A day in the life of President Bush (1/29/05) photos

WhiteHouse.gov; various news sources ^ | 1/29/05

[patriciaruth]

Prayers for your soldier.

Is he adopted or someone you knew before?

[patriciaruth]

What most people tend to overlook is that over half of those killed in Hitler's death camps were children.

When someone mentioned that some years ago, it took me by surprise.

[snugs]

Just seen a very powerful clip on ITN news on satille a few minutes ago.

Three Iraqi men carrying an elderly Iraqi lady in a plastic garden chair to vote and gently putting the chair down just outside the Polling Station. One could not imagine this a few days ago.

By the way TV coverage that I have seen so far I am surprise and pleased to see that ITN are covering it fairly and allowing positive comments to be heard.

Switching back to FOX now as ITN gone to domestic news for a while. Our formal Cabinet Minister (open homosexual) admitting that he is HIV positive and has been for 17 years, do we really need to know this. By the way he is still an MP though is retiring from Parliament at the next election to work culture efforts in London (Ken Livingston the Mayor of London has given him this appointment).

[snugs]

Typing error - have not really woken up yet.

**Three Iraqi men carrying an elderly Iraqi lady in a plastic garden chair to vote and gently putting the chair down just outside the Polling Station. One could not imagine this a few days ago.**

Of course I meant to say a few years ago not a few days ago.

[snugs]

FOX has just said with only about 2 1/2 hours to go until polls close no US troops have been killed lets pray that it continues.

The violence IMHO and FOX have stated this as well is not a great as one feared. In fact they say on FOX that the main time of the day for violence has in fact past so they say now should be the safest time to vote. Prayers that this is so and they numbers voting are high enough for the world and most importantly the Iraqi people to consider this a credible election.

[snugs]

Just announced on BCC no violence in the South of Iraq where the British troops are only small explosions that are normal and no casulties. This is with less than 2 hours to go before voting closes.

People looking happy, security looks great these are the pictures the world needs to see and I applaud the BBC for showing it surprised but pleased.

[phancypants]

He is sort of "adopted" tho that was never the intention.
He was asking for items for the kids and I was able to get a really good collection going. We started e-mailing and chatting online and figured out that we have a lot in common. We are the same age (24) and like a lot of the same things. So I went from helping with his project to being sort of a shoulder to lean on or someone to talk to when he needs to "get away".
He's a very good guy with a big heart.

[Oreo Kookey]

Barney says you never know where Ted will pass out.

How true. Only that he will.

[WestCoastGal]

"Barney probably takes a sweet latte of some sort,"

I'll bet he looks so cute with that litle bit of latte foam on his beard!!

[snugs]

He sounds a wonderful man have you heard from him today yet?

[ride the whirlwind]

I have a theory as to why the White House cat has two names. When GWB first took office in 2001, word got out about his cat named India. Shortly thereafter, the people of the country, India, were supposedly up in arms over the fact that the president would insult them by naming his cat after their country. Perhaps that's around the time that the cat acquired her nickname of Willie. Just a thought.

[phancypants]

Still no word from him today, I'm waiting as patiently as I can!
I've been cooking and cleaning to distract myself...

[Wolfstar]

Just announced on BCC no violence in the South of Iraq where the British troops are...

Good day, Snugs. It's about 9:45am Pacific time, and I'm shortly going off line in order to watch GWB's press conference. Just wanted to thank you so much for your updates on coverage in your area. Although the time difference between us sometimes makes it impossible to respond in a timely way, I always appreciate your posts.

I also wanted to send my condolences to the British people for the loss of their C-130 plane in Iraq this morning. I have not yet heard how many died in the crash. Hopefully, not a large number.

Well, got to go snuggle in front of the TV now. GWB will be speaking to us soon.

[Wolfstar]

I'll bet he looks so cute with that little bit of latte foam on his beard!!

Grin...I can visualize that in my mind's eye. Very cute.

This is a great day for liberty, isn't it.

[Wolfstar]

Perhaps that's around the time that the cat acquired her nickname of Willie.

You know, you could very well be right about this. Aren't humans just plain dumb sometimes! Fortunately, in typical cat fashion, Willie India doesn't give a fig. She's happy padding around the residence of the WH and taking the occasional swat at Dims. Has to do something to earn her keep, after all.

[NordP]

They did it! They did it "big time!"

[snugs]

Thanks for info re Hercules am listening to ITN news at the moment still no word of what happened or casualties, site is secure though and investigation underway.

[Wolfstar]

Yes, NordP, they did it! Almost anything one can say about our Dubya would seem trite about now. He is a truly great man.

[NordP]

Ah-greed!!!

I teared up with pride watching coverage, last night.

Teared up with pride watching coverage, today.

LOVED watching our fine President speak, just now.

We are so blessed to live here!

[maxwellp]

I believe President Bush likes to give people nicknames, so perhaps "India" did become "Willie". Thanks for your response and again, many thanks for the pictures and commentary!