Posted on 03/26/2006 5:13:53 PM PST by Wolfstar
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and First Lady, accompanied by the Secretary of State, returned from Camp David earlier today. It will be a momentous week in Washington as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on a military commissions case, and the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on Sen. Russ Feingold's call to censure the President over the wiretap controversy. In this mix of venality and stupidity, there is some happier news:
Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - The Cincinnati Reds announced Friday that President George W. Bush will throw out the first pitch prior to the Reds' opening game against the Chicago Cubs on Monday April 3, at 2:10 p.m. (et) at Great American Ball Park.President Bush's father, George Herbert Walker Bush, threw out the first pitch at the inaugural regular-season game at Great American Ball Park in 2003.
George W. Bush will be the first sitting president ever to throw out an opening day first pitch in the city of Cincinnati and just the second sitting president to attend a baseball game in the Queen City, William Howard Taft being the other in 1912.
The Washington Post story about the military tribunals Supreme Court case:
Court Case Challenges Power of President (click title link to read complete story)
Military Tribunals' Legitimacy at Issue
By Charles Lane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 26, 2006Seized by U.S. forces in Afghanistan and imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Osama bin Laden's former chauffeur is now seeking victory over President Bush in a new arena: the Supreme Court.
In oral arguments Tuesday, an attorney for Salim Ahmed Hamdan will ask the justices to declare unconstitutional the U.S. military commission that plans to try him for conspiring with his former boss to carry out terrorist attacks.
This story is great! Vice President Cheney took on the Democrats for their attacks on the President over the wiretap matter.
Cheney on attack after Dems call Bush 'dangerously incompetent' (click title link to read complete story)
Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:46 PM CSTORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney blasted Democrats for opposing provisions of the Patriot Act and criticizing President Bush's approval of secret wiretaps for domestic surveillance at a fundraising lunch Friday.
Two days after Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid called Bush “dangerously incompetent,” Cheney said if Democrats were capable of handling the war on terror, “Then I ought to be singing on American Idol.”
“The president and I welcome the debate, because every voter in America needs to know how the leaders of the Democratic party view the war on terror,” he said at the event for U.S. Rep. Ric Keller, R-Orlando.
THE WEEK AHEAD: Not much news available today about next week's presidential schedule. I was only able to find this: President Bush will welcome President Olusegun Obasanjo of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the White House March 29.
Interesting, ilw...around here if we love President Bush despite the fact he isn't perfect, we get bashed and called BushBots. I think it's called a double standard.
Incompetent--the word of the week, preceding by Towel Snapping.
They are so transparent, but why should they care?
They get by with it.
It takes skill to get a good photo of a black dog.
I've failed many times with Bubba, the black lab.
Yeah, I noticed that. Someday those same people who now claim to have loved President Reagan all along will claim they always supported President Bush.
I am keeping him in my prayers
I'm with you...or I should be.
I keep breaking my resolve and reading threads that make me mad. Everything makes me mad.
Even the book we're reading for Bible Class makes me mad.
How sick is that? Has anyone read The Dream of God by Verna Dozier?
You are so right about Rush. I've gotten ticked at him occasionally, but he is the only consistently rational voice, although others are fun, like Mark Levin's schtick with the liberal callers and Laura Ingraham--have to give her some kudos for her appearance on the Today show and sticking it to the media.
Oh, then I guess I can change my tagline.
It's "amnesty amnesia", mystery.
How conveeeeenient.
Well, I haven't forgotten.
I do listen to him sometimes, but after the UAE and this hypocrisy on Bush v. Reagan, I don't jump for joy when I hear the latest commercial for his show...have you heard it? Some musical BUMPS!, then voices chanting/singing words like "gotta whole lotta Sean...bump, bump, bump...gotta whole lotta Sean", on and on and repeat.
As much as I appreciate him along with Rush and the others, sorry, I've had way too much of Sean.
And there are many of us who like Reagan and Bush equally.
I loved Reagan, but I get tired of people who deify him for the purpose of bashing Bush.
No, I haven't heard it...I too have just about stopped listening to him...no way I'll give him 3hrs of my day..LOL
I loved Reagan, but I get tired of people who deify him for the purpose of bashing Bush.
Worth repeating.....and boy, do I agree..
I spent most of yesterday and today ripping Bush Bashers
and the govenator bashers. Most of these people are not republicans but third party or trolls.
Being a native of Calif. Reagan was our gov. for 8 yrs and cleaned up an ugly mess.
And know what it was like to live through the cold war 50s- on and Reagan changing Eastern Europe that is where many of us come from with Reagan.
I support Bush for all he has done with the WOT and the economy, etc. It is not one or the other.
It is the most wonderful background on my computer : )
Well, it's not played on HIS show; rather, you might hear it on a station that carries his show but you would be listening to a different show at the time, and they use this to promo Sean's 3 hours. Yep, they "gotta whole lotta Sean" alright...too much.
Very few rabid Bush supporters ever bash Reagan. Can't say the same for the reverse, though. Totally agree that it is not one or the other for me, it's both.
Wolfie, my eyes unexpectedly ran across your tag line again tonight, and I remembered why you'd put it there, and it brought a huge smile to my face, thinking about my brother and how happy he is now.
Love the photos of Laura being interviewed. Thanks for the Dose.
So glad you have your PC back!
I'll be changing it sometime soon, Gretchen, but I'm glad it brought you a measure of joy.
I'm SO happy to have my PC back. Now if it will just behave itself indefinitely all will be well in my virtual world.
Do you -- or does anyone on the Dose -- know where that interview was taped? I don't know why I think this, but it doesn't seem like the White House to me.
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