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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 10:55 AM
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AP: Bush Joining Spring Breakers in Cancun
Bush Joining Spring Breakers in Cancun
By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer

CANCUN, Mexico (AP) -- College students looking for fun over spring break are going to have some heavy company in this Mexican resort. President Bush and the leaders of Mexico and Canada are coming, too, bringing portfolios of problems, gun-toting security agents and traffic-clogging motorcades.

While thousands of U.S. students lounge on the beach, Bush, Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will grapple with issues like trade, terrorism and border and immigration problems.

The student crowds are smaller this year with the beachfront still rebounding from last year's Hurricane Wilma, and Mexican officials are no doubt hoping the international attention from the summit will help boost tourism again.

"Cancun will be the eyes of the world," said cab driver Luciano Salgado Campos as he drove past downed trees lining the road from the airport to the beachfront resorts. "President Bush will be able to see how much progress has been made already."

Fox's government has spent millions to rebuild the beaches and dredge sand from the ocean floor to replace what was swept away in October, when Wilma brought winds reaching 150 mph. Many hotels still are closed....

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BUSH_CANADA_MEXICO?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-03-29-04-41-42
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 10:57 AM
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1. bush will "grapple"?
i think not. he only 'grapples' with corks & screw tops.
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DeepModem Mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:00 AM
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3. Yep -- I liked the headline: PAR-TAY!!! nt
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leesa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:00 AM
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2. Boy, are those kids going to be PISSED! So much for their spring break.
I hope they are Republicans...lots of Texans go to Cancun to play.
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:39 AM
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5. No lie
When everything is shut down because of Bush, they are going to none too happy.
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:13 AM
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4. TOKE, TOKE!!!
TAKE IT TO THE HEAD!!!

TAKE IT TO THE HEAD!!!!

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BadgerKid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 11:42 AM
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6. Headline -- LOL
There's a double entendre in here somewhere.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 12:06 PM
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7. You think he'll end up at Carlos & Charlie's?
It's not just the college kids that will be upset. What about all the cruisers that frequent Cancun?
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Kikosexy2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 12:51 PM
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8. Chimpie...
will relive his party hardy days...toke, snort and booze it up and say what a great city New Orleans...oops...Cancun is...
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Teaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 01:25 PM
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9. Jokes just write themselves these days
nt
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pinniped Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 03:01 PM
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10. I guess the BS wars are officially over.
When is tee-off time?
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pimpbot Donating Member (770 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 03:44 PM
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11. Another great article by NEDRA PICKLER
GAG
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cureautismnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 04:31 PM
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12. Will he be staying indefinitely?
Say, perhaps, another 2 years and 10 months or so? Maybe make it a Crawford South? Pretty please.
:woohoo:
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 05:55 PM
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13. Hey Chimpy, make sure to try the tamales
The ones out on Isla Mujares. Eat a bunch of them. Snort.
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