Dick Cheney will be downtown today

[PonderInc]

Fun fact: our esteemed (or whatever) VP, Dick Cheney, will be at the Crowne Plaze this PM for an event.  2nd street will be closed for his arrival and departure.  I was down in the tunnel system yesterday and there were some signs saying the tunnel will be closed today as well.  Now I know why.

(Don't know if it's a fundraiser or what.  Tulsa must be more conservative than I thought if he's coming here...is Cheney still a considered an asset to the GOP?)

[jne]

So where is the 'free speech' zone?

[dbacks fan]

I thought he might be in town to do some bird hunting.

[TUalum0982]

quote:Originally posted by PonderInc

Fun fact: our esteemed (or whatever) VP, Dick Cheney, will be at the Crowne Plaze this PM for an event.  2nd street will be closed for his arrival and departure.  I was down in the tunnel system yesterday and there were some signs saying the tunnel will be closed today as well.  Now I know why.

(Don't know if it's a fundraiser or what.  Tulsa must be more conservative than I thought if he's coming here...is Cheney still a considered an asset to the GOP?)

yeah they flew in 2 C-17's yesterday to unload his cadillac and also the secret service black SUV's.  Should be arriving around 4pm or so this afternoon.  I did notice two other "big planes" flying close by one another just a few minutes ago though.

[breitee]

BFD.

[FOTD]

I am guessing the low number of active members today is connected to this event.

It's not the Semgroup Tournament nor the fact that it's a wonderful day outside. His minions shrivel up in sunlight!

BFD indeed. Wonder if he is being accompanied by our Senator who yesterday turned his back on post 9-11 soldiers and other GI's for polital gain McCain.

[joiei]

I don't have time for "the dick", i will be busy working as a volunteer with Chef Philippe Garmy to plate the 8 course dinner for the Wine Experience and Auction tonight at Philbrook.

[cannon_fodder]

When Dick Cheney was in town in 2003 I almost got arrest by the Secret Service and then yelled at a McDonald's employee.  

Long story short(er), someone was supposed to shut down the street and didn't... so a 20 something in a  Buick driving slowly and looking all around (couldn't find the 244 on ramp, was seeking signs, I was new to Downtown at the time) rolls by Cheney's parked motorcade.  Did I mentioned I was downtown to pick up a brick of ammunition from the downtown UPS store and had it in my trunk at the time?  I also had an Iowa driver's license but had initially said I lived in Tulsa (I did).

They were not amused.  Many men with ear pieces and black sunglasses ensued.  cannon_fodder spent significant time sitting on a curb cross legged with my key's and wallet in the possession of someone else.  I was officially banned from downtown until Chaney left Sunday evening "if I wanted to avoid trouble."  They did not over react and pull guns or anything, but definitely were not overly sympathetic to my cause.

So because of them I was late to McDonald's and missed out on my McGriddle time frame, then the drive through lady yelled at me for "not asking for ketchup when I ordered," which I did as indicated on the receipt.  I was not amused. So I suggested she was 40 years old and handing food out in paper bags for a reason.  She was not amused.

I think I started drinking by noon.






[edit]Spell checker wanted to change Cheney to Chaney, I didn't argue.  But I relented and now changed it to be correct[/edit]

[FOTD]

Grate post....LMFAO!

Way to go CF!

[Renaissance]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder


I think I started drinking by noon.

That would be the correct response to said chain of events.  Bravo.

[MichaelBates]

quote:Originally posted by PonderInc

Fun fact: our esteemed (or whatever) VP, Dick Cheney, will be at the Crowne Plaze this PM for an event.  2nd street will be closed for his arrival and departure.  I was down in the tunnel system yesterday and there were some signs saying the tunnel will be closed today as well.  Now I know why.

(Don't know if it's a fundraiser or what.  Tulsa must be more conservative than I thought if he's coming here...is Cheney still a considered an asset to the GOP?)

Tomorrow is the Republican State Convention -- first time in Tulsa in 20 years -- and there's always a fundraising gala the night before. Cheney is speaking at the $100-a-plate dinner, which is sold out. (He won't be at the convention tomorrow.)

[Conan71]

I had forgotten about Cheney coming to town.  As I neared Arnies coming down Detroit toward 2nd, I thought there'd been a car wreck.  I turned right on 3rd, left on Elgin, deputy was blocking that intersection.  I was wondering if it was a bike race.  Soon as I looked around and saw the rest of the security detail all up and down 2nd, I finally remembered "the big event".

Definitely would not have been the right time to go walking into the pawn shop next to Arnies with an AR-15 slung over one's shoulder.

[bugo]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

When Dick Cheney was in town in 2003 I almost got arrest by the Secret Service and then yelled at a McDonald's employee.  

Long story short(er), someone was supposed to shut down the street and didn't... so a 20 something in a  Buick driving slowly and looking all around (couldn't find the 244 on ramp, was seeking signs, I was new to Downtown at the time) rolls by Cheney's parked motorcade.  Did I mentioned I was downtown to pick up a brick of ammunition from the downtown UPS store and had it in my trunk at the time?  I also had an Iowa driver's license but had initially said I lived in Tulsa (I did).

They were not amused.  Many men with ear pieces and black sunglasses ensued.  cannon_fodder spent significant time sitting on a curb cross legged with my key's and wallet in the possession of someone else.  I was officially banned from downtown until Chaney left Sunday evening "if I wanted to avoid trouble."  They did not over react and pull guns or anything, but definitely were not overly sympathetic to my cause.

Do they not care about bad publicity?  Had this happened to me, and had I been a Cheney supporter (I am defintely anything but a Cheney supporter) I would have dropped my support and started actively supporting the other party.

[perspicuity85]

quote:Originally posted by PonderInc
(Don't know if it's a fundraiser or what.  Tulsa must be more conservative than I thought if he's coming here...is Cheney still a considered an asset to the GOP?)

Inhofe, a native Tulsan, is perhaps the most conservative Senator in the country.  That fact alone will make Tulsa seem like home for ol' Dick.  I just hope no one around T-Town agrees to go hunting with him...

[RecycleMichael]

quote:Originally posted by perspicuity85
I just hope no one around T-Town agrees to go hunting with him...

Oh come on. He shot a lawyer. Nobody is going to miss a few of them.