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There are no new pictures of the President or First Lady today, since they are spending some time together at Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas, but we know full well that there are no 'vacations' for this President, and that he is hard at work protecting America from danger.So.......since there are no new photos, I'm posting several of my favorite ranch pictures just for fun, and will give my report on my husband's and my personal encounter with the President last week, and will post the photos taken from our very own camera.Enjoy your trip to Sanity Island on...

President Bush traveled to the great state of Florida and this morning spoke about the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit in Sun City Center, accompanied by his brother, Governor Jeb Bush. He also went to Broward Community College with Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt to visit with senior citizen, and later spent some time at the Sun City Center Fire Station #28 to talk about the outbreak of brush fires in Florida. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld had a press conference today, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a strong statement regarding Iran today, Congressional GOP members reached...

This morning the President traveled to the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington D.C. to discuss his Energy Policy at the Renewable Fuels Association convention. There, he announced that the Iraqis had formed a unity government......BIG news that you might not see in the MSM. Later he welcomed the Naval Academy football team to the Rose Garden at the White House, where they were presented the Commander-in-Chief trophy. Naval Academy football defensive end midshipman Jeremy Chase offered the President a football and a ring.This afternoon the President met with members of the Senate in the Cabinet Room where he briefed...

CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq (March 4, 2006) -- For servicemembers in a combat zone, the stress associated with deployment can lead to a variety of symptoms, unique to each individual. For one corpsman here, laughter is the best medicine to fight them all. Seaman Justin G. “Buck” Buckingham’s unique personality is helping his friends, coworkers and patients make it through the challenges of a seven-month deployment at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq. The 23-year-old corpsman assigned to the 1st Marine Logistics Group recently arrived here for his second deployment to provide medical care, and if necessary, save the lives of fellow servicemembers while...

Today President Bush met with Director-General of World Health Organization Lee Jong-wook in the Oval office mapping out an international strategy to deal with the potential pandemic of avian flu. The President also took questions from the press.Later today, President Bush met with Jewish leaders, including Rabbi Zelig Rivkin of the New Orleans Torah Academy. First Lady, Laura Bush accompanied a group of Rabbis who kosherized the White House kitchen.Enjoy your trip to Sanity Island and the Daily Dose!

Today President Bush traveled to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, where he outlined his strategy for the administration's pandemic influenza preparations and response at the William Natcher Center. The strategy is designed to meet three critical goals:" to detect and contain outbreaks before they spread across the world, to protect the American people by stockpiling vaccines and antiviral drugs and accelerating the development of new vaccine technologies, and to ensure that Federal, State, and local communities are prepared for potential domestic outbreaks. " He also met with Donald Powell, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp in...

Today, President Bush met with Vietnamese Prime Minister, Phan Van Khai in the Oval Office. Khai is visiting Washington to talk with the President about helping Vietnam join the World Trade Organization. It is the first such visit of a Vietnamese leader since the end of the war. He then addressed the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting via satellite (the text of which is given here ).The President also met with Republican leaders in the White House at a luncheon, accepting a compromise on Social Security, and refusing to back down on the nomination of John Bolton, urging Bill Frist...

President Bush met today in the Oval Office with a group of Iraqis dedicated to rebuilding a new Iraq, after which they made an appearance in the Rose Garden; the President making remarks offering condolences to the victims of the Indonesian earthquake, and a statement of support to the bold steps Iraq is taking on the road to self-government and independence, as they are building a democracy in their newly freed land.First Lady Laura made a very quick surprise visit to Afghanistan - something she has wanted to do for a long time - spending about 5 hours on the...

<p>With the cost to taxpayers for state worker pensions soaring from $200 million in 2001 to more than $2.5 billion this year, it's no wonder Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed trimming retirement benefits for future state employees. But as a recent independent analysis points out, the governor's plan has problems. A more modern approach would be better for the employees while saving taxpayers even more in the long run.</p>

Using high doses of steroid asthma inhalers significantly increases the risk of developing cataracts, suggests a new UK study. People who used high doses of inhaled corticosteroids for a long time increased their chance of developing the eye disorder by nearly 70 per cent compared with those not on the drugs. Researchers compared the medical records of around 15,000 people with cataracts, with 15,000 people without cataracts from an electronic database run by British general practitioners. "People with cataracts were quite a lot more likely to be exposed to steroids - in particular high doses were quite strongly associated with...

Brit Hume just ended the elected career of this weaseling mealy nmouth politician......and he can take all the yellow spined lying democrats with him