Bush taken to bunker after airspace scare

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5727535&cKey=1114623311000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush was hustled into an underground shelter on Wednesday amid fears an aircraft had entered the restricted airspace around the White House, officials said. The Secret Service determined minutes later that it was a false alarm.

Vice President Dick Cheney also was moved to a secure location as heavily armed Secret Service agents cleared the area in front of the presidential mansion.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said the president was in the underground bunker for a "very short amount of time." He said he believed it was the first time Bush had been taken to the shelter since the September 11, 2001, attacks.

"There were some precautionary measures that were taken. It was quickly learned that it was a false alarm and that all was clear in a very short amount of time," McClellan said. "Everything is fine."

[MarianJack]

1. Oh My Goodness,...

...What a FABULOUS MLK qoute!

[Sterling]

129. Ironic but that quote sums up how I feel at this late hour.

Lets face it we lost this fight and I think we all know who to blame. It's not the rank and file DUer, it is the people we thought were suposed to represent us. I voted for the last time in Nov.

[KoKo]

2. Think this was a Stunt? Who benefits if it was...

:shrug:

[smirkymonkey]

37. Yeah, but if this doesn't work I expect the next "scare" will be a

very large, liberal city.

[Skinner]

3. LOL

President Coward turns tail again.

[Cassandra]

17. That's Commander Bunnypants to you, sir

Have you no respect? :evilgrin:

[madinmaryland]

18. Something like in the Monty Python movie,

"Run away, run away, run away . . . . "

[smirkymonkey]

38. He bravely ran away, away....

brave, brave Sir Chimpy.

"...When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave Sir Chimpy turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, Sir Chimpy!

And his loyal minstrel, Cheney.

[Bo]

57. ...brave sir robin sir robin

[livinginphotographs]

131. Best post of the day.

:)

[lonestarnot]

133. Reminds me of a prairie dog...squeak and dive to the hole.

The air alert sirens or warning system is being tested in AZ today...woke up to it.

[City Lights]

4. Who's on diaper duty? n/t

[SaintLouisBlues]

14. Bet Shrub wishes he wore his brown pants

n/t

[demnan]

5. How come only they get alerted?

Did anyone in the Capitol building or the Pentagon know about this?

[Inland]

31. My guess: all the rest are expendable.

The nation's survival rests on Bush's survival, don't you know.

The rest die along with all the little people in the WH.

[Terran]

6. Chicken n/t

[NNN0LHI]

63. More like chicken shit n/t

[Dhalgren]

7. Is that what they call the Texas Two Step?

[jeff30997]

8. I'm sure he cried and peed in his pants.

[ixion]

9. a Monty Python quote is appropriate here:

run away! run away! run away! :evilgrin:

"He bravely ran away, brave Sir Robin". :+

[Atman]

28. RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!

:rofl:

That's the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the headline! Brave Sir W turning tail at the first sign of danger! What a stooge! What a maroon!

Truth is, when his self-fulfilling End Of Days comes, he probably will manage to slither from beneath the rubble like so many cockroaches before him...to begin his reign of terror anew! (He's not still a breeder, is he?)

[DoYouEverWonder]

10. Did they bother to let anyone else know?

Or just Bush and Cheney? Everyone was left to fend for themselves as usual I assume? Bet they didn't tell Congress.

[clem_c_rock]

11. And for some fucking reason he doesn't do that on 911

Oh - I know what everyone will say:

"Well, but, but after 911 they had to follow different procedures! Why don't you just go get your tin foil on, shut up and stop asking 911 questions!"

WFE

[malmapus]

12. Brave President Bush ran away

bravely ran away away

when danger reared its ugly head he bravely turned his tail and fled

[quispquake]

13. But...but...he was in harm's way!!!

Well, it worked on 9-11...

[madinmaryland]

15. We must be getting close to having a terra alert.

With * down in the polls, something to divert the public from the real issues facing this country.

:mad:

[DawgHouse]

47. Good point! n/t

[daleo]

16. Yet Gannon/Guckert wanders WH around like he owns the place.

I guess security is a relative notion.

[dubyaD40web]

19. I bet his bunker..

was no where as deep as Cheney's though.

[trotsky]

20. Wait a minute...

"(McClellan) said he believed it was the first time Bush had been taken to the shelter since the September 11, 2001, attacks."

Commander Bunnypants was on AF1 and then in a bunker in Nebraska on 9/11, Scotty. What a load of crap.

[HereSince1628]

27. Did Bush and Laura sleep in the bunker on 911?

[MaineDem]

41. I believe they said they wanted to be in their own rooms

They left "the bunker" to sleep.

If I remember correctly.

[sabra]

21. Is this there way of bringing up 9/11?

Things are really not going well for the * administration...

[mmonk]

61. Yes

There's really no reason to say 911 if you think about it.

[Extend a Hand]

22. guess they forgot to seal it up tight

he got back out :(

[smirkymonkey]

39. Bwahahahahaha!!

nice one, Centurion, nice one!

[Colorado Blue]

23. Mrs. Bush got a pilot's license? nt

[Politicub]

35. Or Prince Abdullah

flew by blowing George air kisses

[Colorado Blue]

45. Ouch! LOL! nt

[applegrove]

24. Interesting Verb "taken". I take it that Cheney was left to the basement

of the WH while Bush was flown off somewhere! That is their pattern.

As you were.

[onehandle]

25. Hey, Chimpy. Change your panties and get back to work.

You've got lives to crush.

[Frederik]

26. On 9/11 however

they let him sit there for half an hour.

[Inland]

29. Bush running in circles screaming "Auntie Em! Auntie Em!"

until Cheney slaps him and the SS drags him to the bunker, where he is fed butter and sugar sandwiches.

[sabra]

30. Reuters pic for the article... LOL

[flordehinojos]

33. is he putting up the dog as a shield to protect him?

that stupid underwearn most have really gotten soiled!!!!!

[DearAbby]

49. Caption : dog " ...and what is that smell!?!"

:rofl:

[Javaman]

32. And let the softening up being...

If you recall prior to the beginning of the Iraq war, there were a couple of these, "the prez was hustled to his bunker". You just never know, those crazy Iranians maybe plotting a...well a plot.

This is to let the people know that even though we are safe, we still aren't really safe, but hey, we're still safe but not THAT safe. So safety have become a debatable topic...

Somewhere in a think tank in DC several high paid republican spin machine brainiacs figure out new ways to interpret safety....

brainiac: what is safety? Is it the warm embrace of a mothers love?

regular genius: or is it the hot lead of automatic machine gun fire?

wisenheimer: or perhaps it's the mere comforting words of a leader...

They pause, look at each other and break out laughing...

poindexter: let's go with words, I shiver at the thought of a hug from barbara bush...(shutters)

egghead: oh man, nightmares tonight...

pencil neck: so safety is kind of relative then. I choose the Orwellian theory. keep telling them we are safe, even when the bombs are dropping all around us...

paper pusher: didn't hitler do that?

boy genius: whoa whoa there partner, let's not invoke the H man here.

clever dick: we need a new word for bunker. it sounds so...I don't know...desperate...

thinks he's Eisenstein: perhaps something hip, like pad? or lair?

brainasaurus: heyyyyyy, how about this....

That night on the news

faux reporter: today the president worried about another attack sort refuge in his freedom protection pad...who writes this crap?

[Politicub]

34. Run, Bush, Run!!

Show them terrawrists what you are made of.



Pathetic :rofl:

[joanski01]

36. Was Gannon/Guckert down there

in the bunker, too???

[sinkingfeeling]

40. What time do we feed the chicken?

[lateo]

42. Brave, brave, brave, George Bush....

Brave George Bush ran away.
Bravely ran away, away!
When danger reared its ugly head,
He bravely turned his tail and fled.
Yes, brave George Bush turned about
And gallantly he chickened out.
Bravely taking to his feet
He beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, George Bush!

[ConcernedCanuk]

43. Leader of the "SuperPower" hiding undergroound - gee

.
.
.

Does that mean we're safer now?



:freak:

[warrens]

44. Maybe the same thing that happened in Downfall will occur

Well, I can dream.

[DearAbby]

46. This false alarm report was for what....to gently remind the public

the "dangers" of the brown boogerman...Osama been forgotten...Polls in the tank, needed a simi-terror reminder.

[Save The World]

48. What happened in Downfall?

n/t

[KansDem]

50. The only scare here is the space of air between Bush's ears...

Just a joke, Agent Mike! :hi:hahaha...haha...ha...

[Berserker]

54. He cowers like a dog

with his tail between his legs. What would a real leader do? I bet he pissed down his leg on the way to basement.

[Joey Liberal]

51. They should have left Smirk in the bunker

Maybe Jeff Gannon was with him?

[mitchum]

52. Chickenshit In Chief

[Fluffdaddy]

58. As a leader he's a Embarrassment

[Fire Walk With Me]

53. "Bring them on". Oops, I didn't mean right now.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-07-02-bush-iraq-troops_x.htm

Yep, another weapon of mass distraction at work. Interesting how this one backfired so badly. People aren't frightened, they're laughing.

[brettdale]

55. FEAR FEAR FEAR

BOO

[Bo]

56. Bunker Boy again

[Changenow]

59. This says they're expecting another attack

and we won't see Chimp in DC much anymore.

Would a bunker have protected him on 9/11?

[FourStarDemocrat]

60. Stay tuned for the next episode of 'Bunker Boy Bush"!

"In next week's episode, President Bush conducts White House affairs for a full week while in his underground bunker. Meanwhile, authorities continue to look for hack political writer and male escort Jeff Gannon, who failed to sign out of White House six days ago, the secret service reported..."

[chlamor]

62. kick

:kick:

[Mark E. Smith]

64. Incoming Cloud Forces Bush Into Safe Bunker

The Guardian 4/29/05

President George Bush was bundled into an underground bunker, Dick Chemey was evacuated to an "undisclosed location" and heavily armed secret servicemen took up defensive positions when a fast-moving cloud scudded towards the White House, it was reported yesterday.

The cloud that materialised 30 miles south of Washington on Wednesday morning was so dense it triggered radar monitors on the Domestic Events network, intended to prevent a repeat of the September 11 attacks.

As an anti-aircraft missile battery on the roof of a nearby building was raised to the fire position, a Black Hawk helicopter was scrambled to take a look, but saw nothing except some clouds, one of which turned out to be the suspected aggressor.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1472905,00.html#article_continue


Mommy?

[fryguy]

65. Guess they watched Independence Day one too many times

wasn't it a cloud that obscured the ship in that - or am I confusing movies?

[valis]

84. Yup, it was. The ship was wrapped in a cloud at some point.

[saigon68]

66. A nasty expression if I ever saw one

[neuvocat]

67. I thought at first that this was a joke.

Geez, for a guy who's supposed to be so brave, he's such a panzy.

[skooooo]

71. lol..my thoughts exactly

[emc]

81. Hey. he is brave

He ordered Laura to go outside and take a look---

[Radio_Lady]

94. LOL, when I should be working!!! Thanks for the guffaw!

[jody]

68. Maybe Dubya thought the Rapture was happening and he would be called

before the Judgment Seat and revealed as an anti-Christ.

[BrendaStarr]

100. Runaway!

Time for a Luckovich. This is from about the time of the convention and about something else as you will be able to surmise, but the running away made we think of this and Mike Luckovich is a bloody genius. He should repeat the Cheney and wee bain theme for the one on the cloud.

[sarcasmo]

119. A flock of seagulls, quick down to the bunker.

I had read where it was a flock of birds, but just added the flock of seagulls part as an 80's reference.

[rooboy]

69. Nah, just satan's demons doing a training run...

and when it's the real thing there'll be nowhere for them to hide.

[chlamor]

70. Is that a metaphor?

xcellent pic & comment

[kodi]

72. that's the wrath of god coming for the chimp

.

[Athame]

104. Clouds are not the cheeks of angels, you know

they're only clouds,
friendly sometimes
but you can never be sure.

a bit of Rod McKuen from the olden days :hippie:
quick,where's my bellbottoms?

[Jacobin]

73. Hmm. Isn't that called 'being afraid of your own shadow?"

[NYC]

74. Some people are afraid of shadows.

Some people are afraid of clouds.

[flamingyouth]

75. Hey, it could have been a mean cloud

:D

[Junkdrawer]

79. You should see the teeth in that cloud...

Remember Monty Python and the Holy Grail..

ARTHUR:
What, behind the rabbit?
TIM:
It is the rabbit.
ARTHUR:
You silly sod!
TIM:
What?
ARTHUR:
You got us all worked up!
TIM:
Well, that's no ordinary rabbit!
ARTHUR:
Ohh.
TIM:
That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!
ROBIN:
You tit! I soiled my armour I was so scared!
TIM:
Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!
GALAHAD:
Get stuffed!
TIM:
He'll do you up a treat, mate.


http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/grail-21.htm

[UpInArms]

76. LOL!

:wow: Our feckless leader runs from rainstorms!

:rofl:

Absolutely freakin' amazing! Scared :scared: of spring rainstorm!

:rofl:

and this is the leader of the "free" world?

:rofl:

[ConcernedCanuk]

77. "Leader" of the "SuperPower" hiding underground from a dark cloud

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.
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gotta love that . .

so we're safer now eh, Georgie Boy?

feckin idjut . . .

actually

in the long run Bu$hCo and gang may have done the world a favor in their murderous invasions

I don't think that their are too many countries that have any doubts as to the USA's domination agenda

or their weakness, Achilles heel if you like -

the USA's insatiable greed for that which is not theirs -

OIL

USA will kill a few more million in this quest

but they will lose

Venezuela is quite open and vocal about it's pursuit of oil partners/customers other than the US

Canada isn't, yet - but IS pursuing markets other than the US, specifically China

and yeah - we're marketing our beef, cattle, lumber, steel, etc that the US figured they had first choice on -

I dunno if any of the US big economy wizards are noticing, but the world is trying to deal it's wares/products/services ANYWHERE except the USA -

It will take a decade or two for the majority to figure it out, but the USA is now under world-wide sanctions (unofficial) as countries seek to exclude the USA from their dealings without getting blown to bits in the process . .

Like, exactly WHAT does the USA have to offer the world that we can't get elsewhere?

OH right - -

unending wars . . .

[Octafish]

78. Probably thought it was some alien thing.

That or one of them Biblical things he heard about in his Sunday school for tea-totalers: "The People were led by a column of fire by night and a cloud by day..." Not that Smirko McCokespoon would know any better himself. People who know about this stuff would be scared, meaning Bushler had somebody tell him what to do.

[gordianot]

80. That is one damn strange and suspicious story.

Not reported in the American press of course.

[femme.democratique]

82. UFO's....

[HeeBGBz]

93. Or one big ass Chemtrail

Come home to roost.

[dbt]

117. Yep, a rogue Chemtrail.

Instead of expanding obediently to haze out the sunlight, it kept all its mass in a small area and went looking for Daddy.

[valis]

83. LOL, like in Independence Day!

[Mark E. Smith]

85. Oh Nooooooooooooo!!!!!

[FlaGranny]

86. That's one weird story. n/t

[valis]

87. I thought the alarm was due to a small plane.

And the pilot is now in trouble....

[Miss Chybil]

96. That was the first story. Which one is the truth? nt

[Blaq Dem]

88. Osama Bin Laden riding in a alien space craft. LOL

[Spiffarino]

89. What...A...Pussy. n/t

[BlueIris]

110. Hee. My thoughts exactly. n/t

[ReadTomPaine]

90. Chickenhawk Little - "The sky is falling!"

Seems that George Jr. is also a wimp, just like Dad.



RTP

[bling bling]

91. The cowboy hides from a cloud!!! Ha ha ha ha ha.

Tough guy.

So the warning system goes off and our fearless leader and his sidekick hide in their bunkers. Was anyone else warned? I mean, they obviosly thought it was a real threat. Why didn't they tell the public in the threatened area to run and hide too??

[Fire Walk With Me]

99. "When I said 'Bring Them On', I didn't mean CLOUDS.

That's some creepy stuff there.

[bling bling]

105. I can't stop laughing.

:rofl:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

92. He must have been on a gigantic bender the night before

to emit that kind of noxious gas cloud...probably snuck out to the rose garden so pickles wouldn't gripe about it...and before you know it, they whisked him off to the bunker.

[Miss Chybil]

95. And people thought Stalin was paranoid!

Well, he was, but did he run from clouds?

[Gregorian]

97. Blancmange! Blancmange!

Och, woman, if a blancmange is prepared to come 2,200,000 light years to purchase a kilt, they must be fairly keen on kilts. So cease yer prattling woman and get sewing. This could be the biggest breakthrough in kilts since the Provost of Edinburgh sat on a spike. Mary, we'll be rich! We'll be rich!

[Fire Walk With Me]

98. LOL

[arikara]

101. HAHAHAHA I thought it was an Onion article

I still can't believe that its for real! They are truly insane.

"Quick boss, hide... HIDE! The cloud... the CLOUD!"

[arikara]

102. nominated!

[burrowowl]

103. I just don't know

what to say ... A CLOUD! were there several? Which one was it? Did they seed it with silver nitrate? So many questions!

[mogster]

106. Come on! It's the Grim!

Doesn't anyone read David Eddings here?
Obviously the Bushites do :+

:rofl:

[onager]

107. If we had a functioning press...

This would be $hrub's "killer rabbit" episode.

Jeez. What a wuss.

[Carolab]

108. Was it a MUSHROOM cloud? n/t

[Voltaire99]

109. He feared it was the Cloud of Turpitude.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeek! ;-)

[Judi Lynn]

111. It's got to be his conscience. It'll be following him around

the rest of his life.



After he gets out of Washington he can get serious about drinking so hard he really won't remember Ken Lay.

[hedgehog]

112. I submit that this is proof there is a God,

and She has a wicked sense of humor.

[mhr]

113. Shadows And Light - Darkness and Night

Only a coward would fear the clouds of mother nature and their sight!

[MontageOfFreedom]

114. Oh god.....This is a shameful display...

These weak people have no idea what they are doing, and the real god is watching closely in disgust.

[area51]

115. Bunnypants

Cmdr. Bunnypants is afraid of a fscking cloud. How appropriate.


-------------
"Prosperity is just around the corner." — Herbert Hoover
"The economy has turned a corner." — GW Bush

Herbert Hoover = GW Bush

Neither man cared about the Depression their economic policies created.

[Solly Mack]

116. Afraid of storm clouds?

They worried he would melt?

[pinniped]

118. That POS vp is always at an "undisclosed location."

-- heavily armed secret servicemen took up defensive positions--

WTF were they gonna do, shoot the clouds with their MP5K-PDWs?

[Tesla]

120. Oh my God , it's a cloud!!!

RUN!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry chimp, looks like they are here to stay!!!

[FSogol]

121. Has the Chimps nose even been broken?

Sure looks like it.

[unhappycamper]

122. Prior to dubya, when was the last time a pRes scrambled for a

bunker? The folks around Our Dear Leader are getting pretty paranoid.

[MaineDem]

123. Self delete

Posted with the wrong thread. Duhhh

[Tinksrival]

124. "I WANT MY MOMMY"

[Andrushka]

125. This one's for Fryguy:

[Judi Lynn]

126. Cool! I see the cloud, too! So fitting.

Welcome to D.U. :hi: :hi:

[Fire Walk With Me]

127. Can we nominate this for a "semi Darwin" award?

[Tesla]

128. You never know!!

[alarimer]

130. His ratings are down

So they have to make up some stroy about "terra"

[lonestarnot]

132. Somebody farted....run for your life!