A day in the life of President Bush (3/11/07): photos from Colombia

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[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."

[BigSkyFreeper]

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

[Kitten Festival]

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

[onyx]

did get some homegrown sausage patties out of the freezer.

How do you home grow sausage patties? YUCK.

[snugs]

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.

[BigSkyFreeper]

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.

[snugs]

I had roast pork with lovely crispy crackling followed by black Forrest gateaux.

[jtill]

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

[onyx]

You eat like a queen, your highness!

[Kitten Festival]

Here's Hugo in Bolivia, wearing a necklace of coca leaves, corrupting some baby.

[snugs]

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.

[onyx]

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

[snugs]

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.

[onyx]

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)

[DollyCali]

You eat like a queen, your highness!

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

[snugs]

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.

[onyx]

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.

[BigSkyFreeper]

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. :)

[DollyCali]

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!

[onyx]

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?

[BigSkyFreeper]

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