surreal

Saw this one on Daily Kos (someone's eyewitness account of strange happenings on the White House lawn). It seems that a terrorist was stopped on the White House Lawn. Here is a file photo of the culprit:

It is amazing how paranoid and strange the Presidency has become during Bush's tenure. I can't help but think that it would have been handled a little less dramatically by earlier administrations. This is nothing if not surreal:

I'm looking out my window next door to the White House. The police have shut down several square blocks around the White House from car and pedestrian traffic. There's a bomb squad parked out front. The issue appears to be a few suspicious objects that have been thrown over the fence at the Old Executive Office building.

These objects include a grocery bag, a stuffed dog, and what appears to be either Elmo or a red Teletubby. So I'm not too worried (now, if it was a purple Teletubby, that would be a different story).

I'll update the diary if anything actually happens.

UPDATE: The cool robot is gone and has left awesome treadmarks all over the Old Executive Office building lawn. 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue have been reopened to traffic. Elmo has apparently been determined to be grating and annoying, but not technically a terrorist threat.