He can just go and sit by the lake and hear the owls

[radfringe]

On the Ranch, Bush Has a Perfect Escape
By BEN FELLER
The Associated Press
Saturday, April 7, 2007; 5:22 PM
">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/07/AR2007040700776.html


CRAWFORD, Texas -- President Bush's getaway in central Texas is just about everything Washington is not. There may be no better way to explain why he loves it so much.

Life is remarkably different here for a president struggling through his second term. He can slip out of sight for days, as he has since he arrived Wednesday.

--snip--

"Sometimes, you just have to be by yourself," said Bill Johnson, owner of the Yellow Rose souvenir shop at the one-light crossroads in Crawford. "You've got to get out of the rat race, get some peace and quiet. He can just go and sit by the lake and hear the owls."

--snip--

Bush has spent part or all of 409 days of his presidency on the 1,600-acre ranch, according to CBS White House correspondent Mark Knoller, who keeps meticulous records of Bush's travel.

--snip--

Plenty of messes await him. Congress has set up a showdown over Iraq war spending and is getting ready to grill his attorney general over the bungled firings of eight U.S. attorneys.

"Politics is politics," said Johnson, the store owner. "We're not involved in that stuff."

Neither is Bush, when he comes here. On the ranch, he can clear away all the brush he wants.

[oscarmitre]

1. Bueller? Bueller? n/t

[sarge43]

2. "This presidenting, it's hard work."

Anyone else remember his condescension to that woman who told him she had to hold three jobs to survive?:puke:

[onethatcares]

3. I hope he's hearing

WOO'S Next, WOO'S Next.

[Orsino]

4. "Estate," not "ranch."

His choice of hats in photo ops does not make it a ranch.

[Solly Mack]

5. while people in Iraq and Afghanistan can hunker down and hear the screams

and hope that the bombs and the bullets miss them this time

[rasputin1952]

6. I can't recall my folklore, but doesn't hearing an owl have some kind of

"meaning" to those who are wise in the ways of such things?

I think a crow on the bedstead meant something as well, death to someone in the house or some such thing.

In any case, he better watch out, rodents and other vermin are high on the list for the owl diet...:)

[sarge43]

9. There is the folk lore that if you hoot back to the owl,

you'll have a run of bad luck. Nothing tragic, but unpleasant.

[rasputin1952]

10. Thanks, I knew there had to be something about owls and folklore...

Only thing I could think of at this early hour was "wise old owl"...and that has nothing to do wih much, especially bush...:D

[sarge43]

13. You're welcome.

Native Americans believed that owls had the gift of prophecy. "Whooo, George. If you think you have troubles now ... whooooo."

[eppur_se_muova]

19. "Even the birds seemed to be calling his name, thought Hu." nt

[rasputin1952]

20. LOL...I can just see bush sitting out there...

Owl: Hoo

w: Me

O: Hoo

w: The president

O: Hoo

w: The decider

O: Hoo-hoo

w: W dammit W

O: Hoo

Laura walks up behind him, "What are ya doin' george?"

w: Talking to that guy

L: Who?

w: Oh God Laura, ya gotta quit screwing w/me like that.

:)

[uppityperson]

22. Excellent, thank you for the laugh. nt

[LynnTheDem]

7. George on holiday? Gee, wasn't he just screaming at the Dems for

going on holiday?

Gee, George sure is a hypocrite.

[Robbien]

8. Vacations are only for GOPers

George is not a hypocrite. He just believes that the finer things in life should be reserved for the elite.

[rasputin1952]

11. Once again, he just shows how absurd he is, they really shouldn't let him

speak at all, it just makes matters worse...:eyes:

[SpiralHawk]

12. Worshipping the "Sacred" Owl worshipped at Bohemian Grove

Bohemian Grove - hangout for members of some of the world's finest darkside occult cabals, including members
of Commander AWOL's own beloved Skull & Bones occult cabal.

What are you doing boys?

And what would Jesus do ? Would he also party down at a Skull & Boner Beohemian Grove shindig?

[piedmont]

23. The OP's title made me think of that, too.

That's some creepy/stupid shit and it seems like ALL of our national leaders are into it.

[Ilsa]

14. He shouldn't be allowed to go on vacation until every last

soldier is home from Iraq with his or her family.

[Toots]

15. Remember how hard they tried to insist Bush* remained working while at

"The Western Whitehouse"? They said he spent all his time doing "presidential business" and he wasn't really on vacation. It is "hard work" for them to keep a straight story...

[catnhatnh]

16. Wrong fowl....

...on vacation or off Bush listens only to the loons whom he agrees with and supports...

[rasputin1952]

21. You can add chickenhawks to that flock too...

:D

[librechik]

17. do the owls hoots gradually turn into the anguished screams of the wounded?

I doubt it. He's not that kind of crazy. He's the kind of crazy guy who sits by the lake listening to the owls, and congratulating himself on what a fabulous life he has.Then sneaks a pull out of his secret vodka flask.Then he smirks around suspiciously wondering if anybody caught him at it. He feels like firin somebody tonight. Burp.

[Venus Dog]

18. On the ranch with George

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkqrI3IibYI

Enjoy! :evilgrin:

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. How nice for him. He listens to the owls now? What happened to the cows?

:puke: And he can converse with the "cows" because they are "good listeners". WTF cares about the boy in the bubble pResident? He makes me ill! :puke: He can escape to his pig farm..er..ranch while the rest of the World's occupants spent time dreading what he will unleash on them next! Time of your life, eh georgie? You little pissant, you!

[radfringe]

25. heh

[Skittles]

26. I bet the owls think he is a f***ing twit too

yes INDEED