This is NOT a joke

[whometense]

Straight from Yahoo News, and unedited.



U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York September 14, 2005. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations at a summit on Wednesday but their blueprint falls short of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of freedom from want, persecution and war. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Direct link (corrected): /print
Via First Draft.

[stevedeshazer]

1. Link?

On edit: for if true, comedians across the nation and world will rejoice very soon....

[whometense]

3. Sorry -

the link keeps giving me an error message, for some reason. But the link from First Draft works. It's real.

[montana500]

33. lol

He's been on a bathroom break for 5 freaking years, and
his toilet happens to be the United States.

[Alizaryn]

2. This as close as I can get to where this might have come from.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050914/photos_pl_afp/05091421312404ljg389_photo2

[whometense]

4. It's photo

38 of 188 in the slide show.

[stevedeshazer]

7. Thanks, got it.

:hi:

[LSK]

48. link on yahoo recommended photos

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/highestrated

If this is a hoax, then it has made it to the bigtime.

[Alizaryn]

5. I'll be damned!

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/wl/091405unworldsummit/im:/050914/ids_photos_ts/r2587077477.jpg;_ylt=AkOc9xMdw114MPL6kxzMpg7lWMcF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGcyMWMzBHNlYwNzc25hdg--?sp=-1&lsp=6000

[maxsolomon]

6. that's what the catheter is for, dumbass

you DID hook up your catheter beforehand, right? it goes right to the resevoir in your shoe's heel.

[radfringe]

51. 4 questions

1. He can write?????? :wow:
that note is a keeper for his library... frame it right next to "my Pet Goat"

2. He "THINKS" he needs a bathroom break? Doesn't he know whether or not he has to go wee-wee? The "whiz that wuzzn't"?

3. Does he have to ask permission to wee-wee? Get a hall pass? I mean he's been peeing and pooping on us since January 2001 and now he asks for permission?

4. Boxers, briefs or ..... depends?

[coffeenap]

8. self delete-dup of above

[AX10]

9. rofl

:rofl:

[1932]

10. The question mark is so, well, confusing...or...amusing...

[1932]

11. He'll take with him Anan's proposal to end war and wipe his ass with it.

[Clark2008]

12. Here's the link to recommend AND email this sucker

news.yahoo.com/photo/050914/ids_photos_ts/r2587077477.jpg

:rofl:

But in an "http://" at the beginning. It kept wanting to show up as a picture.

[magnolia]

13. Condy's response...

"Don't worry George, I made sure you got the super absorbent depends."

[Inland]

14. Sheesh, just tell John to cup his hands. nt

[mcscajun]

15. I'll be Damned!?!?!

I would have sworn, had you not posted "this is NOT a joke" that the note had been 'shopped.

Wow! I hope that photographer isn't "on the American Plan". :)

Poor Bushy...needs to ask Mamma Condi for a bathroom break. :sarcasm:

[IChing]

16. Freepers take notice your glorious leader asking the right questions

This is not fake "nominated"

[A Brand New World]

17. Plus he's so stupid and unsure of himself, he makes the statement

of needing a bathroom break as a question. Does he not even know himself whether he has to go? Is he that out of touch with reality that he doesn't even know his own elimination requirements?!? What a dork!!!!

[Wabbajack]

18. Hey, when you gotta go

:shrug:

[IChing]

19. "Hey, when you gotta go" You ask your mommy

:puke: :wtf: :rofl:

[Contrary1]

20. I would bet that if you watch

Smirk's pant leg carefully as he walks, you
would be able to see the outline of a flask.

[deadparrot]

21. holy crap...i thought that was fake!

:rofl:

[meganmonkey]

22. But Mo-o-o-mmmm

I gotta go potty!!!

:rofl:

[Generator]

23. People

You should be praising him that he didn't piss all over himself. He's potty trained and asking nicely.

But let's do a wee bit of handwriting analysis shall we? What POPS out at moi is the two big I's. Two big I's. Much space bewteen the I think and the next I.

It really shows that I is what He is all about.

Notice the next I-Is- that starts a sentence is written in cursive, not print like the I's that refer to himself.

Even his handwriting shows isolation and ego.

[BlueJac]

24. Hoax

[IChing]

25. No it is not, prove it, it did come from Rueter

I found it searching the news and pictures myself without the link provided here.

[BlueJac]

26. you prove it

[IChing]

29. link

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/wl/091405unworldsummit/im:/050914/ids_photos_ts/r2587077477.jpg;_ylt=AhBzDnqiRzAUZmB2kzZ6xntgWscF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3dmhrOGVvBHNlYwNzc20- this is from the yahoo multiple photo spread

this the url and photo
?x=380&y=217&sig=Hh355TcloLG7aLsST74eYA--

[IChing]

31. Now the news has picked this up

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1781602

apology needed

[IChing]

47. Bluejac? Bluejac? OK Bueller? Bueller? Ferris Bueller?

[whometense]

27. Another view:

[Vox_Reason]

28. I thought I couldn't be more stunned...

But yet I am.

When will our long national nightmare end?

When??!?

[shance]

30. So why is the media playing this up so high. Whats the distraction?

Are we supposed to be ignoring what Cheney and Rumsfeld are doing?

Where is Donald Rumsfeld anyway?

[Robeson]

32. Just when you think it can't get worse with this guy, it does....

...:wow:

[zulchzulu]

34. That's Photoshop, dude...

Notice the white "glow" around the person's hand with the background typed document. Someone forgot to zoom in and tweak or don't know about using channels.

B-

I bet I could find the hand signing on images.google.com if I freakin' cared...

[Robeson]

36. Not according to this...

...http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001137252

[IChing]

37. or this link, people ! !! !! this is psychologically revealing

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1781602&mesg_id=1781602

link above

and it reveals that he is the puppet and needs permission

[hopein08]

38. I thought so at first but not anymore...

I don't think Reuters would post it and still be standing by it if it was a fake. I'm sure they have people that could figure it out.

But if you think you can prove it's a fake, I'd be more than happy to consider what you can show.

[zulchzulu]

43. See below...

[wellstone_democrat]

35. Time for the Depends sport?

Incontinence is *nothing* to be ashamed of at your age George! Many chimps wear diapers as well!

You have to face up to these medical problems that can become social problems. Its just part of being "human"

[Doctor_J]

39. Honey, can I go potty?

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

My god, no wonder the entire world thinks of him as a pathetic loser.

[Virginian]

40. I don't think it is about a bathroom at all.

I think he is bored and wants to get out of there and the best excuse he can think of is to go to the restroom.

[wicket]

41. Bwahahahahahaa!

:rofl: :rofl:

[zulchzulu]

42. Since this was a Photoshop hoax, here are my suggestions

The first graphic had a lot of telltale sloppy Photoshop errors with lighting, glows and other flaws. I would suggest that the Photoshop artist use a more focused set of elements and not have various types of elements from obviously different original graphic locations.

This took about 15 minutes and was done using a decent Mac. I'm guessing the original was done on a PC with a crappy monitor.

:smoke:

As for the "news picking up the story", I smell a Rovian rat. Otherwise, people at Reuters may not have heard of Photoshop yet...

[ContraBass Black]

49. Where are these from?

[LibertyorDeath]

50. Here you best contact them & let them know

Wouldn't want this POS embarrassed by a "hoax"




Reuters Photog Appears to Capture Bush at U.N. With 'Bathroom Break' Note

By E&P Staff

Published: September 14, 2005 7:35 PM ET updated 10:55 PM ET

NEW YORK In what seems destined to become one of the most yakked about photos of the month, if not year, a Reuters photographer today seems to have captured President George W. Bush scribbling a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a session at the United Nations. On the note is a message revolving around the need to take a "bathroom break."

The photo by Denver-based Rick Wilking, taken over a man's shoulder, shows an official -- identified in the caption (at Reuters' official site) as President Bush -- scribbling in pencil on a small white piece of paper that already contains the words: "I think I MAY NEED A BATHroom break?"

The caption at the Reuters photo site reads:

"U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York September 14, 2005. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations at a summit on Wednesday but their blueprint falls short of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of freedom from want, persecution and war."


Wilking, a former Reuters staffer in Europe, took several other photos today at the U.N. posted at the Reuters site. He recently covered the hurricane disaster in the Gulf, and on Sept. 2 was profiled at E&P Online.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001137252

[Robeson]

44. Writing sample comparison from another thread...

...http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1781602&mesg_id=1781837

[IChing]

45. It is his writing check the th and the I....NOT PHOTOSHOPPED!!!!!!!!!!

[Robeson]

46. Yes, it is very similar.

[npincus]

52. does Condi wipe up?

why else would she need to be notified? Go get the Charmin, Condi!

[Borgnine]

53. Why is there a question mark there?

"I think I may need a bathroom break?"

[Totally Committed]

54. Looks like someone was stingy with info at the Protocol Meeting...

This is a POTUS that needs to ask when it is appropriate to take a bathroom break, my friends. No wonder he surrounds himself with FRIENDS and CRONIES... how do you ask a well-qualified stranger if it's okay to go make pee-pee in the toidy?

Geez.......

TC