RE: the "3 AM phone call"

[underpants]

Maersk-Alabama captain Richard Phillips, (R), stands alongside Cmdr. Frank Castellano, the commanding officer of USS Bainbridge, after being rescued by U.S Naval Forces off the coast of Somalia April 12, 2009. REUTERS/Official U.S. Navy photo/Handout


Members of Maersk Alabama celebrate with a U.S. flag after hearing news that their captain is free, at the Kenyan coastal sea port of Mombasa, 500 km (311 miles) from Nairobi April 12, 2009. U.S. naval forces rescued cargo ship captain Richard Phillips from captivity at the hands of Somali pirates in a dramatic ending to a five-day standoff, the U.S. Navy said on Sunday.
REUTERS/Antony Njuguna (KENYA CONFLICT SOCIETY)


A member of a special Navy escort walks down a stairway of the US merchant ship Maersk Alabama at a dock in the Kenyan coastal city port of Mombasa. US forces rescued an American container ship captain held by Somali pirates in an operation in which three pirates were killed, according to the US Navy.
(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)



Elizabeth Reza, wife of Maersk Alabama crewman ATM Reza, speaks on a cell phone in West Hartford, Conn., Sunday, April 12, 2009 to her husband in Kenya. Capt. Richard Phillips' crew, who said they escaped after he offered himself to the pirates as a hostage, erupted in cheers abroad their ship docked in Mombasa, Kenya, waving an American flag and firing a flare in celebration upon hearing that Phillips had been freed.
(AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

[Raven]

1. This Country needed to do something right millitarily, and we did!

[elleng]

2. The right person sure got that call!

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[unblock]

3. i still don't think he can win iowa.

/end snark

[vaberella]

29. LOL!!

Screw Iowa, we got Alaska and Arizona in the bag! :D


:rofl:

[bluestateguy]

4. This might be good for John McCain

MArk Halperin said so.

[underpants]

5. ...

:rofl:

[santamargarita]

6. Bush would have declared Martial Law and bombed Canada

:nuke:

[underpants]

7. Bush would have played it up for dramatic effect

and either pushed the pirates to take drastic action or failed (in some unforeseeable way) and then play THAT up for dramatic effect--basically take credit for failing

[Jack from Charlotte]

22. Bush would have read one more chapter of, "My Pet Goat." (nfm)

*

[TexasLady]

11. damn but this thread is gettin too funny!

:rofl:

[Heidi]

8. Bush would have landed in a flight suit and codpiece

and the pirates would have fled laughing -- probably taking the hostage with them.

[NYC_SKP]

9. GWB did love the pretend-dress up games. "Look, I'm a jet pilot"...and...

..."Look, I'm a Cowboy!"

[Heidi]

10. "Look! I'm an archeologist!"

[underpants]

12. LOL

gold digger...literally, he mined the Bush family for all it was worth and left them with an empty pit (Jeb stands at the edge scratching his head, "What the hell happened?!?!?!")

[Heidi]

14. "Look!

I got my trainin' wheels off!"

[GoCubsGo]

18. Are we supposed to be impressed by that?

I can do that with my mountain bike,too. It's at least a dozen years older than Shitboy's, so it's not made of the fancy, light-weight alloys. Yep, I can lift my heavier bike up with one arm. And, I'm a girl with very little upper body strength. Whoopee. Not impressed.

[NYC_SKP]

20. Well, impressed that the bike is facing in the right direction.

And from the expression on his face, I think he impressed himself with that!



:P

[countingbluecars]

13. Too funny!! n/t

[Heidi]

15. "Look! I'm a fashionista!"

[Beacool]

19. When did he wear THAT outfit.

To clean the WH septic tank?

:puke:

[underpants]

21. You think that's bad. Check out the *cough* New Year's day winter garb

[Heidi]

24. "Look! I'm High Plains Drifter!"

Oy, oy, oy.

[Beacool]

30. Still better than the other outfit.

In this one he looks like a Texas oil baron.

:7

[Heidi]

23. Isn't it just to die for?

I own a pair of Crocs -- love 'em -- but I don't wear them past the end of our driveway and couldn't imagine pairing them with shorts and ankle-length socks (hell, I don't even have any presidential-seal ankle-length socks). They're my studio shoes: easy on the wood floors in my studio, comfy on my feet, and they clean up easily when I splatter them with paint and/or gesso. But if I'm ever photographed in them: shoot me on sight.

My garish Crocs:

[Beacool]

31. He looks sloppy and absolutely ridiculous.

To see a president come out of the WH dressed like that is an embarrassment.

x(

[FailureToCommunicate]

16. THANKS for the belly laugh!

[Heidi]

17. "Look! I'm a urologist!"

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/image/bathroom(www.albinoblacksheep.com).jpg
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/image/bathroom

[Occam Bandage]

25. The latest Zogby is showing Clinton performing 10 points better than Obama versus Romney.

[karynnj]

26. Give it up - there is no chance that HRC will challenge the President she reports to in 2012

Therefore it really doesn't matter whether Clinton polls better versus Romney, who may not even be the nominee. Obama's approval is about 60% plus. He is in no danger from the Republicans and he is in no danger of a Democratic challenge.

[Occam Bandage]

27. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8338703&mesg_id=8338722
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8338703&mesg_id=8338721

These aren't the droids you're looking for. Move along.

[karynnj]

28. Got it -

Sorry

[Beacool]

33. Hillary would have never challenged Obama in 2012

even if she had remained a senator. It's not her style.

;-)

[Beacool]

32. Thank God it worked out well.

Although, to be fair, any president would have given the same orders and taken the consequences if it failed.

:-)

[Cha]

34. Thanks for these pics,

underpants..it's interesting to see what these men looked like who had to go through all of this crisis. I'm so glad it had a good ending for the brave Captain Phillips.