A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos): 12-5-08

WhiteHouse.gov & other sources ^ | 12-5-08

[silent_jonny]

Quote of the Day:

President George W. Bush: For the first time in nearly three decades, the people of Lebanon are free from Syria's military occupation.

Libya's nuclear weapons equipment is locked away in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Places like the UAE and Bahrain are emerging as centers of commerce.

The regime in Iran is facing greater pressure from the international community than ever before.

Terrorist organizations like al Qaeda have failed decisively in their attempts to take over nations …

Iraq has gone from an enemy of America to a friend of America, from sponsoring terror to fighting terror, and from a brutal dictatorship to a multi-religious, multi-ethnic constitutional democracy.

Photo of the Day:

President George W. Bush salutes attendees as they applaud his remarks on Middle East policy to the Saban Forum at the Newseum in Washington December 5, 2008.

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[silent_jonny]

Dose Ping!

Please Pray for President Bush & Our Nation
&
Please Continue to Pray for
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[MamaB]

Hi.

[silent_jonny]

The toaster is yours :)

[DrDeb]

HEADS UP . . .

Tonight, CSPAN2 will re-broadcast the President’s speech to the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at 10:00 PM EST
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp
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TOMORROW, PRESIDENT BUSH WILL ATTEND THE ARMY-NAVY GAME
(12/6/08)
CBS will broadcast the game beginning at 12 PM (noon)
https://www.usna.com/SSLPage.aspx?rss=acad_arch&referrer=&pid=6541

[MamaB]

Just finished reading 3 books about the Our Lady of the Angels school fire in Chicago. What a tragedy and could have just as easily have been my former school which was very much like LOA with decades of gook on the floors, no doors at top or bottom of stairwells, etc. Am writing to a lady who lost a sister in the fire. I think we both are going to learn something. BTW, my high school did burn in 1973 but I believe it started at night so no injuries, thank God.

[silent_jonny]

From left Jay Groff, a survivor of Pearl Harbor from Springfield Virginia, George Sullivan, the Chairman of the Arizona Memorial Museum Association, Donald Winter, Secretary of the Navy, General James "Hoss" Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, Dr. James B. Peake, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior, listen as US President George W. Bush speaks in the Oval Office of the White House December 5, 2008 in Washington, DC. President Bush signed two proclamations honoring World War II's Pacific theater.

President Bush: Thank you all for coming. I am going to sign two documents -- one a Pearl Harbor Day proclamation, and the other creating the World War II Valor in Pacific National Monument. The National Monument will include nine sites -- five in Hawaii, three in Alaska, and one in California at the Tule Lake Segregation Center, which was where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II.

The purpose of the monument is to remind generations of Americans of the sacrifices that Americans made to protect our country. But there's a broader purpose, as well, and that is to remind generations of Americans about the transformative effect of freedom.

[silent_jonny]

President George W. Bush signs the Presidential Proclamation Designating the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument and the Presidential Proclamation in Honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 2008, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. From left are, George Sullivan, Chairman of the Arizona Memorial Museum Association; Navy Secretary Donald Winter; Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Gen. James Cartwright; the president; Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake; and Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne.

President Bush: One of the great stories during World War II was that people fought bitterly to defend our country and way of life, and then worked to help our enemies develop democracies according to their own cultures and their own history. And today, I am so pleased to report that Japan is a strong ally of the United States of America -- an ally in defending our liberties and an ally in spreading liberty as the great ideological alternative to an enemy that still wants to do us harm.

And so this monument will help people realize the breadth and the history of World War II and its aftermath.

So I'm pleased to sign both documents, and I want to thank our distinguished visitors for joining me.

(The proclamations are signed.)

Thank you.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

Howdy

[MamaB]

Hey,
Thanks for posting these pictures. What are you going to do after the 20th? I, for one, sure do not want any of that goofball who was elected. That was not very nice, bless his heart, he does not know any better.

[silent_jonny]

President George W. Bush arrives to make a statement on the economy, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

[silent_jonny]

President George W. Bush makes a statement on the economy, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

President Bush: Today's job data reflects the fact that our economy is in a recession. This is in large part because of severe problems in our housing, credit, and financial markets, which have resulted in significant job losses. I'm concerned about our workers who have lost jobs during this downturn, and I'm -- as we work to -- as we work to address the problems of this economy, we've extended unemployment insurance benefits to those who have lost their jobs during this downturn.

[unkus]

Thanks for posting. I’ll be watching with my World WAR II Marine uncle.

[silent_jonny]

President George W. Bush makes a statement on the economy, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

President Bush: We are focusing on the root causes of the economic downturn in order to return our economy to health. The most urgent issue facing the economy is the problem in the credit markets. Businesses and consumers need access to credit at affordable rates to spend and invest. And so we're working to stabilize the markets and make credit more affordable and available. We're working with the Federal Reserve and FDIC, and credit is beginning to move. A market that was frozen is thawing. There's still more work to do. But there are some encouraging signs.

[siamesecats]

Good evening!

[silent_jonny]

President Bush: A root cause of the slowdown is housing, and so we continue to take actions that will avoid preventable foreclosures and speed a return to a healthy housing market. Interest rates help the housing market recover, and interest rates, mortgage rates, are going down. And plus there's a number of programs in place to help Americans stay in their homes, to limit the preventable foreclosures.

[silent_jonny]

President George W. Bush speaks about the economy at the White House in Washington December 5, 2008.

President Bush: I am concerned about the viability of the automobile companies. I'm concerned about those who work for the automobile companies and their families. And likewise, I am concerned about taxpayer money being provided to those companies that may not survive. Put out a detailed plan recently that uses money that Congress appropriated last fall for the auto industry -- money that can be used so long as the companies make hard choices on all aspects of their business to prove that they can not only survive but thrive.

It is important that Congress act next week on this plan. And it's important to make sure that taxpayers' money be paid back if any is given to the companies.

[mojo114]

Thanks jonny. Appreciate the reading of what our President said today, never would have known as not one of the MSM covered any part of the speech or that he is even existing!

[silent_jonny]

President George W. Bush pauses whilst speaking about the economy at the White House in Washington December 5, 2008.

President Bush: It's going to take time for all the actions we have taken to have their full impact. But I am confident that the steps we're taking will help fix the problems in our economy and return it to strength. My administration is committed to ensuring that our economy succeeds. And I know the incoming administration shares the same commitment.

Thank you very much.

[silent_jonny]

President George W. Bush walks away after making a statement on the economy, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

President George W. Bush walks back to the Oval Office after making a statement on the economy, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.