PHOTO: The White House wants you to know this is a WORKING vacation

[Bluebear]

"A pair of lecterns are set up amid the cactus and wild grasses on President Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch, a reminder that he is mixing official duties with a monthlong holiday at his home in Crawford, Texas."

Consider yourself reminded.

[Maat]

1. Oh, thanks for the reminder!

LOL!

It looks like such a genuine, down-to-earth setting.

[rfranklin]

3. We know it's not real because...

ther are no hay bales in the vicinity.

[Maat]

HeeHee (n/t).

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

34. Don't you mean "Hee Haw"??

:rofl:

[jayctravis]

36. Wouldn't it just be easier for them to stay at the White House

and set up a blue screen with some cactuses and haybales instead of running cable out to a field? Although that could be in preparation- perhaps We will get to see Cindy and W. side by side there in the coming months.

God...Laura and George need a reality show...wouldn't that be awesome? "The Real Ranch".

You know honestly...

Shouldn't there be some live webcams at the White House in the non residentialportions? It technically does belong to all of us. Not at places where it would intrude. Would just be neat to see - say the dining room entryway and the comings and goings of the staff. Be good to see ol' George give us a wave as he plods down to raid the fridge.

[Maat]

41. Hee Haw! (n/t)

[rfranklin]

2. George was nowhere to be seen...

The lecturns, however, were hard at work.

[proud patriot]

4. I feel a sense of relief wash over me

:sarcasm:

[LibDemAlways]

5. Somehow an empty microphone is

fitting for an empty suit.

[havocmom]

24. Can somebody photoshop an Asterick into that picture

It would be such a nice way to thank Gary Trudeau for all his good work!

[Trajan]

6. Yes ... I think I see it ....

Work IS being done .......

Right THERE ! ... LOOK ! ....

Behind that tree ....

[Bluebear]

8. Oh? Is Gannon there?

[WillyT]

12. Nah Man... That's Just Where They Strung Up Voinovich !!!

:evilgrin:

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Idiot!

[Skink]

11. He's just gonna do a little preachin...

:evilgrin:

[jayctravis]

37. Perhaps the Animal kingdom will honor us with some

pesky insects and we'll get to see him freak out when attacked by a wasp...which will be detained indefinitely in a jar in Guantanamo Bay.

I just want that to happen to then see how Jon Stewart reacts!

[JohnnyBoots]

9. If you were working on an important project could

you take a 5 week break? Only the POTUS I guess, talk about a job perk.

[democrank]

10. You sure those are lecterns?

I think they`re stanchions used to tie up George and Laura`s horses.
Almost makes me want to belt out a chorus of "Happy Trails to You"
and go change into a leather swing skirt.

[WillyT]

14. Actually, They Are The Total Output Of Federally Funded Solar Panels !!!

For the last 4 and 1\2 years.

:hi::evilgrin::hi:

[Trajan]

16. The 'Horses' ? ...

But ... But .... George HAS to ride a HORSE ????

OMFG ! ..... He is gonna get askeerd ! .....

[uppityperson]

13. I wonder if this would work for me at work?

Leave my equipment as a reminder that I'm working and go on vacation clearing brush around my flower beds.

[WillyT]

20. LOL !!! - Good Idea, Thanks !!!

:bounce::hi::bounce:

[jayctravis]

38. We'll get to see Shrub trailing a coil of extension cord out there...

...Laura manning the sound board...

[Terran]

15. Damn. Looks like * cleared a little too much brush.

The ranch looks like a slash-and-burn empty lot.

[htuttle]

17. That looks just like a Doonsbury cartoon!

All it needs is for an asterisk wearing a Roman Helmet to be floating over the microphone...

[maddiejoan]

18. The lecterns remind me of something...

I just wish I could remember what.

[Bluebear]

23. Perfect. And sad.

:hi: Good to see you!

[jean]

19. do they hide the teleprompter in a hay bale or what - can't believe he

speaks extemporaneously - from the hip, so to speak - even though he's wearing cowboy boots and a big belt buckle.

[jayctravis]

39. You know this will be the address he gives

in jeans.

[norml]

21. Here's another picture of Wartime in Crawford

[Bluebear]

22. And another. They are so homey & folsky. JUST LIKE US!

[Jensen]

25. But ,but ...he is afraid of horses!

The coward!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

26. Sec. of Labor Grassy Clump and Asst. Sec. of State Dirt Patch

Will now take questions from the media...

:D

[jayctravis]

40. Tea. Out the nose. n/t

[Jose Diablo]

27. Now watch this drive. Thunk. n/t

[against all enemies]

28. Can't someone photoshop these into a boots and helmut memorial?

[HeeBGBz]

29. That's a Bush being interviewed on the right.

The cactus is waiting it's turn.

[Bluebear]

32. hehehehe

[stepnw1f]

30. Another Empty Suit (nt)

[applegrove]

31. They are making him read... at least once a day.

[Ouabache]

33. Bush Blowing his Hot Air Bullshit in Texas in August

is sort of like carrying coals to Newcastle, right?

[Nobody]

35. Wait a minute, I remember a previous all-August vacation

at the Western White House by the idiot in chief. Didn't he ignore a memo and didn't something truly awful happen immediately after his month long vacation?

Oh right. Awful for us, but it made his ratings soar, so it was good for him.

Asswipe.

[stevedeshazer]

42. Dirt. Our major export.

It's hard work.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

43. Kind of an "end of the earth" setting. Appropriate.

[cmd]

44. He's about to parachute in holding Condi's hand

Keep watching, you'll be able to see it if you concentrate hard enough.

[Bluebear]

45. OK THAT is funny!

:toast:

[Warren DeMontague]

46. Wouldn't it be more properly called a "holimonth", then? n/t

[Bluebear]

47. 5 weeks but who's counting?

:toast:

[Lars39]

48. That reminds me of this delightful pic for some reason:

Some kind of Trudeau imagery going on.

[Bluebear]

49. Very Trudeau-ish!

[Lannes]

50. I was always amazed how much time Reagan spent at camp david

Especially on weekends.This idiot raises it to a whole new level.

[countingbluecars]

51. Sending a message to his base.

Look like crosses to me.