Reuters Photo Appears to Capture Bush at U.N. Writing Note About 'Bathroom

[sabra]

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001137252

Reuters Photog Appears to Capture Bush at U.N. Writing Note About 'Bathroom Break'

By E&P Staff

NEW YORK In what seems destined to become one of the most yacked about photos of the month, if not year, a Reuters photographer today seems to have captured President George W. Bush scribbling a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suggesting that he needed to take a "bathroom break" during a session at the United Nations.

The photo by Denver-based Rick Wilking, taken over a man's shoulder, shows an official -- identified in the caption (at Reuters' official site) as President Bush -- scribbling in pencil on a small white piece of paper the words: "I think I MAY NEED A BATHROOM break?"

The caption at the Reuters photo site reads:

"U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York September 14, 2005. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations at a summit on Wednesday but their blueprint falls short of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of freedom from want, persecution and war."

[Beetwasher]

1. I'm Fucking Dying! THIS IS A LEADER?????

Does she hold his wee wee for him? Does she wipe his ass? Feed him and tuck him in at night???? Good grief! This yutz can't even decide if it's ok for him to go to the bathroom???? And HE'S got his finger on the button????

[iamjoy]

4. It Maybe Be Different In Diplomatic Circles

I don't know all the diplomatic protocals, but maybe you don't just say, "excuse me" and leave the room.

I remember reading somewhere that if you are at a reception, you do not leave before the guest of honor, it is poor taste. Maybe there is something similar going on here.

[Beetwasher]

8. I Could Care Less

Why cut the asshole slack, I say, slam away and let the Bush defenders whine...It's tailor made for ridiculing the idiot, why should we hold back?

[matt819]

11. Been there, done that

It's really quite permissible to excuse oneself to go to the bathroom. Of course, a real diplomat would be sure to go before the event starts, just to avoid this situation. That said, one need not ask permission to go potty.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

24. Condi, ,mommy, could I go potty?

Is she the one that gives him permission to go peepee?
And this mental midget is the president of this country?! No wonder people are terrified.

[Skittles]

29. howdy Florida!

from Texas! :hi:

[Skittles]

30. howdy Florida!

from Texas! :hi:

[ladylibertee]

101. More like MAMMMAE!!! MAMMAE I's a gotzza go pees mammae!

[calimary]

135. Welcome to DU!

Disgusting, isn't it?

One would think he might have had the presence of mind to go take care of that sort of thing BEFORE he went in and sat down at the big table for the big meeting?

Is he SO self-absorbed that he doesn't even think ahead to that minimal consideration? Or is he just so accustomed to everyone bowing and scraping while he does whatever he wants - to bother with decorum or common courtesy?

Well, considering his mom's penchant for common courtesy, I can understand why the little dauphin never learned this. So he's got his nanny there and has to check with her, 'eh?

I thought this was bogus until I saw that Editor & Publisher had picked this up. And Reuters swears by its authenticity. Whoa! Wonder what else is out there? Of course, NOW, you're liable to have all kinds of photographers with their eyes peeled for another one of those "gotcha" moments. The pile-on is upon us. Same thing for "Go Fuck Yourself, mr. cheney." I bet there are all kinds of guerrilla gonzos out there, even now, plotting for their own media moment when they might be able to pull that stunt, too. From the "Bring 'em on" file, I guess you'd say, but human nature being what it is, I think it can be expected in the future. I believe the perception now is - "Tough shit. These guys are asking for it."

[fob]

28. How about the common sense necessary to PREPARE oneself

BEFOREHAND?

How long was this into the PLANNED event?

Jesus Christ the bar hasn't been lowered, it's been BURIED!

Not yelling AT you, just WITH you.

[In Truth We Trust]

47. I hate to step in front of other posts- I wanted others to please NOMINATE

this. The whole world need to see this. What a week puppet he is. This asshole even has to have permission to use the fucking bathroom.

Invitation only audiences, earpieces during debates, codpieces during dress-up photops, and on and on.

This frat boy awol douchebag is literally not a man, but a pos chimp playing makebelieve tough guy. An embarassment to America!

[txindy]

88. Since when does Junior care about "poor taste?"

This is a guy who takes firefighters away from rescuing dying people along the Gulf Coast just so he can have a staged photo-op with them. "Poor taste" is something he has in his mouth when he wakes up in the morning. Beyond that, the phrase means nothing to him.

I just think it's hysterical that Reuters is now so openly contemptuous of the boy king that they would put this on the wires.

[norml]

94. I think that even at a summit you can just get up and go use the bathroom

I wouldn't think they all are just supposed to hold it until it's over.

[Nabia2004]

148. It's the UN, the bomb squad has to check the restroom first

Consider the depths they go to protect and shield him I bet everything has a special protocol.

[beam me up scottie]

35. The thing is, he's got what, almost 5 years on the job,

he's been to countless diplomatic functions and he still has to FUCKING ASK HIS SECRETARY OF STATE IF HE CAN GO TO THE BATHROOM ???

He's not a rookie, people.

They have been pulling his strings the whole fucking time and this is the proof.

Fucking -A, Beet, I swear a lot when I'm around you.

[Robeson]

37. Thats exactly what I thought. Is he so disengaged with what's going...

...on around him, that he doesn't know about diplomatic interaction after 5 years on the job of being the most powerful man in the world? I'm sorry, I want the bar on my President to be set a little higher than zombie status. The excuse bucket for this guy is empty.

[beam me up scottie]

55. Can you picture the Big Dog asking for permission?

Can you picture ANY world leader writing a "May I" note ?

Just when you think you can't be any more ashamed of the fact that 57 million citizens voted for this baboon...

[Demeter]

110. Mother, May I?

Note To Condi:

He's not your husband--Republicans don't grow up into husbands. But if you want a 59 year old son.....with serious dependency issues (of all kinds).....

[Jack from Charlotte]

123. Do they require him to ask permission? Perhaps...

they should just make up do the one finger for urination and 2 fingers for defecating....deal like they used to do in kindergarten.

[Cha]

155. I've been out of the country for

nine days and this is what I come back to?

It's been so divinely free of monkey fatique! When the newspapers wrote about the idiot they would say things like.."Deciphering bushspeak" and "New Orleans Allowed To Sink".

I thought I had died and gone to Heaven!

[iamjoy]

2. Who Cares?

They've got to be kidding - photo of the year?

Have they seen any pictures from the Gulf Coast?

[IChing]

9. Because he is asking His Secretary of State if he can go poo poo

You think that it not indicative or revealing of what an stupid man he is?

That he needs to ask? Yes the gulf coast was horrible and his response was even worse
This is a revealing psychological observation into your leaders action, he did not move on Katrina
because they hadn't given him the DVD yet,
he didn't think to go to the bathroom beforehand and asks permission?

Yes this is news

[bluedeminredstate]

31. That's what struck me too

Why does he feel the need to share this information with her? Obviously from the wording of the note the situation is "iffy" - he might need to go. Why is she privy to this? Is he asking for her to get a comic book to take along?
My Dad's mother used to tell him and my uncle when they were little that they were going to the bathroom "to make shame." I'm sensing a little dominatrix dynamic here...

:crazy:

[Bhaisahab]

109. wow man. that's a cool observation

good catch.

[Donailin]

108. poopoo or snort snort

I'm just sayin'. . .

[progressivebydesign]

3. We're in BIG trouble if the man has to ask about a potty break at the UN

We are SO fucked.

[Blaq Dem]

98. We're in trouble if he has to THINK about taking a potty break

Now, that's scary. How can a person THINK they may have to use the toilet? Did he want Condosleeza Rice to THINK for him?????

[hardrainfallin]

5. I gotta go peepee....

wee wee wee......

:hurts:


ohhhhh it's hard weeeerk....

[Pachamama]

95. Ha ha ha!

:rofl:

thanks for the imagery....

(When I'm done laughing, I'm going to scream, and then cry....what kind of effing idiot-boy do we have that is "in charge" of this country that he can't even simply excuse himself to take a nature call. Instead he has to write a little note to his mommy?)

Be afraid folks, very afraid....

[Robert Oak]

6. Christ

This is one thing that just shouldn't make the news.

My God, everybody needs a bathroom break. I find this one to be
a true invasion of privacy.

[kestrel91316]

10. Cry me a river. This is the guy whose wet dream is to remove any

nonsense about the "Right to Privacy" from our courts and laws.

He did it in public. He is a public figure. It's public.

[sonicx]

that's not the issue

he's asking his secretary of state for permission.

[Nostradammit]

86. He's asking his dominatrix for permission

And she's going to give him another rug burn on his face for having the audacity to ask.

[saigon68]

91. his dominatrix

In her leather Bustier, with a BIG BLACK WHIP

[gulfcoastliberal]

103. This one?

[saigon68]

152. THAT'S THE ONE

SHE LOOKS LIKE A FIRST GRADE TEACHER AT THE DEVIL'S SCHOOL

[calimary]

144. A bigger issue to me is that he's so indifferent to proper protocol

that it doesn't even occur to him to make a pit stop BEFORE going into the big meeting. You can't take care of a little business beforehand so you're good for the next few hours, asshole? You don't even think THAT FAR AHEAD? Man! I guess he killed more brain cells during his "youthful indiscretion" period than I thought.

He's been on this "job" for FIVE years now. This isn't the first time he's been to the UN, either. By now, he should know better. He should have a sense of the finer points of international diplomacy, unless of course he just doesn't give a shit. Which, I think, is what underlies all of this. He just doesn't care. What a disgrace.

As Bill Maher urged him, the other day: "why don't you do what you do best: lose interest and walk away?" I think we're at the "lose interest" part already - probably have been there for some time now. It's the second part we need to work on now.

[Henny Penny]

107. The issue is.... if he can't cope with a crisis of this magnitude....

How the f*ck is he supposed to deal with Iraq/New Orleans/the economy/anything else going on in the world today!

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[progressivebydesign]

14. I think it's hilarious! And scary that he HAD TO ASK!!!

I mean, the guy didn't SAY he had to go, he ASKED! He is a frat boy trapped in a old man's body. For god's sake.. the guy had to ASK about going to the bathroom.. 'ooh condi, what do I do??' THAT is what makes this so scary and funny.

[antonialee839]

22. Apparently Condi is in charge of the hall passes.

[bring_em_home_bush]

25. Such tender consideration for the privacy of the murderer

of hundreds of thousands of people.

I mean, aw shucks, that's jes so durn sweet.

[calimary]

145. Welcome to DU!

Yeah, touching, isn't it?

ASSHOLE!!!!! With TWO Mrs. Assholes, no less.

Now that you're here, please help us FLUSH HIM!!!!!!

IMPEACHMENT - NOW!!!!!!!

[Skittles]

33. oh yes and if bush cares about anything it is our right to privacy

uh huh

[GoddessOfGuinness]

34. I agree...

On the other hand, maybe it's good for some folks to ealize that Dumbyass has to pee just like anybody else.

Too bad Reagan never wrote a note like that.

[OzarkDem]

63. FDR used to practice standing in order to give speeches

even though he had polio and was in great pain. He spent many hours in meetings and negotiations, without complaint and with dignity. THAT was a real president.

Sorry I don't feel any sympathy for an arrogant fool who can't even be bothered to listen to someone else's UN speech.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

149. It's not that I have sympathy for the fool...

It's just that I'd like to think we were above potty humor.

Between Afghanistan, Iraq, and Katrina, Dumbyass is responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people. There are more important things to focus on...

[Tomee450]

59. I agree

I don't understand why people are making such a big deal of this.

[are_we_united_yet]

69. I agree

Not a great fan of W as many know. But I draw the line when someone needs to use the head. This is not news.

-eom-

[TankLV]

93. You two are really clueless, then.

God, maybe your phoney "concern" could be spent on the victums of his CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE in NOLA?

GET A FUCKING CLUE!

[buff2]

77. If he wasn't so God Damn stupid this wouldn't MAKE the news

Since when does a President of the "most powerful country in the world" have to ask his secretary of state whether or not he has to go to the bathroom? That asshole is dumber than any Forrest Gump.

[txindy]

89. Nope. This is true contempt shown to the boy king by the media

This is a very, very good thing. The Emperor lost both his clothes and his mystique with the media when he ignored the Gulf Coast and Katrina. He earned this. Let him wallow in the contempt of a nation.

[Maestro]

7. And Tom Coburn is doing

crossword puzzles during the Roberts hearings. Typical distractions of an uncaring repuke. However, I am not sure of the veracity of that. I wouldn't put it past him though.

[kevin881]

12. he cant even punctuate correctly!

unreal.

[TahitiNut]

13. He not only seems to be asking to take a break, he seems to be asking ...

... for verification that he NEEDS to take a break. Can't he feel his own Poise pads? Is this cockroach so clueless and (LITERALLY) out-of-touch that he can't even tell when he needs to go to the bathroom?
:eyes:

This might be the general level of erudition in ANYTHING he ever writes. :scared:

[Robeson]

19. "He not only seems to be asking to take a break, he seems to be asking"...

...Yeah, I noticed that, too! What if she had said no! Would he just have to of wee-wee'd in his pants...:wow:

[TahitiNut]

42. If she'd said 'No' we'd see headlines "Flood At UN"

:evilgrin:

[displacedtexan]

114. Is the question mark the new period?

There are certain questions you shouldn't have to ask yourself... or the freepin' Secretary of State!

"I think I may need a bathroom break?

Is this possible...?"

These are not questions anyone with half a brain has to ask.

[Canuckistanian]

15. The 'Leader of the Free World' asking to go tinkle?

NOW we see what the pecking order is. CONDI is the man behind the Peacock throne.

[progressivebydesign]

16. If only we could read the rest of the note.. that would be rich. n/'t

[maddiejoan]

52. I believe it says

pretty please with sugar on top?

[Mizmoon]

17. Ugh, so he has to pee

and he doesn't want to get up at the wrong time and diss someone. I'm impressed he was sensitive enough to ask his staff of diplomatic professionals for their input.

I sympathize with the shrubster this time around. That's rare.

[are_we_united_yet]

71. I agree with you

and for me, sympathizing with W is rare as well.

[Applan]

18. "I think I MAY NEED A BATHROOM break?"

Is this English. Is this man, the so called leader of the free world, illiterate. God help all those children left behind.

[Skittles]

20. come on, this has got to be a hoax

surely

[buff2]

76. No hoax,Skittles.

It's on yahoo too. I am so embarrassed for our country. Can you imagine how all these other leaders talk about him behind his back? How does this make the rest of us look? :blush:

[Nihil]

104. I'm with you on this (so far)

This is just that bit *too* weird, even for that cretin.

The note appeared to say the following:

I think I
MAY NEED
A BATHROOM
break?

Is this possib(le)

Why the line breaks?
Why the odd mixture of upper case & lower case?

What's the risk of going overboard on this and it bouncing back
with a Rovian spin? (e.g., "GWB was about to reply to a very personal
question from XYZ who was bravely continuing despite an embarrassing
illness. See how the Left not only slander our brave & intelligent
president but humiliate the loyal XYZ at this unfortunate time.")

(It's strange though, I don't question the embarrassing stupidity
and insecurity of the message - just its appearance on a plate
like this ...)

[Henny Penny]

111. I'm sure Bush was set up...someone who knows how he

operates told the photographer to get a shot like that and the picture has been allowed into the public domain....

It appears on both Yahoo and Reuters...

Yahoo
http://tinyurl.com/9wxtx
Reuters
http://tinyurl.com/df5gl

[raccoon]

133. I think you're right. nt

[antonialee839]

21. Like I said, what a doofus!!

[Vickers]

23. What a pathetic piece of shit...he needs to read up on the bathroom

protocol of LBJ. :spank:

[IChing]

26. I swear in this view of the photo, he spelled possible as possble

[moobu2]

27. I think I need? doesn’t he frigging know?

[fob]

32. Close. He* "thinks he* MAY need". Hey freeps, he*s not as "resolute"

as he* lied about being now, is he*?

[IndyJones]

92. Rove isn't there to tell him for sure if he needs it or not.

[Colonel Bat Guano]

36. Fan this to everyone you know tomorrow

Think how bad this is for him.

Just when he is at his absolute low in the polls...just when he has abdicated leadership in Katrina...just when he has given 72 hrs notice for a primetime address for him to take his leadership back...

...he writes a note to, depending on your POV, his subordinate (if you're a supporter) or his tutor/master (if you're a detractor), asking for permission to go to the bathroom.

Tomorrow, this will hit some papers and be on TV and radio. Tomorrow night...just when he wants the "leader" coverage to take over...it will be on the Leno/Letterman/O'Brian/Daily Show monologues, and then MORE papers will have it on Friday as a funny/cute sidebar.

He doesn't know to go to the bathroom before a UN meeting. He's not sure if he can go during a UN meeting. He has to write a note to a cabinet member prompting her to consider this burning issue containing two questions (one, does he really need to go, and two, is such a thing possible).

How can he look like a leader again tomorrow with this in the sidebars?

[fob]

38. What was that Nancy Pelosi said about bush* being "oblivious"?

Weren't the republicks crying about that description?

[In Truth We Trust]

39. What a fucking puppet! He even needs to ask his handlers permission to

use the fucking bathroom. What a week little asshole!

[MrSlayer]

40. It's funny and all but irrelevant at the end of the day.

We all know he's a goof.

[Occulus]

50. So was a stain on an intern's blue dress. n/t

[allalone]

41. He MAY need a bathroom break?

He can't even tell if he has to go? Hasn't his mommy ever told him to go before you leave the house. What a maroon!

[OzarkDem]

He just wanted out of the meeting, IMHO

He was probably getting bored having to listen to speeches of other leaders at a farking UN summit. How dare they bore him so.

I read it as him dropping a hint that he wanted to get out of there.

[jaded_old_cynic]

96. That was what I thought

I think you nailed it ozark. The petulant little prick was just bored and was looking for an excuse to leave.

[NYC Liberal]

43. People here have joked about Bush needing to ask even to take a shit

And now it's not a joke anymore!

How the hell did we get the most idiotic man alive in the WH?

[Peace Patriot]

122. "How the hell did we get the most idiotic man alive in the WH?" Simple.

His buds at Diebold and ES&S own and control the tabulation of our votes with "trade secret" proprietary programming code in the new electronic voting systems--code so secret that not even our secretaries of state are permitted to review it. Not that they would care (they probably have future job offers, and they sold out our right to vote when they signed these "trade secret" contracts for their states, in the first place). The Bushites set this all up, under the guise of "election reform," with Congress appropriating $4 billion to the states to purchase these extremely insecure, hackable, "not ready for prime time," electronic voting machines, with no controls on lavish lobbying or on "trade secret" vote tabulation, and with Tom Delay blockading a paper trail requirement (no recount possible--no way to verify)--and you think they didn't USE it to stay in power?!

Ha, ha.

Not so simple. How to get rid of Diebold and ES&S? (Throw these infernal election theft machines into 'Boston Harbor,' I say! --or a Louisiana levee might do!)

---------

I favor the theory that he was bored--and wanted out of representing the free world. And doesn't give a crap (ahem) what the leaders of other countries think. That's why the tentative "I think I may need...". He doesn't really need to piss or poop. He wants an exit and doesn't know if it's possible diplomatically. Although, with Bush Jr., even the wildest scenarios seem feasible--truly (even dominatrix Rice)--I think "bathroom break" is code for "if you don't get me out of here, I might just start pounding my shoe on the table". Also believable: a drug break (needs a booster of some kind).

It would be interesting to know what happened next.

--------

What's astonishing is that Reuters would publish this photo. THAT'S news. (They could be fed up with their reporters getting offed in Iraq.) Also surprising, it just occurred to me: How did a photographer get so close to Bush and behind him--to be able to take this photo?

[Robeson]

44. And what would our Fearless Leader have done if she had said "No."?

[Kailassa]

45. Think of his mother

I sympathise. One of my sons is retarded too, and I'd hate anyone to laugh at him for not understanding political protocol or the difference between upper and lower case.

[me b zola]

143. Think of his mother? You mean Babs the beast?

The beast with the "beautiful mind"?

The same woman who said about the victims of Katrina that were staying in the Astrodome that since they were disadvantaged that the Astrodome was working well for them?


Babs is a mother alright. A real mofo.

They are an elitist group of thugs and I have not one single drop of sympathy for any of them.

[Kailassa]

150. I was speaking tongue in cheek

My retarded son sobbed his heart out when he saw on TV that people had been left to drown. While Bush was sleeping and Zombileeza was shopping for shoes, my son, too handicapped to read or write, was begging me to take him to where the people were drowning so he could save them. He wanted to save any sharks that might be swimming in the poisonous water too.

I have a mother who is every bit as evil as Babs, who Hates anyone who is retarded, yet this son of mine is kind to her and tells her gently she just needs to learn to understand.

[Zgrrl]

46. Maybe it's a code phrase for...

..."meet me in the bathroom for a quickie."

OK, that was probably uncalled for.

:evilgrin:

[moobu2]

54. YES!! I bet that's it! haha

[rosesaylavee]

48. I can't stand the suspense. Did she say ok?

:blush:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

49. This is just too funny for words

I hope someone collects all of these stupid little notes of his and publishes them someday.

[moobu2]

51. Oh, John Stuart's gona tear * a new one with this...lol

[goclark]

53. I thought he was left handed

And, as much as I hate his guts, he probably wanted her to have the Secret Service clear the bathroom , search it and then find the perfect stall for the Boy King to use.

Hopefully he will not leave his Coke Spoon as he makes his exit.

[Robeson]

56. Maybe he couldn't remember which hand to write with.

[darkism]

57. Oh no, he's absolutely not.

The first time I heard this, I was appalled. Left-handed people are supposed to be unusually creative, which ** certainly is not. As a leftie myself, I found it offensive that I could possibly share a writing hand with this dope.

To make sure, I tracked down several pictures of him signing bills and such. He's definitely right-handed.

Sorry, righties. He's yours. :p

[Robeson]

60. Dang, now I want to be leftie!...

...:-(

[qanda]

61. You're right GWB is right-handed

His father is left-handed.

[goclark]

75. We don't want him! Righties UNITE! :)

[beam me up scottie]

And he had to WRITE a note ??????

Condi is practically sitting in his lap the whole time, and he writes a note ?????

WHY ?

[beam me up scottie]

58. Delete

dupe

[katamaran]

62. Comparison between other writing sample

[sabra]

67. looks like a match to me.

[kostya]

79. Is it possible two different people wrote on that paper?

I mean it could be Condi asking Bush if she can take a run to the ladies' room and he's answering her back? And, another thing, I thought Bolton was sitting to his right and Condi to his left? - K

[Auntie Bush]

64. I think the guy has diarrhea

[genieroze]

65. Oh come on, I don't like * but when ya gotta go, you gotta go.

This borders on being ridiculously insignificant. No matter what da fundies say, he's not God and needs to take a pee.

Edited to add that he probably didn't want to appear rude and just walk out and was inquiring when there would be a break.

[genieroze]

66. Quick stop the presses, late breaking news. Bush needs to pee.

:wow:

[IChing]

70. You don't get it do you? It is extremely psychologically revealing

or why it is,

[genieroze]

81. I guess I just don't see the big deal, then again I didn't think a blue

dress was a big deal either. Maybe it's because I'm so used to being embarrassed as an American by this administration that this screwup seems petty.

[dhinojosa]

99. Its irony, why would a "leader" ask to go to the bathroom? nt

[IChing]

100. The irony is this tread "Bush wants more power"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1778930&mesg_id=1778930

And the scary part of the observation.

[beam me up scottie]

72. What? Did prison planet just get this story or something?

:eyes:

[6000eliot]

68. BTW, Let freedom reign

[buff2]

73. Damn......can this idiot be anymore EMBARRASSING?

Folks,I don't know about you,but I don't think I can survive another 3 years of this mental midget representing our country. Each day I think "it can't get any worse"....and then it does. Geesus...

[dooner]

74. "Bathroom break" is probably just a euphemism for "a snort" n/t

[americanstranger]

78. All I keep thinking of was Forrest Gump

saying 'I gotta peeeeeee.....'

What. An. Embarrassment.

-as

[democracy1st]

80. haha

I've seen it all.

[mountainvue]

82. Toot, toot. n/t

[Endangered Specie]

83. any others besides these two?

?x=380&y=217&sig=Hh355TcloLG7aLsST74eYA--
?x=272&y=345&sig=BZ5_VWaXtXtWZPTrq4ErKw--


put 2 dashes (--) after the link of that first one to get it to work

[snot]

84. What gets me is, he has to write a whole paragraph about it. nt

[txindy]

90. And makes the first sentence into a question. Does he not know?!

[Endangered Specie]

85. Too much booze can make you piss

Note to GWB: lay off the Jim Beam before world events.

[Rose Siding]

87. At least we know for sure what he's thinking about here-

[GregW]

97. Somehow I know I'll be reading about this on "Poop Report"

http://www.poopreport.com << Warning - offensive content (except M.A.T.C.O.M., etc)

[ladylibertee]

102. LOL....Maybe

[bklyncowgirl]

105. Give the guy a break. Remember when Poppy upchucked on the ...

Prime Minister of Japan because he refused to leave a state occaision before it was too late?

Bush is determined to not make the same mistakes his father made and apparently both Bush boys have a problem with er controlling bodily functions.

Besides, how does one coordinate the logistics of this situation? I mean here he is in a meeting of the UN General Assembly. Does Condi send Bolton running up to Kofi Annan to ask him to stop the meeting because the Leader of the Free World is about to have an accident? Does Annan explain the real reason or does he do the diplomatic thing and call a 10 minute recess because the President has to deal with--er an internal situation--or does he let the meeting drag on and savor every minute of it?

So many things to ponder.

[MADem]

127. Bush HAS made the same mistakes

A bullshit war full of lies (Kuwaiti babies tossed out of incubators, uh, that never happened?? Brave Kuwaiti people, who turned out to be Palestinian guest workers who stayed behind while the elites evacuated to Monte Carlo???), an out of touch idiot (supermarket scanners, what are those???)....this is just the 21st Century version of ralphing on the Japanese dignitary...he had to steal two elections to try to one-up his "deddy" but it is all just a little bit of history repeating, with louder booms and more horrific consequences.

There are protocols in place for this very circumstance. You just have to do your advance planning and coordination, but then again, none of the guys at the UN particularly like Bolton, and maybe no one told him what the signal was, or they may have been punishing monkeyboy's sphincter in retribution.

[iamjoy]

106. Our President....

:hurts:

[Vinca]

112. Is this for real??

:rofl:

[CoffeeCat]

113. Now we know that the box on his back isn't...

...a catheter bag.

:)

Sorry.

[Coexist]

115. As busy as I am as a mom of three... I know that at our practice field

there are only port-o-lets. I don't like to use them. So I take a minute and make sure I go before I leave. I don't drink too much while I am there.

Now, was that so hard??!! If the man has a handler who zips his fly when it is down, why can't someone remind him to hit the head before a long meeting?

(does anyone have the photo of the man on his knees in front of Bush correcting his YKK situation?)

[Orsino]

116. Odd, but not wrong.

Real diplomacy requires careful timing of breaks. Walking out at the wrong moment could offend, and I can understand this administration's wanting to choose carefully whom to offend.

I'm just amazed they let a camera that close without the mandatory rose filter. They must be panicking about this breach of security.

[Peace Patriot]

131. Yeah, I'm wondering about this, too. How did the picture get taken?

DU photographers, what are the logistics of this photo (i.e., telephoto lenses, etc.)? You rarely see photos from behind the Prez on occasions like this. I'm thinking, Reuters is really pissed off at Bush (slaughter of their reporters in Iraq, etc.), and others pissed off? ...Secret Service? UN security? Karl Rove? ...?

I have a theory about Rove, re: Bush's obvious lack of a spin machine in the first 3-4 days of Katrina. Rove on strike, negotiating his Treasongate pardon. I was seriously wondering about that photo op, early on, with Daddy Bush and Clinton standing behind Bush Jr., when Bush Jr. seemed to be out there, all on his own, in the media--eating cake with McCain, etc. Sure didn't seem to have his normal support system. All his gang AWOL--Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Rove....

And I was also thinking Cheney was given the "keys" to LA, in exchange for not ratting on Bush in Treasongate. Once all the contracts were secured (Halliburton, the first), then he crawls out of his rathole for a photo op--VERY late in the week, re Katrina.

Note: As it turns out, Cheney wasn't "gone fishing" in Wyoming, as we were led to believe. He was ordering the ground crews in Mississippi to work all night repairing a GAS PIPELINE taking TEXAS gas through LA and Miss. to the NORTHEAST, with one rural Miss. hospital already on generators and another threatened with loss of power. Crews thought they were working all night in very dangerous conditions to help the hospitals and hurricane victims, and only found out later they were restoring power to a gas pipeline, a priority ordered by the V-P. Cheney was also purchasing an estate in...Maine, was it? Busy guy.

I think the White House was in serious disarray during Katrina, because of Treasongate, and a division has developed within the Bush Cartel (the indictable vs. the unindictable). It makes sense--but it's like trying to read entrails, figuring out what's going on with this dark regime. I do think we may have been looking at a threatened Cheney coup (with Rove in league, but having his own problems), and that it still might be possible that forces are in play to remove Bush (used up, useless, whacked out, just a puppet anyway), and install Cheney as El Supremo.

We have to keep reminding ourselves WHO has the reins of power, finger on the nuke button, command of a vast security apparatus, and has no qualms about slaughtering people in Iraq or Louisiana, and for whom there has been zero accountability, thus far, despite billions and billions stolen from us in Iraq, and no accountability on the horizon, due to Bushite-controlled electronic voting machines--and be prepared for the worst.

And I'm not talking about figurehead Bush. Technically, he has the power, and things happen under his signature. But I think he just takes orders, and may now be conflicted about who to take orders from, because of cracks in the regime and in the Cartel behind the regime . On the one side, Cheney (one of the indictable) and Rumsfeld (other motives?) who want to nuke Iran and Syria, and get martial law here? Vs. Rice (has deniability on Treasongate?), aligned with Daddy Bush and the more diplomatic-minded element (with Clinton maybe trying to support what shred of legitimacy remains, and stay close to the situation?).

And the plan was to let Cheney loot Louisiana, to buy him off (--to get him to not rat on Bush)? (Bush was sent on a mission to strongarm Blanco to get martial law and White House control of LA.) (She balked, because of FEMA failures, and because it was so disgusting that they were using the sick and dying poor as an extortion item--no martial law, no aid. Result: a mixed situation, with Halliburton, et al, having to work in and around LA Nat'l Guard, not shoot people outright, and moderate their goals with local politics.)

Hopeful signs: Blanco (You go, girl! Get everything you can for your people!). SOMEBODY thinks it's a bad idea to nuke the Middle East (maybe Israel even). A news media freed from Karl Rove is a wonder to behold. Brief as it was.

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THE PHOTO: The trouble with this photo and its publication is that the problem is NOT BUSH. The problem is the total lack of accountability of those who are controlling Bush, and our inability to know what our fate might be, at the hands of these people, and our utter powerlessness to control it. THAT's what we must address--with, in my opinion, immediate attention to our only mechanism of power--our vote!

It could be just that Reuters is good and pissed off. But there ARE other signs that Bush is being dumped, and/or that there is a power struggle going on, with things maybe only temporarily calmed down.

Rumsfeld was not really on vacation during Katrina. He was busy bombing the shit out of a village on the Syrian border. And yesterday or so, Syria came back with a denial of any border problem. A "Gulf of Tonkin"-type incident coming? --to bolster the indictable faction of the Bush Cartel, and shut Fitzgerald up, or provide an excuse to IGNORE and DEFY Grand Jury indictments? They've gotten away with SO MUCH--in their utter contempt for the law--a scenario of defiance of the courts on Treasongate, amidst Congress declaring war on Syria, is not an unreasonable guess at what might be brewing.

Bush humiliating himself before the world (again) may be the least of our worries.

[Karenina]

117. What's with the headline

"appears" to catch??? :shrug:

[Pryderi]

118. Quick photo-chop

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[mac56]

119. Oh, dear God, please let this not be photoshopped.

Please let it be true.

[Ezlivin]

120. Please let it NOT be true

Hey, I understand your position, for I dislike Bush as much as the next guy.

But, damn, this man is supposedly our LEADER. I wish that faux swagger of his was backed up just a little bit by reality, you know?

[mac56]

121. Sorry, I don't.

I want the world to see what he's all about.

[Pryderi]

140. No. That wasn't a photoshop, but this is

<img src="> Sorry I reposted it, I wasn't sure if you saw my original post.

[MADem]

124. Now I KNOW they are incompetent

It is customary for senior leaders to very quickly develop a code for crap breaks, insulin, get me another drink, get this asshole away from me, whatever the issue might be, that the staff and bagcarriers understand, so they can swing into action and clear the way and get the principal to where he or she needs to be. Sometimes it is just a word, sometimes a hand signal, but I have never seen anything quite like that--a full blown note?? Is this real, or a well done 'shop?'

I guess the monkey does not get out enough. He attends so few meetings that he never has had to really THINK or worry about that second cuppa coffee kicking in, demanding a massive poop, while he is far from his hopper and unable to sit and read a picture book while working out the issues, as it were.

[Boomer]

129. Yeah, but you have to MEMORIZE code

And we all know this is NOT a guy who is big on the "memory thing".

[Felix Mala]

125. Could be code for "I gotta nuke this place when I get home."

The note could be saying Bush needs to "drop the Big One!"

[Fluffdaddy]

126. I wonder who holds it for him

[missingthebigdog]

128. When you've got to go, you've got to go,

So I understand the people here who sympathize with his apparent predicament, but why be so explicit? Why not something along the lines of "Would a break be possible?" or "What would the protocol be if I needed a brief break?" Surely Condi knows him well enough to get the hint.

I am not, and have no aspirations to be, a world leader, and I wouldn't put the fact that I needed to go potty in writing.

[Boomer]

130. Oh, it's worse than that.

I would think nothing of a simple statement:

"I need a break."

Or even a question about whether he can take a break at that time:

"Can I take a break soon?"

But the kicker in this memo is that * is asking whether or not he NEEDS a break, as if someone else would know better than he would. That, more than anything, makes him look like a buffoon. Begs the reply of:

"I don't know, Georgie. DO you need a break?"

[Peace Patriot]

142. Yup, I agree--the wording is weird. Why does he have to spell out

"bathroom break"? Why not just, "I need a break"? And why put a question mark at the end? Makes me think it's code. I'd sure like to know who was speaking at the time, and what happened next. Or maybe the question is: Who was ABOUT TO speak? Is Bush saying, "If so and so's up next, then don't I need a 'bathroom break' (excuse to leave the room)?" If Bush weren't such a lamebrain (and basket case), I'd be convinced it was code. But, given that it's Bush, who knows?

But I still think the startling things are that this photo got taken at all, and that Reuters published it. You just DON'T DO that to world leaders! For a reputable news organization to do it, it's like a declaration of war--or, in this case, a response to the Bush Cartel's war against Reuters. (I don't know the current death toll for Reuters' journalists in Iraq, but I know they've been hardest hit, in some really questionable killings, starting with the initial targeting of the Reuters floor in the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad early in the invasion.)

I also think that things like this don't just "happen" to presidents--not in a highly controlled situation like this one. Maybe a slipup on the campaign trail, that sort of thing, where happenstance can occur (somebody leaves the mike "on" by accident)--but not a highly managed UN appearance, and especially given this excessively managed presidency. How did Karl Rove, and/or Secret Service, and/or private Cartel security, and/or UN security, LET a reporter get that angle, that position, for a photo--behind him, over his shoulder? A behind the prez photo is rare. (Didn't they ban them in the debate rules? --and the "wire" on his back photo was against the rules, or something? I dimly remember that.)

Was it just Rick Wilking's (the photog's) lucky day? Right place, right time? Or is somebody SETTING THINGS UP to harm Bush's public image? (--the guitar photo op, the birthday cake photo op, while a large chunk of the US was getting blown off the map and thousands of American were dying; the cardboard "rescue center"; and this humiliation ("Can I go to the bathroom?") at a UN world conference. (It even makes me wonder about "My Pet Goat"--in retrospect.)

(I sometimes think that it is we, the American people, who are being psyopped--insulted, humiliated, given a low self-image, deliberately, by Bush's idiocy and blunders. Somebody shoving it in our faces. How dare you think you deserve any better than this inarticulete, drooling S.O.B.? It's a torture technique.)

[Zynx]

132. He was saying he needed Condi to assist him.

He needs her to help him aim.

[olddad56]

137. it is her job to do the 'paperwork'.

[ronnykmarshall]

134. Condi:

You're going to sit there and hold it. I told you to go before we got here!

[Supersedeas]

147. maybe it was that secksy face Condi made that provoke a bathroom break

[olddad56]

136. I had no idea that he could actually write. I'm impressed.

[louis-t]

138. Will he ask everyone to stop the session and wait

while he goes tinkle?

[olddad56]

139. Doesn't Karl Rove tell him when he needs to go to the bathroom.

[Demoiselle]

141. Gives new meaning to the term "Presidential Handler" (eom)

[TommyO]

146. Cool, another nickname for *

President Pee Pee... Pretzeldent Pee Pee?

[Endangered Specie]

151. The Pissing President.

[David Zephyr]

153. Georgie Gotta Go Potty.

The entire world must wait for their daily laugh at Bush moment.

[Andrushka]

154. Looks like he found somewhere to do it...

[olddad56]

156. And I thought all of the shit was in his head.

[wickerwoman]

157. I think this may be another Bush "joke".

Why else would he actually say this to other people? I think it's his idea of a joke about how boring the speeches are. Just goes to show his disengagement to me.