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I always enjoy hearing Lynne Cheney talk of strong western women you can tell she puts herself in that category but again does not push it as domination thing over her husband but just as a fact.

I am certain I am right that her own mother was a deputy sheriff again backing up your description of these western women.

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Happy New Year

Off to eat dinner now, roast pork, roast potatoes, roast parsnips and sprouts, topped with gravy and apple sauce

Red velvet cake for sweet - thank you snalin for the wonderful recipe

Yes this is my actual dinner

[snugs]

Thank you all for your company and friendship during 2006 - I leave you with 2 photos - who they are will not surprise you. One a very happy one and the other whilst the VP is very happy in the photo subsequent events makes this a very poignant photo

Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Lynne Cheney pose for a holiday portrait in front of the Christmas tree at the Vice President's Residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, December 12, 2006. White House photo by David Bohrer

Vice President Dick Cheney talks with former President Gerald R. Ford by telephone from the Vice President's West Wing office, December 8, 2006. "He was a dear friend and mentor to me until this very day," said the Vice President in a statement released upon President Ford's death on December 26.