Here he is!!!
Posted on 05/21/2005 2:18:17 PM PDT by Wolfstar
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: While his wife was traveling in the Middle East, President Bush addressed the 2005 commencement at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., today. Bush gave his first graduation speech of the year addressing the Christian liberal arts college.
PRESIDENTIAL SCHEDULE: White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan gave the commencement speech at the University of Texas, his alma mater, on Friday. So no week-ahead schedule was announced. (If I find anything while scanning the WH website tomorrow, I'll post it on the Sunday thread.)
The President will welcome German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to the White House for a meeting and working lunch on June 27, 2005.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: From the President's commencement speech at Calvin College today.
The immigrants who founded Calvin College came to America for the freedom to worship, and they built this great school on the sturdy ground of liberty. They saw in the American "experiment" the world's best hope for freedom -- and they weren't the only ones excited by what they saw. In 1835, a young civil servant and aristocrat from France, named Alexis de Tocqueville, would publish a book about America that still resonates today.
The book is called "Democracy in America," and in it this young Frenchman said that the secret to America's success was our talent for bringing people together for the common good. De Tocqueville wrote that tyrants maintained their power by "isolating" their citizens -- and that Americans guaranteed their freedom by their remarkable ability to band together without any direction from government. The America he described offered the world something it had never seen before: a working model of a thriving democracy where opportunity was unbounded, where virtue was strong, and where citizens took responsibility for their neighbors.
Tocqueville's account is not just the observations of one man -- it is the story of our founding. It is not just a description of America at a point in time -- it is an agenda for our time. Our Founders rejected both a radical individualism that makes no room for others, and the dreary collectivism that crushes the individual. They gave us instead a society where individual freedom is anchored in communities. And in this hopeful new century, we have a great goal: to renew this spirit of community and thereby renew the character and compassion of our nation.
That is a lovely photo of Beezie I think the take-over is complete LOL
Is it me, or is our W looking handsomer these days?
lol.
he was a birthday present !!!
I had a WONDERFUL birthday in March :D
He was the favorite, something like 5 to 1 or something like that. He was awsome. He nearly fell at the top of the stretch and then he pulled his ears back and took off!!! What a gutsy horse!!!!
Congrats, Lemondrop! I see you are a Beezie fan.
Congratulations hope it was a good win!!
Kelly, that is awesome!
I have just realised that Liz Cheney is at the same forum that Laura was today I wonder if they met.
Nice toaster tonight snugs- I think it's your best work! Lucky Lemondrop.
Thanks, it was awsome. No Triple Crown winner, but that's ok. I love this little horse.
That is a nice toaster, isnt it? I think purple is Beezley's color, don't you think?
Purple for a lady
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Here he is!!!
Congratulations snugs, very happy for you!
Isn't he the cutest?
Absolutely WOW! Yay! Yahoo for you! Next time, blow a kiss for me!
I never heard of the guy who bought Man. United.
But I can understand them being upset.
Usually see dolphins further out, these were right in
the harbor. Very common to see seals.
Wonderful job tonight. Dinner is on so I'll be back a little later. Thanks Wolfie.
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