Posted on 05/18/2005 4:08:15 PM PDT by GretchenM
Prime Minister of Egypt Ahmed Nazif and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw met separately with President Bush at the White House.
A grenade thrown toward President Bush in the former Soviet republic of Georgia was live, but failed to explode because of a malfunction, the FBI said today.
President's remarks at the RNC Presidential Gala last night.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island!
QUOTE: (Yahoo caption quote) "President Bush on May 18 2005 made clear to the heads of the often competing U.S. spy agencies that his new top intelligence adviser [John Negroponte] was in charge of restructuring and coordinating their departments. 'I've relied on his candid judgment to help solve complicated problems,' Bush said at a ceremonial swearing-in of John Negroponte as the country's first director of national intelligence."
Fom last night's RNC speech: Our most important duty is to protect the American people from these cold-blooded killers. And when the American President speaks, he must mean what he says. ... I do not need a poll or a focus group to tell me where I need to lead this country. In the midst of the Civil War, the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln said, "As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew." And we continue that proud tradition today ...
Our tax code is out of date. It is incoherent. ... So I've appointed a bipartisan panel to examine the code from top to bottom. And when their recommendations are delivered, we're going to work together to put together a tax code that is pro-growth, pro-entrepreneur, easy to understand and fair to all.
We have a duty for future generations. We have a duty to leave this world more peaceful. We have a duty to reform the institutions that are old and tired. ... the actions that we take today will shape the course of events for the next half-century. We've set big goals, and they're not always easy to achieve. ... if they're easy, somebody else would have already done it. But we're going to continue to be the party of idealism and reform. And we'll continue to lead, no matter how tough the challenge.
Evening all.
Dose going up.
Wicked awful thunderstorm is pounding my area. Will post and run.
Hi :)
Please forgive any errata in posting, as the thunderstorm is taking away my proofing time. Thanks to baseballmom for alerting me to this thread: The Past and Future of American Grand Strategy [Bush critic gets it].
President Bush walks out of the driveway of the White House with members of his staff and Secret Service, as he heads to the New Executive Office Building across the street to attend the ceremonial swearing-in for the Director and Deputy Director of National Intelligence
Walking past Rumsfeld and Rice before the start of the ceremonial swearing-in for John Negroponte 
Bush and Negroponte
President Bush looks on as Andrew Card swears in Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael V. Hayden, center, as Deputy Director of National Intelligence 
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., in this image from video, speaks today from the floor of the Senate as the Senate began debating one of President Bush's judicial nominations 
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, left, arrives at the White House to meet with President Bush 
"A decision by Federal Reserve Governor Edward Gramlich to step down from his post in August underscores the rare degree to which President Bush will have a hand in molding the U.S. central bank. Bush has already named five of the seven members of the Fed's Washington-based board, although one of them, Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson, was initially chosen by President Bill Clinton. U.S. President George W. Bush gestures while addressing the Republican National Committee Gala at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington" [no photo follows]
U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman (R) and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez speak to reporters after a meeting with President Bush at the White House, May 18, 2005. The meeting was held to discuss the Central American Free Trade Agreement.
rintense is on sabbatical; snugs will be filling in for her and probably elsewhere as may be needed.
I'm early tonight :)
Packages arrived today, JustaCowgirl, safe and sound! More on that to you later. Thanks!
Thanks for the Dose, Gretchen!
I should be back tonight after the storm rolls through.
President Bush looks REALLY good in that suit ;)
Snugs has been promoted!? Congratulations!
yeayyyyy!! top 20?
Wonderful, Gretchen. Glad they arrived and that you got them in out of the thunderstorm. I hope you and your charge get many hours of pleasure out of them.
Snugs, can't believe you are going to be in charge tomorrow! WooHoo!! I expect plenty of fan-requiring Cheney and Bush pics!
Bill Frist did a good job today, as did Sessions, Inhofe, Allen of course (Mr. Dependable), and some others. Hold the line on this, Pubbies, don't let the RINOs cave in, get Ms. Owen confirmed!
thanks to you both!!
TOP 20
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LOL! Love the cheerleader.
hey, EC! Long time!!
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