Posted on 10/25/2007 8:57:53 PM PDT by snugs
Today the President travelled to California to see first hand the devastation caused by the wild fires.
The First Lady continued her trip to middle east to promote cancer awareness and co-operation amongst middle eastern countries.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced new economic sanctions against Iran during remarks at the State Department
Secretary Rice also testified on Capitol Hill before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Iraq.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates attended a NATO-Russia defense ministers meeting in Noordwijk , the Netherlands.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
President George W. Bush, joined by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, visits firefighters after touring the Rancho Bernardo area,San Diego, commenting on additional aid being provided to California,Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007.
Fire officials and politicians meet President George W. Bush at the Witch Fire Incident Base Command Operations Center at Kit Carson Park in Escondido, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. From left are San Diego Sheriff Bill Kolender, Chief Ruben Grijalva of the CDF, Congressman Brian Bilbray, Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, President Bush, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Adjutant General William Wade of the California National Guard, and San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders.
President Bush reaches out to Kimber Fowler (R), who lost her home to wildfires, as the president and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) visit with evacuated residents at the Rancho Bernardo Community Center in the Rancho Bernardo neighborhood of San Diego, October 25, 2007.
President George W. Bush, center, meets Phil Aguigui and Luvelle Jaime and their daughter Kiara at the Rancho Bernardo Community Center which is a resource center for victims of the recent fires, Oct. 25, 2007, in San Diego.
President Bush waves as he arrives on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007.
Great Photo of the Day, Snugs!
I am glad he visited the devastation. His compassion will
be felt by the ones who have been displaced. It’s been a
horror out there.
Thanks for your hard work...and for Sanity Island!
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson arrive to announce new economic sanctions against Iran, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2-007, at the State Department in Washington.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, announces new sanctions against Iran, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, at the State Department in Washington.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Iraq.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice takes an oath before testifying at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington October 25, 2007.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, prior to testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Iraq.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Iraq.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, center right, shakes hands with Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, left, as NATO Secretary General Jaap de hoop Scheffer, center, looks on during a NATO-Russia defense ministers meeting in Noordwijk , the Netherlands, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. Differences over Kosovo and U.S. plans to install missile defenses in eastern Europe were expected to dominate talks Thursday between Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and his NATO counterparts. Standing right is Slovakian Defense Minister Frantisek Kasicky.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, shares a word with British Defense Secretary Des Browne during a NATO-Russia defense ministers meeting in Noordwijk , the Netherlands, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. Differences over Kosovo and U.S. plans to install missile defenses in eastern Europe were expected to dominate talks Thursday between Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and his NATO counterparts.
Wow, he left the White House very early...or it was last night. I am thankful he went. The pictures are so very sad!
F irst lady Laura Bush greeting the US military personnel at the Ali Al Salem Air Base, north west of Kuwait City, Kuwait, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. Looking on, far right is US Army Lt. Gen. R. Steven Whitcomb, commander of the US detachment in Kuwait.
First Lady Laura Bush talks to US military personnel at Ali Al Salem Air Base, 70 Kms north west of Kuwait City during a visit on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007.
A U.S. soldier takes a photo of U.S. first lady Laura Bush as she speaks at Ali Salem Airbase in Kuwait October 25, 2007
First lady Laura Bush waves as she arrives in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007.
First lady Laura Bush sits in a car upon her arrival in Amman October 25, 2007
King Abdullah of Jordan (L) receives U.S. first lady Laura Bush in Amman October 25, 2007.
Fox news reported this morning that two bodies were found in a burned out house. I wonder if the victims were trying to stay as long as they could and then were unable to get out? It’s sad anyways
Thank goodness W got the job this time around. He is very good at his calling.
Howdy snugs, great shots of our beautiful First Lady Laura. You ruined a couple of shots with Box-a-Rox in them.
Pray for W and Our Victorious Troops
That is so sad and tragic. Stuff meant too much for them. Or, the fire got there way too soon. We’ll never know.
If those fires were set on purpose I hope the monsters that
did it get the death penalty!
Second - let me say again how much I love it that he wears the same belt most of the time (like me!).
Third - I think its pretty classy the way he is arm-in-arm with Senator Feinstein. Its not only actual physical support when walking through a treacherous area, but it is emotional support too. Seeing that must devastation must be hard to take, and I know the president shares in folk’s tragedies.
And as much as I disagree with the Senator’s policies - I’m glad she could put politics aside and be there with the president. (I seem to recall other events where the politicians seemed to do the separate photo-op one-up-manship with the whole thing).
It has been reported they were set deliberately. They have two persons arrested and a third one was shot and killed
First lady Laura Bush speaks during the launching ceremony of breast cancer screening centre in Amman October 25, 2007
First lady Laura Bush (L) greets Jordan's Princess Dina Mired, director general of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation, after speaking at the launching ceremony of a breast cancer screening centre in Amman October 25, 2007
First lady Laura Bush (R) claps after speaking at the launching ceremony of a breast cancer screening centre as Jordan's Princess Dina Mired, director general of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation, watches in Amman October 25, 2007.
First lady Laura Bush (R) smiles after speaking at the launching ceremony of breast cancer screening centre in Amman October 25, 2007.
First lady Laura Bush, center, visits children cancer patients at King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007.
Dr Deb’s must reads
MUST READ/VIEW . . .
CSPAN WILL REBROADCAST THEIR 30 MINUTE SYNOPSIS OF THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT TO CALIFORNIA AT 1:29 AM EDT (a good time for those on the West coast?!) — BTW: It’s an AWESOME synopsis!
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp
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VIDEO FROM THE PRESIDENT’S TRIP TO RANCHO BERNARDO
http://video.ap.org/v/Legacy.aspx?partner=en-ap&g=c18ade2c-654a-4de0-9a34-953b8e7efd33&f=CADIU&mk=en-ap
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BUSH TOURS FIRE-RAVAGED REGION
SAN DIEGO — Assistance for victims of the San Diego wildfires will not waver, President Bush pledged Thursday after taking an aerial tour of the fire-ravaged areas of the county, visiting a burned-out neighborhood and thanking firefighters and emergency personnel.
“These fires are going to go out because of the bravery of the people behind us,” Bush said, flanked by about 200 firefighters who met with the president at Kit Carson Park in Escondido.
You can read the entire article here:
http://www.10news.com/news/14423322/detail.html
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SLIDESHOW FEATURING THE PRESIDENT’S ARRIVAL IN CALIFORNIA
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/slideshow/news/14423680/detail.html
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[I’m tired of the Left and Right falsely accusing the President of spending irresponsibly — conveniently forgetting ALL of the issues he’s had to deal with the last 6 1/2 years!! . . . IBD PROVIDES THE TRUTH!!]
BUSH THE BIG SPENDER? CHECK AGAIN
By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Thursday, October 25, 2007 4:20 PM PT
Budget Policy: An oft-heard criticism leveled at President Bush is that he’s a “record spender.” And because it’s repeated by those at both ends of the political spectrum, it sounds right. But that doesn’t mean it is right.
. . . In the first six years of his term, including the Office of Management and Budget’s most current estimate for 2007, Bush spent, on average, 20% of GDP.
Was that a lot? Not really. As the chart shows, it puts him in the middle of the presidential pack. Since Johnson took office in late 1963, spending as a share of GDP has averaged 20.4%. And, ironically, spending under LBJ was the lowest.
So rather than a “record” spender, as some claim, Bush is actually below average. Indeed, he’s within statistical spitting distance of President Clinton, who on average spent 19.6% of GDP.
This doesn’t mean we’re for spending. Far from it. We’d love to take a red pen and go through the budget, cutting unnecessary programs and even eliminating whole departments.
We’re with the Heritage Foundation when it says “government should reduce taxes, cut wasteful spending, reform the massive entitlements and fully fund America’s national defense priorities.”
What we don’t like is a dishonest argument, which we feel this has become. Many on the right have criticized Bush for too much spending, at times rightly so. But this has been picked up by Democrats, who now style themselves as fiscal conservatives. They’re not.
If you think they are, the following AP headline from this week will make you think again: “Senate Reverses Bush’s Budget Cuts.” Got it? Under our Constitution, Congress decides spending, not the president. That’s Government 101, elementary civics.
Yes, presidents set goals and ultimately sign off on spending bills. But calling it “Bush’s budget,” or “Johnson’s,” or whoever’s, absolves Congress of its constitutional duty as keeper of the national fisc.
For the record, Bush came into office in January 2001, a time of unique challenges both to our nation’s economy and to its security. They included a stock collapse that erased $8 trillion in national wealth in the space of a few months, a first-ever terrorist attack on U.S. soil that killed 3,000, and a recession that Bush inherited but didn’t cause.
If Bush had pushed to cut the budget in 2001, he might well have been impeached for economic incompetence. A decline in spending would have hurt the economy in the short run, extending the recession and making the recovery in jobs even tougher.
The relevant facts are that, over the past three years, federal spending as a share of GDP has been remarkably stable: 20.2% in 2005, 20.3% in 2006 and 20.2% in 2007. And over the same period, the deficit has been cut in half as a share of GDP.
If you really want to worry, look long-term. Bush has tried to do something about runaway entitlements but has gotten no help. As GAO chief David Walker has noted, $50.5 trillion in entitlement spending looms in the next few decades — with no way to pay for it.
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=278203953648874
194 posted on 10/25/2007 11:22:09 PM EDT by DrDeb
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