Bush monitors storm; aides urge residents to "take this hurricane very ser

[sabra]

http://www.wlns.com/global/story.asp?s=4001185&ClientType=Printable

Bush monitors storm; aides urge residents to "take this hurricane very seriously"

WHITE HOUSE The White House says Hurricane Wilma's a dangerous storm, and those in its path should take it "very seriously."

And Press Secretary Scott McClellan says that means listening closely to what state and local officials are saying.

President Bush is said to be monitoring the storm closely -- getting regular updates from aides on its approach.

[niyad]

1. ah, isn't that nice of him, so thoughtful, so caring, soooooo concerned-

couldn't possibly have anything to do with the fact that it is florida that looks like it will take a hit?

[MaineDem]

2. Someone must have made him a CD (nt)

[raccoon]

3. I can just see GWB down there ASAP after the hurricane for

photo ops. Gag.

[WI_DEM]

4. what an *hole

[Loonman]

5. So we are to infer

That previously Bush never gave a shit.

Check.

[IChing]

6. The storm's name is "Fitzgerald" and it's a class 5, force 10 aimed

Right at the white House............

[SammyBlue]

7. It's his brother's state and West Florida is as Freeper as they come

Of course he's going to do it.

They are white and vote Republican.

[louis-t]

8. He's "monitorificatin'" that storm.

Got his sleeves rolled up, workin' hard.

[TommyO]

11. Cue the blue shirt (n/t)

[KansDem]

9. "Third time's a charm," eh, Georgie?

Keep trying. Some day you'll get it right.

Some day...

[janedoe]

20. Ooopps. Who bumped the gain up?

Tricky little knob...

Well, sir. You did say you needed it by the end of the day. Aren't you impressed that I delivered it ahead of schedule? :-)

[yellowcanine]

10. Is he monitoring the storm approaching the Whitehouse - Hurricane Valerie?

[mestup]

13. LOL! Scotty would say you're playing the Hurricane Plame Blame Game.

[jwirr]

17. I love you bumber sticker, where did you get it?

[mestup]

19. I made it in Paint Shop Pro.

(I'm not a graphics person, but I thought I'd give it a try.)

Yeah, it'd be a great bumper sticker!

[wordpix]

23. or Hurricane Cheney Cabal?

[peacetalksforall]

12. A 5 for Florida is serious. A 5 for NO and LA is not serious. With him

and them.

[Alien8shon]

16. How Does Dubya Know That God Is REALLY Pissed-Off At Him?

Consider:

Here we have a guy who claims - claims, mind you - that God has regular chit-chats with him.

He's shared this bit of personal "revelation" with foreign leaders..... who were seen vomiting, afterwards, BTW.

BUT

When a really REAL "message" gets delivered, it oddly seems to require erasing whole cities, a la "Soddom" (Hussein), and "that guy who runs Pakistan" (Gomorrah?) or possibly much like Karbala.... Baghdad.... Tikrit..... Kabul..... Bali......Madrid.....Moscow......Beslan..... except way, way wetter than any of them.

Kinda brings the whole personal divine revelation thing into some doubt, doesn't it?

BUT

On the up-side, darling Dubs has finally eclipsed the previous "Pissed Off God World Record" formerly held by Jerry Falwell, in which Falwell's "Treasure Island" church, located midstream in the James River at Lynchburg, in 1987, flooded, caught on fire, lifted off her foundations, and majestically sailed downstream for Richmond, flaring a refutation of Falwell's "Flames of Revival" concept in a really, REALLY BIG way.

Eighteen years later, Dubya has received several recent and truly "National Scale" announcements of a remarkably similar sort - all within sixty days.

ERGO:

Allowing Dubya to pretend "national" importance was an even worse idea than we already knew that it was.

[newyawker99]

22. Hi Alien8shon!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[daleo]

14. (What Bush really said) - "take this hurricane very series"

"It could be Hugh!111!11 11

[eowyn_of_rohan]

15. Maybe he should monitor it MORE closely

...like from a dinghy. What better photo op than that?

[VegasWolf]

18. Wonder if he is headed back to the Colorado Mtns like last time just

until the strom is over.

[TheCowsCameHome]

21. Wow! Who told him about the storm? He didn't find out by himself

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

24. Just another opportunity to get out of Washington for a while

Anything other than work on that little war problem or that deficit problem or that culture of corruption problem or that terra problem or....