Posted on 08/04/2009 6:50:05 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Think of it as an illness, Deb. It helps to deal with them.
For some, I think, it's all about "my money" and they can't see beyond the end of their noses.
This was a good thing all around, and Bush should get credit for it. (He does in Africa - 80% approval in some countries).
Dubya is also a very down to earth man. He does not act like a royal.
I read an anecdote where he was walking his dog in town just a few months ago this year near his ranch in Crawford. He had to pick up his own dog’s poop in throw it in the garbage.
Wonder what Obama or Clinton would have done ... probably hire dog walkers.
I just knew that these people would be in here, with bells on! It’s like they smell a positive Bush thread; so they have this terrible need to come in here and stink it up! Grrrr..
The way I figure it, is we have a monster in the White House, and the only way some of you can keep being mad at President Bush is to ignore the reality of the monster, and fabricate blame on President Bush for things he didn't do, and not give him a shred of credit for things he did do - like tax cuts in the middle of the recession he inherited that revived our economy and kept us afloat through the attacks we sustained in 2001. Like doing everything in his power to keep us safe, and being vigilant in the war against those who would destroy us. Like being the strongest advocate for the unborn ever to occupy the WH, and being the best CinC our troops have ever had.
I appreciate that you have political differences of opinion with President Bush (and even agree with you on 1 or 2), but your hyperbolic, nonsensical criticisms make you look as though you need some fresh air or something.
Try to infuse a little logic and balance in your attacks. It will keep you from looking as though you've fallen off the deep end of reality.
And then focus on the Marxist demon that's trying to destroy the very fabric of our republic and all it stands for, and what we can do to get him out of the White House.
Reality, Moonman. It'll do you a world of good.
You're exactly right, though. President Bush is REAL. He cares about people. He's honest. He's a man of integrity.
In short - he is Christian.
Here’s the story :
http://petpundit.com/2009/05/pick-up-after-your-pet-president-bush-does/
Pick up after your pet; President Bush does
Posted by Cathy M. Rosenthal on May 23, 2009 at 11:24 am.
Former President George W. Bush appeared at a reception for high school seniors in New Mexico recently and talked about life outside the Oval Office, which including walking his dog, Barney. “There I was, former president of the United States of America, with a plastic bag on my hand,” he said. “Life is returning back to normal.”
Honestly, I expected the former President to have a dog walker to handle these duties, but there is something reassuring in knowing that no matter who we are, we all have the same responsibilities when it comes to our pets. We feed them, groom them, pick up after them, and even spoil them. We jump when they want to go outside, come inside, or be fed. We are trained to pet them the moment they sit near our feet. And we rarely move them from their sleeping spot, especially if it is our lap. To an outsider unfamilar with the canine/human animal bond, it may appear as if we are subserviant to their needs.
Instead though, humans and dogs share a special symbiotic relationship — a close relationship between individuals of two or more different species. Symbiotic relationships may benefit both species, one species at the other’s expense, or neither species. For humans and dogs, the ideal relationship benefits both species. We offer shelter, love, and care to the dog; in return, they agree to love, adore, even protect us, no matter what. Some canine/human relationships, however, are at the dog’s expense. Dog fighting, animal abuse ,and even neglect, are ways in which we mistreat dogs and throw off the balance of this trusted relationship.
If the former President of the United States can walk his dog with a baggie in his hand, so can everyone else who has a pet. Kudos to the former President for keeping it real.
No less than the liberal Huffington Post mentions this tidbit here :
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/22/bush-liberating-to-be-out_n_206636.html
TITLE :
Bush: “Liberating” To Be Out Of Office, Picking Up Dog Poop
I’ve long thought that W was the best president of my long life time. He was a man of principle, who said what he stood for and didn’t waiver.
"Keep it real"........I love it!
And not for one minute does he think it's beneath him to do it.
It is a rare gift to this country to have a man of such principle and courage at its helm.
I just hope some of those who don't get it yet will some day wake up to an understanding of what we had.
No it can’t be called LBJ returns. LBJ had an incredible amount of power of the Senate and some of the House. Also the ad hominem attacks that you go in for speak to your character and why you don’t like Bush. It has been my experience that people with a lack of character do not like honorable men out of habit. In addition, before assuming that I agree with Bush’s immigration policy, first check and see if I have said anything that would make you believe that I agree with him on anything. There is a difference between agreeing with someone on everything and seeing him as an honorable man, this is a point lost on Obama supporters.
Giving quietly, without fanfare, is definitely the only way to give....your post was a good reminder for sure.
It is my considered opinion that when "We, The People" have all but totally ignored the problem, and are continuing to fail to address it through our own personal, charitable giving to organizations actively engaging the issue on the ground in Africa; at that juncture I think the onus to act can be legitimately taken by The Executive, the moral duty having thus devolved upon his Office by our collective failure to act privately in a degree equaling the severity of the issue. No, I do not believe that to be a Constitutionally defined role of The Executive, but seeing as righteousness in America has deteriorated to such a degree that we are able as a Nation to generally ignore the fact that millions in Africa are all but walking dead -- damned to the Hell of AIDS temporally, and then to Hell eternally -- if there be one righteous man who apprehends the gravity of the situation, and is in some degree empowered to rectify our collective lack of Christian charity, then let it be The Executive. Should we deem his recommendation out-of-line, we have Congress to bring to bear in opposition to it, and if our arguments cannot prevail before Congress, then they will carry The President's objective forward, and will answer to us in Town Halls, and at the polls. It is there that we will see whether or not their support was truly harmonious with the Will of The People.
Ping
Remember, I kicked $500 to the Swift Boat guys during the '04 campaign? I gritted my teeth as he held the border open and persecuted Innocent guys trying to do a miserable job.
But when he sent in a goon squad, a hunter killer team to arrest "Dog" Chapman, whose show I've never seen - end to end- well it exposed him for the character he is....
Now compare that arrest to how they hooked up Blagovitch? No courtesy phone call "could you please come to the door and let the nice FBI guy arrest you?".
No, none of that for those who embarrass his masters in Mexico.
I can only guess?
I've never heard the left criticize Dubya for his border policies - ever! Can you provide a link?
As to the $15 billion he likes to play his stupid like - buy friends game with - Here in Portland, OR, there is a one year waiting list for removing any serious type kidney stones AT THE VA MEDICAL CENTER!!!!!.....
A federal court in a case in California ruled it was a violation of the US Constitution to make a inmate wait for a full month before an operation which was also being held back via pain pills.
Shows the contempt Dubya has towards Veterans (which he ain't by the way)
...and is doing just super duper splendorous now under this new and marvelous regime.
What exactly did I say that isn’t true? People who revert to name calling when they cannot refute a fact are so-——small.
One thing I've learned over the past 8 years, don't bother arguing with the irrational Bush haters. Post the facts for those who are sane and understand reality, but don't argue with illogical, emotional nonsense.
On second thought, I WILL respond to your idiotic anti-military claim that President Bush isn't a veteran. You besmirch thousands upon thousands of ANG vets who have served their country nobly. SHAME on you.
That in and of itself, negates any argument you may have as being the product of an unclear mind.
(But leftists like to use it too, so you're in 'good' company).
What you said was irrational.
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