Posted on 01/07/2007 3:43:37 PM PST by Wolfstar
LOL! That is one cool shot of Beezie. She may be small, but she's quick, so the photographer must shot a number of frames in seconds, like if he was shooting a sporting match or something.
Hi Wolfie ... pics of the pooches are so adorable. Thank you for the schedules, as well. Can you imagine the confidences they share with W and Laura, especially these days? You *know* how much I love that SOTU speech. I doubt if any official speech I'll ever hear in my lifetime will touch me like those stirring words do.
Please .. everyone. Go here and vote. Needs some "Dosing."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16128101/site/newsweek/#anc_nwk_061209_bush_withdraw
Informative article, with information from Gen. Ray Odierno. He's also giving input to Pres. Bush, and it sounds like his analysis jibes with what we're hearing about the blueprint of what's to come:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16399081/site/newsweek/page/2/
"I was in Basra today and they told me JAM [Jaish Al Mehdi, or the Mehdi Army militia] pays people $500 per assault to attack coalition forces down in Basra. They also said if they got a permanent job they would work for less, they'd rather have a job at $400 a month that's safer. That's the dynamic we deal with.
That's what we have to change. The problem we have is that the newly elected Iraqi government is trying to stand up; [we've done] nothing to connect that Iraq government to an Iraqi individual on the street.
We have not done local elections, so there's no local representation. We have not provided security forces that are competent yet, we have not yet created jobs they can keep for a period of time.
We have to shorten that gap between the Iraqi government and the Iraqi individual on the street. It takes time for a brand-new government to do that, and we have to help them to do all of that."
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God Bless and Protect President Bush ~~ the weight on his shoulders is unimaginable. Prayers.
I hope you're feeling better.... I was sick with similar for 3 weeks. *sigh*
If I had to guess, I'd say they spent the weekend at the White House where the President is working on the speech he will give sometime this week. But normally if they are at the White House on a weekend, we at least see some photos of them at St. John's. Nothing this weekend.
If they went to Camp David, I would have expected to see photos of them returning. Again, nothing.
We shouldn't read too much into this, though.
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I love the sweet doggie graphic.
That's what we have to change. The problem we have is that the newly elected Iraqi government is trying to stand up; [we've done] nothing to connect that Iraq government to an Iraqi individual on the street.We have not done local elections, so there's no local representation. We have not provided security forces that are competent yet, we have not yet created jobs they can keep for a period of time.
We have to shorten that gap between the Iraqi government and the Iraqi individual on the street. It takes time for a brand-new government to do that, and we have to help them to do all of that."
Awww...cute puppy. :)
Great minds think alike... ;)
I hear ya. Maybe he's speaking in the collective (Iraqi/Coalition) "we."
Sorry to hear that.....I don't know what this crud is but I had it for almost a month...it's finally gone....hang in there.
I think I've gone through 3 boxes of tissues! And .. though I know it's weird to post this, it's only from my left nostril. And it's unending. What in the world does that mean?? LOL
LOL...I don't know...but I had to send Mike down toWalmart to get several boxes of Puffs with aloe...I thought my nose was going to fall off.....I also went through several bottles of Mucenix which I recommend...I finally had my Doc bil call me in an antibiotic....it only helped a little...but kept me from coughing my lungs up.....Mike never did get this, everyone else had it though.
I'm okay. I'll be back to school in SC this semester. I'll probably go back to DC after I graduate in May. I'm SO ready to graduate. I feel like I've been in school forever. Oh, wait. I have. :P
Maybe I'll be the next Rummy. ;) I've really tried to give Gates a chance but I don't think he'll ever be the SecDef to me. I don't think anyone would after Rummy...
Yeah!!!! Thank You!!!
To me, Rummy was IT. He wasn't just a SecDef, he was THE SecDef. The ideal. He was exactly what a SecDef should be. The DoD will never be the same without him.
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