Bushes put in armored car for tornado warning

[Cooley Hurd]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16396938/

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush and first lady Laura Bush were moved to an armored vehicle on their ranch Friday during a tornado weather alert.

The vehicle was driven to a tornado shelter on the ranch, and the president, his wife and their two dogs sat inside until the weather cleared, deputy White House press secretary Scott Stanzel said. They were never moved into the shelter, he said.

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Weather.com link for Crawford, TX

No, this isn't a joke.

[PCIntern]

1. How did Saddam do that???!! I'm Series!!1

..or was it bin Missing...>???

They went to an 'armored vehicle'...better be lashed down...

[dweller]

50. amazing

what the terra-ists can adapt to...

dp

[Avalux]

2. Uh oh! Yep - weather's bad here.

I'm in San Antonio; much worse up the road near Crawford. Surprised they don't have an underground bunker at the pig farm. :shrug:

[Cooley Hurd]

6. That's exactly what I was thinking...

They mentioned them being put into some sort of armored car.

[photogirl12]

15. So basically what you are saying

is that if anyone who lives near Crawford, TX and they see a armored car flying over their head, to take cover immediately!!

[Cooley Hurd]

20. Or cheer at the top of their lungs!

That would give a whole new meaning to "flying monkey.":rofl:

How ya been photogirl?:hi:

[photogirl12]

24. I think Christmas is over

either that or the customers with the screaming children have just decided to stay home. This season just flew by (kinda like that armored car that just went over my head!! :rofl: ). I am just glad that it is over!!

[ShortnFiery]

79. OMG

Too funny! :rofl:

[damntexdem]

93. Another cow.

No, that's the same cow.

[hatrack]

14. So the dumb SOB built (or had built) a "farm" in Texas . . .

. . . and it doesn't have a storm cellar?

Pretty Texan of you, President Pantload!

:eyes:

[crispini]

27. Houses in Texas usually don't have storm cellars.

Or any kind of cellars, for that matter. In my area, the bedrock's only about 5 feet down.

[hatrack]

67. Interesting! I guess I'm approaching this from a high plains POV

Didn't know you were so close to rock.

:hi:

[JanusAscending]

70. Did you guys reaad the whole article?????

Maybe you should??? There is a storm cellar on the ranch.

[ShortnFiery]

80. Yes, but having lived in the midwest "tornado alley"

Our storm cellars were closer than the barn. What's up with this so called "RANCH" that the storm cellar is a *short drive* away? Why do you think they call it a "storm cellar"? My point: It shouldn't be a drive away unless it was an after thought, i.e., another bunker for the chicken-sh*ts to protect their Dear Leader. :shrug:

[Mabus]

81. It's actually a first aid center

probably one of many positioned strategically around the ranch so Bush can be rushed there within minutes if there is an emergency, like if he hurt himself while cutting brush, while wrecking his bike or choking on a pretzel.

No doubt he the doors to each facility were specially made from endangered hardwood and each have individually crafted presidential seals on them so Bush will recognize them. :grr:

[damntexdem]

92. It's incredibly stupid to sit in any vehicle during a tornado warning.

Although Texas tornados are fairly wimpy affairs in general. The tornados are much worse further north.

[raysr]

95. Pig Farm or Pig's Farm?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. Bush evacuating his bowels too I'll bet

[onecent]

4. breaking news, breaking news, breaking news, sadam being put to death;

B**** and wife safe from a tornado, Pres. Ford's funeral...I hope nothing else happens, CNN will explode.

[spanone]

CNN reported they were moved from the house to an armored vehicle.

Must be one heavy sumbich.

[Roxy66]

9. and the reporters are left to be blown away.....

[TexasLady]

23. Not just reporters, us too!

One tornado spotted near me a quarter mile wide. mother and children were rescued in what was left of their house, etc..Ive been thru one, dont care for another!
This is supposed to last allll afternoon too. Shelter? Ha! We get a choice of laying flat on the ground, or the trailer we are in if it gets worse. Tho I may head to the hospital basement, if there's time. These boogars are going really fast, about 45mph.

[xmas74]

37. I didn't know that about Texas.

In Missouri and Kansas most people try to buy houses w/ basements because of tornado season. I just figured it was the same in Texas.

I'd be tempted to dig a shelter in the offseason. (Though I know many cannot do that.)

[rebel with a cause]

61. Find a ditch to lay in.

That is what they tell us to do in Illinois, and never stay in a trailer/mobile home. I live in a log cabin that has been standing since the early 1900, so I have a false sense of security. Me and my little dog too. ;-)

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. if that funnel cloud follows him around, well, hell, I just might

start believing in karma, or some higher form of life like a god, or something.

with the appropriate numbers of "praise be's"

[PCIntern]

10. Remember Joe Btsflk from L'il Abner? n/t

[Warpy]

17. I've seen Karma at work, but not like this

If the twister nails that armored car, then I might have to rethink my atheism.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

29. is it bad for karma to hope for good aim?

Just asking, of course.

[JanusAscending]

69. I recently prayed for Jesus to deal with him,

didn't know He'd answer this fast! I almost expect hime to have a stroke, or a heart attack the moment Saddam is hanged!

[partylessinOhio]

7. The wrath of God hits the Grapes of Wrath Ranchero!

[0007]

91. It is a "Pig Farm" don't try to upgrade it, 'eh?

[ClassWarrior]

8. Climate crisis is a bitch, innit George**?

NGU.

[Texasgal]

11. Hmmm...

There is a tornado watch for Austin, Tx too. Why isn't THAT in breaking news? :eyes:

[Pab Sungenis]

30. Because President Bunnypants isn't in Austin.

Hell, he was barely in Austin when he was GOVERNOR Bunnypants, why would he go to Austin now?

[Texasgal]

36. You guys are funny..

The Crawford peace house and all of Cindy Sheehan's supporters are in Crawford.

Wishing violent weather on a geographical location is stupid.

I thought BREAKING NEWS was for NEWS. Not stupid satire...

[Trajan]

39. Where TF is the Satire ? ....

The OP says 'This is no joke' ...

Surely some might wish ill upon the asshole in chief, but NO ONE HERE is wishing ill upon innocent Texans ....

And yes, we are occasionally funny too ....

[Texasgal]

45. Okay then..

If it wasn't a joke and seriously a news item, perhaps the OP should have added the AUSTIN is also under a tornado watch.

Sorry, but your reply dosen't wash with me. This was a stupid thread. Period.

[Pab Sungenis]

49. You did. Thank you for informing us.

I'm just explaining why the big national media is concentrating on the Crawford Pig Farm.

[Texasgal]

51. FYI

The thread was edited.

Originally all it said was " Tornado warning in Crawford, Tx."

[Cooley Hurd]

54. Yes, but per LBN rules, I had to edit it...

...to include a link and to change the subject line to match the title of the article.

Cripes, you're a pip...:D

[Cooley Hurd]

53. Texasgal, the "Queen of reading way too much into things..."

How ya been? :crazy:

[Texasgal]

58. huh?

and you are?

[Cooley Hurd]

60. Someone who has dealt with you before...

...and this experience mirrors the previous one. In fact, I mentioned your screen name to my SO and she said, "her again?":crazy:

[Divine Discontent]

40. I sometimes think that too...

I intentionally went to general discussion to post or discuss Rosie, so I understand your point with this. I guess it DOES involve Bush, so it's breaking news after all, but yeah, wishing bad weather on a region... rather SICK. there's some very loving and important people there.

www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

[Pab Sungenis]

46. Who's wishing foul weather on anyone?

I personally hope no one is hurt. But a few tornado warnings disrupting Chucklenuts' 43rd vacation of the year is somewhat appropriate, like God telling him "STOP SAYING I TOLD YOU TO INVADE IRAQ!"

[Texasgal]

48. Oh, I am sorry.

Can you explain to me why thsi item is in breaking news then?

[Cooley Hurd]

56. Because CNN (TV) reported it.

You know, with a "Just In" bumper and the scary music and all.

Here's a suggestion: alert on my thread and let the LBN mods decide if this qualifies as late breaking news.

Jeebus...:eyes:

[uppityperson]

62. Here you go

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x87249

[Double T]

12. bush's god is really mad at HIM

[Monkeyman]

31. You think he hears him again

Don't kill Saddam

[Double T]

41. Even if 'the mass executioner' heard HIM again........

he would NOT listen.

[Poll_Blind]

13. (relevant picture)

PB

[madrchsod]

19. that`s funny.....

[Taverner]

16. Well thank goodness Cindy got arrested

And she's not in danger anymore....

I hope the other protesters have cleared out too...

[Initech]

18. Perhaps God is trying to tell Bush something?

:shrug:

[LiberalEsto]

21. Katrina's revenge?

I wonder what the people of New Orleans are saying

[Haole Girl]

22. Most of Texas is under a Tornado watch

Here is a link, BTW: http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2006/12/29/12292006wactornadoes.html

[gr8dane_daddy]

25. In Austin, Tx...

pretty dark skies north of Austin. Heavy raining driving home from work.

[madrchsod]

26. in an armored car?

really now that is really stupid....what a tornado won`t pick up an armored car? these guys really are stupid as a box of rocks.ya,why do`t they have a storm cellar?

[mainegreen]

34. I was thinking the same thing.

If that thing gets thrown, with it's stronger frame, the force on impact will be that much worse. Plus that armor may provide as much protection as butter if the winds are strong enough.

[Taverner]

47. Keeps debris from penetrating the cab

Not a bad idea, really

[tandot]

52. Exactly my thought. But then, what do we expect from idiots like him?

Tornadoes pick up and overturn semis without a problem.

Every day I look at the news and think that whatever he has done that day is the stupidest thing ever...and then, the next day, he tops it off.

[crispini]

28. Putting them in an armored car? That's stupid.

Like a tornado can't pick up a car?

[ckramer]

32. Bush will get his revelation - is God or Saddam angry?

Wow!

Amazing!

[Avalux]

33. Radar from Central Texas right now looks bad.

It sure is dark and windy here.

[ckramer]

35. Be very afraid of the higher father!

LOL

[rainbow4321]

38. Bush driven to ranch's tornado shelter

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/122906dnmetwx.5913a262.html

President Bush and first lady Laura Bush were moved to an armored vehicle on their ranch when a tornado warning was issued in central Texas, the White House said.

The vehicle was driven to a tornado shelter on the ranch, and the president, Mrs. Bush and their two dogs sat inside until the weather cleared, deputy White House press secretary Scott Stanzel said. They were never moved into the shelter, he said.

[Avalux]

42. The bad weather isn't over yet. Still lots more on the way.

I think they need to spend the night in the shelter, just to be safe. :D

[Moochy]

76. Does the Shelter get CNN?

He will be watching his secure video feed from Camp Cropper in about 48 minutes... Probably in HD.

[TheCowsCameHome]

43. I hope Barney shit on Chimpy's lap.

[Danieljay]

44. Big dark scary clouds are always following that idiot around. News? n/t

[rainbow4321]

55. Waco Tribune: 1 dead, 12 injured

Per WFAA in Dallas, the paper is reporting 1 dead, 12 injured in the storm that has passed thru the area.

Tornado warnings are being called for areas west of Dallas....Tarrant County, cities near DFW airport. It's all heading north/northeast.

[Cooley Hurd]

57. Jesus - hoping no one else is hurt by this crazy-ass weather

:(

[tammywammy]

59. I heard from a co-worker that's already left for the day

That a tornado was seen in Mansfield. I don't know if it was just seen or it touched down.

BTW I'm just over in Irving, so not that far away.

[JanusAscending]

71. Is Brooks City Base anywhere near the Tornados path?

My grandson is in the Airforce, and is stationed there.:scared:

[tammywammy]

I'm in the DFW area, and Brooks is near San Antonio

So there's quite a distance. I wouldn't be too worried about him.

[JanusAscending]

83. Thank you so much!!!

:hi:

[uppityperson]

63. link to graphics of where tornados have been here, map too

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/061229_rpts.html

[PCIntern]

64. The dots on that map could be from a

Twilight Zone episode...

or a Sf movie starring any one of a hundred stars from the 70's.

[onehandle]

65. What a pussy. nt

[thereismore]

66. That means there are sodomites and fornicators at the ranch. God's wrath

and all.

[Canuckistanian]

78. The Lord sure likes to smite evildoers

Why, that Crawford place must be the new Sodom.

[JanusAscending]

68. "Hummer!! , Hummer!!! , Hummer"!!!!

n/t

[DesertRat]

72. "president had been clearing cedar at his ranch"

:eyes:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/29/bush.tornado.ap/index.html

[crickets]

88. Clearing cedar?

Why the heck does he need to "clear" cedar trees? They're not exactly weeds or nuisance plants. Apparently he's spent so much time chewing up the brush with a chain saw during his umpty dozen vacations, he's run out. Now he's reduced to destroying cedar trees. One can only hope he went wild chopping up the dead Christmas tree from the living room rather than cutting down a living tree just to give himself something to do. Blech.

[tanyev]

89. Now he can clean up all the storm debris.

Except they probably have people come in and do anything that really needs to be done.

[AikidoSoul]

73. Wonder if Monkeyboy is wearing bright red patent leather shoes

I can just see him clicking them together as we watches the clouds move his way...

[kitty1]

74. Check out the wizard, a heart for Cheney and a brain for Chimp

[lovuian]

75. Mother Earth is angry George

get the point

[lostnotforgotten]

77. Why Does The Media Think We Give A Shit About His Sorry Lying Ass

Wouldn't it be fitting if both he and Saddam left the planet at the same time

[peekaloo]

82. Shittin' bricks and clickin' the heels of his blood red slippers. n/t

[Ilsa]

84. Jarrell Texas in central Tx had a F4 or 5 that killed over 2 dozen

people in 1997. Horrible situation. Jarrell is about 40 miles north of Austin. Not that close to Crawford, bt I wold think that Crawford wold be prone to the same kind of weather developments.

[Hekate]

85. Flying Monkey Headed Toward Oz? All the rest of you Texans -- stay safe.

I don't think DUers are being callous toward other mortals -- I think more likely we've just been imagining a very (shall we say) *targeted* tornado strike, and finding that amusing. Only one house in Crawford needs to blow skyward -- surely God doesn't wipe out whole cities any more to get rid of a few evildoers, does he?

Hekate

[librechik]

94. best response on thread n/t

:rofl:

[InkAddict]

86. Yo-e-o, Yo Rum....

I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog(s) too!

And oh, what happened then was rich.
*The house began to pitch. The kitchen took a slitch.
It landed on the Wicked Witch in the middle of a ditch,
Which was not a healthy situation for the Wicked Witch.
*The house began to pitch. The kitchen took a slitch.
It landed on the Wicked Witch in the middle of a ditch,
Which was not a healthy situation for the Wicked Witch.
... Who began to twitch and was reduced to just a stitch of what was once the Wicked Witch.

If I were King of the Forest, Not queen, not duke, not prince.
My regal robes of the forest, would be satin, not cotton, not chintz.
I'd command each thing, be it fish or fowl.
With a woof and a woof and a royal growl - woof.
As I'd click my heel, all the trees would kneel.
And the mountains bow and the bulls kowtow.
And the sparrow would take wing - If I - If I - were King!
Each rabbit would show respect to me.
The chipmunks genuflect to me.
Though my tail would lash, I would show compash
For every underling!
If I - If I - were King! (Yeah, right!)

Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!
Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.
Wake up - sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed.
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. She's gone where the goblins go,
Below - below - below. Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out.
Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.
Let them know
The Wicked Witch is dead!

As Mayor of the Munchkin City, In the County of the Land of Oz, I welcome you most regally.
But we've got to verify it legally, to see
To see?
If she
If she?
Is morally, ethic'lly
Spiritually, physically
Positively, absolutely
Undeniably and reliably Dead
As Coroner I must aver, I thoroughly examined her.
And she's not only merely dead, she's really most sincerely dead.
Then this is a day of Independence For all the Munchkins and their descendants
If any.
Yes, let the joyous news be spread The wicked Old Witch at last is dead!

Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue.
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.

OK, King of the Flying Monkeys, you got the Witch. Now can you send someone out shoe shopping so we can get the *$)Q_ home?????? CLICK, CLICK, CLICK - There's no place like home!

[IndianaGreen]

87. A tornado would pick that armored vehicle and flip it in the air.

Tornados can blow locomotives off their tracks with ease, and they weight far more than an armored vehicle.

Being inside a vehicle during a tornado warning is the worst place to be!

Poor Barney and Mizbeasley.

[Purple_band-aid]

90. Give bush and laura shelter in the Baghdad town square

I am sure the Iraqi people will protect george and laura from any and all tornado's.
Next time air force one, and as a tax payer I don't mind paying to transport george and laura to the town square in Baghdad.
Would love to see the Iraqi's shower them with candy(anthrax) and flowers(daisy cutters)!