Obama White House Tries to Freeze Out Fox
In the span of just a couple of weeks, the Obama administration has gone from merely accusing Fox News of bias, to meeting and strategizing with more pliable members of the media, to actively trying to freeze Fox News out of covering administration officials. On Thursday, the Obama White House made "Pay Czar" Ken Feinberg available to the White House press pool, of which Fox has been a member since 1997 (along with ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN). The White House told four members of the pool that they were welcome to interview Feinberg, but Fox was not invited. In fact, Fox was told it could not come to the interview. The other members of the press pool stood with Fox, and the network was eventually allowed in.
The White House does not get to choose who is and is not a member of the press pool. But it tried bullying Fox directly, and the other pool members indirectly, in a move that was indefensible, to say the least. And make no mistake here - the White House's actions Thursday were not merely childish or petulant reactions to unfavorable news reporting. They directly threatened the First Amendment.
The threat from this administration to our basic freedoms grows by the day. This time, the Obama administration attempted to crush dissent out in the open by trying to isolate and disable a news networks ability to cover the executive branch of our government. It does this while its agencies are bullying the US Chamber of Commerce over health care, negating previously existing compensation contracts with corporate executives, and demonizing insurers and Wall Street. This is what they're doing out in the open. What are President Obama and his many radical czars and appointees attempting to do behind closed doors?
(article found on texasgop.org)
Friday, October 23, 2009
What was this country thinking during elections???
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Last day of school!
Wow I can't believe Ethan will be in kindergarten in a couple of months...The year flew by! 
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Daddy's little helper!
We love our kids so much, they keep us laughing and put smiles on our faces on a daily basis, but one of their greatest qualities that we hope they will continue to develop is the love of helping. Of course we all know that their kind of helping is sometimes not much help at all, but we try to encourage it!
Anyways we recently purchased a new dishwasher and well daddy had "fun" uninstalling the old one and installing the new one. And yes you guessed it, with her tools in hand Chloe the diaper roaming helper was RIGHT there to assist!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
For those of you that do not know Durban here are a couple of facts.
-The best parking space is determined by shade instead of distance.
-Hot water comes out of both taps.
-You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.
-The temperature drops below 35c and you feel a little chilly.
-You discover that in January/February it only takes two fingers to steer your car.
-You discover that you can get sun burnt through your car window.
-You develop a fear of metal car door handles.
-You break a sweat the instant you step outside at 6:30am.
-Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?"
-You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.
-Farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to prevent them from laying hard-boiled eggs.
-The trees are whistling for the dogs.
-While walking back barefoot to your car from the beach, you do a tightrope act on the white lines in the car park.
-You catch a cold from having the aircon full blast while you sleep during the night.
-You learn that the Pavillion isn't a shopping centre it's a place to worship air-conditioning.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Now you see them, now you don't!
Peter's parents aka oma and opa visited us from CA and although we didn't get out and do much, Ethan and Chloe loved having them here. 2 days after they had left Chloe still walked around the house calling for opa.
Tank wanted to also be apart of the action!
Welcoming Home President Bush!
As far as the chain of events, my pics are completely in the wrong order! We started in a large hanger where there was food and music and then we were put on buses and moved about 10 steps to the area where President Bush finally landed. He gave a great speech and then hopped on a helicopter and disappeared into the night!
It was great to share in that experience but man it was freezing cold and tiring! Thank goodness i didn't haul the kids along with us (thanks Michelle!).
Cheering as he exited the plane!
Oma and Opa patiently waiting in the freezing cold!
Crawford School Band!
The press.
Inside the Hanger.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
2008 White House Christmas Card
Well 2008 has ended and for us the end of a very long and exciting chapter. We will soon welcome a new president and will also be saying goodbye to one. With that being said, this is the last year we will receive a Christmas card from President George W. Bush and his amazing wife, the First Lady, Laura Bush. However, I must say that this year is certainly the most beautiful card they have had thus far, so I thought I would share it with you.
Better, Batter, Baseball!
One of Ethan's favorite gifts this Christmas was Better Batter Baseball. Peter got it set up and took Ethan and Chloe outside to give it a test drive! Ethan had a blast, and well Chloe did too, however she smacked it so hard she knocked the velcro piece that holds the ball on, so that put an end to that!
Daddy got it all glued back together and it is now ready for round 2!
Swing batter batter!
Oh, oh, Chloe knocked the velcro off!
I want the bat, I want to swing again!
Ok, I'll
push baby doll around!
Lots of yard work to do!
Playing is hard work!
