F-16s Intercept Small Plane Near Bush Ranch

[PfcHammer]

F-16s Intercept Small Plane Near Bush Ranch
21 minutes ago


CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. F-16 fighter jets intercepted a small plane flying near President Bush (news - web sites)'s ranch on Friday.


The plane landed at an airport at San Marcos, Texas, and Secret Service agents were interviewing the pilot.

"There was a violation. The fighters did respond," said Ann Roman, a Secret Service spokeswoman in Washington.

She said Bush was never in any danger. Bush and his family are spending the Easter holiday weekend at the central Texas ranch.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&e=2&u=/nm/20040409/pl_nm/bush_ranch_plane_dc

[slater71]

1. Why did it take them an hour and a half on 9/11?

Just wondering.

[aquart]

2. Exactly my thought.

If they were so quick today, what the flaming eff were they doing on 9/11?

[struggle4progress]

22. Yup. /eom

[ahimsa]

3. Maybe it takes that long to fly from Crawford?

:eyes:

[Paradise]

15. LOL! :) n/t

[girl gone mad]

4. You see..

the administration wasn't in any real danger that morning. They were safe underground in their bunkers.

Of course, they made up phoney threats on AF1 to make it seem like hanging out in hidey holes all day was somehow heroic.

[Old and In the Way]

12. But, just in case.......

(6:00 a.m.)

President Bush has just spent the night at Colony Beach and Tennis Resort on Longboat Key, Florida. Surface-to-air missiles have been placed on the roof of the resort. <Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 9/10/02> Bush wakes up around 6:00 a.m. and is preparing for his morning jog. A van occupied by men of Middle Eastern descent pull up to the Colony stating they have a “poolside” interview with the president. They are turned away for not having an appointment.


From www.cooperativeresearch.org Bush 9/11 Timeline


So what was the purpose of the surface-to-air missiles? SOP???? One thing is apparent, his worthless life was well protected on 9/11.

[johnnie]

6. Because...

This was just a small plane that some US citizen was flying and probably went off course. Those on 9/11 were being flown into buildings and killing 1000's of people, but nowhere near the asshole.

[ixion]

8. Yep... exactly

I've noted several of these 'incidents' and the fighters are there on the spot in MINUTES! Yet on the day that BushCo destroyed democracy (aka 911) no fighters.

Just kinda makes you think that they wanted it to happen.

[Cory]

5. Near?

What do they consider near? Within a 100 miles or 1?

[newyawker99]

18. Hi Semilib!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[arcane1]

7. well at least they FINALLY remember how to scramble fighters!

could've really used those guys on 9/11...

Payne Stewart was worth it

George Bush is apparently worth it

why weren't the 3,000 worth it? :shrug:

[Cocoa]

9. that's one terrible pilot

[2cents]

10. Comforting to know...

...they finally have that intercepting thing down.

[DenverDem]

11. MIHOP! MIHOP! MIHOP!

NORAD was STOOD DOWN on 9/11. That doesn't happen without direct complicity from the very top of the traitorous administration.

[Old and In the Way]

13. Not one general reprimanded or charged with dereliction of duty 9/11.

why?

What's the threshold for accountability? 30,000, 300,000, 3,000,000?

And why should we feel safer, if those who were in charge of 9/11, are still on watch or even promoted (like Meyers)?

[Malva Zebrina]

14. Ohhhhhh--our president was in danger!

next--as he continues to lose ground--an assassination attempt that was foiled.

Everything is staged. I even suspect the pilot of the small plane was hired by Rove to do the stunt. There is no credibility left in this bunch of creeps.

[Just Me]

16. Geez, this leaves my head spinning,...

Fighter jets intercept a small plane "near" a Crawford ranch,...yet, there were,...oh, never mind. Up is down, in is out, insanity is sane, common sense is uncommon.

Damn!!! Maybe, I was wrong and 9/11 really was more than LIHOP.

[rfkrocks]

17. 99 red balloons go by

hurry hurry super scurry get the troops out in a hurry-I wonder if they activated the Armageddon plan?

[nodehopper]

19. yeah, NOW they respond. I guess 3,000 lives were expendable.

[ILeft]

20. Was it a drone? And we doubted Junior Bush.

[osaMABUSh]

21. Jeez, that's all we need is an assasination attempt

That'll bring the poll numbers up.

I want this man to one healthy mofo on Nov. 2nd. then he go and clear brush down in Texas for the rest of his sorry life.