Posted on 01/10/2005 2:35:00 PM PST by GretchenM
President Bush met with Secretary of State Colin Powell, who reported on his tour of the tsunamis-devastated areas in SE Asia.
Bush received some measure of vindication over unsubstantiated allegations ("Rathergate memos") about his Air National Guard service when CBS announced today, on its web site, that four employees were fired following the release of an independent investigation into the '60 Minutes' story about President Bush's military service. Media bias is now called "myopic zeal." Since no discovery of media bias or forgery was admitted in the report CBS executives ordered (which did accurately credit FreeRepublic.com), decide for yourself how deeply CBS allowed itself to be examined. Dan Rather and Andrew Heyward (CBS executive honcho) remain on the job. After the scandal (Fox News' words) broke, but before CBS issued today's report, Dan Rather announced he will retire in March.
Despite the CBS report, President Bush, who was elected by tsunami-like returns, also remains on the job.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island.
QUOTE: ""...The government of the United States is committed to helping the people who suffer. We're committed today, and we will be committed tomorrow. The outpouring of support from the citizens of our country has been more than heartening."
"Most of you are members of this great organization, the United States Agency for International Development. Some of you are members of non-governmental organizations. All of you are playing an important role in that compassionate response. The world has taken notice, and the American people are grateful."
To date, our government has pledged $350 million in aid; private citizens have pledged approximately $337 million; and our military has spent $40 million to help the earthquake and tsunamis victims.
Dose going up.
Please wait to post or repost photos till the All Clear.
Thanks!
There are some FReepers who are without power and in other ways dealing with very bad weather, and I'm sure they would appreciate those of us who pray, remembering them in prayer.
Good evening
Good day, GretchenM. Thanks for the Dose today. I eagerly awaited the dose today. Much news -- and also some new photos of Barney and Miss B.
Wow .. just caught it, Gretchen .. at least the top 5. LOL
Thanks for the Dose!
Whoopie first IIII
Prayers for all of you guys in the midst of the floods, the snow, and all that is going on. All we have to deal with here is chill and gloom.
WOO HOO early dose!
Top 10?
Hi Gretchen!
good day
LOL! The very thought makes me happy.
Good evening
Hi, snugs. How are your parents doing?
Hello . . . hope everyone had a happy Monday!
Good enough given our drippy weather and the fact that my old dog Annabelle had to make an unscheduled trip to the vet today due to the flare-up of a chronic problem. However, in human terms, she's roughly 105 years old, so every day that she wakes up next to my side can never be a bad day.
Howdy.
Not bad for a Monday
I hope he continues to improve even though he's off the antibiotics.
Hey there. Thanks for doing this. It is appreciated.
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