Maybe he should hop on over to Italy afterwards. No doubt he’ll get a great reception there as well:
At least 12 Italian soldiers killed in Iraq blast
May they rest in peace.
Bush’s new campaign slogan: Spreading death to all four corners of the globe.
“You know, around here calling a fella a cowboy is an insult… Have you shot many Indians?”
“You’re much better than the President we met 10 years ago, confounded idiot he was! Couldn’t understand a word out of him!”
Naw, you gotta prioritize. Myself, I usually just start with “people who became dead today because Elmer Fudd thinks he’s a Leader of Men.” Average time “combing”: about 10 seconds, for the last six months or so.
Failing that, we work our way down through “environment raped”, then “cronies enriched”, “Bushwah delivered with straight face”, and so forth.
Twenty minutes, tops.
Not for nothing, but there are three kinds of formal dress, as I understand it.
Formal (Black Tie and Tails)
Military Uniform
Traditional Clothing of Country.
The last, for America, can be considered cowboy clothes. I wouldn’t do it, but I remember asking this once.
FDR served hot dogs to the King of England once.
It may have been inadvertant, however. The White House cook in those days was pretty awful. Some say that Eleanor hired her as a punishment to the President for having extramarital sex.
SAMs in a limo? Is this where our tax money goes?
Fuck, at a certain point if they get him they get him, we’ll make do.
you so rock
I don’t fear this at all, in fact I live in hope that it will happen. Often, civil discourse and a well aimed rotten egg/tomato are a good thing.
Cowboy boots!?!
Ahem, cough, (( Oderint dum metuant )) Splutter.
I dunno, I long ago tired of watching the same old crap unfold. This is how it usually ends up looking to me:
The crowd transposes their anger and personal agendas onto a police force caught between its mandate (to serve the community) and the need for the self-serving politicians of the day to protect their agendas with a para-military force; on the one hand, the police bear the transposed anger of the rabble, on the other they’re human shields for the self-serving agenda of rich, white guys.
Usually ends up with a lot of people in hospital, a lot of long-term emotional damage and the rich white guys smiling as their limousines cruise past on the way to dinner.
Afterwards the glass from MacDonald’s smashed window gets swept up with the fallen ‘Free Tibet’ and ‘Palestine Now’ banners and flags and everyone loses except the people it’s all about.
I’ll probably still go, though, even if it’s starting to feel like optimism is the preserve of the kids.
Out*** fucking*** standing. He even tucks his trousers into his boots!
“LONDON (Reuters) - London police said on Wednesday there would be no special “exclusion zones” for President Bush’s visit next week and he could easily come into contact with anti-war protesters.”
[Mr. Burns]
Excellent!
[/Mr. Burns]
“Ewww! Protestors! Get 'em off me, get 'em off me!”
How is this man going to establish democracy in Iraq when he interferes with it in his own country and tries to in the UK?
Would one of you please carry two signs – one for me and one for you?
I think the crowd should be mostly Americans carrying signs that say, “I’m protesting here because I’m not allowed to in my own country.”
I thought it went something like this:
Charles [to stable boy]: I say… Mum has invited the Bushes over to dine. Speaking of royal pricks, why don’t you drop trow’ so I can ram mine up your bum.
A few more snippets from the press conference yesterday (Wednesday ) held by the Deputy Police Commissioner:
“Reports earlier this week suggested the US had demanded the Metropolitan Police shut down parts of central London.
But senior police officers have made it clear that this will not happen because they their job is to balance the president’s security with the right to protest.
<snip>
In a briefing on Wednesday, he stressed Sir John Stevens, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, had the final say on the capital’s security - and not the US secret service. And that meant there would be no “exclusion zones”.
<snip>
“It is our intention to facilitate lawful protest,” said Mr Trotter. “We must be one of the most co-operative police forces [in the world] as we facilitate 3,500 demonstrations every year.”
<snip>
Asked whether protesters would come close to President Bush, Mr Trotter said: “There is no intention to spare anyone embarrassment [of public protests]. But we must be really aware of the security issues.”
<snip>
But the entourage could “quite easily” pass peaceful protesters lining the pavements as police would recognise their right to be there.
Just can’t imagine Bush running the gauntlet.
As much as I too would like to see him running the gauntlet too, there’s just too many suicide bombers out there now. Considering it’s November and many of the protestors will be wearing puffy coats (Triple Phat Goose, yo!) and the demographic of many suicide bombers (young, middle-class, passionate) fits many of the demonstrators, the demonstrators would need to pass through The Mother of All Checkpoints before any halfway bright copper would let them near the President. So, my questions are:
Would the demonstrators be willing to be patted down and searched in return for greater access to the road the President will be on? Should the police try to screen out anybody who might be a bomber with racial profiling, etc.?
If not (hey, my first instinct would be hell no too) how can they guarantee that not ONE person with violent intent will be in that crowd of people? Even if the President isn’t hurt, the people around them sure will be.
Bush (and Blair) have enemies. Forget about how you feel about that for a moment and let’s think: what, given an enemy that has shown no compunction about killing any innocents in the way of their target, no problem with suicide, no need for hi-tech weapons, and that has demonstrated this hundreds of times over several years in several countries including some of the most secure in the world, what would you do to allow the President and the demonstrators to get as close as possible?