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Bush Gives Mineta Medal Of Freedom
The San Jose Mercury-News ^ | 12/13/06 | Sandra Gonzales

Posted on 12/15/2006 7:40:53 AM PST by jamese777

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1 posted on 12/15/2006 7:40:55 AM PST by jamese777
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This is a joke, right?


2 posted on 12/15/2006 7:44:08 AM PST by GnL
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This is just not right.


3 posted on 12/15/2006 7:44:46 AM PST by outofstyle
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"...when I look at that list of honorees and all of the accomplishments that all of the folks have. I'm really humbled to be on that list.''

Humbled or ashamed?

4 posted on 12/15/2006 7:45:23 AM PST by randog (What the...?!)
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But still no MOF for Rick Rescorla - the man who saved 3,000 on 9-11... Bush discredits himself everytime he overlooks Rescorla


5 posted on 12/15/2006 7:45:33 AM PST by Lexington Green (Medical Marijuana - - When ''Compassionate Conservative'' is an oxymoron.)
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Shake down old ladies at airports and get the nations highest award. Wow, so simple and yet so brilliant!


6 posted on 12/15/2006 7:47:33 AM PST by outofstyle
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If this guy tried his "no profiling" crap during WWII he'd probably gotten charged for treason. Today he gets a medal of freedom.

Unbelievable.


7 posted on 12/15/2006 7:48:26 AM PST by Todd_Gray
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A gold watch and a kick out the door....


8 posted on 12/15/2006 7:48:28 AM PST by alloysteel (A battle cry of the Crusaders: "Denique caelum!" (Latin, "Heaven at last!))
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The President truly has lost his mind!


9 posted on 12/15/2006 7:49:39 AM PST by acapesket (never had a vote count in all my years here)
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Norman Mineta? This loser should have been on the street September 12, 2001, and I have never understood the President's loyalty to him!


10 posted on 12/15/2006 7:58:01 AM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: Give therapeutic violence a chance!)
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I think I am going to throw up. Pass me some dramamine, please. This guy thinks political correctness is more important than security on airplanes. He did every thing he could to retain the pre-9/11 status quo. It is his fault American grannies and little kids are pratically strip searched at airports, while obvious towel-heads with nefarious plans slide onto planes unimpeded.


11 posted on 12/15/2006 7:59:34 AM PST by 3AngelaD (ic.)
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Has Bush started drinking again ???


13 posted on 12/15/2006 8:14:46 AM PST by EagleUSA
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According to a news release issued by the White House, Mineta "worked to improve the security of our transportation system and restore our confidence" in air travel after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.

Very much the opposite.

14 posted on 12/15/2006 8:24:16 AM PST by Christopher Lincoln
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This award is a BIG mistake...Mineta catered to the butt-pirates and the rainbow folks,etc.


15 posted on 12/15/2006 8:25:02 AM PST by texson66 ("Tyranny is yielding to the lust of the governing." - Lord Moulton)
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Looking for the Onion reference......

Scrappleface?

No?


16 posted on 12/15/2006 8:28:44 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Heads up, people! The Nazis are back. They're more numerous and gearing up with atomic weapons.)
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"Mineta and nine other luminaries"

GAG..... calling a dim bulb like Mineta a "luminary" is an obvious abuse of language and reason.
17 posted on 12/15/2006 8:31:23 AM PST by Enchante (America-haters and Terrorists Around the World Embrace Chamberlain Democrats)
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Dec 12, 2006 9:38 am US/Pacific

Bush To Award Former SJ Mayor Medal Of Freedom

(BCN) SAN JOSE Norman Mineta, who began his career as a San Jose city councilman and later served as mayor, congressman and U.S. Secretarys of Commerce and Transportation, will receive the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, this week.

Mineta served as mayor of San Jose from 1970-74 before being elected to Congress representing San Jose and western Santa Clara County.

He remained in Congress until 1995.

He worked in the private sector in Washington D.C. until 2000 when President Bill Clinton appointed him Secretary of Commerce.

Mineta became the only Democrat in President George W. Bush’s cabinet when Bush appointed him Secretary of Transportation in 2001.

Mineta played a crucial role in the federal government’s response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 when he ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to ground all civilian aircraft that morning following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

“We’re lucky to be sharing a moment in time with a person who will have a whole chapter in history,” Mineta Transportation Institute Executive Director Rod Diridon said.

The Mineta Transportation Institute was created by Congress in 1991 and is affiliated with San Jose State University.
During his years in Congress, Mineta had a profound impact on public transportation in the South Bay, according to Diridon.

“We would not have our airport. We would not have a significant portion of our transit programs without him,” Diridon said.

In November 2001, the San Jose City Council voted to rename the city’s airport the Mineta San Jose International Airport in Mineta’s honor.

Bush will present Mineta, and nine others including blues legend B.B. King, with the Medal of Freedom on Friday at a White House ceremony.


http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_346124018.html


18 posted on 12/15/2006 8:34:48 AM PST by La Enchiladita (People get ready . . .)
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Thus diminishing further the award.


19 posted on 12/15/2006 8:44:21 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Prayers for our patriot brother, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub. Brian, we're all pulling for you!)
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They should rename the Medal of Freedom the "Medal of Pander".

Underperformin' Norman should have gotten the boot, not a medal. So, what else is new?

20 posted on 12/15/2006 8:45:49 AM PST by Gritty (Politics is the second oldest profession. It bears a striking resemblance to the first-Ronald Reagan)
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