Posted on 08/05/2006 2:18:44 PM PDT by Wolfstar
PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush, and the dogs, are vacationing at their Crawford, TX, ranch for the next couple of week. However, no president is ever truly on vacation. Today, through White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, who is at the ranch, President Bush issued a statement saying he is pleased with the draft UN resolution regarding the war in the Middle East. Here is an excerpt from the widely circulated AP story:
Bush Happy With Draft U.N. Resolution
By NEDRA PICKLER, The Associated Press
Aug 5, 2006 12:11 PM (46 mins ago)CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush has signed off on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at ending fighting in the Mideast and is "happy with the progress being made," his spokesman said Saturday.
But the president knows there could be a long road before violence stops, White House press secretary Tony Snow said.
"I don't think he has any delusions about what lies ahead," said Snow, accompanying Bush on his vacation to his private ranch.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley arrived at the ranch Saturday to consult with Bush as the full Security Council began discussions on the agreement reached by France and the United States.
The draft calls for Hezbollah to stop all attacks and for Israel to stop "offensive military operations." But it would allow Israel to defend itself if attacked.
Israel, backed by the U.S., has insisted it must have the right to respond if Hezbollah launches missiles against it.
In an important, but largely overlooked domestic story, Congress sent a major pension overhaul bill to President Bush yesterday for his signature. Here's an excerpt from the story on ABC News:
Congress Sends Major Pension Overhaul Legislation to President Bush
By JIM ABRAMSWASHINGTON Aug 4, 2006 (AP)— Congress passed major pension legislation designed to assure American workers, including millions of baby boomers nearing the end of their working careers, that the pensions they have been promised will be there when they retire.
The Senate, in its last vote before adjourning for a four-week summer break, approved the 900-page bill that compels employers with defined-benefit pension plans to meet their funding obligations and seeks to prevent companies from terminating plans and shifting the financial burden to the taxpayer. The House passed the bill last week.
PRESIDENTIAL VACATION SCHEDULE: From the White House press gaggle by Tony Snow.
The President's day today: he got up early, received his national security briefing, recorded the radio address -- which is about border security and immigration. Then he went out and did some brush-cutting and trail-clearing, followed by a bike ride, and will be doing other vacation relaxation sort of things for the rest of the day.The week ahead has more of the same, through Wednesday. On Thursday, the President will participate in a tour of Fox Valley Metal-Tech, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he will make a statement on the economy. While in Wisconsin, the President will attend a 'Gard for Congress' reception in Oneida, before returning to Crawford for the rest of the vacation, such as it is.
On the 11th, he'll attend a Republican National Committee reception and barbecue at Broken Spoke Ranch in Crawford. Then he'll spend Saturday in Crawford and return to the White House at a time to be determined on Sunday, the 13th.
The president plans to return to his ranch near the end of the month for a few days. But that trip is scheduled to be interrupted with other travel away from Texas, including a visit to the Gulf Coast to mark the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
That is one big, healthy and adorable baby ... no missed feedings there. He's a bruiser .. LOL. Both of them are so cute, Nancy. I bet you have a ball with them.
That's an odd thing with the DSL, Wolf .. I'd be GRRRrrrr-ing,
too .. so aggravating. Is it brand new?
Link
You can use the url that I post the toasters with if you want I have a paying account so I have 50gb bandwidth per month.
I love that one of 41 I remember in an interview with Greta he said that when he was in Pakistan he asked if he could hold that child and the parents readily agreed.
They don't keep score. They root for all of the kids. That might be a pic from the time one little boy hit one way over the fence - they didn't think it was possible. I know W loved that hit.
From a quick look into my records the top 4 toaster winners are
MamaB = 24
Mystery-ak = 23
Silent Jonny = 18
GWB43_2004 = 17
He's 6mos already.....time flies doesn't it!
That's okay....I used my account...I delete stuff I don't use anyways......
Take a look now...it took a while, but I cleaned up my room...lol
I just LOVE all the 'baby' pictures -- again, our president has such a heart for children!!
HEADS UP . . .
The President and Condi will make comments about the situation in the ME tomorrow morning (8/7/06) at 10 AM EDT.
MUST VIEW . . .
The WacoTribune provided an AWESOME videoclip of the President's Texas arrival on Friday -- it provided some 'behind the scenes' views ignored by the typical press 'pool' coverage!
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/mplayer/m/4372
MUST READ . . .
[If you can ignore his predictable snipe at Rumsfeld (he's such a McCainiac), Kristol provides a rather insightful analysis of the anti-everything Democrat Party]
ANTI-WAR, ANTI-ISRAEL, ANTI-JOE
The New Democrats.
by William Kristol
08/14/2006, Volume 011, Issue 45
You fight the global war against jihadist Islam with the political parties you have.
We have two. One is the Republican party, led by George W. Bush. Its heart and mind are mostly in the right place. Its performance as a governing party in time of war is, admittedly, another matter. Do we have a strategy for victory in Iraq? Not if one judges by Donald Rumsfeld's testimony last week before the Senate Armed Services Committee. It shouldn't be too much to ask for competent leadership at the Defense Department in time of war, leadership characterized by a willingness to learn from mistakes, instead of an arrogant (and oddly defeatist) smugness.
But at least we have a president who knows we are at war with jihadist Islam. And he is willing to stake his presidency on that fight, and to support others, like Israel, who are in the same fight.
It's become clear, by contrast, that the Democratic party doesn't really want to fight jihadism. It's just too difficult.
You can read the entire article at
http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/537qsphp.asp
Jack Kelly: HEARTS AND MINDS
Hezbollah's hopes for victory depend entirely on its propaganda campaign
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Hezbollah and its sponsors, Iran and Syria, are relying upon our soft hearts and softer heads to destroy us.
. . . But world opinion is overrated. Intellectually and morally, it is no more valuable than Mel Gibson's opinion, after he has consumed a bottle of tequila. But leave that aside. The only non-Israeli whose opinion matters much to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is President Bush, who remains steadfast in his support.
The propaganda war matters more than ever before, but still matters less than what happens on the battlefield, where Hezbollah is getting its clock cleaned, though that's difficult to tell from the news coverage.
You can read the entire article at
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06218/711272-108.stm
March 14th is coming that the file does not exist
Loved that arrival at WACO had to smile how he sort of threw Barney into Marine One in the nicest possible way of course.
Watched it again and he kisses Barney's back as he walks down the steps of airforce one.
"Watched it again and he kisses Barney's back as he walks down the steps of airforce one.:
I missed this . . . I guess I'll just have to watch it again (ha!).
Loved your photos from the 'cook out' . . . the house and grounds were beautiful!
Thank you so much for that great report. I just love reading about people's interactions/observations with GWB and Laura. Very exciting for you!
Ok, I'll go check...thanks..
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