Posted on 09/05/2009 6:47:32 AM PDT by snugs
I cannot believe we are already into September which no doubt will bring back many bad memories to a lot of Americans and others of us who love freedom and America and Americans.
As I prepared this thread I felt that it needed to be posted in 2 parts and allow us to think about the first 10 days of September 2001 and try to think have our attitudes, thoughts and how we approach life changed after those 10 days. Do the photos up to 10th September 2001 mean something different to those that will posted later of 11th September, 2001 and beyond.
Are more or less carefree than we were before, strange comment as many would say we must be less but in a positive manner maybe we are less uptight and more relaxed about things knowing that in the blink of eye everything we hold dear can be taken from us.
I have chosen as quote for this month a statement put out during the visit of the Australian PM to the US on 10th September 2001 which became so poignant the following day and the months and years that followed with PM Howard's support of the US and George W Bush.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
PHOTO OF THE MONTH
Laura Bush, founder and honorary chair of the Texas Book Festival announces participating authors and unveil's the 2009 Texas Book poster at her home in Dallas, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. At right is the 2009 Texas Book festival poster by artist Keith Carter.
President George W. Bush assists a Union worker with the installation of a glass window frame during his tour of the Northern Wisconsin Regional Council of Carpenters Training Center in Kaukauna, WI., Monday, Sept. 3, 2001. WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BY ERIC DRAPER.
Waving from the White House balcony, President Bush welcomes Mexican President Vicente Fox during the President's First State Visit Sept. 5, 2001. White House Photo by David Bohrer
President Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush greet President Vicente Fox and his wife Mrs. Martha Sahagun during the State Arrival Ceremony,Sept. 5, 2001.
As a breeze unfurls the two nation's flags, Laura Bush and Martha Sahagun de Fox stand at attention during the State Arrival Ceremony on the White House South Lawn Sept. 5, 2001.
Presidents Bush and Fox embrace during the State Arrival Ceremony on the White House South Lawn Sept. 5, 2001. "This is a recognition that the United States has no more important relationship in the world than the one we have with Mexico," said President Bush. "Good neighbors work together and benefit from each other's successes."
With cameras from the entire world watching, President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush greet Mexican President Vicente Fox and his wife Martha Sahagun de Fox to this administration's first State Dinner at the White House Sept. 5, 2001.
Mexican President Vicente Fox and his wife Martha Sahagun de Fox talk privately with President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush on the Truman Balcony of the White House before greeting guests at the state dinner Wednesday evening, Sept. 5, 2001. After the dinner, the two couples and their friends watched fireworks from the balcony .
Leading their wives in the first dance of the evening, Presidents Bush and Fox take to the floor during the state dinner Wednesday evening Sept. 5, 2001.
"Remember when Bush was president and everyone had jobs?"
ya just can’t beat grace and dignity can you?
As explosions of color light up the night sky and the glowing faces of guests, the two first couples watch fireworks from the Truman Balcony Sept. 5, 2001, .
Ending an evening filled with with friendship, fine food and fireworks, President Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush say goodbye Mexican President Vicente Fox and his wife Martha Sahagun de Fox at the North entrance of the White House,Sept. 5, 2001
Reporters and microphones squeeze into an-already crowded cabinet room as Presidents Fox and Bush preside over a bi-national Cabinet meeting Sept. 6, 2001. The two groups discussed many issues of interest to both nations, such as migration, law enforcement, border affairs, trade, energy, and global and social issues.
After decorating it with green silks, John Quincy Adams named the room that was traditionally used for small teas and receptions as, "the Green Drawing Room." More than 150 years later, Mrs. Laura Bush holds to the oldest of traditions as she hosts a tea in the Green Room for Mexico's visiting First Lady Martha Sahagun de Fox, Sept. 6, 2001.
After a short press conference on the South Lawn, Presidents Bush and Fox board Marine One to visit Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 6, 2001.
Moments after landing, Presidents Fox and Bush greet a welcoming crowd at Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 6, 2001. It was the second day of activities during President Fox's trip to America
While their presidential husbands raised a raucous with an enthusiastic crowd in Toledo, Ohio, Martha Sahagun de Fox and Mrs. Laura Bush made a quiet, stately tour of an exhibit of Latino art at Chicago's Terra Museum of American Art Sept. 6, 2001.
After talking with community leaders and many Toledo-area residents, Presidents Bush and Fox wave goodbye to the crowd at the airport before returning to Washington, D.C. aboard Air Force One, Sept. 6, 2001.
With their hands over their hearts, President Bush and Australian Prime Minister John Howard perform a military pass and review at the Washington Navy Yard Sept. 10, 2001. Commemorating 50 years of military alliance, the President and Prime Minister spoke to assembled military personnel, shared lunch and spoke privately in the Oval Office. White House photo by Tina Hager.
One of my favorite Presidents EVER!
I know many on FR do not like him for PROPOSING Amnesty. Just remember he was better than Reagan in that regard as Reagan actually gave us that awful amensty.
I truly feel President Bush saved the republic. We may never know for decades how close the Al Qaeda got to planting a nuke (dirty or otherwise) here in the USA.
I miss President Bush and Mrs. Bush terribly. I miss the tax cuts that he pushed and I miss his dignity and his 110% committment to our security.
God Bless President G.W. Bush forever!
Thanks for the ping
GOOD GOD I MISS YOU W!
WE ARE SO SCREWED!
Now the official unemployment rate is 9.7 percent while the real unemployment rate is over 16 percent
I like him too! I also miss Laura Bush as first lady. She has a beautiful sense of style and always looks classy unlike another first lady that dresses like Sears had a clearance sale.
BTTT
As I sit here looking at times gone by, I realize that it's not just reminiscing but a reminder that we are in a fight for our very freedom...from both inside and outside forces.
You can say that again
We are indeed in scary times
Bump for later read
mrs
Really missing George right now.
Snugs, thanks for the memories of the not-so-distant days when we could be proud of our President and First Lady! Now I’m going to pull the covers over my head and cry for our Republic.
Much better days
Indeed you cannot
I agree. God bless President Bush.
Indeed God Bless George W Bush, many of us in other countries do not appreciate how fortunate the world was that he was President on 11th September 2001.
My pleasure and thanks for your understanding on it being late
IMHO she was what a First Lady should be you heard her voice on issues that were proper for a First Lady to be involved in such as education and aid/health issues in the third world but not in domestic politics she was always the First Lady of the US not the Republican Party. The current first lady IMHO is the First Lady (term I use loosely) of the Democratic Party but not the US.
Good to see seems ages since we last “talked” and I totally agree with you and I believe this is a global fight not just a US one.
Me to
A true First Lady. I miss Laura.
In some ways these days seem far away yet so recent
I am afraid you are right
So do I she is everything that Michelle is not and vice versa
Seems it will be a long time before we see that kind of grace and dignity again.
I know, is this the best the president can do for 9-11, is announce a day of service? what a load of b.s. what else could we expect from this sham of a US President?
p.s.,, all we can do now is look fondly back at Pres. Bush, to recall how a true US President should speak, and act, to his country, and to others in the world. what we have now is our national nightmare in the name of Barack Obama.
Yay! It’s here! Now we have a president to read about and look at that is courageous, has integrity and morals and loves ALL people! God bless him...MAN, I miss him!
good to see you Eleanor ... have been hit & miss around FR myself & know you also have a crammed life as I do.
Wow, what a great assortment of offerings today. For the record, I liked Fox (rather a hottie to me) ahem.. decorum? LOL.
Of course I join the chorus of others here saying how much I miss w.. those 8 years flew.. and he weathered so much & took so much crap from his opposition as well as his theoretic “supporters”. I continue to pray for his health, happiness & fulfillment of dreams as he closes his life & completes the projects of writing, museum, memoirs etc for his legacy.
now to finish reading the thread. just did your first sequence of pix/captions.
Thank you, Snugs, for posting this. It was very kind of you, especially considering that your father is ill again.
We sure do miss GW and Lady Laura. I knew it was going to be bad, but it’s even worse than I expected it to be. :-(
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