To paraphrase the old adage, the nut doesn’t fall very far from the tree.
I see from the newspaper today that Jenna and Barbara Bush the Younger got caught trying to buy a beer with a fake idea at a Austin, Texas restaurant. Jenna, you’ll recall, only last week finished doing some community service for being in possession of alcohol while underage.
I predict great things for both of these young women. Can’t you seem them at the country club dance, wearing a little too much makeup, Lilly Pulitzer dresses, laughing a little too loudly while all the guests nervously titter, and dancing with their shoes off as they spill their drinks all over everyone. “Stop! You’re killing me! HA HA HA HA HA! OH! THAT IS SO FUNNY!” They’ll marry lawyers or stockbrokers, drive Volvos, and end up with frosted hair, wrinkles, and wattles like Thanksgiving turkeys.
I’m off to IMHO to start “Would You Buy Jenna a Lone Star if She Showed a Little Leg?,” then to the Pit to start “That Motherfucking Bush Kid is Toying with the Nation’s Moral Values!”
Well, this is the problem right here. They just need a REAL idea or two on how to get through that rough “underage” period. Allow me to make some suggestions.
Smuggling alcohol into restaurants. No pesky carding, and you’re not paying $6 for a bacardi-coke!
Ask a 21-year-old friend to order the beer for you! Then hook yourself up with a large straw.
C’mon, is a little ingenuity too much to ask from the offspring of the Leader of the Free World?
True, but she started to come around toward the end of Clintons term. Too bad about her ankles, though.
As for the Bush-girls,[sub]…sounds like a porno…[/sub]they should just get the Sercret Service guys to hook them up.
“Buy me some Boones Farm or I’ll have you reassigned.”
I swear I really am trying not to twit people for their typos anymore, but sometimes I backslide.
“Hi. I want some beer. And I came up with this concept for notepads with the adhesive build in so you could stick them anywhere.”
“That isn’t really YOUR idea, Ms. Bush. And no beer for you, either.”
We’ve already got one in the Pit, Uke. And like I said there, some of you strike me as being a bit too sanctimonious about this. How many of you can say you’ve never consumed, or attempted to consume, alcohol while underage? Anyway, I thought character didn’t matter? Seems ot me I’ve heard that stated many times in the past 8 years.
Hi UncaBeer!
I’m not sure if you were including me in your post… and I had to look up “sanctimonious” in the dictionary. Regardless, I’m responding.
As an underager, I did consume my fair share of alcoholic beverages. Even used fake IDs (well, they weren’t technically fake, they just weren’t mine). In hindsight, of course, I could/should have gotten caught, and it wasn’t the smartest thing to do. Because I’ve been through some “scrapes” of my own, though, I feel that some good-natured ribbing is not out of line. If I was friends with Jenna and Barbara, I would tease them a little to their faces. And they’re 18 (aren’t they?) so they’re not exactly “children.”
Oh, and I think Chelsea is a beautiful young woman and I wish her only the best in life.
Hi Meg. How’s the (realtively) new hubby? Hi Uke. I gotta come clean on this. I had some ulterior motives in calling the Bush twins “children.” I’m well aware they’re not really “children.” Ya see, I just went thru a gun control debate over in GD and some one had the temerity to post that thouroughly debunked “statistic” that 43 “children” die each day from gun fire. Well, that statistic is only true when you include “children” of 17 thru 20 years of age. I was seeking confirmation that people of that age range are indeed not children.
What relevance does Chelsea’s attractiveness have. Not only is it a subjective quality, as I am sure there are people who find her attractive, that people attacked and derided her on this is beyond shallow.
Chelsea did nothing wrong. Why do you, and others in this thread think you are arbiters of what is attractive and can call her an ugly hoe?
How would you feel Scylla, as your daughter and wife are now on billboards, if someone who didn’t know those were your wife and daughter looked up at the billboard and said to you: “Damn, those hoes need some plastic surgery! Were they whomped with the ugly stick?”
So let’s say you are the firstkid, away at college, and you want a drink (or a smoke).
What are your options?
How tight of a rein does the SS put on you?
Do they search people coming to visit you?
Would they let your buddy stroll in carrying a case of beer? Or a couple of bottles in a backpack?
How far out of their sight/control do they let you get?
Do they accompany you to parties?
Do you live in an apartment, or dorm? (I seem to recall Chelsea moved into a dorm in Stanford.) Do you have extra bedrooms, or rent the rooms next door, for live-in agents?
What vetting is done of roommates, and what, if any scrutiny, is applied to their actions?
From what I have read about the Secret Service, they are there to ensure the safety of their charges, not to be a morality police. Therefore if a firstkid’s friend comes in with a six pack, no problem. A Glock-17? Big problem.
Any vetting done to roommates would probably be done by the White House staff, not the Secret Service. The SS would probably check criminal backgrounds, etc, but any “political loyalty” stuff would be done by the party or White House staff.
Ahhhhh…the Bush twins. A year ago at this time they could buy booze almost anywhere and they could be assured of no press coverage. This presidential thing is cramping their style. Its ok though. They’ll stay drunk til they’re 40 then stop and say they don’t want to talk about the past, just like dear old dad.
Those girls are going to switch parties. Hell, the other party’s got more booze and they’re not carding.