http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/presidentbush/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 00:57:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285694/posts Thunderous Okla. Applause Greets Bush on July 4 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: July 4, 2009 WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) -- Former President George W. Bush spoke amid thunderous applause in a rural Oklahoma town to celebrate the Fourth of July, calling the U.S. the ''greatest nation on the face of the earth.'' Bush was given six standing ovations as he spoke Saturday inside a remodeled rodeo arena in Woodward, a town of about 12,000 residents in northwest Oklahoma. About 9,200 tickets were sold for the event, which would be the biggest crowd for Bush since he left office in January.... NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285694/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 00:57:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284746/posts Please check out that at http://www.americanpatriotweb.com/september-11.htm Select: The White House - President speeches on 9/11 Information given: Page Not Found The page you requested wasn't found at this location. The Obama Administration has created a brand new White House website, and it's possible that the page you were looking for has been moved. http://www.whitehouse.gov/query.html?col=colpics&qt=september+11 http://www.americanpatriotweb.com/september-11.htm http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284746/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:21:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283649/posts What If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky? If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved? If George W. Bush had visited... Unattributed http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283649/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:52:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284242/posts At a dinner last week in California, I was reminded of the debt we owe to those who have, for 233 years, sustained our freedom and independence. One remarkable family in particular exemplifies the best in the American spirit of courage and sacrifice. Sitting at my table was a friend, Christine Krissoff, wife of Dr. Bill Krissoff and mother of Nathan and Austin Krissoff. One of her sons, Marine First Lt. Nathan Krissoff, was killed in Al Anbar Province in December 2006. A Williams College grad, athlete and musician, he'd left for Iraq on the fifth anniversary of the 9/11... Wall Street Journal Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284242/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:32:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283668/posts July 2009 sees nearly 6 months since George W Bush entered private life and as we have done in previously monthly threads I have collated photos from the month we are in from previous years. Tonight I will post July 2001 and July 2002 photos and then over the next few days post 2003 and 2004 photos. I have also found some photos from this June which I will also post in the next few days starting with one of them as the photo of the month. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island www.georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/ news www.yahoo.com/news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283668/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 23:10:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280569/posts Oliver Stone: 'Reagan Was a Dumb Son of a Bitch' Who Spawned Bush By Brent Baker Created 2009-06-27 02:14 Film producer/director Oliver Stone [1], a far-left promoter of conspiracies who is working on a sequel to his 1987 'Wall Street' movie, declared on Friday night's edition of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher that “Reagan was a dumb son of a bitch” and “I really think George W is dumber” and so, after producing movies on the CIA conspiracy to murder President Kennedy and a dark look at President Nixon, he won't create a movie on Ronald Reagan because “by... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280569/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:20:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276395/posts <p>"To the people of Iran: You are rich in culture and talent. You have a right to live under a government that listens to your wishes, respects your talents, and allows you to build better lives for your families. Unfortunately, your government denies you these opportunities, and threatens the peace and stability of your neighbors. So we call on the regime in Tehran to heed your will, and to make itself accountable to you. The day will come when the people of Iran have a government that embraces liberty and justice, and Iran joins the community of free nations. And when that good day comes, you will have no better friend than the United States of America." - President George W. Bush, January 13, 2008.</p> Free Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276395/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:57:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274172/posts Former President George W. Bush fired a salvo at President Obama on Wednesday, asserting his administration's interrogation policies were within the law, declaring the private sector not government will fix the economy and rejecting the nationalization of health care. I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in, the former president said to applause from members of a local business group. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money. Repeatedly in his hourlong speech and question-and-answer session, Mr. Bush said he would not... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274172/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:33:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267053/posts Just having the appearance of someone who might possibly vote for an opponent of Barack Obama could land them on the President's enemies list where proxies do the dirty work. Political appointees in the Justice Department killed a six-month investigation by career DOJ lawyers into the most blatant voter intimidation case in 40 years. Last November, jack-booted, uniformed, baton-wielding thugs from the New Black Panther Party calling themselves "security" obstructed a Philadelphia polling location and behaved in an intimidating manner toward white voters. Days after dismissing charges against the menacing thugs, the Justice Department moved in the opposite direction by... The American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267053/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 11:37:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262549/posts It is now over 5 month since the best President of this century has left office . Do I miss the years he was our President and Commander in Chief.? You betcha. Today, I will post photos from June 2001 and June 2002. snugs will post photos from June 2003. (She might do it tomorrow though instead.. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island White House.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262549/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 00:24:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260673/posts I was right to torture terror suspects - it saved lives, claims unrepentant George Bush By DAVID GARDNER 29th May 2009 George Bush has defended his decision to allow the use of torture on terror suspects in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The former president broke his silence on the scandal to insist that controversial interrogation methods like waterboarding and sleep deprivation helped save lives. Mr Bush was echoing claims made by his former Vice President Dick Cheney that the harsh interrogation techniques vilified by the Obama administration gained valuable intelligence. The ex-president was careful to avoid words... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260673/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 17:14:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260351/posts BENTON HARBOR, Michigan (CNN) -- Former President George W. Bush on Thursday repeated Dick Cheney's assertion that the administration's enhanced interrogation program, which included controversial techniques such as waterboarding, was legal and garnered valuable information that prevented terrorist attacks. Former President George W. Bush defended his administration in speech Thursday in Michigan. Bush told a southwestern Michigan audience of nearly 2,500 -- the largest he has addressed in the United States since leaving the White House in January -- that, after the September 11 attacks, "I vowed to take whatever steps that were necessary to protect you." In his speech,... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260351/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 05:48:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260007/posts <p>Former President George W. Bush may finally upstage Dick Cheney this week. After months of silence while Cheney has been blasting away at President Obama, Bush is scheduled to make two semi-public appearances.</p> <p>Tonight he'll speak to to the Economic Club of Southwest Michigan at Lake Michigan College. It's being billed as his first major speech to an American audience. The news media will be allowed to attend the event, but not record it. Right.</p> Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260007/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 18:38:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256030/posts MAY 22, 2009 Bush's Gitmo Vindication Obama still hasn't said where the worst terrorists will go. President Obama delivered a major speech yesterday on how he intends to prosecute the war on terror (or whatever it's now called), and in particular his desire to close the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay. As rhetoric, his remarks were at pains to declare a bold new moral direction. On substance, however, the speech and other events this week look more like a vindication of the past seven years. The President's speech came after both houses of Congress had denied his funding requests to... Wall St. Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256030/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 02:48:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2255989/posts WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama said Thursday the Bush administration took America’s national security “off course” in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attack. After September 11, “faced with an uncertain threat, our government made a series of hasty decisions,” Obama said. “I believe that many of these decisions were motivated by a sincere desire to protect the American people. But I also believe that all too often our government made decisions based on fear rather than foresight. That all too often trimmed facts and evidence to fit ideological predispositions.” CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2255989/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 01:58:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255983/posts An estimated 3,000 people attended the Chase Foundation scholarship reception in which President Bush was the keynote speaker. The Chase Foundation awards every graduating Artesia High School student that maintains a 3.0 grade average a paid college scholarship to a college in NM and West Texas. Scholarships are renewed yearly for those maintaining a 2.5 GPA. The foundation was started by Mack Chase, an independent oil and gas producer in Artesia. Former President George W. Bush waves at the crowd inside of the Artesia High School gymnasium in Artesia, N.M., May 21, 2009, while standing next to Meg Knorr, an... The Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255983/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 01:53:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253782/posts The Pentagon said Monday it no longer includes a Bible quote on the cover page of daily intelligence briefings it sends to the White House as was practice during the Bush administration. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said he did not know how long the Worldwide Intelligence Update cover sheets quoted from the Bible. Air Force Maj. Gen. Glen Shaffer, who was responsible for including them, retired in August 2003, according to his biography. For a period in 2003, at least, the daily reports prepared for President George W. Bush carried quotes from the books of Psalms and Ephesians and the... foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253782/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 11:23:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253668/posts Patrick Bibb, a 19-year-old from Dallas, glanced at his cell phone. He was in the middle of his economics class at Texas Christian University on a February morning. His caller ID read withheld. He decided not to answer. When class ended, he checked his messages and found that George W. Bush had been trying to reach him. The sophomore listened to the voice mail. He heard the former president of the United States thank him at least four times. Bush was happy that the teenager had been selling welcome home george & laura signs for $20 to people all over... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253668/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 03:43:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253087/posts The fight over national security increasingly threatens to drag the United States into a political civil war that could also fracture Barack Obama's political base. It is turning the President's own Democratic allies into potential enemies, while undermining his domestic priorities in health care and energy reform. Yesterday, New York Times columnist Frank Rich pointed all eyes to the website of Gentleman's Quarterly, which has posted a series of cover sheets to ultra-top-secret intelligence updates that former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld used to prepare daily for former president George W. Bush. It turns out that the cover sheets routinely showed... The Globe and Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253087/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 09:45:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2253388/posts Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld routinely used militaristic passages from the Bible on the cover pages of White House intelligence documents, according to new revelations by GQ magazine. It said Rumsfeld displayed the passages over photographs of US forces in Iraq to curry favor with then president George W. Bush, despite concerns about the incendiary impact on the Islamic world if they were ever made public. One republished on the GQ website came from March 31, 2003, showing a US tank roaring through the desert about 10 days after the United States invaded Iraq to topple the regime of Saddam... Weasel Zippers (Via AFP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2253388/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 19:48:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252997/posts A series of cover sheets for intelligence reports written for Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and other senior Pentagon officials during the early days of the war in Iraq in 2003 were adorned with biblical quotations, and appeared Sunday, six years later, on the Web site of GQ magazine. The daily briefings were called the “Worldwide Intelligence Update,” one of several intelligence reports compiled overnight and presented in a folder for Mr. Rumsfeld and other officials as they came to work. In the selection of the cover sheets that GQ placed on its Web site, photographs of soldiers praying... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252997/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 03:37:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251904/posts Let's face it, this is shaping up as George W. Bush's best month in years. The last time the 43rd president enjoyed this kind of vindication was when a bedraggled Saddam Hussein was pulled from a hole in the ground by American soldiers in 2003. All of Barack Obama's efforts to cast the Bush administration as an immoral stain on American history have not merely collapsed, but collapsed on the heads of Bush's most public and vocal critics.Here's a non-stammering Nancy Pelosi talking about Bush last July: "God bless him, bless his heart, president of the United States -- a... Commentary Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251904/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 22:45:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2247044/posts I, too, am a huge celebrity who happens to live in Preston Hollow. I expect George W. to drop by soon. by David Feherty ##### Given the events of the past eight years, once George the Second escaped from Washington, D.C., I think most of us here in Dallas would have understood if he and the former First Missus had moved someplace a little more secluded than Preston Hollow. Like Area 51, maybe, or some sandbar in the Galapagos Islands, just so they could catch their breath for a couple of years and take stock of their lives. I mean,... D Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2247044/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 17:15:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245886/posts The White House is planning a muted observance of Thursday's National Day of Prayer, a response that has disappointed both Christian conservatives and an atheist group that wants to end the tradition. Congress established the day in 1952 and in 1988 set the first Thursday in May as the day for presidents to issue proclamations asking Americans to pray. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said President Barack Obama would issue such a proclamation Thursday but not hold any public events with religious leaders as President George W. Bush did. Obama's decision drew a rebuke from the National Day of... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245886/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 05:06:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2242837/posts President Bush has said on more than one occasion that his legacy can't be judged now and I agree, the battles are still too clear in our memory and the animosity still too fresh to make any type of assessment. I believe he was right in the respect of his handling of the war against international terrorism. It will be noted as a turning point and a model way of dealing with terrorists that don't represent a nation-state when viewed from a different paradigm a decade out. Here's further proof of what I'm talking about as Obama is rekindling a... Environmental Republican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2242837/posts#comment Sat, 2 May 2009 19:36:21 GMT