Posted on 01/16/2007 5:39:58 PM PST by Just A Nobody
President Bush met with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in the Oval Office today.
President Bush also welcomed the World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals to the White House this afternoon.
Vice President Cheney was at the Pentagon speaking at the naming ceremony of the USS Gerald R Ford.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice continues her travels and meetings in the mid-east.
First Lady Laura Bush continues her three-day visit to France, touring a number of landmarks in Paris.
President Bush has proclaimed today (Tuesday January 16th) as "Religious Freedom Day." In the presidential proclamation, Bush said today commemorates the passage of the 1786 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which was written by Thomas Jefferson, and to celebrate the First Amendment's protection of the right to worship freely.
The proclamation notes that people in other parts of the world don't enjoy the same liberty, and many face religious persecution. Bush calls the freedom of worship" a gift from the Almighty", and he says the United States, quote, "Must continue to promote the importance of religious freedom at home and abroad."
Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Suresnes American Cemetery, an American cemetery for troops who gave their lives in World War I and World War II, near Paris Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007.
Mrs. Laura Bush tours the Suresnes American Cemetery Memorial Chapel near Paris Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. The cemetery is the resting place for American troops who died while serving in World War I and World War II.
Mrs. Laura Bush tours Memorial Chapel at the Suresnes American Cemetery near Paris Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. The cemetery is the resting place for American troops who died while serving in World War I and World War II.
going up hills in skiis is VERY slow & overall sometimes in deep snow very slow & walking is faster,
Remember we are dealing w/older n dirt dolly...not an olympic medalist
he hasn't posted since December 15th?????
(Hint..........his name is Bill).
That's a moving story TWAH. There are some good people from No. CAL, but you'd never know it here on FR.
Oh, and we could count Mr. Jim Robinson amongst them.
:)
I have just sent an email to him at work hopefully someone will pick it and let us know if he is OK if he is not at work.
He sent me a link to his work's webpage ages ago so I went there and clicked on contact and it gave me his email address.
I will let you all know if and when I hear anything.
AWESOME DOSE!! Did I read your post correctly: You met Chad Watson at Walter Reed?. . . Kudos for volunteering at this amazing hospital!
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice , left, answers questions from journalists during a joint press conference with Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al Sabah, right, at Bayan Palace, Bayan, Kuwait City on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007. Rice flew to Kuwait Tuesday from Saudi Arabia to meet the foreign ministers of eight Arab countries to continue her quest for assistance on Iraq.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice talks to the media in Kuwait, January 16, 2007.
I've been in and out so much lately with the kids' being home that I had no idea it had been so long since Mike had posted.
I remember his post about being ill, but I didn't know it was the last one he has posted.
Thanks. Sorry it is so slow and late getting finished.
If I have not heard anything by Monday I will try other ways of contacting him maybe fax.
HE is a most touching young man, Gretchen. I was so happy to see that photo. He will probably still be in the clouds Friday! ;*)
MUST VIEW . . .
You can watch a videoclip of the President's remarks to the St. Louis Cardinals at the WhiteHouse website . . . His remarks were incredibly warm and witty -- they will leave a permanent smile on your face!! [NOTE: He mentions Chad Watson in his remarks!]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070116-5.html#
You will find two more TOUCHING photos of the President with Chad at
[4th and 5th photo from the top . . . Could someone please post these photos!!!]
http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=president+george+w+bush&c=news_photos
PBS INTERVIEW
Today, the President did an interview with Jim Lehrer for the PBS show "NewsHour" . . . You can read the transcript, listen to an audioclip and (I think) watch a videoclip at the following website:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/white_house/jan-june07/bush_01-16.html
MUST READ . . .
THE COURAGE OF PRESIDENT BUSH
By Mark Noonan
Keep trying, liberals and leftists, but you will never make this man President Bush back down - he's your better, in every sense of the word, as his interview on 60 Minutes indicates:
60 Minutes wondered why he seems so determined to go his own way when most of the nation doesn’t back his plan.
"I’m not gonna change my principles. I'm not gonna, you know, I’m not gonna try to be popular and change my principles to do so," Bush explains.
"You’re not very popular in the country right now, to be frank," Pelley remarks.
"I’m afraid you're right," Bush acknowledges.
Asked if that gets to him, the president says, "Not really."
"You know that there's a perception in some quarters of the country that you're stubborn," Pelley says.
"Oh, yeah. Well," Bush replies.
Asked if agrees with that, the president asks, "Do I agree that I’m stubborn or do I agree that people think I’m stubborn?"
"People think you do. What do you think?" Pelley asks.
"I think I’m a flexible, open-minded person. I really do. I really do. Take this policy. I spent a lot of time listening to a lot of people because, Scott, I fully understand the decisions I make could affect the life of some kid who wears the uniform. Or could affect the life of some child growing up in America 20 years from now," Bush says.
"You know, a lot of people have asked me to ask you whether all of this is just crushing. It has to be. You read the polls, you know what people are saying, the war has not gone the way you had hoped it would, and they wonder whether it's just crushing on your spirit," Pelley asks.
"Quite the contrary. My spirits are strong, and I’m blessed to be the president," Bush says. "I really am not the kind of guy that sits here and says, ‘Oh, gosh, I’m worried about my legacy.’ I’m more worried about making the right decisions to protect the United States of America. See, we're in a war. People wanna come and attack you and attack our country. I understand criticism. But I’ve got a pretty thick hide."
On January 20th, 2009, President Bush will leave office, and likely never give you critics a thought for the rest of his life - he will have done the best he could to do what he thought was right, and that is all a man can ever really do. You critics just don't understand the man, because your leaders sway to and fro on the winds of fads and the passions of the moment. And you, too, don't have the hard center that President Bush has - the conviction that some things are right, some things wrong, and you try to do the right thing even if it is very unpopular and will cost you heavily. When is the last time a prominent liberal or leftist leader did something politically risky? Well, I'll tell you - Christopher Hitchens, a leftist, did something risky; so did Joe Lieberman, a liberal. What they did, of course, was to set aside their deep and abiding disagreements on a host of issues with President Bush and join him in our vital battle against a deadly enemy. For the rest of the liberal/left, it has just been a series of cowardly and nasty acts.
I'M STICKING WITH PRESIDENT BUSH. If we fail, then we fail honorably - and not giving a fig for the opinions of those who don't even have the courage to come out in the open and battle against us. We will care about those who come straight at us, not as those who try to knife us from behind.
Posted by Mark Noonan at January 15, 2007 12:19 AM
http://www.blogsforbush.com/mt/archives/2007/01/the_courage_of.html
Freemail to you
Hey, good news! I just found all the captions I knew I had saved! Of course I went back and found them all again before I discovered them on my other computer. ;*(
A BIT different??? LOL!
The bosses won't approve of the delay. ;*)
My sentiment, too. I thought at first that it was Peggy Noonan...but she has become a moonbat lately!
Loved the speech for the St. Louis Cards....thanks for the link! :D
I know the feeling it happens all the time to me things like that.
I thought I had overwritten or forgot to save a file before exiting wordpro the other day but fortunately auto save found it for it me and repaired the file.
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