Monday, February 16, 2009

Mr. President!

A reader sent in this photo: "If you squint, you might be able to make out Marine One flying over Uptown."

Update: "With their commute near the end of the morning rush, the Obama family took Marine One to the airport, landing at 9:46 a.m. [...] When the Obamas arrived Friday evening, they took a 15-minute chopper ride past Chicago's skyline to the South Side's Daniel Burnham Park, before a quick motorcade to their Kenwood neighborhood home. Today, they reversed the commute." (Chicago Tribune)

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11 comments:

  1. megFebruary 16, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    i thought i heard it this morning!

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  2. Edgewater Crime BlotterFebruary 16, 2009 at 11:57 AM

    I just watched 2 of the President's helicopters fly over my office at low altitude.

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  3. IrishPirateFebruary 16, 2009 at 11:58 AM

    Somewhere Chip Douglas is not happy.

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  4. chipdouglasFebruary 16, 2009 at 12:18 PM

    Your right, Im not happy. I had to sit in traffic. My helicopter was in the shop.

    I didn't get to see this. Does anyone have video of Pirate running after it like a little school girl with tears in his eye yelling "Change" while trying to get his copy of the biggest spending bill in history signed? Anyone? Stimulus anyone? Pirate?

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  5. IrishPirateFebruary 16, 2009 at 12:35 PM

    CowChipper,

    actually I'm more like a girl at a Beatles concert than anything else when I think of our President.

    He's as dreamy as Paul and as enlightened as John.

    If only as he were as sexy as that GOP minx Sarah Palin.

    and now for something completely different.........

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  6. UnknownFebruary 16, 2009 at 1:39 PM

    I'm sad he didn't think to launch a missile or two at the wilson yard site during his fly-over. We should commission our local taggers to paint a big bulls eye on it next time the President is in town!

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2009 at 1:41 PM

    Maybe that's why Target won't commit publicly.

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  8. billyjoeFebruary 16, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    "We should commission our local taggers to paint a big bulls eye on it next time the President is in town!"

    Imagine that! Someone at Uptown Update now thinks taggers are cool and useful. Don't call 311!

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2009 at 2:36 PM

    Yeah, it was around 9:30am this morning. I heard he orginally landed at 39th and LSD last thursday or friday.

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  10. UnknownFebruary 16, 2009 at 3:01 PM

    "Maybe that's why Target won't commit publicly."

    Oooo! Great conspiracy theory TSN! I like where you're going with that.


    "Imagine that! Someone at Uptown Update now thinks taggers are cool and useful."

    My argument is that if you put someone's creative strengths to work for the community, they will be less likely to indulge in illegal activity.

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2009 at 5:26 PM

    Maybe he was looking for the alderman because he heard so much she does for our uptown...hahahaha

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