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Several members of Free Republic were fortunate enough to attend this inspiring speech by President Bush in my hometown in Oregon. By last night the left had distorted much of what was said....IF they listened at all.

To clear up any confusion, the speech is listed here in full. Mr. Bush was articulate, poised, charming and INFORMED. Free Republic can take credit for much of that.

I was proud of Southern Oregon and the warm welcome they gave our president in spite of the bussed in useful idiots for the extreme environmental movement.

A local reporter asked Gayle Norton if she agrees with the president on his ideas and she said "yes, absolutely". He asked Ari Fleisher, who viewed one of the burns with the president, how Mr. Bush felt about it all. Ari said that it "saddened" the president. (sp?)

Hundreds of people also gathered in a field a mile or so from the Medford Airport with huge flags to welcome President Bush as Air Force One flew in. If you missed this speech on the news yesterday, I hope you will enjoy reading it now.

Thanks AuntB. I'm going to give this a thorough reading between the lines this evening. As for now, it's shoveling and hand-loading gravel for a drainage control project.

We need to find out who bussed in those protestors and who paid for them???

There's some -- recently I signed what they call a supplemental bill. And in that bill there was some -- the Black Hills National Forest, east of here, got some treatment about how to thin, how to make sure that that forest was well preserved. My attitude is, if it's good enough for that part of South Dakota, it's good enough for Oregon.

Ha HA Ha!! Gotta love that! Just try to spin that, Dashole!

"Here's the theory behind that. If you let a person keep their own money -- and by the way, we're not talking about the government's money, when we're spending money, we're talking about the people's money. (Applause.) You let somebody keep their own money, they're likely to demand a good or a service. And if they demand a good or a service, somebody is likely to produce that good or service. And when somebody produces a good and service, somebody is more likely to find work. (Applause.)

Nice to hear the Prez say this.

My attitude is, if it's good enough for that part of South Dakota, it's good enough for Oregon
That's just the nature of how the Senate rules work.
But I caution the Congress, we need a bill that worries more about the workers, and not about the trial lawyers in America.
I'm worried about frivolous and junk lawsuits, frivolous and junk lawsuits that are making it harder for our citizens to get access to health care
It worries me that frivolous and junk lawsuits are running up the cost of medicine.
But these frivolous and junk lawsuits are denying people who have actually been injured their day in court
When I gave the speech about corporate responsibility in New York, I said in my speech, the business schools in America need to be willing to teach right from wrong
The more we value the ability to worship God the way we see fit, the more they hate us
Look, I didn't run for office saying, vote for me, the government is going to be bigger. That wasn't my promise. I did say, I'll try to make it better.
And unfortunately, that's not the way thought Senate bill looks right now. You see, some senators are more worried about their own turn than they are protecting the American people
They must have thought that we were so self-absorbed and so materialistic, and so worried about our own well being, and so selfish, that after September the 11th, we might file a lawsuit or two.
And that's the kind of war this is. It's a slowly but surely war. We're making progress so that our -- so we'll be free
People understand being a patriot is more than simply putting your heart and saying the Pledge of Allegiance to one nation under God.

I love this guy! Let's see. we've got -

* a couple of swipes at Democrats
* a big smackdown of trial lawyers
* a big swipe at Senators (especially Daschle)
* a vote for the Pledge of Allegiance
* another explanantion of the war

And now the Axis of Whiny Weasels can tell us all why they hate this guy.

The DemonRat enviro-socialists are coming out of the woodwork to criticize the president on this. Their solution to the problem is more of the same crap that's been going on. To hell with them, they're showing their lack of credibility right now.

We'll speed up the process of developing environmental assessments, while considering the long-term threat that fire susceptible forests pose to endangered species.

My favorite line of the speach.

This is brilliant strategy by Bush. Using the environmentalists own strategy against them. Has anyone heard this sound bite by the media?

The administration and other Republicans need to repeat this often.

Thanks.

Thanks AUnt B for this wonderful post...I saw his speech in Southern Oregon and it was WONDERFUL.

Thanks for posting this incredible speech.

Here is a comment on Mark Vande Pol, from another site by Ben Anderson (azanderson.org). He publshes The Anderson Report by email almost daily. Nunya bidness's article was posted earlier this week. Mark (Carry_Okie) also had a visit with him on his recent book tour. This man gets it! We are lucky to have him in Arizona, having lost over 500,000 acres to fire storms..

Ben Anderson's Bio

Email him to subscribe to his email reports, which cover Immigration/Border, Environment, Education, and Election updates. Ben's a vet, also.
ben@azanderson.org

"Natural Process: That Environmental Laws May Serve the Laws of Nature" by Mark Edward Vande Pol is of immense importance. It is the most significant and ground-breaking concept in decades for the United States.
Currently, it is in its embryonic state - about the stage that Microsoft was in 1978-81. And, while Microsoft has had a huge impact, the "Natural Process" can have far greater impact for it addresses a basic need in American society -- property rights versus an ever expanding socialist big government. Property rights are at the core of the American Experiment in history.
The "Natural Process" sucks the very wind and energy out of government abuse, thereby freeing up an massive surge in the economy while better conserving the nation's natural resources.
We are fortunate to be in on the ground floor of the most important sea-change since the Nation's founding.
The question is -- Are we going to allow the current apathetic slavery continue???? or -- Are we smart enough to reach out and grasp the golden ring???