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Another great link:Bush rescuing his Secret Service Agent.Hear Bush speak 'get your hands off him'
The Pittsburg Channel ^ | 11/21/04 | Associated Press

Posted on 11/24/2004 6:43:45 AM PST by rawhide

Here is another great link to another video of Bush rescuing his Secret Service Agent in Chile. This is very similar to video link I posted early this morning, however, this video link has no background commentary, and I believe you can hear Bush speaking 'get your hands off him'. Also, as someone else said "notice the guy on the right rather frantically trying to point out to the others that THE MOST LEADER OF THE MOST POWERFUL NATION ON EARTH is trying to break up the fight."

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/3937266/detail.html


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KEYWORDS: apec; bush43; usss; videotape
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To: GOP_Proud
OMG. Those Chilean security personnel are serious idiots.
81 posted on 11/24/2004 4:17:06 PM PST by Tempest (Click on my name for a long list of press contacts)
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To: wimpycat

Thanks for the post. It is very interesting to read those (of course I have to go by the google translation, but it's still interesting.)

I had wondered what the Chilean take on the whole thing was.

Overall, what did they think?


82 posted on 11/24/2004 4:39:40 PM PST by texasflower (Liberty can change habits. ~ President George W. Bush 10/08/04)
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To: texasflower

Translation software sucks, BTW. I never use it. I don't really speak Spanish, but I can read it pretty well, with the help of a Spanish/English dictionary, and my husband (who is from Chile originally, believe it or not).

I think it's nice that the Chilean paper wrote at least these two articles about Nick Trotta and took the time to find out something about him.

I asked my husband your question about what Chileans thought about the whole thing, overall. He said the overall attitude in Chile was that the Secret Service was "overzealous" in their duties, and that they thought their agents were justified in blocking the USSS. They're sticking up for their guys just like we're sticking up for ours. They don't understand why the president travels with such MASSIVE security, all the planes and limos and other vehicles. None of their presidents have ever been assassinated (the thing with Allende happened during a military coup, so you can't count that). While it's the best place to live in South America (they have the highest standard of living in SA, they don't have the drug trafficking, marxist rebel, hostage taking, street children, massive government corruption problems that other SA countries have, although there's a lot of property crime), they are still a relatively small country and they just don't understand what it's like to be a huge country with a leader who is the most powerful person on the planet. They really don't get it. Chileans are very patriotic and/or nationalistic, and they're sticking up for their guys just like we're sticking up for our guys. But I also want to mention that El Mercurio published a letter to the editor from a reader that pointed out that if anything bad had happened to Bush during that scuffle, Chile would have been in deep ca-ca. (words to that effect)

As to Bush stepping in and grabbing his agent, opinion is more mixed. A lot of people think he was being a "cowboy" (saying it like it's a bad thing), but a lot of other people don't have a problem with what he did or thought he did the right thing.


83 posted on 11/24/2004 5:24:26 PM PST by wimpycat ("I'm mean, but I make up for it by bein' real healthy.")
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To: Republican Wildcat

First time I saw it.


84 posted on 11/24/2004 5:31:21 PM PST by John Lenin (You can not kill the truth)
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To: Tempest
OMG. Those Chilean security personnel are serious idiots.

Very true. I've seen more professional security at rock concerts.

85 posted on 11/24/2004 6:07:00 PM PST by Ghengis
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To: KillTime

great link!


86 posted on 11/24/2004 6:15:35 PM PST by occutegirl ("She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain." ~ Louisa May Alcott)
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To: Levante

Our President has GUTS.


Yeh, I'll believe that when he stands up to Vicente Fox and ships the illegals out of here.


87 posted on 11/24/2004 6:17:19 PM PST by RepublicanHippy
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To: TomGuy

Thanks!


88 posted on 11/24/2004 6:18:40 PM PST by occutegirl ("She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain." ~ Louisa May Alcott)
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To: John Lenin

First time I saw it, too.


89 posted on 11/24/2004 6:18:59 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: wimpycat
I think it's nice that the Chilean paper wrote at least these two articles about Nick Trotta and took the time to find out something about him.

I agree. It's a bit surprising too. I doubt most of our papers would have done the same thing, if the position was reversed.

Thanks for the information about Chile. The "third world" stuff that some people here were saying just didn't seem right, but I didn't know for sure.

I guess it is hard for other countries to understand the level of protection we have for the President, but at least after this, most countries probably will not want to take any chances with him. I can't image anyone wanting to take the risk, as the opinion writer said, of being in "deep ca ca" (or whatever words he actually used!) or being embarrassed by a security breach.

I do believe that our guys were not at fault, but they must still be alarmed and embarrassed that it happened.

I just don't know what we would do if something happened to President Bush.

90 posted on 11/24/2004 6:20:03 PM PST by texasflower (Liberty can change habits. ~ President George W. Bush 10/08/04)
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To: rawhide

on a side, note, Laura looks great.


91 posted on 11/24/2004 6:20:18 PM PST by occutegirl ("She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain." ~ Louisa May Alcott)
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To: rawhide
B-b-b-baby baby baby why you wan' treat me this way You know I'm still your lover boy I still feel the same way That's when she told me a story, 'bout free milk and a cow And said no hugg-ee no kiss-ee until I get a weddin' vow My honey my baby, don't put my love upon no shelf She said don't hand me no lines and keep your hands to yourself
92 posted on 11/24/2004 6:22:33 PM PST by John Lenin
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To: occutegirl

Doesn't she always look great ?


93 posted on 11/24/2004 6:23:36 PM PST by John Lenin
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To: KillTime

It depends....sometimes you can just right click save link as or save target as and it will save it locally. Other times you need a video stream recorder. Google search that if you need to.


94 posted on 11/24/2004 7:44:51 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the...feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse." --J.S. Mill)
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To: Quilla

There are some videos where you flat just need a streaming video recorder, which you can find at Google.

Other times....if you can click on the video link to see the properties, see if it links to the file or just a javascript load command. If the former, you can save link as. If not, well, see if there are any properties of the file when it starts streaming that you can load....right clic again. If there is a direct link there, copy it into a FR post or something and then click save link as/save target as.

Frankly, if that doesn't work....you need a streaming video recorder.


95 posted on 11/24/2004 7:47:17 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the...feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse." --J.S. Mill)
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To: rawhide

BUMP


96 posted on 11/24/2004 7:48:57 PM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: TomGuy

Bump to view once I get off my parent's ancient computer from 1997...


97 posted on 11/24/2004 7:49:41 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the...feeling which thinks nothing worth a war, is worse." --J.S. Mill)
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