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Entries from June 2006

President Bush at KP: Quotable

June 20th, 2006 · 1 Comment

"From this campus, every man and woman could see the black smoke rising from the Twin Towers," Bush said. "Within hours, your midshipmen were working side-by-side with the Coast Guard and Marine division of the New York City Fire Department," Bush told the midshipmen seated on a sunny football field at the academy outside New [...]

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The One-Size-Fits-All Graduation Speech

June 20th, 2006 · 3 Comments

I’ve had the pleasure of attending a few promotions/graduations over the last couple of weeks, and there’s one thing that’s become quite clear to me:
All student graduation speeches sound the same.
Quite frankly, the real tragedy is the amount of time graduating seniors at all levels are spending on these speeches…because it’s all been said before. [...]

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Tags: Humor

North Korean Missiles

June 19th, 2006 · 2 Comments

I read this article over at Yahoo! a few minutes ago, and all I could focus on was the part that reads:

President Bush briefly discussed the missile test with Russian President Vladimir Putin during an 18-minute phone call the Russian official placed to the American president on Monday. The leaders plan to remain in touch [...]

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Tags: Humor · Politics

View from breakfast

June 18th, 2006 · 2 Comments

View from breakfast

Originally uploaded by Turnipville.

We’re spending Father’s Day at Pala Mesa, and breakfast was on the golf course…

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Tags: Moblog

President Bush visits Kings Point..

June 12th, 2006 · No Comments

I’ve just learned that President Bush will be delivering the commencement at the 2006 graduation ceremony of my Alma Mater.
As you’ll see post-jump, President Bush will be the first serving president to ever visit the Academy. White House Chief of Staff, Andrew Card, delivered the commencement at my graduation.
Congratulations, Class of 2006.
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