The Star-Telegram has a report on the tight security surrounding George W. and Laura Bush’s move into their Dallas home. Police officers have been turning away vehicles trying to enter the Preston Hollow neighborhood, “explaining that it is closed to the general public.” While there will soon be a private security gate going up (paid for by the Bush family, not the federal government as previously reported), the city is racking up close to $1 million annually in security expenses for the former president. They have also “barricaded the entrance to Daria Drive, allowing only neighbors and people on a special list to enter.” One resident a few doors down said he has yet to even be allowed to “walk down by the Bush home.”
That’s a lot of money for shoe-netting.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:39 pmPolice officers have been turning away vehicles trying to enter the Preston Hollow neighborhood…
…and redirecting the drivers to the Dallas Zoo, where they can view the simians at a more leisurely pace.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:41 pmWelcome to Dallas, George!
Good luck with the neighbors…
February 20th, 2009 at 1:41 pmYour tax dollars at work, Texas. Happy now?
February 20th, 2009 at 1:42 pmHope he’s worth it!
February 20th, 2009 at 1:43 pmSounds like W’s bringing a little of that unique brand of freedom right on down to Darla Drive.
Can’t wait for the photos of purple fingers after the next neighborhood association meeting.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:43 pmVoters want to finally share that beer with Bush. They need to drown the misery George W. created over his eight years of abysmal leadership.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:46 pmSomehow, when I think of Dumbya in Dallas, I can’t help but think of Dealy plaza.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:46 pmtoss a few shoes…..get that total up to $5 million….Dallas deserves no less.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:47 pmConsidering how badly hated Bush is, 1 million seems like a bargain.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:48 pmJust imagine what they’re spending on Cheney.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:49 pmIn case anyone would like to send him a “thank you for _________ ” note…. Please mail to 10141 Daria Place, Dallas, Texas 75229.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:49 pmI hope someone keeps a close eye on the stimulus money going to Texas. Oh, that’s right, their rep is Pete Sessions, he doesn’t want any money.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:50 pmIs the gate designed to keep people out or catch shoes?
February 20th, 2009 at 1:50 pmIt would be far cheaper for Texas to do what they do best, and that is sentence him to death.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:50 pmBefore we get all worked up about how much it costs taxpayers to keep George and Laura safe, could we have a comparison of security expenses with the Clintons, George HW and Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, the Carters, and Betty Ford?
I remember in 2001 when Bill Clinton left office, the wingnut blogs went crazy over the price tag for Secret Service and other security protection for the Clintons. It seems to me that ANY ex-president (or his widow) will cost a fair amount to protect, regardless of what party that president was from, or what kind of job he did in office. It’s part of the package.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:52 pmI keep saying, he’ll be plenty safe and secure in The Hague. It would be cheaper too! A win/win!
February 20th, 2009 at 1:52 pmOf course, you probably won’t find the same clump of trolls here that are on the gay thread. It wouldn’t bode well with their selective application of right-wing ideology, “fiscal responsibility.”
February 20th, 2009 at 1:53 pmMcWars Says:
It would be far cheaper for Texas to do what they do best, and that is sentence him to death.
PLEASE!!!!!!!
February 20th, 2009 at 1:54 pmIt is much cheaper to send him to the HAGUE!
February 20th, 2009 at 1:54 pmAny wonder why? THE most hated president ever in recent history??
February 20th, 2009 at 1:57 pmrastaman Says:
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toss a few shoes…..get that total up to $5 million….Dallas deserves no less.
While I agree with you about the shoes, I feel compelled to remind you that DALLAS VOTED FOR OBAMA ! It is safe to assume the war criminal is now living in HOSTILE territory. He’ll never be able to go out without people giving him the finger of yelling unspeakable things in his direction.
February 20th, 2009 at 1:59 pmI just want to know how they block a public right of way that was paid for with public funds….
February 20th, 2009 at 1:59 pmWAYNEBRO Says:
Just imagine what they’re spending on Cheney.
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not much.
you have to be alive to be guarded.
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February 20th, 2009 at 2:00 pmWhy the hell is the city of Dallas responsible for their protection? I mean, why should they go above and beyond what they would do with anyone else? Any special protection measures that the police don’t usually do for anyone should be paid by the Bush’s. They need to hire a private security firm. I’ll bet Blackwater would give them a discount.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:03 pmBut but but… he made the world safe! We fought ‘em over there so we didn’t have to fight ‘em over here!
That’s why we all had to give up our constitutional rights, turn a blind eye to renditions and lies and torture and treason and crimes against humanity and perjury and public theft in the name of free market capitalism!
If the world is a safer place because of BushCo, why does he need all that security?
PEACE
February 20th, 2009 at 2:04 pmWonder if any of Bush’s neighbors can relate to the following quote from a former president?
“If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking… is freedom.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
February 20th, 2009 at 2:04 pmDon’t think they should worry so much – it’s only the Righty crackpots that hatch up assassination plots and shoot up Unitarian churches.
Guess we lefties are just too hateful and amoral to constitute a mortal threat to anyone.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:05 pmI’ll bet Blackwater would give them a discount.
Yeah but they would be murdering the neighbors for practice.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:05 pmWhat’s the problem with spending millions among friends. This area is racist and Bush is one of them. Now all the security in the World wont protect anyone. The people in this neighborhood better get use to trash/liars/thieves and War Criminals. Good news is when George W. goes to jail the neighbors will only have Laura and her Texas boyfriend to deal with.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:07 pmNot surprising, knowing there are terrorists behind every Bush.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:09 pmAlejandro Says
February 20th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Why the hell is the city of Dallas responsible for their protection?
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You’re absolutely right — a city shouldn’t have to pony up for security merely because an ex-president decides to live there. All security should be paid for by the president’s former employer (the federal government).
I’m also a bit concerned about the neighbors on Daria Drive — were they consulted about the changes in their neighborhood as a result of the Bushes moving in? Or were they just told, “effective January 20, 2009, you will be gated in, you will have to prove who you are to get past the gate, and all your visitors will be screened”?
I think there should be a “retired presidents home” somewhere — gated, secure, well-guarded, and away from everybody else. The federal government pays for it, and nobody else’s life is disrupted. Of course, you WOULD have the problem of H.W. Bush complaining about the Carter grandchildren playing on his lawn…
February 20th, 2009 at 2:11 pmor Clinton forgetting to close his drapes.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:13 pmAw… How is anyone ever going to be able to Welcome them to the neighborhood by TPing their house?
February 20th, 2009 at 2:14 pmLibertyLover Says:
Or light a bag of dog shit on fire on their front porch and ring the doorbell?
February 20th, 2009 at 2:18 pmIt’s better they lay low for awhile….
February 20th, 2009 at 2:21 pmHe’s helped create so much debt and ill will around the globe I’m sure his security is a concern..
However, he is an American X-President and needs to be protected. If he’s later convicted of wrong doing, so be it..In the mean time he needs protection…
So he’s getting a fence, hopefully a triple fence with concertina on top!
Kind of like a prison fence?
February 20th, 2009 at 2:22 pmcurmudgeon Says:
Wonder if any of Bush’s neighbors can relate to the following quote from a former president?
“If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking… is freedom.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
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that lesson is completely
lost on our trolls.
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February 20th, 2009 at 2:23 pmI wonder how many times the name “Bush” will appear on the UBS list of Swiss bank account holders our new justice department is demanding?
PEACE
February 20th, 2009 at 2:23 pmWhat’s up with his faux ranch? Just like Bush it was phoney too!
February 20th, 2009 at 2:31 pmAs a Dallasite, I suggest we bill Mr. Bush for this security. As an ex-president he has free Secret Service protection. The extra police are not needed and are a luxury. Everyone else pays for private security when they want such draconian measures as a gated community, so should Dubbya.
I will be at the next city council meeting to suggest this.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:33 pm$1 million to guard a new scum pond?? Doesn’t that seem a bit excessive???
February 20th, 2009 at 2:44 pm27 curmudgeon Quotes:
“If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking… is freedom.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
I was going to ask if the Hague would be cheaper. There are some of us who still hope for prison.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:46 pmI didn’t know there was a need for security with a ritzy fishbowl in Dallas.
Maybe Bush would be more liked in Fallbrook, CA. The KKK and Minute Men call it home.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:51 pmWouldn’t it have been easier for them to find a more secluded area, so they wouldn’t disrupt the lives of their neighbors? Unless those neighbors voted for him, which, in that case, I hope he makes their lives as miserable as he’s made this country.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:59 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
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Before we get all worked up about how much it costs taxpayers to keep George and Laura safe, could we have a comparison of security expenses with the Clintons, George HW and Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, the Carters, and Betty Ford?
I remember in 2001 when Bill Clinton left office, the wingnut blogs went crazy over the price tag for Secret Service and other security protection for the Clintons. It seems to me that ANY ex-president (or his widow) will cost a fair amount to protect, regardless of what party that president was from, or what kind of job he did in office. It’s part of the package.
Thank you, as always missmolly, for a dose of sanity.
Also, how have we extrapolated an annual cost after a month? If there is a security gate going in place, what other measures are being taken that will reduce manpower requirements?
It is actually kinda funny watching the Left go through Bush Hate withdrawl, though….
February 20th, 2009 at 3:04 pm.
You do know that if the US DoJ DA of Dallas could just have Bush arrested and save Dallas a million dollars annually…
Heck, ANY DoJ DA could save Dallas money…
http://www.prosecutegeorgebush.com/the-da-list.php
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February 20th, 2009 at 3:28 pmKeltoi Says:
misshusseinmolly Says:
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Before we get all worked up about how much it costs taxpayers to keep George and Laura safe, could we have a comparison of security expenses with the Clintons, George HW and Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, the Carters, and Betty Ford?
I remember in 2001 when Bill Clinton left office, the wingnut blogs went crazy over the price tag for Secret Service and other security protection for the Clintons. It seems to me that ANY ex-president (or his widow) will cost a fair amount to protect, regardless of what party that president was from, or what kind of job he did in office. It’s part of the package.
Thank you, as always missmolly, for a dose of sanity.
Also, how have we extrapolated an annual cost after a month? If there is a security gate going in place, what other measures are being taken that will reduce manpower requirements?
It is actually kinda funny watching the Left go through Bush Hate withdrawl, though….
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eight years later and you
hardly ever hear a troll mention
the words “bill clinton”. no hate
withdrawal there, eh?
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the question is will conservatives ever
learn to spell or is being stupid a badge
of honor with these people?
:)
February 20th, 2009 at 3:29 pmBERT CONVY Says:
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GAD! The Rapist and Chief and Her Thighness bought a mansion with the scam they did with the Secret Service after they carpetbagged their way into New York. We are actually paying for their palace and you demulous-porkulous-stimulus libby-loons are still throwing the mother of all hissy-fits about GW? Pull them panties out of that bunch and get over it.
*Yippie-Ki-Yay Democrappers
*Bert
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oh yeah k,
no withdrawal problems
for the right.
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eh?
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(your timing was perfect bert, thanks.)
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February 20th, 2009 at 3:32 pmNote to the residents of Dallas:
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU VOTE FOR.
You may just get what you deserve.
February 20th, 2009 at 3:32 pm.
BERT CONVY said:
And here, Ladies and Gentlemen, we see on full display…
…IGNORANCE!
Say BERT,
Name the redeeming quality of having an Executive Officer usurp the Rule of Law? Or say devise, authorize, and order war crimes to be committed in America’s name? Or say, spying on one’s populace in contravention of the law?
You know BERT, if you cared about reputations and all, ignoring someone who is blatantly a criminal is sure one way to show support for their criminality, no?
I mean, since Bush can do it, who can’t?
The Founders of this Nation thought otherwise. Were they wrong, too?
BERT, why do you hate America so that you would prefer to see Her become a Nation where the Law be damned in favor of a few men?
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February 20th, 2009 at 3:36 pmBert Convy!? – now there’s an ass from the past.
Howya doin’ Bertie?
I see you’re keeping yourself fit, and hysterical, and incoherent, just like always.
Good on ya friend.
How you enjoying life since the elections???
February 20th, 2009 at 3:36 pmtombaker Says:
Bert Convy!? – now there’s an ass from the past.
Howya doin’ Bertie?
I see you’re keeping yourself fit, and hysterical, and incoherent, just like always.
Good on ya friend.
How you enjoying life since the elections???
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and keltoi ducks out the back door.
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February 20th, 2009 at 3:38 pmDALLAS VOTED FOR OBAMA !!!! DALLAS VOTED FOR A DEMOCRATIC SHERIFF. DALLAS VOTED FOR A DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
February 20th, 2009 at 3:41 pmBush is DESPISED in Dallas as much as anywhere else. !!!
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BERT said:
Is this like the time George W. Bush said, “Bring ‘em on,”?
Speaking of baby killers…
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February 20th, 2009 at 3:42 pmBERT CONVY Says:
joe cantwell Says:
BERT CONVY Says:
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GAD! The Rapist and Chief and Her Thighness bought a mansion with the scam they did with the Secret Service after they carpetbagged their way into New York. We are actually paying for their palace and you demulous-porkulous-stimulus libby-loons are still throwing the mother of all hissy-fits about GW? Pull them panties out of that bunch and get over it.
*Yippie-Ki-Yay Democrappers
*Bert
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oh yeah k,
no withdrawal problems
for the right.
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eh?
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(your timing was perfect bert, thanks.)
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The democrats should be so proud that they have an impeached disbarred serial rapist and his embezzaling wife on the books.
Ask the hundreds of folks who lost everything on the Whitewater swindle if they love love love the Rapist and the crooked lawyer he’s sort of married to.
Joke: WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU CROSS A SERIAL RAPIST WITH A CROOKED LAWYER…
Answer: CHELSIE
Yippie-Ki-Yay Baby Killers
*Bert
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your thoughts, k?
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February 20th, 2009 at 3:42 pm.
http://www.prosecutegeorgebush.com/the-da-list.php
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February 20th, 2009 at 3:46 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
Oh, yeah. I know JUST the place. It’s very secure and well-guarded.
February 20th, 2009 at 3:46 pmhttp://www.ronsaari.com/stockImages/kansasCity/LeavenworthFederalPrison.jpg
prediction:
k, will stay down in his
troll hole and not reappear
again at this post.
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thanks again bert,
you have revealed this loser
for the cowardly punk
that he is.
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February 20th, 2009 at 3:47 pm.
Say BERT,
Do you think sending our troops to die for a lie was a worthy cause?
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February 20th, 2009 at 3:47 pmKeltoi: don’t worry there is no withdrawal; it is still easy to hate the bastard. Does someone have access to the precinct results to see how the neighbors voted? It would be interesting.
February 20th, 2009 at 3:48 pmIf Obama’s security at the inauguration costs more than Bush’s it was because Bush declared a state of emergency for the inauguration. Give that tired meme a rest. You can probably find the whining you want to hear, drive by, at a wingnut website. Don’t let us keep you.
February 20th, 2009 at 3:55 pmWhat do you get when Trogladites are allowed to breed?
Trolls that call themselves Bert Convy.
February 20th, 2009 at 3:58 pmDBT & Bert – better keep your powder dry, ’cause it’s only been a month, and we are just gettin’ warmed up, babes.
February 20th, 2009 at 4:02 pm…has yet to even be allowed to “walk down by the Bush home to throw rotten eggs”
His own personal Gitmo minus the torture.
February 20th, 2009 at 4:09 pmBERT CONVY Says:
… we got to send thousands of islamo-beheaders to their virgins.
As$hole…we also got to send thousands of our troops to their graves.
Man you repukes are fcuking stupid.
February 20th, 2009 at 4:11 pmGood for them. He’s such a good Texan.
Unfortunately, he is a horrible person and was a terrible president. They got him, they can keep him. In fact, he should not be allowed to travle outside of Texas.
February 20th, 2009 at 4:14 pmExactly how does Dallas spend a million a year on Bush’s security?
February 20th, 2009 at 4:18 pmahhhhhhhhh, how nice !
Texas got its village-idiot back and the bill to boot !
February 20th, 2009 at 4:19 pmWe would have shot you in Nam Bert…punk.
February 20th, 2009 at 4:19 pmI can’t wait to see how hysterical Bert has become after another couple years under the new administration.
We’ll likely see him on CNN, after his workplace killing spree has come to a grisly and tragic end.
It’s a shame good people have to be victimized by deviants like Bert.
More funding for Head Start will probably stem the tide.
February 20th, 2009 at 4:20 pmaw come on Bert, we’re not so bad – let’s have some mansex then agree to disagree – mmm’kay??
February 20th, 2009 at 4:21 pmBERT CONVY Says:
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Just like a surrender monkey,Buckie Boy… hate the troops, hate America, but glad to be hiding home safe in your mom’s basement while everybody else does the heavy lifting.
You just described a Wall Street honcho to the point of perfection.
February 20th, 2009 at 4:25 pm“Surrender monkey”
“hate the troops”
“hate America”
The way to 2012 is through 2006 in wingnutland, apparently.
The only heavy lifting you reichwingers do is delivering the Cheeto’s supply to your underground serfs.
February 20th, 2009 at 4:29 pm.
BERT,
I wasn’t taking about the people our troops have killed, I was asking about the troops that were sent to die for a lie…
… Is this a vile of “FREEDOM AGENDA” that Colin Powell is holding up? Is it filled with “DEMOCRACY DUST”?
So, you prefer to defend this mess and crime as protecting “OIL”? Oh, I see. It’s our oil under their sand?
Now, you may think we hate the troops, however, I simply must disagree. I respect the troops. They work hard. Damn hard. It is in the lack of respect for their service and duty that allowed them to be placed into a needless situation that has ended up killing many thousand of our troops.
And you may say that we hate America, however we are the one’s fighting to “PRESERVE” the intention of the Founders.
You still haven’t answered my simplest of questions:
NAME ONE REDEEMING VALUE TO USURPING THE RULE OF LAW SO AS TO PROTECT A FEW MEN?
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February 20th, 2009 at 4:34 pmMcWars says:
You just described a Wall Street honcho to the point of perfection.
….or a Rethuglican troll
February 20th, 2009 at 4:49 pmbtw; in Nam, it was fragging. Never use a gun, ballistics tests could trace it back to you. That’s why fragmentation grenades were used, untraceable.
February 20th, 2009 at 4:51 pmI wonder how much it would take to put him up in Leavenworth?
February 20th, 2009 at 5:01 pmLord, I’m loathe to do this, especially as somebody’s gonna beat me to it, but here goes.
February 20th, 2009 at 5:15 pmBert, nobody’s arguing that Sadaam was bad. Nobody’s arguing that changing the regieme would have been bad. However, destroying the country, killing and displacing millions of its inhabitants, turning it into a recruiting poster for real jihadis who’d really like to kill us, squandering the good will of the world, killing or crippling or maiming thousands of American service men and women, bankrupting the nation to enrich political allies and cronies, trampling the Constitution and disregarding the Rule of Law are bad things, IMHO. That and where in the World is Bin Laden? Oh right, he’s not important. Thank goodness someone was kind enough to point that out.
By the way, how are Earnie and Big Bird?
Hey, um, Bert
Did someone forget to tell you about the election we had back in November, cause it kind of sounds like you don’t know about that. Yeah, all these people, you know – Americans, they like voted, and the guys that are like you didn’t win, because people don’t like, like you very much and stuff. Anyway, it means that it’s not your turn any more, and you just have to kind of like shut up, and take it and stuff, so it’d really be great if you just went ahead and did that and stuff….
Also Bert – You want to make out with me? Wingnut authoritarian types really turn me on.
February 20th, 2009 at 5:18 pmAlso – I really like those bits of cowboy jargon you thow in…
“I just can’t quit you, Bert”
now give your daddy some lovin’, honey… get that hard bottom over here….
February 20th, 2009 at 5:20 pmDuring the fifties, my parents and family lived in the Preston Hollow area of Dallas. Because my father took frequent trips on business, he secured the services of the Greenville Avenue Security firm. Since he made considerably less than a million per annum, I suspect that he paid much less than Dallas is paying for W. Perhaps inflation is the trigger.
February 20th, 2009 at 5:52 pm.
BURT CONvoy said:
Dear BURT,
Why do you hate America?
I thought America was a Nation of Laws, not men?
Yet, you defend usurping the Rule of Law…
… In favor of the Rule of Men?
What’s wrong with following the Rule of Law?
GO BACK TO ENGLAND, YOU AMERICAN HATER,
WHERE YOU CAN LIVE UNDER THE RULE OF MEN!
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February 20th, 2009 at 6:33 pm.
Dear BURT,
Read the Declaration of Independence…
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February 20th, 2009 at 6:36 pmWhat exactly sparked Bert off?
By the way Bert, I met your son… I went to school w/ him in Arizona. We “hung out” once in a while.
February 20th, 2009 at 7:29 pmcwarddc Says:
Wouldn’t it have been easier for them to find a more secluded area, so they wouldn’t disrupt the lives of their neighbors? Unless those neighbors voted for him, which, in that case, I hope he makes their lives as miserable as he’s made this country.
Like maybe going back to their fake ranch in Crawford, TX?
February 20th, 2009 at 8:21 pmThis Bush is trouble, doesnt matter what he does or goes, is just not working, they should place Bush on a island ju8st for him so he wont bother anyone anymore
February 20th, 2009 at 10:02 pmyoutube Says:
they should place Bush on a island just for him so he wont bother anyone anymore
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Rikers?
Terminal?
Alcatraz?
Devil’s?
February 20th, 2009 at 10:09 pmThe village of Dallas has gained an idiot.
February 20th, 2009 at 10:52 pmBy closing the street off, are they not practicing some sort of confiscation / imminent domain? But unlike Georgie’s stadium, the people in the neighborhood aren’t being compensated at all.
Wonder what would happen if one of the neighbors wanted to have a party and invite some folks on the no-fly list.
February 20th, 2009 at 10:58 pmWhat more can you say? The bubble persists.
February 20th, 2009 at 11:24 pmGeorge Bush (or his daddy and his Carlyle Group friends) should make the check out to The City of Dallas. Seriously, they should PICK UP THIS TAB. They already get Secret Service protection free, courtesy of the Treasury and us. This is the least they could do, but they won’t, damned cheapskates. Or maybe the Dallas County assessor can raise the property tax on that parcel by a million dollars..
February 21st, 2009 at 1:58 amThe law says that Bush shall lose his Secret Service protection ten years after leaving office.
Then, no more money will be wasted on Secret Service protection of Bush.
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February 23rd, 2009 at 9:01 pm