Take a close look at this picture.

[PDittie]

(Apologies if this has been previously posted.) It was taken last week by a Russian photographer at the G-8 summit in St. Petersburg. Here is the Yahoo link to the photo:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060714/481/c50f341342f446b59fcf46eea240556c

Here is a larger version. It has not been Photoshopped, as far as I can tell:



Look at Bush, and look at Putin looking at Bush.

Now look at the beer bottle in front of Bush. And what appears to be two more beers chilling in a bucket to the left of the buffet table.

My question is:

Can you actually get a Schlitz in Russia, or do you have to import your own?

[wakeme2008]

1. Not Bush's choice.... He is a Lone Star Man

:rofl:

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. They claim that Bush

brings all his own food and drink with him on his trips. He won't eat anyone else's cooking because he's afraid of being poisoned.

[wakeme2008]

9. Did you forget Pigland

:rolf:

[Jensen]

11. DoYouEverWonder...

You forgot to mention his potty!I understand he won't leave home without it,doesn't want all his Bio
collected by Sci-fi, afraid of what it would show his base and the world!:smoke:

[lumpy]

28. I read that many political big shots

have their poop safely scooped awsy from spying eyes. A lot can be learned from poop (physical condition, drugs etc).

[katinmn]

20. LOL! Guess he brought the pig to Germany.

would not be surprised

[Kellanved]

35. Nah;

The hunt for "the pig" (boar actually) was a major media attraction in Germany.

[Stardust]

24. Could be Paulie Girl N/A, Buckler, Sharps, O'Douls Amber//

[Cooley Hurd]

8. One thing's for sure - it's NOT an O'Douls (non-alcoholic) beer:

O'Douls bottles are green. That looks more like a Coors Light.

[PDittie]

10. I'm pretty confident it's a Schlitz

Look closely:

[Cooley Hurd]

13. I love the old ad!

Those cubs are in for a helluva hangover!:D

[chemp]

19. Devil's advocate...

Coor's LA Beer is Brown Bottled as well, Christian Conservative Shithead company and all that.

Still he looks trashed.

[PDittie]

22. It possibly could not be a Schlitz, since

it is barely brewed any longer. But it is still brewed in Texas, and there are lots of brown-bottled "longneck" beers. I was judging from the beer bottle's label, which strongly resembles the old Schlitz:



This gold label is often silver in Texas, like this:



The angled smaller neck label doesn't match what's in front of * in the picture, but these photos might not reflect newer labeling, either.

And of course it might not be Schlitz anyway. But no recovering alcoholic I know drinks three near-beers at dinner, either.

[lumpy]

29. Sit says Pootie.

Georgie is crocked.

[benburch]

3. He looks shit-faced.

And I speak as somebody who grew up behind a bar. It was my family's business. If he showed up in that state I would refuse to serve him.

[Cooley Hurd]

4. He really DOES look blasted...

I grew up in a similar environment (the restaurant/bar biz) and I concur, he is snockered!

[klyon]

5. I mean, he really does

drunk as a skunk

[htuttle]

31. Yup, seven years behind the wheel of a taxi say the same thing

I wouldn't drive him home looking like that unless he had a chaperone along to wake him up at the end.

[calico1]

6. Bush is hammered.

And look at his hair. Putin looks like he is worried bush will fall flat on his face any minute.:rofl:

[PDittie]

7. Putin appears to be thinking:

"You're supposed to sit over here next to me. You alcoholic fool."

Of course this still doesn't excuse the groping of the German chancellor, nor the cursing-while-chewing, nor the long-term habit he has of inappropriately touching people's heads.

Bush could still be a recovering alcoholic rather than a backsliding one, and those actions would be inexcusable.

[klyon]

12. What secrets might a drunk speak?

Putin got him drunk and ....?
Who else was there?
Looks like water in the glasses next to George but none by Putin maybe someone just arrived and is being welcomed by the host. Plates are unused this is before dinner. Not good not good. Seriously not good.

[PDittie]

14. Yep. The president has fallen off the wagon at a

moment in history when the world is in dire need of the most sober decision-making.

We're in trouble. How much, how big, and how bad is yet to be determined.

[Doremus]

15. You're assuming he was on the wagon.

I don't think he ever climbed on.

There have been occasional pictures throughout the last 6 years showing him with an alcoholic beverage.

We've been in the hands of a inebriated halfwit all this time.

Explains a few things, huh?

[TheCentepedeShoes]

23. What I was wondering

What's Putin pointing at?

[PDittie]

25. I believe this prompts a caption:

"You're supposed to sit over next to me, you idiot."

[TheCentepedeShoes]

27. Putin wants him

to sit down and stop staggering around before he breaks the fine china.

[htuttle]

32. The wastebasket

...in case the President pukes. Putin's heard the Bush men have an problem with that at state dinners.

Especially when they're drunk.

[zeemike]

16. My impression is that Bush has been drinking

But like most alcoholics he thinks it is ok because it is only beer.
Putin looks like he is sizing him up. My impression is that putin is a calculating individual that is looking to get an advantage from the situation.

[Son Of Spy]

17. Caculating maybe

Maybe he's just staring in disbelief...

[Robb]

18. Actually, it looks like a Warsteiner non-alky beer to me

Just sayin' at that level, nobody's drinkin' O'Doul's.

[Catherine Vincent]

33. If that is non alcoholic beer then Bush must have been a very heavy

beer drinker. He misses drinking that beer!

[StellaBlue]

21. Someone should paint this in the style of Vermeer nt

[Lindacooks]

26. Oh, Bush is so bombed in that picture!

That's obviously not his first beer of the day.

[Mendocino]

30. Caption this!

You stupid cowboy putz, don't look in my eyes, my soul is over
here, behind the pink elephant

[mitchtv]

34. I'm sure I saw him with a longneck in his hand

last week, but I think it was Germany. It looks as if he were drunk all week