Roller damages fence, trees on defense secretary's property

[Nambe]

http://localhost/apwirefeed/d84j4ed80.xml&NewsSection=NationalHeadlines">The Associated Press

TAOS, N.M. Donald Rumsfeld's fence has had a run-in with a piece of paving equipment.

A runaway drum roller damaged some fencing and trees on the defense secretary's property near Taos, New Mexico.

The county public works director says it was a freak accident. He says the 20-ton machine was being used to prepare a section of road for paving on Tuesday when its hydraulic brake system gave way. ..

The roller took out a ten- to 15-foot section of wooden posts and wire fencing and a couple of trees as it plunged 12 feet down an embankment.

The accident site was a considerable distance from Rumsfeld's house.

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[havocmom]

1. It's a sign.

:evilgrin:

[Sub Atomic]

2. It's too bad it wasn't a holy roller

otherwise it would have been cleared to go all the way to the house.

[tlcandie]

7. ROFLMAO!!! eom

[yellowcanine]

3. Freedom is untidy. Why did the news media keep showing the same video

of the same fence being destroyed over and over?

[Cocoa]

5. the roller only broke 12 vases

the roller is free to do bad things.

[Kadie]

4. When machines attack

Watch out.

[Kool Kitty]

13. Oh, jeez-that's what I was thinking.

Even the machines are rising up against them. (Love that little kittie in your sig, too.)

[yellowcanine]

6. The fence and trees hate freedom so the roller had to premptively attack.

.

[daleo]

8. Just a little collateral damage

"If you knew the care put into each and every roller targeting..."

On edit - I forgot - "Rollers of Mass Destruction"

[LauraK]

9. I love trees but look at who they were living with!

They're better off in tree heaven. I doubt of they've ever been hugged.

[not fooled]

10. that roller is lucky...

...it wasn't blown up...surprising to find that the perimeter of rummy's little hideaway isn't mined or protected by ABMs...

[struggle4progress]

11. Why can't the media report the GOOD news about the roller? eom

[karlrschneider]

12. But the things we don't know we don't know include the unknown driver,

who we still don't know. Or something like that. :eyes:

[Kool Kitty]

14. You mean-"there are known unknowns, and

unknown unknowns"? He's a piece of work, that Rummy.

[SilasSoule]

15. Karl....is that you???

Welcome back ?!?!?!