A day in the life of President Bush (4/16/05): photos

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[Wolfstar]

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and First Lady are spending the weekend at Camp David, and there are no planned public appearances. President and Mrs. Bush reported total income last year of $784,219 and paid $207,307 in federal income taxes, according to documents released by the White House on April 15, 2005. Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne reported $1.3 million in taxable income, the White House said.

THE WEEK AHEAD:

Monday, the President will go to Columbia, South Carolina, where he'll make remarks on strengthening Social Security.

Tuesday, the President will go to Springfield, Illinois, where he will tour the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, and then make remarks at the dedication of the library and museum. Also on Tuesday, the Vice President will deliver the keynote address at the Oklahoma City National Memorial ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building there.

Wednesday, the President makes remarks to the 2005 National and State Teachers of the Year in the Rose Garden. And then he'll make remarks at the U.S.-Hispanic Chambers of Commerce Legislative Conference. Those remarks will be on energy, as I mentioned. The President will then present the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the United States Naval Academy football team in the East Room.

Thursday, GWB will make remarks on strengthening Social Security to the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America in Washington. He'll also make remarks at the President's Environmental Youth Awards in the East Garden.

Friday, the President will participate in a service project. And then he'll make remarks on Earth Day. And both those events are in Townsend, Tennessee. Then he goes on to the ranch in Crawford, where he'll remain for the weekend.

THE FOLLOWING WEEK: On Monday the 25th, the President will meet with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at the ranch. And then on Tuesday, he will go to Galveston to participate in a roundtable on strengthening Social Security. This event had been postponed because of the Pope's funeral.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: From the Presidential Radio Address, 4/16/05:

American families and small businesses across the country are feeling the pinch from rising gas prices. If you're trying to meet a family budget or a payroll, even a small change at the pump can have a big impact.

America's prosperity depends on reliable, affordable and secure sources of energy. And today our energy needs are growing faster than our domestic sources are able to provide. Demand for electricity has grown more than 17 percent in the past decade, while our transmission ability lags behind. And we continue to import more than one-half of our domestic oil supply.

Every source of power that we use today started with the power of human invention, and those sources have served us well for decades. Now it's time to apply our knowledge and technology to keep the American Dream alive in this new century. There is nothing America cannot achieve when we put our mind to it. And I urge Congress to work out its differences and pass an energy bill that will help make America safer and more prosperous for the years to come.

[snugs]

Hello have we caught live on the dose? How are you today

[Wolfstar]

Good evening, DrDeb. Thanks so much for posting that article. You're right. The President sure seemed to close the door to becoming baseball comissioner after he leaves office. On the other hand, like all of us, he reserves the right to change his mind. ;-)

[snugs]

I am not certain if that is Elizabeth I thought so but it is 2000 she would only have be about 2 or 3 would she not? That little girl look older, here is Kate in 2000 is it Kate?

[Wolfstar]

Great photos, snugs. We've been discussing what GWB might do when he leaves office. What do you think Dick and Lynne will do? Just go into a well-deserved retirement to watch their grandchildren grow? I sort of think so. He'll be involved in arranging for his papers to go to a Wyoming institution of his choice, I'm sure. He is, after all, one of the most significant VP's in our history -- certainly the greatest man who will not become president.

[JustaCowgirl]

Also how can a sitting President say I would rather be doing something else especially something that most people outside professional sport would consider a recreational pastime.

Good point.

[JustaCowgirl]

If it's from 2000, I think that has to be Kate, you're right.

[DrDeb]

Thanks for posting the photo featured in the USAToday article!

BTW: Tomorrow OhioWFan should be back with plenty of photos from her trip to England . . . you and she will be able to compare notes!!

[DrDeb]

Should we expect intelligent questions from the MSM?! [I'm now settling for quasi-civil!]

[TruthNtegrity]

Snugsie, you find and post the best pictures!!! Where do you find them?

And I'm so impressed that you have them all categorized on photobucket, so that a drop of a hint, you can post them for us.

Thanks so much.

[snugs]

Primarily I think that they will retire as such but I suspect he will do after dinner speaking also Lynne has made it known she would like to be involved in any campaign possibly as manager if one of her daughters wanted to run for some kind of office.

Liz Cheney (Perry) is being more high profile of recent times, very involved in the campaign, now returned to the State Department, and recently been on a visit in that capacity to Morocco. It would not surprise me if she did not run for some kind of office in a few years time.

Also I do wonder if though Dick Cheney will write some sort of book he has sort of suggested that he will not write his memoirs by saying that he has never kept a diary of who said what and who did what in his time in government. He felt that he was given more responsibility was more effective and was involved in more high level situations because the President, Minister whoever he was working for was not fearful of events he was involved in it ending up on the best sellers list.

He and Lynne could though write some sort of book on how government works not specifically about individuals.

Mary Cheney of course is writing a book about a birds eye view of last years re-election campaign.

[JustaCowgirl]

Should we expect intelligent questions from the MSM?! [I'm now settling for quasi-civil!]

Well, you're right. That one was at least civil and not accompanied by a little lecture, like His Highness David Gregory always has to put on.

So I'd say it was dumb, but acceptable. ;-)

[DrDeb]

The Whitehouse website has posted new photos of the President and Vice President . . . and, yes, I'm asking you to post them because I'm technologically incompetent and lazy!!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/04/images/20050415-3_web-kz0s8094-515h.html

[snugs]

Most of the photos I have come from Yahoo or Google or sometime a website on the net where someone else has posted photos.

Thanks for saying I am organized I try to put them in the same directories on Photobucket as I do my hard disk so that I can navigate round them both the same.

[snugs]

Deb most of them have been posted either today or yesterday just helping dad to bed I will post them again for you in about 5 minutes.

[Kath]

>>>>>I'm sorry, but this is just an asinine question.

Most of the questions the press ask the President are asinine.

[Kath]

>>>>>Does Beezie's size look about right to you for a not-quite-6-mo-old puppy?

Looks normal to me.

[DrDeb]

If they've already been posted, don't repost them . . . I just didn't recall seeing them -- it's been a VERY frenetic weekend!

Time for bed!

[CaliforniaRichGRL]

There's a pic of W in a chair...and I love the way he's sitting but I can't find it.

[CaliforniaRichGRL]

Hey...since you have all your pics on photobucket can we view them or no?

[snugs]

Here are the photos you wanted

Vice President Dick Cheney poses for photos with troops during a visit to McGuire in New Jersey Friday, April 15, 2005. White House photo by David Bohrer

Vice President Dick Cheney discusses Social Security during a town hall meeting at Burlington Community College in Pemberton Township, N.J., Friday, April 15, 2005. White House photo by David Bohrer

President George W. Bush meets with the Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg in the Oval Office Friday, April 15, 2005.White House photo by Krisanne Johnson

President George W. Bush meets with the President Paul Kagame of Rwanda in the Oval Office Friday, April 15, 2005.White House photo by Krisanne Johnson

President George W. Bush leads a roundtable discussion about Social Security during a visit to Kirtland, Ohio, April 15, 2005.White House photo by Paul Morse

President George W. Bush talks with patrons at a coffee shop in Mentor, Ohio, April 15, 2005.White House photo by Paul Morse