Posted on 02/02/2007 2:44:11 PM PST by GretchenM
President Bush honored the 2006 NHL Stanley Cup (hockey) Championship Carolina Hurricanes at the White House. [I lost the b key on my keyboard with the Great Water Mishap earlier this week so if I type a b that doesn't show up, and forget to copy and paste it in, please insert it mentally into the text. In my replies I might start typing a v in place of b.]
Secretary of State Rice hosted a meeting of "the Quartet" to discuss events in the Middle East.
Defense Secretary Gates and General Pace held a news conference at the Pentagon. Text here.
National Security Adviser Hadley conducted the press briefing today, discussing the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), text and video here. The NIE is "an effort to bring together all the elements of the intelligence community and come out with a consolidated set of judgments about the situation in Iraq." It is a new document, provided to the president to develop a new strategy or new approach to Iraq.
Laura Bush promoted heart health awareness by attending the Red Dress Heart Truth fashion show in New York.
I have a feeling that these Globe headlines are used for some good laughs when the family gets together.
I am sure that Bill O'Reilly's goofy body language lady would have some negative things to say about Rummy's body language at the podium....LOL
***John Edwards is a Cackalackie.***
He sure is, and I hope he lays a BIG cackalackie egg.
OH no, no, no, no, no!
If you ever come to North Carolina, let me know and we'll tour the state from Wilson to Lexington. I'll show you the proper varieties of 'que.
For the uninitiated, there are two major kinds of North Carolina Barbecue: Eastern and Western. We have our own little civil war between the factions.
Personally, I really like a third kind. You haven't tasted pork like comes from John Pulliam's.
WOW...I love that list you just posted...thank you.
Hmmmmmmm I sure don't see a "separation of church/state" in those Preambles...do you?
Has anyone in your state come out HARD on John Edwards for killing a FOREST to build his house???
Not in the People's Republic of Orange County. When I moved to the next county south, I had to get an exit visa (I'm not kidding).
50 states, 50 mention God..hhhmmmm, wonder if the ACLU has read these????
That would be interesting, wouldn't it? Somehow, though, I don't think she'd pick up much in the way of any revealing quirks.
Thanks for posting that list. It must cause atheist-activists to have nightmares. LOL!
Magnificant job on the Dose, especially with the keyboard problem.
Have you tried honey to get the B's back?
I am surprised the ACLU hasn't tried to get these preambles deleted from all.
What is the difference?
If I get to visit the US near you I will definitely give you a shout re BBQ
I personally thought she way off regarding the VP
LOL
Oh, just use the V... we'll get to like it, I'm sure.
Actually...I think she is a lib...she rarely has negative things to say about the dems.
MUST READ . . .
HOW THE DEMOCRATS HAVE LOST THEIR COOL
By WILLIAM KRISTOL
When last seen before election day 2006, the Democratic Party seemed the very soul of moderation. And they stayed the course for the next two months. House Democrats refused to replace their No. 2, the moderate Steny Hoyer, with the antiwar Jack Murtha. Speaker Nancy Pelosi emphasized her maternal and grandmaternal qualities as she shepherded through the House a modest and popular agenda of ethics reform, a minimum-wage hike and cheaper drugs for seniors. The Democratic presidential flavor of the month in the shopping season before Christmas was the fresh-faced, not-too-partisan Barack Obama.
But in the past few weeks, the Democrats have gone wild. The mushy domestic agenda is quickly disappearing beneath a tide of antiwar agitation in Congress. Joe Biden is leading the way, seeking to have as one of the first acts of the new Democratic Senate a nonbinding resolution condemning a troop increase in Iraq. Others want action, not just words. On the presidential side of the party, Hillary Clinton has gone at breakneck speed from being a mild critic of the war to calling for a legislated troop cap and threatening to cut off funds for the Iraqi army. Obama and John Edwards are cheerfully one-upping her by demanding a firm schedule for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. What happened?
In part, an accelerated presidential race, with its own dynamic. In part, the fact of congressional majority status, which has its own dynamic too. But in largest part, Bush. He crossed up the Democrats. They expected him to stay the Rumsfeld-Abizaid-Casey course in Iraq. Or, they thought, he might accede to the Iraq Study Group, admit errors and lead us to gradual defeat. Neither would have required Democrats to do anything much except lament the lamentable situation into which Bush had got us. Instead, Bush replaced Rumsfeld, rejected the Iraq Study Group's slow-motion-withdrawal option and chose to try a new strategy for victory, backed by a troop surge. The Democrats were genuinely shocked that Bush wouldn't behave as if the war was lost.
You can read the rest of this EXCELLENT analysis at
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1584797,00.html
BULL-MARKET CHEERS FOR BUSH
By Lawrence Kudlow
Friday, February 2, 2007
On a day when the GDP report came in strong and the Federal Reserve proclaimed a balanced economy marked by healthy growth and contained prices, President George W. Bush became only the second sitting American president to visit the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. As he moved from trading post to trading post, floor brokers and assistants stopped their work and started to cheer.
Huge cheers. Loud applause.
This is the same guy the mainstream media loves to kick around -- the same guy who suffers sinking polls while standing resolute on the subject of Iraqi freedom, and who gets virtually no credit for the Goldilocks economy and unprecedented four-year stock market boom. HE'S ALSO THE SAME GUY WHO CONTINUES TO PROVE HE HAS MORE CHARACTER THAN MOST ANYONE SERVING IN PUBLIC OFFICE TODAY.
You can read the rest of this article at
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LawrenceKudlow/2007/02/02/bull-market_cheers_for_bush
'Dog' posted this on another thread -- WE MUST REMEMBER!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaoryQ0oLh8&mode=related&search=
JUST TO MAKE YOU JEALOUS:
Hubby and I (and a hundred of our friends) will be joining TONY SNOW for dinner tomorrow night . . . Tony will give the 'keynote' remarks at our local Lincoln-Reagan Dinner -- after his remarks, Tony will visit each table . . . Should be FUN!!
I think you may well be right about that, I thought her conclusions on the VP were laughable.
Hope there are some photos
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