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To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul; in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse. Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they...

Proverbs 21:31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle, But deliverance is of the LORD

This morning President Bush made a statement about the economy from the White House Rose Garden. (Transcript) This has been a deeply unsettling period for the American people. Many of our citizens have serious concerns about their retirement accounts, their investments, and their economic well-being. Here's what the American people need to know: that the United States government is acting; we will continue to act to resolve this crisis and restore stability to our markets. We are a prosperous nation with immense resources and a wide range of tools at our disposal. We're using these tools aggressively. The President left...

An open letter to the local daily paper – almost every local daily paper in America: I remember reading All the President's Men and thinking: That's journalism. You do what it takes to get the truth and you lay it before the public, because the public has a right to know. This housing crisis didn't come out of nowhere. It was not a vague emanation of the evil Bush administration. It was a direct result of the political decision, back in the late 1990s, to loosen the rules of lending so that home loans would be more accessible to poor...

The next time you hear the expression 'Bush's war' remember this video!!!

Today President Bush welcomed Prime Minister Tillman Thomas of Grenada to the White House. This afternoon, the President was joined by Vice President Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as he signed the United States - India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. (Transcript) (Statement by President Bush) Today, I have the honor of signing legislation that builds on the growing ties between the world's two largest democracies, India and the United States. (Applause.) This legislation will enhance our cooperation in using nuclear energy to power our...

Isaiah 50: 7 For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

I am not a conventionally religious man, or even a very superstitious one, but I do wish George W. Bush would stop asking God to bless America. Every time he does, we seem to be visited with another plague, suggesting divine wrath over our president's evil ways. How else to explain the persistent calamity that has marked this administration: a pointless but very costly war over nonexistent Iraqi WMD, the destruction by flood of New Orleans, the betrayal of the nation by the moneychangers - from Enron to Goldman Sachs - who Bush welcomed into the temple of the White...

President Bush welcomed the 2008 United States Olympic and Paralympic teams to the White House President Bush traveled to Chantilly, Virginia to speak about the Emergency Stabilization Act of 2008 at Guernsey Office Products, Inc. Transcript Vice Presidential candidate Governor Sarah Palin campaigned at a Rally in Jacksonville, Fla Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

After the President and First Lady spent the weekend in Texas; today the President attended a fund raiser in San Antonio (no photos available) and met with local small business leaders, after which he spoke about the economy. He then spoke about the economy and judicial appointments in Cincinnati.before returning to the White House with the First lady. Pray for President Bush -- Day 2945 - McCain/Palin--Day 39. Today Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice presented Gen. David Patraeus and Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker the Secretary's Distinguished Service Award Today Republican vice-presidential candidate, Gov. Sarah Palin campaigned in Clearwater, Fla....

BAGHDAD (AP) — As violence in Iraq recedes, neighboring states are pondering how to deal with an unwieldy country that could re-emerge as a key player along with Saudi Arabia and Iran in one of the world's most strategic regions.

Some thoughts on leadership … “When seconds count, instincts and decisiveness come into play. In quick-developing situations, the leader must act fast, impart confidence to all around him, must not second guess a decision - MAKE IT HAPPEN! In the process, he cannot stand around slack-jawed when he's hit with the unexpected. He must face up to the facts, deal with them, and MOVE ON.” ~ Lt. General Hal Moore (Source) “You get it done by making a decision quick, getting to it and getting the thing done. Don’t sit back and let the other guy make a decision that...

Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

As the euphoria of the NSG waiver starts to ebb, I wonder how many of you realise India owes an enormous thank you to George Bush? He’s done for us what no other world leader could have done, and I would add, perhaps none other was prepared to do. But even if you insist there are one or two leaders — Putin or Sarkozy — who might have tried, I’m confident they would not have succeeded. America is the only country that could have delivered the NSG waiver. George Bush is the only president who decided to do so. First,...

Today President Bush met with U.S. Army General David McKiernan in the Oval Office. General McKiernan is the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan. The President has recently approved the deployment of more troops to Afghanistan to deal with increased terrorist/insurgent violence there. (Transcript) President Bush: I want to thank you for your service, thank you for your candid briefing, General … you and your troops are laying the foundation for peace. You're making a sacrifice today so that future generations of Americans don't have to worry about harm coming from a place like Afghanistan, and future generations of Afghans...

Psalms 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Bush will make a statement early tomorrow to address the financial crisis and the House vote to reject a $770-billion bailout plan Bush and House leaders had been pushing. The vote unnerved Wall Street, where the markets plummeted. The Dow dropped 777 points, the most ever in a single day. And there have been sharp declines in early Tuesday trading in Asia and Australia. Just where lawmakers go from there is unclear. But both sides say a legislative fix is needed. The legislation would have allowed a federal buyout of bad mortgages...

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always. ... Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy in his dwelling place. Ascribe to the LORD, O families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. (1 Chronicles 16:10-11, 27-28)

Now before some blogger reads five sentences out of my column and decides I'm a Democrat in Republican disguise, let me say this. I would walk across hot coals rather than cast a vote for Barack Obama this November. I'm not saying how many coals, but I hope this gets my message across. Though he wasn't my first choice, I think John McCain should be the next president of the United States and anything else would be a disaster for our country. However, McCain needs to stop reminding the Republican conservative base why they had problems with the senior Senator...

Hear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Guard my life, for I am devoted to you. You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I call to you all day long. Bring joy to your servant, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call to you. (Psalm 86:1-5)

Psalm 104:33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

WASHINGTON: “People of India deeply love you,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told United States President George W. Bush here on Thursday evening. Sitting within a handshake distance from the American President at the Oval Office, Dr. Singh uttered those words, which produced a smile of satisfaction on Mr. Bush’s face but left the Indian media puzzled. Normally not given to loquaciousness, Dr. Singh found himself in an expressive mood and easily showered liberal praise on his host. “In the last four and half years that I have been Prime Minister, I have been the recipient of your generosity, your affection,...

President Bush delivered a brief statement about the ongoing economic situation this morning outside the Oval Office. (Transcript) Later, the President was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts as they toured the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The tour focused on protecting oceans and ocean wildlife, which the President spoke about afterwards. (Transcript) This afternoon, President Bush met with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan in the Oval Office. The two leaders then held a video teleconference with Afghani officials and US provincial reconstruction team leaders in Afghanistan. (Transcript) The President also met with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in...

What is it with Democrats and their grotesque slurs upon the intelligence of their political rivals? Last week it was Charles Rangel calling Sarah Palin "disabled." Tonight on CNN, Paul Begala called President Bush a "high-functioning moron." Begala was on an Anderson Cooper-led panel with Republican Ed Rollins and CNN's Gloria Borger to discuss the state of the possible federal financial bailout. Cooper took the first shot at the president, analogizing his performance in this crisis to that during Hurricane Katrina. ANDERSON COOPER: Watching the president last night give that speech, it was like watching him in Jackson Square in...

Looks like Oliver Stone will be the new Michael Moore this election and try to influence the election by putting out the movie "W." Movie coming out October 17th. How convenient. This is why Obama's strategy is to link McCain to Bush. Hollywood coordinating with the Dems and Obama? The Left is pulling out all the stops during this election.

One of the most frequently asked questions about the subprime market meltdown and housing crisis is: How did the government get so deeply involved in the housing market?Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, even into the early 1990s, weren't the juggernauts they'd later be. While President Carter in 1977 signed the Community Reinvestment Act, which pushed Fannie and Freddie to aggressively lend to minority communities, it was Clinton who supercharged the process. After entering office in 1993, he extensively rewrote Fannie's and Freddie's rules. In so doing, he turned the two quasi-private, mortgage-funding firms into a semi-nationalized monopoly that dispensed cash...

President Bush, warning of the danger of a "long and painful recession," urged Congress to pass his administration's economic rescue package in a rare address to the nation Wednesday night. "We are in the midst of a serious financial crisis, and the federal government is responding with decisive action," he said. Bush said the $700 billion rescue package is not aimed at saving any one financial institution, but rather at "preserving America's economy." He cast the need for the package in personal terms, warning American taxpayers that their home values, their retirement accounts and their personal businesses could be at...

President Bush explains big bailout as high-stakes debate heats up. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- President Bush used a prime-time TV address on Wednesday night to press his case for a $700 billion bailout of the nation's shaky financial system. The aim of Bush's proposal is to restore confidence to the credit markets, which are at risk of freezing. Should that happen, experts say, the U.S. economy could seize up - threatening easy lending to businesses and consumers, a loss of jobs and a severe economic downturn. "We are in the midst of a serious financial crisis," Bush said. Banks have...

With all the news focused on the economy and the President’s speech tonight, you may have missed the big news from Iraq: The country that was once “on the brink of civil war”, The country that defeatist Democrats like Harry Reid wrote off as “lost”, The country that Senator Joe Biden wanted to divide into three ethnic-based regions (video from September 8, 2008—Biden brags: “My plan to partition Iraq is working.”) That same country UNITED PEACEFULLY today to overwhelmingly pass a Provincial Election Law that will allow new elections to take place between now and January 31, 2009. The law...

Philippians 1:29 For unto You it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake.

The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago. Under the plan, [...] a new agency would be created within the Treasury Department to assume supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored companies that are the two largest players in the mortgage lending industry. The new agency would have the authority, [...]to set one of the two capital-reserve requirements for the companies. It would exercise authority over any new lines of business. And it would determine whether the two are adequately managing the...

This morning President Bush addressed the United Nations general assembly for the last time. Transcript After the address he and the first Lady met with some political dissident at Governors Island in New York City Transcript Vice President Cheney attended a weekly House Republican conferencemeeting on Capitol Hill Secretary of Defense Robert Gates testified today on Capitol Hill before the Armed Forces Committee on Afghanistan and Iraq Vice Presidential candidate, Governor Sarah Palin met this morning in New York City with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. She also met with Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger...

For many years the President and his Administration have not only warned of the systemic consequences of financial turmoil at a housing government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) but also put forward thoughtful plans to reduce the risk that either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac would encounter such difficulties. President Bush publicly called for GSE reform 17 times in 2008 alone before Congress acted. Unfortunately, these warnings went unheeded, as the President's repeated attempts to reform the supervision of these entities were thwarted by the legislative maneuvering of those who emphatically denied there were problems. 2001 April: The Administration's FY02 budget declares that...

Leadership: If anything shows how Democrats are beneath their office, it's how they snubbed the visiting leader of Colombia on his current trip. Sarah Palin, by contrast, shows respect.Based on their treatment of President Alvaro Uribe, who is here to plead for a free trade pact, it's almost as if Democrats don't want the U.S. to have allies. Uribe made a rare visit to Washington, and shamefully few Democrats agreed to meet him. Uribe didn't come asking for much — only that Congress keep its word on an agreement that will drop tariffs on American goods sold in Colombia and...

For his entire presidency, George W. Bush has tried to avoid the fate of his father, brought low by a feeble economy. Now, as the financial crisis radiates far beyond Wall Street, Mr. Bush faces an even grimmer prospect: being blamed, at least in part, for an economic breakdown. “There will be ample opportunity to debate the origins of this problem,” Mr. Bush said in the Rose Garden on Friday. “Now is the time to solve it.” But in Washington, on Wall Street and on the presidential campaign trail, the debate has already begun. Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential...

But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands. (Isaiah 32:8)

President Bush discussed the economy this morning during a statement he delivered from the White House Rose Garden. He urged Congress to actually do something for the American people this time instead of playing their usual political games. (Transcript) President Bush: This is no time for partisanship. We must join to move urgently needed legislation as quickly as possible, without adding controversial provisions that could delay action. I will work with Democrats and Republicans alike to steer our economy through these difficult times and get back to the path of long-term growth. Joining the President for this statement were Federal...

-- snip --What the president did note with some pride, however, is that beyond preventing a second attack, he is bequeathing to his successor the kinds of powers and institutions the next president will need to prevent further attack and successfully prosecute the long war. And indeed, he does leave behind a Department of Homeland Security, reorganized intelligence services with newly developed capacities to share information and a revised FISA regime that grants broader and modernized wiretapping authority. -- snip -- So unpopular that Truman left office disparaged and highly out of favor. History has revised that verdict. I have...

A September 11, 2003 New York Times article shows that President Bush proposed “the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago.” His proposal: An agency within the Treasury Department to supervise mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Fearing that mortgages would no longer be available to people who were unable to pay them back, Democrats eventually killed the proposal. The current meltdown in the mortgage industry is a direct result of giving mortgages to people who could not pay them back, a practice protected by Congressional Democrats.

This morning President Bush met with General David Petraeus in the Oval Office of the White House. After serving as the Commander of Multi-National Forces in Iraq for 19 months, General Petraeus was promoted to Commander of Central Command (CENTCOM). The President congratulated the General for his successful mission in Iraq. (Transcript) General David Petraeus was asked to do a very difficult job and he did it with distinction and honor. He was a part of the planning for the surge; he implemented the surge, along with a lot of other brave people; and the United States and the world...

CBS) For as long as he's been asked about it, George Bush has publically professed to not care much about his legacy. "I'm reading about George Washington, still," President Bush said in 2006. "My attitude is, if they're still analyzing number one, 43 ought not to worry about it." And why would he want to, given the long list of targets he's presented to his critics, CBS News chief White House correspondent Jim Axelrod reports. The tragically weak response to Katrina, which will always overshadow the administration getting it right - like the last few days with Gustav. No Child...

My oldest son went off to college and became a Democrat. If that isn't enough, he constantly tries to convince me that our family’s conservative values are wrong and I should vote for Barack Obama. Well that's not happening, but he still tries. Last week he called me and said, Mom I sent you a book. It will totally change your mind about the election. The next day I receive a package with Paul Begala’s (that hateful Clinton shill from CNN) book called Third Term. My first response was Third Term, well that would be much better than the alternative....

Psalm 121:5-8 The Lord is thy Keeper; the Lord is thy Shadow at thy Right Hand. The Sun shall not Smite thee by Day, nor the Moon by Night. The Lord shall Preserve thee from All Evil; He shall Keep thy Soul. The Lord shall Preserve thy Going Out, and thy Coming in from Henceforth and Forever.

Grand Rapids, MI ? (WZZM) Sources close to the GOP have confirmed the three biggest names in Republican politics will visit the Grand Rapids area within the month. WZZM 13 News has learned Republican Presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate Governor Sarah Palin will make a joint appearance Wednesday, September 17th. The event will take place at GRCC's Ford Fieldhouse at 4:30p.m. Ticket information will be released as soon as it becomes available. Also, President Bush is expected to attend a private fundraiser on September 30th at the Ada Township home of Dick DeVos. A source close to...

This is what the LORD says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea. (Isaiah 48:17-18)

For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretarySeptember 13, 2008 President's Radio Address   President's Radio Address  Audio  En Español       In Focus: National Security      In Focus: Remembering 9/11 THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, Americans marked seven years since the terrorist attacks that shook our Nation on September 11, 2001. On that day, we witnessed unspeakable destruction perpetrated by evil men. But we also witnessed selfless acts of valor and compassion performed by courageous citizens. And we saw the strength of the American people as they rallied in defense of the Nation. On Thursday, I dedicated a new 9/11 memorial at the...

Whichever way the U.S. election turns in November it will be historic in terms of race or gender. This has brought some to suggest the 2008 presidential election will be the most significant in a generation -- since 1980. An assessment of the historic significance for any of the U.S. presidential elections is borne out only in retrospect. We now know the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan was of great significance. Similarly, the 2004 election was significant since on its outcome hinged the fate of Iraq and the greater Middle East, in the midst of American-led war against Islamist terror....

President Bush received updates on Hurricane Ike throughout the day. Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto: He's very comfortable that Texas emergency management authorities are doing everything they can. They have a very strong team down in Texas for dealing with the hurricanes. Obviously our thoughts and prayers are with the residents in the affected areas. The President encourages all the residents of Texas to listen to the guidance they're getting from their local emergency management authorities. And if they're getting direction to evacuate, to do it quickly; but just to pay very close mind to their personal safety and listen...

Galatians 5: 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.