CIA and president...some life even if you disagree with his policies....

    It’s funny to watch the comments by Irish people this morning calling him a war mongorer which is fair enough but those same keyboard warriors will kneel at the house of Obama despite him dropping bombs like confetti.

    So the white man is a hero...the back man a bomber ....yes...that's all we need to know....as you were


  • #50
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    They say Director of the CIA is the most important job in the country.



    They know more than the pres and are not obliged by law to indulge.


  • #51
    yew_tree
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭yew_tree


    Mookie Blaylock wrote: »
    So the white man is a hero...the back man a bomber ....yes...that's all we need to know....as you were

    Your implying I’m a racist which is a total lie...your twisting my argument. I also never called Bush a hero...I said enlisting in the military was brave because he didn’t have to. My point is Bish, Obama etc...there is no difference it’s US foreign policy.

    Now run along...


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