A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos) 5.17.2004

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[TruthNtegrity]

President Bush spoke Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, decision that ended racially segregated schools.

He greeted the fueling squadron on the way in, and greeted the Air National Guard troops on the way out of the airport at Topeka, Kansas.

[TruthNtegrity]

Quote of the day:

I'm honored to join you at this historic place, to mark a day and a decision that changed America for the better, and forever. (Applause.) Fifty years ago today, nine judges announced that they had looked at the Constitution and saw no justification for the segregation and humiliation of an entire race. Here at the corner of 15th and Monroe, and at schools like it across America, that was a day of justice -- and it was a long time coming.

[snip]

Under the rule of Jim Crow, almost no detail of life escaped the supervision of cruel and petty men. The color of your skin determined where you could get your hair cut, which hospital ward you could be treated in, which park or library you could visit, or who you could go fishing with. And children were instructed early in the customs of racial division -- at schools where they never saw a face of another color.

This was codified cruelty, at the service of racism. Segregation dulled the conscience of people who knew better. It fed the violence of people with malice in their hearts. And however it was defended, segregation could never be squared with the ideals of America.

Eventually, in December of 1953, Thurgood Marshall stood before the Supreme Court as counsel in a consolidated action involving four states and nearly 200 plaintiffs, including 13 families from Topeka, Kansas. Many legal arguments were advanced in the case. Yet the stakes were summarized in the brief Marshall presented to the Court. It stated, "Separate but equal is legal fiction. There never was, and never will be, any separate equality." The Court agreed. As the decision was announced, some were waiting to see which justices would be in dissent. The answer came when Chief Justice Warren declared that the opinion was unanimous. (Applause.)

Enjoy your daily dose of Dubya!

[MaeWest]

Top 10?????

[MaeWest]

Yeeeeesssss!

[TruthNtegrity]

PING!

Please wait until I've finished posting the pictures I've found before you post any others. Thank you.

[MEG33]

Thank you!

[homemom]

Hi Truthy!

It's been a tough weekend and Monday for our country; this will be the bright spot of sanity in this insane world.

[TruthNtegrity]

President Bush walks past Marine honor guards as he departs the White House, Monday, May 17, 2004, for a trip to Topeka, Kan.

President Bush shakes hands with members of the 109th air-refueling wing of the Kansas Air National Guard at Forbes Field Airport in Topeka, Kansas.

Cheryl Brown Henderson, president and CEO of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research, introduces President Bush in front of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka, Kansas.

President Bush hugs Cheryl Brown Henderson following his introduction at the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka, Kan.

President George W. Bush waves alongside Cheryl Brown Henderson, CEO of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research, at an event marking the 50th anniversary of the landmark Brown vs Board of Education case at the site of former Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas, May 17, 2004. Pres. Bush, on his first visit to Kansas, is marking 50 years of school integration at the symbolic home of the movement, celebrating what became a turning point in U.S. national race relations.

President Bush speaks at the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka, Kansas.

President Bush poses with the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Choir of Birmingham, Ala., following his remarks at the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka, Kan., Monday, May 17, 2004. Bush spoke at the 50th anniversary commemoration of the ruling and the opening of the national historic site. The choir is from the church where three young girls were killed in a bombing during the quest for civil rights on Sept. 15, 1963.

[radiohead]

Whoa! top 10?

Hey ladies. How ya doin'?

[SoCalPol]

Soooo, a coupe of WMDs.
We told you liberals so.

[TruthNtegrity]

President Bush is escorted from the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site buy Cheryl Brown Henderson, president and CEO of the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research in Topeka, Kansas Monday.

President George W. Bush laughs as he poses for a picture with a choir at an event marking the 50th anniversary of the landmark Brown versus Board of Education case at a national historic site at the former Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas.

President George W. Bush discussed plans to move 3,600 US troops from South Korea to Iraq with South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. He is seen here greeting Air Force National Guard troops.

[homemom]

Hello!

[homemom]

Oh, come on. They're not REALLY WMD's. I mean, they were made before the first gulf war, and the ingredients really didn't mix, so they didn't mean it.

I think they'd spin it if they found a warehouse with 1000 gallons of anthrax and 10,000 weapons filled with mustard gas and VX.

(can you tell I'm in a bad mood about the news???) :-)

[TruthNtegrity]

A couple of artillery shells found - among the thousands that most likely exist. If he buried MIG's in the sand, imagine how easy it was for Saddam to hide WMD's - little viles of which are very, very powerful.

And now, catching up with our peripatetic Vice President.

Vice President Dick Cheney , left, waves to supporters as he takes the stage with Rep. Richard Burr , R-N.C., center, and Burr's wife Brooke, right, during a fund-raiser for Burr's U.S. Senate campaign at Salem College in Winston-Salem, N.C., Monday, May 17.

Vice President Dick Cheney , right, reaches out to shake hands with Rep. Richard Burr , R-N.C., left, after mispronouncing his name during a speech at a fund-raiser for Burr's U.S. Senate campaign at Salem College in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Vice President Dick Cheney, center, is applauded by Gov. Jeb Bush, left, and Orange County Chairman Rich Crotty, right, during a reception for the 2004 Joint State Victory Committee in Orlando, Fla., Friday, May 14, 2004.

Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Jewish Federation, May 14.

Vice President Dick Cheney listens to an anecdote from a supporter during a campaign rally Monday, May 10, 2004, in Bangor, Maine.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

[Peach]

A dose of sanity in a world gone mad.

Thank you.

[TruthNtegrity]

Hi Tonk.

That's all for the pictures, folks.

My tummy is rumbling so I'm going to go gulp down my dinner.

I had a very recalcitrant PC - made the mistake of downloading a Microsoft update, and the dang thing turned a nice, stable system into something tempermental and flaky.

I had trouble keeing an IE window open, while looking at any photo. Kept bombing and I kept sending in the reports. I figure after I've swamped 'em with how awful that update was, maybe they'll fix whatever was wrong in what I now have on my system. Ugh.

And now- dinner.

I'll be back in 30.

Truthy

[homemom]

I received this quote in an e-mail today, and thought it was very appropriate:

"There remains for us only the very narrow way, often extremely difficult to find, of living every day as though it were our last, and yet living in faith and responsibility as though there were to be a great future."
... Dietrich Bonhoeffer

[I_saw_the_light]

Look at all those smiling faces! These ladies are definitely happy to be with their President! Wish it were me!

[homemom]

Great pics, Truthy! Thanks for including the ones of the VP.

What did you have for dinner?