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President George W. Bush gives the "Hook 'em, 'horns" salute to the University of Texas Longhorns marching band as he watches Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.
Posted on 01/21/2005 9:54:26 AM PST by KidGlock
Some Confused By Bush's 'Satanic' Salute
In Texas, Sign Shows Support For School
POSTED: 11:11 am EST January 21, 2005
OSLO, Norway -- President George W. Bush's "Hook 'em, 'horns" salute got lost in translation in Norway, where shocked people interpreted his hand gesture during his inauguration as a salute to Satan.
That's what it means in the Nordics when you throw up the right hand with the index and pinky fingers raised, a gesture popular among heavy metal groups and their fans in the region.
Residents of the Scandinavian country were taken aback when they saw the First Family appear to salute Satan during the inaugural parade.
"Shock greeting from Bush daughter," a headline in the Norwegian Internet newspaper Nettavisen said above a photograph of Bush's daughter Jenna, smiling and showing the sign.
For Texans, the gesture is a sign of love for the University of Texas Longhorns, whose fans are known to shout out "Hook 'em, 'horns!" at sporting events.
Bush, a former Texas governor, and his family made the sign to greet the Longhorn marching band as it passed during the inaugural parade through Washington during Thursday's festivities, Norway's largest newspaper, Verdens Gang, explained to its readers.
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President George W. Bush gives the "Hook 'em, 'horns" salute to the University of Texas Longhorns marching band as he watches Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C.
Its only satanic if Bush were to do the sign and start shaking his head up and down while spitting goat blood out of his nose and mouth.
I suppose it's indicative of exactly how fixated the world is on America when something this ridiculously stupid makes the AP.
Of course, anything that implies Bush may be hellspawn gets autoapproved by MSM editors.
LOL!
Well ,if anyone would be up on the Satanic etiquettes, it would be the Scandinavians
I knew this was coming when I saw the President and his wife hooking the Texas marching band yesterday at the parade.
Ignorant, parochial, Europe.
LOL... I made the mistake once of giving the "OK" sign to my taxi driver in Brazil.
Try going to England and telling a mixed assemblage that you've fallen on your "fanny."
So did Laura....for a moment I was wondering why the First Family was having a Beavis & Butthead moment
I'd respond to this but I'm too busy laughing! BRAAAA-HAAAAA!!!!!
I guess this will lead to months of posts at DU and more delusions for MoveOn...
What did Bush know and when did he know it?
There should be a good DUmmie FUnnie thread on this.
No--That'd be "gig 'em Aggies"...
Okay, which one of us will be first to say that teasip hand signs ARE evil? ;)
Okay so a few Texas A&M Aggies were Confused about the President flashing the Hook 'em Horns Salute.
Leave the poor Aggies alone they are doing the best they can with the few tools they have been given.
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