Posted on 08/06/2005 12:40:58 PM PDT by Wolfstar
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: With the President, First Lady and the dogs relaxing at the ranch this weekend, there are no new photos to post. So I've selected a theme -- GWB and our Armed Forces -- and found many photos to let us enjoy a walk down memory lane. The theme photos are all from early in his presidency. They show GWB's closeness with our military both before and after 9/11/01.
THE WEEK AHEAD:
Monday, the President travels to Albuquerque, New Mexico. He will be touring the Sandia Laboratory there, and then will be making remarks after signing the comprehensive energy legislation that passed recently.
Tuesday, the President is going to have his economic advisors to the ranch. He will participate in a briefing with them on the state of our economy. Afterwards, GWB will make some remarks and participate in a press availability.
Wednesday, President Bush will traveling to Aurora, Illinois, where he will sign the transportation legislation. Aurora is the largest town in the north-central Illinois congressional district of House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
Saturday, tentative, but the President usually participates in an RNC event in August at the ranch. As of yesterday, the President's schedule was not firmed up beyond Wednesday.
QUOTE OF THE DAY Excerpt from the presidential radio address, Saturday, August 6, 2005:
As families across the country enjoy the summer, Americans can be optimistic about our economic future. In the past four years, our economy has been through a lot: we faced a stock market decline, a recession, corporate scandals, an attack on our homeland, and the demands of an ongoing war on terror.
To grow the economy and help American families, we acted by passing the largest tax relief in a generation. And today, thanks to the tax relief and the efforts of America's workers and entrepreneurs, our economy is strong and growing stronger.
This past week, we learned that America added over 200,000 new jobs in July. Since May of 2003, we've added nearly 4 million new jobs. The unemployment rate is down to 5 percent, below the average of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. And more Americans are working today than ever before in our nation's history.
We need to make the tax relief permanent, end the death tax forever, and make our tax code simpler, fairer and more pro-growth.
If the Minnow were to sink with Clinton aboard, he would have to use Monica as a floation device :)
er, floatation--typo made a bad joke even worse :)
Great zinger! Made my day.
I dunno...it made me genuinely laugh out loud.
"The Shootist" and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"--two of my all time favorite movies! Wayne couldn't have picked a better movie to end everything on than "The Shootist". It's perfect.
All the Ford/Wayne pics are the best IMHO...but if I had to narrow it down to 3 it would be, Quiet Man, Liberty Valance and The Searchers(I think my fav).....I'll check out Walmart and pick those two up, although after watching them again recently, they are not near as good as I remember them...
Happy to oblige :)
Conditions at Camp Crawford “Shocking and Inhumane” Inmates Complain
Danielle Crittenden Thu Aug 4,11:17 AM ETWACO, TX (AP)—Prisoners of Camp Crawford complain of small cells, poor meals, constant surveillance, and disrespectful—even disdainful—treatment from Presidential staff.
“Thirty-three days in this hell-hole feels like thirty-three years,” said a bitter long-time White House correspondent. “You’re away from your family. We’re all billeted into these crappy Waco motels—you know, the kind they hose down with antiseptic every day and you’ve got one lousy blanket which is made of recycled Coke bottles or something. There are huge fights for the cells with fast Internet connections but not many have them. The networks always get those. We didn’t mind the facilities in Santa Barbara or Martha’s Vineyard. Even Kennebunkport was more endurable than this.”
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Journalists also described the routine brutality to which they’re subjected. The most recent case was when Time magazine’s correspondent had to be hospitalized after press pool duty. In answer to a question intended for the president, chief aide Karl Rove held up a copy of the magazine and made sinister flushing noises. The correspondent was treated for shock at the local hospital and released later in the day.
“It’s clear they don’t respect us or our beliefs,” the correspondent said angrily, as he was led back to his cell at the Super 8. “They’re holding us here against our will, and with no charges. Where is Amnesty International?”
Thank you for a wonderful thread beautifully done, several photos I have never seen before
TCM in the UK is one of the basic channels I wonder why your cable company made it a premier one in fact I think it is a free digital channel.
No they don't! But I saw a film clip on FOX which showed Scott getting the best of Moran and Scott was grinning from ear to ear. Scott was saying something about the media not wanting to report on the goods things that have happened during the President's terms - and Moran was impatient and kept interrupting, wanting Scott to go on to other things .. and Moran said something about not wanting to talk about that .. so Moran got caught doing exactly what Scott said they were doing. The smile on Scott's face was priceless!
I love the Shootist, but hate to watch it knowing it was his final film and like his character was dying of cancer....
I hate to sound like some old curmudgeon, but they sure don't make 'em like Stewart and Wayne anymore.
McQ is surprisingly good, but haven't seen Brannigan in so long I can't remember if it was good or bad.
It is a basic one in the UK as well Jonny
Hi, Snugs :)
I did see that "expose." Hilarious. I'm glad you posted it here.
Hi Jonny just back from the BBQ it was a great evening.
Thanks, snugs.
So I see that Robin Cook died suddenly. Any word on the cause? What impact do you think his death will have on British politics?
Yeah, I feel kind of the same way. But the similarities between Wayne and the character he's playing make it poignant. And the cast, James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian--it's like they were all there to say goodbye. I think "The Shootist" is my favorite Duke movie.
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