Posted on 10/26/2007 5:42:00 PM PDT by silent_jonny
President Bush met with President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo this morning in the Oval Office. (Transcript)
Later, in the White House Roosevelt Room, President Bush again urged Democrats to stop dragging their feet and send him an appropriations bill:
“October the 26th is the latest date in 20 years that Congress has failed to get a single annual appropriations bill to the President's desk.”
The president also spoke about the overall incompetence of this Congress, mentioning their continued efforts to expand SCHIP (the House has passed a second and even more expensive bill than the one President Bush just vetoed), the stalled confirmation of Michael Mukasey as the next Attorney General, as well as Congressman Rangel’s plan to raise taxes by trillions. (Transcript)
First Lady Laura Bush wrapped up her Middle East tour today in Jordan, visiting the ancient city of Petra, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. (Transcript)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke at the dedication of the George C. Marshall Conference Center today at the State Department.
And former President George H. W. Bush presented Secretary of Defense Robert Gates with the 2007 George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
You’re welcome :) Glad you enjoyed the photos.
Dozens of friends have come to help, bringing clothing, offering lodging, loans, everything I might need. I am fine, but my friend, Cindy, who is like a daughter to me, has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and we know that treatment of this kind of cancer is no use. She is still feeling energetic and insists on working with me cleaning up the debris and cooking delicious meals for us. She has made her decision to not attempt treatment. We pray together and she is cheerful and in good spirits and caring for others.
Tom, I didn’t know about your fire. Prayers for you, and for your friend, Cindy.
God bless you and Cindy, Tom. Everyone here is praying for you both.
Thank you for your prayers. I am shivering. I’m going to go get warm. Be back after a while.
Thank you SJ. He’s so deserving of more from them...
Evening, Bear :) Hope it’s a good evening where you are.
Thank you for posting this thead.MSM never covers President Bush fairly if at all.
Tommix2 and family need a prayer for their comfort and safety. Prayers all around.
It has been that kind of week, hasn’t it, prayers for all.
Hey, isn’t that the site of the last Indiana Jones movie?
I believe there are treatments for ovarian cancer, but it depends on how far along it is.
I'm sorry to hear about the fire in your house! So glad you have friends to help.
I am going to watch a movie. Will you please let snugs know I would like the first photo of the day for my toaster and for Wednesday’s toaster I would like either the second photo in post#28, or the first photo in #41, or the first photo in #45. Whichever she choses is fine with me
The doctor here says there is no hope. I am thinking of asking him one more time if there may be a chance if I take her to the cancer center in Denver for another examination there that maybe they might differ with the examination in this little town.
Pray for W and Our Victorious Troops
silent_jonny: . . . another AWESOME DOSE — thank you!
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MUST READ . . .
JAY NORDLINGER GETS IT (ABOUT WHAT MAKES PRESIDENT GEORGE W BUSH SO SPECIAL)!!
Conservatives are down on President Bush, often unreasonably, I believe. I also think they’re a little ungrateful — ungrateful, spoiled, and smug. They will miss him sorely when he’s gone, I feel sure. This is true whether a Republican or a Democrat succeeds him.
One thing they will miss, I predict, is his truth-telling. I don’t believe they realize how rare it is to have a man in the highest office who over and over again tells the truth — boldly and unapologetically. I thought of this, not for the first time, when reading the speech Bush gave about Cuba yesterday. I hope you will want to read it all (here). But let me offer a couple of snippets:
Cuba’s rulers promised individual liberty. Instead they denied their citizens basic rights that the free world takes for granted. In Cuba it is illegal to change jobs, to change houses, to travel abroad, and to read books or magazines without the express approval of the state. It is against the law for more than three Cubans to meet without permission. Neighborhood Watch programs do not look out for criminals. Instead, they monitor their fellow citizens — keeping track of neighbors’ comings and goings, who visits them, and what radio stations they listen to. The sense of community and the simple trust between human beings is gone.
Cubans have made this point to me over and over again. One woman told me — in words I’ll never forget — “It takes a martyr-level courage even to function as a decent human being in Cuban society”: not to steal, not to inform, not to sell sexual favors, not to buy them, not to lie.
In the president’s speech, I was also interested and pleased to see the following:
Cuba’s rulers promised freedom of the press. Instead they closed down private newspapers and radio and television stations. They’ve jailed and beaten journalists, raided their homes, and seized their paper, ink and fax machines. One Cuban journalist asked foreigners who visited him for one thing: a pen.
The president had in mind Raúl Rivero, the former political prisoner — a poet and journalist now in exile in Spain.
Finally, consider this stirring paragraph:
. . . The socialist paradise is a tropical gulag. The quest for justice that once inspired the Cuban people has now become a grab for power. And as with all totalitarian systems, Cuba’s regime no doubt has other horrors still unknown to the rest of the world. Once revealed, they will shock the conscience of humanity. And they will shame the regime’s defenders and all those democracies that have been silent. One former Cuban political prisoner, Armando Valladares, puts it this way: It will be a time when “mankind will feel the revulsion it felt when the crimes of Stalin were brought to light.” And that time is coming.
I hope that is true; I’m not sure it is. The Western Left — soft and hard — has invested a great deal in Castroism, for the last 50 years. It will be very, very hard for them to give it up — to admit what Communism has done to Cuba and Cubans. I’ve argued about this with Armando before. But, again, I hope he is right; I hope he and the president are right; and that my skepticism is ill-founded.
To say once more: The president has told the truth. He has said things about Cuba that you will never hear from the major university faculties, or the major newspapers, or the major movie studios. And I, for one, will not forget it.
Yes, he spent too much in his first term; yes, he had steel tariffs in place for about two seconds; yes, the prescription-drug benefit is sketchy; yes, there have been mistakes on the war; yes, Harriet Miers — etc., etc. But do you realize how rare this president is? If you don’t now — I have a feeling you will later.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODljNjEzNGE2MmY1MWQ4MGM2NjdjZGFlYWM1YTkzNDc=
Now I am at my friends house way out on the prairy, where I will spend the night. He has a wireless internet connection and it is really fast. He has built a tower on the roof with a dish on top.
Thank you for your insight. I am going to read the entire speech.
San Diego is SOOO nice!
Prayers to you and your wonderful friends. I just lurked for a few minutes before I go to bed. I’m sorry for your loss of things around you, but so glad for your blessing of such great people and energy to surround you.
Thanks for the Dose again, tonight, s_j! This picture is simply awesome...and I never use that word. It’s so perfect for this picture though!
NEVER settle with one doctor!!! Always get a second opinion!
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