posted
I think it is the president who should be more ‘honored’ to meet a person who actually 'saved a life' than vice versa. The president could learn a thing or two from this individual about saving lives rather than destroying them.
-------------------- Truth - a liar penetrating device! Posts: 5964 | Registered: Jan 2005
| IP: Logged |
posted
For the prez, it's a photo opp. Good PR and nothing more.
Posts: 3595 | From: Moved To Mars. Waiting with shotgun | Registered: Dec 2006
| IP: Logged |
posted
The President is honored to meet such a man, i'm sure. as a man who opposes tyranny president Bush appreciates patriots.
Posts: 904 | From: Texana | Registered: Aug 2006
| IP: Logged |
Guests in first lady Laura Bush's box during President Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday:
-Julie Aigner-Clark of Centennial, Colo., founder of The Safe Side, a video series that teaches young children to make good choices in potentially dangerous situations and raises money for The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
-Aspen Clark of Centennial, Colo., daughter of Julie Aigner-Clark.
-Wesley Autrey of New York, a construction worker awarded the city's highest civilian honor for jumping onto the tracks in a subway station to save a man who had fallen from a seizure.
-Shuqui and Syshe Autrey of New York, daughters of Wesley Autrey.
-Air Force Tech Sgt. Michelle Barefield of Goldsboro, N.C., survivor of three improvised explosive device attacks in Baghdad.
-Pamela Battle of Washington, among the first low-income parents to apply for scholarships under the D.C. School Choice Incentive Program, the nation's first and only federally funded voucher program.
-The Rev. Michael Boland of Chicago, president of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago, which designed and built the first completed development under a 1998 program for transitional multifamily housing for homeless veterans.
-Nancy Brinker of Palm Beach, Fla., former ambassador to Hungary and founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure in 1982 to honor the memory of her sister, Susan, who died of breast cancer in 1980.
-Craig Cuccia of New Orleans, co-founder and executive director of Reconcile New Orleans, a nonprofit organization that enables at-risk youth to learn job and life skills.
- Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Corey Firman of Alexandria, Va., who volunteered for more than 30 convoys in Iraq and was subjected to more than 180 incidents of hostile fire.
-Shannon Hickey of Lancaster, Pa., founder at age 11 of Mychal's Message, a nonprofit organization to further the legacy of her favorite priest, Father Mychal Judge. The New York Fire Department chaplain was killed on Sept. 11, 2001, when hit by debris from the World Trade Center.
-Nancy Ho of West Lafayette, Ind., senior research scientist in Purdue University's Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering, who has long studied the production of ethanol from materials like switchgrass, stalks and other nonfood agricultural products.
-Dan Jones of Kansas City, Mo., service engineer of Software To Go. The White House says Jones would save $2,272 in taxes under Bush's health care proposal if he purchased a qualified health plan.
-Suzanne Lewis, superintendent of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
-Marine Corps Sgt. Aubrey McDade Jr. of Parris Island, S.C., who received the Navy Cross, the service's second-highest medal, for heroic actions as a machine-gun squad leader with the 1st Marine Division in Iraq.
-Al Meginniss of Algonquin, Ill., director of Behavior Health Service Center of the Lutheran Social Services. The organization switched from a traditional health plan to a high-deductible health plan with Health Savings Accounts as a cost-saving measure.
-Alejandro Monteverde of Los Angeles, Calif., writer and director for Metanoia Films. His first film, ``Bella,'' took top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. Born in Mexico, he became a citizen last year.
-Dikembe Mutombo, a center for the Houston Rockets professional basketball team who recently was naturalized. In the off season, he works as a National Basketball Association ambassador for African causes.
-Duncan Smith, principal of Frankford Elementary School in Frankford, Del. The small, rural school, where 80 percent of the students are low-income, is recognized for its progress in closing the achievement gap among its students.
-Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Thomas of Hollywood, Fla., deployed overseas twice this year to support the Iraq war. He designed a law enforcement tactics video and lesson plans, training more than 500 foreign military servicemen.
-Retired Adm. Tim Ziemer of Springfield, Va., the former executive director of World Relief who was appointed in June 2006 to lead the president's anti-malaria initiative.
-Army Sgt. Tommy Rieman of Independence, Ky., awarded the Silver Star for his actions on a reconnaissance mission in Iraq in December 2003.
quote:Originally posted by Supercar: I think it is the president who should be more ‘honored’ to meet a person who actually 'saved a life' than vice versa. The president could learn a thing or two from this individual about saving lives rather than destroying them.
UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!
![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Printer-friendly view of this topic