Bush's motorcade just went by. Big Deal, huh?

[leftyladyfrommo]

I don't know why he is in town today (Kansas City) except there has been a big Veteran's convention here for several days. I know that Hillary and McCain gave speeches. And Obama yesterday, I think.

I got caught in the traffic that had to wait on the motorcade. Then all thse big black cars went speeding by.

I was so excited. LOL

I wouldn't go across the street to see that man.

[AlCzervik]

1. he must be speaking at a VFW, thats all he's got left now.

[peekaloo]

2. I envision a motorcade of clown cars and Segways.

and some person cleaning up the shit left in its wake.

[leftyladyfrommo]

16. That would be good! n/t

[Philosoraptor]

3. What route did they take?

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. Well I saw them over in Riverside - Flying down Gateway

and they turned left on Vivion.

I guess they ate breakfast at the restaurant across the street (Corner Cafe). I have no idea where they are headed now. I think the convention is downtown.

[Philosoraptor]

9. I've eaten there!

Jeez, that's right down the street.

[leftyladyfrommo]

13. You are that close to me?

I live over at Vivion and North Oak.

And how do you like what they have done to that beautiful piece of land there. Makes me heartsick.

Just what we need - another Lowes and Office Depot.

[Philosoraptor]

14. I'm within a mile of there.

And I remember when it was all cow pastures.

[leftyladyfrommo]

17. Remember the horses that used to graze there?

That was just the most beautiful piece of land. And now its all gone. I think it took them all of 24 hours to demolish it.

I will never forgive the Baptist Seminary for selling that land for that use.

[Philosoraptor]

18. There must be 20 churches around that area.

[leftyladyfrommo]

19. Yea. There is the big cathedral on the corner.

I think that has been there as long as I have lived up here - and I moved into my house in 1980.

Vivion is kind of Church Row, isn't it. You could pick any congregation and find a church right there.

[evlbstrd]

24. I'm trying to buy a table from someone near you.

I live in Midtown.

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. Midtown is good! n/t

[evlbstrd]

28. I like it.

[onethatcares]

4. you didn't look directly at his limo, did you?

off to gitmo if you did.

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. No. I would have flipped him the finger but he was too

far away. I just kind of saw the cars going around the corner. They had a bunch of cars in that motorcade - and some police cars and even an ambulance.

[evlbstrd]

5. Exciting, isn't it?

A co-worker counted 87 traffic cops in the motorcade this morning.

[leftyladyfrommo]

11. There were a whole bunch of motorcycle cops waiting

down at the corner. I don't know what their job was. Lots of red and blue lights.

[evlbstrd]

23. That was their job.

Look flashy.

[leftyladyfrommo]

26. Where were the clowns? There should have been clowns! n/t

[evlbstrd]

27. They don't think it's funny any more.

Says a former clown.

[presspeal]

6. Remember the first time he stole the White House...

and a few patriots made him skip his stroll.:patriot:

[leftchick]

7. Bush to cite Vietnam in defense of Iraq

more history revision today in KC....

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-bushspeech22aug22,1,7259923.story?coll=la-news-a_section

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Critics of the war in Iraq who compare the conflict to Vietnam have the analogy backward, President Bush plans to tell veterans in a speech today.

In what the White House is billing as a major foreign policy address, the president will say that the lessons of Vietnam teach that the U.S. should stay in Iraq, not withdraw. Terrorists cite Vietnam to predict that the United States will run from the Iraq war, he will say.

"Here at home, some can argue our withdrawal from Vietnam carried no price to American credibility -- but the terrorists see things differently," Bush plans to tell a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, according to speech excerpts released late Tuesday by the White House.

Bush will argue that the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam had dire consequences for the people in that region and so would a withdrawal from Iraq.

[leftyladyfrommo]

15. Yada Yada Yada n/t

[onethatcares]

21. like the invasion and occupation of Iraq hasn't had dire

consequences for the people of that region. They never see the irony of what they speechify.

[PCIntern]

12. I work at a high-traffic motorcade route here in Philly

I've seen every President here since and including Ford at least twice. When I had heard that they'd closed off the street for you-know-who's motorcade, I stayed upstairs. no way...no how.

[peace13]

20. I wouldn't give that man the sweat off my balls!

Well OK... if I had balls. Peace, Kim

[SunDrop23]

22. I expect we will hear sentences start with the words "Us veterans..."