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Can you tell those of us who are young and ignorant and Canadian who this fellow is?
Hoover was one scary American.
I'd like to think George isn't that evil.
I wish I had pictures of my grandpa doing those faces. Absolutely spot on. Just another reason that makes george liquor so perfect.
its good comparison of faces, but the personalities are very different. I don't think J Edgar had anything working class about him, if he did he, worked hard to conceal it. I think his personality had an aristocratic mannered-ness.
Holy crap, they're brothers!
To tell the truth, I've always seen in your George a lot of this other famous (and American) George.
(...and a little bit of this guy too — warning: bawling)
For David Gale:
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover was a dark figure in my country's history.
One thing's different between them for sure - George Liquor would never be caught wearing a goddam dress!!
"George Liquor would never be caught wearing a goddam dress!!"
Neither, apparently, would J.Edgar Hoover.
An oldie, but a goodie, but like most UL's will never die.
Myth of J. Edgar Hoover as Cross-dresser
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Sir:
I resent the implication that America is afraid of God. Surely, that can't be our response to 9/11!
Folks in this country don't cotton to being Lord'ed over. That's precisely why we overthrew His Anointed Majesty in 1776. Everyone from Maj. Hasan to those 7th Day Adventist baby-rapists just up the road from the Bush ranch put his loyalty to God above the Flag of the United States of America.
I, for one am not afraid to say Whom is at the top of al-Quaeda's organisational pyramid.
That's because I'm posting under a pseudonym.
Pete Emslie stole my line! And that guy David is a party-pooper.
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