This gif is animated from a BBC video that showed Kerry leaving the Capitol on 9-11:
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Posted on 01/16/2005 5:19:30 PM PST by Howlin
"Loved the show!..Brit just socked the MSM in the eye with this! Go W! Four More Years!"
Agreed. Great hour of television. That scene of Andy Card walking in to tell the President that America was under attack still gives me the chills. That the President remained so calm while all the while his facial expressions and body langauge showed understanding, determination and resolve has always stuck with me. Everytime I see that clip I am always left feeling we have the right man in office should another catastrophe befall our nation.
The November victory and upcoming inaguration will be especially sweet for me as I'll admit to have bought into the inside the beltway MSM's spin and then the early exit poll numbers, and was expecting that skunk Kerry may well win. I don't recall ever being so happy about having been so wrong :)
The shame of it all was that I had scheduled a fairly lengthy trip out the country just days after the election, and therefore missed out on much of the initial Democratic whining, crying, flailing, moaning, finger pointing, etc, etc. Ahhh well, at least I got to follow it here.
Longbow
You're welcome! I hoped it wouldn't be considered too long for a live thread, because the sentiments seemed to fit with the theme of Brit's show.
You need a pctv card in your computer. This allows you to receive the tv feed in a window on your pc screen.
You also need capture software. There are some freeware and some pay programs available. Do a Google search on screen capture software.
You need web space. Probably, your ISP allows you some web space. There are also inexpensive web hosting companies that sell web space. Again, Google on web hosting.
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Once you have the pctv card, screencap software, and webspace, you take a screen cap, send it to the webspace and link the image to the FR post.
That is roughtly the technique.
I remember sitting and listening to him speak at the Republican Convention in 2000 and sensing that God was speaking through him and giving us HOPE for the future of our nation, and being moved to tears.
I believe it now more deeply than I did then.
Exactly how I feel. And I felt like that since before he was elected the first time. I KNEW it was critical GW be elected. I did not feel that way with his father, nor with President Reagan (the desire was there, of course, but not the overwhelming feelings of dread I felt if GW were not elected).
That's my plan; and since I have a holiday tomorrow...well, that's where I'll be parked at midnight, in front the t.v. (and off this computer). : )
Yes! I felt the same way. There' something a bout GWB that you can sense at a deeper level. He has been quoted as saying he had a premonition that God had something big the He waned him to do. You could say that 911 is it. Gore would not have done the same thing GWB has done. Yes, God does have the US in His hand. Some may scoff at the spiritual possibilities, but the facts seem to bear this out.
I think many of you were more perceptive than me, or paying more attention. All I knew was that I was thoroughly disgusted by Bill and Hillary Clinton, and that I wanted no part of Al Gore. I guess I wasn't paying enough attention to recognize the qualities of George Bush. As many have said, 9/11 changed everything -- for us and for our President.
That said, it is amazing to see how much he's grown in stature and as a leader through the events of that first Presidency. No one becomes a different person, but I think that certain qualities in him have been honed and refined by his experiences of the past four years.
Okay, then.This ole fella is realy to get horizontal for a few hours.
See ya'll in the mornin'! :^)
G'night.
nighty night; don't let the bed bugs bite! : )
Wasn't as good a night for them as they thought it would be? LOL
The problem for me that day was that I had suspected for months the polls were being rigged. Others felt the same, but then there were those that felt we were denying reality. The exit polls and final publications by most of the polsters proved I was right to discount them. Only a few showed themselves to be interested in credibility. Battleground, mason Dixon, Rass, etc..
When those bogus numbers were announced I wanted to tear my hair out because people instantly became defeatists before the vote had been decided. I still think someone did it deliberately (Kerry camp) to dampen Rep support at the polls. Kinda like the MSM calling Florida in 2000 before all polls had closed.
I'm just glad the majority ignored the exit polls and voted anyway.
And .. God willing .. this Thursday will be a glorious day of rejoicing anew and remembering all that's transpired that brings us to Jan. 20 .. the 2nd Inauguration of George W. Bush, as our most incredible President of the United States of America.
We'll be talking about his memorable Inaugural Address, which will speak of his vision, his beliefs and his plans for America .. in the same lyrical way that his first address captivated us with it's meaning and grace. Little did he or we know how profound and nearly pre-cognitive these words were, and how they would resonate in the unforgettable months that followed and that resonate yet to this day.
As you re-read his words here, here's another statement he made that day... a promise that's he's certainly fulfilled.
""We are here to make progress, we are not here just to mark time.'' "I want it said of us that promises made were promises kept,'' Bush said in his first official appearance in the East Room.
President George W. Bush's Inaugural Address
January 20, 2001
President Clinton, distinguished guests and my fellow citizens, the peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings.
As I begin, I thank President Clinton for his service to our nation.
And I thank Vice President Gore for a contest conducted with spirit and ended with grace.
I am honored and humbled to stand here, where so many of America's leaders have come before me, and so many will follow.
We have a place, all of us, in a long story--a story we continue, but whose end we will not see. It is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old, a story of a slave-holding society that became a servant of freedom, the story of a power that went into the world to protect but not possess, to defend but not to conquer.
It is the American story--a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.
The grandest of these ideals is an unfolding American promise that everyone belongs, that everyone deserves a chance, that no insignificant person was ever born.
Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws. And though our nation has sometimes halted, and sometimes delayed, we must follow no other course.
Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.
Our democratic faith is more than the creed of our country, it is the inborn hope of our humanity, an ideal we carry but do not own, a trust we bear and pass along. And even after nearly 225 years, we have a long way yet to travel.
While many of our citizens prosper, others doubt the promise, even the justice, of our own country. The ambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth. And sometimes our differences run so deep, it seems we share a continent, but not a country.
We do not accept this, and we will not allow it. Our unity, our union, is the serious work of leaders and citizens in every generation. And this is my solemn pledge: I will work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity.
I know this is in our reach because we are guided by a power larger than ourselves who creates us equal in His image.
And we are confident in principles that unite and lead us onward.
America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us what it means to be citizens. Every child must be taught these principles. Every citizen must uphold them. And every immigrant, by embracing these ideals, makes our country more, not less, American.
Today, we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
America, at its best, matches a commitment to principle with a concern for civility. A civil society demands from each of us good will and respect, fair dealing and forgiveness.
Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.
But the stakes for America are never small. If our country does not lead the cause of freedom, it will not be led. If we do not turn the hearts of children toward knowledge and character, we will lose their gifts and undermine their idealism. If we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.
We must live up to the calling we share. Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. And this commitment, if we keep it, is a way to shared accomplishment.
America, at its best, is also courageous.
Our national courage has been clear in times of depression and war, when defending common dangers defined our common good. Now we must choose if the example of our fathers and mothers will inspire us or condemn us. We must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.
Together, we will reclaim America's schools, before ignorance and apathy claim more young lives.
We will reform Social Security and Medicare, sparing our children from struggles we have the power to prevent. And we will reduce taxes, to recover the momentum of our economy and reward the effort and enterprise of working Americans.
We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge.
We will confront weapons of mass destruction, so that a new century is spared new horrors.
The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power that favors freedom. We will defend our allies and our interests. We will show purpose without arrogance. We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. And to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth.
America, at its best, is compassionate. In the quiet of American conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is unworthy of our nation's promise.
And whatever our views of its cause, we can agree that children at risk are not at fault. Abandonment and abuse are not acts of God, they are failures of love.
And the proliferation of prisons, however necessary, is no substitute for hope and order in our souls.
Where there is suffering, there is duty. Americans in need are not strangers, they are citizens, not problems, but priorities. And all of us are diminished when any are hopeless.
Government has great responsibilities for public safety and public health, for civil rights and common schools. Yet compassion is the work of a nation, not just a government.
And some needs and hurts are so deep they will only respond to a mentor's touch or a pastor's prayer. Church and charity, synagogue and mosque lend our communities their humanity, and they will have an honored place in our plans and in our laws.
Many in our country do not know the pain of poverty, but we can listen to those who do.
And I can pledge our nation to a goal: When we see that wounded traveler on the road to Jericho, we will not pass to the other side.
America, at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is valued and expected.
Encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to conscience. And though it requires sacrifice, it brings a deeper fulfillment. We find the fullness of life not only in options, but in commitments. And we find that children and community are the commitments that set us free.
Our public interest depends on private character, on civic duty and family bonds and basic fairness, on uncounted, unhonored acts of decency which give direction to our freedom.
Sometimes in life we are called to do great things. But as a saint of our times has said, every day we are called to do small things with great love. The most important tasks of a democracy are done by everyone.
I will live and lead by these principles: to advance my convictions with civility, to pursue the public interest with courage, to speak for greater justice and compassion, to call for responsibility and try to live it as well.
In all these ways, I will bring the values of our history to the care of our times.
What you do is as important as anything government does. I ask you to seek a common good beyond your comfort; to defend needed reforms against easy attacks; to serve your nation, beginning with your neighbor. I ask you to be citizens: citizens, not spectators; citizens, not subjects; responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character.
Americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves. When this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace it. When this spirit is present, no wrong can stand against it.
After the Declaration of Independence was signed, Virginia statesman John Page wrote to Thomas Jefferson: ``We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Do you not think an angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm?''
Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his inauguration. The years and changes accumulate. But the themes of this day he would know: our nation's grand story of courage and its simple dream of dignity.
We are not this story's author, who fills time and eternity with his purpose. Yet his purpose is achieved in our duty, and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another.
Never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose today, to make our country more just and generous, to affirm the dignity of our lives and every life.
This work continues. This story goes on. And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.
God bless you all, and God bless America.
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The more we've learned of his character, the more we know that he blesses every concept .. and every word of every speech.. that his speeches are a true reflection of his convictions.
May this Inaugural celebration week be blessed by our Dear Lord with safety for our President, his family and administration and for our beloved America, as we witness the unfolding of history in this incredible land of the free, because of the brave.
Prayers always for our brave military and government agencies ..God Bless Them and their efforts to protect and secure us from evil, and God rest the souls of those who've sacrificed everthing for US. May the angels surround them always, and embrace their families with peace.
We all sensed God's hand on George W. Bush, and that the future of our country depended on his being elected, and prayed and even cried during that election fiasco that algor would not succeed in stealing the election from him.
God answered our prayers then, and still is.
Once they reach a level of frustration they start to steam. That's when anger boils up and they start exaggerating. Then they begin lying. After that, their values fly out the window and the lying gets more and more bizarre. It's their nature.
A good laugh from Drudge's radio program tonite:
Clinton has been saying his library in LR has had 100,000 (paying) visitors.
National Archive say, no, maybe 42,000, and even that number may be inflated.
I was driven to my knees in prayer for this man to be our President. My boss (a Republican) was very worried about me. My children thought I had lost it. For example, I am a sound sleeper....have slept through earthquakes, alarm clocks going off, phones ringing, sirens blaring, rushing to the house fire across the street--but no sound sleeper was I during that election. I was awakened, somehow, every night, to pray, for months. (There's a bit more, but what I said will probably suffice.) So, I don't know what you'd call that--but I knew, I just knew.
you were okay up to here....now, where in the world did you get the idea that they have any values???? : )
See my post #394. I just 'knew' too.
And that doesn't surprise me with you at all, ohio. Funny how we "knew." Makes you wonder just how many other folks knew and why they felt that way, or what was different with them....their experiences.
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