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Posted: 4/17/2010 2:14:15 PM EDT

so is the volcanic ash just a convenient excuse not to go to the polish president's funeral or could he still have made the trip?

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:15:23 PM EDT

[#1]

Ash in jet engines is not good.

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:15:42 PM EDT

[#2]

Or he could just fly south into Poland.

This is obviously bullshit.

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:16:29 PM EDT

[#3]

Seeing as Europe is shut down I think this one is legit.

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:17:03 PM EDT

[#4]

If we had a President of Polish ancestry, he would make it there...

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:17:39 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

so is the volcanic ash just a convenient excuse not to go to the polish president's funeral or could he still have made the trip?

Nobody is flying even a Piper Cub in Europe. It's the lowest number of flights since 9.11.

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:19:46 PM EDT

[#6]

Not going is a pretty reasonable decision to me given the current conditions over there.

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:21:10 PM EDT

[#7]

This one is legit - Polish airspace is closed except for Krakow, and weather forecasts indicate the ash cloud will close that and other airports in souther Europe in the next few days if the ash volume continues as it is now. He can probably get in, but there is a good chance he would be stuck there. Not that I would miss him or anything...

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:25:02 PM EDT

[#8]

Yeah getting the ash into the engines is bad juju for jets. Of all the things Obama fucks up, I think we can let this one slide.

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:25:44 PM EDT

[#9]

Yeah, it's legit. Very few are making the trip.

HH

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:26:34 PM EDT

[#10]

fucking drive to Poland, it's only a few hours away via high-speed motorcade, duh!

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:29:28 PM EDT

[#11]

I think he should chance it and fly anyway....

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:30:49 PM EDT

[#12]

Legit. Fuck him anyway.

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:33:38 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
This one is legit - Polish airspace is closed except for Krakow, and weather forecasts indicate the ash cloud will close that and other airports in souther Europe in the next few days if the ash volume continues as it is now. He can probably get in, but there is a good chance he would be stuck there. Not that I would miss him or anything...

alright. i was wondering if he could fly farther south then up to poland, guess not.

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:33:53 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
I think he should chance it and fly anyway....

I like where your head's at.

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:35:49 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:

so is the volcanic ash just a convenient excuse not to go to the polish president's funeral or could he still have made the trip?

Are you being deliberately obtuse? Are flying conditions unsafe or are airlines canceling tens of thousands of flights just to give President Obama an excuse not to go? Tell me, which is more plausible.

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:36:37 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:

Ash in jet engines is not good.

In this case, it would've been good for the country.

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:36:56 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

Quoted:

so is the volcanic ash just a convenient excuse not to go to the polish president's funeral or could he still have made the trip?

Are you being deliberately obtuse? Are flying conditions unsafe or are airlines canceling tens of thousands of flights just to give President Obama an excuse not to go? Tell me, which is more plausible.

hey i've got a plane and pilot standing by, you wanna go to europe?

one way trip

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:44:51 PM EDT

[#18]

THERE IS NOTHING THE MESSIAH CAN"T DO, NOTHING, so, this must be a plot,,,He could just Appear in Poland if he really wanted to

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:45:54 PM EDT

[#19]

Nobody to bow to?

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:46:11 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:

Quoted:

so is the volcanic ash just a convenient excuse not to go to the polish president's funeral or could he still have made the trip?

Are you being deliberately obtuse? Are flying conditions unsafe or are airlines canceling tens of thousands of flights just to give President Obama an excuse not to go? Tell me, which is more plausible.

hey i've got a plane and pilot standing by, you wanna go to europe?

one way trip

Sure, I'll just fly in by way of Asia and take a train when we hit closed airspace.

Posted: 4/17/2010 2:49:10 PM EDT

[#21]

Book him a flight on Aeroflot.

Posted: 4/17/2010 3:20:37 PM EDT

[#22]

Posted: 4/17/2010 3:23:54 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:

Ash in jet engines is not good.

for Obama, me think it should be a GO ;)

Posted: 4/17/2010 3:24:09 PM EDT

[#24]

I saw today where Norway's president had to fly from NY to Spain then drive to Norway. Why risk you're life flying to a funeral as a political gesture? I wouldn't.

Posted: 4/17/2010 4:06:58 PM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:

Ash in jet engines is not good.

for Obama, me think it should be a GO ;)

We don't need a martyr on our hands.

Posted: 4/17/2010 4:09:03 PM EDT

[#26]

The German Chancellor had to fly to Lisbon and also had to take a car back to Berlin. So I would venture to say as others that this is legit.

Posted: 4/17/2010 4:09:54 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:

Ash in jet engines is not good.

Most times.

Posted: 4/17/2010 4:11:10 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

Ash in jet engines is not good.

Most times.

This.

If you're asking if he got in AF1 and made an actual attempt to get into Poland? Probably not.

Posted: 4/17/2010 4:11:13 PM EDT

[#29]

Couldn't he just flap his big, ol' Dumbo ears?

Posted: 4/17/2010 4:12:08 PM EDT

[#30]

I call BS. Why would somebody who's made a career out of alienating our allies actually decide to go to the funeral of one of our greatest allies leader's?

Posted: 4/17/2010 4:12:23 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:

I think he should chance it and fly anyway....

+1

Posted: 4/17/2010 4:17:23 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I think he should chance it and fly anyway....

+1

Do it, do it!!

Posted: 4/17/2010 4:19:57 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

Quoted:

I think he should chance it and fly anyway....

+1

Do it, do it!!

Go for broke it's our allie Poland... doh! he's waiting for Castro

Posted: 4/17/2010 4:33:07 PM EDT

[#34]

I think he should try to make it and take Pelosi and Reed with him.

Posted: 4/17/2010 4:42:46 PM EDT

[#35]

the event isn't about how great he is, so he's skipping it.

come on. turn on the news once in a while - there's this volcano leading every newscast.

Posted: 4/17/2010 5:38:11 PM EDT

[#36]

Unless Putin also cancels (nd maybe even if he does), it is crucial to our foreign policy for Obama to be there and show or strong support (I think he couldn't care much less, though) especially given the political campaign Russia has been conducting to try to woo Poland during their window of opportunity running up to the elections. If it means he has to land in another country and get on a train or something, he should do it.

Posted: 4/17/2010 5:40:16 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
I think he should chance it and fly anyway....

For the childrens.

Posted: 4/17/2010 5:43:44 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
This one is legit - Polish airspace is closed except for Krakow, and weather forecasts indicate the ash cloud will close that and other airports in souther Europe in the next few days if the ash volume continues as it is now. He can probably get in, but there is a good chance he would be stuck there. Not that I would miss him or anything...

Maybe we could get them to keep him !??

Do you think we would get kielbasa and pierogi's in trade ... or would we have to dowry him ???

Posted: 4/17/2010 5:45:18 PM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:

Ash in jet engines is not good.

for Obama, me think it should be a GO ;)

We don't need a martyr on our hands.

+1 I see enough MLK 'memorial' shit as is, I don't want to see an Obama memorial in DC or drive on Obama avenue.

Posted: 4/17/2010 6:03:31 PM EDT

[#40]

Just send Joe the Biden, that's his job anyways.

If they really wanted to have someone big at the funeral (IE: lying sack of shit or the Veep) they would have, as it is I'm sure the ambassador will be representing the USA....... He did appoint an ambassador to Poland right?

Posted: 4/17/2010 6:11:21 PM EDT

[#41]

He could parachute out of the Space Shuttle: if anyone could do it, it would be the great one. The Russians could launch him into space and he could splash down in the Potomac.

Posted: 4/17/2010 6:22:12 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:
He could parachute out of the Space Shuttle: if anyone could do it, it would be the great one. The Russians could launch him into space and he could splash down in the Potomac.

Bonzo Goes Into Space ?? ..... your avatar, how aprapos

Posted: 4/17/2010 6:43:35 PM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:
If we had a President of Polish ancestry, he would make it there...

Yeah, and he'd take the Vice-President, Speaker of the House, Secretary of State, Congress, the Fed Chairman, the Senate, the Joint Chief's of Staff...