World's on fire. Barbara Bush: WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR A SAIL!

[Bluebear]

CAMDEN (July 18): Former President George H.W. Bush and Mrs. Barbara Bush were in Camden Monday to have lunch aboard the motor yacht Floridian, anchored off of Curtis Island.

A few minutes later, three sports utility vehicles crested a hill on Bay View Street and turned into the CYC parking lot.

"What a great day for a sail," said former first lady Barbara Bush as she stepped out of an SUV, according to CYC Sailing Program Director Barbara Hills.

The Floridian,, a 228-foot luxury vessel, according to Power and Motor Yacht magazine, is owned by Wayne Huizenga, founder of Blockbuster Entertainment and owner of the Miami Dolphins. Before boarding a launch to the yacht, the Bushes paused to say hello to students who had recently finished sailing lessons.

http://knox.villagesoup.com/community/story.cfm?storyID=75720

[malta blue]

1. Go figure....eom

[NanceGreggs]

2. Like mother, like son ...

... proof positive that you can't BUY CLASS.

[Quantess]

44. All privilege, no class. End of message.

[Turbineguy]

3. Is that

a Bermuda or Bahama flag I see?

Offshore registry.

[Rex]

4. See that top picture, you poor serfs, that is a picture of something you

will never have. A floating castle with a helo and a few cig boats. Never serf. Now pay those fucking taxes so we who can afford such luxuries can become richer! Work slaves!

Bottom picture - you can put lipstick on a pig...

[wordpix2]

19. thank you, you said it very well

[stevedeshazer]

5. This is really working out well for them.

http://www.ipl.org.nyud.net:8090/div/hurricanekatrina/hurricaneKatReduced.jpg

[Bluebear]

6. Get out of my head.

Amazing ain't it?

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[Bluebear]

21. And welcome to DU!

:hi:

[malaise]

28. Still I can't stop laughing

everytime you post that pix of that pig. It is so Barbara :D

[pansypoo53219]

24. the horrid womb

is the correct term i believe.

[salinen]

7. Anyone see a sail on that vessel?

Babs, you are a barf sandwich.

[City Lights]

8. Whoudda thunk?

The shit don't land far from the shithole.

[ComerPerro]

9. Horrible, self-absorbed bitch

[stanwyck]

11. Babs was sold to us

as America's Grandmother. All patrician pearls and gracious smiles. In reality, she's a mother who did a rather poor job of raising her children. Say what you will about Hillary, but Chelsea doesn't drive drunk, get arrested in bars, cuss on camera of flip the bird, or even talk with her mouth full.
Barbara Bush, like Dubya, is a PR fabrication that doesn't exist. Off script, she's mean spirited and self centered.
That's the irony of these "family values" types. It's all talk and facade.
In reality, she was an absentee Mom who raised cold, detached children who bring their arrogance into their arranged, well-funded lives of privilege.
The worst First Lady of my lifetime who spawned our worst president. That's her legacy.

[TexasChick]

12. Yeah, you crass c*nt, you can waste your beautiful mind on sails,

but not on body bags from your Chimp-son's bullshit war! Why don't you sniff my fart, Babs!

[Totally Committed]

13. This has GOT to be the original

"fiddle while Rome burns", and "let' em eat cake" family.... Is this woman completely tone-deaf in the compassion department, or what?

She is appalling.

TC

[speedoo]

14. Disgusting.

I love Camden and I love sailing. I mean real sailing, not stinking up the air and the sea with an abomination like "Floridian".

That stinkpot and that stupid former president and his idiotic wife should be banned from a lovely place like Camden.

[mainer]

15. Camden is definitely a "blue" town -- they're in hostile territory

I betcha most of those sailing students' parents voted Democrat.

[Gabi Hayes]

16. take away the helo, and you have room for a pretty damn big boat!

he bought if from Greg Norman, who paid $49 Million for it, which is several million less than it cost the builder

do you realize how HUGH a 228 foot ship is?

purchased as the Aussie Rules, from Greg Norman

http://www.golfdigest.com/features/index.ssf?/features/gd200411kindred.html

Wait, mate. Take off those shoes soiled by planetary dust. Aussie Rules is a mansion on water. At 228 feet, it was 43rd on Power & Motoryacht magazine's 2004 listing of the world's longest yachts. Its initials, AR, are etched into the Italian marble floor of the cherry-paneled main entrance.

The April 2004 Robb Report magazine did an AR inventory so heavy on brand-name plugs that the piece read like a sales brochure: "Bernardaud china, Christofle silver, Waterford crystal, Frette linens and personal-care products by Jurlique."

And: overstuffed couches, ottomans, draperies, and pillows done in chenilles, silks and velvets. An Art Deco movie theater with a Linn entertainment system, one master suite, five staterooms for 10 guests, quarters for a crew of 14, private office, conference room, workout room, 1,000-gallon Jacuzzi with four swim-up bar stools and 12 televisions, among them a 61-inch NEC PlasmaSync.
So, where's the putting green?

...................

So Aussie Rules is luxury with muscle. It carries six boats and has dive gear for 30 (and a decompression chamber). There are 200 fishing rods, two kayaks and an armada of powered water toys. The yacht's range at 12 knots is 9,000 nautical miles.

[Gabi Hayes]

17. luncheon is SERVED!

want more? note the URL!

http://www.moranyachts.com/Photogallery/?ID=167&PHPSESSID=1b71a5d7b73fadbebeed38b7eb5dfb54

[Bluebear]

22. MORAN yachts??????

Priceless!

[Gabi Hayes]

27. cracked me right up when I saw it....unfortunately,

Moran is the name of the main source for the segment of the article I read.

that said, he is an actual Moran

[wordpix2]

18. This family needs to be taken down a notch--Like relieve Chimp of his

trust fund and Halliburton funds by US gov liquidating his assets to pay for his trial.

[Skidmore]

20. Why hasn't Little Boots given his mom a bike?

[muriel_volestrangler]

23. Remind me why you're keeping track of the social life of a hasbeen?

Or are you just expressing outrage that such a non-story is taking up space in the media?

[Bluebear]

26. As the header says, the world is on fire . . . .

. . .war, misery, death and despair all around. Yet "America's grandmother" sees fit to give interviews on what a great day it is to be on a yacht. I wonder how many gallons per mile that monster takes?

[muriel_volestrangler]

30. I'm presuming the DU Lounge has shut down too, then

because that's of as much consequence as what that old dragon does. Has baseball stopped too?

[Bluebear]

31. You equate DU loungers with an elite rich matriach sailing hither & yon?

And holding court with the press how lovely a day it is? It's obscene.

[muriel_volestrangler]

33. They're both 'leisure'. She's a rich ***** with rich friends

so she carries on doing what she does for leisure. Meanwhile, The Lounge and baseball carry on too. It's why it's newsworthy that's puzzling me.

[Bluebear]

34. Ask the Knox County Citizen who reported on it, I guess. nt

[Olney Blue]

49. Enough to evacuate hundreds to Cyprus.

[Bluebear]

53. INDEED.

:cheers:

[leftofthedial]

25. they're making dough hand over fist

war is good!

[gatorboy]

29. Well the Bush's do seem to enjoy themselves most

during a tragedy.

[Lindacooks]

32. I sure do love that pix of Babs. It must be the original 'lipstick

on a pig'.

[susu369]

35. Wayne Heizenga, Waste Mangement, and the Mafia

http://www.google.com/search?q=Wayne+Huizenga+%2B%22waste+management%22&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-16,GGLD:en&start=10&sa=N

BFEE - what more can I say?

[AlCzervik]

36. is that her set of huge balls on the radar tower?

miserable old battle axe.

[Bluebear]

40. ...

:spray:

[seafan]

37. Don't miss this little gem from the article:

From the article:

The Bushes then began making their way down a ramp, where the Floridian's launch was waiting dockside. Hills said it was slow going for the pair because low tide placed the ramp at a steep angle.

"I turned to the staff and the students and said that we had just missed a perfect photo op ," said Hills.

So Hills ran over to the ramp and asked the man with "the wire hanging down his neck" if it was OK if the students took a picture with former President Bush. Hills said that the man told her he didn't care if she took a picture, but it was up to the former President and that she'd have to ask him directly.

"When they got down to the dock I went up to Mr. Bush and asked if it was OK and he said, 'Sure, but make it quick because I'm hungry for lunch.'" said Hills, adding that Bush offered his comment with a smile.

snip

*Be gone, serf.*

[Bluebear]

38. Away! Away with them! We are hungry for lunch, peasants. nt

[Cell Whitman]

39. Rare Bush family photos

George and Bar greet Sun Myung Moon's wife and co-messiah, Hak Ja Han Moon backstage at the Tokyodome in 1995. Moon couldn't be there he isn't allowed into the country. (this photo is for real - taken from Moon propaganda video)



George Jr. knows whose DNA is #1



Photo of Barbara Bush working to put George 41 through school. She was the East Coast Continental Champ for two years running....

[Swamp Rat]

41. Pffft!

No class. :eyes:

[lonestarnot]

45. What an old tit! Did the wind blow enough to knock her overboard?

[gully]

42. Chill man, she's just relaxing her "beautiful mind."

[Straight Shooter]

43. This stranded American family in Lebanon doesn't think it's a great day!

Apathy is the glove into which evil slips its hand, and there is no more apathetic person in this world than barb bush.

[Quixote1818]

46. Bush Jr. definitely got more of her brains than from Dad

She clearly has the intellect of dirty piece of toilet paper and the soiled part of the paper produced her sons. Dad ain't that bright either but he is clearly smarter than his wife and sons.

[Maven]

47. The Silver Douchebag strikes again! nt

[ourbluenation]

48. Let them eat cake...

for crying out loud. Eh Babs?

[UrbScotty]

50. Uh-oh... The BABCANO's gonna blow!!

[Bluebear]

52. Word!

:cheers:

[progressivebydesign]

51. Hey Bush mountain biked, bbq'd, and slept all this week.

Like mommy like spawn.

[OneBlueSky]

54. can't bother her "beautiful mind" w/negative thoughts, don'tcha know . . .

stuff like body bags and flaf-draped coffins and all . . .

seems she taught her offspring well . . . he too can't be bothered with all those nasty images of war and its consequences . . .

the casualties are, after, just "litte people" of no import . . . in the BushCo game, they simply don't count . . .