Wonkette
George W. Bush, that guy who dances sometimes and gave up golf for the troops, is spending the waning days of his presidency touring the world and bumming out millions of foreigners every day. About a week and a half ago, it was Great Britain’s turn to be wildly inconvenienced by the American President.
He and his entourage of two 747s and four helicopters flew into Heathrow Airport instead of, say, a military base that does not host thousands of international flights every day. At least 69 flights were cancelled and 40,000 travelers’ plans were disrupted so that George Bush’s planes could land in blissful solitude.
According to Willie Walsh, the chief executive of British Airways,
…the disruption began two days before the president’s visit on June 15 and lasted for the two days that his party stayed in the UK. Heathrow was reduced to one working runway for 30 minutes on June 15 and 16, after its other runway was closed temporarily for the arrival and departure of Air Force One.
Who will our wonderful president annoy next? Stay tuned!
BA anger after 40,000 disrupted by Bush visit [Guardian]
Why doesn’t he just solo-pilot the Space shuttle on to the flight deck of a nearby Supercarrier in choppy seas like the hot-shot, fighter-jock, top-gun Karl Rove told us he was?
At least there’s one mission he can accomplish.
Yeah, but they were flying through Heathrow, so they knew their lives would suck anyway; I was once stuck for 2.5 hours waiting to cross the Verrazano with a screaming infant because they closed it for Cheney’s limo. If it had been him and not someone expendable like W, you can be sure they’d have shut the whole place down.
Bastard.
Self-effacing was never his thing….
“We’re not the obnoxious, insensitive, absurdly gas-guzzling douchebags you think we are. Now excuse me while I shut down the BUSIEST AIRPORT IN EUROPE so I can get out of here with my TWO JUMBO JETS.”
I’m really gonna miss this.
…shock and awe bitches, shock and awe!!!
Inconvenienced? Christ, they should consider themselves lucky. Not many people cross Dubya’s path and come away merely inconvenienced. I’m surprised thousands of Brits didn’t drown in their attics.
If McCain somehow gets elected, I know who’s getting fast-tracked to Sec of State.
Bush is going to attend a cocktail party at Amy Winehouse’s house.
…he then disrupted a 2 mile funeral precession so that he could buy a hot dog from a street vendor!
Sweet Jeebus. Teh Brits were the only people on the planet who didn’t want us all dead. I guess somebody told Bush the ’special relationship’ was the last thing left he hadn’t completely fucked up, so he made a point of taking care of it before he left office.
How fucking embarrassing. Par for the course for Ignoramus W. Cringeworthy.
Why should Americans be the only people on earth to suffer under bush. Let the whole world know what an unbelievable idiot he is… Oh, they do? Well, never mind, then.
Enhanced irony: I bet a fair amount of those people were on their way to the US to exploit our monopoly-money exchange rate, which would have been good for the economy that W has helped nurture into the abyss.
Obama will never inconvenience anyone flying into Europe, as he intends to simply descend from Heaven into the waiting limo.
superfecta: Crossing the Verrazano takes you to Staten Island. Is that where Cheney’s undisclosed location has been all along? I mean, it makes perfect sense, since no one would ever have a reason to go there.
Nice move…DICK!
AxmxZ: We call that efficiency where I come from.
Now those pampered, prawn-eating bastards know what it’s like for the average American worker. We don’t even get vacation, fuckos!
SayItWithWookies: LOL..you just gave me the biggest laugh of the day…thanks..
Remember when Bubba shut down LAX while he got a $400 hair cut on board the plane? Chimpy’s just upholding the traditions of the Office.
Dear George W. Bush:
Your legacy will be significant.
I liked your dad, but you’re an asshole.
Sincerely,
Q2
Contrast this with nineteen Saudis whose “flight plans” inconvenienced only a few thousand people. Forgetting the varying degrees inconvenience I guess this means Britain will now be bombing the US in retaliation.
anabellum: +1
Maybe next time Willie Walsh will order all Boeing — if he knows what’s good for him.
Vanity Smurf: And a blowjob from a stewardess, least you forget.
SayItWithWookies: Win! I heart you.
SayItWithWookies:
Awesome. Latte just came out my damn nose. (also arugula)
I hate this bastard so I can only quote him; “Let me put it to you bluntly. In a changing world, we want more people to have control over your own life”…
too bad Bush isnt limited to carrying only 3 ounces of arrogance when flying…..
kinda like that time in texas when he shut down wal-mart to hold his daugher’s wedding. i was pissed, had to buy diapers and formula that day.
off-white working class: You should stop eating that shit…and go see a urologist too!
freakishlystrong: “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.” —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8pvU1iyT3c
Pretorian Guard, anyone?
While he’s abroad, I hope he’s been giving all the foreign dignitaries the standard Bush family greeting: a handshake and a lap full of vomit.
Could it be revenge for this?
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/V/_/bush_daily_mirror_dumb_people.jpg
Mr Bush is sort of like the Karmer of Washington…he dosen’t so much arrive somewhere, he sort of explodes on the scene.
And it’s not like the Brits were really going anywhere. No one likes them too..cept us, till they took “The Office” off the air. Bastards!
Dan Perino’s response: “Well, they could spend the extra time Bush gave them to work on their orthodonture.”
This is just a diversion. Keep the foreigns occupied while Dickie unleashes the bombing run on Iran.
I shouldn’t worry about it… they’re a bunch of miserable whiners anyhow. If it wasn’t for Dubya, they’d be complaining about some other inconvenience in their trivial lives…
Well, in a way it’s sweet revenge, for the way they hated our freedoms 250 years ago. And also probably for the crappy food and the miles of pale cellulite.
Way back in ‘04 a friend was traveling cross country on a business trip and wanted to get home in time to see his new baby. Unfortunately, he missed his connection at Minneapolis because Bush decided to make a campaign stop, brought the whole entourage, and shut down the entire airport. Since he missed the last connecting flight from Minneapolis to SFO, he had to take a flight to Phoenix where he could then catch a connecting flight to SFO. Needless to say, he was not amused.
I am an American who was on Virgin flight VS008 flying from Heathrow to Los Angeles on June 16 and, thus, was inconvenienced by Mr. Bush’s arrival in the UK. Just when I think I couldn’t hate ‘W’ more for starting an unnecessary war, sanctioning torture, violating human and constitutional rights, giving tax breaks to big oil/big business/the wealthy and driving our economy into a recession, he fucking inconveniences me…. The bastard.
By the way, to “iwillsavethispatient,” the Brits are whingers, not whiners. And that’s what they do, they whinge. I am pretty sure an awful lot of very nice Brits hate us Americans. At least that’s what they politely told me.
Anyone who thinks that the Brits still eat crappy food hasn’t been to a Tesco’s recently.
Why don’t we ever get to see Georgie in that military uniform from behind? I bet he has a sweet ass.
pinko-commie: Next you’ll be telling me that Noel Coward is preferable to Cole Porter.
American Dreamer: From which angle don’t you see ass?
AngryBlakGuy: The brits don’t have hot dogs. So what did George really buy (as opposed to what he thought he was buying)? Will not compute.
Serolf Divad: Almost. He was doing lines with the Ewoks and Jabba The Hutt…
Bizarre. There are two USAF bases with runways within 90 minutes of London. I’ve seen Air Force One at one of them before.
It’s a weird surprise to drive around a curve on the road and see Air Force One sitting there.
im very surprised no one mentioned the ‘nice package’ in the lead photo [perhaps its old news?]..
because im very interested in male attire i’d like to know something…….just exactly what is the purpose of this uniform?…particulary its crotch defining aspect?….
pinko-commie: You’re right, it is whinging, but I was translating as my spellchecker didn’t recognise [sic] it! I’m actually a whinging Brit myself… but I escaped.
And you’re right about the food. A patriotic Brit today lives on the world’s finest curries and a few cans of lager.
C’mon guys, who can stay mad at Dubya when you see such a sexy picture?
It’s just more proof that he really is a crazed narcissist. And has no fucking clue about anything.
At this point, if Air Force One was hijacked by terrorists we’d be applauding them.
“…wildly inconvenienced…”
Snark noted. How about the <a href=”http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116052896787288831-8l5AMVpCdg07M3w6XdmTXoPuzno_20061109.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top” Half A Million Iraqi citizens who have been “inconvienced” by the policies of Bush’s masters?
pinko-commie: Have you watched Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares on Beeb ‘Murica?
No wonder these Limey gits are buying up real estate over here, if only to jet over the pond to grab a decent bite to eat, now and then…
Aw nuts, the preview function doesn’t work on my browser. Anyway, the link is what it is.
I am sad that I combined an easy-shot Bush bash with a reference to this tragedy, the scope of which is beyond the comprehension of any reader of this site.
anabellum:
Ah, again.. after primetime, and Noone will hear a tree falling. And so, –
Yes, maam, it comes (teehee!) from Twig’s triumphant flight onboard a US carrier (he was “allowed to act like he steered the plane; kinda like when you’re 2 years old and your drunk dad lets you sit in his lap while he drives the car?) and then announcing ‘Mission Accomplished’– can’t believe you didn’t see that fiasco; ok, I am giving you leeway here: (a) you could possibly be someone who didn’t witness this asshole’s ‘accomplishment’; or (b) yikes!! you are pulling my leg, so to speak, and now I look like an ass myself–not unheard of, unfortunately.
So… My only ?? is that NoOne has ever brought up the nature of the “package” in Twig’s Vee… which is of course, teeny–at least, as far as I can see and in my experience.. and I do have some. My guess is Twig even here is getting some extra help– can you spell S-O-C-Ks? Oh, wait, Clinton had a cat w/that name… now I have to refer to an earlier item on this Website…gives new meaning to the word stuffed socks.. eewww. my apologies to all —- ( sigh )
anabellum: I have this vague recollection of someone who seemed to know what he was talking about posting about Dubya’s flight suit a while ago. His point was that Dubya had the crotch part of the harness done wrong.
If I recall correctly, the harness is for a parachute if you have to eject. From the plane, that is. The poster said that Dubya had his tied too tight (implying that this was an amateur mistake) and if he did have to eject he’d get his balls ripped off.
SayItWithWookies: Sounds like a decent edge on Carter at least.
It’s a damned shame the British closed the Tower of London at the time of Bush’s visit/Heathrow Clusterf*ck.
Beefeaters: remember, anvils and red-hot pinchers aren’t considered torture any longer by the White House, so long as organ failure doesn’t result. 70% of US voters wouldn’t mind. In fact, we’d let you keep two 747s to help pay expenses.
Not the 4 helicopters, though. We’re reserving those in case your head-slicey-guy needs a tip before he completes his duties.
SayItWithWookies:
That would be worth exploring!!!! ummm hypothetically, of course.– Laura may want first dibbs on leftovers..
A woman’s chores as never done. She starts at sail, and ends at sundown.
Whenever considering our European allies’ insufficient enthusiasm for America, I like to go back to our nation’s finest hour, the Greatest Generation and the Big War, and remember the commentary of comedian and veteran Lenny Bruce: “We fucked their mothers for Hershey bars, Jack, and don’t you forget it.”
Hello A/all
first post, be brutal
Who does this guy think he is
the President of the United States???