Posted on 06/25/2004 2:06:40 AM PDT by Neets
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail!
NYT RUSHES OUT REVIEW REDO (Kinder Review Of clinton Book)
June 25, 2004 -- The New York Times, which last Sunday published a scathing front-page review of Bill Clinton's "My Life," has alerted subscribers that another, much kinder and gentler review is coming July 4 in The New York Times Book Review. Entitled "Confessions of a Policy Wonk" and written by the novelist Larry McMurtry, the prominently placed review calls the book "the richest American presidential autobiography," and says that the former president is a better writer than Reagan, Ford, Nixon or Lyndon Johnson.
Unlike Michiko Kakutani, the author of the June 20 review, who called Clinton's book "eye-crossingly dull," McMurtry evokes authors from Dreiser to Fitzgerald to Balzac — if not in comparison to Clinton, at least in reference to him.
Bush Camp Hits Democrats' 'Coalition of Wild-Eyed' Reuters ^ | 06/24/04
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush's re-election campaign lumped together vocal outbursts by Democrats Al Gore, Howard Dean and others on Thursday and called them part of John Kerry's "Coalition of the Wild-Eyed."
The Bush-Cheney campaign released a video on its Web Site that played up some of the more strident statements Democrats have made on the campaign trail and declared: "This is not a time for pessimism and rage."
The implication the Bush campaign appeared to be trying to leave was that some of the main boosters of Kerry's presidential campaign are filled with rage and perhaps a bit kooky.
"Today, our campaign is releasing a web video to 6 million of our supporters to show them what we're up against and what we're up against is John Kerry's 'coalition of the wild-eyed,"' said Bush campaign manager Ken Melhman.
Cheney Tells Sen. Leahy F*** Off NewsMax.com ^ | 6/24/04 | AP
Vice President Cheney cursed at Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy during a confrontation on the Senate floor while members were having their annual group picture taken earlier this week, Leahy and Senate sources said Thursday.
Senate aides with knowledge of the encounter Tuesday said the vice president confronted Leahy about some of the Democrat's criticism about alleged improprieties in Iraq military contracts awarded to Halliburton Co. Cheney, who as vice president is president of the Senate, is a former CEO of Halliburton.
Leahy responded by criticizing the White House for standing by allies who had accused Democrats of being anti-Catholic last year in opposing one of President Bush's judicial nominees, said one Senate aide, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Cheney then responded, "F-- off" or "F-- you," the aide said.
That account was backed by another aide, also speaking on condition of anonymity.
Leahy, D-Vt., confirmed that the confrontation took place but would not provide details.
"I think he was just having a bad day," Leahy said. "I was kind of shocked to hear that kind of language on the floor."
Cheney's office also wouldn't go into detail, but confirmed the two men traded remarks.
"That doesn't sound like language that the vice president would use, but there was a frank exchange of views," said Kevin Kellems, a spokesman for Cheney.
Hi! You have FRmail. What happened with the phones and the know-it-all at work? I have to leave for a while.....I'll check back when I get home later this evening.
For some reason it was too sweet..the batter I mean.
Maybe it was too much coconut.
I'll try that dipping sauce.
I HATE peeling shrimp tho.
My plan was for crab cakes but when I got to the store, they had no lump crab meat and i sure as shooting wasn't going to crack legs.
I have a two way speaker phone....Missy Know-It-All felt deprived because she doesn't have one.
Don't know why she needs one because I hardly use mine.
We are lower level clerks...we don't need to speaker or conference with anyone.
A legend in her own mind, I suppose.
This is a new type of rose...looks like a hybrid tea but is grown on its own roots, so if you get winter die-back on the stem it will still come up from the roots. I think this is a good rose for your climate zone. Cost is $17.95, which is a bit pricey but worht it, I think.
Aunt Lissa's picnic-firewowrks thing is tomorrow at 6PM. Menu is hot dogs and brats. It is a pitch-in. Since a lot of us are on diets, you might want to bring chips and brownies for the kids. Call me if you have questions. (Bring the kid's little lawn chairs for fireworks viewing.)
Bwak! I think we have a Museum thing to do. I'll check when The Boss gets home.
Now that is very pretty..I love the flow of the colors...from a pinkish to a deep red.
That's ok. I think Jen said she had something to go to as well...maybe the same thing.
I am going to order one of those. I want more roses. Hubby thinks I am nuts...I won't rest until I have flowers everywhere.
I have never done roses...don't have the patience for all that work.
Bulbs work best for me.
I haven't touched my garden this year.
It is a very pretty rose. When I was working on the AC for Trill earlier... (this month?) I had to fight the roses away. Her yard is very pretty with roses, fig trees, a laden peach tree, and a stunted little apple tree. That rose would fit in well.
The yard would be prettier if my dog wouldn't lay on the irises. Go figure.
/john
On the other hand, I am not fond of cooking. Everyone has her own favorite things to do.
If you want a garden that looks good all year, plant spring bulbs, Shasta Daisy Becky, daylilies that bloom at different periods of the summer, and hardy mums. Throw in forsythia, lilac, and vibernum, and voila...a pretty good garden without a lot of work.
I love roses.
Dad used to have a few bushes....he would tend to them all the time.
I don't mind weeding either.
Just haven't had much time for outside things lately.
I think this fall I am going to dig up all the bulbs and start over again.
Those are good suggestions Jane.
God bless us all. Each, and every one.
'Night Johnnie.
Enjoy your time off.
I'm back. The mosquitoes were really bad at the Relay for Life. I walked around the track twice. I wanted to do more, but I just couldn't.
Don't feel badly, you did what you could do!!!!!!!!
I don't feel bad. There were a lot of people healthier than me that didn't even bother to show up.
That is a shame.
This year I was really worried about it, and I thought I was losing it, while the Veteran's had grown to at least three times the height with multiple blossoms. Shortly after the funeral, I noticed two buds on the RR rosebush. :)
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