Posted on 11/02/2006 8:02:13 AM PST by steve-b
An Issaquah school bus driver fired for allegedly "flipping off" President Bush during a visit to Seattle in June is appealing her termination.
According to Issaquah School District officials, the incident happened when a district school bus stopped for the president's motorcade while returning from a field trip in Seattle.
As the president waved to the school children from his limousine, the bus driver made an obscene gesture, said Sara Niegowski, a spokeswoman for the district.
Bush was in Seattle attending a fundraiser for Congressman Dave Reichert, who was riding in the same limousine.
Reichert campaign officials confirm that Bush told Reichert about the gesture and that the congressman later called Issaquah's superintendent to let her know about the incident....
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
That's what I figured. If you are going to be flipping people off in traffic, if you expect them to see it, it has to be a pretty much automatic act. Otherwise the finger deployment is far too late to be observed.
I always find myself two minutes later half wishing I had made a gesture to some idiot on the road. But when the person is actually there, I am too busy driving the car and looking out for traffic to bother with inter-vehicular communication.
Almost certainly, it's just as well that I am not good at multi-tasking. It limits me to doing one stupid thing at a time.
Anyone got a picture of this woman?
Why do I have a hunch that you'd regret asking if somebody posted one?
WA State Ping???
Don't go there. Idiots come in all shapes, sizes and shades...
>>I always find myself two minutes later half wishing I had made a gesture to some idiot on the road. <<
Don't do it. Its stupid and does nothing. I've seen idiot drivers chase down flippers and try to run them off the road. I'm sufficiently armed (and a good enough driver) to take care of myself, but why give lunatics an excuse.
I just laugh when I get flipped off (always for something THEY did, incidentally). It means they are a miserable person if they think a middle finger is going to mean anything to me.
For some reason, this phrase made me chuckle. Thanks!
Someone tell that moron driver that is has nothing to do with WHO she flipped off.
WA State Ping...JFK
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8^)
Fired, she should have been keel-hauled.
"she's been hired by the neighboring school district in Renton."
Maybe she learned her lesson.
"An Issaquah school bus driver fired for allegedly "flipping off" President Bush during a visit to Seattle in June is appealing her termination"
Conduct unbecoming, get bent.
Or perfecting her technique...
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