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President Bush's salute

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  • 21-01-2005 12:01pm
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    ArthurDent
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    Was watching coverage of the inauguration last night and there was a piece shown when he was reviewing the parade and some Texas band was going by and he (and mrs Bush and the two daughters) all seemed to salute them witha two fingered sign ( :confused: not that one!), but one in which the index and little finger were raised - anyone know what this is about?


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    landser
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    maybe Bush is a homie


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    Goodshape
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    As in a peace sign?

    Well, like, duh... Bush is _all_ about peace and love and that.


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    por
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    ArthurDent wrote:
    Was watching coverage of the inauguration last night and there was a piece shown when he was reviewing the parade and some Texas band was going by and he (and mrs Bush and the two daughters) all seemed to salute them witha two fingered sign ( :confused: not that one!), but one in which the index and little finger were raised - anyone know what this is about?

    The marching band were probably from a large Texas college (Texas Tec, Texas A&M) that all the Bushes attended and the salute was some sort of college tradition
    In the States a persons affiliation to their alma mater is a big thing when it come to sports, marching bands, donations to the college etc.


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    uberwolf
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    bull horns I'd say. Longhorns.


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    ArthurDent
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    por wrote:
    The marching band were probably from a large Texas college (Texas Tec, Texas A&M) that all the Bushes attended and the salute was some sort of college tradition
    In the States a persons affiliation to their alma mater is a big thing when it come to sports, marching bands, donations to the college etc.

    ok this makes sense - cheers.


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    Hobbes
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    uberwolf wrote:
    bull horns I'd say. Longhorns.

    Looked like the sign of the devil like they give to ozzy. :)


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    seamus
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    Hobbes wrote:
    Looked like the sign of the devil like they give to ozzy. :)
    I only caught briefly, to me it looked like his daughter was rocking out to Stars and Stripes Forever :D


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    Hobbes
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    Naa the norwegiens agree with me. :)

    http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=431141

    Infowars have a funny page on it..
    http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2005/210105devilhand.htm


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    sovtek
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    uberwolf wrote:
    bull horns I'd say. Longhorns.

    UT's Longhorns
    Funny that was the college Bush couldn't get into...then Harvard accepted him.


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    sovtek
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    landser wrote:
    maybe Bush is a homie

    Or a Motley Crue fan.


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    athena 2000
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    sovtek wrote:
    UT's Longhorns
    Funny that was the college Bush couldn't get into...then Harvard accepted him.
    Bush didn't get into UT, but Yale accepted him. It's his MBA degree that's from Harvard.

    The University of Texas shout "Hook 'em Horns!" is sometimes yelled while making that hand gesture. It represents their mascot - a Longhorn steer. It's always looked bizarre to me. I'm not surprised it seemed so strange to the Norwegians - only with a worse meaning. Maybe it should be the new brand for "homie-land security." wink.gif


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