Posted on 03/15/2008 5:58:21 PM PDT by STARWISE
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
Bush Family Photo - President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, former First Lady Barbara Bush, and former President George H. W. Bush sit surrounded by family in the Red Room, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005. Friends and family joined former President Bush and Mrs. Bush in celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary during a dinner held at the White House. ((check the boots ;))
QUOTE(s) OF THE DAY
President's Radio Address ~ March 15, 2008
Cheney Mideast Agenda: Stability and Oil
..... Vice President Dick Cheney's trip to the Mideast, which is to begin on Sunday, is just the latest in a series of official U.S. visits to pressure Israel and the Palestinians to make good on their promises to forge a peace deal and do it before President Bush leaves office.
Iraq, Iran's rising influence in the region and soaring U.S. gas prices also will be key topics in his private talks with leaders in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Palestinian territories and Turkey. The vice president, with his deep, personal relationships with officials in the Mideast, adds gravitas to the Bush administration's policy objectives in all the nations.
His trip to the region also coincides with the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, which has created anti-U.S. sentiment throughout the Mideast and changed historic ethnic and political balances in the region.
"The agenda, I expect, will be a very rich one," John Hannah, Cheney's top national security adviser, said Friday in previewing the trip. "Clearly our ongoing efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan will be discussed at just about all the stops, Middle East peace, Iran, the situation with Syria and Lebanon, violence in Gaza, energy it's a very long list."
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (right) shares a laugh with Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade (left) in the Pentagon on March 13, 2008. Gates and Gade will be discussing a broad range of security issues, both bilateral and in the context of their NATO commitments. Also taking part in the talks is Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Michael Coulter (2nd from right).
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Chile's Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley smile before a news conference in Santiago, Friday, March 14, 2008.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) and Chile's President Michelle Bachelet shake hands as Chancellor Alejandro Foxley (L) looks on at the Presidential Palace in Santiago March 14, 2008.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) and Chile's President Michelle Bachelet shake hands accompanied by Chancellor Alejandro Foxley (3rd R) at the Presidential Palace Santiago March 14, 2008.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza, left, shakes hands with Chile's Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley prior to a press conference in Santiago, Friday, March 14, 2008. Rice is on a two-day trip to Latin American countries to engage leaders who the Bush administration says 'have been helpful to the United States' economic and anti-terrorism efforts.
HOLA!
Go back to your trailer park.
What's sad is that you have to put that in there. I support and love President Bush, and I am not going to be cow-towed or bullied out of that. I had a guy at the gas station the other day who saw my Bush-Cheney '04 sticker still on my car say, "So, are you really gonna be sad to seem him go?" I looked him square in the eyes and said, "Yes. Yes I will." We conversed, politely, and it turned out the guy who asked me has never voted, but I think he was surprised to hear such strong support for President Bush especially here in CA. I honestly believe he walked away thinking maybe he was the dummie who'd bought a bunch of garbage in forming his opinion, lol.
Didn’t you hear me the first time?
I love the Bush family photo--I hadn't seen that before. I will have to come back when I have more time and study it more.
I love that sketch of s_j's of GWB--I think that is my favorite one--I hope he gives a copy of that one to the President (and any others, of course, but that is the one I like best). :)
Thanks again!
The 'downturn' in the economy started with the dim congress. The assurance of the end of tax cuts, and the increase in spending will be the result.
After 9/11, the President asked us to go on with our lives. We did. And many have forgotten that we were attacked. Unfortunately, it may take a suicide bomber in a mall, or an IED during rush hour to get the attention of some.
Mirkwood has been banned or suspended. Good!
Hi so happy every time there is a Dose. What a wonderful Bush family photo all so very sweet. I love the Bush family and the Cheney family. As we learn more about who could take their place I just shutter. Have Jena’s wedding date marked on my calendar like it was family!
Thank you for your work on this thread.
The 'downturn' in the economy started with the dim congress. The assurance of the end of tax cuts, and the increase in spending will be the result.
That is exactly true and it will get worse if the Rats get the majority in the Senate and gain even more seats in hte House. That is why it is important to vote in November
After 9/11, the President asked us to go on with our lives. We did. And many have forgotten that we were attacked. Unfortunately, it may take a suicide bomber in a mall, or an IED during rush hour to get the attention of some.
tThe left is still living in a pre 9/11 world and it will take another 9/11 to wake them up.
House #1
A 20 room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house, all heated by gas. In one month this residence consumes more energy than the average American household does in a year.
The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400. In natural gas alone, this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not situated in a Northern or Midwestern "snow belt" area. It's in the South.
House #2 - ((Note: the link mistakenly shows the original home, NOT the new home above that's described below)).
Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university. This house incorporates every "green" feature current home construction can provide. The house is 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on a high prairie in the American Southwest.
A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat-pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas and it consumes one-quarter electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system.
Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Surrounding flowers and shrubs native to the area enable the property to blend into the surrounding rural landscape.
HOUSE #1 is outside of Nashville, Tennessee; it is the abode of the "environmentalist," Al Gore.
HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas; it is the residence the of the President of the United States, George W. Bush.
An "inconvenient truth."
Claim: Email compares George W. Bush's eco-friendly ranch with Al Gore's energy-expending mansion.
Status: TRUE.
The "Cathedral" at the ranch
ALL CLEAR for posting or re-posting photos or appropriate graphics in keeping with the spirit of this thread.
And, thank you SO much, wonderful MODS! MUCH appreciating your quick patrolling.. ;)
I DID vote in the TX primary. I voted R - so I can attend our county convention, and possibly our state convention. I did not vote for mccain, but I did vote for Senator Cornyn (who did vote for the moratorim on earmarks). I am concerned that many of the corss-over voters may hurt in the Nov election.
Yay! Our Mods are the greatest!
It’s my pleasure.
Deb! I’m SO SO SO happy for your exciting meeting in a couple of weeks!! OMG .. whattathrill. I know you’ll be practicing your conversation .. I know I would be. I’m planning on FRmailing you my message of support.. it’s so wonderful of you to offer that kindness. Oh, how I envy you, but I’m SO happy for YOU. I’m trying to imagine what that would be like .. I know I’d cry.
Dear jonny .... are your incredible drawings going with Deb?
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ... they’ll be signed .. a treasure for your heartfelt artistry. Post here >>> (right here ;)
I meant to thank you for your
statement in that encounter,
and I MEAN it .. ;) LOVE your
attitude.
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