George W Bush: "I need some ribs"

Every one needs ribs.

whitehouse.gov, that's the actual address, so unless someone's got the redirecting from hell setup here...

http://www.patioribs.com/images/ribs.jpg

Oh yeah!

You know, my Science teacher said, "on the money" in class today.

Who the hell wants ribs at 11:20 in the morning?!

Maybe he didn't have breakfast.

You don't know how long it could take to cook them.

rush limbaugh's pill-habit probably kept the florida economy afloat through the recession, too.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2004-01/26/content_300987.htm

...next to ads for the Chinese government's central committee statements.

LR: We spent a whole day there copying maps. At the end of the day, we rolled them all up, put them into two large tubes, and left. We spent that night in Albuquerque. I had been trying to call the Corn's for a couple of weeks, but kept getting their recorder. We were not able to connect until that night from the hotel, when I finally received an answer. Sheila Corn agreed to meet with us on Saturday morning. It was very nice of her to squeeze us in at 8 a.m. on a day when her kids had a soccer match. The next day was Friday, and we spent most of it driving down to Roswell. On Saturday moring, we rose early and ate breakfast at the Nothin' Fancy restaurant, which had become our favorite breakfast spot by this time. We decided to get on the road by 7:30, allowing us plenty of time to drive north about 20 miles to the turnoff, where the 'UFO Crash Site' sign is located. You have probably seen the sign in books. We arrived at the turnoff at about 7:45 a.m. Remember, the Corn Ranch is the Randle and Schmidt crash site.

We were a good bit early. In the month of October and there isn't much tourist traffic out in the desert. Now, I'm talking 'seriously nothing' out in this area. There are places out in the desert where you could take your radio dial from one end to the other without picking up anything but dead silence. Sheila had instructed us to pull off near the 'UFO Crash Site' sign and wait until she arrived. So there we sat in a rented white jeep, waiting. There was dead silence. Finally, in the distance we could hear a car approaching. A vehicle came into sight. It was a red jeep, and it slowed as it got near, finally pulling in right behind us and parking.

O presidente dos Estados Unidos, George W. Bush, fez uma parada de surpresa em um restaurante de Roswell (Novo México, sul dos EUA) para comer costeletas de porco e se negou a responder às perguntas dos jornalistas que o seguiam.

"Estou com fome e vou pedir umas costeletas", disse Bush, abraçando a dona do Nothin' Fancy Cafe. Consultado sobre seu programa para proteger os Estados Unidos de ataques terroristas, o presidente respondeu: "Meu trabalho é proteger a pátria, e isso é exatamente o que vamos fazer". Este foi o último comentário sério de Bush.

Roswell, uma pequena cidade perdida no deserto do Novo México, é conhecida pelas histórias de extraterrestres. Várias pessoas afirmaram ter visto sobrevoar o local discos voadores e Ovnis nos anos 40 e 50. Bush viajou até lá para fazer um discurso sobre a segurança dos Estados Unidos.

"Deixem-me explicar como funciona a economia: Quando vocês gastam dinheiro comprando comida, ajudam o estabelecimento desta mulher. Isso aumenta as chances de alguém conseguir trabalho. De modo que, em vez de ficarem me fazendo perguntas, respondam à minha: O que querem comer?", disse o presidente.

Quando um jornalista perguntou sua opinião sobre os democratas que concorrem à candidatura para substituí-lo na Casa Branca, no próximo dia 2 de novembro, Bush continuou fugindo. Pressionado, disse: "Obviamente, essa gente ganha muito dinheiro e não vai gastar muito. Não estou dizendo que ganhem muito, apenas que não estão gastando nada...".

X-post: what the...is Stipe...what the hell.

It's just like seeing Billy Corgan with hair!

More Nothin' Fancy love:

For dinner, we went to a restaurant in Roswell called Nothin' Fancy. If I'd just stuck with my dinner, I would have been O.K. However, my parents are evil temptors sent by the devil. They convinced me to try the dinner roll and cornbread. Delicious. For dinner, I had Coyote Chicken -- Mesquite Chicken Breast smothered in pico de gallo over spanish rice -- with sides of steamed broccoli and green beans. The pico de gallo was a bit hotter than I'm used to. I went through 1 1/2 glasses of water and had to push most of it aside. Then, my evil mother ordered desert, including Key Lime Pie, my favorite, for me. It was the best Key Lime Pie I'd ever had. It was totally worth the 13 points!

JC, JimmyD, Jenni, Teri, Dan, Amy, Holly, and I all went shopping downtown. While we were there, we ended up seeing Mark and Linda as well as Susan and Lindy. After a few hours of shopping, we decided to go get some lunch. I had heard about a restaurant in town that had Fat Tire Beer on tap so we all went there (called Nothin' Fancy). The restaurant was okay but kinda strange. While we were eating we saw some strange special on CNN about the mating habits of seahorses (no, I'm not kidding) and that provided for some interesting discussions. As we were getting ready to leave, the waitress spilled salsa all down Teri's R2KV2 shirt (as well as on her shorts and socks) and pretty much ruined that shirt. The restaurant offered to pay for the cleaning on the shirt (but for some reason not the bill) or to replace it but how do you replace that shirt??

...how does this kind of experience render the restaurant in specific 'strange'?

YOU ARE EVEN YOUNGER THAN ME.

IT'S LIKE SEEING DAVE GROHL WIT SHORT HAIR.

huh?

Why? How young are you?

Dave Grohl looks fine with short with long or short hair. Just not this short hair with long bangs look.

Mmmmmmmm

Geldof & Bush: On the Road to Africa

(President Bush) makes the volunteers relaxed and easy with him. They introduce themselves.

One woman tells how six months previously, she was bitten by a cobra and rushed to hospital. As she was passing out, she tells the President, "that little voice whispered to me, 'You'll be all right,' and I was."

She pauses, and says meaningfully to him: "You know that little voice, I think?"

"Not really," Bush says drily. "I've never been bitten by a cobra."

amazing

lolol

what the hell are you supposed to say?

i loled

ah, the little voice of the cobra

In all seriousness, that's one of the best Bush interviews I've ever read -- if it's true. He's deluded, cruel, has good intentions, and quite stupid.

that piece is pretty amazing!

is Bush's Africa aid really all that remarkable? I always had the impression that it was underwhelming compared to what one might expect the US to do, but maybe that's bias on my part.

My friends and I were discussing this the other night. It's probably the only international policy for which he'll be remembered.

waht

"Bush Doctrine" lolz

It's probably the only international policy for which he'll be remembered.

I think you forgot an adverb on the end of this

haha yeah -- "fondly"

Not that this is a criticism AT ALL, but: I find it hard to believe the motivation with Africa is solely humanitarian, and not in large part about creating a positive U.S. presence in a part of the world where Islam is rapidly expanding and governance is pretty slim. (See also China competition, obviously.)

China competition is huge factor I think

(And seriously, to restate the above: I'd think "positive U.S. presence in a part of the world where etc." was a great idea even if it were 100% self-interested)

China is the new foreign policy bugaboo.

yeah, you could probably say similar things about most governmental humanitarian aid ever

(xpost)

Shh, don't talk about "self-interest" vs "altruism" around William F. Buckley, nabisco!

It's a matter of nomenclature, you see.

haha, wait you are referring to his dead spirit that lurks among us and not to me, right?

you could probably say similar things about most all governmental humanitarian aid ever

There's a certain luck here, which is that Americans generally think of helping Africa as a nice thing to do on humanitarian grounds -- but if Bush, of all people, started claiming that it's a valuable thing to do in terms of building a positive reputation and influence, a hell of a lot of people would get a little creeped out. (And I don't just mean people on the left; plenty of isolationists on the right are fine with charity but wary of engaging with the rest of the world on that level.)

besides Pat Buchanan, ARE there isolationists on the right anymore? I'm curious. I thought those died with Hart and Vandenburg (and Buckley helped kill them).

Talking about people, not public figures

paultards are all isolationists, right?

lol the ribs and the cobra great thread ty l o l

PRESIDENT BUSH: Madam President, it is a pleasure to welcome you back to the Oval Office. We have just had a very constructive dialogue. First, I want to tell you how proud I am to be the President of a nation that -- in which there's a lot of Philippine-Americans. They love America and they love their heritage. And I reminded the President that I am reminded of the great talent of the -- of our Philippine-Americans when I eat dinner at the White House. (Laughter.)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050814-1.html

Tracer that is like the most awesome combo of ignorance and grotesque privilege, it's like something out of Dreiser, good lookin out

oh my fucking god

the most awesome combo of ignorance and grotesque privilege-->true, true

This reminds me....
"We have a saying in my country - the coyote of the desert likes to eat the heart of the young and the blood drips down to his children for breakfast, lunch and dinner and only the ribs will be broken"

See if he was not such an insufferable bastard I actually think GWB would make the cutest grandpa.

none of you guys read the link

that detail does not make him sound any less of a buffoon

he's speaking to his audience

as i've said before, his future lies in making dinner remarks

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/images/20050814-1_p19824-29-515h.jpg

I'm disappointed that we're not told what's she making; is it a sauce? a stew? A marianade? A speciallly designed blend of molasses for BBQ? WHAT WHAT WHAT?

Remarks by the President to the Press Pool Nothin' Fancy Cafe Roswell, New Mexico

11:25 A.M. MST

THE PRESIDENT: I need some ribs.

Q Mr. President, how are you?

THE PRESIDENT: I'm hungry and I'm going to order some ribs.

Q What would you like?

THE PRESIDENT: Whatever you think I'd like.

Q Sir, on homeland security, critics would say you simply haven't spent enough to keep the country secure.

THE PRESIDENT: My job is to secure the homeland and that's exactly what we're going to do. But I'm here to take somebody's order. That would be you, Stretch -- what would you like? Put some of your high-priced money right here to try to help the local economy. You get paid a lot of money, you ought to be buying some food here. It's part of how the economy grows. You've got plenty of money in your pocket, and when you spend it, it drives the economy forward. So what would you like to eat?

Q Right behind you, whatever you order.

THE PRESIDENT: I'm ordering ribs. David, do you need a rib?

Q But Mr. President --

THE PRESIDENT: Stretch, thank you, this is not a press conference. This is my chance to help this lady put some money in her pocket. Let me explain how the economy works. When you spend money to buy food it helps this lady's business. It makes it more likely somebody is going to find work. So instead of asking questions, answer mine: are you going to buy some food?

Q Yes.

THE PRESIDENT: Okay, good. What would you like?

Q Ribs.

THE PRESIDENT: Ribs? Good. Let's order up some ribs.

Q What do you think of the democratic field, sir?

THE PRESIDENT: See, his job is to ask questions, he thinks my job is to answer every question he asks. I'm here to help this restaurant by buying some food. Terry, would you like something?

Q An answer.

Q Can we buy some questions?

THE PRESIDENT: Obviously these people -- they make a lot of money and they're not going to spend much. I'm not saying they're overpaid, they're just not spending any money.

Q Do you think it's all going to come down to national security, sir, this election?

THE PRESIDENT: One of the things David does, he asks a lot of questions, and they're good, generally.

END 11:29 A.M. MST

Q Ribs.

^ display name for the takin

^ Seems to me Dubya handled it fairly well. And I am among those who consider his administration a disaster from start to finish. Having the press corps attached to you like a school of pilot fish, constantly shouting questions at you, would challenge anyone's sanity.

Oh, do not get me wrong. I personally consider this moment to be the highlight of his presidency.

This should be a poll, except that I'm not sure how to slice it up. "High-priced money" gets my vote.

i've rubbed elbows with the countriest of the country in north Texas and nobody fuckin says "Stretch," come on now

To be fair, he was addressing this guy:

http://static.squarespace.com/static/5048e660e4b0bd178ab35a57/t/53ba6be1e4b0657eb1ad8ba7/1404726241704/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_George_W._Bush

Hogan – John McCain, Republican Senator, Arizona

Jeezus.

i lolled

http://i.imgur.com/oz9LKgn.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SyTJYkC.jpg