Posted on 08/29/2006 5:03:09 PM PDT by silent_jonny
Today In New Orleans, President Bush Discussed The Lessons Our Nation Has Learned Since Katrina, The Work That Has Been Done, And The Many Challenges That Still Lie Ahead. One year ago today, Southeast Louisiana was struck by a cruel hurricane and flooding on a massive scale.
The President has returned to New Orleans to reiterate his commitment and to report what the Federal government is doing to make good on its promises.
However, the one-year anniversary is not the finish line, and many challenges still remain.
Source: WhiteHouse.gov
Enjoy your Tuesday visit to Sanity Island
"Sorry honey, so and so and I".
LOL
Back in a minute -
God bless New Orleans. As a Louisiana native, I sure hope the city will have a rebirth that will make it better than it was before.
Help is on the way! Check your FRmail when you have a chance.
Your friend,
GretchenM aka GEM
Thanks, Buddy!! Good to see you. I haven't seen you around lately. I thought you might be busy preparing for your soldier's return :)
Good evening and thanks for the dose - lovely photo of the day.
Toaster winner !!!!!
Hi, Wolfstar! Glad you're here. Yep, subbing again :)
I love your American breakfasts.
The idiots in the media make us look in every nook and cranny to find pictures of the President.
THANKS for a GREAT Dose, jonny! You did a super duper job!! (No surprise there!)
Just in for a minute in the middle of packing and after class. These photos are stupendous today because they reveal the depth of character of our much reviled and maligned President.
I can't help but believe that he is reviled precisely because of his character. What a blessing he is to this nation!
Thank You, Lord!
I shared some of our recent Doser recipes with a friend and she sent me this. She has health problems that sometimes require some creativity and substitutions to get the end product so that's why there are references to making it easier. She calls them
"Recipes for the Indisposed"
EZ Pot Roast
Chuck roast
seasoned with salt pepper, lots of garlic salt or bits
1 pkg Lipton onion soup mix
water to cover
Cook in slow cooker, use roaster all day on low
Add carrots, spuds, mushrooms, fresh onions at last bit if you have energy enough
* * * * *
OR
On horrible [low energy] days
add canned mixed veggies
When you take the top off the moisture evaps and leaves a yummy beefy onion gravy stock
OR
on day two shred beef and cut up any leftovers
To the stock, add:
2 cans mixed veggies
1 can corn
2 cans stewed tomatoes
2 cans tomato sauce
Szechuan sauce or curry and / or Worcestershire sauce
2 bay leaves
We really LOVE this stew/soup it freezes well too.
Everyone just HATES that evil President Bush. /sarcasm
Oh yeah. He's so hated that Nagin and Blanco trip over themselves to get in a photo with him ;)
Hi snugs!
I don't know ... Even though the photos don't show her boarding or leaving AF1, I assume that she's at the ranch with GWB.
Yeah...just like 'ol "braids" S. Jackson Lee ;-)
Hi ya Kate down to counting the hours :o)
Awesome photos of an AWESOME PRESIDENT AND HIS BEAUTIFUL FIRST LADY! -- thank you SJ!!
HEADS UP . . .
C-Span will re-broadcast the President's speech from today at 9:28 PM EDT followed immediately by what I'm guessing is a video montage of the President's day in New Orleans!
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp
You will find video (no audio) of the President's visit with members of the New Orleans Saints at
http://www.wdsu.com/video/9758356/index.html
MUST VIEWS/READS . . .
THE KATRINA VIDEO CONGRESS DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SEE
I'm going to warn you now. If you've only heard the news from the mainstream media, everything you think you know about Katrina flooding New Orleans is wrong. If you think you already know everything there is to know about Katrina, then you can safely ignore this post. - If the sum total of your interest in New Orleans flooding is to bash Nagin or Bush, then please... Go to where your intellect will be more appreciated. If you'd like to have your whole understanding of the Great Flood of New Orleans changed, hang on, it's going to be a bumpy ride.
Read this entire MUST READ commentary/MUST VIEW video at
http://wizbangblog.com/2006/08/28/the-katrina-video-congress-didnt-want-you-to-see.php
STORM, SOUND & FURY
August 29, 2006 -- Marking the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush declared today a National Day of Remembrance. He might have also called it a National Day of Misinformation - because the story of that killer storm remains as distorted as ever.
Read the entire commentary at
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/editorial/storm__sound__fury_editorials_.htm
PLAME OUT
The ridiculous end to the scandal that distracted Washington.
By Christopher Hitchens
I had a feeling that I might slightly regret the title ("Case Closed") of my July 25 column on the Niger uranium story. I have now presented thousands of words of evidence and argument to the effect that, yes, the Saddam Hussein regime did send an important Iraqi nuclear diplomat to Niger in early 1999. And I have not so far received any rebuttal from any source on this crucial point of contention. But there was always another layer to the Joseph Wilson fantasy. Easy enough as it was to prove that he had completely missed the West African evidence that was staring him in the face, there remained the charge that his nonreport on a real threat had led to a government-sponsored vendetta against him and his wife, Valerie Plame.
Hitchens tells it like it is once again
http://www.slate.com/id/2148555
TRANSCRIPT OF RUMSFELD'S SPEECH TODAY at the 88th Annual American Legion National Convention
Official Web Site of the Department of Defense ^ | August 29, 2006 | Defense Secretary Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld was at his absolute best today!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1692139/posts
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