Very OT: The beast gets stuck
May 23, 2011, 8:59 am
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Very OT: The beast gets stuck
Prob the world most secure car gets beaten by a speed ramp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKym-Zi3mOQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKym-Zi3mOQ
May 23, 2011, 9:59 am
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I have to agree that actually had me laughing out loud, Secret Service response is what I would have expected though. Bet the counter assault team had a heart attack when the Suburbans they were in stopped suddenly, that doesn't happen too often in the motorcade.
May 23, 2011, 10:20 am
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Just for completeness you can't tell whether this was the decoy limo or the one with POTUS in. That's one of the reasons that the USSS moved to block the view of the crowd. Still very funny though.
The BBC have a better video of it here plus reactions.
The BBC have a better video of it here plus reactions.
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May 23, 2011, 10:42 am
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Great video - currently doing the rounds on my Facebook/Twitter ^
They mix up which is the decoy limo and which is the live limo, so hard to say whether Obama was in the one that got stuck.
I would have expected a more rapid Secret Service response, however. They seemed to pause for a long time before getting something to block the view.
They mix up which is the decoy limo and which is the live limo, so hard to say whether Obama was in the one that got stuck.
I would have expected a more rapid Secret Service response, however. They seemed to pause for a long time before getting something to block the view.
May 23, 2011, 10:46 am
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Summary:
<Scrape!>
Oooooh!
<Crunch!>
Aaaaah!
Hilarious stuff, and very representative of our government - overweight and without any forsight.
<Scrape!>
Oooooh!
<Crunch!>
Aaaaah!
Hilarious stuff, and very representative of our government - overweight and without any forsight.
May 23, 2011, 11:15 am
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I have much sympathy for Barry O'Barrma ... who would ever had expected that Dublin wouldn't have such smooth and level roadways as they do on the Beltway