On 8 May, 01:11, "Pat" wrote:
> But how could a private pilot "buzz" the ranch of the most powerful
> leader in the world?!
> Clearly, the airforce must have received some sort of "stand down"
> order, and no doubt "Kirk's" Super Cub was in fact a disguised
> military aircraft. I'm sure a controlled demolition was involved
> somewhere too.
>
> I've been past the ranch on a bicycle, more than once. There is nothing on
> the road telling someone which property belongs to anyone. You just have to
> know in advance and the average person wouldn't know. At the gate, you
> cannot see any buildings. They're that far away! You can stand at the gate
> and look around, but you will see nothing but acres of rolling pasture.
>
> The Secret Service have a compound a little closer to town, and you sure can
> tell what that is from all of the activity, but, get a grip here: George
> Bush was not there! Why on earth would the USAF fly planes over ranch land
> when nobody is there? To protect the mesquite bushes?
>
> As for the"town", that is stretching it a bit, too. This is a small group of
> buildings along a farm to market road out in the plains. I don't even
> remember seeing a stop light. We stopped at the local church for a rest
> break---I was riding in the Waco Wild West 100 bicycle charity ride they
> have every year in October. One of the attractions for the bicycle ride is
> that it goes "past the Western White House." But, realistically, the better
> benefit of that ride is that it stops at the Mars Candy Bar factory in Waco.
>
> Please get over your impression that the word "ranch" evokes. This property
> is nothing but a few thousand acres of pasture, woodland, and maybe a creek
> or two. There are no herds of cattle or cowboys or anything of that sort.
> It's more like a country retreat than a working ranch.
>
> Now, walking into "town" carrying a gas can? What is the purpose of that?
> It's eccentric behavior that might be thought of as normal in England, but
> this is a sleepy hamlet with no foot traffic at all.
>
> Nothing to see here, folks, move right along.
>
> Pat in TX
perhaps he needed some petrol........but I agree, lethal injection is
too good for his sort..... |