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A day in the life of President Bush (3/11/07): photos from Colombia
WhiteHouse.gov & Yahoo News ^ | 3/11/07

Posted on 03/11/2007 3:10:54 PM PDT by Wolfstar

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush arrived in Bogota, Columbia today. His visit is a show of support for the Columbia, which is a staunch ally of the United States. The following AP/USA Today piece summarizes the visit.

Bush pays brief call on Colombia
Updated 41 mins. ago

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — President Bush renewed U.S. support to Colombia, a strong but drug and violence-plagued U.S. ally which receives more U.S. aid than any country outside the Middle East and Afghanistan. Bush arrived in the nation's capital on Sunday to meet with President Alvaro Uribe in a show of confidence for Uribe and Colombia's battle against narcoterrorists. But the stop was clouded by a political scandal involving Uribe, and security jitters had Bush staying only about six hours.

Colombia was the third country on the president's five-nation tour of Latin America. He began his journey in Brazil, flew here from Uruguay and was headed later Sunday to Guatemala. Bush last stops in Mexico before returning to Washington Wednesday.

It was Bogota's first visit from a sitting president since Ronald Reagan in 1982. Some 20,000 police and heavily armed troops will virtually shut off downtown Bogota to guard against a possible rebel attack.

PRESIDENTIAL SCHEDULE:

— Mar. 14, President and Mrs. Bush arrive back in Washington from their trip to South America and Mexico.

— Mar. 15, House GOP Leader John Boehner (R-OH) chairs the NRCC March Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel, headlined by President Bush.

— Mar. 16, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern will meet in the White House with President Bush to discuss bilateral issues and Northern Ireland, and to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with their annual "Shamrock Ceremony."



TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: colombia; columbia; georgewbush; laurabush; narcoterrorists; ourallycolombia; president; uribe
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To: onyx

I did get some homegrown sausage patties out of the freezer. I'll have those in the morning with my hot breakfast. :)


101 posted on 03/11/2007 7:30:20 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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To: SevenofNine

Agree bigtime. I like it when I see cops taking out the trash and in Colombia, the cops don't fool around.


102 posted on 03/11/2007 7:31:20 PM PDT by Kitten Festival
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To: BigSkyFreeper
did get some homegrown sausage patties out of the freezer.

How do you home grow sausage patties? YUCK.

103 posted on 03/11/2007 7:32:54 PM PDT by onyx (DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
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To: STARWISE
Makes sense to me to have a major office in the area that you do a lot of business with.

Our company has a joint venture in China because we wanted to more control over a market where we buy and sell a lot of our goods.
104 posted on 03/11/2007 7:33:24 PM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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To: onyx
LOL! I do live on a hog farm in case you didn't know. LOL

Butcher in town makes up what kinds of meat I want and what kind of spices I want in the meat.

105 posted on 03/11/2007 7:35:52 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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To: onyx
I had roast pork with lovely crispy crackling followed by black Forrest gateaux.


106 posted on 03/11/2007 7:36:17 PM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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To: ThreePuttinDude

Humm. The Globe I saw said that Laura was going to get a $10M settlement.


107 posted on 03/11/2007 7:36:54 PM PDT by jtill (Lord, please keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth!)
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To: snugs

You eat like a queen, your highness!


108 posted on 03/11/2007 7:37:16 PM PDT by onyx (DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
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To: Wolfstar
cocahugo Here's Hugo in Bolivia, wearing a necklace of coca leaves, corrupting some baby.
109 posted on 03/11/2007 7:37:17 PM PDT by Kitten Festival
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To: onyx
Oh dear.

I think on the whole Americans seem to eat more spicy food than us Brits or certainly more than I do. In fact I cannot remember when I had anything really spicy.
110 posted on 03/11/2007 7:38:01 PM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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To: BigSkyFreeper

I was not aware that the Big Sky Ranch included hog farming or whatever it's called. Thanks for telling me. :0)


111 posted on 03/11/2007 7:39:02 PM PDT by onyx (DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
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To: onyx
I don't think so on the whole my food budget is quite modest compared to most because I tend to cook from scratch rather than have convenience type food.
112 posted on 03/11/2007 7:40:15 PM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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To: snugs

I think you're right about that --- I like spicy food --- but I'm better off with bland and I noticed I eat less when I eat bland food. :0)


113 posted on 03/11/2007 7:40:44 PM PDT by onyx (DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
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To: onyx; snugs
You eat like a queen, your highness!

She does & she continues to lose weight! great huh?

114 posted on 03/11/2007 7:41:45 PM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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To: onyx
Non spicy food does not have to be bland but I guess if you are used to highly spiced food anything else does taste bland.

I would not consider a strong cheese quiche bland or roast meal like I had earlier but neither is spicy.
115 posted on 03/11/2007 7:42:49 PM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - Big Time))
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To: snugs; BigSkyFreeper

It's obvious from the photos that you're a wonderful cook! You and Big Sky might make a great pair... not that I am into matchmaking......lol.


116 posted on 03/11/2007 7:43:20 PM PDT by onyx (DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
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To: onyx

Yep! My dad started hog farming as a 4-H project many, many years ago. My grandfather took care of it while dad was in college, and then my dad took it over again once he left college to return to helping on the family farm, and has been doing it ever since then. :)


117 posted on 03/11/2007 7:43:58 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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To: Wolfstar

wonderful selection of pix again tonight wolfstar. I am sure the Columbian Guard of Honor were POd to be under scrutiny by the SS..

Glad to see our guy Nick there, front & center.. well, actually back & side.. but there!


118 posted on 03/11/2007 7:45:00 PM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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To: DollyCali; snugs

I think she eats proportionately --- whereas I tend to binge when I get a craving for sweets or for spicy food.

FR is moving slowly for me --- you?


119 posted on 03/11/2007 7:45:34 PM PDT by onyx (DEFEAT Hillary Clinton, Marxist, student of Saul Alinsky & ally and beneficiary of Soros.)
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To: onyx; snugs

Nah! Snugs is several notches above me in the cooking department. I'm not as gourmet as snugs. :)


120 posted on 03/11/2007 7:45:35 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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