Mike,

> 1. "Bush walks like a cowboy, doesn't he?"
> The only way a human - or a machine - can make sense of sentence 1 is by
> referring to a mental image/movie of Bush walking.

That's not the only way to make sense of the saying.
There are many other ways: chat with other people, or look on Google:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Bush+walks+cowboy


http://images.google.com/images?q=grundchen

> Merely referring to more words won't cut it.

It would. Meaning - is connection between concepts.
If proper words are referred, then meaning is there.


> Oh, & just to make your day, if you don't have a body, you can't understand
> the images either

How is that "don't have a body" remark relevant?
Computers have body and senses (such as keyboard and Internet connection).

> Is all that clear?

No.
You didn't describe what grounding problem is about.



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