A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos): 7/31/02

yahoo.com; whitehouse.gov; netscape.com ^ | July 31, 2002 | GretchenEE for rintense

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Re: #78
Love that picture of Bush pitching. The Democrats were so JEALOUS!
Thank you, Gretchen, for all the great pics. If I were the Bush's, I'd go to Kennebunkport for part of the vacation.
I LOVED it there.

[Howlin]

Hey, I wrote it down! I know I'm a day off, but I didn't forget!

[GretchenEE]

OH MY GOSH Don't get me started on the San Juan Islands! I can well believe the misty-eyed departure because I have experienced it. San Juan Island itself is called the Banana Belt of Washington State ... a friend and I took a day trip there a couple years ago, a real serendipity time. We left really early and drove north, paralleling the North Cascades and watched the sun rise above the mountains and the mist as we went. After taking the Anacortes ferry to San Juan Island, we drove to the Old British Fort and investigated where the Pig War almost happened between the US and England with a quiet little bay to soothe the visitor; (here is the British Fort, with original buildings and the officers' garden, from the mid-1860's era) toured a little (award-winning and new) winery, had an early dinner in the sun above the Friday Harbor marina on a deck ... ferrying around through the little passages ... it was like leaving The Old Country to get back on that ferry!

[Mo1]

Am I (gasp) first?

And Again .. I'm last .. LOL

[McGavin999]

Thank you guys so much. I told Howlin once how, when I was a kid people were always broke after Christmas and partied out (Dec 30th) so my parents would always say "Don't worry honey, we'll celebrate your birthday in July." So I would wait the entire month, hoping they'd remember my "birthday". I always remembered, they always forgot.

[Mo1]

I'd like to know how Rumsfeld keeps that cast so clean!

I'm thinking .. he could really deck a reporter with it .. LOL

[Mo1]

Sure, you stupid Dems, pack the Homeland Security Dept. with civil service people like you did the airport security. Some days you have to wonder if the dems would rather die than lose the power of office.

That might not be a good move for the Dems ..

First .. it looks like they are tying the President's hand

And Second .. from what I hear on the news many folk are PO'd about the airport security and I don't think the public want these same people running Homeland Security

[Inspectorette]

The only bad thing about this paradise is that now the San Juan Islands have been "discovered". In fact, the cover story on this month's Sunset Magazine is about the San Juans. It talks about how there's two kinds of money on the Islands: "New Money" and "No Money".

It goes on to say that people who were born and brought up in the islands can't afford to buy houses anymore because "new money" is coming in and driving up the real estate prices. There are some huge mansions being built and they're gobbling up the waterfront property. There are even some Hollywood types that have now discovered them :-(

[justshe]

Well...Hell-O...(wink, wink), Sabertooth.

[ThePythonicCow]

A couple of days ago, I reported here that the Defense money passed: Senate Clears Emergency Funds, Sends to Bush (this article is a week old now).

But today, I posted another article Defense Bill Less Than Desired, but Bush Will Take It which suggests that the Senate is still working on the bill.

I'm confused.

Anyone know what's going on?

[Mo1]

I honestly don't remember. But he did clean up the city, so I'd bet he mad SOMEBODY mad......LOL.

If I recall Rudy did a great job cleaning of the Mob

Which is pretty much the same thing ..

[justshe]

If the FBI and CIA are not restricted/limited by civil service regulations, then the rest of the Homeland Security Dept. needs the same flexibility!

[ThePythonicCow]

he could really deck a reporter with it

I was wondering if that was how he hurt it in the first place. Maybe that story about the operation was a cover-up. <grin>

[ThePythonicCow]

Thanks, DrDeb. I'd have missed this if not for your post. It was good.

[Mo1]

Ok .. just marking my spot at post 55

I gotta put these kids to bed .. they're driving me NUTS!!!!

[mamaduck]

thanks for the ping, ohio! I was going to make time to check out the dose tonight anyway!

REad some of your posts on that other thread from today. You are very eloquent and I agree with your POV and your method, you know reasoned debate of *issues*. That EBUCK person is a waste of skin!

Gotta go for now, wanted to say HI and enjoy your evening everyone!

Here's one from my files:

[Nea Wood]

Oh my gosh, is the water really that blue? How absolutely gorgeous. You are lucky to live in WA state!!!

[looney tune]

I know this is a sad one, but I think it says a lot about the man who is our president.

[kitkat]

If you find your small, private Lake Tahoe, will you let me know? We could be roomies. I get the BIG bed.

[El Gato]

"The President is going on vacation next week;

Watch out Saddam. He can conduct a war just as well from Crawford as from the White House...maybe better since he won't have all those picketers outside his window. :)