Secret Service protects expectant duck

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/08/treasury.duck.ap/index.html

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.

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priceless! :rofl:

This is a real "culture of life" issue.

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that this administration is wasting tax dollars that could be going to more deserving billionaires to support this slut of a duck bearing NINE children out of wedlock. I suppose she'll line up for her welfare check as soon as they are born.

What is this country coming to?

"covenant" marriages. :shrug:

As in "Get them Drunk", and then have your way with them.

LOL

Bush has a 'man-drake' he can do what ever he wants. Lay off.

who do you think teaches him how to duck the issues? (grooooaaaaaaan)

to lay an egg, cause there have been some stinkers in the press corp.

I hate eggs. No, really, can't stand 'em. Never have.

Can they build a cage around the Chimp? That is the question.

An appropriate symbol for the Bush years.

If there are any sea gulls in the vicinity, they'll eat the baby ducklings. But don't count on there being any protection after the eggs hatch. Life begins at conception and ends at birth for this administration.

DUCK SOUP:)

...is to spread good news and cheer, to humanize the Secret Service, and by extension, our government.

CNN has the resources to tell lucky ducky stories, obviously, but not to ask meaningful questions.

And if that doesn't strike you as wrong during a time of illegal war, rising theocracy, brutal economic policies, and people ejected for no reason (see DemocracyNow.org today) from the prez's Town Hall meetings, then you aren't paying attention.

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