[silent_jonny]

President George W. Bush holds the badge of a police officer killed in the September attacks. "And I will carry this," said President Bush during his address to Congress Sept. 20 [2001]. "It is the police shield of a man named George Howard, who died at the World Trade Center trying to save others. It was given to me by his mom, Arlene, as a proud memorial to her son. This is my reminder of lives that ended, and a task that does not end."

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

this man speaks truth and has the courage to hold fast to truth!

[Wolfstar]

Hi Jonny. So many memories. So many indelible moments. The one depicted in the photo you posted makes me hope that one day the shield will be on display in the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. I will make the trip to Texas to visit that library and say a prayer for Officer Howard and all those who died on 9/11/01. during the anthrax attacks, and on the battlefield protecting us these past eight years.

[STARWISE]

And guess who was at the speech, Arlene Howard. God bless his heart, Pres. Bush does not forget.

Hugging his daughters

He is at peace, and rightfully so ... he gave his all, and did everything he could possibly do for the sake of our precious America and our beloved troops.

The calmness in his demeanor struck me when he and Laura were interviewed on Larry King Live the other night. You can see the peace ... it's radiating from him, and thank God. Weaker men would've been crippled or institutionalized from the stress he's endured. (I LOVE Laura's rebuke of Obama .. ;). God bless them richly.