Posted on 09/29/2008 7:44:04 PM PDT by snugs
The President had yet another busy and no doubt worrying day first of all making a statement on the financial rescue legislation early morning on the South Lawn of the White House.
He also met with at the White House President Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania and Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko. After his meeting with Yushchenko the President spoke about the failed bailout
On a somewhat lighter and more pleasant note the President presented the 2007 National Medal of Technology and Innovation Medals.
Pray for President Bush -- Day 2938 - McCain/Palin--Day 32
Defense Secretary Robert Gates spoke to students of the National Defense University,
He also welcomed Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus to the Pentagon.
Vice President nominee Sarah Palin spent the day campaigning in Ohio
Enjoy Sanity Island
QUOTE OF THE DAY
President Bush Presents 2007 National Medals of Science and Technology and Innovation
East Room
THE PRESIDENT: Welcome. This is a joyous day for the White House as we honor some of our nation's most gifted and visionary men and women. I congratulate you all on your achievements. I'm looking forward to presenting you with the National Medals of Science and Technology and Innovation. And I welcome your friends, but most importantly, I welcome your family members. We are glad you're here and thank you for standing by these -- by the side of these pioneers and doers and achievers.
I want to thank members of the administration who've joined us, particularly Deputy Secretary John Sullivan; Dr. Arden Bement, Director of the National Science Foundation. I welcome the chairs and members of the 2007 and 2008 nominating committees. These recipients welcome you, as well. (Laughter.) They appreciate your good judgment. (Laughter.) And I welcome the previous medal recipients who are here. But most of all, thank you all for coming.
You know, it's very interesting that we're having this in the East Room. It turns out that Thomas Jefferson reportedly used this room as a place to lay out his fossils. (Laughter.) Three hundred fossils and bones were catalogued right here in the East Room, including a tusk of nearly 10 feet -- Barney has been looking for that tusk for a long time. (Laughter.)
Our history is rich with pioneers and innovators who have used their God-given talents to improve our nation. After all, it was Benjamin Franklin who invented the bifocals, and you will see his picture hanging here in the White House; or Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone.
Creative men and women are building on the foundation laid by those geniuses, and the same thing is going to happen in the future with the foundation laid by these geniuses. I mean, after all, Franklin's bifocals are giving way to LASIK surgery -- (laughter) -- and Alexander Graham Bell's telephone plays MP3s. (Laughter.)
We're proud to honor a new generation of people who have strived for excellence; people whose discoveries have changed America and the world. I mean, that's what we're here to honor: discovery and hard work and creative minds.
The men and women we honor here hold more than 100 patents. They are the leaders in business and industry. They public -- publish influential books. They chair academic departments in some of our country's finest universities. Our honorees have made breakthroughs in the range of -- in a range of fields, including polymer chemistry, neurobiology, condensed matter physics -- all a little esoteric for a history major, I might add. (Laughter.)
Each of our honorees has extended the frontiers of knowledge, and in so doing they've inspired a wave of innovation. We're an innovative society, and one of the main reasons why is we got very capable people who are willing to use their talents to push for new innovations. The work has helped inspire new medicines to treat diseases, strengthen security in Americans' airports, build new jet engines. They have helped create a global marketplace through a single phrase, "Find it on eBay." (Laughter.)
Each of these folks up here has earned the appreciation of our country. And one way to express our appreciation is to present a medal, and that's what we're doing.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
President Bush gives the Hook 'em Horns sign with Dr. Carlton Grant Willson, of the University of Texas, Austin, right, after presenting Willson with National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, at the White House in Washington.
Methinks Bush had a bad day today
Hi!
President Bush walks out of the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, to the South Lawn, to make a statement about the economy
You beat me.
President Bush makes statement on the financial rescue legislation, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.
President Bush walks back to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, after making a statement on the financial rescue legislation
Thanks for the ping
President Bush gives the Hook 'em Horns sign with Dr. Carlton Grant Willson, of the University of Texas, Austin, right, after presenting Willson with National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, at the White House in Washington.
President Bush high-fives Dr. Andrew J. Viterbi, a pioneer in the field of wireless communications, right, after presenting him with the National Medal of Science, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, at the White House in Washington
President Bush, right, presents Mostafa A. El-Sayed of the Georgia Institute of Technology a 2007 National Medal of Science medal, Monday, Sept. 29,2008, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
President Bush presents Frank Cappuccio, of Skunk Works, with National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, at the White House in Washington.
Methinks you’d best post the “troll warning” early and often today.
Back to lurking....
(and thanks loads, snugs, for the dose.)
Love,
O2
President Bush congratulates Bert W. O'Malley of Baylor College of Medicine, a 2007 National Medal of Science laureate, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
President Bush presents David J. Wineland of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colo., a 2007 National Medal of Science medal, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
President Bush congratulates Leonard Kleinrock of UCLA, a 2007 National Medal of Science laureate, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, in the East Room of the White House in Washington
President Bush congratulates Robert J. Lefkowitz of the Duke University Medical Center, a 2007 National Medal of Science laureate, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008,in the East Room of the White House in Washington
President Bush congratulates Charles P. Slichter of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a 2007 National Medal of Science laureate, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, in the East Room of the White House in Washington
Oh well. I still admire GW. Just have to reject his bad ideas now and again.
Do I get my toaster from yesterday, or did I miss it?
President Bush presents David Cutler of Microsoft Corporation, Medina, Wash., a 2007 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008,in the East Room of the White House in Washington
President Bush applauds Armand Feigenbaum of General Systems Company, Inc., Pittsfield, Mass. after presenting him with a 2007 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, in the East Room of the White House in Washington
President Bush, center, leaves the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, with recipients of the 2007 National Medals of Science and Technology and Innovation, following a ceremony
President Bush meets with President Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
President George W. Bush meets Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington September 29, 2008.
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