I remember Gulf Oil company sponsoring TV broadcasts of space shots in the 1960s. There's the Gulf of Mexico. Persian Gulf.
So, besides a defunct oil company, "gulf" generally means a place where the sea extends into the land. But, it can have another meaning: a deep chasm, or a gap.
On The Tonight Show With Jay Leno the other night, the president showed just how big of a dumbass he is:
If we don’t deepen our ports all along the Gulf — places like Charleston, South Carolina, or Savannah, Georgia, or Jacksonville, Florida — if we don’t do that, those ships are going to go someplace else. And we’ll lose jobs. Businesses won’t locate here.I've been those cities. And, I've been to the Gulf coast. But never at the same time.
I'd like to think I don't have to tell you that Jacksonville, Savannah, and Charleston are not cities on the Gulf. But, nobody seemed to tell The Smertest President Evah that those cities are on the Atlantic Ocean.
So, what comes to mind when someone says "gulf?"
The right answer is: A deep chasm, or a gap. As in the deep chasm in the head of Obama, and the ones that voted for him.
It's almost as good as how it's unfortunate you are less likely to die in a terror attack than in a car accident. And remember: "A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth - some obvious truth he isn't supposed to say."</a
ReplyDeleteHe was probably just confusing gulf with golf, plenty of good golfing in those areas, especially in South Carolina.
ReplyDeleteI was ready to write "the big empty space between his antenna ears" - but then I saw your last line.
ReplyDeleteI'll provide the concrete gulf shoes.
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty obvious by now, Obama is a man of strikingly average intelligence elevated above his competency and struggling with his inadequacies.
ReplyDeleteHe is a perfect example of the Peter Principle in action... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle
ReplyDeleteIt's shameful that Obama is neglecting the gulf ports in the other 54 states.
ReplyDeleteCome on now - it's the Gulf of Atlantica, right?
ReplyDeleteConventional geography is a construct of the white patriarchy and has no place in our modern world -- in other words, it's Bush's fault and bringing it up is racist.
To be fair, I haven't the foggiest notion where Jacksonville, FL, is.
ReplyDeleteHeck, I only know the city exists because it has a football team, and I only know THAT because they played the Packers once.
Harvey, really? Let me enlighten you. It's south of Yulee, east of Macclenny, and north of Green Cove Springs.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome.
Harvey, to expand upon Basil's geography lesson, Jacksonville is just south of Nassau.
ReplyDeleteUm, Yulee is in Nassau County. Also in Nassau County is Hilliard. That's where A-1-A starts, at the junction of US-1 & US-301. It runs northeast through Yulee, over to Fernandina Beach (the county seat) where it turn south, running down the coast to Key West, and inspiring Jimmy Buffet album titles. I've driven A-1-A from Hilliard to Fernandina Beach, but that's it. It was a crappy little road then, and I suspect it's a crappy little road today.
ReplyDeleteHarvey says: To be fair, I haven’t the foggiest notion where Jacksonville, FL, is.
ReplyDeleteYes, but you are not attempting to convince people to support expensive federal programs based on your ignorance. (Gee, that kind of encapsulates the entire Democrat platform, doesn't it? "Don't know what's in this law, but we MUST pass it!")
C'mon, give the guy a break. We'd know he flunked geography if Valerie wasn't keeping his transcript under wraps. That's not his fault. Besides, Bush moved them while he was fixed, laser like, on the economy.
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