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2011-08-17 Home Front: Politix
Magical Misery Tour Bus Made in Canada with Borrowed Chinese Money
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Posted by Beavis 2011-08-17 09:34|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 What do you think? This is really not much of an issue. I saw W give a campaign speech in 2004, saw his rented bus & thought at the time trusting presidential security to such a means was a piss poor idea after 9/11.
However, the new bus's black, armored & high tech appearance really matches Obama's approach to his attempt at governing. Another nice touch would be to make it bristle with 50 cal gun barrels and signs warning of deadly force being applied to anyone approaching to less than 50 yards.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-08-17 11:07||   2011-08-17 11:07|| Front Page Top

#2 $6 Million for the busses made in Canada, and one heck of a convoy. All for a campaign and all with tax payer money. A colossal waste of time and money.
Posted by newc 2011-08-17 11:38||   2011-08-17 11:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Union bosses and local memberships take note.
Posted by Besoeker 2011-08-17 11:52||   2011-08-17 11:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Best comment I've read so far is that it's a "funeral procession for the economy".
Posted by Pappy 2011-08-17 13:13||   2011-08-17 13:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Do you think the bus has a small thermal vent above the main reactor vent?
Posted by Lord Garth 2011-08-17 13:25||   2011-08-17 13:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Union bosses and local memberships take note.

They never do. You think they would have noticed that voting to deindustrialize the country ISN'T IN THEIR MEMBERSHIPS' BEST INTEREST but it hasn't stopped them from cleaving to the democrats before.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-08-17 13:44||   2011-08-17 13:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Y'know, that's the sort of bus you wind up getting when you mainly use it to drive over people.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-08-17 14:01||   2011-08-17 14:01|| Front Page Top

#8 @ American Digest:

Sarah Palin's Bus vs. Obama's. Compare and Contrast.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-08-17 14:01||   2011-08-17 14:01|| Front Page Top

#9 "Best comment I've read so far is that it's a "funeral procession for the economy"."

Yee-ouch, Pappy.
Posted by Barbara 2011-08-17 14:43||   2011-08-17 14:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Despite the possible metaphors and symbolism it is a sleek looking bus worthy of a rock group. I'm amazed there is no marketing on the outside, perhaps that is an attempt to slip through the campaign laws or something.
Posted by rjschwarz 2011-08-17 14:58||   2011-08-17 14:58|| Front Page Top

#11 "perhaps that is an attempt to slip through the campaign laws or something"

Attempt, hell, rj.

He's ignoring those laws like he does all the others. And the lame-stream media kisses his butt and cover for him. >:-(
Posted by Barbara 2011-08-17 15:11||   2011-08-17 15:11|| Front Page Top

#12 "Despite the possible metaphors and symbolism it is a sleek looking bus worthy of a rock group. "

What did you expect? It's made in Canada. Obie has good taste.
Posted by Shakey Steve 2011-08-17 16:28||   2011-08-17 16:28|| Front Page Top

#13 Expensive taste. The President has expensive taste.

With Other People's money.
Posted by Bobby 2011-08-17 17:12||   2011-08-17 17:12|| Front Page Top

#14 Some folks in Illinois have nicknamed the bus "The Debt Star".
Posted by Mullah Richard 2011-08-17 18:06||   2011-08-17 18:06|| Front Page Top

#15 ..Mordor in Motion?
Posted by Procopius2k 2011-08-17 18:14||   2011-08-17 18:14|| Front Page Top

#16 Speaking of Palin's bus, that reminds me

So much for Sarah's history lesson...
Posted by Shakey Steve 2011-08-17 18:36||   2011-08-17 18:36|| Front Page Top

#17 And your link lesson?

Somebody needs to remind the president that the label is Made in the USA, not Made in America, or even better Hecho or Fabrique.
Posted by swksvolFF 2011-08-17 18:50||   2011-08-17 18:50|| Front Page Top

#18 It does look like something Dart Vader would ride in. Obamawan has gone over to the Dark Side.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2011-08-17 19:11||   2011-08-17 19:11|| Front Page Top

#19 The missing sign:DEADLY FORCE AUTHORIZED
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-08-17 20:57||   2011-08-17 20:57|| Front Page Top

#20 Steve didn't get the word that the tour is still on.
Posted by Procopius2k 2011-08-17 21:39||   2011-08-17 21:39|| Front Page Top

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