WTF???! Guess what the name of *s new yacht is?

[kuozzman]

(The one that got stuffed into the Omnibus bill yesterday)

The fuckin Presidential Yacht SEQUOIA!!!(Voting Machine Company)

One expenditure buried in the bill is $2 million for the Navy to repurchase the presidential yacht Sequoia. The yacht was built in 1925 and first used by President Herbert Hoover. In the throes of Watergate, President Richard M. Nixon cruised the Potomac at night on the boat and brooded on his fate.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/politics/21spend.html

My God, does it come with a dog named Diebold??

[Placebo]

1. I'm so happy we have a Presidential Yacht again!

I was always upset when I heard that Carter sold it. :grr:

I think the President should have a yacht to cruise the Potomac on. :)

[elehhhhna]

60. ...the dinghy's name is Diebold.

[CoffeeAnnan]

2. Has he renamed it Condi yet?

[BeatleBoot]

9. The U.S.S. Kindasleezy

[havocmom]

3. The yacht Sequoia predates the voting machines by quite a few years

Perhaps named for the lovely, ancient trees?

[alarimer]

31. I am sure Bush will fail to appreciate the irony

that as he cruises on his yacht, name Sequioa, the trees themselves will be clear-cut by all his buddies in the timber industry. Wanna buy some wood??

[Snow]

49. Could be wrong, but I thought it was named after the man

who came up with a phonetic alphabet for the Cherokee language, and published a newspaper in that language?

[madison2000]

4. No Diebold is the name of the Lifeboat

that saved his sinking presidency and kept him in office :thumbsdown:

[Bucky]

34. oh, good one

very nice

[Hello_Kitty]

35. There are actually 2 lifeboats. The other one is Voter Suppression. n/t

[NMDemDist2]

5. it's an old yacht that has been named Sequoia since the 20s

http://www.sequoiayacht.com/index.htm

[kuozzman]

6. It's still pretty ironic!

[gordianot]

7. I want a row boat.

Would settle for a rubber raft.

Will name mine "Chimpy".

[johnfunk]

8. Now, let's not be snarky -- after all, a yacht is far more important...

... than loans for college students... NOT!

[Retrograde]

10. "The Mandate"? n/t

[ClintonTyree]

11. "Sequoia"............

that means our "Environmental President" George Bush will burn it or drill for oil on it. He'll probably have it renamed, something like "HRH Pollution " or something to that effect. Gee, we're all "Limousine Liberals" I guess they'll be the "Yachting Yo-Yos."

[Historic NY]

12. just what we need a rotting tub of sh-t.

We got rid of it in the first place because it was rotting away and cost too much to keep up. Hell even the Queen got rid of her yacht. I guess it must have been one of those cocktails parties that brought this to light.

The sad thing is where I live at a historic site the National Purple Heart Museum is still not completed due to a lack of about 2 million in funding.

[NVMojo]

13. probably because Sequoia gave him the Nevada election...

[rzemanfl]

14. The yacht is supposedly not for sale.

This is faith-based yacht brokerage. If the the "President" wants it and has the money, they will sell, they just haven't thought it through yet. Sort of like giving the asshole the authority to start a war but hoping he wouldn't.

[Octafish]

15. self destructed.

Sorry.

[donhakman]

17. picture

[Octafish]

18. The boating Smirko deserves.

[havocmom]

32. Nah, matey! Better we should keel haul the rouge

and let 'im takes 'is chances wi' da sharks!

[Octafish]

54. Aargh!

Couldn't find me a picture of the scurvy dog, bubbling away under the Bounty.

[Placebo]

16. It's so PRETTY!

[Guaranteed]

19. That's not a yacht. That's a piece of shit.

I mean, I wouldn't mind owning it. But it's not too impressive.

[Placebo]

21. Psssssh, shows what you know!

Look at the inside!



http://www.sequoiayacht.com/spgm/spgm.php?g=Yacht-Interior

[susu369]

40. Perfect! A piano for Kindasleeza to play -

and georgy can sing "Onward Christian Soldiers"...

On a serious note: I wonder just WHO the "private group" is that is selling the Sequoia? Nice profit, I'd say. Must be a story there!

"One expenditure buried in the bill is $2 million for the Navy to repurchase the presidential yacht Sequoia.....
When President Jimmy Carter was trying to rid the White House of an imperial image, he had the yacht sold to a private group for $286,000.

[Sannum]

22. Boy, is that UGLY!!

It looks like one of those boats that take you to crappy tourist traps in the Bahamas...YUK!

[newyawker99]

61. Blech....Looks like an oversized tugboat.

What a waste of money! :puke:

[THUNDER HANDS]

20. how fitting, Gilligan got his boat

:)

[Ima]

23. unless the girls

are going to use it to party, I can't imagine what * would want with it.It's way to open.

So who is getting the two million?

[mtnsnake]

24. Cheney doesn't have a big yacht, but he doesn't have a little dingy either

...at least not according to that picture of him somebody posted last week!

[Poiuyt]

25. It's a good thing our country doesn't have record deficits

It's nice to be able to spend taxpayer money on things like yachts.

[alfredo]

26. so we are swimming in debt, vital services are being cut and King George

wants us to buy him a boat.

This tub will be a security nightmare. It will be expensive to operate and maintain. Security will have to be in, above, and under the water.

I guess once he got the gold crown in the Lincoln bedroom, he wanted a yacht.

[ComerPerro]

33. This is said a lot, but it is truly mind blowing

So, I must say it:

Imagine the outcry and investigations if Clinton did this. Had the taxpayers buy him a yacht...

[alfredo]

46. Mybe it is up to us to raise a stink.

I am sure we can make it an issue. Bring in the golden crown and purple drapes he has installed in the Lincoln bedroom.

BTW, Purple is the color of royalty.

[Piperay]

27. Kennedy's yacht

I believe was named the Sequoia.

[gordianot]

29. This is the same boat he used as President.

While they are at it they might restore FDR's swimming pool at the Whitehouse. They could put the Media idiots out in the snow.

[Sabriel]

28. I prefer the "Sinking Polls" n/t

[linazelle]

30. He's giving everybody a big clue as to how he won the election

Instead of focusing on Diebold, perhaps we should be looking more closely at Sequoia. Hmmmmm. :argh:

[symbolman]

36. Why doesn't Bush just

walk across the Potomac?

[0007]

43. You mean ya haven't seen that act yet? I'm waiting to see

how junior is gonna feed the multitudes with a fish ladened with mercury and a loaf of moldy bread.

[soup]

50. perfect response. absolutely perfect. n/t

[Telly Savalas]

37. Give the guy credit...

He was smart enough to wait to do this after the election. Although it would have been really nice to see campaign ads with footage of George Walker Bush in a skipper cap, a blue blazer with a coat of arms on the pocket, and an ascot.

[radwriter0555]

38. Could give the term "sinking ship" a whole new appeal actually..

**sigh**

revenge fantasies notwithstanding.

[Plaid Adder]

39. He needs his own YACHT?

For Christ's sake.

"Which is your yacht? The big one?"
"Certainly not. With all the unrest in the world, I don't think anyone should have a yacht that sleeps more than twelve."

--Billy Wilder, *Some Like It Hot*

:argh:

THe Plaid Adder

[doni_georgia]

41. The telling part is who were known for using the yacht previously

He fits right in there with Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon - let's see he has given us the worse economy since Hoover and the most corruption since Nixon. Rather telling, isn't it?

[jmowreader]

42. I e-mailed the White House about this

A new 100-foot Hatteras would be a much better investment--lower maintenance costs, no restoration costs, less pollution. And it will help the NC economy for them to buy a new boat.

So I wrote and asked them to go this way.

[Ganja Ninja]

44. Just what the chimp needs.

One more excuse to take a vacation.

There is a sort of symmetry in Bush reacquiring Hoover's yacht. Feels like we're setting sail for 1929 all over again.

[Dem2theMax]

45. I know before looking. I'd like to suggest a name change.

To the SS Minnow. Send * off on that three hour tour.
And NO one go look for him, promise? :evilgrin:

Oh, he can take guests with him.

Condi - Mary Ann
Pickles - Ginger (I know, :puke:, but I needed another woman)
Rove - Professor, what else?
Rummy - The skipper. The 'rummy' part just goes with the skipper of a boat, especially one that is going to get lost forever.
Mr/Mrs. Howell - Cheney and his lovely :puke: wife.

Couldn't you just see them all stuck together on an island? ;)

Now, I DIDN'T need to say that * would be Gilligan, did I? :evilgrin:

[callous taoboy]

48. ROTFL Little Buddy!

[callous taoboy]

47. A tug boat usually escorts the rig to sea. It's name:

BunsupAmerica

[cmf]

51. We have record budget deficits and a war going on

and we spend $2 million dollars on a fucking yacht.

[Sequoia]

52. Hey, that's my name!

I'm just so-o-o-o-o happy he has a yacht. Now he can compare himself to wealthy John Kerry. "See, ha, ha, I have a yatch now! Na, na, na, na, na, ha!"

[MADem]

53. It is a fucking MAINTENANCE NIGHTMARE

And guess who, besides the taxpayers, gets fucked in the deal? The NAVY. They pay for the billets, the bodies, the maintenance, all of the special equipment that will be needed....I pity the poor bastard who gets that gig.

They already have the nightmarish albatross that is the Temporary Quarters of the Vice President (temporary since fucking Rockefeller!!!) with an $88K and RISING per annum ELECTRICITY BILL.

Sorry shipmates, no satellite dish or phone hookups for your ship deployed to the Gulf....the pretzeldunce needs to sail down the Potomac with the rest of his drunken family!

Jesusboy is just MORE IMPORTANT than you all!

[AliB]

55. How Fitting

now * will have the opportunity to sit and stew about his fate on the same boat that Nixon did after his shenanigans. Can't wait to see it.

[Catchawave]

56. 2 million is the cheap part...

...as any boat owner will tell ya, it's the maintenance and COST of fuel! Not to mention, this would literally shut down the Potomac to pleasure boaters and coastline activities. What a security nightmare :mad:

There was alot of stupid wasteful stuff in that Omnibus Bill, our government makes no sense at all !

[newyawker99]

62. Hi AliB!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[shesemsmom]

57. Alrighty!!!!!!!

If that doesn't say it all!!!!!!!!!

[Cuban_Liberal]

58. It's name has always been 'Sequoia'

Let's not start reading between the lines when it's not warranted, shall we? We have REAL troubles enough to deal with without doing that, too.

:eyes:

[Turn CO Blue]

59. SERIOUSLY. The Sequoia is a part of our history, and should

be donated to a museum.

I have conflicted feelings about this bill to buy back the Presidential yacht. I'd be amazed if Georgie intends to sail around in it (since it's really old, and had to have major reconstruction) -- BUT, my point is that as Americans, we haven't been at our best preserving historical artifacts and buildings.

Yes, I understand that there are other more pressing budgetary items! But remember, Georgie is looking for legacy-making moves here in his (gulp) last term.

The Sequoia BELONGS IN A NATIONAL MUSEUM (not with a private group and not with the sitting President) for the citizens to see (or not see) as they choose.