Posted on 02/15/2006 3:00:13 PM PST by GretchenM
The president went to Dublin, Ohio, to attend a meeting on health savings accounts. Al Hubbard, Director of the National Economic Council, answers questions on this topic on "Ask the White House."
Brit Hume interviewed the vice president today about the hunting accident; the conversation will be on Special Report, Fox News, at the usual air times tonight. The vice president called the day of the hunting accident "one of the worst days of my life." Harry Whittington is doing "extremely well" a day after he suffered a minor heart attack, doctors said. He is sitting up, eating, and doing some work while remaining in the hospital.
Mrs. Bush spoke about women and heart disease during a visit to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C.
There are some late photos from last night's Valentine's Day dinner at the White House.
Welcome to Sanity Island!
Watching it thanks
THANK YOU for posting the full-length photos of Laura's gown for the Texas Second Inaugural Ball. To me, that dress is gorgeous!
It is not the Inaugural Ball it is the day before at the Texas Black Tie and Boots Ball.
I think that is considered one of the nine Inaugural Balls.
That border is around 15 miles south from where I am sitting.
You can see the 24 lanes of traffic that is usually backed up for 45 mins or more all the time.
The other day 3 vans got through and a chase was on.
one was jammed with 24 illegals. They crashed and all
went to hospitals at San Diego taxpayers expense.
Between the drug cartels, murders, marxist, and the drain
on San Diegans paying for tens of thousands of illegals
health care, food etc. It is like we are all supporting
other families while trying to take care of ourselves.
I am not sure about that I thought it was something different will try and find out when I have a bit of time.
Actor Gary Sinise, from Forrest Gump and CSI-NY, Talks about the Good Things Happening in Iraq and Why they're Not Being Reported
James Hirsen / Aimee Herd Feb 15, 2006
Sinise is also co-founder of Operation Iraqi Children which enables "ordinary Americans to provide boys and girls in Iraq with school supply kits distributed by our men and women in uniform."
In this candid interview by NewsMax's James Hirsen, actor Gary Sinise shares about many of the positive ways that U.S. troops are helping to rebuild Iraq and protect its people. One of those ways is through Operation Iraqi Children, an organization which puts much needed school supplies in the hands of Iraqi school kids, distributed by U.S. troops and provided by American citizens.
Sinise is co-founder of Operation Iraqi Children, along with Laura Hillenbrand, who authored Seabiscuit.
Gary Sinise, who played "Lt. Dan" in the movie Forrest Gump has spent much time in Iraq, entertaining and talking with soldiers there. He is also spokesman for the U.S. Disabled Veterans Life Memorial Foundation.
"I'm in touch with dozens of military service members over there who are working quite diligently on their mission," said Sinise, "accomplishing positive things, making progress, and who have a dedication and belief that what they are doing is helping, and therefore their morale is high. Yet in so many media reports we get a completely opposite view of what's happening with our military service members, that they are demoralized or broken or their morale is low and whatnot.
"Well, there are day-to-day missions all over that country that are being accomplished by our service members, so it's not one single thing going on. There are people all over the country working with all kinds of things and doing all sorts of projects, combat related and civil affairs related, so there are many stories coming out of Iraq."
Reporter Hirsen asked Sinise about the lack of positive coverage on the war in Iraq by the media, it was a question Sinise, himself had posed to another reporter. "My point to this journalist [was] that I was disturbed at the media's willingness to go after the military regarding the Abu Ghraib prison scandal," explained Sinise. "'Why, if you're going to be so aggressive with depicting American troops in a negative manner, why not be just as aggressive to show the heroism of our service members?'
"I brought up dozens of examples. There's a woman, a major, who is like a superwoman over there, helping kids and delivering kerosene lamps and pulling Iraqis out from under trucks and saving people and doing all these things. You never hear about that kind of stuff. Yet it seems like they can't wait to put bad news on.
"I said, ‘You tell me. Why do we see one side of the story and not the other if there are two sides?' He paused, and then he said, ‘Well, bad news sells' - and that's all he could say."
To read the full interview, and for more information about getting involved with OperationIraqiChildren.org, follow the link above.
Thanks for the ping Gretchen...I love Gary...a lot of his wife's family is active military....
I had no idea Sinise was doing this -- good on him! Double good. Would that there were a thousand of "him" doing the same and similar things.
Glad to see Michael Feinstein having such a good time with the president. Feinstein is coming to a theater in our area next month.
What's the chance of this?
Man who laughed at Cheney gets shot himself
WorldNetDaily.com February 15, 2006
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1579411/posts
IRONY CAN BE PRETTY IRONIC Colorado man who laughed Monday when he first read Vice President Dick Cheney had shot a hunting companion was himself injured just hours later when he was accidentally blasted by his girlfriend in his own hunting mishap.
"I read that thing about the vice president and said to myself 'How can you shoot your friend with your gun?' And look what happened," said Josh Kayser of Lafayette, Colo.
According to the Longmont Daily Times-Call, the 21-year-old man was on the trail of raccoons that had been preying on chickens on his family's property.
As Kayser crouched down to look under a shed, his 17-year-old girlfriend, whose name was not released by authorities, crouched down behind him and accidentally shot him with a .22-caliber rifle.
The bullet reportedly entered behind his right ear, exited through his chin and ended up lodging in his left forearm.
Doctors chose not to remove the bullet, lest they cause nerve damage. / end excerpt
Make sure he's not a Democrat!
Irony is remarkable.
Thanks for the background
Gosh, I hope not! Maybe I'll meet someone when I'm interning in DC next fall. I won't be too likely to run into lots of Democrats interning for Senator DeMint. (Well, hopefully I will be an intern for Senator DeMint.)
So USA Today have it wrong saying it is then.
The Texas Boots etc. ball was on January 19, 2005 according to the date I saved it to file, given to reward GOP faithful for their support, etc. W was inaugurated for the second time the next day. I don't know if it's an official or unofficial title.
In other words, they can pretty much call it what they want, but it's not really an "official ball".
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