D-Day

Spotted on Hip Hop Republican June 6, 2011

Dalai Lama and White House Trash

Here's how a real man meets with a real man.

Here's how a real man is treated by a pretender.

At the Obama White House, the Dalai Lama sidesteps trash as he exits through the back door. 

The Christian Science Monitor notes:

At White House, the Dalai Lama sidesteps trash

When the Dalai Lama went to exit the White House Thursday via the back door, a mound of trash awaited him.

No mention of how much trash awaited His Holiness inside the White House.

Pics of W We Like -- Smooch

Sorry. Or not. We don't despise the Bushes here. No hatin' goin' on at Boom3, not even for the bluebloods anyway.
W smooch pic found at Jumping In Pools.

G.W. Bush & Grandpa John

Tonight's feature from Grandpa John:

George W. Bush Vindicated

Heh.

George Washington, Indispensable Man

No pretender, he.
Born on February 22, 1732, in Westomorland County, Virginia, Wshington shaped this nation by leading our American forces during the fight against the British, by presiding over the writing of our Constitution, by serving as our first president.
H/T American Patriot's Almanac

Abraham Lincoln -- Manly Hearts Day

Happy Birthday Mr. President.

 

Passion has helped us; but can do so no more. It will in future be our enemy. Reason, cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason, must furnish all the materials for our future support and defence.

-- January 27, 1838 Lyceum Address

And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts.

-- July 4, 1861 Message to Congress

Krissoff -- Bush -- Krissoff

President George W. Bush told the story the other night, in Grand Rapids, of former East Grand Rapids resident Bill Krissoff, an orthopedic surgeon who pressed Bush at age 61 in 2007 to let him join the Navy as a combat surgeon in honor of his son. Marine Lt. Nathan Krissoff, 25, had been killed in a December 2006 roadside bomb explosion in Iraq.
Krissoff served a year in Iraq and now is serving at age 63 in Afghanistan, Bush said.
"America produces amazing people like Dr. Krissoff," Bush said.

Yeah, America does.
Read about Dr. Krissoff:

Dad joins Navy to honor fallen son

Via Drudge

Challenger -- Rest In Peace, Starship Toopers

Today is a day for mourning and remembering. Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country. This is truly a national loss.
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I've always had great faith in and respect for our space program. And what happened today does nothing to diminish it. We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That's the way freedom is, and we wouldn't change it for a minute.
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For the families of the seven, we cannot bear, as you do, the full impact of this tragedy. But we feel the loss, and we're thinking about you so very much. Your loved ones were daring and brave, and they had that special grace, that special spirit that says, "Give me a challenge, and I'll meet it with joy." They had a hunger to explore the universe and discover its truths. They wished to serve, and they did. They served all of us.
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The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God."

-- Ronald Wilson Reagan

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