Every Picture Tells a Story, Don't it?

rollings

add your every picture tells a story, don't it? if you like

ComeToTX

Almost 11 years since we had a president shit himself...

"Mission Accomplished"

DS1119

ComeToTX wrote:

Almost 11 years since we had a president shit himself...

"Mission Accomplished"

Really? Just really? :fp:

hedonist

Given the enormity of that situation, I'd cut him (any president) a shitload of slack when being given such catastrophic news.

I also think the photo perfectly captures that "oh FUCK" moment.

BinauralJam

rollings wrote:

"Sonovabitch i told them not until Lunch"

SVRDhand13

My Pet Goat

rollings

hedonist wrote:

Given the enormity of that situation, I'd cut him (any president) a shitload of slack when being given such catastrophic news.

Nah. Even I think I could have mustered up an "excuse me, class"

DS1119

rollings wrote:

hedonist wrote:

Given the enormity of that situation, I'd cut him (any president) a shitload of slack when being given such catastrophic news.

Nah. Even I think I could have mustered up an "excuse me, class"

Perhaps you should watch the documentaries about that day he spent at the school and such and what he was told and how he acted and why? They replay quite often on The History Channel especially around this time of year.

peacefrompaul

BinauralJam wrote:

rollings wrote:

"Sonovabitch i told them not until Lunch"

Thaaaats a pretty dark one.

ComeToTX

DS1119 wrote:

rollings wrote:

hedonist wrote:

Given the enormity of that situation, I'd cut him (any president) a shitload of slack when being given such catastrophic news.

Nah. Even I think I could have mustered up an "excuse me, class"

Perhaps you should watch the documentaries about that day he spent at the school and such and what he was told and how he acted and why? They replay quite often on The History Channel especially around this time of year.

He was told “A second plane hit the second Tower. America is under attack" and he sat there for 9 minutes.

BinauralJam

peacefrompaul wrote:

BinauralJam wrote:

rollings wrote:

"Sonovabitch i told them not until Lunch"

Thaaaats a pretty dark one.

Loved to be wrong.

brianlux

rollings wrote:

Sorry Dubb, I got your ticket to Missoula mixed up. You'll be sitting with the AMT crowd.

Smellyman

hedonist wrote:

Given the enormity of that situation, I'd cut him (any president) a shitload of slack when being given such catastrophic news.

I also think the photo perfectly captures that "oh FUCK" moment.

True. Give him 10 minutes to collect his thought.



3 months later he still had no clue. wtf is he talking about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-h4Zc57 ... ture=share

DS1119

ComeToTX wrote:

He was told “A second plane hit the second Tower. America is under attack" and he sat there for 9 minutes.

And at that point what did you expect him to do? While this was going on his staff was planning his exit stragey and where to go. No one at this point new exactly what was going on. No one at this point knew if the Presidant was a direct target himself at that point. Did you honestly expect him to jump up and run out the door? He was in a secured guarded building at the time. Safest place for him. I guess it would have made a lot more sense for him to jump up in hysteria scaring a room full of children and accomplish nothing by doing that. :fp:

Smellyman

DS1119 wrote:

ComeToTX wrote:

He was told “A second plane hit the second Tower. America is under attack" and he sat there for 9 minutes.

And at that point what did you expect him to do? While this was going on his staff was planning his exit stragey and where to go. No one at this point new exactly what was going on. No one at this point knew if the Presidant was a direct target himself at that point. Did you honestly expect him to jump up and run out the door? He was in a secured guarded building at the time. Safest place for him. I guess it would have made a lot more sense for him to jump up in hysteria scaring a room full of children and accomplish nothing by doing that. :fp:

I love the apologists for this. Always say What should he do, run out the door, run out screaming, panic the kids?

No, but a potus should be able to excuse himself in front of kids. I was able do that since I was 5 years old.

BinauralJam

DS1119 wrote:

ComeToTX wrote:

He was told “A second plane hit the second Tower. America is under attack" and he sat there for 9 minutes.

He was in a secured guarded building at the time. Safest place for him.quote]
#Facts

DS1119

Smellyman wrote:

DS1119 wrote:

ComeToTX wrote:

He was told “A second plane hit the second Tower. America is under attack" and he sat there for 9 minutes.

And at that point what did you expect him to do? While this was going on his staff was planning his exit stragey and where to go. No one at this point new exactly what was going on. No one at this point knew if the Presidant was a direct target himself at that point. Did you honestly expect him to jump up and run out the door? He was in a secured guarded building at the time. Safest place for him. I guess it would have made a lot more sense for him to jump up in hysteria scaring a room full of children and accomplish nothing by doing that. :fp:

I love the apologists for this. Always say What should he do, run out the door, run out screaming, panic the kids?

No, but a potus should be able to excuse himself in front of kids. I was able do that since I was 5 years old.

And do what? Seriously. Do what? The info anyone had was essentilly zilch at the time. No one knew what the hell was going on. Just take yourself back to that day and remember the confusion. Again I ask, what should he have done?

markin ball

I got no beef with his immediate reaction. He was probably told by the secret service to stay put and be cool, anyway (sorry, I haven't seen the doc on this). I'd say critiquing his long term response to the situation would be a better use of our time.

Smellyman

DS1119 wrote:

Smellyman wrote:

DS1119 wrote:

And at that point what did you expect him to do? While this was going on his staff was planning his exit stragey and where to go. No one at this point new exactly what was going on. No one at this point knew if the Presidant was a direct target himself at that point. Did you honestly expect him to jump up and run out the door? He was in a secured guarded building at the time. Safest place for him. I guess it would have made a lot more sense for him to jump up in hysteria scaring a room full of children and accomplish nothing by doing that. :fp:

I love the apologists for this. Always say What should he do, run out the door, run out screaming, panic the kids?

No, but a potus should be able to excuse himself in front of kids. I was able do that since I was 5 years old.

And do what? Seriously. Do what? The info anyone had was essentilly zilch at the time. No one knew what the hell was going on. Just take yourself back to that day and remember the confusion. Again I ask, what should he have done?

I don't know. Maybe be commander in chief and excuse yourself and find out wtf is going on?

thumb in your ass isn't the raction I would expect of anybody in charge.

DS1119

Smellyman wrote:

I don't know. Maybe be commander in chief and excuse yourself and find out wtf is going on?

thumb in your ass isn't the raction I would expect of anybody in charge.

His staff was trying to figure out what was going on. He also gave a press conference from that school room very shortly after. Two buildings were just hit by two planes minutes before he was told. There were still unaccounted planes in the air. One plane was still yet to hit the Pentagon and yet another to go down in Penssylvania. What seriously did you expect him to do from an elementary school in FLorida? And he was in charge. He let his staff do what they do, let his security do what they do, and remain a powerful and calm leader in a very tragic and confusing time. On a side note, you do realize that Obama had over six hours to prepare for his huge press conference when the US government took out Osama. A press conference conveniently given to interupt DOnald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice (conveniently when Trump was toying with the idea of joining the Prez race and attacking obama and where he was born).

Thirty Bills Unpaid

DS1119 wrote:

Smellyman wrote:

I don't know. Maybe be commander in chief and excuse yourself and find out wtf is going on?

thumb in your ass isn't the raction I would expect of anybody in charge.

His staff was trying to figure out what was going on. He also gave a press conference from that school room very shortly after. Two buildings were just hit by two planes minutes before he was told. There were still unaccounted planes in the air. One plane was still yet to hit the Pentagon and yet another to go down in Penssylvania. What seriously did you expect him to do from an elementary school in FLorida? And he was in charge. He let his staff do what they do, let his security do what they do, and remain a powerful and calm leader in a very tragic and confusing time. On a side note, you do realize that Obama had over six hours to prepare for his huge press conference when the US government took out Osama. A press conference conveniently given to interupt DOnald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice (conveniently when Trump was toying with the idea of joining the Prez race and attacking obama and where he was born).

Exactly. He let his staff do what they did his entire term- run the show. Hardly a leader. A puppet for big business. We know where your party loyalties lie... but you sure lose credibility when you try to defend that pathetic bit of history.

keeponrockin

markin ball wrote:

I got no beef with his immediate reaction. He was probably told by the secret service to stay put and be cool, anyway (sorry, I haven't seen the doc on this). I'd say critiquing his long term response to the situation would be a better use of our time.

This.

Godfather.

And do what? Seriously. Do what? The info anyone had was essentilly zilch at the time. No one knew what the hell was going on. Just take yourself back to that day and remember the confusion. Again I ask, what should he have done?

what..? no real answer's ? and what Bush did do you guys whine moan and complain...shit I remember on a thread way back some of you guy's actually deffended the group (pieces of shit) that did the attack and now your bitching about 9 min's ???wtf ? ..he wassn't sitting at home or in the oval office wearing a pair of burkenstocks and smoking a joint...fuck I can't believe this..9 fuckin min's that's it he was at a freakin grade school what the fuck do you think would be done from a grade school full of children...maybe he would jump and call to the military "find the bad guy's and kill em all"...yeah that's it get the kid's upset and scared :?
DS1119 I agree with you.

Godfather.

Godfather.

good read.

Godfather.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/09/ ... with-iran/

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Godfather. wrote:

And do what? Seriously. Do what? The info anyone had was essentilly zilch at the time. No one knew what the hell was going on. Just take yourself back to that day and remember the confusion. Again I ask, what should he have done?

what..? no real answer's ? and what Bush did do you guys whine moan and complain...shit I remember on a thread way back some of you guy's actually deffended the group (pieces of shit) that did the attack and now your bitching about 9 min's ???wtf ? ..he wassn't sitting at home or in the oval office wearing a pair of burkenstocks and smoking a joint...fuck I can't believe this..9 fuckin min's that's it he was at a freakin grade school what the fuck do you think would be done from a grade school full of children...maybe he would jump and call to the military "find the bad guy's and kill em all"...yeah that's it get the kid's upset and scared :?
DS1119 I agree with you.

Godfather.

Come on. Considering your country was just attacked... it was more than appropriate to excuse himself from the little sitdown and begin taking command of the situation. The fact that it took him 9 minutes to gather himself reflects how poor a leader he was (still elected for two terms given people's propensity to stick by their party regardless of the appropriateness for their choice).

rollings

DS1119 wrote:

rollings wrote:

hedonist wrote:

Given the enormity of that situation, I'd cut him (any president) a shitload of slack when being given such catastrophic news.

Nah. Even I think I could have mustered up an "excuse me, class"

Perhaps you should watch the documentaries about that day he spent at the school and such and what he was told and how he acted and why? They replay quite often on The History Channel especially around this time of year.

Nothing that guy could have whispered to me about "staying put" would have stopped me from not excusing myself to go get more information or start discussing what to do.

Now, that's just me....please note that I am not the "Commander in Chief"

FattyFatCat

rollings wrote:

hedonist wrote:

Given the enormity of that situation, I'd cut him (any president) a shitload of slack when being given such catastrophic news.

Nah. Even I think I could have mustered up an "excuse me, class"

The real question, is would you have used a teleprompter?

rollings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psYQl2wmgyU

...keeping things pearl jamish...

ComeToTX

If you think this was a huge shock out of nowhere you should probably read the 9/11 report. There was ample evidence that they knew about that STRONGLY suggested terrorists were intent on using planes for a terrorist attack.

tybird

Bushie is a dick, and I have very little respect for him as a leader, president or a person. However, he did the right thing. Finish the photo op with the kids. Their day was about to get dark enough. Discretion is the better part of valor especially when your travel plans and routine have just blown up. The Secret Service was probably not sure as to where they wanted to take him or how they were going to get there. That being said, he started fucking up after he left the room.

tybird

This picture makes me wonder.....who was FDR with when he first heard of the attack on Pearl Harbor....his mistress or his sea-hag of a wife?