BREAKING: Texas Governor's Mansion is on fire

[martymar64]

Source: Austin American-Statesman

Fire at governor's mansion overnight
Authorities are investigating a major fire at the Texas governor's mansion overnight. No one was injured. More details soon.

Read more: http://www.statesman.com/

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This is the first I've found about it, the online bulletins are very thin right now. It's all over the local TV news

[Earth_First]

1. Pants on fire? n/t

[onehandle]

2. Karl Rove burning crime scenes? Is the White House next? nt

[santamargarita]

3. That stench that Republicans emit is flammable

[9119495]

4. Ten years too late.

[TheDebbieDee]

6. That was my first thought, too.

[lonestarnot]

5. I smell the sulfur in AZ

[MannyGoldstein]

7. Bush Must Have Forgotten A Pair Of Pants There [nt]

[Judi Lynn]

8. Uh oh! Someone should notify the Buzzflash reader who made this sign. He'll want to find out

where he should go to stand now!

http://www.buzzflash.com.nyud.net:8090/contributors/03/07/30_govsMansion.jpg

[UTUSN]

9. Governor Goodhair's hair products spontaneously combusted n/t

[bluerum]

10. Reminds me of the fire in Cheneys office - burning some evidence.

[mtf80123]

12. Or... Shrub's old Meth lab blew up

while mixing a new brew.

[YDogg]

14. heh

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Just saw this on MSNBC! That was quite a fire! Another link, with video...

Very sad, a beautiful and historic building... :-(

Fire destroys Governor's Mansion
http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=210907

[ananda]

29. Can they still restore it?

Or is it too damaged?

[Rhiannon12866]

30. I don't know yet. I'd think they could restore anything, if they wanted to...

They restored The White House when that was burned. But that was a pretty bad fire...:-(

[pattmarty]

13. George W Bush?????????

[rainbow4321]

21. You know what is coming from the MSM...the TX Dems convention was in town all weekend

That will probably preface all the reports of the mansion fire!

[junior college]

15. Very unfortunate. That was a beautiful old building. n/t

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[Catch22Dem]

17. Bullshit IS flammable!

:rofl:

[rainbow4321]

19. Pic of the damage. Part of the building had NO fire sprinklers!! Building a "total loss"

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/06/09/0609fire.html


Clopton said the building had a smoke detection system on its first floor that appears to have worked properly, but no such system on the second floor.

The mansion also has no sprinkler system, but one was being installed as part of the renovations, she said.


http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=210907

The Austin Fire Department is calling the Mansion a complete loss.

[Joanne98]

20. Goodhair's blowdryer!!!!!!!

[Anywho6]

23. Can you imagine what Molly's writing in Heaven?! n/t

[jobycom]

31. She'd probably not joke about it much. This was Ann Richards's home, too.

I visited it once in the 90s, while Richards was governor, for a birthday party for Ralph Yarborough. Some great Democrats were there; maybe Molly, even.

The house had no partisan allegiance, and very fond memories for Democrats, even if it has been occupied by cattle poop for the last few terms. I imagine Molly shedding a tear.

[CreekDog]

22. too much hairspray

:hi:

[Heywood J]

24. Get the Governor a FEMA trailer, stat! (NT)

Pick the worst one with the most formaldehyde, the one that caused the most birth defects and cancer. Pick one without AC, just in time for summer.

[GOPisEvil]

33. Um, the Mansion is under renovation and the Governor has been renting a house for a while now.

Nice try though.

[GOPisEvil]

34. Dupe.

[lonestarnot]

25. I thought I smelled it. Now reportedly arson.

[Charlie Brown]

26. I'm glad the building was apparently vacant, but it's a sad plight for a historic house

If this was arson, the people responsible should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

[pop goes the weasel]

27. This is sad

The only consolation is that the furnishings were in storage at the time. I hope whatever replaces it will be at least as attractive in a timeless way.

[Taverner]

28. Fuck - that WAS a nice building

I remember seeing it in one of my trips to Austin.

[Blaq Dem]

32. The news is reporting it as an arson.

Hmmm, I wonder who did it?

[heliarc]

35. Symbolism anyone? nt