Bush Observes Moment of Silence for 9/11

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Sunday marked the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by observing a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., the exact minute in 2001 when terrorists smashed the first jetliner into the World Trade Center.

The president stood with his wife, Laura, and Dick and Lynne Cheney on the South Lawn during the simple ceremony that has been repeated each year since the attack.

All four wore dark suits and held their hands over their hearts, facing south to the Washington Monument, as a bugler played taps. Bush did not speak, and the only other sound was the roar of jet planes landing and taking off at nearby Reagan Washington National Airport in an unscripted yet eerie reminder of the attacks.

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[GetTheRightVote]

1. What about Katrina and those lost souls ???

:kick:

[w13rd0]

2. To properly commemorate...

...he should have observed at least seven minutes of sitting there looking completely dumbfounded...

[susu369]

8. So true

[Demeter]

3. Now If He Could Observe That For, Say, 3 Years

we could all maybe hear the little bird of truth singing, and the winds of reason blowing across the land.

[ihaveaquestion]

4. Whew, we were all safe for at least minute there! n/t

[truthisfreedom]

5. did he hold the book? "my pet goat"? did he hold it close to his heart?

was it all he thought about for the several seconds of silence? or was it more important to match the length of Mrs. Cheney's dress to that of Pickles'?

[Straight Shooter]

6. "unscripted yet eerie reminder"?

Whatta buncha caca. Those jets take off and land all the time, don't they? It's all routine.

Nice to know that this year bush didn't have his hand over his stomach, as he did last year at the memorial, which I believe was the same occasion where he patted Pickles on her caboose.

[Benhurst]

7. None dare call it treason. NT

[Skittles]

22. or even dereliction of duty nt

[O.M.B.inOhio]

9. He needs it quiet so he and Cheney can count their profits. nt

[Justyce]

10. or was it

<moment of silence.......> "now watch this drive!"

[midnight armadillo]

28. you beat me to it!

:evilgrin:

[ixion]

11. observing silence in celebration for winning his 'trifecta'

and his ability to quash democracy in America in just a few years. :cry:

[gratuitous]

12. It should have 20 minutes of shifty-eyed silence

To be a true re-enactment. But there will be plenty of time for running that tape at The Hague during Bush's trial for crimes against humanity.

Yeah, I know, but it's nice to think about, isn't it?

[BrklynLiberal]

13. Is there any way to keep him quiet until he is out of office?

[Zenlitened]

14. By giggling and appearing to fondle himself.

He's got a strange way of "observing" a moment of silence.

[VegasWolf]

23. appearing to? nt

:toast:

[Guava Jelly]

15. he should have 7 minutes of silence

to celebrate the monkey crapping his pants or Scrambling the jet fighters to shoot down those planes and saving the pentagon and the twin towers.
It would have been a hard decision to make but he wanted the Job.

[chookie]

16. Bush declines a second helping of waffles to commemorate 9/11 n/t

[TankLV]

17. 911! 911! 911!911! 911! 911! 911! 911! 911! 911! 911! 911! 911! 911! 911!

Damn. Doesn't seem to be working as well any more!

[anitar1]

18. So Right! I heard his radio adress yesterday and

he tried to tie 9/11 into the Katrina disaster. Just doesn't fly anymore. I think he has milked all he can from 9/11.

[flordehinojos]

19. why are they wearing black when they don't believe in funerals, they don't

believe in showing the soldiers returning in caskets, they don't believe in showing the NO dead, the don't believe in anything but blood, oil, money and power.... what a blasting hypocrisy on their part.....and it if weren't for those dead on 9/11, halliburtong wouldn't be having the opportunity to loot iraq, bush wouldn't be having the aura of greatness that he has painted himself into and many have bought ....9/11 was an opportunity for bush to do what he has done--many believe it was an inside job, and he knows how to exploit it damn well.

[pfitz59]

20. 4 horsemen of the apoopalypse!

ugly, stupid, mean, vindictive and vile...just the image for our nation to project...

[SoCalDem]

21. Gee I though Cheney would at least be wearing the ceremonial parka

...it's bad enough that he left off the fez :evilgrin:

[IndyJones]

25. Looks like Bush is wearing the same suit, tie, and shirt. It's the least

he could do.

[NYC Liberal]

24. Hey Georgie...why don't you come to New York!

Or are you too scared? I'm sure everyone here would be very ... "welcoming".

[MasonJar]

26. Bloody hypocrite!

[Bullshot]

27. If you watched the Bush's and Cheney's walking from and back to the WH,

The Bush's were holding hands. The Cheney's were 2-3 feet apart. Apparently they can't stand being that close to each other. And while they were walking, Mr. Go Fuck Yourself was hunched over at a 90 degree angle during the procession, looking at the ground. It looked strange to me.