Airport CLOSED for day...jeb/colin dog & pony show arrives (PHOTOS/news)

[diamond14]

SHAME on these bush* bastards for STEALING valuable time/resources from the victims' helpers....and CLOSING THE AIRPORT !!!! my gawwdddd...

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Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, brother of President Bush, with Secretary of State Colin Powell HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE during a visit to a tsunami relief center in Phuket, Thailand, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005.






soooo much food could be bought for the cost of these MERCENARIES...



http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=1&u=/afp/20050104/ts_afp/asiaquake_050104155320

But the growing momentum to help those affected was suspended for several hours in the worst-hit Indonesian province of Aceh when an accident closed down the airstrip at Banda Aceh, the main hub for relief shipments.

A Boeing 737 cargo plane skidded off the runway after hitting a Buffalo, hampering the delivery of relief supplies to an area where more than a million people have been affected by the devastating tsunamis.

(and if you BELIEVE that that's why the airport was CLOSED, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you !)


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&ncid=676&e=2&u=/usatoday/20050104/ts_usatoday/powellgovbushleadsupportdelegationtothailand

Gov. Bush said that such visits could also encourage the thousands of foreign and local relief workers laboring to heal the injured, identify and bury the dead and prevent the spread of diseases.

"Someone needs to put an arm around somebody and say 'thank you for job well done'," Gov. Bush said.

Andrew Natsios, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, who also accompanied Powell, said visits of very visible high-level people" could also mitigate the trauma and help "restore a sense of hope that they (survivors) are not forgotten."






the bush* bastards INTERRUPTED these operations for their PHOTO-OP...they must be SHAMED by US and the WORLD....

[Rose Siding]

1. But there were cameras!

That's all they wanted.

[ohioliberal]

2. I heard it was a "Cow" that made the plane skid

That about sums it up.

[Bridget Burke]

3. You mean Jeb brought his Mom?

(Sorry for any insult to our Bovine-Americans.)

[Love Bug]

4. Kofi Anan (sp?) said the opposite last week

At his news conference last week, when Kofi Anan was asked if he was going to tour the disaster area he said (paraphrase) "Not now, because that would take resources away (for security, etc) from the people that need it." Too bad our arrogant administration doesn't feel the same way.

[diamond14]

5. they don't need any unneccessary airplanes with their DELEGATION

coming into these already overloaded airports....people who could be SAVING LIVES are running around trying to find microphones and electricity for these bastards PRESS CONFERENCE !!!! badly needed security forces are protecting these bush* bastards, while young children are raped....


it's so shameful....

[diamond14]

6. Yes, the UN told "high profile visitors" to STAY HOME.....

as usual, bush* and his minions think that doesn't apply to them....they do what they want, even if it costs LIVES....

[MadHound]

7. Phuket Thailand eh?

Sounds to me like little ol' Jebby wants to get in on some of that action that his bro Neil was having.

[Goathead]

11. What is the story on Neil?

I am not familiar with it. Was there a sex scandal that the Bushies covered up?

[barbaraann]

16. It wasn't covered up.

It came out in his divorce from Sharon that he had sex with women in Thailand who "showed up at his hotel room door."

[MadHound]

20. Well, apparently Neil went over to Thailand

And just had call girl after underage call girl knocking on his door, coming in and having sex with him. And he apparently didn't pay one dime for it. There are some posts on this in the archives, here's a link to get you started.<http://www.markcrispinmiller.blogspot.com/2003_09_21_markcrispinmiller_archive.html>

It is also worthwhile to note that BushI had that scandal involving call-boys taking midnight tours of Whitehouse.

[nostamj]

8. REALITY check folks!

the dog and pony show was in THAILAND.

the airport that was closed because of the damanged plane was in INDONESIA... Aceh province to be exact.

[bpilgrim]

9. wasn't THAILAND hit, too?

i also rember Kofi Annan warning about the DANGERS of just such a high profile SHOW-STOPPER... i hope they know what they're doin :crazy:

peace

[nostamj]

12. duh!

only pointing out the facts regarding the closed airport in Aceh today.

of course Thailand was hit and of course their presence will hinder more than help. but if that airport was closed as well, it hasn't been reported like the Aceh closing.... :shrug:

[bpilgrim]

15. exactly

so i am WONDERING if they had to shut it down as well?

how r they handling security?

if the past is any indication it must be a mess right now :crazy:

peace

[nostamj]

22. actually, I heard on CNN that

powell's plane was kept in the air so as not to disrupt deliveries while they were in the area... :shrug:

[diamond14]

13. dog & pony shows in Thailand, Indonesia, and Sri Lank...ALL Airspace

must be closed for these idiots...that's what's always done for SECURITY....Phuket Thailand was also devastated, and it is VERY CLOSE to Banda Aceh, Indonesia....open a map and take a LOOK....


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/04/international/worldspecial4/04quake.html?pagewanted=2

For Mr. Powell, 67, the trip to Thailand, Indonesia and Sri Lanka will be one of his last tours - perhaps the very last - as secretary of state before his successor, Condoleezza Rice, the current national security adviser, is confirmed.

[KurtNYC]

10. Could Jebediah's face be any redder?

What does that? food allergies? booze? ( I would say sun but they have that in Florida so ???)

Looks like they forgot to bring the "Mission Accomplished" banner. (sarcasm)

[0007]

14. What a pair of losers. Colin Powell has more facial expressions

than a dog in heat. And that savvy Jeb has just enlightened the whole world with his profound statement. What a stateman. And to think he'll be running the country in 08.

[0007]

18. Jeb should have brought along his wife, Columba & his savvy daughter

Noelle is very savvy with doctor shopping and Columba could slipped in and out of custom without paying duty on what she shop lifted.


[TexasSissy]

17. Is it possible for Jeb's face to be fatter and redder, ya think?

Boy, what a contrast to those in a poor, distressed country. To send one of our rich "porkers."

[diamond14]

21. bush* sends TWO rich USA PORKERS, to contrast their "puny" lives.(PHOTOS)

67-year-old American Porker arrives for PHOTO-OP, with jeb bush , and a DELEGATION, and mercenaries....


70-year-old Sri Lankan waits for food in the rain....


there would have been a LOT more room for FOOD/MEDICINE on that aircraft IF the American Porkers were left at home....

[Loki]

19. Jeb's startin to remind me of a fat Scott Peterson.

[knight_of_the_star]

23. I thought Buffalo were native to COLDER climates

I didn't think they lived in Indonesia, might want to check on that.