A Day in the Life of President Bush (10-07-06): Christening of the USS George H. W. Bush

www.yahoo.com & other sources ^ | 10-07-06

[silent_jonny]

President Bush and Mrs. Bush joined former President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush for the christening of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush CVN 77.

Click here for a transcript of the GWB’s remarks.

Also in attendance at the ceremony were Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, General Peter Pace, Virginia Senator George Allen, Doro Bush Koch and Florida Governor Jeb Bush.

Enjoy your Saturday visit to Sanity Island

[silent_jonny]

Ahoy, matey

Avast ye, Buddy! ;)

[silent_jonny]

Thank you so much, Ohio. That's a high complement and I truly appreciate it.

[mystery-ak]

[Humal]

"A welcome respite from the sleeze all around us lately."

Yes, so true! This post is a keeper. :-)

[silent_jonny]

subtle, very subtle....gotta love the guy!!...lmao

Yeah .... After that, Doro's book probably shot up a few points on the Amazon chart :)

[ohioWfan]

Did you figure out that 'even' was supposed to be 'event?'

Must not a proofread that one. :)

btw, I meant EVERY word!

[silent_jonny]

Thank you, Gretchen :)

I might order some new furniture for the mansion :-D

[silent_jonny]

They consume more fruit and vegetables than hamburgers???

The hamburgers must be terrible :)

[Tallguy]

During that raid, his plane was hit by anti-aircraft artillery and it caught on fire. Yet he kept his plane on course, he released his four bombs, and scored four direct hits on that tower. He headed out to sea, he ejected.

There was no such thing as 'ejection' in those days. Getting out of a crippled airplane was no small feat.

[silent_jonny]

I work for NG and have that picture hanging outside my office - - love it!

It's eye-catching for sure :)

[jtill]

jonny, thats for another night of great pictures.

At first glance, I thought that the top picture on post #23 was Charlton Heston not GHWB.

I loved this part of GW's speech:

"Our dad would become known as one of the Navy's youngest pilots. But that wasn't his only distinction. While training along the Chesapeake Bay, the pilots in our dad's flight class learned about a beach across the way where young ladies liked to sunbathe. It became popular for the pilots to fly low over the beach. So one day he came in low to take a look. It just so happened to be the same day that a traveling circus had set up its tents. Dad's flyover upset an elephant, causing him to break lose and make a run throughout the town. He was called in for a reprimand from his commander. He puts it this way, "I was grounded for causing an elephant stampede" -- probably the only Navy pilot in American history who can make that claim."

I laughed so hard, and was amazed to find that no (laughter, applause) followed the end of the story. I need to watch the video to see if they left it out, or I was the only one that that it was a side-splitting story.

[silent_jonny]

Your post is goosebump inducing :) God works not only in mysterious ways, but awesome and stunning ways too.

[Jewels1091]

Hope this doesn't turn into another Chinese student massacre!

[silent_jonny]

here's a cyber spitball.

Hey--who did that!?

Kate:

[Jewels1091]

God saved GHW Bush because he had a mission to do, he had to father the President this nation needed at it's most critical moment!!!!

[onyx]

I have been thinking the same thing. Nothing on the cable news yet.

[silent_jonny]

Hi, Starwise :) Thank you very much.

[goodnesswins]

WOOHOOOOOOOO.....notice they used "American Sparkling Wine"! Not French "Champagne." LOL...

Thanks for the pics jonny.....haven't seen any of this until now. And the Dose is the BEST place to get these kinds of pictures!

[silent_jonny]

You sank my battleship!

:)

[Majie Purple]

Thanks, as ever Jonny!
For a Sub You're sure busy as a Pres. B. bee!
*See* Ya Sunday!