Proposition Wagers for Tonight's State of the Union Speech...

[D2bets]

Number of times George W. Bush utters the phrase "weapons of mass destruction"
O2.5+120
U2.5-130

Will the phrase "weapons of mass destruction" be uttered more times in this 2004 speech than in 2003's SOTU speech?
Yes +900
No -1100

Who's full name is said more times:
Osama Bin Laden +1.5 +300
Saddam Hussein -1.5 -400

Place your wagers...

 

[D2bets]

Adding:

Will Bush say the phrase "axis of evil"?
YES +400
NO -600

 

[D2bets]

Adding:

Will "Iraq" and "weapons of mass destruction" appear within the same sentence at any time?
YES +250
NO -350

 

[Ironman_8]

Adding:

Will there be more speaking or more clapping during the speech?

Clapping -120
Speaking Even

I dunno I think theres some value on that "Axis of Evil" prop on the YES

 

[D2bets]

Not getting any action here. Are my lines that sharp?

 

[lander]

Give me the chalk ac**** the board.

D2,
Can you add a prop on how many words Dumbya will mispronounce?

 

[xpanda]

Let's hope his speechwriters had the foresight to leave our the word 'Niger' ...

 

[D2bets]

lander, that's a good one but it seems a little too ambiguous to be definite. But if I were to make a line I'll call it:
O5.5-117
U5.5-103
I'd offer reduced juice, but you're too sharp for that. What's your play there?

 

[WildBill]

I'll take the 'No' on the Axis of Evil phrase. Doubt he wants to get into that mess again...

 

[D2bets]

*ALERT* Line change:

Will Bush say the phrase "Axis of Evil"?
YES +550
NO -800

 

[lander]

D2,
Believe it or not I'll pay the 3 cents and take the under 5.5. If Webster's was judging this then the over would be easy money, but we couldn't even get the Neo-cons to agree that he mispronounced a state's name (Nevada) ... so how on earth will they ever concede that he misprounced all those big words that neither they or Georgie know.

This is the equivlent to NCAA point shaving IMO.

 

[Brazil4Worldcup2002]

Will Bush say i'm sorry for being an idiot and lying to the American people?

YES +1000000000
NO -1000000000000

 

[D2bets]

A2 -- I'll play the limit on that NO. I'm good for the credit.

 

[Banned4Life]

How many senators will walk out in protest during his speech

O/U 3.5

How many lies will Bush tell during the speech

O/U 43

 

[D2bets]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Banned4Life:
How many senators will walk out in protest during his speech

O/U 3.5

How many lies will Bush tell during the speech

O/U 43<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'll take the U3.5 for the limit.

As for lies, it would just be too difficult to count. 43 looks pretty sharp.

 

[jimbutorac]

Interesting, he didn't mention Osama once yet mentioned Saddam a handful of times.

 

[D2bets]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by D2bets:
Number of times George W. Bush utters the phrase "weapons of mass destruction"
O2.5+120
U2.5-130

Will the phrase "weapons of mass destruction" be uttered more times in this 2004 speech than in 2003's SOTU speech?
Yes +900
No -1100

Who's full name is said more times:
Osama Bin Laden +1.5 +300
Saddam Hussein -1.5 -400

Place your wagers...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

First prop is going to be controversial. He sad "weapons of mass destruction" twice and one other time he said, and this is from the trabscript, "weapons of mass destruction-related programs". I'm going to have to say that does not count and so the U2.5-130 is a winner.

Second one -1100 NO easy winner

Saddam -1.5-400 easy over Osama.

NO -600 on axis of evil.

"Iraq" and WMD not in same sentence -350 winner

NO -800 axis of evil

Damn that sharpie lander, he got me with the chalk.

ZERO mentions of Osama. Interesting.