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A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos) - 6.21.05
Whitehouse.gov, Yahoo.com | 6.21.05 | ohioWfan

Posted on 06/21/2005 4:45:09 PM PDT by ohioWfan

Today, President Bush met with Vietnamese Prime Minister, Phan Van Khai in the Oval Office. Khai is visiting Washington to talk with the President about helping Vietnam join the World Trade Organization. It is the first such visit of a Vietnamese leader since the end of the war. He then addressed the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting via satellite (the text of which is given here ).

The President also met with Republican leaders in the White House at a luncheon, accepting a compromise on Social Security, and refusing to back down on the nomination of John Bolton, urging Bill Frist to continue pushing for an up or down vote for Bolton.

This afternoon, the President attended the swearing in ceremony of Dr. Ben S. Bernanke as new Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Building in the White House complex.

Enjoy your trip to Sanity Island and the Daily Dose!!


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dayinthelife; demobstruction; dose; johnbolton; phanvankhai; presidentbush; republican; vietnam; vietnamvisit
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To: snugs

what we call a purse

I have always used the term purse, never handbag.


141 posted on 06/21/2005 7:13:33 PM PDT by SoCalPol (More Died At Chappaquiddic than Guantanamo)
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To: kitkat
You just made me VERY hungry for a REAL milkshake! And the metal container!! I love when you get part of it in the glass container, and they give you the rest in the metal one!

There's a place in the Twin Cities that has the most wonderful malts and milkshakes in every conceivable flavor. I love the blueberry ones. The kids like the chocolate peanut butter.....

142 posted on 06/21/2005 7:14:21 PM PDT by ohioWfan ("If My people, which are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray.....")
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To: radiohead
I grew up in DC

Do you say Warshington or Washington?

LOL I grew up there too.
143 posted on 06/21/2005 7:16:00 PM PDT by baseballmom
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To: ohioWfan; All

Thanks for posting the DOSE this evening . . . The President looked and sounded great today!

[In a moment, I will post an 'Odds & Ends' update that will detail just what a consequential day the President had . . . per usual!]


144 posted on 06/21/2005 7:17:28 PM PDT by DrDeb
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To: maica
So far we have pocketbook users from Richmond to Rhode Island. This is a very instructive thread.

It sure is, the subject fascinates me. I've always tried not to pick up the NYC accent. My mom still has hers but it has faded a LITTLE bit since they've retired to the Catskill region. My sister's NY accent has faded greatly since she's lived in a suburb of Albany, NY. And now my niece has a genuine upstate NY accent, she says "oar-ange" and "caam-ra."

The funniest of all of us is my dad, people tell him he has a southern accent and when he goes "home" to Virginia, his family all tell him he sounds like a yankee. He says he's just a misfit now! I remember growing up, many of my friends used to tell me "your dad has an accent" and I'd say, no he doesn't YOU do!

145 posted on 06/21/2005 7:17:43 PM PDT by Fudd Fan (Mary Jo Kopechne needed an "exit strategy")
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To: maica; ohioWfan

I'm from New England .. and it was always pocketbook there.


146 posted on 06/21/2005 7:22:04 PM PDT by STARWISE ( You get the govt. you deserve. CALL YOUR CONGRESS CRITTERS OFTEN -U.S. CONGRESS: 1-877-762-8762)
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To: ohioWfan
Sorry what I was trying to say was a purse in the UK is what women put their money in and then put that in their handbag, shoulder bag etc.


A handbag or bag


147 posted on 06/21/2005 7:22:29 PM PDT by snugs (An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
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To: SoCalPol; snugs
So, the Lima area.......

I'm from Town One, Range One, of the Western Reserve. My town was founded by the Connecticut Land Company in 1796........and still looks very much like a town in New England.

I was very surprised when I first went to Columbus to find out that they had what I considered to be 'southern' accents.

Say.......you may know this. I have read that the reason that Virginians speak with the dialect they do, is that it is similar to the British dialect in the area that Sir Walter Raleigh came from, and that the reason New Englanders talk the way they do (Ameriker, and Bah Hahbah), is that they have a similar dialect to the British people in Plymouth, England.

Do you know anything about that?

Oh........also.......there is an island off No. Carolina where they still sound exactly the same as they do in that part of England because they have been isolated from the mainland and the changing dialect over the years.

Interesting stuff, language.....

148 posted on 06/21/2005 7:22:30 PM PDT by ohioWfan ("If My people, which are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray.....")
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To: ohioWfan

Oh my Gosh, where is Eric going? Can you say? And the girl going all the way to California?????
That's a double whammy empty nester punch.


My nephew from the San Francisco area is going to Wisconsin-Madison, and is THRILLED !!! He's thinking SNOW. LOL, I told him he'll be sick of THAT in no time.



149 posted on 06/21/2005 7:23:05 PM PDT by baseballmom
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To: DrDeb
Excellent, Deb! Good to see you!

I look forward to your ALWAYS informative posts!

150 posted on 06/21/2005 7:23:34 PM PDT by ohioWfan ("If My people, which are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray.....")
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To: baseballmom

Hope you don't mind my butting in----I lived in DC, and Virgina (McLean, Arlington, Fairfax) for many years, and it was always Washington, noooooo "R" allowed! When I lived in the city I had an apartment across from the Shoreham hotel on Calvert Street---that was way before it became an Omni.


151 posted on 06/21/2005 7:25:32 PM PDT by mupcat
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To: baseballmom
Eric's already there with his bride (if you wanna see the pics, I can freepmail you a link). He's in Minnesota.

That's close, right?

The other two are in Colorado (though not right now.........he's about 8,000 miles away for the summer.......maybe more), and daughter in England.

Sigh.............roots and wings. Wish I could clip the wings a bit.

152 posted on 06/21/2005 7:26:26 PM PDT by ohioWfan ("If My people, which are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray.....")
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To: STARWISE

AHA! We have a pattern here.....


153 posted on 06/21/2005 7:26:55 PM PDT by ohioWfan ("If My people, which are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray.....")
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To: goodnesswins
Here you are

Good night and God Bless you all see you tomorrow

154 posted on 06/21/2005 7:29:00 PM PDT by snugs (An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
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To: snugs

Oh, THANK YOU....so cute......


155 posted on 06/21/2005 7:31:12 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Our military......the world's HEROES!)
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To: mupcat

My brothers say Warshington, my sisters and I say Washington.

I well remember the Shoreham, where I stalked and got to meet the Beatles. I still remember the date Aug 15, 1966. LOL

I hugged Paul, so I have very special memories of the Shoreham hotel.

We used to go horseback riding right below there in Rock Creek park.

Have you been back recently? I go all the time, as I still have lots of family there. It has gotten so spread out and huge and choked with traffic. Very different.


156 posted on 06/21/2005 7:33:29 PM PDT by baseballmom
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To: ohioWfan

OH, yes, I would love to see pictures. I probably missed all the wedding talk and pictures. Grrrrr...... I hate when I can't get to the Dose every night.!!


157 posted on 06/21/2005 7:35:03 PM PDT by baseballmom
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To: ohioWfan; MJY1288; mystery-ak; homemom; DollyCali; LUV W; Howlin; Miss Marple; Fudd Fan; All

IT'S ALL BUSH'S FAULT . . .


INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:

BUSH, VIETNAMESE PRIME MINISTER TALK TRADE
by Deb Riechmann
Tue Jun 21, 5:37 PM ET

WASHINGTON - President Bush opened the Oval Office on Tuesday to the highest-ranking official from communist Vietnam to visit since the end of the war that divided America and claimed the lives of more than 58,000 U.S. troops.

Bush said he would visit Vietnam next year.

The president and Prime Minister Phan Van Khai talked about the continuing search for American soldiers' remains to close what Bush called a "sad chapter." But they focused their attention on Vietnam's desire to join the World Trade Organization as well as its human-rights record, which some lawmakers say remains tainted.

. . . The president also noted the Vietnam Religious Freedom Agreement, an accord signed in May that Bush said would make it easier for people to worship freely in Vietnam.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050621/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_vietnam;_ylt=AsTkheGkIpZULkerMOzuW.Rp24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


WAR ON TERROR:

WHITE HOUSE REBUFFS INDEPENDENT PROBE OF GUANTANAMO
By Adam Entous

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday rebuffed Democratic calls for creation of an independent commission to investigate treatment of foreign terror suspects at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/security_guantanamo_investigation_dc;_ylt=AklMWfZhAB8ZGFzqOfP1RJUEtbAF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


FREE AUSTRALIAN APOLOGIZES TO BUSH
By Rod McGuirk
ASSOCIATED PRESS
June 21, 2005

MELBOURNE, Australia -- An Australian engineer held hostage in Iraq for nearly seven weeks arrived in his home country yesterday and apologized for his televised plea for coalition forces to withdraw from Iraq.

Douglas Wood, 64, who lives in Alamo, Calif., told reporters at Melbourne's airport that he supported the coalition forces' role in Iraq.

"Frankly, I'd like to apologize to both President Bush and Prime Minister [John] Howard for the things I said under duress," said Mr. Wood, with his American wife, Yvonne Given, and his brothers, Vernon and Malcolm, and their wives by his side.

"I actually believe that I am proof positive that the current policy of training the Iraqi army ... works because it was Iraqis that got me out," he said.

http://www.washtimes.com/world/20050620-115844-4630r.htm


NO TIME TO GO WOBBLY
The goal in Iraq is victory, not withdrawal.
By Brendan Miniter
Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT

The last thing we need in Iraq is a timeline for withdrawal. Victory sets its own schedule, and it's not contingent on the U.S. election calendar. Arbitrarily forcing a timetable on the battlefield will only aid the enemy. Yet a growing number of politicians are now calling for just that--or, at least, a better (read more negative) official accounting of what's happening in Iraq. With polls showing less support for the war and pols parroting that public opinion, we're in danger of losing sight of how to defeat the enemy.

Sen. Joe Biden, a Delaware Democrat, joined the parade over the weekend while also bluntly saying he's looking at a presidential bid in 2008--although he was careful to add that he thinks the next presidential election will turn on national security. Rep. Harold Ford Jr., normally a somewhat sensible Tennessee Democrat, has also joined the procession and hopes his call for a timeline will help win him the Senate seat Bill Frist is vacating. And it's not just Democrats. Sen. Chuck Hagel is making similar noises as he considers his own presidential bid.


In addition to reading the rest of the article, I strongly encourage you to read the 'reader responses'!
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/bminiter/?id=110006848


FAITH-BASED/LIFE INITIATIVES:

BUSH PROMOTES FUNDING FOR RELIGIOUS GROUPS

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday told the Southern Baptist Convention a compassionate society would rely more on religious groups to provide social services and oppose expanded embryonic stem cell research.

Bush renewed his call for Congress to pass a law that would allow religious groups with federal contracts to consider questions of faith when making employment decisions. With such legislation long stalled, the president has bypassed Congress and made more money available to such groups through executive orders and regulations.

"Congress needs to pass charitable choice legislation to forever guarantee equal treatment for our faith-based organizations when they compete for federal funds," Bush told the Baptists meeting in Nashville, Tenn., via satellite.

Quoting the hymn "Great Is Thy Faithfulness," Bush said, "Thy compassions, they fail not."

On "culture of life" issues such as stem cells, the president said, "A compassionate society protects and defends its most vulnerable members at every stage of life."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050621/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_baptists;_ylt=AkXSliZq1SQbNMub0bhcJdSyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl


FUNDRAISING

DEMS RAISE $22.6M SO FAR, LAG BEHIND GOP
By Will Lester, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The Democratic National Committee has raised $22.6 million this year through fundraisers, direct mail and online, but still trails the national GOP by a 2-1 margin, Democrats said Tuesday.

DNC Chairman Howard Dean has been traveling to fundraisers around the country in recent days — including events in several cities in Texas to Atlanta to an event Tuesday night event in Washington attended by more than 1,000 donors that raised about $700,000, said DNC spokeswoman Laura Gross.

Despite these efforts, the DNC still trails the Republican National Committee, which reported last week that it raised almost $53 million through the first five months of the year. That compares with $22.6 million raised by the DNC over the same period.

The RNC reported it had $32.6 million on hand at the end of May. Democrats had $8.2 million.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050622/ap_on_re_us/party_money;_ylt=Ah2iJ.xPLcjxbnzIg4DqvOus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM-


158 posted on 06/21/2005 7:37:25 PM PDT by DrDeb
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To: anonymoussierra

Thank you sooooooooooooo much for posting the AWESOME photos of our president!!


159 posted on 06/21/2005 7:39:50 PM PDT by DrDeb
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To: ohioWfan

New Englanders talk the way they do (Ameriker, and Bah Hahbah), is that they have a similar dialect to the British people in Plymouth, England.
Do you know anything about that?

Over the yrs have made a major study, have several books
on the subject. The New England accient is mostly
16th century English but very little Plymouth Eng.
A large number of the Puritans were from East Anglia
part of England, Suffolk and Norfolk. Some from parts
of Devon, Cornwall, Essex, Yorkshire, Kent, etc.
I have over 85 9th great grandparents that came to
New England in early 1630s.


160 posted on 06/21/2005 7:40:09 PM PDT by SoCalPol (More Died At Chappaquiddic than Guantanamo)
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