The Monkey is Screeching on CNN- NOW!

[npincus]

No one can read off cue cards like the Chimp! Can't someone slip a Chinese menu in there?

[demigoddess]

1. "would be helpful to limit unnecessary driving"

I suppose the people should walk out of town when they are evacuated. Also he said he believes in nuclear power, Yuck!!! changing channels now

[tridim]

4. And now I'm off to an unnecessary photo op/GOP fundraiser..

Total fuel burned, 2,300 gallons.

[cyberpj]

23. Presidential gas bill gets steeper (Aug article) - See some numbers!!

snip...

Taxpayers still foot the bill.

Almost every vehicle Bush uses is custom-made to add security and communications capabilities, and the heavier weight of these guzzlers further drives up gas and jet fuel costs.

The White House declines to discuss travel costs related to the presidential entourage, and did not respond to a request for the overall effect of higher fuel prices on its budget.

snip...

Elsewhere, whether in Washington, Des Moines, Iowa, or the Georgian capital Tbilisi, Bush is driven in a large motorcade. The typical presidential caravan has well over a dozen vehicles, including Bush's limousine and an identical limo put in as a decoy.

The motorcade generally doesn't cruise placidly at fuel-efficient speeds, but rather hurries along its route as fast as possible. It also often idles outside while Bush is at an event, burning up fuel but ready to depart at a moment's notice.

Gas-guzzling limos
The president's limos alone consume lots of gas.

Starting with his inaugural in January, Bush began tooling around in new 2006 Cadillac DTS limos.

The full-sized luxury sedan version, available to the general public, has an 18-gallon tank that would cost about $47 to fill at that $2.61-a-gallon rate. (White House vehicles are fueled at a special, dedicated facility and the price paid per gallon there is not released.) Cadillac spokesman Kevin Smith said the Cadillac DTS sedan gets 18 mpg in the city, 27 on the highway.

The vehicle Bush uses is a much different animal -- with different gas mileage. An outside company customizes the DTS for presidential use by "stretching" it to limo length, adding bulletproof glass, heavy armor and other bells and whistles -- all making it significantly heavier and less fuel-efficient, Smith said.

The same thing for the Chevrolet Suburbans that are sometimes used as limo substitutes. The mass-marketed 2005 K1500 Suburban would cost nearly $81 to fill up with its large 31-gallon tank. It gets 15 mpg in the city, 19 on the highway, according to http://www.fueleconomy.gov/. But it's not clear exactly which trim model of Suburban Bush uses, and his are custom-fitted with extra gear that would reduce the gas mileage.

Air Force One fleet
In the air, Bush most often flies on a Boeing 747-200B laden with, among other things, an anti-missile system. Like gas for cars, fuel costs for the largest plane in the Air Force One fleet have gone up dramatically -- from $3,974 an hour in fiscal 2004 to $6,029 per hour now, according to the Air Force.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/08/24/of_all_gas_consumers_bush_may_be_most/

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[NNadir]

10. How about unnecessary flying to be "Out of the way?"

[cassiepriam]

27. Translation: Protestors, do not drive to DC anymore

[0007]

2. cheney doesn't believe in conserving energy. cheney wants

everyone to drive a hummer. Its the American way!

junior's coke jaw and nose go hand in hand with his blinking lying eyes.


Gonna start looking at the poor people my ass.

[hatrack]

11. My fellow Americans, I ask you to sacrifice one hoagie per week -

Make the same kind of sacrifice I do on a daily basis - eat an air hoagie instead!!

[valerief]

3. I just spit all over my keyboard!

[npincus]

5. is it my imagination or is his demeanor EVER SO SLIGHTLY

more deferential and less-puffed up, and SLIGHLTY more humbled, toward the press THAN USUAL. In other words, i haven't heard any of his stupid quips, jokes or cocky chiding the press about number of questions he's being asked. Yet.

well?

[cyberpj]

7. yes, seems that way to me too. also lots of stuttering and smiling...

has had 'sincere' training exercises?

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. Pinhead** never know which personality will show up. How come

the media whores don't slam him for re-inventing himself constantly for popularity sake?

[cyberpj]

16. how come the media whores don't slam him for any number of things?

Paychecks.

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. That too. I just mentioned his re-inventing himself because the

media whores love to slam Kerry and Gore for what they perceived them to be doing. Does that make sense? :silly:

[charlie]

20. Exactly

Bush vs Gore debates.

Press: Oooh, which Gore is gonna show up today, Smarmy Star of the Class Gore or Polite Mannered Gore?

Bush vs Kerry debates.

Bush, debate #1: Peevish, out of it doofus.
Bush, debate #2: Raging madman.
Bush, debate #3: Genial boob.

Press: zzzzzzzz.....

[cyberpj]

25. you are correct sir....... nt.

[charlie]

9. Yep

Handing out cookies more often than ever, too -- that's a good question, I'm glad you asked that question.

[buff2]

15. Mama Karen Hughes is back

Had to straighten the little bu$h kid out and try to make him look more "grown up". :puke:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. roflmao!!! Too funny!!!! :)

[cyberpj]

8. Or

a confession of some sorts!

[buff2]

12. He's an empty suit

A failure and a phony who is an embarrassment for the United States Of America. No amount of flag waving the FReeptards can do will change that fact. Their pRESIDENT is a moron and that is what keeps them so angry and want revenge on others.I just came from lurking at their site and it is truly sickening and appalling at what they spew.It's amazing how they say we hate,but boy they sure do spill out enough hate themselves for ALL of us. I don't EVER want to be around those people and will screen everyone I come in contact with to avoid it. If I had neighbors like those idiots I would have to move. I could not and would not tolerate those American hating idiots.They were bitching because there wasn't any American flags flying at the peace and justice rally. Too bad they are so ignorant they can't understand that waving a flag isn't what makes you patriotic. Being patriotic is how you LIVE and how you treat others,and wanting policies that are GOOD for the country,not policies that will hurt us and bring us down. No wonder they support that blathering idiot. Their IQ is just as low if not lower than his. Excuse me while I go puke and disinfect myself. Being over at the FReeptard site is not good for one's health and I should have known better. :puke: :puke: :puke:

[cyberpj]

13. It's like they're just putting his face at locations and on TV at every

opportunity.

Now they seem to have suggested he not look so openly perturbed about it.

[amandabeech]

17. He looked really, really, really bad, especially at the beginning.

Did you see how deep the ridges were in his forehead? I just wonder what folks at the Energy Department really told him, because he looked just utterly overwhelmed. Energy may be the one important area that he actually understands. He only perked up a bit at the end when he got to talk about Texas.

And he has to face this while Uncle Dick is recovering from surgery.

After Katrina and Rita, I'm sure he's thinking about what event will give him the natural disaster trifecta.

[npincus]

24. he was figuring a way to say "9-11", "terra", "terrist" and "al-Qaeda"

in one sentence. Something like: "the terrists of al-Qaeda wish the terra of Rita wuz their terra, like the terra of 9-11 they brung us because we love Freedom, 9-11 wuz just like Rita".

Thinking is HARD WORK!

[Celebration]

19. what made him so breathless??

His speech was halting (used to that), his jaw was doing the sideways thing (used to that), the facial tics were going strong (used to that), but what is with the small loud gasps of air between every two or three words?

[kestrel91316]

21. I think I might have a little insight on the breathing thing at least.....

I absolutely am terrified of public speaking. When I am forced to do it I get really nervous and then it seems like I have to take frequent breaths, whereas normally I do not even notice when I breathe during talking.

So maybe it's NERVOUSNESS.

[amandabeech]

26. He's overwhelmed and received some very, very bad news

about energy and the Gulf.

He may collapse physically and mentally. Setting aside his asinine, ultra-conservative beliefs, he is physically and temperamentally unsuited for the office. And it's showing.

[kentuck]

22. He's medicated..

Somebody slipped him a big ol' downer...

[seemslikeadream]

28. Missed it!! Did he smirk this morning?

I'd like to know if he got his smirk back, it wasn't there at the Command Center yesterday

[npincus]

29. nope- a smirkless performance.

[seemslikeadream]

30. Thanks so much npincus

I think he got some really bad news this weekend and it took his smirk away.

[npincus]

31. otherwise, he took a dose of "Smirk-B-Gone"

(you're welcome)

[Z_I_Peevey]

32. Yes, I noticed him considerably subdued as well.

During his appearance with Blanco, he was what I would call soft-spoken. Not his usual arrogance.