Sunday, July 19, 2015
"That Thing You Do!"
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-91618
CNN
John McCain Is No "Hero POW"
By 14u2env Posted September 22, 2008
June 1969 - "Reds Say PW Songbird Is Pilot Son of Admiral. . . Hanoi has aired a broadcast in which the pilot son of United States Commander in the Pacific, Adm. John McCain, purportedly admits to having bombed civilian targets in North Vietnam and praises medical treatment he has received since being taken prisoner." New York Daily News, June 5, 1969
"The English-Language broadcast beamed at South Vietnam was one of a series using American prisoners. It was in response to a plea by Defense Secretary Melvin S. Laird, May 19, that North Vietnam treat prisoners according to the humanitarian standards set forth by the Geneva Convention." The Washington Post
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Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Quotes
Louis: Well, you've done it to yourself this time, haven't you?
Jacob Singer: Am I dying, Louie?
Louis: From a slipped disk? That'll be a first.
http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/13/news/mn-64864/2
Los Angeles Times
(Page 2 of 2)
DECISION 2000 / AMERICA WAITS LEGAL ANALYSIS
Bush Wins in Supreme Court; Gore Is Pressured to Concede
Justices' 5-4 Split Is Deep Gash
Court: Breyer, in dissent, calls ruling a 'self-inflicted wound.' Majority casts itself as reluctant arbiter.
December 13, 2000 HENRY WEINSTEIN TIMES LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER
"If the right to vote is fundamental, the desire to have it done by Dec. 12 cannot trump that fundamental right," she said. "I have never before seen the U.S. Supreme Court say that a state's desire for speed trumps a fundamental constitutional right."
The court's debate over whether vague ballot recount standards violated the Constitution also generated considerable disagreement. The ruling could, eventually, be used as a precedent to attack voting systems in many states, legal analysts noted.
Hastings College of Law professor Vikram David Amar said that the majority opinion made a weak argument on the equal protection violation. To find that the state's "intent of the voter" standard violated the Constitution, the court needed to demonstrate that the rule is arbitrary, he said.
"The majority purports to say that the generic standard is arbitrary," he said. "But a more specific standard"--a rule, for example, that a ballot is valid if a chad is hanging by two corners but not if it is attached on three corners--"could be arbitrary also because it would not take into consideration all the possible problems that might arise."
"It is hard to say one is more reasonable than the other," he said.
On the other hand, he said, both Stevens and Ginsburg failed to make a detailed critique of the weaknesses of the majority opinion. And the dissenting opinions by Breyer and Souter, who suggested that the court could send the case back to Florida for further proceedings, "did not hold up analytically" because they did not fully consider the practical problems of completing a recount in a timely fashion, he said.
Amar also said the fact that there were six separate, complicated opinions issued late at night with little chance for the media to digest them will make the legal outcome confusing to the American public.
"You really have to be a lawyer to understand this opinion," he said. "I don't think the court did itself any favors" Tuesday night, he said. "What would have been lost if we waited until [this] morning?"
From 8/29/1936 ( John McCain ) To 10/9/1971 ( my biological brother Dr. Thomas Reagan MD becomes a United States of America board-certified surgeon ) is 12824 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/12/2000 is 12824 days
http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/13/news/mn-64863
Los Angeles Times
DECISION 2000 / AMERICA WAITS
Bush Wins in Supreme Court; Gore Is Pressured to Concede
Election: Justices' 5-4 decision reverses Florida recount ruling, citing equal protection violations. They said it is too late to set a clear standard on what is a legal vote.
December 13, 2000 DAVID G. SAVAGE and MARK Z. BARABAK TIMES STAFF WRITERS
WASHINGTON — In a dramatic coda to a remarkable election, a divided U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday night for Texas Gov. George W. Bush to become the nation's 43rd president by calling a halt to the counting of Florida's disputed ballots.
Capping hours of suspenseful deliberations, the justices voted, 5 to 4, to overturn a Florida Supreme Court decision allowing the hand tabulations sought by Vice President Al Gore.
The Bush camp hailed the decision as an unqualified triumph. The Gore camp withheld comment pending further study of the ruling.
But pressure mounted on Gore to concede, as fellow Democrats immediately started coaxing him to abandon his postelection struggle.
"This is it," said Ed Rendell, general chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
"Clearly the race for the presidency has come to an end," agreed Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.).
The high court decision, a complicated skein of overlapping opinions, provided a fittingly confusing end to a campaign that has been muddled from the moment the polls closed.
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000303
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
McCAIN, John Sidney, III, (1936 - )
Senate Years of Service: 1987-
Party: Republican
McCAIN, John Sidney, III, a Senator and a Representative from Arizona; born in Panama Canal Zone, August 29, 1936; attended schools in Alexandria, Va.; graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1958, and the National War College, Washington, D.C. 1973; pilot, United States Navy 1958-1981, prisoner of war in Vietnam 1967-1973; received numerous awards, including the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, and Distinguished Flying Cross; elected as a Republican in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress; reelected to the Ninety-ninth Congress in 1984 and served from January 3, 1983, to January 3, 1987; elected to the United States Senate in 1986; reelected in 1992, 1998, 2004, and again in 2010 for the term ending January 3, 2017; chair, Committee on Indian Affairs (One Hundred Fourth Congress; One Hundred Ninth Congress), Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (One Hundred Fifth through One Hundred Sixth Congresses, One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001], One Hundred Eighth Congress), Committee on Armed Services (One Hundred Fourteenth Congress); was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000; was an unsuccessful Republican nominee for President of the United States in 2008.
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-91618
CNN
John McCain Is No "Hero POW"
By 14u2env Posted September 22, 2008
John McCain seriously violated the Military Code of Conduct by trading "military information" and making numerous public statements that appeared favorable to the communist war effort in exchange for "special treatment."
The Code: Consisting of six articles in simple language, the United States Military Code of Conduct orders American military personnel to resist capture at all cost and if captured; to attempt to escape, to give the enemy no information other than name, rank, serial number and date of birth, to take charge if senior, to obey orders of the seniors, to accept no favors from the enemy and to make no written or oral statements disloyal to the United States.
In the original writing, the Code was declared the definitive code specifying the responsibilities of American military personnel while in combat or captivity.
The Code holds U.S. prisoners of war responsible to protectat whatever costthe cause for which the United States stands by continuing to carry on some form of resistance with the enemy. The establishment of the Code of Conduct was the result of what was considered in 1955 an embarrassing high number of U.S. servicemen held prisoner during the Korean War who apparently did little to resist collaborating with the enemy.
According to a Congressional Research Service Report (CRS), one out of every three American prisoners of the North Koreans and Chinese collaborated. The degree of collaboration ranged from such serious offenses as actually siding with the enemy to the relatively insignificant offense of broadcasting Christmas greetings home and therefore putting the communists in favorable light.
McCain was taken to Gai Lam military hospital normally unavailable to American POWS. (U.S. government documents)
"Demands for military information were accompanied by threats to terminate my medical treatment if I McCain did not cooperate. Eventually, I gave them my ship's name and squadron number, and confirmed that my target had been the power plant." Page 193-194, Faith of My Fathers by John McCain.
Nov. 9, 1967 (U.S. government documents) Hanoi press began quoting him giving specific military information.
One report dated read, "To a question of the correspondent, McCain answered: 'My assignment to the Oriskany, I told myself, was due to serious losses in pilots, which were sustained by this aircraft carrier (due to its raids on the North Vietnam territory - VNA) and which necessitated replacements. From 10 to 12 pilots were transferred like me from the Forrestal to the Oriskany. Before I was shot down, we had made several sorties. Altogether, I made about 23 flights over North Vietnam.'"
In that report, +McCain was quoted describing the number of aircraft in his flight, information about rescue ships, and the order of which his attack was supposed to take place.
http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/13/news/mn-64864
Los Angeles Times
DECISION 2000 / AMERICA WAITS LEGAL ANALYSIS
Bush Wins in Supreme Court; Gore Is Pressured to Concede
Justices' 5-4 Split Is Deep Gash
Court: Breyer, in dissent, calls ruling a 'self-inflicted wound.' Majority casts itself as reluctant arbiter.
December 13, 2000 HENRY WEINSTEIN TIMES LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITER
The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision to block further recounts of Florida's ballots deeply fractured the court--precisely the outcome the justices, themselves, had hoped to avoid.
The five justices in the majority cast their opinion as a necessary duty that they were reluctantly being forced to undertake.
Usually, courts try to avoid political issues, the majority noted. "When contending parties invoke the process of the courts, however, it becomes our unsought responsibility to resolve the federal and constitutional issues the judicial system has been forced to confront."
Several of the justices in the minority responded with language that stopped just short of calling their colleagues hypocrites.
From 12/7/1998 ( my first day working at Microsoft Corporation as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and the active duty United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel circa 1998 ) To 12/13/2000 is 737 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 11/9/1967 ( Hanoi press began quoting John McCain giving specific military information ) is 737 days
From 12/25/1971 ( George Walker Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States confined to federal prison in Mexico for illegally smuggling narcotics in Mexico ) To 12/13/2000 is 10581 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/22/1994 ( Rollo Reece May deceased ) is 10581 days
From 10/24/1962 ( premiere US film "The Manchurian Candidate" ) To 12/4/1997 ( premiere US film "Amistad" ) is 12825 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/13/2000 is 12825 days
From 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 also known as Matthew Kline for official duty and also known as Wayne Newman for official duty ) To 12/13/2000 is 3618 days
3618 = 1809 + 1809
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/16/1970 ( premiere US TV series episode "Headmaster"::"One for the Gipper" ) is 1809 days
From 1/17/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Persian Gulf War begins as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) To 12/13/2000 is 3618 days
3618 = 1809 + 1809
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/16/1970 ( premiere US TV series episode "Headmaster"::"One for the Gipper" ) is 1809 days
From 7/15/1950 ( premiere US film "The Great Jewel Robber" ) To 12/13/2000 is 18414 days
18414 = 9207 + 9207
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 also known as Matthew Kline for official duty and also known as Wayne Newman for official duty ) is 9207 days
From 7/15/1950 ( premiere US film "The Great Jewel Robber" ) To 12/13/2000 is 18414 days
18414 = 9207 + 9207
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/17/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Persian Gulf War begins as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 9207 days
From 12/7/1955 ( premiere US film "One Way Ticket to Hell" ) To 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 also known as Matthew Kline for official duty and also known as Wayne Newman for official duty ) is 12825 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/13/2000 is 12825 days
From 12/7/1955 ( premiere US film "One Way Ticket to Hell" ) To 1/17/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - the Persian Gulf War begins as scheduled severe criminal activity against the United States of America ) is 12825 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/13/2000 is 12825 days
From 9/30/1975 ( my biological brother Thomas Reagan the United States Navy test pilot was the primary test pilot for the first flight of the Hughes and McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and for the United States Army AH-64 Apache test program ) To 12/13/2000 is 9206 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/16/1991 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - George Bush - Address to the Nation Announcing Allied Military Action in the Persian Gulf ) is 9206 days
From 2/18/1981 ( John Knudsen Northrop deceased ) To 12/13/2000 is 7238 days
7238 = 3619 + 3619
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/30/1975 ( my biological brother Thomas Reagan the United States Navy test pilot was the primary test pilot for the first flight of the Hughes and McDonnell Douglas AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and for the United States Army AH-64 Apache test program ) is 3619 days
From 12/25/1991 ( as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) To 12/13/2000 is 3276 days
3276 = 1638 + 1638
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 4/28/1970 ( Ed Begley deceased ) is 1638 days
From 6/20/1933 ( Danny Aiello ) To 7/31/1968 ( premiere US film "Hang 'Em High" ) is 12825 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/13/2000 is 12825 days
From 11/2/1990 ( premiere US film "Jacob's Ladder" ) To 12/13/2000 is 3694 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/14/1975 ( premiere US film "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" ) is 3694 days
From 1/19/1993 ( in Asheville North Carolina as United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess I was seriously wounded by gunfire when I returned fatal gunfire to a fugitive from United States federal justice who was another criminal sent by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in another attempt to kill me the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/13/2000 is 2885 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/26/1973 ( Richard Nixon - Statement on Signing the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ) is 2885 days
From 11/8/1993 ( the George Bush campaign annoucement for governor of Texas ) To 12/13/2000 is 2592 days
2592 = 1296 + 1296
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/21/1969 ( the Princeton University doctor of medicine degree graduation of my biological brother Dr Thomas Reagan MD ) is 1296 days
From 9/9/1942 ( Japan bombs the continental United States during World War 2 ) To 12/13/2000 is 21280 days
21280 = 10640 + 10640
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/20/1994 ( in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my United States Navy Cross medal date of record ) is 10640 days
From 1/11/1970 ( George Bush reportedly assigned - George Walker Bush was never a pilot qualified or even capable of controlled flight in any jet aircraft of any branch of the United States of America military and George Walker Bush was always a communist asset against the United States of America - flying duty as a pilot of F-102 fighter interceptors 111th Squadron at Ellington ) To 12/13/2000 is 11294 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/4/1996 ( premiere US film "That Thing You Do!" ) is 11294 days
From 12/13/2000 To 9/11/2001 ( the scheduled terrorist attack by force of violence to destroy the New York City World Trade Center and the Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense "The Pentagon" by Bill Gates-Microsoft-Corbis-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal with massive fatalities and destruction ) is 272 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 8/1/1966 ( the Charles Whitman massacre ) is 272 days
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=84900
The American Presidency Project
George W. Bush
XLIII President of the United States: 2001 - 2009
Address in Austin Accepting Election as the 43rd President of the United States
December 13, 2000
Thank you all.
(APPLAUSE)
Thank you very much. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Good evening, my fellow Americans. I appreciate so very much the opportunity to speak with you tonight.
Mr. Speaker, Lieutenant Governor, friends, distinguished guests, our country has been through a long and trying period, with the outcome of the presidential election not finalized for longer than any of us could ever imagine.
Vice President Gore and I put our hearts and hopes into our campaigns. We both gave it our all. We shared similar emotions, so I understand how difficult this moment must be for Vice President Gore and his family.
He has a distinguished record of service to our country as a congressman, a senator and a vice president.
This evening I received a gracious call from the vice president. We agreed to meet early next week in Washington and we agreed to do our best to heal our country after this hard-fought contest.
Tonight I want to thank all the thousands of volunteers and campaign workers who worked so hard on my behalf.
I also salute the vice president and his supports for waging a spirited campaign. And I thank him for a call that I know was difficult to make. Laura and I wish the vice president and Senator Lieberman and their families the very best.
I have a lot to be thankful for tonight. I'm thankful for America and thankful that we were able to resolve our electoral differences in a peaceful way.
I'm thankful to the American people for the great privilege of being able to serve as your next president.
I want to thank my wife and our daughters for their love. Laura's active involvement as first lady has made Texas a better place, and she will be a wonderful first lady of America.
(APPLAUSE)
I am proud to have Dick Cheney by my side, and America will be proud to have him as our next vice president.
(APPLAUSE)
Tonight I chose to speak from the chamber of the Texas House of Representatives because it has been a home to bipartisan cooperation. Here in a place where Democrats have the majority, Republicans and Democrats have worked together to do what is right for the people we represent.
We've had spirited disagreements. And in the end, we found constructive consensus. It is an experience I will always carry with me, an example I will always follow.
I want to thank my friend, House Speaker Pete Laney, a Democrat, who introduced me today. I want to thank the legislators from both political parties with whom I've worked.
Across the hall in our Texas capitol is the state Senate. And I cannot help but think of our mutual friend, the former Democrat lieutenant governor, Bob Bullock. His love for Texas and his ability to work in a bipartisan way continue to be a model for all of us.
(APPLAUSE)
The spirit of cooperation I have seen in this hall is what is needed in Washington, D.C. It is the challenge of our moment. After a difficult election, we must put politics behind us and work together to make the promise of America available for every one of our citizens.
I am optimistic that we can change the tone in Washington, D.C.
I believe things happen for a reason, and I hope the long wait of the last five weeks will heighten a desire to move beyond the bitterness and partisanship of the recent past.
Our nation must rise above a house divided. Americans share hopes and goals and values far more important than any political disagreements.
Republicans want the best for our nation, and so do Democrats. Our votes may differ, but not our hopes.
I know America wants reconciliation and unity. I know Americans want progress. And we must seize this moment and deliver.
Together, guided by a spirit of common sense, common courtesy and common goals, we can unite and inspire the American citizens.
Together, we will work to make all our public schools excellent, teaching every student of every background and every accent, so that no child is left behind.
Together we will save Social Security and renew its promise of a secure retirement for generations to come.
Together we will strengthen Medicare and offer prescription drug coverage to all of our seniors.
Together we will give Americans the broad, fair and fiscally responsible tax relief they deserve.
Together we'll have a bipartisan foreign policy true to our values and true to our friends, and we will have a military equal to every challenge and superior to every adversary.
Together we will address some of society's deepest problems one person at a time, by encouraging and empowering the good hearts and good works of the American people.
This is the essence of compassionate conservatism and it will be a foundation of my administration.
These priorities are not merely Republican concerns or Democratic concerns; they are American responsibilities.
During the fall campaign, we differed about the details of these proposals, but there was remarkable consensus about the important issues before us: excellent schools, retirement and health security, tax relief, a strong military, a more civil society.
We have discussed our differences. Now it is time to find common ground and build consensus to make America a beacon of opportunity in the 21st century.
I'm optimistic this can happen. Our future demands it and our history proves it. Two hundred years ago, in the election of 1800, America faced another close presidential election. A tie in the Electoral College put the outcome into the hands of Congress.
After six days of voting and 36 ballots, the House of Representatives elected Thomas Jefferson the third president of the United States. That election brought the first transfer of power from one party to another in our new democracy.
Shortly after the election, Jefferson, in a letter titled "Reconciliation and Reform," wrote this. "The steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we may safely moor; unequivocal in principle, reasonable in manner. We should be able to hope to do a great deal of good to the cause of freedom and harmony."
Two hundred years have only strengthened the steady character of America. And so as we begin the work of healing our nation, tonight I call upon that character: respect for each other, respect for our differences, generosity of spirit, and a willingness to work hard and work together to solve any problem.
I have something else to ask you, to ask every American. I ask for you to pray for this great nation. I ask for your prayers for leaders from both parties. I thank you for your prayers for me and my family, and I ask you pray for Vice President Gore and his family.
I have faith that with God's help we as a nation will move forward together as one nation, indivisible. And together we will create and America that is open, so every citizen has access to the American dream; an America that is educated, so every child has the keys to realize that dream; and an America that is united in our diversity and our shared American values that are larger than race or party.
I was not elected to serve one party, but to serve one nation. The president of the United States is the president of every single American, of every race and every background.
Whether you voted for me or not, I will do my best to serve your interests and I will work to earn your respect.
I will be guided by President Jefferson's sense of purpose, to stand for principle, to be reasonable in manner, and above all, to do great good for the cause of freedom and harmony.
The presidency is more than an honor. It is more than an office. It is a charge to keep, and I will give it my all.
Thank you very much and God bless America.
(APPLAUSE)
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Rollo-Reece-May
Encyclopædia Britannica
Rollo Reece May
American psychologist
Rollo Reece May, (born April 21, 1909, Ada, Ohio—died Oct. 22, 1994, Tiburon, Calif.), U.S. psychologist and author who , was known as the father of existential psychotherapy. He was one of the first to abandon Freudian theories of human nature, and in his humanistic approach to therapy, he stressed that anxiety could be harnessed and used as a positive force and that people could use their inner resources in making the choices that guide the direction of their lives. May presented his views in a number of popular books, including The Meaning of Anxiety (1950), Man’s Search for Himself (1953), Love and Will (1969), Power and Innocence (1972), and The Courage to Create (1975). May earned (1930) a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin (Ohio) College and became a teacher of English at an American college in Greece. During holidays he attended psychoanalyst Alfred Adler’s seminars in Vienna and was inspired to study theology. He returned (1933) to the U.S. and entered Union Theological Seminary, receiving a bachelor of divinity degree in 1938. After serving as a Congregationalist minister for two years, he resigned his ministry to study psychology at Columbia University, New York City. He contracted tuberculosis, however, and was given only a 50-50 chance of surviving. He realized that his personal struggle against death would do more than medical care would to determine whether he lived, and this solidified his existentialist views. He received his Ph.D. in 1949. Over the years May was on the faculty of the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Psychoanalysis and was a lecturer at the New School for Social Research, both in New York City, and was a visiting professor at such universities as Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/24/obituaries/dr-rollo-may-is-dead-at-85-was-innovator-in-psychology.html
The New York Times
Dr. Rollo May Is Dead at 85; Was Innovator in Psychology
By ERIC PACE
Published: October 24, 1994
Dr. Rollo May, an innovative American psychologist and psychotherapist who was widely known through his writings, died on Saturday at his home in Tiburon, Calif. He was 85.
The cause was congestive heart failure, and he had been in declining health for two years, said Nancy Ramsey, a friend of his family.
Dr. May, who grew up in Michigan, had a doctorate in clinical psychology from Columbia University and received psychoanalytical training early in his career. He wrote several books that became highly influential in the world of psychotherapy and in the culture beyond it.
In his writings, Dr. May emphasized people's desire for self-fulfillment and the positive aspects of humanity's potential. His admirers said he was skilled at making psychological and philosophical concepts accessible to lay people.
The magazine editor and author Norman Cousins once wrote: "I have never come away from a book by Rollo May without a feeling that the game of life is worth the candle, or without an added increment of faith in the ability of human beings to be equal to their problems."
Dr. May's best-known books included "Love and Will" (1969, Dell, Norton and Doubleday) and "The Courage to Create" (1975, Bantam), which posed the question, "Shall we seize the courage necessary to preserve our sensitivity, awareness and responsibility in the face of radical change?"
When it appeared at the end of the 1960's, "Love and Will" was described as containing an argument for the fashioning of values appropriate to people's biological, historical and individual selves in those fitful times.
Dr. May was one of the first, and among the most influential, thinkers in the field of psychotherapy to be influenced by the European existentialists. In the 1950's, he was also one of the first thinkers in the field of psychotherapy to formulate a view of human nature that was not based on Freudian principles. One of his main insights was a conviction that much of human behavior is motivated by a profound, underlying sense of anxiety, which he felt it was important to address in psychotherapy. His doctoral dissertation was about anxiety and became his 1950 book, "The Meaning of Anxiety," an interdisciplinary study.
Dr. May was also one of the originators of the humanistic psychology movement, which concerns itself with the ways in which people can grow, and it avoids the Freudian approach of trying to heal personal difficulties that are residues of childhood. The movement blossomed in the 1960's and provided the intellectual platform for the human potential movement, which also bloomed in that decade. Both movements remain influential today. Dr. May was also a co-founder of the Association for Humanistic Psychology.
Humanistic psychology is sometimes seen as the third force in the world of psychology. In that view, the first force is psychoanalysis, and the second wave is behaviorism, a movement focusing on the role of rewards and punishments in changing people's behavior.
Robert H. Abzug, a professor at the University of Texas, in Austin, who is working on a biography of Dr. May, said yesterday that Dr. May's prominence was greatest in the 1960's and 1970's.
Over the years, Dr. May was a visiting professor at Harvard, Yale, Princeton and other institutions. The honors he received included the American Psychological Association's award for making a distinguished contribution to clinical psychology and the association's gold medal for a distinguished career in psychology.
Born in Ada, Ohio, he graduated in 1930 from Oberlin College in Ohio and taught at a missionary school in Greece. He was inspired by the lectures of the Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler, near Vienna in 1932, and Dr. May resolved to work, as Professor Abzug put it, in "psychology in the service of religion."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056218/releaseinfo
IMDb
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Release Info
USA 24 October 1962
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118607/releaseinfo
IMDb
Amistad (1997)
Release Info
USA 4 December 1997 (Washington, D.C.) (premiere)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045223/releaseinfo
IMDb
One Way Ticket to Hell (1955)
Release Info
USA 7 December 1955 (New York City, New York)
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=5289
The American Presidency Project
Gerald Ford
XXXVIII President of the United States: 1974 - 1977
596 - Remarks at Dedication Ceremonies for the J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. Building.
September 30, 1975
Mr. Attorney General, distinguished Members of the House and Senate, my former colleagues, Al Cederberg, John Slack, Senators Eastland, Pastore, and Hruska--and I see in the audience some others--it is wonderful to see you all here on this occasion--along with the distinguished Director of the FBI, the Administrator of the General Services Administration, ladies and gentlemen:
Obviously, I am tremendously pleased to join all of you in the dedication of this truly magnificent building. It symbolizes the role of the FBI as the bastion of Federal law enforcement under the Department of Justice. It honors the memory of a pioneering public servant who served as Bureau Director for nearly 48 years.
J. Edgar Hoover served under eight Presidents--Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lydon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. All had high praise for this man and his professional achievements--praise which I am pleased to join in here on this auspicious occasion.
In presenting the Medal of Merit to the FBI Director for his wartime services, President Truman commended him for his able leadership, which made the Bureau, in Mr. Truman's words, "a powerful instrument of law enforcement in both war and peace."
President Eisenhower awarded Mr. Hoover the National Security Medal, which carried a citation praising the Director in these terms: "He has established the highest ideals of Federal law enforcement and directed them to realization."
J. Edgar Hoover earned such praise and such admiration from eight Presidents because, under his direction, the FBI became the superior professional organization it is today--and will continue to be under the able leadership of Clarence Kelley--with the very best scientific crime detection facilities to serve the Federal Government and the American people.
But it is more than leadership and technology that makes the FBI so successful. It is the spirit of the men and women who work for this unique American institution--the special agents, legendary symbols of American justice for decades--the thousands upon thousands of professionals who back them up and, I add hurriedly, their understanding families. Although history records the names of very few, it is the excellence of the many who make up the success story of the FBI.
In my 25 years in the Congress and subsequently as Vice President and as President, I have had the personal opportunity to work intimately with many of you here today, and as a result, I developed a great admiration for your professional competence and your tireless dedication. These are the characteristics of the entire FBI team.
The Bureau is a success story because of the strength and spirit which you bring it. Your dedication, your discipline, your courage are all ingredients all Americans admire and respect. Your fellow citizens are proud of the FBI, and we who are honored to serve with you in Government appreciate your efforts.
In dedicating this new FBI headquarters, I call for a renewed commitment to the rule of law in America and to the legal system that perpetuates freedom and justice. For without law, we have neither freedom nor justice.
Just before he died, J. Edgar Hoover had these prophetic words to say about the rule of law in America, and I quote: "The tests of time and challenge in our Nation's history have more than proven the majesty of the law."
Mr. Hoover was so right. The continued dedication of the men and women of the FBI to the preservation of the rule of law and the protection of citizens' rights will be a monument even more enduring than this imposing building.
In a very real sense, we are gathered here to dedicate not merely a structure of concrete and steel but to rededicate ourselves to the principles of equal justice and liberty under law, which must motivate all the actions of the Federal Government.
Thank you very, very much.
Note: The President spoke at 11:18 a.m. in the courtyard of the building.
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Louis: Eckhart saw Hell too. He said: The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you, he said. They're freeing your soul. So, if you're frightened of dying and... and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth.
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Date of Birth 25 March 1901, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Date of Death 28 April 1970, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack)
Birth Name Edward James Begley
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Hang Em High
Drop the gun belt, mister.
What's this all about?
The captain said to drop the gun belt!
Now!
They're wearin' the Johanson brand,|all right, Captain Wilson.
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Hang Em High
...Captain Wilson!|Say, what the hell is this all about?
A lynching.
Now, I understand four of these men|I'm after are out at the Big W.
Maddow and Miller, I'm not sure about.
Maddow, he owns a spread around here.|And Miller...
...Miller's a drifter.
These men you're looking for,|they're all leading citizens.
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Danny Aiello
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Date of Birth 20 June 1933, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name Daniel Louis Aiello Jr.
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Richard Nixon
XXXVII President of the United States: 1969 - 1974
274 - Statement on Signing the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
September 26, 1973
IT IS doubly gratifying for me to be able to sign into law today the Rehabilitation Act of 1973--first, because of the good the act will do in helping hundreds of thousands of our disabled citizens attain self-sufficiency, and secondly, because of the encouraging example which our agreement on legislation sets for future executive-legislative cooperation.
My decisions last October and again this past March to veto earlier vocational rehabilitation bills sent me by the Congress were painful ones, for I knew that in each case the intentions were generous even though imperfectly realized and that the beneficiaries involved were deserving. For precisely those reasons, however, I felt it would be worth the extra time and effort to obtain legislation that could truly live up to its promises.
The process of hammering out a compromise on this matter was long and difficult. It is heartening, however, that neither the Congress nor the Administration allowed the smoke of legislative skirmishes to obscure the goal we have shared from the first--that of continuing and improving a program which has long been one of the most humanitarian and effective of all Federal grant activities. The compromise which has now emerged augurs well for progress on many other fronts where the American people are anxious for legislative action.
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 provides a strong charter for continued improvement in the quality and quantity of federally financed vocational rehabilitation services to physically and mentally handicapped Americans. Under the basic authority extended in this bill, some $700 million is being sought for this purpose in fiscal year 1974, almost double the amount that was being spent under the program when this Administration took office. This sum would ensure that the 1.2 million men and women currently being helped by the rehabilitation program--a 50 percent increase over the 1969 level--will enjoy the benefits of expanded job opportunities and further steps toward independence.
At the same time, the new law wisely avoids certain pitfalls which led me to reject earlier versions. Its funding levels, while adequate, do not abrogate the fiscal disciplines essential for a noninflationary, balanced budget. This bill keeps the Federal vocational rehabilitation program focused on its original and proper purpose, that of preparing people for meaningful jobs, rather than burdening that program with broad new medical or welfare functions better performed elsewhere. The legislation also preserves the administrative flexibility necessary for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and State rehabilitation agencies to manage the program effectively. It provides a strong impetus for serving those who are most in need and most likely to benefit from vocational rehabilitation services.
In sum, the executive-legislative partnership which has placed this legislation on the statute books makes this a good day for those of our fellow citizens whose courage and spirit in the face of physical adversity provide inspiration for all of us. It is a good day too for all Americans who have wanted the Congress and the Administration to stop butting heads and start pulling together for the public good.
Last spring, shortly after completing my series of State of the Union reports to the Congress, I was forced to exercise my first veto of 1973 on a vocational rehabilitation bill which was fiscally and programmatically unsound. It is perhaps symbolic that a good bill drawn to serve the same ends is the first major piece of social legislation which I have had the opportunity to sign after this September's State of the Union appeal for a fresh start on our long legislative agenda.
More than 50 bills still remain on that agenda. I look forward to working in close cooperation with the Congress in the weeks ahead in the hope that many more of these bills can be enacted into law.
Note: As enacted, the bill (H.R. 8070) is Public Law 93-112 (87 Stat. 355 ).
The President signed the bill in a ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House.
From 4/22/1948 ( Harry Truman - Executive Order 9952 - Termination of Reemployment Rights of Federal Civilian Employees Who Transferred to Public or Private Agencies for National-Defense or War Work ) To 11/8/1993 is 16636 days
16636 = 8318 + 8318
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 8/11/1988 ( Al Qaeda formed by Osama bin Laden with the active continuing support of Microsoft Corbis Bill Gates George Bush ) is 8318 days
From 11/8/1993 To 9/11/2001 ( the scheduled terrorist attack by force of violence to destroy the New York City World Trade Center and the Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense "The Pentagon" by Bill Gates-Microsoft-Corbis-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal with massive fatalities and destruction ) is 2864 days
2864 = 1432 + 1432
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/4/1969 ( premiere US film "The Undefeated" ) is 1432 days
From 8/23/1920 ( premiere US film "While New York Sleeps" ) To 9/4/1976 ( George Walker Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States arrested again by police in the United States ) is 20466 days
20466 = 10233 + 10233
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 11/8/1993 is 10233 days
From 12/25/1971 ( George Walker Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States confined to federal prison in Mexico for illegally smuggling narcotics in Mexico ) To 11/8/1993 is 7989 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/17/1987 ( Ronald Reagan - Remarks at a Fund-raising Luncheon for Senator John Heinz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) is 7989 days
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Paper: HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Date: TUE 11/09/1993
Governor hopeful Bush: Look past personalities
By ALAN BERNSTEIN, R.G. RATCLIFFE
Staff
Fledgling gubernatorial candidate George W. Bush, priming for battle with personally popular incumbent Ann Richards, urged voters on Monday to look beyond personalities in the governor's race.
"Our leaders should be judged by results, not by entertaining personalities or clever sound bites," Bush told about 300 supporters in Houston as he formally launched his campaign for governor.
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Nobuo Fujita, 85, Is Dead; Only Foe to Bomb America
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: October 3, 1997
TOKYO, Oct. 2— Nobuo Fujita, a Japanese pilot who flew bombing runs over Oregon in 1942, apparently the only time that an enemy aircraft has ever bombed the American mainland, died on Tuesday at a hospital near Tokyo. He was 85.
The cause was lung cancer, family members said.
Mr. Fujita, whose incendiary bombs set off forest fires in Oregon's coastal range, played the key role in a quixotic plan by Japanese military commanders to put pressure on America's home turf in World War II. The idea was that the United States Navy would then be obliged to retreat from the Pacific to protect the West Coast.
A quiet, humble man who in his later years was deeply ashamed of his air raids on the United States, Mr. Fujita eventually forged a remarkable bond of friendship with the people of Brookings, the small logging town whose surrounding forests he had bombed. Last week, as he lay dying, the town council of Brookings hailed Mr. Fujita an ''ambassador of good will'' and proclaimed him an ''honorary citizen'' of the town.
On his first postwar visit to Brookings in 1962, Mr. Fujita carried with him a 400-year-old samurai sword that had been handed down in his family from generation to generation. He presented the sword, which he had carried with him throughout the war, to Brookings as a symbol of his regret, and it now hangs in the local library.
Mr. Fujita's daughter, Yoriko Asakura, said today that there was a bit more to the story. She recalled that her father had been very anxious before that visit, fretting about whether Oregonians would be angry at him for the bombing, and so he had decided to carry the sword so that if necessary he could appease their fury by committing ritual suicide, disemboweling himself with the sword in the traditional Japanese method known as seppuku.
''He thought perhaps people would still be angry and would throw eggs at him,'' Mrs. Asakura recalled, adding that ''if that happened, as a Japanese, he wanted to take responsibility for what he had done'' by committing seppuku.
Mr. Fujita's grandson, Fumihiro Asakura, said his grandfather had been deeply moved that the people of Brookings treated him hospitably, showering him with affection and respect that he felt he did not deserve. From this remarkable mutual magnanimity, Mr. Fujita began the metamorphosis from an enemy bomber of Brookings to its honorary citizen.
Brookings is a remote town of 5,400 on the southern Oregon coast, focused on logging and farming, but it now has an excellent selection of Japan books in its local library.
''He gave $1,000 to the library to purchase books about Japan for children, so that there wouldn't be another war between the United States and Japan,'' Nancy Brendlinger, the Mayor of Brookings, said by telephone. ''He was always very humble and always promoting the idea of peace between the United States and Japan.''
Churches and businesses in Brookings contributed $3,000 to pay for Mr. Fujita's trip to Oregon in 1962, and when he could afford to, he responded by paying for several local people to visit Japan. He also made three more visits to Brookings over the years, planting trees to mark the spot where he dropped the bombs and taking part in a 1994 ceremony to dedicate a state historical marker near the site.
In the war, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, of course, and even bombed some islands off Alaska. But the air raids on Oregon were the only attacks by Japanese airplanes on what were states at that time.
A submarine carrying a crew of about 100 and a small plane with folded wings slipped across the Pacific to the unprotected waters off the Oregon coast. In the predawn darkness of Sept. 9, 1942, the crew assembled the plane and shot it into the air with a catapult. Mr. Fujita, who was a warrant officer, oriented himself with the Cape Bianco lighthouse and flew over the coastal range, dropping two 168-pound fire bombs over the forests in the hope of setting terrible forest fires.
Mr. Fujita's plane had been spotted from the ground, but no one had anything better to shoot at it with than a deer rifle, and so he flew back to the submarine -- and was horrified to discover that it was not there. He feared that it had been discovered and forced to leave him behind, but he eventually found it and landed in the water on the plane's floats.
The submarine's crew members quickly stowed the plane and dived to 250 feet, where they stayed quietly -- listening to American depth charges -- as the United States Navy searched frantically for them.
Three weeks later, Mr. Fujita flew an almost identical mission and dropped two more bombs. None of the bombings, on either mission, caused much of a fire, but they did provoke alarm up and down the coast.
Although Mr. Fujita's were the only air raids on the American mainland, Japan did release thousands of balloons carrying bombs. The winds carried the balloons across the ocean to the western United States, where they landed and set small fires. The only fatalities were a group of people on a church outing in Oregon and perhaps a woman in Montana.
Mr. Fujita's air raid was regarded in Japan as heroic. The main front-page article in the Asahi newspaper's evening edition on Sept. 17, 1942, carried a headline: ''Incendiary Bomb Dropped on Oregon State. First Air Raid on Mainland America. Big Shock to Americans.''
After the war, Mr. Fujita started a hardware store in Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, but it eventually went bankrupt. He later worked at a company making wire, and he rarely talked of the war or of his younger brother, who was killed in the fighting. Mr. Fujita's survivors -- in addition to his daughter, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild -- do not even know where the brother was killed.
His family members did not even know that he had bombed Oregon until he abruptly announced in 1962 that he had been invited to Brookings and would be going for a return visit -- with his sword, just in case.
Photos: On a visit to Oregon, Nobuo Fujita showed his samurai sword, which he did not need, by a memorial plaque. (The Curry Coastal Pilot); Warrant Officer Fujita dropped bombs on Oregon forests in 1942.
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Posted 2/10/2004 1:02 PM Updated 2/11/2004 12:15 AM
Timeline of the president's National Guard service
By the Associated Press
Major events in President Bush's service in the Texas National Guard, according to National Guard Bureau records:
Jan. 19, 1968: Bush completes Air Force officer qualifications test in New Haven, Conn., while attending Yale University.
May 27, 1968: Walter B. Staudt, commander of the Texas National Guard, interviews Bush and recommends he be accepted for pilot training. Bush's application for enlistment in the Guard is approved.
June 1968: Bush receives bachelor of arts degree from Yale.
July 12, 1968: A three-member Federal Recognition Examining Board reports Bush is qualified for promotion to 2nd Lieutenant in the 111th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.
July 14, 1968: Bush attends basic military training in San Antonio.
Aug. 25, 1968: Completes basic military training.
Nov. 26, 1968 — Dec. 2, 1969: Attends undergraduate pilot training with the 3559th Student Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga. He is trained to fly standard Air Force aircraft, including the T-31, T-37, and T-39.
Dec. 29, 1969 — Jan. 20, 1970: Trainee, 111th Squadron, Ellington Air Force Base, near Houston.
Jan. 11, 1970: Assigned flying duty as a pilot of F-102 fighter interceptors, 111th Squadron at Ellington.
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St. Petersburg Times ONLINE TAMPA BAY
Of fact, fiction: Bush on 9/11
His morning started in a Sarasota elementary school, but accounts of the hours after the attacks carry contradictions and confusion.
By SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN, Times Senior Correspondent
Published July 4, 2004
SARASOTA - Looking back on that day, columnist Robert Plunket wonders why the president of the United States seemed among the last to know about the worst terrorist attack in American history.
Former U.S. Rep. Dan Miller wonders why communications were so bad the president had to use a cell phone to reach Washington.
And bartender Darlene Sievers wonders what Mohamed Atta, the lead hijacker, was doing in her lounge just a few weeks before Sept. 11, 2001.
On a day of unthinkable horror, President Bush's visit to a Sarasota elementary school was overshadowed by the tragedies elsewhere. Yet questions quickly arose about the president's actions that morning, along with those of the Secret Service, the agency charged with protecting him.
Until recently, the controversy over Bush's brief time in Florida has been largely confined to conspiracy-minded Internet sites. But now it has burst into prominence with Fahrenheit 9/11, the new Michael Moore film that shows a blank-looking Bush holding a children's book - My Pet Goat - for several minutes as a national disaster unfolds.
Critics of the film say it is grossly unfair to the president. Bush told the 9/11 commission, which is investigating the attacks and the government's response, that he felt he should "project strength and calm until he could better understand what was happening."
From his testimony and that of others, a slightly fuller picture has emerged of the president's morning. The St. Petersburg Times also conducted numerous interviews and examined public records in an effort to separate fact from fiction.
But to this day the story remains fraught with confusion, contradictions and questions. Among them: How much in command was the commander in chief?
On the night of Sept. 10, Bush and his entourage stayed at the Colony Beach and Tennis Resort on Longboat Key, the narrow barrier island of luxury homes and condos fringing the Gulf of Mexico.
According to the official schedule, the motorcade was to leave the Colony at 8:30 the next morning for the drive to Emma E. Booker Elementary School, 20 minutes and a world away in a predominantly black area of Sarasota.
If the motorcade was on time or even a few minutes late, Bush would have been in his limousine, with its advanced communications, when the first plane hit the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. and CNN began almost immediate coverage. Yet Bush didn't learn of the crash until after he arrived at the school, where journalists' cell phones already were ringing with the news.
"It mystifies me why they didn't call the president - he's totally surrounded by state of the art communications equipment and nobody tells him," says Plunket, a Sarasota Magazine columnist waiting at the school.
Of the many accounts of how Bush learned about the first crash, the most baffling comes from the president himself. At least twice he has said that he was watching TV when the first plane hit.
"I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower," Bush told a town hall meeting in Orlando that December. "And I used to fly myself, and I said, "Well, there's one terrible pilot.' And I said it must have been a horrible accident."
Bush repeated the story a month later at a similar forum in California, even though his version seems impossible - no footage of American Airlines 11 hitting the north tower surfaced until the next day.
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NOT MY TRIBE
McCain was dubbed the “POW Songbird”
By Eric Verlo
NOT MY TRIBE - 6/01/2008 8:45PM MDT
An excerpt from prisoner of war John McCain’s November 9, 1967 interview for the North Vietnamese newspaper NHAN DAN
1973 New York Daily News labeled POW McCain III a “PW Songbird”
On McCain III’s fourth day of being denied medical treatment, slapped, and threatened with death by the communist (they were demanding military information in exchange for medical treatment), McCain III broke and told his interrogator, ”O.K., I’ll give you military information if you will take me to the hospital.” U.S. News and World Report, May 14, 1973 article written by former POW John McCain.
It was then that the communist learned that McCain III’s father was Admiral John S. McCain, the soon-to-be commander of all U.S. Forces in the Pacific. The Vietnamese rushed McCain III to Gai Lam military hospital (U.S. government documents), a medical facility normally unavailable for U.S. POWs.
By Nov. 9, 1967 (U.S. government documents) Hanoi press was quoting McCain III describing his mission including the number of aircraft in his flight, information about rescue ships, and the order of which U.S. attacks would take place.
While still in North Vietnam’s military hospital, McCain III gave an interview to prominent French television reporter Francois Chalais for a series titled Life in Hanoi. Chalais’ interview with McCain III was aired in Europe.
Vietnamese doctors operated on McCain’s Leg in early December, 1967. Six weeks after he was shot down, McCain was taken from the hospital and delivered to a U.S. POW camp.
In May of 1968, McCain III allowed himself to be interviewed by two North Vietnamese generals at separate times.” May 14, 1973 article written by former POW John McCain In August 1968, other POWs learned for the first time that John McCain III had been taken prisoner.
On June 5, 1969, the New York Daily News reported in a article headlined REDS SAY PW SONGBIRD IS PILOT SON OF ADMIRAL,
“…Hanoi has aired a broadcast in which the pilot son of United States Commander in the Pacific, Adm. John McCain, purportedly admits to having bombed civilian targets in North Vietnam and praises medical treatment he has received since being taken prisoner…”
The Washington Post explained McCain III’s broadcast:
“The English-Language broadcast beamed at South Vietnam was one of a series using American prisoners. It was in response to a plea by Defense Secretary Melvin S. Laird, May 19, that North Vietnam treat prisoners according to the humanitarian standards set forth by the Geneva Convention.”
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HISTORY
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: DEC 13 2000
Al Gore concedes presidential election
Vice President Al Gore reluctantly concedes defeat to Texas Governor George W. Bush in his bid for the presidency, following weeks of legal battles over the recounting of votes in Florida, on this day in 2000.
In a televised speech from his ceremonial office next to the White House, Gore said that while he was deeply disappointed and sharply disagreed with the Supreme Court verdict that ended his campaign, ”partisan rancor must now be put aside.”
“I accept the finality of the outcome, which will be ratified next Monday in the Electoral College” he said. “And tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.”
Gore had won the national popular vote by more than 500,000 votes, but narrowly lost Florida, giving the Electoral College to Bush 271 to 266.
Gore said he had telephoned Bush to offer his congratulations, honoring him, for the first time, with the title ”president-elect.”
”I promised that I wouldn’t call him back this time” Gore said, referring to the moment on election night when he had called Bush to tell him he was going to concede, then called back a half hour later to retract that concession.
Gore only hinted at what he might do in the future. ”I’ve seen America in this campaign and I like what I see. It’s worth fighting for—and that’s a fight I’ll never stop.”
Among the friends and family beside Gore were his wife, Tipper, and his running mate, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut, and his wife, Hadassah.
A little more than an hour later, Bush addressed the nation for the first time as president-elect, declaring that the “nation must rise above a house divided.” Speaking from the podium of the Texas House of Representatives, Bush devoted his speech to themes of reconciliation following one of the closest and most disputed presidential elections in U.S. history. ”I was not elected to serve one party, but to serve one nation,” Bush said.
Bush and his running mate, Dick Cheney, took office onJanuary 20, 2001. They were re-elected in 2004 over Democrats John Kerry and John Edwards.
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 21:43:45 -0800 (PST)
From: "Kerry Burgess"
Subject: Issaquah
To: "Kerry Burgess"
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001966828_whycostco28.html
Monday, June 28, 2004
[...]the former president arrives here Wednesday to autograph copies of his book, his first scheduled stop will be the discount retail warehouse Costco in Issaquah.
[When I just read something Bill Clinton read about not wanting to "pile on" to Cheney's shooting incident, I remembered this. The day I went back to Microsoft to ask for my job back, he was at this Costco, which I could see from the window at my cube. I thought that was quite the coincidence, and I hoped it was a good sign, albeit something extraordinary that defied my logic. I remember now too that it was on the other side of the street from that Costco where I went face first into the concrete after my bike slipped on a slick bridge. I had a black eye for a week. I still remember the date for some reason: Feb 1, 2002. I think I remembered it because I had another accident on Dec. 23, 2001, when I was biking around Lake Washington. At the 30 mile point of that 60 mile trip, I hit a patch of ice and went down hard and fast. One minute I was riding along, the next minute I was looking at my feet as I went sliding across the road. Damn that hurt. I dislocated my shoulder because my elbow hit first or right about the same time as my knee. I could barely raise my arm if at all for weeks after that. It was pretty uncomfortable riding the remaining 30 miles back home. And the whole way there and for a time afterwards, I could almost hear something, it was unusal, the way you can feel like there is something on your tongue as that saying goes, but with this, I could almost hear a "thud" sound for a while after, the sound of me hitting the ground.
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Hunt For Red October
Where I'm going...
you cannot follow.
Dr Petrov, report to my cabin immediately.
There's been a dreadful accident.
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Star Trek Generations
Computer, remove the plank.
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Time Machine The
I'm from the past.
Oh.
I told them you hit your head...
and you are a wandering idiot.
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: August 9, 2006
On the other side of the road from that Costco is where I went face first into the concrete on 2/1/02. There is a wooden bridge there. The crash wouldn't have really hurt anything if it had happened along most of the bridge. It would have been not unlike that spill I took on 12/23/01. And as Lynn and Grace could tell anyone at work, I knew how to avoid serious injuries during a crash and I had discussed with them the proper form. But something was different this time. Just as I had described having those intense dreams about Lynn, where I would wake up and call out her name as though she were actually there in my apartment at Oakwood, I was somehow being conditioned to not wear my helmet. And the fact that I stared at the concrete as I was falling also means something, as I see now I have been trained to make the correct decision in a split-second, and in this sort of experience, my decision making would be almost leisurely in this kind of experience. Maybe that is why I have thought that time seemed to slow down during certain experiences, but yet I felt as though it was only every else around that was moving slow and I could still move at normal speed. Anyway, the crucial element in this is the location where I fell. My wheel flipped around to the side, I have been wondering if I actually hit something, and then I was falling to the side. But before I fell, my tire hit the edge of the pavement. Just as the video of that crash in the Tour de France I saw the other day, my bike flipped up as though I had hit a guard rail. My normal reaction would be to take the hit on my upper arm, but this time I looked square at the concrete. I was fortunate that the first impact point was the helmet I was still wearing, and then the bone above my eye hit the concrete. I would have been seriously injured or killed if I had not been wearing my helmet. Lynn and John took me out to dinner that evening and I felt that she was checking me out to see if I was displaying any symptoms of a serious head injury. I did have a black eye but it was only on the eye lid above my eye.
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: Thursday, October 09, 2008 Posted by H.V.O.M at 2:07 PM
Some time later I was riding along about 15 miles per hour on a bicycle trail in Redmond, Washington, and as I passed between two people walking in the opposite and the guy on my right side leaned in and shouldered me as I passed by him. The impact was much too great for it to be an accident. The force of the impact knocked me upright, knocked my shoe out of it clipped pedal, and knocked my hand on the handlebar. Even with that impact, I still managed to avoid crashing although I did veer abruptly into the othe side of the lane which would have caused another cyclists to run into me if one had been about to pass me at the time which happened often along that straight stretch. I believe it was only my excellent bicycle-handling skill that kept me from crashing and that the person who shouldered me was deliberately trying to cause me to crash while I was traveling at a high-speed. I dropped my bicycle onto the other side of the bicycle trail and I turned around to see that the male who shouldered me was approaching me when my back was to him and I was about to stomp him into the pavement but he stopped walking just before the point I was going to use physical force to subdue him. I yelled at him for a few seconds and he did not make any further aggressive moves so I started thinking they might have staged that event around me because they had hidden cameras somewhere. The purpose would have simply to record me using physical force to subdue the aggressor without showing the video of him leaning in and shouldering me with the intent of inflicting on me serious bodily harm. There wasn't much else I could do and so, especially considering that I was then, as I am now, tasked with the primary duty of observing the criminal activity around me, so I continued riding my bicycle back to my apartment in Redmond and I considered filing a report at the Redmond city police department but I had already lost confidence in the local police force of the cities in King County after my car had been stolen in Bellevue in 2001. I filed a police report but found that 3 days later that the car was sitting on the lower level of the parking garage because the thieves could not get it started and the police had obviously not even gone down there to look around. Earlier I had caught an employee of the apartment complex using a key to unlock my apartment and to enter my apartment at a time when they did not think I would be in my apartment.
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE:From: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 12:03 PM
To: 'Chad Trammell'
Subject: Madrid
I wrote most of the information back several days ago or more than a week ago. Back when I made my observations about that lawyer in Portland Oregon who lived in the same area I used to travel on Microsoft business to back in the year 1999. I just thought you should be aware of the factors that have been driving me crazy for so long so that if you encounter such incidents then you will be better informed than I was.
I would have sworn I had mentioned before in my public blog about another time Microsoft al Qaida attacked me in a prearranged ambush here in Washington State. I can't find a reference to it though. The ambush was that a woman standing near the paved trail I routinely rode my bicycle on after I moved to Spokane Valley in 2004 tried deliberately to cause me to crash my bicycle. She positioned her dog on the opposite side of the trail from her and when I came riding by she deliberately called the dog to her and the dog, obviously trained for that incident, didn't even look at me and was looking at her the whole time. I had no time to react and the dog ran right into me and hit my front tire. I didn't crash even though it was a big dog. I did stop safely and I got off my bicycle to look at my front tire. I heard her comment to someone else she didn't care about my bicycle. I got back on and continued my training ride which was about fifty miles or more, maybe 70 miles. On the way back through that section of the trail she was still standing there in that same area as I rode back to where I always parked my Jeep Wrangler and I yelled at her as I passed by her that she needed to put that dog on a leash. A short while later I read in a the local newspapers I tracked online specific details about the leash law.
Not unlike the woman in the 8 December 2003 "Battlestar Galactica" with the hair and facial similarities I remember to Tracie Crooks, whose infant child in killed in the baby carriage by "Number Six," I was riding along that paved trail outside Redmond where I had been attacked before and I suspected a group of women were also there deliberately in some kind of felony activity directed at me personally. There was four of them pushing baby carriages and they had the trail blocked completely so I couldn't pass. I yelled at them and they cleared the path slowly and I rode by one of them said to me to slow down because I would "live longer." That was just a few days after I had quit working at Microsoft. My last day was 06 Febraury 2004 and my lease did not expire until the end of the month so I was still there waiting so I could move out to Spokane Valley. I was hoping I wouldn't have to. I was hoping I was make some kind of positive impact on those people.
Microsoft al Qaida Bill Gates wants me to know they can kill me at any time. They just know they have to make it look like an accident. They have to make it look random.
http://maps.google.com/?ll=47.681763,-117.221656&spn=0.001145,0.002064&t=h&z=20
Google maps
Spokane River Centennial Trail
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JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 11/1/2006 3:14 PM
May 4, 2005, was the day I went to the Kent Police department for help. I named George W. Bush specifically as one of the people harassing me. The policeman didn’t ask me any questions. He dumped me off at the St. Francis hospital in Federal Way where the first thing they did was secretly drug my food. I found it very hard to restrain the urge to laugh shortly after I had eaten.
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From 1/19/1993 ( in Asheville North Carolina as United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess I was seriously wounded by gunfire when I returned fatal gunfire to a fugitive from United States federal justice who was another criminal sent by Bill Gates-Nazi-Microsoft-George Bush the cowardly violent criminal in another attempt to kill me the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/4/2005 is 4488 days
4488 = 2244 + 2244
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/25/1971 ( George Walker Bush the purveyor of illegal drugs strictly for his personal profit including the trafficking of massive amounts of cocaine into the United States confined to federal prison in Mexico for illegally smuggling narcotics in Mexico ) is 2244 days
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 11/20/2006 8:21 AM
when I found that large piece of jagged metal in my food at that teriyaki place in the Microsoft Bellevue building. I was sitting there with Lynn, Langdon, maybe Torbeson and others. I told them that I normally didn’t draw attention to stuff I find in my food, but they should take a look at that piece of metal.
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"Space: Above And Beyond"
"Ray Butts"
22 October 1995
Episode 5 Season 1 DVD video:
00:03:21
US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel Raymond Thomas Butts: My name is Butts. Raymond Thomas. My rank is lieutenant colonel. Nine two four seven one five eight four three seven.
US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel T.C. McQueen: You're not a prisoner of war, Colonel.
US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel Raymond Thomas Butts: No, Colonel, but I've been a P.O.W. - back in '52, Karakorum. C.C.'s tortured me for three straight days.
US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel T.C. McQueen: How did you override the hangar bay door lock?
US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel Raymond Thomas Butts: And I never talked.
- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 4:58 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Sunday 19 July 2015
