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Yes, this is real. Found near the town of Wyoming, Minnesota on I-35 you will find a giant George W. Bush waving at you.
Is THIS what pwned means?
I have a good friend (well a couple, who would have thought it?) that is into video gaming and all of the online sophistication that our dear editor Nick is into. Some time back, I noticed the use of the term “pwned” which my friend Andrew pronounced as “Poned” with particular stress on the P. Over drinks at a favorite stomping ground in Maryland (Fingers & Claws - plug!) I attempted to gain a good understanding of the proper context in which to use “pwned”, which is about the same as using “owned” which I use. However, I guess techies got bored and had to invent a new word during the downtime they acquire from “hours” of mindless stimulation (I kid, I kid!).
I found two really good examples of when someone can use the term “pwned” which entails being destroyed by a superior power.
Over a week ago, Jon Stewart was ‘pwned’ by John Yoo, the former Deputy Assistant Attorney General under George W. Bush. Stewart is a smart cat, of course, but when engaged in this really good, thoughtful discussion on enhanced interrogation he gets beat by someone who obviously thought this out fully and not as half-heartedly as liberals would have you believe (bear in mind, Stewart should decide sooner or later if he is going to be a legit news reporter or journalist, or when he gets called out for being extremely biased, if he will continue to cower behind the now hackneyed “I’m an entertainer!” argument).
[Video from HuffPo here which includes the three clips]
Last night, Marc Thiessen, author of the new book Courting Disaster, could be said to have “pwned” Christiane Amanpour (and whoever the tool box on the TV was as well). Once again, the Conservative is trying to have a down to Earth discussion about a serious topic and the two left-leaning-friends take it to eleven and try to not even let the man talk. In the end, Christiane should have felt embarassed if such a sentiment still exists in a CNN “reporter’s” lexicon.
[Marc Thiessen pwnes CNN part one]
[Marc Thiessen pwnes CNN part two] – “They’re only doing training as you know” Great demonstration of ineptitude.
-rj
“Question Authority”
“Question Authority” is a popular slogan often pasted on bumper stickers that came out of the late 1970’s famous protests around the United States.? The phrase is a statement refuting the logical fallacy of “because I said so.”? In other words, statements made by “authority figures” are not necessarily factual just because the individual making the statements have rank over others.
“You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on…” -Oliver Goldsmith
From Vietnam to George W. Bush, questioning authority has been the policy of the left, especially when Republicans have been in office.? And to be fair, there has always been an assumption that it is the duty of citizenry not to blindly accept what they are being told by a government.? Especially when that government was appointment by the very people it assumes it has authority over.
“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” -Benjamin Franklin
But for the Left, this mantra of sorts has quickly come to a close with the election of a Progressive administration.? Questioning authority is unacceptable.? And it is confusing to the Left why conservatives would ever question the policies of the administration.? Furthermore, the generation that invented the “Question Authority” movement, now the authorities themselves, have entered into numerous double standards.
Mark Lloyd was brought into the administration as the Chief Diversity Officer.? A position that is designed to verify that a strategy of diversity and inclusion policy is taking place across the nation.? Yet the administration has attempted to shut down and shut out Fox News as of late.? A very diverse move.
Back in August the Obama administration became concerned over email chain mails that were making the rounds on the Internet.? One should take pause and consider that sentence.? The administration of the Office of the President of the United States of America was concerned about a chain email circulating on the Internet regarding the health care bill.? David Axelrod emailed thousands of individuals who had not opted in to receive correspondence from the White House in order to confront “myths” circulating on the Internet.
I for one was never taught in school that asking questions was a thing of ignorance.
-nick
