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Well, we've all been wondering just what President Bush will do once he leaves office in 2009. Lecturer, think tank, rancher, and others have all be suggested as a job for an ex-prez.

It turns out that President Bush might have another idea in mind... band conductor:

Bush playfully conducts orchestra in Va.
By SONJA BARISIC, Associated Press Writer
Sun May 13, 3:19 PM ET

JoAnn Falletta was doing what a conductor should — concentrating on the orchestra in front of her. No wonder it took her a few seconds on Sunday to realize someone behind her was motioning for a try. President Bush.

"Smiling at me kind of devilishly," Falletta said.

She gave him her baton and stepped aside.

Gesturing exuberantly, the president led the orchestra during part of its performance of "Stars and Stripes Forever."

"We didn't expect him to know the score so well," Falletta said afterward. "He was not shy about conducting at all. He conducted with a great deal of panache."

That was the music played for Bush's exit after his speech at a ceremony commemorating the founding 400 years ago of Jamestown, America's first permanent English settlement.

Just before the music ended, Bush turned to Falletta, who stood on a step below him, kissed the top of her head and left without saying a word.

The 400-strong orchestra was made up of about 50 members of the Virginia Symphony, plus musicians from youth orchestras around the country. The switch in conductors was impromptu, said Falletta, the symphony's music director.

"I think he may have just been seized by the desire to conduct the orchestra," she said.

Falletta did not spot Bush until alerted by a musician.

"I'm embarrassed now that I didn't notice him, but I was just thinking of the music," she said.

Bush stepped onto the podium and took over.

The musicians were impressed by how musical Bush was, Falletta said. "He was cueing the brass, he was cueing the percussion, he kept the tempo going," she said.

Bill Fearnside, a violinist with the Virginia Symphony, put down his instrument and picked up a camera to record the moment.

"It was a little shocking, but it was fun," Fearnside said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070513/ap_on_go_pr_wh/conductor_bush;_ylt=AkqqKuIt0vPQSNJZoFfvHkWtOrgF
:D

Thoughs about the new Conductor-in-Chief?

Better than conducting wars! He's terrible at that.

Atleast he can't get a orhcestra into a war...

Or can he?

I thought it was going to be Village Idiot, or Town Drunk....

Heh. Pretty funny. :)

Guinea Pig. Take two and, if you can see/talk, call us in the morning.

Atleast he can't get a orhcestra into a war...

Or can he?

Probably start a musical war with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Band ...

I can imagine: "PLAY THAT SONG UNTIL IT'S EVERYONE'S FAVORITE!" "But sir, that'll just never happen..." "It WILL! Do you want to make me look like an idiot for playing it 430 times?"

I would guess he'll give speeches at a million a pop. That's what Reagan did and he couldn't remember anything. So it would make sense to have a guy who can't speak giving speeches.

Bush leading an orchestra?

... MY EARS! ZE HEADPHONES DO NOTHING! :eek:

Y'know, I think that George Bush has a lot in common with a Conductor. He's right, no matter what the origional composition says. He thinks that we should pay attention to him, even when our part of things requires all of our attention. Half of his work is just putting on a show to convince people that he's actually doing anything. When everything falls apart, he blames someone else. I think it would work for him.

And, to clarify, I've never had a conductor for more than a week who I didn't love to death. For all of my poking fun at them, they tend to be pretty damn cool. What does impress me is that the President actually knows how to conduct, even if it is just a march (and therefore in 2/4, almost certainly). I never thought he had the competance in him to do such a thing.

leading an orgy.

43 dead in porno miscalculation

Well, we've all been wondering just what President Bush will do once he leaves office in 2009. Lecturer, think tank, rancher, and others have all be suggested as a job for an ex-prez.

It turns out that President Bush might have another idea in mind... band conductor:


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070513/ap_on_go_pr_wh/conductor_bush;_ylt=AkqqKuIt0vPQSNJZoFfvHkWtOrgF
:D

Thoughs about the new Conductor-in-Chief?

how about shoveling coal for the devil

leading an orgy.

43 dead in porno miscalculation

Now just imagine what personal life must be like. Laura must be miserable; imagine no matter what she wants to try out, he keeps insisting his position is always the right one.

how about shoveling coal for the devil

That's when Hell actually freezes over. Not even the Devil can afford coal from Halliburton.

That's when Hell actually freezes over. Not even the Devil can afford coal from Halliburton.

thats a funny one..a keeper if you will...lol

Atleast he can't get a orhcestra into a war...

Or can he?
... Battle of the Bands would definately be more intersting...

"Wheel in those cannons for the 1812 overture! and make sure they're double loaded with grapeshot!"

... Battle of the Bands would definately be more intersting...

"Wheel in those cannons for the 1812 overture! and make sure they're double loaded with grapeshot!"

The grapeshot kills the trumpet section in friendly fire, but the report is covered up with a story of the brass players heroically fighting insurgent band members in order to boost the audience's reviews and encourage more people to sign up for the orchestra.

Atleast he can't get a orhcestra into a war...

Or can he?

Tubas of mass destruction!! Do i hear the war drums?:mp5:

Tubas of mass destruction!! Do i hear the war drums?:mp5:

Saddam might have been a brutal conductor, but at least he kept the orchestra together. Now we have woodwinds killing brass, brass killing woodwind, and they're both killing the percussion sections.

The grapeshot kills the trumpet section in friendly fire, but the report is covered up with a story of the brass players heroically fighting insurgent band members in order to boost the audience's reviews and encourage more people to sign up for the orchestra.

...several members of the percussion section were... relocated due to suspicions of covert activities for the opposing band. The program writers were fired because they were obviously traitors because their program submissions didn't rouse the audiences spirits enough. The Woodwinds were told to "butch up" their image as commercial spots try out the new slogan "Symphonic Stong"

He could be a motivational speaker -

Suggested topics -

1. A Future in Politics or "If I Can Lead the Free World Away From Freedom, Anyone Can."
2. How to be the Most Successful Failure Alive.
3. How to Parlay Draft-Dodging, Drug-Taking, Hyper-Christianity into the Oval Office.

I don't think these are particularly funny and I'm sure Lunatic Goofballs and a plethora of others could think of some that are.

I voted for the man. I'm sorry.

The Cymbalist and the Triangleist are next. The pan flutist should've already died...First.

I voted for the man. I'm sorry.

I feel your pain.

I feel your pain.

We all feel his pain. In the arse. For the next two years.

I suppose having had one role in the classic combo, he naturally wants to try the other side. Whether he can bring anything new (or indeed anything at all) to the role of Organ-grinder is another matter.

there's a double entendre i didnt need :headbang:

*gagging*

I'd like to see the man put on a few kilos of semtex and suicide-bomb something. For instance, an oddly satanic-looking butte somewhere in the Nevada desert.

If there was any justice in the universe, his job would be disarming land mines by hand.

Or better yet: He could be a test subject for "interrogation" methods to help determine whether or not they're torture.

If there was any justice in the universe, his job would be disarming land mines by hand.

Or better yet: He could be a test subject for "interrogation" methods to help determine whether or not they're torture.

You know that the worse thing that'll happen is that he steps into a cow pie on his ranch, so don't even bother dreaming of such things.

Blame it on the American corporate culture, where spectacular incompetence is rewarded spectacularly.

Although I'm wondering why I'm not swimming in money given this.

I like this thread. Though I am suprised nobody has mentioned Yeltsin yet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/180000/images/_182057_Copy_of__182057_CONDUCTING100.jpg

Coudl the George Bush Orchestra get to number 1 in the charts? I think so.

I thought it was going to be Village Idiot, or Town Drunk....

You know--he's got experience. ;)

Atleast he can't get a orhcestra into a war...

Or can he?

Bush: Quick, play Fallout Boy!
Orchestra: *Plays*
Enemy: AARRRRRRGHHHGHGHGHGHGHGHGH
Geneva Convention: CUT THAT OUT RIGHT NOW, YOUNG MAN!

Now just imagine what personal life must be like. Laura must be miserable; imagine no matter what she wants to try out, he keeps insisting his position is always the right one.

That's sig worthy.

Whatever he does it will rake in piles of cash! Thats supposing that nobody gets him for election fraud or war crimes!(Fat chance, the US admit that one of its citizens, never mind a president could be a war criminal? Or admit that in Florida at least their democracy aint worth a shit?) Lets hope that at the next election, his face is on a big poster saying "Think before you vote! Look what happened last time!;)

Bush: Quick, play Fallout Boy!
Orchestra: *Plays*
Enemy: AARRRRRRGHHHGHGHGHGHGHGHGH
Geneva Convention: CUT THAT OUT RIGHT NOW, YOUNG MAN!

Fallout boy?!?! UGH Girls Metal!

That would amuse me.

Speaking of ex-Presidents career options, I've heard Clinton's name tossed around for the Bank spot if Wolfowitz goes.

I like this thread. Though I am suprised nobody has mentioned Yeltsin yet.
*image*

Hey, how about Malcolm Fraser, then Australian Prime Minister, losing his trousers in a Memphis hotel?

I'm thinking we've got the makings of One Legendary Band here.

Yeltsin: drummer. Particularly the bass drum, great knee action.
Bush: vocals (or not, depending on the night)
Fraser: lead guitar (only because he looks like K Richards)
Galtieri: Stalin organ (or some other WW2 surplus he's picked up)

Berlusconi: manager.

Their playlist? "Greatest flops of the seventies, eighties and nineties"

I've no opinion 'till I see the film of his conducting. Stars and Stripes is all in the same tempo unless they slow at the trio the second time. Cueing the correct instruments just before their entrances is impressive. Hey, maybe he missed his calling !

leading an orgy.

43 dead in porno miscalculation

I was gonna go with "fluffer", but i have to defer here.
Winner of thread? :D

If all else fails he always has Burger King (http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/flash/play/6929)!

:D