Who Is Working, & Who Is Begrudgingly Posing for a Photo-Op? ---pix->>>

[Stephanie]

Remember, on this Sunday, August 28, George is on his 25th day of vacation http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/.



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President George W. Bush is handed a map by Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin, center, during a video teleconference with federal and state emergency management organizations on Hurricane Katrina from his Crawford, Texas ranch on Sunday August 28, 2005. White House photo by Paul Morse

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This frame taken from secure government video obtained by The Associated Press shows President Bush, center, in a narrow, windowless room at his vacation ranch in Texas, Aug. 28, 2005, taking part in a government wideo briefing the day before Hurricane Katrina struck on Aug. 29. (AP Photo)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060301/480/9a7c20be9e8143a6b5766cf3d0c94eca
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This frame taken from secure government video obtained by The Associated Press shows then-Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown, center, at the Homeland Secuirty EOC (emergency operations center) in Washington, Aug. 28, 2005, taking part in a government video briefing the day before Hurricane Katrina struck on Aug. 29. (AP Photo)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060301/480/34e4c0a1c3524262848254f110c5b386
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This frame taken from secure government video obtained by The Associated Press shows then-Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown, center, at the Homeland Secuirty EOC (emergency operations center) in Washington Aug. 28, 2005, taking part in a government video briefing the day before Hurricane Katrina struck on Aug. 29. (AP Photo)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060301/480/57d968e209604910a21fc8833be669f1
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[Missy M]

1. I find it interesting that Bush already had a windowless...

conference room built at the "phony ranch" before he became president. The ranch was complete before he stole the election. Did they know the results of the election in advance:tinfoilhat:

[Crankie Avalon]

2. Ain't that sumthin'?...

...even Brownie would have made a better and less out-of-touch president!

[Stephanie]

3. He doesn't like to interrupt his five week vacation for annoying briefings

Remember this?

August 15, 2005



http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/14/Worldandnation/Hitting_the_trail_wit.shtml




http://www.sptimes.com/2005/08/14/Worldandnation/A_chat_from_the_bike.shtml

[radwriter0555]

4. In the first photo, the phone isn't even plugged in... Can you spell STAGE

the photo op?

[zippy890]

5. HAH! good catch!

what a joke

[Frank Cannon]

8. Where do you see that the phone's not plugged in?

Just askin'. :shrug:

[blogslut]

9. no cord

coud be some fancy wireless console...doesn't look like one

*edit* the phone on the left in the top photo. can't tell about the white one on the right

[QuettaKid]

10. nope...it is.

those desks have 2 holes in the center where the phone lines go down into the floor. good point though about having it built in advance of the election.

[blogslut]

11. ahhh

the black, round dealios?

[TahitiNut]

12. It's plugged in. The table has two cord run holes, one at each end.

You can tell the telephone is functioning since the LCD screen has characters displayed and some of the buttons are lit.

[flordehinojos]

6. BUSH LOOKS LIKE HE IS BUSIER FILING OR CLIPPING HIS NAILS THAN HE IS ABOUT

ANY KATRINA RELATED WORK.

[Stephanie]

7. yup

he has nobody with him but Hagin, he's got nobody working on the issue or taking notes or anything. he's just a passive listener itching to get back to his bike ride.

[Stephanie]

13. .