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President Meets With Public Safety Folk

July 21st, 2008 · Comments Off

President George W. Bush, joined by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, meets and thanks California public safety personnel Thursday, July 17, 2008 in Redding, Calif., for their efforts in battling the wildfires in Northern California. White House photo by Eric Draper

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Tags: General News · Government

First Women’s Rights Convention-1848

July 19th, 2008 · Comments Off

Hey girls… Can you imagine not having a vote? And, ha! There are now more women than men voting, I hear, so what’s with that? Those boys were doing all they could to keep us ole’ gals down but NO…. we rose up and finally had a convention of our own… [...]

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So Sorry for the Loss of Tony Snow

July 13th, 2008 · Comments Off

As many of you know, the newsman, talk show host and former press secretary for the White House (George W. Bush Administration) died at 2:00 a.m. today.

It’s really a sad day for so many. Snow seemed to really have a heart. I’m sorry for his family . He left behind a wife and three [...]

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Riding a Bus for Fourteen Hours is Not Bad

July 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

Our safety patrol group took a motorcoach to Washington, DC this past week. It took about fourteen hours to get there. A lot of people think “oh, dear! That’s too long a ride with a bunch of kids” but actually, it was great.
The kids were just fine. Many brought their [...]

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Tags: Government · Travel

Visiting The Capitol is Always a Highlight of DC

July 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

Recently, I was in the halls of Congress! It was a pleasure and honor to visit the United States Capitol What an honor to stand beneath the rotunda and look around to see all of the marvelous artwork, paintings, and wonderful works of our forefathers.
I especially love going in Statuary [...]

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Who is Third in Command Behind the President and VP of the US?

July 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

I was looking at the photograph here with our President and Vice President. It made me think about all of the folks who run our country and all of the security involved to keep everyone (even you and me) safe. To have both the President and the Vice President in the same photo [...]

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