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Today the President signed signed into law S. 2370, the "Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006 Click here for further details He also signed into law H.R. 5076, the "National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization Act of 2006" Click here for further details The President had a busy day signing other bills into law Click here for further details Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay at the State Department. She also talked with reporters during an interview with the Associated Press at the State Department Defense Secretary Robert Gates, continues his visit to Baghdad, Iraq. The...

No link but had to post this, I am sure many saw/heard this. LMAO!

This is turning into the gift that keeps on giving. Not only did CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer get totally schooled by the Vice President’s wife last Friday in front of the whole nation, but now he’s actually saying that he was surprised by Lynne Cheney's behavior. On CNN’s Late Edition Sunday, Blitzer set up a replay of the now famous interview with the following (video here): I've been covering the Cheneys for many years, including on a day-to-day basis, when he was the defense secretary during the first Gulf War and I was CNN's Pentagon correspondent. Mrs. Cheney has been...

As NewsBusters previously reported, Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, had a rather heated interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Friday (video of entire must-see segment here). Seeming to recognize how poorly he performed, Blitzer needed some encouraging words from one of his colleagues. So, he brought on Lou Dobbs to pat him on the back, and chastise Cheney (video available here). After some niceties, Dobbs said: Well, I, with all due respect, I don't believe Lynne Cheney could be more wrong, both in tone and in fact. The truth is that this government is not functioning. It...

Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, strongly criticized CNN Friday for its "Broken Government" series of specials in the run-up to the November mid-term elections and for its airing of tapes of snipers shooting American soldiers in Iraq. In an interview with Situation Room anchor Wolf Blitzer, Cheney said the network's Vote 2006 specials contained "terrible distortions of the president's and vice president's positions on many issues." She suggested CNN was working from Democratic talking points, and took issue with the negative tone of the title "Broken Government," suggesting it betrayed CNN's bias and countering that the administration...

Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, took on CNN Friday evening during an interview with anchorman Wolf Blitzer. Transcript: CHENEY: You made a point last night of a man who had a bookstore in london where radical islamists gathered. Who was in afghanistan when the taliban were there. Who went to pakistan. You know, i think that you might be a little careful before you declare this as a person with clean hands. WOLF: You are receiving to the cnn "broken government" special. This is the one john king reported on last night. CHENEY: Right there, wolf. Broken...

The President signed a law authorizing construction of a fence along the US-Mexico border and then went on a campaign trip to Iowa and Michigan. Lynne Cheney, appeared on Fox and Friends promoting her new book Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez at the State Department Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

Dick Cheney is the well-known hunter in the family but it turns out his wife, Lynne, can hold her own when it comes to hunting down bias. Cheney came loaded for bear or network anchor when she appeared on this morning’s Today show. On to promote her latest history book for children, Cheney wasn't allowed to leave before NBC’s Matt Lauer queried her about Iraq's effect on the midterms, asking: "Are the Republicans in trouble?" To which Cheney fired back with both guns blazing as she asked Matt, why Today wasn't doing more to report on all the positive economic...

Yesterday the President participated in 9/11 ceromonies in New York including attending a memorial service. Today he attended a ceremony at the Fort Pitt Firehouse on the lower east side of Manhattan afterwhich he travelled to Shanksville, Pennsylvania to lay a wreath at the Flight 93 crash site. He and the First Lady then went to the Pentagon to lay another wreath at the crash site there as in Shanksville the President and first lady met with families of those who lost their lives after the wreath laying ceremony. Yesterday the Vice President appeared on the Meet the Press. Today...

The idea of a woman president is not so abstract now that the 2008 election nears, Lynne Cheney, wife of vice president Dick Cheney said Wednesday. "If you're thinking of Condi Rice, I think she has good credentials," Cheney said. During an appearance sponsored by the Aspen Institute, Cheney talked mostly about education and history but did venture into current politics, including the possibility of women running for president. She did not mention New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, widely thought to be considering a presidential run in 2008. "(National security) is the driving issue," Cheney said. "The stereotype exists that...

The President signed a Pension Reform Bill today and then he and the First Lady left the White House for Camp David for the weekend where the President will meet with members of his economic team Yesterday the Vice President attended 2 fund raisers and Mrs Cheney spoke at the Aspen Institute Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

The President and First Lady spent the weekend at Camp David returning to the White House on Sunday. Today the President signed H.R. 5403, the Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 The Vice President had a busy Saturday. First he had a sucessful annual physical, then he and his wife Lynne along with their 3 grandaughters went to Kennedy Space Center for the launch of Discovery which unfortunately due to bad weather did not take-off. They then went to Daytona Beach for the Pepsi 400. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush are spending Father's Day weekend at their ranch in Crawford, TX. In the meantime, in upstate New York, the 202 midshipmen of the Merchant Marine Academy, along with their families, faculty, Academy staff and guests are eagerly anticipating the first visit ever by a sitting President of the United States to their commencement. Judging by reports in multiple news articles, as well as in news releases from corporations and sponsors, this event is a very big deal in the Maritime industry. I've vicariously become excited about it just through reading the...

Vice President Dick Cheney recently visited Eastern Europe the following are links to his speeches and a photo essay of the trip. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT NO PHOTOS OR GRAPHICS ARE POSTED UNTIL I GIVE THE ALL CLEAR SO THAT WE KEEP A CHRONLOGICAL RECORD OF THE TRIP. QUOTE OF THE VISIT Vice President's Remarks at the 2006 Vilnius Conference Reval Hotel Lietuva Vilnius, Lithuania America and all of Europe also want to see Russia in the category of healthy, vibrant democracies. Yet in Russia today, opponents of reform are seeking to reverse the gains of the last decade....

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: While the Vice President and Mrs. Lynne Cheney were headed back to the United States from their visit to former communist states in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, President Bush, the First Lady and GWB's parents attended St. John's Church this morning. The first family are spending a quiet day at the White House. UPCOMING: Big news...President Bush will host a State Dinner for his good friend, Australian Prime Minister John Howard. From the News.com.au website: Mr Bush, who notoriously dislikes the formality of black-tie events, has previously hosted just seven similar events at the...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY President Bush had an exceptionally full calendar today. He left Washington shortly after dawn this morning to fly to Oklahoma, where he delivered the commencement address at the University of Oklahoma. While in flight aboard Air Force One, the President got some work done, including a phone call to discuss Darfur with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. On his return to Washington, the President joined the First Lady and former President George H. W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, at a wedding for family friends. Transcript of the President's Commencement Address at the University of Oklahoma...

President Bush discussed our nation's strong, and growing, economy. Fact Sheet: Growing Our Economy: Keeping Taxes Low and Restraining Spending.On the South Lawn, Bush honored 2005 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. He met with members of Congress to discuss energy policy. German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with President Bush at the White House. Vice President and Mrs. Cheney are in Lithuania where the VP will meet with leaders in the region regarding furthering democracy there. The Vice President's visit to Vilnius is the first stop in a three-nation, six-day trip that includes bilateral meetings with leaders...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush left the White House last Thursday for a long weekend at Camp David. The President and his family enjoyed an early Easter dinner today before returning to Washington. The family's Easter meal included two kinds of ham, spinach salad, macaroni and cheese, asparagus, deviled eggs, fresh fruit and biscuits. For dessert, could choose between double coconut layer cake and lemon curd trifle with fresh berries. Unfortunately, on this lovely day when Christians everywhere celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, the Left will not restrain itself from turning even the...

The President and the first lady spent the weekend in Washington today they attended church and the President also went mountain biking at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland. Yesterday Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Chile for talks and to attend Chile's new President Michelle Bachelet inauguration ceremony, today she left for Indonesia. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

On the Web site of an unofficial alumni organization at the University of California, Los Angeles, there are profiles "exposing" the university's "most radical professors" who "actively proselytize their extreme views in the classroom." These professors are described as "brainless" and are berated for never having left the "fantasy world of college." [snip] There are other disturbing examples today and throughout history. In Colorado and Indiana, as a result of widely publicized student allegations of left-wing bias in the classroom, several professors have received hate mail and at least one received a death threat. The number of organizations across America...