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Title: 'Duck Cheney' gets Secret Service protection in D.
Post by: Merla on Apr 08, 2005, 01:44:12 PM: Ripped off from USAToday:

'Duck Cheney' gets Secret Service protection in D.C.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service, which has the job of guarding the president and other dignitaries, now has a new temporary duty — protecting a mother duck and her nine eggs.
The duck, a brown mallard with white markings, has had several names suggested by Treasury Department people, including "Quacks Reform," "T-Bill," and "Duck Cheney." It has built a nest in a mulch pile right at the main entrance to the Treasury Department on Pennsylvania Avenue.

The Secret Service's uniformed division, which provides protection for the White House and Treasury building, has set up metal guard rails to protect the nest, which has attracted the notice of tourists on their way to see the White House.

The duck has been provided with a water bowl and seems oblivious to all the attention, sitting calmly on its nest on top of the mulch pile that surrounds one of the new trees planted along Pennsylvania Avenue as part of a renovation project.

Treasury Secretary John Snow stopped to pay his respects this week on the way back from a congressional hearing, Treasury spokesman Rob Nichols said Friday.

"He had been briefed on the duck and he stopped to pay a visit," said Nichols.

The eggs are expected to hatch the last week of April at which time the duck will be relocated nearer water. But until then, the duck will occupy some of Washington's prime real estate.

"Foreign leaders, members of Congress, everybody who visits Treasury has to pass by the duck," Nichols said.
Title: 'Duck Cheney' gets Secret Service protection in D.
Post by: Bernie AKA on Apr 08, 2005, 02:12:29 PM: How refreshing to hear some good news from the White House. :lol:
Title: 'Duck Cheney' gets Secret Service protection in D.
Post by: B E C K on Apr 09, 2005, 04:10:39 PM: Finally, secret service protection for someone who deserves it.
Title: 'Duck Cheney' gets Secret Service protection in D.
Post by: Fiero on Apr 09, 2005, 07:13:03 PM: bwahahahahhahaha! Nuri so funny-funny!
Title: 'Duck Cheney' gets Secret Service protection in D.
Post by: B E C K on Apr 10, 2005, 11:20:16 PM: Not as funny as whoever came up with "Duck Cheney". Brilliance!
Title: 'Duck Cheney' gets Secret Service protection in D.
Post by: Fiero on Apr 12, 2005, 07:43:18 PM: Quote
Not as funny as whoever came up with "Duck Cheney". Brilliance!
True.
Title: 'Duck Cheney' gets Secret Service protection in D.
Post by: B E C K on Apr 13, 2005, 12:26:47 AM: They could've gone with George W. Bird but no, they went the clever route!
Title: 'Duck Cheney' gets Secret Service protection in D.
Post by: Fiero on Apr 13, 2005, 09:25:24 AM: My buddy got this neat-o Darkest Hour DVD, and throuhout it, there were scenes were normal things were happening, and then from nowhere a Geroge W. Bush cardboard cut-out showed up and everyone started screaming in absolute terror.
Title: 'Duck Cheney' gets Secret Service protection in D.
Post by: B E C K on Apr 16, 2005, 07:17:36 PM: I would've been torn as to whether or not I could assassinate it. Would it have cardboard secret service with it?
Title: 'Duck Cheney' gets Secret Service protection in D.
Post by: Evil Monkey-Tom on Apr 16, 2005, 07:42:55 PM: I demand Monkey Bush be protected too.
Title: 'Duck Cheney' gets Secret Service protection in D.
Post by: Merla on Apr 16, 2005, 08:13:47 PM: Monkey Bush?!?
Title: 'Duck Cheney' gets Secret Service protection in D.
Post by: B E C K on Apr 16, 2005, 08:24:31 PM: Fuck the monkey bush.
Title: 'Duck Cheney' gets Secret Service protection in D.
Post by: Evil Monkey-Tom on Apr 16, 2005, 08:37:14 PM: He'd like you to do that.