PHOTO: "They'll greet us with chocolates"

[Bluebear]

We honor our allies by wrapping candy with their flag. Quaint.



A picture released by the Israeli Government Press Office shows U.S. President George W. Bush (L) offering Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon chocolates wrapped in Israeli flags during their meeting at the Presidential ranch in Crawford, Texas April 11, 2005.

[CornField]

1. Looks like hotel soaps

eom

[RBHam]

2. wait until sharon finds out that bush spiked the chocolate

with ex-lax

oy vey!

[Richardo]

3. What symbolism: The US at the service of Israel....

Yeesh.

[Bluebear]

8. Where is the pic of George passing out hot towels & hors d'oeuvres?

[Cleita]

4. As some other DUer noted on another thread,

now we know why Pickles fired the White House chef over "stylistic" differences. How tacky!

[Selatius]

5. Why do we support a nation that is actively colonizing another people?

How is Israel's conduct any different than US conduct with the theft of Native American land and the destruction of their culture and people? How is it different than China's treatment of Tibetans? How is Israel's policies of colonialism in the West Bank any better than South Africa's policies of apartheid?

[RBHam]

7. Because of the Holocaust.

Hitler's Dark vision has had repercussions for modern Palestinians too, if you think about it.

[Journeyman]

10. It had repercussions for us all, if you think about it . . .

n/t

[Selatius]

15. Yes, I see that much, but it's simply so galling

You'd think people learned something after upwards of 50,000,000 people died before that Nazi son of a bitch was dead in his bunker.

[RBHam]

20. Learn from history?

Who?

When?

Where?

I wish.

[FreedomAngel82]

11. Don't you get it?

Israel is the holy land. It's where Jesus is from so that's why. :eyes: They could bomb other countries around them and kill thousands and still have support.

[spanone]

6. Thank God they didn't mistakenly put out those Arabic candy bars...

I sleep better at night just knowing where my tax money goes.....
what utter bullshit.

Sharon needs more candy like the Palestinians need more Jewish settlements.

[Journeyman]

9. WHAT is that painting in the background??!? . . .

Is that a cow jumping off a banister? Anyone have a link to the "art" the Shrub's keep on their walls?

[Bluebear]

13. Looks like some hideous Crawford dairy ad.

Or something on velvet.

[Fenris]

14. Here's a better shot of the "artwork"

[Bluebear]

16. Oh wow. Did Karen Hughes stick that up there?

How 1950's! How "folksy"! He's 'just like us'!

[CornField]

18. Not to mention it goes so well with the Indian blanket coffee table

[Fenris]

22. "The Ranch" sure is a classy shithole.

That's tacky even for Texas.

[Cleita]

29. Yeah, they took that mobile home decor seriously

Actually, many of the homes I visited in Texas were very stylishly decorated, even in the ranch country.

[Fenris]

31. I was citing many of the homes I have unfortunately had to visit.

One had paintings of clowns on the walls.:scared:

[Cleita]

32. You mean like,

Karen Hughes home, or maybe Tom Delay's
sister's home?

Oh, it was Ken Lay, I'm sure. I picture him having clowns on the wall.

[Bluebear]

33. You mean like....

[Bluebear]

23. Didn't they build this "ranch" just for show?

What did they do, buy old furniture to make it look like he's owned this dump for decades?

[Cleita]

27. That's Dick Cheney's coffin. They uncover it at dusk.

Actually, this is a sort of retro-forties ranch look, but they did it in the bunkhouse, not the ranchhouse!

[merh]

17. I thought it was the cow jumping over the moon!

[Journeyman]

19. That was my first thought, too. . .

but I figured George wouldn't have anything from the pages of literature on his walls. . .

[merh]

21. Good point!

I hadn't thought of that.

:rofl:

[peekaloo]

12. In 'Murka we just suck our flags.

[signmike]

24. Is that pile of soaps a plastic mold? Like the turkey?

[Bluebear]

25. No, he was smiling with the turkey

These must be real, he looks sullen that he has to actually pass out something that the guest may enjoy.

[Village Idiot]

26. I somehow doubt that Bush will tell Sharon...

that his Crawford Ranch was once a PIG FARM, either...

[deadparrot]

28. Yes, Prime Minister Sharon, we *are* that tacky. nt

[Swamp Rat]

30. Dumbya likes chocolate