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.
Too much yak-yak until the main W event, maybe! I turned it off after he was thru.
I just turned on c-span and it was Joe Scarborough, who never has been and never will be either funny or profound. Turned it back off.
She absolutely walks in beauty - she gets more gorgeous by the day. My hubby noticed that she's really slim and trim (hint, hint to me). And I keep telling my hairdresser to cut my hair like Mrs. Bush; unfortunately, she seems to think I mean Barbara, not Laura ;-)
Hubby and the kiddies just got home from the movies, so I'm signing off until tomorrow with the following MUST READ RECOMMENDATION:
from Powerlineblog.com:
ADMINISTRATION PURSUING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH INDIA
"As usual, President Bush is thinking big, and thinking for the long term. Everyone knows how many talented people India produces, but until now, its economy has been held back by anti-capitalist prejudices left over from the post-colonial era. If India can liberate its economy, it could be a very formidable ally."
LIES AND THE LYING LIBERALS WHO TELL THEM
"The religious left's political operatives have mounted a shrill attack on a significant portion of the Christian community. Four out of five evangelical Christians supported President Bush in 2004 -- a third of all ballots cast for him, according to the Pew Research Center. ... The religious left took note. Political opportunists in its ranks sought a wedge issue to weaken the GOP's coalition of Jews, Catholics and evangelicals and shatter its electoral majority. They passed over obvious headliners and landed on a curious but cunning choice: the environment"
You can read the rest of these stories at
http://www.powerlineblog.com/
LOL!
I thought the same thing...I'm that enthusiastic at times. lol
There are times when I think Lynne is more brilliant than her husband. Her intelligence is something to be admired as a woman to be sure.
Yes snugs, they are both very pretty ladies. Thanks for that photo of Lynne!
"Me too. I can't believe there wasn't a live thread. Woe is me."
It appears from their TV schedule that C-Span plans to re-broadcast the President's part of the awards ceremony at 10 PM EST!!!
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp
Night all!
Tomorrow... what movie did they go see?
Thanks Dr.Deb, powerlline is a great website. Goodnight, God bless.
Not that Barbara isn't a great-looking lady, but she's got about 20 years on me, and with the help of Lady Clairol, I ain't ABOUT to go gray yet ;-)
Good night thanks for your interesting links
Thanks, DrDeb!! I'll definitely tune in.
Between her and Laura there's a lot of brains there in the first and second ladies in our Country. Kinda makes you proud.
I love the VP in jeans and cowboy hat!
Very interesting post about Liz Cheney Perry at #89.
It's not a pretty thing.
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