19 March 2010

Preparations for the POTUS road show

19 March 2010 | By Pandy

So who has seen what?
Letter boxes welded shut?
Men in black suits walkiong around with wires out of their ears?
Secret Service snipers on buidlings

[Ed – or spending up their travelling allowance now that the show has been cancelled]

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gannet9:00 am 21 Mar 10

That google search shows it is Presidents, plural. So who are the other ones?

I still think it sounds like a disease, or something that parents of nappy wearing babies would have to deal with.

And now that it has been delayed, does that make it
POTUS interuptus ?

merlin bodega9:27 pm 20 Mar 10

Time was we just called HIM (it’s never a her) “the president”. At least we have come that far. What debacles from the AFP await us? I can’t wait.

grunge_hippy5:09 pm 20 Mar 10

actually, the best place to watch AF1 landing would be the baby change room at brand depot. Top spot for plane watching… and the best baby change room in canberra. pity its at brand depot. worst. shopping. centre. ever.

MrPC8:46 pm 19 Mar 10

Oddly enough, there IS a grassy knoll alongside the main road out of Canberra Airport.

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=canberra+international+airport&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=33.551046,86.572266&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Canberra+International+Airport+Australian+Capital+Territory&ll=-35.310284,149.188918&spn=0.001869,0.005284&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=-35.310272,149.188799&panoid=Kjp0_oT__ObMyrA6XGtVlA&cbp=12,124.7,,1,-1.15

Of course, disembarkation would likely be on the Fairbairn side, where the VIP hangar is, so the motorcade would never pass it.

Pandy8:31 pm 19 Mar 10

Of course they are watching.

But had to larf when I read this week that when Bush was in town last time they had snipers on a hill 20km out from the airport hushing the land owners to secrecy. Would that have been near Mt Rob Roy?

Primal6:41 pm 19 Mar 10

p1 said :