Beat 360° 5/1/09
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US Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki hands an airhorn to US President Barack Obama to start the White House to Light House Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC.
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It has multiple uses Mr. President You may also decide to use it when giving speeches when the likes of Larry Summers is in the audience !
Agent POTUS this is your new secret weapon. It looks like a simple airhorn, but if you push this button it becomes an inflatable speed boat for you and your Portuguese water dog to utilize should you need to make an exhilarating escape.
We've already got the nation's youth behind you – this is how we'll get the older generation to look past race and actually listen to what you have to say!
Elizabeth, PA
Next time you see Bo squatting in the oval office, Mr. President, just push here and you'll solve that little problem with the housekeeping staff.
Thanks, Eric. Due to cut backs, we've had to eliminate the White House P.A. system. This will suffice just fine!
And, if you purse your lips like this ... it sounds just like this ...
then watch how fast they clear the area !
We got your back. Just push this button when you are ready to start the Supreme Court fight.
In this age of the Facebook ,MySpace and Twitter, it`s good to know that some forms of communication are as simple to use.
Just press the button and the reaction is instant.
Yes . . . this was used to torture POW's.
Elizabeth, PA
Good! Now I can sneak up behind Bill O;Rielly, press the button, and let 'er rip!
President Obama, this is a very useful item, trust me. On the next election, when the republicans finish their speech, you just have to press this bottom so people can be awake for your speech.
It's all right here in this "widdle" bottle. And tasty, too? Could it be Vitameatavegemin?
Just push this button if Biden starts talking!
Elizabeth, PA
Next time Joe Biden starts to talk before thinking I can silence him with this.
Carmen – Tacoma, WA
No, Mr. President, nothing will explode when you push the button. I promise.
Press here and pray the raccoons don't appear!
"We found this left over from the Anthrax scare. Right next to the duct tape."
Honk one time for yes, two times for no....
"So Eric, this is guaranteed to scare off pigs?"
You push this button to call the speaker of the House.
Secretary Eric has explaines why you should not push the big yellow button on less someone is really making you mad!!
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Im not pushing it ,you push it
So I push this to clean myself after McCain's bogger yesterday.
Robert Gibbs could use this during his next press briefing.
I used to use this device to get the attention of the last president. However, I can tell that won't be necessary with you.
Yes, Mr. President....press the button and they will hear you. Trust me. It's small, it's blue, it's mighty and knows no party alliances!
Kathy, Canada
President Obama saying that this is a good alarm clock.
Eric, keep your finger on this white button, any journalist question longer than a minute gets vetoed!
So, let me get this straight.....I just crouch down behind Cheney's chair and press this button?
Obama: "I think you press the button on the top. They didn't have these at Harvard." Shinseki: "I THINK you're right, but I'm not sure. I always had an enlisted person press mine for me when I was an Army General."
by pressing this button, you will signal the start of the race for new a new supreme court justice. all contenders are standing here to your right.
So when Sasha and Malia are running around the Oval Office and annoying me I just push this button to shoo them away?
No, Secretary Shinseki, I will not pull your finger, I'm going to press this button and that is it!
President Obama, I think that this will be a great alarm clock/waku-up call for the staffs at the White House.
They gave us the wrong one, this one is empty, broken and says "property of Dick Cheney" - we all know how much he liked to toot his own horn!!
Victoria, Texas
How many government employees does it take to press the button on a 'whoppee' horn?
You can look at this as your Presidential Bottom... press it when you need help...
I wouldn't mind having one of these on the basketball court.... press the button every time I make a hoop....that would be so cool....
President Obama this is what you need to do to have people to listen to you.
" ...and you push that button and out comes a Genie that will grant you 3 wishes.!"
"...so if Sarah Palin calls to tell you 'the Russians are coming, the Russians are coming," you go to the second floor balcony of the White House , raise your hand high and blow this horn..."
"Honk once if you like being President."
"Are you sure we can't get someone else to do this....."
“It works to scare birds away; we believe it will also work to keep Joe ‘Birdbrain’ Biden a safe distance away from the White House. Push this button whenever you see him.”
It's a can of Lysol, Mr. President–you should spray that podium before you touch it. It could be infected with swine flu.
When Biden's lips start to move, push this button.
Oh no Mr. President this is not just a any ol' air horn. It is a super air horn and has the power to repel Republican, economic disaster, and oblivious Vice Presidents.
Nobody told me that one of the duties of being President, was to spray weed killer around the garden...
President Obama to US Secretary of Veterans Affairs:
But how will I spell it for Twitter? LOOOUUUDDDNOISE.
Who put Dick Chaney's photo on everything around here that blows air?