MSNBC Breaking: Plane Carrying Cheney Diverted for Unspecified Reason.

[Lex]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17321413/

BREAKING NEWS

The plane carrying U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney from Australia to the United States was diverted to Singapore on Sunday because of unspecified problems, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said.

"I am not aware of the full circumstances and I have not been told except that it has been diverted," Howard told reporters in Sydney.

[originalpckelly]

1. They're a little late...

it's been around DU for a while.

[Lex]

4. LOL! Big "Breaking" banner across the top of MSNBC.com

Eh, I should've known. (But I didn't see the other threads.)

[El Supremo]

2. Did his pacemaker not have software...

to account for the international dateline?

[DBoon]

51. No the upgrade to Pacemaker Vista failed

should'a waited for SP1

[Auggie]

60. Not possible. Cheney doesn't have a heart.

[Eurobabe]

62. LOL

:rofl: :rofl:

I always secretly pray for a short circuit and extra ZAP for Unka Dick. Couldn't happen to a nicer person.

[Dinger]

3. Maybe Something Else About To Break?

Like scooter stuff maybe????

[originalpckelly]

5. I wonder if he had medical problems and they just didn't say anything.

[Lex]

7. Probably so.

That's what I think too.

[originalpckelly]

11. I don't why it is, but I agree with you, I've heard about a lot of people...

having a hard time with heart problems while flying. Mike Wallace had a heart attack on a plane, and I recall a number of other people doing so. Maybe it's just a coincidence.

[AlCzervik]

9. he travels with a medical staff i think.

[Greeby]

15. He also travels with packs of virgin's blood

And a full set of organs harvested from the body of whatever dead prostitute/mistress/intern a Republican needs disposing of

[originalpckelly]

17. Well, there's only so much they can ever do...

even for rich old bastards like Crooked Dick.

[Lex]

6. People with serious heart ailments have troubles flying

sometimes, don't they?

[originalpckelly]

8. Vice President Dick Cheney: Undead at the age of 66.

[Critters2]

10. LOL!!!! I misread that for a moment, and am ashamed at how I reacted

Bad Critters!! Bad bad Critters!

And yet....

[originalpckelly]

12. I should've made that it's own post.

Damn, that would suck in a lot of people too.

:spank:

[Dinger]

14. Don't Be

I had the very same reaction, and I bet I wasn't the only one.

[durtee librul]

16. I still say one of the attendants used the microwave

and forgot Darth was on board.

And again, the "Enquiring" minds at DU had the story BEFORE our wonderful M$M....who btw, don't they have reporters with Darth? Funny they didn't report it.....unless the story is bigger than we think?

[originalpckelly]

18. I remember with Anna Nicole Smith, that they only thought she'd passed out at first...

but then came the dramatic news that she was dead. (At least it was dramatic coming out of the mouth of Wolf Blitzer. Of course, he's dramatic when he says he breaks wind.)

[flyarm]

56. no...........

the aircraft is pressurized to match what the pressure is on the ground..

the same number of people that have heart problems in the air ..have the same number of problems walking in a mall or grocery store...or driving a car...or sitting in their living room chair..

from a retired flight crew..

fly

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. Did he get drunk and shoot someone again?

Maybe he had the plane fly through a flock of geese and accidentally shot another friend in the face.

[Xipe Totec]

24. The rifling was off

he accidentally shot the copilot.

He was aiming for the flight attendant.

Emergency stop to the nearest gunsmith.

[Sydnie]

19. Damn, I was hoping for "A dingo stole Your VP" headline instead

This means we will have to take him back now anyway. Damn, damn, damn!

[durtee librul]

22. Just mentioned this thread to hubby

and he said that maybe Darth is in a bad way (dead) and that's why it's taking so long for M$M to break the story?

Thoughts?

[Sydnie]

43. Doubt it

It only takes a while to get the story out when Dick is the one doing the deed. If he were dead, they would be telling everyone so the week long mourning could begin.

[Connie_Corleone]

25. "A dingo ate my Vice President!"

[Lars39]

30. "A dingo ate my VeePee" sounds a little closer.

:D

[originalpckelly]

35. It'd be worse if "A dingo ate my PeeVee."

:cry: That's gotta hurt.

[Sydnie]

39. Well, he'd still be munching because

He IS a big , you know, Dick. :rofl:

[DBoon]

52. The Dingos did try to steal Cheney

the Dingos want to give him back now.

[global1]

20. I Heard That Brian Williams Made A Slip Of The Tongue On Hardball The .....

other day - something about the v.p. position being open or so.

Maybe - the word is out amongst the MSM and Beltway Boys - that Cheney will develop medical problems on this trip that will prohibit him from finishing out his term and he will have to resign.

Perhaps Libby's is going down and given a deal to take Cheney out to save his hide.

[originalpckelly]

27. No, he was talking about the usual practice of a Vice President...

of the current administration running in the next Presidential election after 8 years of a presidency. (Think George H.W. Bush and Al Gore.)

Dick Cheney won't be doing that, because he's already been President for the past 6 years. :P

[elfin]

21. Shooter is worried about Scooter and

having palpitations. Just enough for him to resign due to "health reasons" when the verdict comes in.

[RC]

From Australia to the United States

Diverted to Singapore? That is out of the way for a US flight. Why not go back to Australia?

[BeHereNow]

23. Had to stop over and eat some babies, most likely.

Evil needs to constantly feed on the flesh of the innocent you know...
BHN

[Lex]

32. This does seem most likely

and reasonable, given who it is.

:)

[BeHereNow]

42. Yes, exactly. all too easy to picture the sneering lip as it commanded the crew to stop over for a

"snack."

Hide the children, puppies and kittens!

BHN

[El Supremo]

26. "There is a small mechanical difficulty with the plane."

is what I read on Yahoo News.

[originalpckelly]

28. And if it's so small, why did they not go directly to the USA?

[Lex]

29. If that's what the official story is from Cheney

then it must be something else! :P

[durtee librul]

33. And folks, let's not forget the delay

in releasing the story when he shot his friend so he could cover his tracks there too.

Maybe he landed in Singapore as they don't have extradition for war criminals there?

[krispos42]

31. Yeah, that second engine is redundant anyway.

I mean, who really uses it anyway?

[blogslut]

36. Here's two different versions

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/25/asia/AS-GEN-Asia-Cheney-Plane.php

U.S. vice president's plane lands in Singapore, officials say on refueling stop

"SYDNEY, Australia: U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's plane from Sydney landed in Singapore on Sunday, but officials said it was a scheduled refueling stop and that the plane was not diverted..."

AND

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSSP7753420070225

Cheney's plane fine after small problem

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney's airplane had a small mechanical problem but there were no safety concerns and the aircraft was scheduled to make a planned refueling stop in Singapore after his trip to Australia, the White House said on Saturday.

White House spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore said there was a problem with a generator on Cheney's plane but it posed no safety issues and the aircraft was fine..."

My question is, Why can't this man ever give a straight answer?

[Lex]

40. Nice catch!

Hmmmm . . . makes one wonder.

[durtee librul]

41. Ok, so the plane's fine

what about him?

One other thread here on DU has the perfect explanation for the delay and stopover - - they found a snake on the plane. (probably with a suit) LOL!!!

[Fresh_Start]

34. please let it be bird flu

eom

[Poiuyt]

37. Will we be getting 24 hours of somber, ceremonial music on all the radio stations

[Beetwasher]

38. Watch Cheney Appear In A Neck Brace Or Something

To try to elicit sympathy.

[MichaelHarris]

44. this one's easy

He thought the pilot was a quail and shot him in the face.

[originalpckelly]

45. STORY UPDATED:

"WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney’s airplane encountered a small mechanical problem but there were no safety concerns and the aircraft was scheduled to make a planned refueling stop in Singapore, a White House spokeswoman said on Saturday.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard had earlier said that the plane carrying Cheney from Australia to the United States was diverted because of unspecified problems.

"I am not aware of the full circumstances and I have not been told except that it has been diverted," Howard told reporters in Sydney.

"As to the precise circumstances I'm not as yet advised," he said."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17321413

[RC]

47. Australia doesn't have enough jet fuel for the trip to the US?

It had to go to Singapore to refuel? What?

Don't these idiots know that there are world maps and globes out here in the wild? Something is not right.

[jazzjunkysue]

46. Needed to top off the blood casks. Dang. Got caught this time.

I hope they find a way to reconstitute from powder some day.

[ToolTex]

48. Let's see, what oil companies have corporate offices in Singapore?

Oh yeah, Caltex. The shadow gov of Chevron Texaco. Isn't that convenient for Dickypoo.

[ToolTex]

49. How about this bit of speculation. The jury room is in the Fed Courthouse in DC.

Now you just have to know that after 6 years of bushies that every room in that courthouse is bugged by at least 16 different intel groups. All of which report to dicky. And he may already know that there are no born-again hold-outs on Libby's jury. Tough-titty for Scoots and then Fitz may be trolling for Lynn's favorite squeeze, her sneering little Dick. He may just be looking for a more secure home in Singapore, than the one he bought in Maryland.

Just another tinfoil moment brought to you compliments of Big Oil right here in River City.

[badgerpup]

50. I'm gonna come right out and say it...

If Cheney has indeed...er...gone to that great Canned Quail Hunt In The Sky...
then Bush is vulnerable in so so many ways...impeachment being the first.
:woohoo::bounce:
Cheney was his insurance policy.
How many times have we seen...or posted something on the order of "Yeah, but then we'd have Cheney!"
:shrug:

[burythehatchet]

53. Oh please God, let the fucker croak

[mwb970]

64. I pray for his demise every day.

America's future is at stake.

[leftstreet]

54. Air Force took over 20 minutes to scramble the 101st Pacemakers

:tinfoilhat:

[BayCityProgressive]

55. damn

I just got here and the title got me excited. I thought he would be dead or something.

[GreenZoneLT]

57. Hooker break?

Cheney really had a hankering for some dim sum? Had always wanted to witness a caning? Why else do people pop into Singapore on short notice?

[nadinbrzezinski]

58. Mechanical emergency

and there is far more to this story than they are letting out...

It smells... seriously smells.

You just don't get emergency landing rights for a MINOR problem

[deacon]

59. Baghdad Dick's plane runs on BS, so we know fuel wasn't a problem n/t

[windbreeze]

61. A minor mechanical problem???? HAH!!

when you are 30,000 + feet in the air...no mechanical problem is minor...LOL...cause you still have to come down..and in between Australia/Singapore....is one hell of a lot of deep, deep, water....so tell me...why would he go to Singapore, instead of Guam...which is right on the flight path to the US, and where there is a major USAF base....??? something real fishy about this....
wb

[B Calm]

63. Damn they raised a stink about Pelosi's plane, how about one that

has the capability to fly an 800 year old vampire non stop to Australia?

[jmowreader]

65. The Singaporean Air Force forced it down

SINGAPORE (Spurious News Network) -- Spokesmen for the Singaporean Air Force reported today that they forced down an airplane carrying the Vice President of the United States from Australia to the United States.

"They said there was a deranged war criminal on the plane," said Major Li Huang, the pilot who forced down the vice president's jet. "By Singaporean law, we were required to bring it down."

Huang, flying an F-16, and his wingman Brigadier General Ng Chee Khem, one of the most experienced F-16 pilots in Singapore, intercepted the vice president's Boeing 747 when it first entered Singaporean airspace and escorted it to Singapore's Changi Air Base (West), where it was thoroughly searched for the deranged war criminal.

"Unfortunately," said General Ng, "the deranged war criminal turned out to be the vice president. We gave him back to the American Embassy because as bad as he is, his boss is even worse."

"Our men performed admirably and will be commended," said Singaporean president Sellapan Rama Nathan, "but they also caused us a huge problem. Changi Air Base (West) is very old, and the runway is not long enough for a 747 to take off from. Changi Air Base (East) has the necessary facilities, but the runways are not connected to each other. What we are going to have to do so the American government can have their plane back is to remove the wings, use a big truck to tow the fuselage to Changi Air Base (East), put the wings back on it and allow it to go home. The runway is quite short for use by a 747, but a student in our air force's loadmaster course calculated the weight and balance and determined that so long as the vice president's fat ass isn't on the plane when it leaves Changi Air Base, it should be fine."

[in_cog_ni_to]

66. I bet he had a malfunction in the pace maker. I was wondering what would happen to the rat bastard

after hightailing it out of dodge to escape the Plame case. I KNEW something would happen, except I expected him to mysteriously die, be cremated and never heard from again. You know, the Kenny Boy Lay escape? Now THIS happens? What's a conspiracy theorist to think.;)