Posted on 05/31/2005 3:12:57 PM PDT by GretchenM
President Bush held a news conference this AM (text found here), which will be replayed by C-SPAN tonight at 8 PM Eastern. Choice pull quote: Bush called a human rights report 'absurd' for criticizing the United States' detention of terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and said the allegations were made by 'people who hate America.'
People he met with in the Oval Office: Dr. Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States; crewmembers from the International Space Station Expeditions 7, 8, 9 and 10; and Maria Corina Machado, executive director of Sumate, a non-governmental organization that advocates for and defends Venezuelan citizens' political rights.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island.
QUOTE: "Congress can make sure that the signs remain hopeful, and here are four good things they need to do. First, they need to finish the work on an energy bill. ... Second, Congress needs to be wise about the taxpayers' dollars. ... Third, Congress needs to ratify the Central American and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement. ... And, finally, Congress needs to move forward with Social Security reform."
Hello
Yipee I've beaten the ping and won the toaster!!!!!
I love that pic with the flags :-)
Congratulations!
President Bush said he wants a full inquiry into a bloody government crackdown on protesters in Uzbekistan, and the United States expected 'all our friends' including Uzbekistan and Egypt to honor human rights. 'We want to know fully what took place there in Uzbekistan, and that's why we've asked the International Red Cross to go in,' Bush told a Rose Garden news conference. Uzbek refugees from the town of Andizhan sit outside their tents in the village of Barash Bazar in the Dzhalal-Abad region of Kyrgyzstan near the border with Uzbekistan May 15, 2005. 
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, seen here 25 May 2005, said a 60-nation deal to battle banned weapons and the missiles that transport them has been successful
Thank you I will have to ping Starwise for the toaster I cannot award myself one LOL
Dose going up.
Please wait to post or repost photos till the All Clear.
I just found the Ping window -- it had a posting error and was stuck in traffic.
New Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, left, meets with U.S. President Bush 
Rack theee photos
OHH if you haven't hear I think Larry King going had President George Bush Sr and wife Barbara tonight
at 9pm est 6pm pst
on CNN
with crewmembers from the International Space Station Expeditions 7, 8, 9 and 10 in the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday, May 31, 2005. Pictured from left to right: Lt. Col Michael Fincke, science officer and flight engineer of ISS 9; Edward Tsang Lu, science officer and flight engineer of ISS 7; NASA Administrator Michael Griffin; Leroy Chiao, commander and science officer of ISS 10; and Michael Foale, commander of ISS 8
Okay, now prepare your eyes. This should be worth the whole picture if one reads the Dick Cheney intro. I don't have a good enough photo editor to X out the one on the left, which is not strictly required per rintense's guidelines.
"First lady Laura Bush would defeat U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton if the two were to face each other in the 2008 presidential contest, Vice President Dick Cheney said on May 30 2005. Cheney made the prediction after his wife, Lynne Cheney, suggested the matchup in an interview on CNN's 'Larry King Live.' First lady Laura Bush (R) and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton wave to the audience after an event at Powell Elementary School in Washington, February 26, 2002." 
Good one, Mr. Vice President!
Bush reaches out for the hand of young Edward Fincke, son of Lt. Colonel Mike Fincke and wife Chandra, as the family joined fellow crewmembers of International Space Station flights 
U.S. sailors stand watch on the USS Paul Hamilton prior to the start of joint naval exercises Tuesday, May 31, 2005 in Singapore. The United States Navy officially began four-month-long anti-terrorism exercises with six Southeast Asian nations Tuesday, just days before U.S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld unveils Washington's Asia-Pacific security strategy 
All clear.
Do you mean the second one? I was going to put that as the first photo till I saw the other one. But I liked the second one so well I kept it at the top.
Well durn since it looks like we're the only three on right now and snugs doesn't want the toaster.....can I get it?
I do want the toaster but I think that Starwise should present it to me as I cannot give myself it LOL
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