G.W. Bush Pulls Federal Funding for the Segway

[RedRed]

I must say the picture of his humanity does appeal to me.

I dont agree with Iraq (obviously), didnt with his tax cut/trickle economy boosts, didnt with his blind acceptence of current strategic thinking from Rumsfelt et al

but

his personal magnetism and
his evolution of targetted medicare (rather than revolution attemped and failed by Hillary) and
some of his domestic decisions have warmed me to the man...

RedRed

[GT98]

Some of you might get a kick out of this

[paulcs]

Originally posted by mutz
...well, I see a guy ignoring possible ridicule having the guts to get on that thing and have some fun with his Pop. You can be sure Mom said "Watch out son!" and her heart stopped when the thing flipped him. And then they all toodled off merrily together. Presidents, whether you like them or not, are also human beings.

Yeah. This really doesn't look like a genuine presidential gaff. He got on, fell, got back on, and road off.

Still, he should have had Dick Cheney test that thing before he got on it.

Paul

[mutz]

Actually I think he should stay as far away from Dick Cheney as he can. Cheney may even have sabotaged that thing so he could get the hop up to Pres.

The main thing is that GW "got back on the horse that threw him." I don't think GW is a bad guy, he's just caught up in a role and with people that aren't right for him. Or maybe it's a Parkinson's Law thing.

[az]

PaulCS: No american president ever said that he was a jelly donut.

here is a thread in which I post some very elaborate and boring info about this very subject

AZ, boring grammar nut

[VJ]

On the segway-topic:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2994858.stm

I liked this column, mainly because of some expressions used (e.g. the author didn't go "AirForce One" on IT )

Must be kind of annoying, that even a minor fall from a Segway is shown in the global media...


Jörg

[GNEP]

What I want to know is, will dogs attack the tyres like they do with other wheeled vehicles?