Posted on 02/02/2008 6:31:50 PM PST by STARWISE
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
PHOTO(s) OF THE DAY
Mrs. Laura Bush is joined by singer/actress Liza Minnelli, left, her fellow actresses, and fashion models participating in The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection 2008 fashion show in New York, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. Heart Truth is a national awareness campaign that warns women of the dangers of heart disease.
Mrs. Laura Bush, accompanied by daughter, Barbara Bush, watch fashion models during The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection 2008 fashion show in New York, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. More than 20 celebrated women joined Mrs. Bush and America's top designers to show one-of-a-kind Red Dresses and raise awareness of heart disease in women.
QUOTE(s) OF THE DAY
Mrs. Bush's Radio Address to the Nation ~ February 2,2008
"Good morning. This is Laura Bush. For the weekly radio address, President Bush has handed the mic over to me. And today, I'd like to talk about something that's close to my heart -- America's heart health.
February is American Heart Month -- a time to start heart-healthy habits, and to learn about the risk factors for heart disease. These risk factors include smoking, being overweight, lack of exercise, diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol, family history, and age. Heart disease affects more than 80 million people in the United States and claims the life of one American every minute.
Taking the opportunity to speak about American Heart Month, Mrs. Laura Bush delivers the weekly radio address from her office in the White House. Said Mrs. Bush, "This American Heart Month, all of us can be Heart Truth ambassadors.
Start by protecting your own heart, and spread the word to others. February is a month known for Valentines. This February, encourage your loved ones to take care of their health. It's the best Valentine's gift you could possibly give." By now, many women who've tuned in may be tempted to tune out.
A few years ago, I might have. Like many women, I assumed heart disease was a "man's disease." But the Heart Truth is this: that heart disease is the leading cause of death among American women. In 2002, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute launched the Heart Truth campaign, and asked me to join.
Over the last five years, I've seen the Heart Truth campaign spread the word to women about how they can protect their heart health. Symptoms of a heart attack can be different in women than in men. Symptoms in women can include persistent fatigue, difficulty breathing, and a pain in the jaw or neck. If women have these symptoms, they should go immediately to the hospital.
Nothing draws attention like a little red dress, so this is the Heart Truth's symbol. Across the country, people are rallying around that dress. Women are taking heart disease more seriously. So are their doctors. And every year from 2000 to 2005, heart disease deaths among women decreased.
This is good progress, but we still want more people to know the Heart Truth. Too many women, especially African-American women, die of heart disease. More than 80 percent of middle-aged women have at least one risk factor and many of them don't know it.
Last year, as part of my work to tell the Heart Truth, I went on the Rachael Ray show, where I described the symptoms of heart attacks in women.
One woman who watched, Candy Stauffer, says that a few weeks after she saw the show she woke up feeling nauseated and bothered by pain in the jaw. Candy's daughter remembered what she'd heard on Rachael Ray. And because Candy and her daughter paid attention to the symptoms of heart trouble, Candy got to the emergency room in time to be treated.
Since her close call, Candy has started exercising every day. She's dropped 45 pounds. Now she's calling on others to take better care of their hearts. "My family is more aware," Candy says. "My friends are more aware." Even in line at the grocery store, Candy will tell other people about heart disease.
I'm proud to serve as the Heart Truth's official national ambassador. But I'm even more proud of America's unofficial heart-health ambassadors. Across the United States, doctors, researchers, and patients like Candy Stauffer are telling the Heart Truth, and they're saving women's lives. This American Heart Month, all of us can be Heart Truth ambassadors.
Start by protecting your own heart, and spread the word to others. February is a month known for Valentines. This February, encourage your loved ones to take care of their health. It's the best Valentine's gift you could possibly give. Thanks for listening."
Fox News Special on President Bush: Fighting To The Finish ~~ is ON NOW. Will be replayed again tomorrow at 3pm et. Bret Baier said they received THOUSANDS of requests to replay it. So much for Pres. Bush's unpopularity .. ;)
LOL! Yeah. No ‘drat and double drat’ today.
Do we get a toaster on Sunday?
If so, I’d like a picture of the White House in the snow as it is snowing for what must be the 100th day in a row out here in Iowa. Purple toaster, please.
LOL
You knew your time was coming, didn’tcha?
If you have a moment either during or after the Super Bowl, I encourage you to read what I consider to be a profound commentary by THE ANCHORESS.
She eloquently articulates what I has been bothering me for the last 2 years about so many self-described CONSERVATIVES (particularly those on radio and at FR).
These so-called conservatives have elevated a political ideology to the level of RELIGION, which is why so many of them despise the social conservatives in the Republican Party. After all, most social conservatives subordinate their political ideology to the TRUE religion of Christianity (and Judaism, et al); those who worship at the alter of MOVEMENT conservatism do not. [This is also why they so despise/disparage President Bush, a president who has made his priorities clear from day one: He is a Christian first, a president (of all the people) second, and a Republican with a conservative world view third .. . This is APOSTASY for the conservative zealots who insist that their POPE (and in some cases, ‘god’), Ronald Reagan, would never have behaved this way — when, of course, he did!]
http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/01/31/are-our-ideologies-our-idols/#comments
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
BTW: I agree with the ANCHORESS’ last statement in a companion commentary:
“All I know is this: I’m already missing George W. Bush.”
http://theanchoressonline.com/2008/02/02/faith-based-and-hand-wringing/#comments
Thankfully you’ve made it this far through your first Iowa winter. I hope you are getting along well. Soon spring will come and it will be delightful. We here in Wyoming are spending a lot of time coping with the cold keeping water flowing. Even some of our water mains are freezing. And everyone is cheerful, polite and helpful.
If I could get out of the house, I guess I'd find out if people were "cheerful, polite and helpful." All I know is that the 2 of us in here are getting a little bi$chy. : )
I'll have to don the 'yaktrax' and get out tomorrow to teach class. blech!
— “George W. Bush: Fighting to the Finish” — is the #1 DVD in Politics, ‘
Glad to say I contributed...lol. After the initial showing, as soon as the show was over, I jumped on my trusty PC and ordered the DVD....but, won’t be delivered for a while.
iirc, Brett said more of the interview would be online ...wish they would have aired the entire interview.
I’m hoping the DVD includes ALL of the videoclips available on the website!
So your son did join you there. Good. I didn't know that.
“I’m hoping the DVD includes ALL of the videoclips available on the website!”
Me too, DrDeb! It was a wonderful interview but, I must admit, it made me sad......as did, the FINAL SOTU address. I just hate thinking of the day when our dear President will leave Office. I’ll be happy for him and Laura, but, I will have a real sense of loss when he leaves.
*sniff*.....me too....
Especially in light of the clowns who are after his job, I worry about America!
“Especially in light of the clowns who are after his job, I worry about America!”
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As do I!
And we’re in good company. The polls (as flawed as they are) indicate that most Republicans are less than enthusiastic about our candidates this cycle:
PEW POLL (released today):
Scroll down to the section titled: “Republicans Remain Dissatisfied” [Make sure you review the chart detailing the favorability ratings among Republicans for President Bush, McCain, Romney and Huckabee — it once again gives lie to the notion that the President lacks the support of his base! FYI: Given the poll’s MOE, the President’s favorability is the same as McCain’s; however, Pew neglected to identify the STRONGLY favorable percentage which is always HIGH for the President and LOW for McCain.
http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=392
This is one election in which I would love it if the sitting
president could run for a 3rd term.
Lord knows what is going to happen with the WOT after he
leaves and the congress gets done with it. Frightening.
But, maybe I am not giving America enough credit for resilience.
Yeah, he's been here since August when he got laid off (bad news for him, good news for me). He blames me for all the weather... I don't think he's adjusted yet.
Yes we do give toasters on Sunday I will sort the toasters out after I post tonight’s dose which I am putting up shortly.
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