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abbi normal "Putting on the Ritz" with Dr Frankenstein Posted Jan 25, 2003
*giggle* 
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Wampus Posted Jan 25, 2003
Saturnine? The president in disguise? 
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abbi normal "Putting on the Ritz" with Dr Frankenstein Posted Jan 25, 2003
Did you hear? Oh my God....read on the NET Saternine is the president!!
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Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for) Posted Jan 25, 2003
"That seems to make sense, anyway. Maybe he felt he was safe where he was..."
What knowledge gave him that idea?
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Jan 25, 2003
if this is the only weird thing bush has been doing re 11/9 we should feel relieved. unfortunately...
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Henry Posted Jan 25, 2003
Eagle 1:
"Aide: "Sir, there's been a terrorist attack, we need you ASAP. We'll brief you when you're finished here."
Bush (after a short pause): "Get everything ready, we'll speed this up."
*Shrug* "
I for one find this highly improbable. The following is far more likely:
"Aide: "Sir, there's been a terrorist attack, we need you ASAP. We'll brief you when you're finished here."
Bush (after a short pause): "Damn right. I'm not leaving 'till I find out what happened with the goat."
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Researcher U197087 Posted Jan 25, 2003
"Sir, there's been a terrorist attack, we need you ASAP. We'll brief you when you're finished here."
"That's mighty appreciatatin' of you sir, but you'd better not wait so long.. I've been repeating 2nd grade for 48 yeahs."
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Saturnine Posted Jan 25, 2003
"Sir, there's been a terrorist attack, we need you ASAP. We'll brief you when you're finished here"
*pause*
"So have you got my chocolate milkshake or not?"
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Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for) Posted Jan 25, 2003
"Sir, there's been a terrorist attack, we need you ASAP. We'll brief you when you're finished here"
"Well I know florida's not a target. I gonna finish lern'in goats"
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abbi normal "Putting on the Ritz" with Dr Frankenstein Posted Jan 25, 2003
good laughs!
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Jan 26, 2003
can someone please explain the goat reference ? i feel like i'm missing something.
ta
kea
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Mister Matty Posted Jan 26, 2003
Bush probably wasn't actually told "Mr President, two planes have crashing into the World Trade Centre in a massive terrorist attack", he was probably told "Mr President, something serious has happened that requires your attention". Being Dubya, he probably thought it could "wait".
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Mycelium Posted Jan 26, 2003
...or as the Private Eye depicted it,
"Sir, there's been a terrorist attack, we need you ASAP. We'll brief you when you're finished here"
"Armageddon outa here."
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six7s Posted Jan 26, 2003
Hi Kea,
The goat reference :
For about thirty minutes after his chief of staff told him that America was under attack, George W. Bush continued to sit in an elementary school classroom listening to a second-grader tell a story about a pet goat.
(see post #1 for more)
six7s 
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Wejut - Sage of Slightly Odd Occurrences and Owlatron's Australian Thundercat Posted Jan 26, 2003
If I were Mr Bush and someone just told me we were under attack I'd robably sit there and quietly have a few privte moments of panic to compose myself, think back on the "what did dad say to do in these situations" and then calmly do what he did...
That doesn't mean I condone his right to bomb the crap out of which ever country he's currently miffed at.
Nor does it give any other Prime Minister the right to automatically think that their country wants to follow him to war.
I thought we all lived in a democracy.
Wrong again. 
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kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Jan 26, 2003
thanks six7s 
i'd missed the bit about the goat. was thinking it was some reference to afghanistan and getting very confused 
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Mycelium Posted Jan 26, 2003
I'm no conspiracy nut, but I'd like to mention the following points from Stupid White Men by Michael Moore (harper collins, 2001);
1, the Bush family's first oil venture in '79, a company called Arbusto, was financed, in part, by the bin Laden family. Also, the bin Ladens have been investors in George Bush snr's company, the Carlyle Group, one of the largest military contractors in the US.
2, in 1997, the BBC ran a story about the Taliban leaders of Afghanistan flying to Houston, Texas, while Dubya was governor, and meeting with company executives from Unocal to discuss the building of an oil pipeline across Afghanistan. (one of the feasability studies done for this project was conducted by Enron, the largest contributor to his presidential campaign). The company due to build this pipeline was Haliburton. The chairman of Haliburton at that time was Dick Cheney!
3, in the days and weeks following September 11th, according to the London Times, Bush allowed a private Saudi-chartered jet to fly around the US to pick up nearly two dozen members and associates of the bin Laden family and fly them out of the country. All of this while the rest of America couldn't fly ANYWHERE.
4, at least 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi, yet Dubya bombed Afghanistan. Why? Did he miss? Or was it too difficult to go after the country which supplies 25% of America's gasoline and contains so many of his daddy's business partners?
5, as soon as the campaign in Afghanistan was complete, a former oil company consultant was installed as interim leader. A former Unocal consultant was then appointed as the US's new ambassador to Afghanistan. Within a few months, a new deal was signed to build that pipeline across Afghanistan.
coincidence?
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Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for) Posted Jan 26, 2003
What I thought was dodgy was the passport of a hyjacker conveantly and quickly found in the wreakage.
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- 24: Apparition™ (Mourning Empty the best uncle anyone could wish for) (Jan 25, 2003)
- 25: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Jan 25, 2003)
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- 32: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Jan 26, 2003)
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