A Day in the Life of President Bush (with photos): 11-10-07

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A Day in the Life of President Bush (with photos): 11-10-07

Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

Transcript: 11-10-07 - President Bush and Chancellor Merkel of Germany Participate in a Joint Press Availability - Prairie Chapel Ranch - Crawford, Texas

QUOTE(s) OF THE DAY

"First on al Qaeda, we do share a common goal, and that is to eradicate al Qaeda. That goal obviously became paramount to the American people when al Qaeda killed 3,000 innocent souls on our soil. And since then, the United States of America, along with strong allies and friends, has been in pursuit of al Qaeda.

I vowed to the American people we'd keep the pressure on them. I fully understand we need cooperation to do so, and one country that we need cooperation from is Pakistan. That cooperation has been made easier by the fact that al Qaeda has tried to kill leaders in Pakistan several times. And so we share a common goal. "

PHOTO OF THE DAY

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And keep passing it on .. ;)

[NordP]

Thank you for posting this. It made me proud of our military...and I didn't think I could BE any more proud.

Who ARE these MSM people, and why...don't they love our country??? I just don't get it.

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Wow, W...another very GQ pic!!! Nice look, Sir!!!

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Thanks for the ping and the dose your first as our regular weekend host.

Many thanks to Wolfstar for her contributions over the last few years.

Wolfstar due to personal circumstances is at the this time not able to continue posting the weekend dose, I am sure we will all miss her excellent weekend dose(s) and that we all wish her well for the future.

If you are able to Wolfstar please drop in a visit us occasionally we miss you and would love to see you even if you can only drop in ocassionally.

Starwise we look forward to your doses which we all know will be great as we are all familiar with your great posts and once again thank you so much for volunteering to do this labour of love which we all know and appreciate takes a big chunk of our time to do.

[NordP]

Thank you for your hard work, today!!!

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Did you have a nice b-day?

Hope so!

[Brasil]

Thanks for today's dose. The classic set is priceless.

My linking skills are nil but John Hawkins at Townhall has a list today of 'The 25 Most Influential People on the Right' and he puts President Bush up there where he belongs at #1. It's a more satisfying list than the UK Telegraph tome that was published last week.

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Thanks for the very kind words, snugs and nordp ... I’ll do whatever I can.

How was your birthday, snugs ... we haven’t heard ANYthing about your celebrations .. now, fess up! ;)

Wolfie, we’ll miss you and appreciate so much all the great
thought and excellence in your wonderful threads. Please please ... don’t be a stranger, OK? And let us know what’s happening and how you’re doing.

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BDS ...

[tips up]

Not in Crawford though. Poor Wash press corp elites...

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Yep, a real bad case of it! ALL of them.

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You’re welcome ... rightly so, about #1.

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Well I went to London but not to see the Queen :o). The British museum has a special exhibition to do with the First Emperor of China. It is the first time they have sent the amount of Terracota army and horses abroad. We will told that all advance tickets were sold and it was a question of queing on the day. The day started badly I overlaid, then Michael who was coming to keep dad company was late. Then it was obis Phil had overlaid as well. Well upshot of all of this was that we missed the train that we had hoped to catch and had to get the next one which was about 7.28. Therefore we arrived in London shortly before 9.00am and then walked to the British Museum.

Here our fortunes started to change we were advised that tickets were sold up to about eleven and by the time we got to the window probably noon. We then decided to book tickets for about 2.00pm so we could do the London Eye and have some lunch.

After getting tickets we had a bite to eat at the museum this was a mistake. The coffee was semi cold, the duck wrap tasteless and the chili crisps (chips) blew your head off. Phil could not find anything to tempt him apart for a cookie but picked the wrong one and took one with cranberries in it (he does not like cranberries). That therefore was a waste of 26 dollars.

We then went to the London Eye, here is our official photo taken just before the trip ends.

Next are a couple of photos I took from inside the capsule

After this we went into a cafe along the South Bank and had a coffee and I had a maple and pecan pastry and Phil had a sandwich, I think BLT but I am not sure it may have been ham.

After this we went back to the museum and visited the exhibition which was fantastic and if any of you are in London try and see it, it is here until April next year.

After this we decided to come home and get a Chinese Take-away, I had deep fried shredded chili beef with seaweed and Phil had Chicken Chop Suey and special fried rice. Then we went back to my place and opened my presents. Phil gave me an Eeyore mug, a Canadian cook book he picked up from a restaurant he visited when in the rockies earlier this year.

This is the restaurant he got the cook book from (he took this photo during his visit)

It was a lovely day cold but bright and clear and here are a few photos taken along the South Bank

And believe it or not even an ice cream van in November

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WOW .. what an adventurous birthday !!

That exhibit sounds incredible .. were there any
jewels in the exhibit, or mostly works in clay ?

Does that “eye” go around and over the water? Looks
unusual. Is it several cars or one?

Your hair looks shorter .. looks adorable.

I don’t think you’ll forget this birthday, and glad
it was so packed with interesting events. And you
got to have SOME good food ... ;)

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The day looked sunny and bright .. but
I guess it was chilly.

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It was very chilly especially earlier in the day it warmed up throughout the day and evening though.

Here you can see it was bright but it was cold. This is the National Gallery taken soon after we arrived in London, this is opposite Trafalgar Square.

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There are a lot of pods or capsules which I think is what they are called. It is a big wheel commonly called the millennium wheel as it was constructed as a millennium attraction for London. It is only supposed to be here for 10 years but it is so popular so I would expect it to remain for much longer.

Again if you are visiting London and you want something lighter to do and and somewhere where you can get some good view of the city I would recommend this.

Here is the website which explains more and gives details of various options you can do such as a cruise along the Thames in conjunction with a trip on the Eye.

The London Eye

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There were some bronze objects including fixings from the long disappeared palaces which remained though was the metal fixtures that held the joist together.

The terracotta army men though were amazing, no 2 are alike there are also horses incredible life size creatures along with swans and cranes and even ducks.

We spent over 2 hours in the exhibit and it was just a truly amazing experience if it ever comes to the States you must see it.

Here is some details of the exhibition including a small movie

http://www.thefirstemperor.org.uk/

http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/all_current_exhibitions/the_first_emperor/exhibition_overview.aspx

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Had a great day

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Today is Veteran's Day in the States and in Britain Remembrance Sunday. I am watching the service on TV at present. Yesterday I went to the Memorial Gardens in Ashford and some of the poppy crosses and one reef was already there, here are the photos I took.

The only reef that was there yesterday

The only cross on the actual War Memorial yesterday which was placed next to his name on the Memorial. Today now there will be many many more there and if they are still there next Saturday I will take a photograph of them.