# 9/11: Bush's Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 12, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-bushs-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/201104 "2003-09-12T01:32:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pantom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@pantom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantom)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-bushs-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/201104/21 "2003-09-12T14:19:51Z")
**Super Gnat** , nice performance, but far too complex. 9+11+1 = 21, multiply by 2 and you get 42. Why 2? I don’t know. I suppose because it was the Twin Towers. But then again four planes hit two cities, so there you go, 42 again. (I know, one missed. Don’t complicate things, OK?) We could probably play these games all day. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-bushs-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/201104/22 "2003-09-12T14:59:22Z")
It reminds me of Chris Rock’s bit about him taking Black History and the answer to every question was “Martin Luther King”. “Who led the Montgomery Bus Strike?” “Martin Luther King.” “What black leader was assassinated by James Earl Ray in 1968?” “Martin Luther King.” “What’s the capital of Zaire?” “Martin Luther King.” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-bushs-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/201104/23 "2003-09-12T16:52:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Desmostylus \* > **Don’t criticize Bush. You’re only encouraging the terrorists. [Rumsfeld said so](http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/iraq/6727376.htm), so it must be true.** **december** was really Rumsfeld?! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-bushs-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/201104/24 "2003-09-12T17:48:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\ ***december** was really Rumsfeld?! :eek: \*\* I thought the same thing! It does make sense- the obsessive defense of the Bush administration. Difficulty with cites. Difficulty with lying. Willingness to twist and distort the words of others for his own purposes. Convienent amnesia regarding his own statements. Willingness to pretend he said something he didn’t. Why didn’t we think of this sooner? 😉 I wonder who else from the Bush administation is posting here? I have a few suspects in mind. . . . :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-bushs-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/201104/25 "2003-09-12T17:59:16Z")
> [@](#): > > That’s what kills me. People buy into this crap. Well, yeah, it makes an excellent ten-second sound bite. What Bush critics need is an equally excellent ten-secound sound bite to counter it, maybe with their own line of dungarees and happy meal promotions to really drive the point home. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-bushs-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/201104/26 "2003-09-12T18:07:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\ ***december** was really Rumsfeld?! :eek: \*\* Damn! You beat me to it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-bushs-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/201104/27 "2003-09-12T19:35:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Seven \* > \*\*That’s what kills me. People buy into this crap. > > Why? Why? Why? \*\* Because if you act within the next 30 seconds, you can receive, as a free gift, [THIS AMAZING GEORGE BUSH ACTION FIGURE!!](http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0803/12bushdoll.html?urac=n&urvf=10633952542570.6618187947203336) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-bushs-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/201104/28 "2003-09-12T21:36:02Z")
I was expecting him to pump this anniversary for all it was worth. I have to assume either some unknown cause, or a total surge in dignity and decorum amongst the Pubbies dissuaded them from exploiting a national tragedy for political ends. Naturally, I gravitate towards “unknown cause”. For instance, I was very surprised he did not arrange for a good ol’ fashioned rip-snorting patriotic rally and sombre reflection. And photo op. Bring in several ranks of brave soldiers, police, firemen… Firemen. How is ol’ George doing amongst the firemen of NYawk? Much beloved is he? By now most all of you know the story that alleges that the EPA was pressured by the WH to declare the air quality just after 9/11 acceptable, when it was known otherwise. Out here on the Third Coast, the outrage was muted, but I wonder how it played there in NYawk? What I’m getting at: did GeeDubya pass on exploiting Ground Zero because he was uncertain as to his reception in NYawk? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-bushs-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/201104/29 "2003-09-12T22:10:53Z")
**"Security Concerns"** 😉 > [@](#): > > Dick Cheney (news - web sites) to New York, but Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg asked that Mr. Cheney not attend the ceremony at ground zero, because his security needs would have inconvenienced the families of the victims. Instead, Mr. Cheney attended an interfaith service at Riverside Church later in the day commemorating 84 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey workers who died. [Yesireee !](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=68&ncid=68&e=6&u=/nyt/20030912/ts_nyt/another911andthenationmournsagain) ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-bushs-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/201104/30 "2003-09-12T23:05:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pantom \* > \*\ ***Super Gnat** , nice performance, but far too complex. > 9+11+1 = 21, multiply by 2 and you get 42. > Why 2? I don’t know. I suppose because it was the Twin Towers. > But then again four planes hit two cities, so there you go, 42 again. (I know, one missed. Don’t complicate things, OK?) > We could probably play these games all day. \*\* Oh sure, do it the _easy_ way, why doncha 🙂 . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-bushs-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/201104.md?page=1)