Posted on 05/30/2007 4:49:38 PM PDT by silent_jonny
Today President Bush nominated former Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick as the new president of the World Bank, replacing Paul Wolfowitz. (Transcript)
Later, in the White House Rose Garden, the president announced an emergency plan for fighting AIDS in Africa. (Transcript)
First Lady Laura Bush spoke to an assembly at The Island School in New York City on behalf of her foundation for America's libraries.
And President Bush arrived this afternoon in New Jersey to speak at a RNC fundraiser.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
Nice to have you back.
I have a neat story to tell you all....
Our son finished the requirements for his Eagle Scout rank last fall. However, we didn’t have the ceremony until Sunday as we wanted to do it when his grandparents would be here for our dd’s graduation. The timing comes into play...
I had never been to an Eagle ceremony before so I don’t know if what I am going to tell you is commonplace, but for us it was new. Our ds wanted as low-key a ceremony as possible. We had it at the house and just invited a few friends. After the scoutmaster arrived, he began to open letters and spread them on the dining room table. It was good that we had the table extended due to the company we have had for graduation, as he needed all the table space.
We all began to look at the letters and were amazed. The scoutmaster had written to GWB, the VP, all the cabinet members, our governor, senators, all the former living presidents,etc, telling them of ds’s ES rank. I don’t know who he wrote that ds didn’t hear from, but each of the above mentioned people sent a letter. We were all so fascinated! There is a letter from Gen Pace, GHWB and Mrs. Bush, our local representative, the head of the Coast Guard, Marines, Navy (I can’t remember their ranks or names),etc. It is so neat!
About the timing—two things are significant. One is that there is a letter from President Ford sent before he died. As a native Michigander that particularly pleases me! The second significance of the timing is that the letter from the Secretary of Defense is from none other than Rummy! :) I was happy about that, too.
I got a special notebook with archival quality page protectors in which to put all these letters. What a neat keepsake.
Oh, one more thing about the timing. They sent ds an Eagle Scout id card (looks like a credit card). It is signed by three people, one of which is the honorary president of the Boy Scouts—GWB! :) I am so glad that he became an Eagle during this administration! I told him that he needs to use that as motivation for his one buddy who only needs to complete his Eagle project—who wants an Eagle Scout card signed by Hillary Clinton—not me!
Just one more thing I forgot—the three letters that are going in the very back (perhaps face down) are from Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Harry Reid.
Sorry for the long post. I thought of you all as we were looking at the letters the other night!
Thanks, Jonny, for tonight’s Dose.
Dolly, our favorite SS man is in post #25.
——“There he is!”.....................LOL !
Hi jonny ! Thank you for the Dose ...your captions are priceless ... and for the giggle.. ;)
Love the picture of the day ... adorable.
“I love the pictures with the president and the little boy. You can see he loves children. I bet he can’t wait to have grandchildren.”
I was thinking the same thing!!! What a geat grandpa he’ll make!!!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/30/AR2007053002165.html
President Bush can’t win a popularity contest in New Jersey, but he can attract cash _ $675,000 Wednesday night for the struggling state GOP.
“Last time I was in Jersey, there was a lot of heckling as well,” Bush joked, recalling a cool welcome he received in the state controlled by Democrats.
Bush talked about terrorism, taxes and war, and said it was important that a Republican succeed him as president. But the event was not about his policies. It was about getting money for New Jersey Republicans who have raised just $7.5 million for fall elections compared to the Democrats’ $17 million.
Some of the people attending the event shouted “Four more years! Four more years!” as the president, who has just a 35 percent job approval rating, took the stage to fire up GOP faithful.
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Oh yeah, Pres. Bush has abyssmal poll ratings and is being abandandoned by the base of the Republican party ....... LOL
Hi there!! Very cute pics tonight!!
I was so having AI thread withdrawl last night. Then for some reason all day I kept thinking it was Thursday, like since there was no AI it must be Thursday. :-)
Thank you SJ for doing the dose tonight. These pictures of this boy are about the best I’ve ever seen. He looks so joyful.
Your work is much appreciated SJ.
LOL! Shame on you! ; )
That’s fantastic. I always heard Eagle Scout was a major deal, but it must really be a big deal to get letters from so many famous people. As a Michigander by marriage and 2 UM degrees, I’m thrilled that you got a letter from Ford.
Congrats to your son!
silent_jonny:
Thank you for posting an awesome DOSE tonight! The photo sequence of the little African boy running into the President’s outstretched arms is beyond precious: It’s actually a metaphor for the George W Bush presidency! . . . President Bush has become the visionary champion of LIFE and LIBERTY around the world — particularly when it comes to those too weak (e.g., the unborn/born children of the world) or too oppressed (e.g., the peoples of Iraq, Afganistan, and Darfur) to defend themselves! . . . We are incredibly fortunate to have this amazing man as our president during these perilous and world-altering times!
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A DR DEB RANT . . .
Our wittle wightwing talkers, bloggers, and pundits — elitist demagogues all — are having a collective temper tantrum because President Bush dared to defend himself (and his policies) against their vitriolic, unrelenting criticism . . . Of course these same whiners have attacked the President PERSONALLY and politically for YEARS and he has NOT reciprocated . . . In FACT, he didn’t reciprocate this time.
WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY SAY IN HIS SPEECH TUESDAY?!
Key excerpts:
“In other words, we’re working hard to enforce the border. And we’re stepping up enforcement inside the country. I see a lot of ICE hats. These are the folks that are charged with making sure that people who knowingly hire somebody who’s here illegally pay a price. In other words, part of making sure our country is a rule of law, we’ve got to have people enforce the law. It’s against the law to hire somebody who is here illegally. That’s the law. And we’re training people here to make sure that they know how to enforce that law. And the message to employers, if you’re hiring somebody here that you know is illegal, we’re going to — there’s a consequence to be paid. That’s what a nation that bases it’s system on rule of law does. That’s what we’ll continue to do.
And ICE is active. Your folks are working hard. ICE investigations have led to more than 3,000 arrests for immigration violations since the beginning of this fiscal year; nearly 600 arrests for criminal violations, including fraud and identity theft; and nearly $30 million in penalties against businesses that have violated the law.
We’re working hard to enforce the border. The immigration debate, you hear people say, well, they’re not doing anything to enforce the border. They’re wrong, and you know they’re wrong. And I’m here to thank you for doing — for working as hard as you can.” [Read the entire speech for more examples of exactly what this administration has done and is doing to protect our borders — MUCH MORE than any previous president including Reagan . . . oh that’s right, Reagan actually campaigned for and signed an AMNESTY bill!]
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“. . . A lot of Americans are skeptical about immigration reform primarily because they don’t think the government can fix the problems. And my answer to the skeptics is, give us a chance to fix the problems in a comprehensive way that enforces our border and treats people with decency and respect. Give us a chance to fix this problem. Don’t try to kill this bill before it gets moving. Give us a chance to make it easier for the folks who wear the uniform along our borders to do their job.”
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“. . . This reform is complex. There’s a lot of emotions around this issue. Convictions run deep. Those determined to find fault with this bill will always be able to look at a narrow slice of it and find something they don’t like. If you want to kill the bill, if you don’t want to do what’s right for America, you can pick one little aspect out of it, you can use it to frighten people. Or you can show leadership and solve this problem once and for all, so the people who wear the uniform in this crowd can do the job we expect them to do.
Now is the time for comprehensive immigration reform. Now is the time for members of both political parties to stand up and show courage, and take a leadership role and do what’s right for America.”
[NOTE: The “do what’s right” phrase is actually correlated with “solving this problem once and for all” . . . which, of course, many on the extreme right and left do NOT want — I wonder why?!
You can read the entire speech here:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070529-7.html
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MUST READ:
PRESS BRIEFING BY TONY SNOW:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070530-9.html
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STOCKS JUMP, S&P 500 HITS RECORD CLOSE
By Joe Bel Bruno
NEW YORK - Wall Street shot higher Wednesday, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 index to its first record close in more than seven years, as investors grew more confident that the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates in the second half of 2007. The Dow Jones industrials also reached a new high close. [YES BOYS AND GIRLS, THE S&P/DOW IS NOW HIGHER THAN IT WAS DURING THE CLINTON ‘BUBBLE’ YEARS!!! . . . AND IT’S ALL BUSH’S FAULT!]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070530/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/wall_street;_ylt=AlKWwW6Z_5BzkRF8SqL5.SDMWM0F
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BUSH RAISES $675,000 FOR THE NJ GOP
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070531/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_politics_2;_ylt=AvAVScLszWBb5eMz3m3zIc4Gw_IE
The series of pix of the little boy, Baron, are just too precious. Thanks for posting.
Love the captions;) LOL
Loved your story. Congratulations to your ds - Well done!
Thanks for the dose - sorry I am late but went out early evening and then had to skin 4 rabbits and had a nap and only just woken up.
Yes in deed
Neat E S & Letter news!
What a lovely sequence of photos GWB certainly does love children
Great photos tonight Jonny
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