President Brush

Posted at 11:54 am on Friday, June 10, 2005, in Uncategorized, and tagged bush.

A few weeks ago, Bush was riding his bicycle in a protected Maryland wilderness while D.C. went amok with the threat of a possible attack by a nearby plane. According to the White House, Bush’s midday bikeride was not interrupted because that is what the post-911 protocals called for. And just last week, Bush was notified immediately of a possible hijacked flight over the ocean. Bush, this time, was rudely interrupted to hear the news as he cleared brush on his Texas ranch.

President George W. Bush was notified at his Crawford, Texas ranch that a U.S.-bound Virgin Atlantic flight had been diverted over the ocean after authorities received what turned out to be a false hijacking alert, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.

Bush was clearing brush when he was notified following procedures put into place after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, McClellan told reporters. “We had officials, senior staff that was here with the president, including the deputy chief of staff and the president’s military aide, that participated in various calls regarding the situation as well,” McClellan said.

Bush wasn’t immediately alerted May 11 when a small private plane strayed into restricted airspace over Washington, D.C., triggering an evacuation of the White House, Capitol and Supreme Court. Bush, who was bicycling at a Maryland wildlife research center outside Washington that day, was told by Secret Service agents about the intrusion only after he ended his ride.

Source: Washington Post

Why does the president have time to clear brush? Or ride his bicycle in the middle of a weekday? Doesn’t the president have something important to do? I mean, get a job. Coincidentally, Bush was reading a child’s book to young schoolchildren during the horrific attacks of nine-eleven.

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