Thanking employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development and non-government aid organizations for helping victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 
Posted on 01/10/2005 2:35:00 PM PST by GretchenM
How is she now did she have to stay at the vet?
Wolf .. just heard of a mudslide in S. Cal .. I think someone perished. Very awful weather out there .. the earth's weather has gone haywire. How are you faring where you live? Hope all is sane, safe and dry.
Due to the time difference between east and west coasts, I was able to watch the President's appearanc at USAID live this morning. He received an oddly subdued, given that he's their boss, and he went to say thanks for their hard work. What ran through my mind is that they are a bunch of government employees who probably are mostly Dems.
Well......top 25.......LOL
We have even had floods in the UK over the weekend, 3 people died and one missing in Carlise.
We are warned in the end times that the natural world will be in turmoil - it gets one thinking.
Hello . . .
RE: Your tagline . . . he will!
Just - LOL
How is Annabelle now? I hope she's home.
Send some of your rain our way . . . we've been in a drought for several years and can really use it.
Yowsah!
I made the first page (top 50!) with several posts to spare.
How is everyone?
(The poster formerly known as firstiamaussoldier.)
Thanking employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development and non-government aid organizations for helping victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami
I'm sorry your mum doesn't seem to recognize you. But does she seem calm and comfortable? Hope your dad remains well.
The media are near-sighted zealots? LOL
MOOOO! Or as our cows have been saying, MMMOOO, BRRRR!
Thanks for asking. It's 2:47pm Pacific time and she is still at the vet. She has something called a heart block, which is a form of irregular rhythmn in which the heart rate is slower than ideal. For each beat, it also throws a partial beat. It can cause fainting and, in extreme cases, heart failure.
She first developed it about a year-and-a-half ago, but has not needed medication. However, she had a couple of pretty bad fainting spells yesterday, so they're testing her to see if medication will help.
When that day comes, while I'll be deeply sad, I'll also rejoice that God let me have her for so long. They are on temporary loan to us from Him, after all.
This may be a repost
No photos seem to be showing on Yahoo. I have my favourites set at Yahoo to search for news on Dick Cheney and no photos of that search are working either so maybe they have problems.
Good Morning America friend Thank you Be strong America good President I like you America good strong President :}}}} America President make America strong again that is good. Thank you America strong President!!! I do want America strong that is good!!!
I can see the pics, Gretchen . . . the Pres. is saying, "Ms.Beazley is about this big now . . . " . . . next picture . . . "But she'll soon be THIS big. . . "
Did I get it right?
:-)
I can see all pix so far...
Michael Gerson, Bush's chief speechwriter, who has helped craft nearly every one of Bush's speeches during his first term, is leaving his job, per MSNBC. Gerson is expected to move into the policy arena and be replaced as head speechwriter by Wall Street Journal editorial-page writer William McGurn. Gerson's job change cements the breakup of Bush's speechwriting team that included deputies John McConnell and Matthew Scully.
Gerson is one of the best-known presidential speechwriters, on par with Ronald Reagan's Peggy Noonan or John Kennedy's Theodore Sorenson. One sign that he was no ordinary speechwriter is the fact that instead of being housed, as speechwriters usually are, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Gerson shared an office suite with Bartlett on the second floor of the West Wing.
... His move will radically alter the speechwriting process. Gerson, McConnell and Scully came together during Bush's 2000 campaign.
Because the changes have not yet been announced, White House officials refused to comment on the record about them. But insiders think Gerson will stay on in an elevated role involving policy and message. ... Bush has always turned to Gerson on policy matters: in addition to speechwriter his title was also policy adviser.
Gerson's replacement, McGurn, is described by a friend as a first-rate writer and a familiar name in the Bush White House. Twice in the first term, White House officials had attempted to hire McGurn. This time around McGurn met with the president and was persuaded to come on board. White House watchers anticipate the speechwriting shop will revert to a more traditional format with McGurn overseeing the work of about half a dozen speechwriters. A source familiar with the workings of the speechwriting office predicts that by being around Bush, McGurn will quickly become familiar with the president's corporate style of speechwriting. As an editor, Bush is said to be very focused on organization. He wants his points to flow logically from one to another and favors a simple but polished conversational tone. McGurn will also benefit from having speechwriter John McConnell as a holdover. A source says White House officials have prepared Bush to adjust his expectations to the speechwriters’ changing of the guard, but on important occasions it is good to know Gerson will be just down the hall.
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