Posted on 10/31/2003 4:31:35 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
Well, Bill Clinton continues to hobnob with the Eurotrash leaders who think he's so wonderful, probably interfering with Bush Admin. policy at every turn:
Former US President Bill Clinton was due to arrive in Oslo Monday night, on a new mission to raise money for the fight against HIV/AIDS. He'll meet Norway's top politicians, give a lecture at the university and eat lunch with the royal family.
Clinton has a full agenda during his two-day visit that will officially start Tuesday morning at the prime minister's office. After a meeting with Kjell Magne Bondevik, the two will hold a press conference and then take off for lunch at Bjoernsgaard, a collection of old timber houses on the outskirts of town. Clinton also will meet with the Norwegian cabinet minister in charge of foreign aid, Hilde Frafjord Johnson, and is scheduled Wednesday to deliver a lecture at the University of Oslo on how the world should meet the challenge of HIV/AIDS. It's a subject that Clinton has been especially concerned with since he left the White House in 2000. The Clinton Foundation has taken its own initiative to battle the disease in underdeveloped countries.
Clinton hopes to win financial contributions from Norway's government for the HIV/AIDS fight, even though local politicians have put forward tight budgets and constantly complain they are short of funds. Clinton will wrap up his visit Wednesday with a meeting at Oslo's Royal Palace with King Harald. He's then been invited to lunch with the royal family.
This will be Clinton's third visit to Norway in recent years. He was the first US president to visit Norway while still in office, when he came to Oslo to attend a memorial for slain Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin in 1999 and turned it into a state visit. He later returned to deliver a paid lecture after he left office. Aftenposten
Speaking of unusual Scottish food, the piece de resistance was haggis served with mashed neeps (turnips) and tatties (potatoes):
I fail to see why it isn't more of an international hit. NOT!!!!
But who can resist shortbread?
and scones
I think I'll go and have a cuppa.
Send some our way!
"It may be that the Iranian people have been taught to hate or distrust the United States or the West on the grounds that we are infidels and outside the faith, and, therefore, it is easy for us to be angry and respond in kind.What a perfect quote to sum up the fecklessness of the Clintoons in the face of a growing terrorist threat. This came to my attention in Rich Lowry's article at NRO. It's a wonder we even survived 8 years of those fools.I think it is important to recognize, however, that Iran, because of its enormous geopolitical importance over time, has been the subject of quite a lot of abuse from various Western nations. And I think sometimes it's quite important to tell people, look, you have a right to be angry at something my country or my culture or others that are generally allied with us today did to you 50 or 60 or 100 or 150 years ago. But that is different from saying I am outside the faith and you are God's chosen."
Newly consecrated Bishop Gene Robinson (R) gets a congratulatory hug from his partner Mark Andrew (L), immediately after Robinson was consecrated as the first openly gay bishop of the Episcopal Church during ceremonies in Durham, New Hampshir, November 2, 2003. Some fear that Robinson's consecration will cause a split in the worldwide Anglican Church. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
"Some fear"?? It already has caused a split, and Bible-believing members and clergy of the Anglican Church will have to decide whether they're going to stand firm against such heresy, or just go with the flow. Many of us in other "mainline" denominations already have gone through this!
Finally, a study that says coffee MAY be good for us...Yahoo, have another cuppa...
Jessica Rich drinks a cup of coffee at Cafe Strada in Berkeley, Calif. German researchers say they've found a highly active compound, called methylpyridinium, in coffee that may prevent colon cancer. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Here is a link to a heartbreaking story...
Despite her own grief, Lori Roach comforts Ryan Ramirez, a friend and classmate of her daughter Ashleigh, who came Friday to the site of the Roaches' home in Valley Center bearing a rose. Ashleigh died in the fire. Her sister Allyson is in critical condition and brother, Jason, suffered second degree burns.
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