Comments on: Georgia Undermined http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/ America's favorite blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8929 Sun, 22 May 2005 17:56:18 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8929 Adam, I've got to agree - the most mind-boggling aspect of this is that someone could get that close to the Prez with a live grenade. The consequences, had that grenade gone off, are cause for nightmares far, far beyond Cheney becoming de jure what he already is de facto. I would suggest that the Prez make no more pr trips to anywhere outside the US, except for swoop in/swoop outs. The level of hatred in the rest of the world all but guarantees a successful attempt at some point, the last thing the world needs. Besides, I want the sonofabitch to have to hang around and experience the consequences of his policies. I hope he lives long enough to "enjoy" global warming. Maybe they could take him to enjoy his 80th birthday in some oil-garrison hellhole, and maybe his 100th birthday on the slush that used to be the North Pole icecap, preferably with his adoring wife by his side, along with his daughters and their families. Is the FA variety of active moderation like the active cultures in real yogurt? Adam,

I’ve got to agree - the most mind-boggling aspect of this is that someone could get that close to the Prez with a live grenade.

The consequences, had that grenade gone off, are cause for nightmares far, far beyond Cheney becoming de jure what he already is de facto.

I would suggest that the Prez make no more pr trips to anywhere outside the US, except for swoop in/swoop outs. The level of hatred in the rest of the world all but guarantees a successful attempt at some point, the last thing the world needs.

Besides, I want the sonofabitch to have to hang around and experience the consequences of his policies. I hope he lives long enough to “enjoy” global warming. Maybe they could take him to enjoy his 80th birthday in some oil-garrison hellhole, and maybe his 100th birthday on the slush that used to be the North Pole icecap, preferably with his adoring wife by his side, along with his daughters and their families.

Is the FA variety of active moderation like the active cultures in real yogurt?

]]> by: Pete IVDL http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8921 Sat, 21 May 2005 21:14:23 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8921 I'd much rather Martin Sheen as prez. At least he knows how to read a teleprompt. Plus, he's one sexy old dude. Ahem. (I was channelling...) I’d much rather Martin Sheen as prez. At least he knows how to read a teleprompt. Plus, he’s one sexy old dude. Ahem. (I was channelling…)

]]> by: JB http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8919 Sat, 21 May 2005 18:34:56 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8919 Murray, I just reread your post. Are you implying that Jenna was behind the assassination attempt? I suppose it's possible, but I think it's a setup. Poor girl. Murray, I just reread your post. Are you implying that Jenna was behind the assassination attempt?

I suppose it’s possible, but I think it’s a setup. Poor girl.

]]> by: Leo Kronkite http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8915 Fri, 20 May 2005 19:51:49 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8915 Mr Deighton, get back to your room immediately! Oh, and nice article...funny stuff. Now I know how to get my entire CD collection into my ipod! Mr Deighton, get back to your room immediately!

Oh, and nice article…funny stuff. Now I know how to get my entire CD collection into my ipod!

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8914 Fri, 20 May 2005 18:35:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8914 Take the thing one step further and it gets worse: Dubya is assassinated; President Cheney's bad ticker gives out under the strain of actual office instead of behind-the-scenes maneuvering (what's he had? 5 heart attacks? the man really is not healthy); who's the next person in the presidential line of succession? I just checked, and my recollection was right: after the VP, succession goes to the speaker of the House: President Hastert, anyone?? Of course, the first thing the supposititious "President Cheney" would do is appoint a new VP, but still. I think Pete IVDL is right: as bad as he is, we have to hope the Yellow Rose holds out till the end of his term... Take the thing one step further and it gets worse: Dubya is assassinated; President Cheney’s bad ticker gives out under the strain of actual office instead of behind-the-scenes maneuvering (what’s he had? 5 heart attacks? the man really is not healthy); who’s the next person in the presidential line of succession? I just checked, and my recollection was right: after the VP, succession goes to the speaker of the House: President Hastert, anyone??

Of course, the first thing the supposititious “President Cheney” would do is appoint a new VP, but still. I think Pete IVDL is right: as bad as he is, we have to hope the Yellow Rose holds out till the end of his term…

]]> by: Kelli http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8912 Fri, 20 May 2005 13:11:58 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8912 What gets me is the original story, who was expected to believe that a "nonfunctioning training" grenade has been sitting around for the last few years, unnoticed untill the two presidents just happen to show up... Tess-I too got a little glow when I first heard this story, untill the nightmares started. What gets me is the original story, who was expected to believe that a “nonfunctioning training” grenade has been sitting around for the last few years, unnoticed untill the two presidents just happen to show up…

Tess-I too got a little glow when I first heard this story, untill the nightmares started.

]]> by: Murray http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8909 Fri, 20 May 2005 01:50:38 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8909 Well, this way President Jenna Bush can invade Georgia claiming, "They tried to kill my daddy!" Well, this way President Jenna Bush can invade Georgia claiming, “They tried to kill my daddy!”

]]> by: Adam Felber http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8905 Thu, 19 May 2005 22:10:28 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8905 I think the "hundred feet" thing is immaterial. Whether or not the grenade could have hurt the President from 100 feet, it's entirely conceivable that whoever threw it might have been able to throw it a little further. In other words, someone was able to lob a live grenade at Bush from a reasonably short distance. It boggles my mind that this isn't a bigger story. I think the “hundred feet” thing is immaterial. Whether or not the grenade could have hurt the President from 100 feet, it’s entirely conceivable that whoever threw it might have been able to throw it a little further. In other words, someone was able to lob a live grenade at Bush from a reasonably short distance. It boggles my mind that this isn’t a bigger story.

]]> by: Pete IVDL http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8904 Thu, 19 May 2005 21:19:58 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8904 So, what you're all saying is... (tess, don't read this bit or the nightmares might come back) if someone finally gives Dubya a lethal papercut, not only does the average IQ go up a few points, but Dick Cheney gets to be prez??? Like, for how long? Does he just see out the end of this term, or can he contest the next election? (Will he capture Princess Padma and complete the change to the Dark Side?) This is the guy that runs Ha Ha Halliburton (sorry, I stutter when I get really scared). Cheese Louise, you guys need to wrap YR in a steel blanket! Bugger the Secret Service guys/gals jumping into the path of the bullet/egg/poisoned dart/Holy Hand Grenade, just use a cardboard cutout of GWB so this kinda thing could never happen. Oh, wait a minute, maybe that's already happened... So, what you’re all saying is… (tess, don’t read this bit or the nightmares might come back) if someone finally gives Dubya a lethal papercut, not only does the average IQ go up a few points, but Dick Cheney gets to be prez??? Like, for how long? Does he just see out the end of this term, or can he contest the next election? (Will he capture Princess Padma and complete the change to the Dark Side?) This is the guy that runs Ha Ha Halliburton (sorry, I stutter when I get really scared).

Cheese Louise, you guys need to wrap YR in a steel blanket! Bugger the Secret Service guys/gals jumping into the path of the bullet/egg/poisoned dart/Holy Hand Grenade, just use a cardboard cutout of GWB so this kinda thing could never happen. Oh, wait a minute, maybe that’s already happened…

]]> by: Allison in Santa Cruz http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8903 Thu, 19 May 2005 19:49:07 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/05/18/georgia-undermined/#comment-8903 When I heard yesterday that the grenade had been real and could have taken out a healthy chunk of the current administration, my first thought was, "Hmm, I wonder how long they waited to tell Bush about <b>that</b>? Forty-seven minutes?" The last thing this country needs is for Bush to become a martyr. Let's hope to Lobster that Karl Rove isn't quite that Machiavellian. On the other hand, if the grenade had removed Cheney, Rove, and Rice from the scene, that might not have been half bad. When I heard yesterday that the grenade had been real and could have taken out a healthy chunk of the current administration, my first thought was, “Hmm, I wonder how long they waited to tell Bush about that? Forty-seven minutes?”

The last thing this country needs is for Bush to become a martyr. Let’s hope to Lobster that Karl Rove isn’t quite that Machiavellian. On the other hand, if the grenade had removed Cheney, Rove, and Rice from the scene, that might not have been half bad.

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