And if this doesn't prove what a fascist society AmeriKa is, nothing will.
Yup, can't even have VOTED against this fucking lying, law-breaking, mass-murdering war criminal, no matter how much this country HATES HIM!!!!
Well, over 50 million of us voted against him, and now we REALLY HATE HIS ASS!
WAKE UP, stink media, 'cause you are next, fuckers!!!!!
I think they are all GREAT LADIES!!!
"Display of Anti-Bush Sign Has Competitive Bridge World in an Uproar" by STEPHANIE STROM
In the genteel world of bridge, disputes are usually handled quietly and rarely involve issues of national policy. But in a fight reminiscent of the brouhaha over an anti-Bush statement by Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks in 2003, a team of women who represented the United States at the world bridge championships in Shanghai last month is facing sanctions, including a yearlong ban from competition, for a spur-of-the-moment protest.
Yup, here we are, five years later, knowing all about BUSH'S SHIT LIES -- but you still can't criticize the FUCKING MASS-MURDERER, huh?
Well, FUCK YOU MSM!!!!!!!
I HATE that GOD-DAMNED LYING, LAW-BREAKING, MASS-MURDERING FUCKING WAR CRIMINAL, 'kay?!
At issue is a crudely lettered sign, scribbled on the back of a menu, that was held up at an awards dinner and read, “We did not vote for Bush.”
By e-mail, angry bridge players have accused the women of “treason” and “sedition.”
Then GO FIGHT IN HIS WARS, assholes! HE NEEDS YA!
Jan Martel, president of the United States Bridge Federation, the nonprofit group that selects teams for international tournaments:
“This isn’t a free-speech issue. There isn’t any question that private organizations can control the speech of people who represent them.”
Really? Then Sig Heil, huh, you FASCIST FUCK!!!!!!
Not so, said Danny Kleinman, a professional bridge player, teacher and columnist, by e-mail:
“If the U.S.B.F. wants to impose conditions of membership that involve curtailment of free speech, then it cannot claim to represent our country in international competition.”
Sure they can: This is AmeriKa!
Ms. Martel said the action by the team, which had won the Venice Cup, the women’s title, at the Shanghai event, could cost the federation corporate sponsors.
The players have been stunned by the reaction to what they saw as a spontaneous gesture, “a moment of levity,” said Gail Greenberg, the team’s nonplaying captain and winner of 11 world championships.
Ms. Greenberg, stressing that she was speaking for herself and not her six teammates:
“What we were trying to say, not to Americans but to our friends from other countries, was that we understand that they are questioning and critical of what our country is doing these days, and we want you to know that we, too, are critical.”
The controversy has gone global, with the French team offering support for its American counterparts.
The French team wrote in by e-mail to the federation’s board and others:
“By trying to address these issues in a nonviolent, nonthreatening and lighthearted manner, you were doing only what women of the world have always tried to do when opposing the folly of men who have lost their perspective of reality.”
Thanks, Frenchies!
The proposed sanctions would hurt the team’s playing members financially.
Debbie Rosenberg, a team member:
“I earn my living from bridge, and a substantial part of that from being hired to compete in high-level competitions. So being barred would directly affect much of my ability to earn a living.”
A hearing is scheduled this month in San Francisco, where thousands of players will be gathered for the Fall North American Bridge Championships. It will determine whether displaying the sign constitutes conduct unbecoming a federation member.
Three players— Hansa Narasimhan, JoAnna Stansby and Jill Meyers — have expressed regret that the action offended some people.
See how the pressure can get to you.
The federation has proposed a settlement to Ms. Greenberg and the three other players, Jill Levin, Irina Levitina and Ms. Rosenberg, who have not made any mollifying statements.
It calls for a one-year suspension from federation events, including the World Bridge Olympiad next year in Beijing; a one-year probation after that suspension; 200 hours of community service “that furthers the interests of organized bridge”; and an apology drafted by the federation’s lawyer.
It would also require them to write a statement telling “who broached the idea of displaying the sign, when the idea was adopted, etc.”
Alan Falk, a lawyer for the federation, wrote the four team members on Nov. 6:
“I am instructed to press for greater sanction against anyone who rejects this compromise offer.”
Ms. Greenberg said she decided to put up the sign in response to questions from players from other countries about American interrogation techniques, the war in Iraq and other foreign policy issues.
Ms. Greenberg: “There was a lot of anti-Bush feeling, questioning of our Iraq policy and about torture. I can’t tell you it was an overwhelming amount, but there were several specific comments, and there wasn’t the same warmth you usually feel at these events.”
Yeah, the WORLD HATES US BECAUSE OF ASSHOLE BUSH!!!!!
Thanks a lot, you mass-murdering fuck!
Ms. Rosenberg said the team members intended the sign as a personal statement that demonstrated American values and noted that it was held up at the same time some team members were singing along to “The Star-Spangled Banner” and waving small American flags.
Ms. Rosenberg wrote by e-mail:
“Freedom to express dissent against our leaders has traditionally been a core American value. Unfortunately, the Bush brand of patriotism, where criticizing Bush means you are a traitor, seems to have penetrated a significant minority of U.S. bridge players.”
Yup, can't criticize the fascist fucking dictator.
Well, FUCK OFF you FAILURE!!!!!
BUSH is a FUCKING FAILURE HIS WHOLE WRETCHED LIFE!!!
So FUCK OFF, STINKSHIT!!!!!!!!
Through a spokesman, the other team members declined to discuss the matter. Ms. Narasimhan, Ms. Stansby and Ms. Meyers have been offered a different settlement agreement, but Ms. Martel declined to discuss it in detail.
Many of those offended by the sign do not consider the expressions of regret sufficient.
Jim Kirkham, who has played in several bridge championship:
“I think an apology is kind of specious. It’s not that I don’t forgive them, but I still think they should be punished.”
And should Bush be punished for all the shit lies and neglect of the American people, asshole?!
This guy is another FASCISTA FUCKING ASSHOLE!!
Why don't YOU go to Iraq and DIE, shitfuck?!
Mr. Kirkham sits on the board of the American Contract Bridge League, which accounts for a substantial portion of the federation’s financing, Ms. Martel said, and has submitted a proposal that would cut the league’s support for the federation, one of two such proposals pending.
Robert S. Wolff, one of the country’s pre-eminent bridge players, who has served as an executive and board member of several bridge organizations, said that he understood that the women might have had a legal right to do what they did but that they had offended many people.
WHO? We all FUCKING HATE HIM, and we are Americans!!
The WORLD HATES HIM MORE, fascista!!!!
Wolff, by e-mail:
“While I believe in the right to free speech, to me that doesn’t give anyone the right to criticize one’s leader at a foreign venue in a totally nonpolitical event.”
Yeah, Sig Heil, shitbag!!!!!!
David L. Anderson, a bridge player who supports the team, said it was common to see players at international tournaments sporting buttons bearing the date “1-20-09,” when George W. Bush will hand off to a new president, as well as buttons reading “Support Our Troops.”
Mr. Anderson: “They don’t go after those people.”
Ooooooooooohhhhh!
It's ALL RIGHT TO SUPPORT HIS LYING STINK WARS, huh?
Well, DIE IN THE DESERT SANDS of the Middle East, Americans!!
GO AND DIE!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK the American people if they have this kind of fascist fucking attitude!!!!!
GO FUCKING DIE in his WARS, shitfucks!!!!!
EAT YOUR CHILDREN'S DEAD FLESH, assholes!!!!!!
FUCK YOU, AMERIKA!!!!!
