Paul Daugherty: yes we have no passports

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

yes we have no passports

Planned vacation to Ireland... supposed to leave Friday for 10 days... hotels, planes, car booked 6 months ago...applied for passports for 2 kids 13 weeks ago...post office guy says, no problem, 6-8 weeks... still waiting... lots of automated phone talk..lots of pressed buttons... lots of hold... lots of talk of expediting and overnighting... no action...actual live human being says passports being processed in New Hampshire... New Hampshire?... tell us go make appointment at Chicago passport office, stand in line for 12 hours... try make appointment... automated line says no appointments available...

very nice effort by G. Bush government...

1st we go to war on false pretense, then we stir up hornet's nest we can't possibly fix...

where is Bin Laden?

we proclaim war on terror by making people traveling to Mexico, Caribbean and Canada acquire passports... don't understand said requirement might swamp passport offices...

then we rescind that requirement, so the people who created the problem in the 1st place can go to mexico, canada and caribbean...

good for them.

meantime, vacation of lifetime is screwed...

now I know why I never voted for a Bush

78 Comments:

at 9:07 AM

Anonymous said...

ouch ... i feel for ya ... having been to ireland 3 times myself ...brilliant place and the guinness flows like water...but i had a trip to ireland cancelled in '97 because a work emergency came up...not the same as the passport snafu yet painful all the same...and don't get me started on dubya...

at 9:13 AM

Anonymous said...

Oh man, you're gonna get it.

you know you're not supposed to say such things in Cincinnati, right?

at 9:17 AM

Anonymous said...

You're a card carrying liberal?

Boy, that's a shocker....who'd a thunk it?

at 9:21 AM

Anonymous said...

booked the vacation 6 months ago and waited 3 months to get passports that in this type of travel are the most important thing... glad none of this is your fault... let's play the blame the president game...... want some cheese with that whine.

Live Big...

at 9:28 AM

Anonymous said...

Paul,
Take it easy buddy. You want to blame everything on the governement, you are sounding a little crazy.
Where is Bin Laden... who cares right now? We haven't had an attack on our home country since 9/11, that is what matters.

at 9:56 AM

Anonymous said...

Hey... it's hot outside today. Let's blame Bush! It's cold tomorrow. Let's... blame Bush! There's a delay in passport applications... Let's see... ummm... how about... let's blame Bush!!!!

Should've applied for those passports a LONG TIME ago. The delays in passport appications are well known. Oh well... Live big and learn!

at 11:05 AM

Anonymous said...

Use your big-time media connections and call Rob Portman. Bet he can secure these passports for you this afternoon.

at 11:12 AM

Anonymous said...

Give me a break!
I don't care if you don't like the president, but to actaully blame him for your passport problems??!!
I also wonder why the passport issue wouldn't be the very first thing you would do after booking the trip. It is the government after all, and it doesn't matter who's running it!

at 11:12 AM

Anonymous said...

Someone sounds a bit bitter...but for apparent good reason(s).

Having gone nowhere outside the United States aside from Tijuana and Toronto, I can't wait until I have to run through the obstacle course and jump through the hoops you're currently encountering.

Especially since a full-blooded Irishman like myself would kill to take a trip to the Emerald Isle.

at 11:16 AM

Anonymous said...

Hard to believe but Dubya is still apparently 'the man of the hour'in solid, stolid Cincy! And Bin Laden is still running free six years after America's biggest massacre!

at 11:26 AM

Anonymous said...

this one is on you, pd. perhaps you can explain how it is bush's fault that you had 6 months to get this together and decided to call this late in the game. Your lack of accountability on this is surprising.

at 11:37 AM

Anonymous said...

The government has been advertising 12 weeks, and you listen to your mailman? Brilliant. With that type of trip, should have paid extra for the Expedited Serivce.

at 11:53 AM

Anonymous said...

Same story here for a trip to Canada, so its not so crucial, but.....they sure cashed our $150 worth of checks to pay for the passports.

at 11:58 AM

Anonymous said...

Doc --

Your situation really stinks. This is a classic case of the people in charge – who are supposed to be smarter -- not being able to see what is plain as day to average folks, that increasing the number of people who need passports without increasing the capacity to handle passports will create a major strain on the system.

If you need a hand with something in Chicago, I’d be happy to help out…don’t have connections or anything, just a former Cincinnatian willing to lend a hand…

at 12:00 PM

Anonymous said...

Paul: Honestly, blame the guy at the post office who should have told you about the logjam with passports. Don't always blame the man.

at 12:38 PM

Anonymous said...

Bush or no Bush, the problem is simply that if you are promised a timeframe, and it's missed, there is recourse or remediation unless you're the government. Same goes with balancing the budget and a number of other things.

Oh and an Anti-Bush voter does not a liberal make!

at 12:52 PM

Tampa Fantom said...

oh Poor Poor Paul. Forget to plan ahead. Bush's fault no doubt look at what he did for the Reds. He hasn't had a hit all year. Also becuase you are an expert in goverment please define: "weapon of Mass destruction" How about an airplane, how about a fuel farm at an airport? As someone who wne t to war an M-16 can kill a lot of people!!

at 1:41 PM

Anonymous said...

My paperboy threw my Enquirer into some dog poop in the yard this morning. It must be Daugherty's fault.
Paul, I'm not a big fan of GW right now but (1) I'll still take him over Al Gore or John Kerry and (2) you are smarter than making a connection between GW and your passport. Act like it.

at 1:46 PM

stucky said...

you're upset about a passport?

I really hope you aren't one of those screaming for government run health care either...this is merely a glimpse into the black hole that is government bureaucracy be it Dem or GOP

at 2:10 PM

1990 wire to wire said...

Come on now Paul. I understand why you are frustrated but are you really going to blame Bush for this? Are you telling me that if John Kerry was in office the passport process would be any more smooth? By the way, can I make a request for the seperation of sports and politics? Two things that should never be mixed

at 2:12 PM

Anonymous said...

To answer one of your questions:

Bin Laden is probably in Pakistan. I guess from the tone of your question you are suggesting we should put a couple US Army Divisions in Pakistan to hunt him down? Even if we didn't invade Iraq (disaster I agree) this would be impossible.

I have no problem with you slamming Bush for Iraq and even the passports.

I have a big problem with the Democrat/Liberal question about where is Bin Laden when they know the answer and they also know there is not much we can do about it.

Good luck with your passport.

at 2:20 PM

Brad said...

Adam Dunn strikes out too much......damn George Bush......

at 2:20 PM

Anonymous said...

I am sure when Bush got re-elected the very first thing on his list of things to do was to ransack the passport system so you can't go on vacation.

Shut up.

at 3:19 PM

Anonymous said...

Bush supporters/Die hard Reds fans:

1. Unable to form an unbiased, objective opinion
2. Love going down with a sinking ship.

Sure you're in the right town, Paul?

at 3:21 PM

Anonymous said...

Good Lord Paulie, it's like you yelled fire in a theater full of conservatives watching Passion of the Christ. Better run.

...Ahhh, to be in God's country, ain't it grand.

at 3:27 PM

Anonymous said...

Me Rupblican! Me Angry! Paul make Rupblicans ANGRY!!! FIRE BAD!!!

at 3:28 PM

Anonymous said...

"Oh and an Anti-Bush voter does not a liberal make!"

PD's thinking is liberal...not his lack of voting for either Bush. PD thinks that big daddy government is to blame for all his troubles. He thinks there is a government program for each and every problem he may have. That would be liberal and scary.

at 3:32 PM

Anonymous said...

Now I know why I like you even less than I did before.

Sheesh! I cannot believe you are actually blaming the president for your passport problems.

If I were investing that much into a trip like that I think I might have planned ahead a little better than you did.

at 3:35 PM

Anonymous said...

Paul,
Have you ever considered that Bush just hates you and is holding up your passports because of your opposition to the war?

at 3:45 PM

Anonymous said...

Democrats/Liberals

1. Also unable to form an unbiased, objective opinion

2. Wanting the government to do everything for them and feel they are entitled to things they have not earned or worked for.

3. If you can't come up with any evidence to support an argument, then you can always resort to making fun of conservative Christians.

If you think George Bush is bad, just wait until Hillary gets into office.

I don't even want to think about it.

at 3:52 PM

Anonymous said...

"Paul make Rupblicans ANGRY!"

I thought Paul was the angry one. Did you read his post?

at 4:24 PM

Anonymous said...

Let’s say the passport thing is Bush's fault. So because of Bush's mistake you can't go to Ireland.

Because of Bush's "other" mistake, 3500 Americans are dead.

Put your life in perspective Paul!

at 5:12 PM

Anonymous said...

The first thought that crossed my mind was "made plane and hotel reservations 6 months ago... applied for passports 13 weeks ago...." Why the heck did you wait so long????????????? I would have applied as soon as I had my reservations made (did that, in fact, for a trip to Europe three years ago).

The State Department is in the process of adding 1100 people to its Consular Operations staff (the people who process passports). They have already added 750 of those folks. But the volume of passport applications went from 1 million a month to almost 2 million a month. No one can be expected to have forseen that.

In the end, you have no one to blame but yourself for the 3-month delay. If you want to blame the President, go ahead.

at 6:32 PM

Paul Daugherty said...

Appreciate very much all the Anonymous bravado

at 7:08 PM

Anonymous said...

If your boy from Arkansas would have had the nuts to take Bin Laden out when he had the chance (actually chances), instead of bombing a factory and blaming the miss on the military, you might have had the government bail you out of your poor planning.

Do you draw cartoons as well?

at 7:16 PM

Anonymous said...

"Appreciate very much all the Anonymous bravado"

Paul, I would post with my name but it is a pain to sign in every time. I don't think it would be any more or less brave to put a name on a comment.

Anyway, hats off to you as you have shown true bravado in blaming your botched vacation on George Bush.

at 7:20 PM

Anonymous said...

Hey Paul,

This happened to us! We were taking the kids on a trip and applied for our passports FIVE MONTHS early, and the passports still hadn't arrived the week before we were supposed to leave!
I got stuck in voicemail hell for a solid two hours, then got mad as hell and drove to the Madeira post office, where an unbelievably nice and patient postal employee tracked down somebody with the answers, and got our passports sent to us in 2 days! (I think it helped that I had two kids in full-on meltdown stage with me!)
I'd recommend going to a PO in person and pleading and begging until you get somebody to make a call for you. Also.. didn't the passport rules change recently so that you just need a receipt that shows you've applied, plus a driver's license or birth certificate?
Keep the faith and good luck!

at 9:14 PM

Chad said...

Amen, Paul. I had my first trip out of country -- a trip to London to visit family -- canceled by a longer-than-life delay on my passport. I hate to tell you this, but you should abandon all hope. I got mine nine weeks after my scheduled vacation date.

at 9:26 PM

Unknown said...

Tsk, tsk ... it is too bad about your holiday. Of course, the global war on terror does not really exist. Luckily, the new Congress now led by the Democratic party has removed that term from being used, so we really have nothing to worry about. We just need to bring back our troops from Iraq and Afghanistan where they have been attacked by innocent locals outraged by Bush tossing out Saddam and the Taliban. Since there is no war with terror, the Alqueda fighters from different parts of the world really never entered Iraq in the first place. And once we leave Iraq, all we be good with the world since then there will be no one to attack since we are so well isolated by our two oceans. Of course, this would prevent any bad guys from crossing over from Canada or Mexico. So why worry about tightening up the border controls ... we may inconvenience ourselves.

Butterball, you always knew how to stir the pot; kudos to you this is a good one.

at 5:45 AM

Anonymous said...

I won't be anonymous. Why is it George's fault? Was it his fault that idiots took down the WTC? No. I feel zero sympathy for you. Boo hoo. You missed your overpriced vacation. Take the money and give it to some poor stressed out parent at Children's who is watching their kid die right before their eyes even with all the best efforts. It is not the end of the world Paul. GET OVER IT!!

at 7:39 AM

Anonymous said...

Wow, Republicans really are a bunch of crybabies.

at 7:50 AM

Anonymous said...

Paul,
Man, all these people are railing on you. I feel bad you are going to miss your vacation. Hope you get to reschedule it.

Shame on all of you who are slamming him! If you don't agree with someone's politics fine, and if you want to resent someone for having an open forum to express his thoughts then fine. (even though he's kind of earned it) But cut the guy some slack. Passports have always been a 6-8 week process and now because te government is behind this guy's gonna miss his dream vacation. I'd be mad too

at 8:33 AM

Unknown said...

A social science experiment

1) Prior to leaving for vacation, post a polarizing political statement.

2) Open up commenting for all readers.

3) Enjoy your respite (unfortunately stateside...but hey the dollar is so weak right now the Ireland trip would cost a small fortune).

4)Upon return, check and see how many comments have been made and pick out some of your favorites for analysis.

PD, liberal or anti-bush, I still enjoy the columns, and the polarizing statements.

at 8:38 AM

Nathan said...

Contact your Congressman. I was able to get my passport processed in 5 days through my Congressman's offie.

at 11:34 AM

Anonymous said...

Gee, Paul, perhaps you should have just 'raked leaves' instead of taking a vacation?

btw, after seven years, you clowns on the left that voted for Gore and John 'marriage is a career move' Kerry need to come up with better material.

How long did it take Clinton to catch the Unibomber? He was here in America the entire time. How bout the Olympic Park bomber?

If finding one man was as easy as those on the left pretend, they wouldn't have run 'anybody but Bush' in 2004.

And you wouldn't have the President to blame for your own screw up with your passport.

Sheesh

at 11:35 AM

Anonymous said...

Blooger makes us Anon, unless signed up. I'm Mike. Paul these Anon Bush lovers need to get a grip. It's pretty pathetic when we live in America and we can't trust the Gov for anything. This US Gov running America are nothing but criminals anyway. BUSH is a Criminal. How do you Anon Idiots like that. And we should keep Adam Dunn up and not trade him. We need a strikeout slugger. Also you OHIO people put Bush in office anyway.

at 12:32 PM

Anonymous said...

Suprised you didn't have passports for you family already? I would think you'd be a world traveller already, on Gannett's dime? Even before the new requirements were inplace, it was smart move to have a passport...just check out the long non-passport lines to get into Mexico, say at the Cancun Aeropuerto...
Its really been no secret for 2 years or so that the new requirements will be in place 2007 and 2008; we are a country of procrastinators, so boo hoo b/c you waited too long -- don't you read or subsrcibe to your own paper?
All that blame Bush on EVERYTHING, crack open a 6th grade Civics Book and find out who makes the laws. Something called Congress?
Dan F.

at 12:42 PM

Paul Daugherty said...

Hey, 1232...read the post again. Or, maybe, have someone read it for you. I have a passport. The issue didnt become news until a few weeks ago. Why? Just a random guess... because passport problems werent an issue until a few weeks ago. As for not blaming Bush: Buck Stops Here. That saying was on Truman's Oval Office desk. He was a Democrat.

at 1:43 PM

Anonymous said...

Paul,
Anon1232 (or Dan F) here...

I did READ the post, why I types "passports for your family"
I was referring to the news -regarding- the new requirements, not the news that the passports were -backlogged-?. We should have expected the backlog coming. Last year I went to the Bahamas, wifey has no PP, I heard the about req's, and checked and double checked both our State Dept and their travel ministry to make sure. She didn't need one then, but almost got here one anyway, seeing the new reqt's.

I heard PP's for Canada and Mex...said to myself "what a mess that will be". I agree it is a stupid idea and does not foster good relations with our neighbors. I suspect it was added to the Patriot act by some Lobby.

As for the veto..."well its his fault for not vetoing the bill our lawmakers passed anyway?"..whatever happened to the talk about the line item veto anyway?

at 11:27 PM

Scott Evans said...

Paul,

If you truly thought the "Buck stops here" was anything more than a slogan with Truman you really should study the history of the Presidents.

I hope you now realize though that the Federal govt was never setup or intended to be a public service organization as many liberals want it to be and how most conservatives elected have made it. My professor for my last MBA class worked for a govt check processing office in Columbus. No one is truly accountable for where the money goes and the red tape created is rediculous. This is why government ran health care would be a human rights disaster.

As far as Bush's presidency is concerned, he will probably be judged in history somewhere in the middle. Somewhere along the way he forgot how to communicate to the people, even if those reporting the news refuse to write headlines that praise him when he does do something right or has a victory on an issue (such as the diplomatic victory with Russia on missle defense systems).

My opinion on Bush is he was the best canidate both times he ran, in 2000 and 2004. However, he lost all ability to speak English somewhere around 2005. However, your assertion that we went to war under false pretense is also misleading. There were more reasons we went to war other than WMD's. We had been at war with Saddam pretty much since the end of the first Gulf War as he would fire at our planes on a daily basis and violated nearly ever part of the cease fire agreement signed in 1991. That was reason enough right there to goto war. As far execution of the war and most importantly, communicating why it is important for us to fight, we have failed on that front.

Ya know you could always do what C Trent does and require everyone to log in. His blog is very popular despite that and most of the time avoids the anonymous attacks.

Scott

at 12:19 AM

Anonymous said...

I thought this was a sports blog?

at 7:32 AM

Anonymous said...

Is this a joke? Done to stir up blog discussion? This passport business is no surprise to anyone who's dealt with government agencies before. Let's place the blame where it belongs, BIG Government...you get what you asked for...and since apparently you voted for Gore and Kerry the last 2 elections, I would assume you'd be happy with the results of BIG Government. Also, how do you know Bin Ladin is still alive? Did Harry Reid tell you or did Nancy Pelosi (the san fransisco treat) go visit him when she recently played "speaker of the state" and met up with our enemies and kissed their behinds? If he is alive, he's hiding in the mountains while motivating gullible morons to go kill themselves for misguided reasons (talk about anonymous bravado) Mike in Fairfield, email available upon request, i'll check back. (and by the way, if harry truman were alive today and saw the current democratic party, he'd vomit)

at 9:23 AM

Kurt said...

Since 911 the USA, CIA, FBI, Military and Bush led government has thwarted a hundered or so potential terrorists attacks. Where is Bin Laden, why don't you ask Clinton? Clinton was given Bin Laden on a silver platter and Clinton passed. Paul you are a cry baby. You do not at all resemble the immigrants who shared your last name that made it to the USA from Ireland. You could not handle what Irish immigrants had to endure nor could you handle 1 week of Infantry basic training. Hate, blame, spin, whine, yeah typical mean liberal.

at 10:33 AM

Antonio said...

Hilarious that if you can contact your congressman (or pay to expedite) things seem to work.

The problem, and I DO blame the president for this, in insisting on implementing a program that the government infrastructure was in no way ready to handle.

Similar to the president's insistence on fighting a war the peace for which we were not prepared to establish.

Similar, honestly, to Bingo Bob Castellini's insistence that the Reds "win now" and yet failure to realize the team is in no position to do so without some major overhaul.

That's many Neo Con's for ya, can't see the forest for the trees.

The best part is this is as a result of the Canada/Mexico passport crunch. If you will recall, this is supposedly to protect us from terrorists. Apparently it is so vital that the government decided to allow 9 months or so between the announcement of the requirements and the actual enforcement of the rules.

While I think most Americans should carry passports like the rest of the world, and I don't mind the implementation of this sort of program, couching it in this "war on terror" catch-all and then allowing nine months to implement and fees to expedite is silly.

Wonder how many terrorists slipped into America between the announcement and the implementation?

Let's please not pretend this is about fighting terrorism. Like much else that has gone on since 9/11, terrorism is being used as a cloak to cover true motivations and desires. The people that blindly buy it aren't patriotic, they're sheep.

at 10:46 AM

Antonio said...

P.S.

How dare any of you to laud Bush and bash liberals at the same time?

This man is LESS conservative when it comes to governance than Bill Clinton. If you don't understand that, you don't understand politics.

Spend spend spend. Hardly conservative.

And I doubt Paul D is a liberal. If you are any sort of regular reader of his, it's fairly obvious he is much more of a Libertarian than anything. As the government, be it Democratic or Republican, continues to erode our rights and the constitution, more and more people will be like Paul.

at 6:54 PM

ewad said...

I understand that beating up on President Bush has become a national sport... but not everything is his fault.

at 6:56 PM

Anonymous said...

The ones at fault are the pathetic unions who do almost all of the work for the government. Perhaps if they weren't so overpaid and taking coffee breaks every 20 minutes you might get to go on your trip.

at 7:00 PM

Anonymous said...

AlQaeda is who you should blame.
For most people it is too easy to blame the President. When did we become a nation of ill informed cowards.

at 7:34 AM

Anonymous said...

out of control gas prices, border patrol issues, terrible economy, war and loss of thousands of soldiers, no child left behind farce....

yeah, he's great. Anon7:00pm references "ill-informed cowards"....and those people are the reason that jackass was re-elected. bloods on your hands as well people!!!

at 11:01 AM

Anonymous said...

Hey Doc,

Did you know you can fly(or drive) to Washington D.C. and get your passport processed in one day? It costs about $20 more. You drop off all your info and photo I.D., then go eat some lunch and sight see for a few hours, come back and its done.

at 7:50 PM

Anonymous said...

Hope you got the passports in time.
People sure get their panties in a bunch when it comes Bush. Typical for Cincinnati.

at 8:48 PM

Anonymous said...

Went to Aruba last summer. Applied for passports. They said 6-8 weeks. Had 'em in four.

Am I supposed to credit Bush for getting my passports early?

at 8:21 AM

Anonymous said...

at 9:26 PM quarter_nelson said...

"Butterball"?

The neo-nazis (and what is a neo-con if not a childish neo-nazi?) are getting a little creepy. God forbid their love of killing non-americans but, now creepy to boot (lick).

(Got to go with anon because little else seems to work these days. Can't Enquirer afford it's own blog? Especially now that they no longer seem to carry columns. Sorry, Paul, I'm not buying the rag.)

Sincerely, R M Reddicks

at 8:28 AM

Anonymous said...

Possibly Irish Embassy or Consulate could expedite. Seems like a push but, maybe.

ADDRESS:
Consulate General of Ireland
535 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116

TELEPHONE:
(617) 267 9330

I'd try the above Boston one. Probably you'll just lose the price of a phone call. Put it on the 'Enquirer' dime, eh.

Urge you to be careful if you go to the Guiness brewery. Theives have been known to target rental cars there. Keep your valuables somewhere else. And have a Guiness for me!

- R M Reddicks

at 11:47 AM

Krawhitham said...

I won't be anonymous. Why is it George's fault? Was it his fault that idiots took down the WTC? No.

It sure is when you have a memo on your desk that says terrorist plan to fly planes into buildings and you do nothing about it

at 8:51 AM

ewad said...

Tom... the scary thing is there are a lot of waco's out there who think it is Bush's fault. They believe the idiots like Rosie who think that Bush probably planted the charges himself. Then pushed the plunger.... the planes driven by islamo fascist murderers were just props.

at 8:53 AM

Anonymous said...

Notice the only areas of the US with a bad economy are the parts where unions control things. They are destroying their own local economy. Then they blame Bush and the republicans.
Look in the mirror. There are reasons the nation has record low unemployment... and you can't get a job.

at 11:50 AM

Anonymous said...

My neighbor did the same thing. You can call all the people you want, don't waste your time - Drive to Chicago and get in line.

at 4:30 PM

Anonymous said...

I mailed mine in thru my Congressman's office on a Monday, received it Thursday. Whats the big deal?

at 1:34 PM

Anonymous said...

"where is Bin Laden"

Hey, at least we got that dastardly Paris Hilton off the streets and behind bars.

Bush sucks, he's an idiot, a criminal puppet of the extreme right. 580 days and counting until the Obama administration starts.

Glad you found a reason to vent, sorry about your vacation.

at 2:50 PM

Anonymous said...

I doubt very much that Truman had passport processing in mind when he said "the buck stops here."

You guys wanted big daddy government. Don't whine when it predictably fails.

By the way, my name is Steve Maynard, I'm from down the river in Huntington and I live in Tampa.

Non-anonymous for ya?

at 7:48 PM

Anonymous said...

You voted for Gore ???
Guess you fit in with the rest of the lefties at 312 !
Misery loves company: at least you will always be welcome at Stan Chesley's even if the 700 gig collapses like the Saddam regime.
Explain to me how launching SCUDS at Israel, gassing Kurds, and shooting at US military not worthy of military response.

BTW, my family emigrated from Ireland between 1820s and 1840s. My late father's sister has archived original passage documents of the journey she obtained while visiting family: even viewed the family plot of her great great great great great grandmother. I do hope you make it "home."

P.S. My late father, a Boston longshoreman, voted for FDR,Truman Kennedy, Humphrey, Carter, Reagan, and Bush. Can we all be enlightened moderates ?

at 8:40 PM

Anonymous said...

Found more reason to dislike your ramblings...being good at sarcasm does not necessarily make for a good writer...you DO make a great whining victim though. Get a real job. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest!

at 10:23 PM

Unknown said...

Paul -- I think you have a new calling. This string of political commentary has really taken on some legs.

I'm in suspense; did you really cancel the entire trip, or was there a last minute reprieve?

David O aka quarternelson ... how's your neck feel?

at 12:33 PM

G-RANT said...

you're right about not blaming bush for everything, we should be blaming bush's cronies for everything.

at 6:33 AM

Anonymous said...

Didn't you blame Bush for your neighbor's "streetlight"?

at 10:58 AM

Anonymous said...

What loser books a CAR in Ireland, then waits 3 months later to file for a PASSPORT?

The Media has had passport waiting stories for the past 18 months since the Gov't (Oh no, BUSH!) let it be known that EVERYONE would need passports to go basically EVERYWHERE!

And this liberal rag reporter blames his own idiocy on Bush?

PS. I remember when some Liberals were actually smart. Dang I miss those days.

at 7:00 PM

Anonymous said...

typical idiot that blames someone
else for their own stupid mistakes.
Vote for Hillary next time then we will get to see some real complaining.

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