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WOODWARD PREPARES FOR JULY 4 VISIT FROM PRESIDENT BUSH

WOODWARD, Oklahoma - July 4, a patriotic holiday filled with fireworks is right around the corner, and for the people in Woodward that means a visit from former president George W. Bush.

The community of 12,000 is preparing for a large crowd at their July 4 celebration called “Let Freedom Ring 2009.”

. . . Laubhan said they have had plenty of volunteers including calls from residents wanting to bake former president Bush a birthday cake or give him a gift.

Woodward Mayor Bill Fanning said his office is also getting calls from people wanting to park cars, distribute programs, anything they can do to help with this exciting patriotic event.

Ticket phone lines have also been busy as volunteers answer calls almost non-stop.

“We’ve had calls from every state, people coming in to enjoy this event....international. We’ve got people calling on from Japan ordering tickets,” Laubhan said. “It just is really amazing what kind of a crowd a person like him can draw in and from how far.”

http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=10531450
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OBAMA DESERVES NO CREDIT FOR LEBANESE ELECTIONS
(President Bush Does)
By Paul Ibrahim

A rare piece of good news recently came out of the Middle East: An American-backed (or, rather, Bush-backed) political coalition defeated Hezbollah and its allies in Lebanese parliamentary elections. And ever since, President Obama’s supporters have desperately made every stretch to credit him – and particularly his Cairo speech – for the victory, in an attempt to justify the less-than-impressive foreign policy route of his young administration.

As a Lebanese-born and raised columnist who, for obvious reasons, has studied and kept a close eye on developments in Lebanon, I feel compelled to address such claims.

. . . “As more than one Lebanese whispered to me: Without George Bush standing up to the Syrians in 2005 – and forcing them to get out of Lebanon after the Hariri killing – this free election would not have happened.”

Oh wait, the one piece of evidence Friedman offers credits Bush with the election, not Obama. Indeed after watching Bill Clinton look away for eight years as Syria raped Lebanon, the Bush Administration forced the expulsion of the occupiers and paved the path for another round of favorable elections.

Barack Obama, on the other hand, had nothing to do with the results.

You can read the entire commentary here:
http://www.northstarwriters.com/pi169.htm
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BUSH TO SPEAK FOR PACKED CONVENTION IN ERIE
Published: June 14. 2009 12:01AM

More than 1,600 people are expected to hear former President George W. Bush’s keynote address at Wednesday’s (6/17/09) annual meeting of the Manufacturer and Business Association.

. . . The association’s event has been sold out for some time.

http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090614/BUSINESS05/306149988/-1/ETN