Who can blame Bush? I’d be pissed too. Either Obama can’t hold his tongue or he needs to clean house of those who can’t take the job seriously.
Crap, normal people with Secret clearance are usually held to account, these folks ought to be as well.
From Drudge:
BUSH ANGER: OBAMA AIDES LEAK CHAT DETAILS
Tue Nov 11 2008 09:28:10 ETJust hours after President Bush and President-elect Obama met in the Oval Office of the White House, details of their confidential conversation began leaking out to the press, igniting anger from the president, sources claim.
"Senator Obama would be wise to keep close counsel," a top Bush source warned.
"BUSH AND OBAMA AT ODDS OVER AID FOR AUTO INDUSTRY," splashed the NEW YORK TIMES in an exclusive Monday evening, quoting "people familiar with the discussion."
The two met at the White House in private, without staff.
"Bush indicated at the meeting that he might support some aid and a broader economic stimulus package if Obama and congressional Democrats dropped their opposition to a free-trade agreement with Colombia," claimed the TIMES.
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The ASSOCIATED PRESS quickly followed with details of the conversation, citing "aides who described the discussion on grounds of anonymity, citing the private nature of the meeting."
Bush advisers view the leaks as an effort to undermine the president's remaining days in office.
"Senator Obama may not be familiar with a long-standing tradition of presidents holding their private conversations, private," a senior adviser explained to the DRUDGE REPORT.
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And, who can blame this girl? Good for you for sticking up for yourself. More courage than a lot of us have – plus she hasn’t gotten a fair shake and is probably tired, too. Poor kid. I can’t see the grand design here.
And the damn nanny-state has to jump in where it’s pretty obviously not a case of “this is an easy way to ditch the kid”. I don’t understand why authorities all the way around are incapable of using common sense. To force that girl to do anything is cruel, even forcing her to “live”.
Girl, 13, Rejects Life-Saving Heart Transplant, Goes Home to Die
Tuesday , November 11, 2008
A 13-year-old girl is home with her family after convincing British authorities to allow her the right to refuse a heart transplant.
Hannah Jones tells the Daily Mirror she’s had enough of hospitals — where she spent much of the last eight years — and just wants to spend time with her parents, brother and sisters.
The newspaper is reporting in Tuesday’s editions that Hannah was about to be removed from her parents’ care by local authorities, who were insisting she agree to a heart transplant.
But the paper is quoting Hannah’s father as saying that his daughter convinced the authorities the operation wasn’t in her best interest.
Hannah was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 4. It was later discovered she has cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart.
According to the Times of London, doctors have warned Hannah that a heart transplant is risky and that, even if it succeeded, the drugs used to prevent her body rejecting the new heart could prompt a recurrence of the leukemia.
Hannah’s mother Kirsty, an intensive care nurse, and her father Andrew, an auditor, say they respect their daughter’s wishes and are angry that the hospital brought the action.
(source: http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,449912,00.html)
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Mike Baker on the Democratic wins – Presidential and Congressional. Titled:
Click Your Heels Three Times Fast and Say Hope and Change
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At least they’re keeping their sense of humor. Norovirus at Grand Rapids’ Hope College.
Also nice that the article’s author caught it… the humor, that is.
The Facebook page offers T-shirts for sale that say “Norovirus ’08” on the front and “Victim — The college is not being quarantined … students are encouraged to remain calm” on the back.
And one commenter, jvh679 on the webnews page said:
I heard yesterday that this was Bush’s fault. Just thought I’d save someone the trouble.
Response by LordRamoth:
yeah, i heard that McCain planted the virus provided by Bush…
Then, by Griff10:
At least Bush found his weapons of Mass destruction!
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Don’t know how/why of it, but damn is it weird. Sorry, but it is. The offspring of an unholy union of man/giraffe – every bit as terrifying as mixing an elephant with a pig. Although… I was under the impression that it was only the women that did this stuff.
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