George Bush to refuel in Shannon Airport.

Turner

Air force One is to touch down early tomorrow morning at Shannon Airport to refuel en-route to India.

Georgey however is not expected to leave the plane.

Comments.

Terry

i would comment, but i'm afraid my views may lead to my arrest.

Celticfire

I'll be in bed..........

netwhizkid

julep wrote:

i would comment, but i'm afraid my views may lead to my arrest.

I believe the Kilinaskully Welcoming Committee is all prepared.

Sam Vimes

/grabs sniper rifle



/gets on the bus

SpAcEd OuT

George Bush is a legend and deserves the credit he is owed.

It's a shame he is not leaving the plane as I would love to shake hands with one of the worlds greatest leaders ever.

VOTE FOR BUSH

biko

No comment

Endurance Man

So . Less the world see's of him the better.

lodgepole

There should be no problem with this. I take issue with the airport being used in the transport of prisoners or refueling of war planes, but not with the transport of a world leader.

I fully support the public's right to hold a protest close by however.

Celticfire

Commander Vimes wrote:

/grabs sniper rifle



/gets on the bus

You better hope he doesn't decide to flush the toilet on Air Force One over your house.......

irishboy21

spaced out ..man is a legend?
are you talkn bout the same mr g bush as im thinking of?
id picket in a heart beat if i lived there .
im trying to bite my tounge here so ill leave it be.

connundrum

Meh, I wouldn't get off at Shannon either TBH.. it's nothing special really :rolleyes:

Flex

I dont see any problem tbh

Chief---

Chief--- wrote:

Comments.

Who cares?

Rb

Couldn't give a sh1te.

Blisterman

Whats the big deal? Should he not be allowed?

robinph

I don't see why the US continues to use Shannon when if they were to fly a mere couple of hundred miles further east they have a nice selection of their own airbases to use for this sort of thing and no one can kick up much of a stink about it as they are effectively still on US territory.

Karoma

He's been to Shannon before - why would he bother to get leave the plane this time?

BrokenArrows

Chief--- wrote:

Air force One is to touch down early tomorrow morning at Shannon Airport to refuel en-route to India.

Georgey however is not expected to leave the plane.

Comments.

Who cares?

scojones

connundrum wrote:

Meh, I wouldn't get off at Shannon either TBH.. it's nothing special really :rolleyes:

Hey, I live there!


















Wait a minute...... you're right.

MonkeyTennis

hes just doing a 'Yeltsin'

Karoma

sjones wrote:

Hey, I live there!

My deepest sympathy...
I lived there briefly...very briefly.

Wait a minute...... you're right.

Goes without saying.

SpAcEd OuT

irishboy21 wrote:

spaced out ..man is a legend?
are you talkn bout the same mr g bush as im thinking of?
id picket in a heart beat if i lived there .
im trying to bite my tounge here so ill leave it be.

yes I am, whats your problem with him?

hes pretty close to becoming a boards.ie legend as well............ http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054893774

Karoma

irishboy21 wrote:

spaced out ..man is a legend?
are you talkn bout the same mr g bush as im thinking of?
id picket in a heart beat if i lived there .
im trying to bite my tounge here so ill leave it be.

Laziness, TBH.
You claim to dislike him intensely and willing to picket...but too lazy to make the trip?

scojones

Karoma wrote:

My deepest sympathy...
I lived there briefly...very briefly.

Hey it's ok, I'm moving to New Zealand in May \o/

How briefly were you there for? Work related?

Pigman II

I hope he has a lovely time in Ireland

Cead mile failte!

Turner

I dont have a problem with him at all, but you know the type that demand that he be arrested as a war criminal etc etc will be out in force around shannon airport.

Manic Moran

Could be worse. I vague recall Yeltsin being too plastered to get off his 'plane at Shannon, and the Irish government types and honour guard etc waiting on the tarmac to greet him.

NTM

Corega

Chief--- wrote:

I dont have a problem with him at all

I have a problem with the people who reelected him.

astro

AWESOME!! Now I might be able to get his autograph

Pigman II

Corega wrote:

I have a problem with the people who reelected him.

Why? It was either vote for him or the other guy, (or not vote or chose a 3rd party.)

No win situation really.

Corega

Ralph Nader tbh.

Archytas

BrokenArrows wrote:

Who cares?

Exactly....

Guy:Incognito

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In related news, a plane lands and takes off at Dublin airport. Whats the point of this? Unless he has a magic plane he has to refuell somewhere.If your going to pick random crap to be annoyed aout, your tax money pays to house and feed murdeerers and rapists (in prison, but still)

Binomate

Airforce One was such a cool film.

Fajitas!

Don't have a problem with it really. Planes have to refuel somewhere.

R0ot

Chief--- wrote:

Air force One is to touch down early tomorrow morning at Shannon Airport to refuel en-route to India.

Georgey however is not expected to leave the plane.

Comments.

/me prepares petrol bomb :v:

aidan_walsh

R0ot wrote:

/me prepares petrol bomb :v:

Want warm up the auld time machine too...

netwhizkid

Fajitas! wrote:

Don't have a problem with it really. Planes have to refuel somewhere.

True, however not entirely, What a paradox! Isn't Airforce one equiped to be refueled while enroute. You know where the tanket pulls up in fornt and leaves back a hose and fills her up with Kerosene in Mid-flight. IF Bush wanted to be on time in Afghanistan and wanted to get there quickly he'd have used in-flight refueling. The Shannon-Stopover was something more I'm afraid it was a chance by him to meet and greet troops in Shannon. Our "Neutral" little country is helping in the slaughter of thousands of Iraqis and there is no point saying otherwise.

Guy:Incognito

netwhizkid wrote:

True, however not entirely, What a paradox! Isn't Airforce one equiped to be refueled while enroute. You know where the tanket pulls up in fornt and leaves back a hose and fills her up with Kerosene in Mid-flight. IF Bush wanted to be on time in Afghanistan and wanted to get there quickly he'd have used in-flight refueling. **YAWN**.

Do they not only use that if entirely nessecary? It's a bit iffey iirc and not to be used permenantly.

aidan_walsh

netwhizkid wrote:

True, however not entirely, What a paradox! Isn't Airforce one equiped to be refueled while enroute. You know where the tanket pulls up in fornt and leaves back a hose and fills her up with Kerosene in Mid-flight. IF Bush wanted to be on time in Afghanistan and wanted to get there quickly he'd have used in-flight refueling. The Shannon-Stopover was something more I'm afraid it was a chance by him to meet and greet troops in Shannon. Our "Neutral" little country is helping in the slaughter of thousands of Iraqis and there is no point saying otherwise.

Wouldn't that be grossly expensive compared to landing for an hour? Its also a very dangerous trick to pull off.

Savman

I prefer his solo material.

Archytas

netwhizkid wrote:

The Shannon-Stopover was something more I'm afraid it was a chance by him to meet and greet troops in Shannon. Our "Neutral" little country is helping in the slaughter of thousands of Iraqis and there is no point saying otherwise.

Somehow I think its something a little simpler...
The reason for his stopover -

the law wrote:

The United States - Ireland bilateral or Air Services Agreement requires that air carriers operating between the United States and Ireland must provide capacity into Dublin Airport and Shannon.

It requires a special setup not to land there - somehow I think they were just too lazy to get it, so stopped anyway.

And just as a small aside - the military refuels pay for 40% of shannons worker wages. Can anything else do that? Nope. Can you pay their wages? nope. They will not have jobs if the US military pulls out.