President Bush drapes the Congressional Medal of Honor on Ed Freeman of Boise, Idaho, in the East Room at the White House Monday, July 16, 2001. Mr. Freeman was awarded the honor for his actions in 1965 when, as a helicopter pilot during, he flew through gunfire more than 20 times during a single, ferocious battle, bringing supplies to a trapped batallion and flying more than 70 wounded soldiers to safety. White House photo by Paul Morse
One wonders if the current President has posted anything on the current White House website - am I brave enough to go over there and check?
Good luck with that. I have gone there a few times, but I get to angry to do research.
One thing I did notice. On the front page they always have 3 or 4 feature stories and a picture to accompany each. The picture for the G20 was the "class photo" of all the leaders. For some reason, both Angela Merkel and Christine Kirchner, the president of Argentina, were cropped out. There was no reason to crop the picture, so I am left with the feeling that women weren't wanted in the picture. The Saudi guy was front and center, of course.
Thank you for posting Pres. Bush's honor of this awesome hero, snugs, and Morgan, for reminding us of the enduring heroism of the American military. Where would we be without these brave men and women ?
For those who wish to remember what the White House website used to look like, there is the archived website from Pres. Bush's term. It's frozen in time, but still refreshing to revisit, especially for those of us on this Forum who would give anything to have him still at the helm, guiding our wounded ship of state.
From the visit of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip to the White House in 2007
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The WH website today is factual, businesslike and cold.
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From Pres. and Mrs. Bush's visit to the UK last year
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A glance backward:
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Shock Forced Paulson's Hand
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"The Fed, meanwhile, was supposed to be a lender of last resort to banks. It wasn't built to fix all these problems, and the snowballing crisis worried Fed officials.
"This financial episode is one where a huge part of the problem is outside of the banking system," said Frederic Mishkin, a Columbia University professor who recently left the Federal Reserve as a governor. "We're in a whole new ball game."
On Thursday, Messrs. Paulson and Bernanke decided to ask Congress for authority to buy up hundreds of billions of dollars of assets. In the afternoon, Mr. Paulson, Mr. Bernanke and Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox briefed President Bush for 45 minutes.
Mr. Paulson told Mr. Bush that markets were frozen and many different types of assets had become illiquid, or untradeable. Messrs. Paulson and Bernanke told the president that the situation was "extraordinarily serious," according to a senior administration official.
"We need to do what it takes to solve this problem," Mr. Bush replied.
That evening, during the meeting with Congressional leaders, Mr. Bernanke gave a "chilling" description of current conditions, according to one person present. He described the frozen credit markets, busted commercial-paper markets and attacks on investment banks. The financial condition of some major institutions was "uncertain," he said."
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This is a MUST READ article, giving an historical timeline of events that led up to today's mess. I urge you all to read the whole thing. Makes you wonder about the possibility that motivated monied wizards/entities behind the curtain were manipulating the catastrophic fall of the dominoes. Not saying that happened, only that it could be a possibility. I'm still mind boggled at the speed and depth of the devastation, coincidentally just mere weeks before the election. God help us.