tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26577163962075673332024-03-05T21:51:10.056-08:00Political figuresLucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-27561912754003494282009-08-18T23:59:00.000-07:002009-08-19T00:28:57.486-07:00Bill Clinton<span style="font-weight: bold;">BILL CLINTON Biography</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Born: August 19, 1946<br />Hope, Arkansas<br />American president and governor</span><br /><br /><br /><strong>Bill Clinton</strong> won the 1992 Democratic presidential nomination and defeated George Bush to become the forty-second president of the United States. He was elected to a second term in 1996. As a former president, Clinton continues to work for a variety of issues that became important to him during his political career.<br /><br /><br />William Jefferson Clinton was born in Hope, Arkansas, on August 19, 1946. He was a fifth-generation Arkansan. His mother, Virginia Kelly, named him William Jefferson Blythe III after his father, who died in a car accident before his son's birth. When Bill was four years old, his mother left him with her parents while she trained as a nurse.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjmjO244YZihyyJSYjnKISUarXR6Z9qQ6t01uV9RSDAPDTZ9j4_1e1B7EvC3GL_QIfRzy-rELfyJ_5S6KHoKKDi-9iq1Q_nw9rIA2qH_g7OT370P3rsZqoljNG8u3w_r7X1ROXKkvA80/s1600-h/Clinton01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjmjO244YZihyyJSYjnKISUarXR6Z9qQ6t01uV9RSDAPDTZ9j4_1e1B7EvC3GL_QIfRzy-rELfyJ_5S6KHoKKDi-9iq1Q_nw9rIA2qH_g7OT370P3rsZqoljNG8u3w_r7X1ROXKkvA80/s400/Clinton01.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371566687987807026" border="0" /><br /></a><br />When Bill was eight, his mother married <strong>Roger Clinton</strong>. The family moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas, where they lived in small house with no indoor plumbing. Bill's stepfather was an alcoholic, and family life was frequently disrupted by domestic violence. When he was fifteen, Bill warned his stepfather never to hit his mother or half-brother, Roger Jr., again. "That was a dramatic thing," Clinton recalled years later in an interview with Time magazine. Despite his rocky relationship with his stepfather, Bill changed his last name to<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35nrLlw4IeubjoncFXLyL3HOjtr-kJU4bvqfRU6x7nDZYaYU4CF1vGujy5TsBaY-tPGbA_UDk6BueJi2YYMX7SqnvcjJvo5xjcvA45MvVeJ_hzQbgmd099dA5qQJjPMJHrE2Btyd0Ob4/s1600-h/Clinton05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35nrLlw4IeubjoncFXLyL3HOjtr-kJU4bvqfRU6x7nDZYaYU4CF1vGujy5TsBaY-tPGbA_UDk6BueJi2YYMX7SqnvcjJvo5xjcvA45MvVeJ_hzQbgmd099dA5qQJjPMJHrE2Btyd0Ob4/s400/Clinton05.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371566713211661618" border="0" /><br /></a><br />When Clinton was seventeen, he met then President <strong>John F. Kennedy </strong>(1917–1963). As a result, Clinton decided that he wanted a career in politics. He entered Georgetown University in 1964. As a college student, he was committed to the movement against the Vietnam War (1955–75; a war in Vietnam in which South Vietnam, assisted by the United States, fought against a takeover by North Vietnam), as well as to the civil rights struggle. Clinton graduated from Georgetown in 1968 with a degree in international affairs. He was awarded a Rhodes scholarship, which allowed him to spend the next two years continuing his studies at Oxford University. In 1970 he entered law school at Yale University. After graduation, Clinton went into private practice as a lawyer in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He also began teaching at the University of Arkansas Law School.<br /><br /><h3>Arkansas politics</h3><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-C9rva2xUwf9H9lJ_AY6wSOlRrkUl-AvSMHwJdQtSnugu_CWgzeRga5QBoM-OIKw_8Kch3ZFTsVp37OxddDAPeaG9EBZ6zyRfM0MavwbiBz3tgcM-Iko2SX8zwb1fRR7tYaBU9BNSYI/s1600-h/Clinton02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-C9rva2xUwf9H9lJ_AY6wSOlRrkUl-AvSMHwJdQtSnugu_CWgzeRga5QBoM-OIKw_8Kch3ZFTsVp37OxddDAPeaG9EBZ6zyRfM0MavwbiBz3tgcM-Iko2SX8zwb1fRR7tYaBU9BNSYI/s400/Clinton02.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371566698557592882" border="0" /><br /></a><br />In 1974 Clinton decided to begin the political career that he had wanted since he was a teenager. He ran for Congress, but lost the election in a very close vote. On October 11, 1975, Clinton married <strong>Hillary Rodham</strong> (1947–), whom he had met when they were fellow law students at Yale. In 1976 he was elected attorney general of Arkansas, an office he held from 1977 to 1979.<br /><br />In 1978 Clinton ran for the office of governor of Arkansas. His election made him the youngest-ever governor of that state. In his first term Clinton tried to make numerous changes, many of which were extremely unpopular, including an attempt to raise the cost of vehicle licenses. In 1980 he ran for reelection as governor but lost to Republican Frank White (1933–). When Clinton campaigned for election in 1982 against White, he explained that he had learned the importance of adaptability and compromise. He received 55 percent of the vote and once again became governor of Arkansas.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRi1X5MGkElDCCQNU3hj_3FsHFXJwjnhgSM0gRnqUcRVnyhl86WStuvHgbI4WVQCLdfAKHkK4Sl3eyqJ2u9jTjB65_dkOv8Xs5rjO7_4T4gX0TpXTRYSbhihS_H5uziTH3jx58d84ljs/s1600-h/Clinton03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRi1X5MGkElDCCQNU3hj_3FsHFXJwjnhgSM0gRnqUcRVnyhl86WStuvHgbI4WVQCLdfAKHkK4Sl3eyqJ2u9jTjB65_dkOv8Xs5rjO7_4T4gX0TpXTRYSbhihS_H5uziTH3jx58d84ljs/s400/Clinton03.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371566705359431042" border="0" /><br /></a><br />While Clinton was governor of Arkansas, he pushed for the reform of schools, health care, and welfare. He also continued to be active in Democratic national politics. In 1991 he was voted most effective governor by his peers and was chosen to head the Democratic Leadership Conference. That same year Clinton announced that he was entering the 1992 race for president.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cMONfiTXHn9B7uZBruSljwZJq6PddxmSiD74yzXLTvIR1X3vZopJOC9qlbHmMfk9AQkV6RRkuh5CfU6nNbMB4MhhAazSG4oVB5nuWrH9VlkcVuXuU3fveskjDRf7kc5WLkn4fwVj0I0/s1600-h/Clinton04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cMONfiTXHn9B7uZBruSljwZJq6PddxmSiD74yzXLTvIR1X3vZopJOC9qlbHmMfk9AQkV6RRkuh5CfU6nNbMB4MhhAazSG4oVB5nuWrH9VlkcVuXuU3fveskjDRf7kc5WLkn4fwVj0I0/s400/Clinton04.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371566708071297026" border="0" /><br /></a><br />Clinton had much competition for the Democratic nomination for president. He came from a small state that many people thought of as unsophisticated and underdeveloped. Critics felt that his lack of experience in national government gave him little understanding of foreign policy. Clinton, however, insisted that he had a fresh point of view to bring to government.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHt6V2YcLt29oB8G1tMq4i_cvTFrOaucMwO_Wysq5_YrINxfGbvgwlmeR9n5hlGAxBfBIphFp8Z0yUYp6y6JNMx6663_APbE3rxJjdVaVURvlBE209qnN4tWxUmrVZ7lxc0SXujjpd9jI/s1600-h/Clinton06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHt6V2YcLt29oB8G1tMq4i_cvTFrOaucMwO_Wysq5_YrINxfGbvgwlmeR9n5hlGAxBfBIphFp8Z0yUYp6y6JNMx6663_APbE3rxJjdVaVURvlBE209qnN4tWxUmrVZ7lxc0SXujjpd9jI/s400/Clinton06.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371566894079393282" border="0" /><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Clinton's campaign was also marked by personal scandal. He faced charges of extramarital relationships and questions about his avoidance of military service during the Vietnam War. Clinton remained in the race, however, and became the Democratic nominee, selecting <strong>Senator Albert Gore</strong> (1948–) as his running mate. Clinton focused his campaign on economic issues, especially unemployment and health care. In November 1992 Clinton was elected president, defeating both the president then in office, <strong>Republican George Bush </strong>(1924–), and independent candidate <strong>Ross Perot</strong> (1930–).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikHZAru2JLqGZhE1xHSTdswLjzHuUWFyOb4j6QZM83x5ZwzHihyphenhyphenU7WYRLohrjM5inaveZBStXCfqtExbaodHCpd7Fi7YAkAP72EVaY6IqtbnxXI5R8N5i5WV63HXLWwbKePzdoXOxqms/s1600-h/Clinton09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikHZAru2JLqGZhE1xHSTdswLjzHuUWFyOb4j6QZM83x5ZwzHihyphenhyphenU7WYRLohrjM5inaveZBStXCfqtExbaodHCpd7Fi7YAkAP72EVaY6IqtbnxXI5R8N5i5WV63HXLWwbKePzdoXOxqms/s400/Clinton09.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371566903797163058" border="0" /><br /></a><br /><br /><br />Once in office Clinton continued to work on economic issues, and interest rates and unemployment began to drop. He also appointed his wife to be the head of a task force to explore national health care reform. He supported the 1993 North American <strong>Free Trade Agreement</strong> (NAFTA), which made a single trading unit of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWPchMz-mbrA2-gEZIj74rQgpUMBsn-fFDFk0ByDLAhZtJl2V_ldxPOvDV_KN-ClHbjGt3zhGQ2RuwvPHK-H1jysy_B5yoAajLYUeVXH1_d8XEP8pfZWHCa5Uu_LJpQsfVJBSY4bbTP3E/s1600-h/Clinton10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWPchMz-mbrA2-gEZIj74rQgpUMBsn-fFDFk0ByDLAhZtJl2V_ldxPOvDV_KN-ClHbjGt3zhGQ2RuwvPHK-H1jysy_B5yoAajLYUeVXH1_d8XEP8pfZWHCa5Uu_LJpQsfVJBSY4bbTP3E/s400/Clinton10.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371566913890774642" border="0" /><br /></a><br /><br /><br />As the end of Clinton's first term approached, a new scandal arose. The scandal was called Whitewater, after the suspicious deal in which Clinton and his wife had bought land along the Whitewater River in Arkansas. In 1996 Clinton was elected to a second term as president. He won the election by a landslide, defeating his Republican opponent, Senator Robert Dole (1923–), with 49 percent of the popular vote and 379 electoral votes. Clinton's second term, however, became overshadowed by the investigation into Whitewater of lawyer <strong>Kenneth Starr </strong>(1946–).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJguoTlH1tccR3te6knEt0vhMdTEEkE71VZqqIqNxkKTU_AfAQmY1zaZRA-Sfrhz04o8Ttu74jPAMNkKwKkOURB85fnx5fOZuWqLQgYFONnB-AqtdlPWxnxmixYlPBMgCzF41zB-2o02E/s1600-h/Clinton11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJguoTlH1tccR3te6knEt0vhMdTEEkE71VZqqIqNxkKTU_AfAQmY1zaZRA-Sfrhz04o8Ttu74jPAMNkKwKkOURB85fnx5fOZuWqLQgYFONnB-AqtdlPWxnxmixYlPBMgCzF41zB-2o02E/s400/Clinton11.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371566920107141154" border="0" /><br /></a><br />The investigation became more serious when charges of Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky (1973–), a White House intern, were made public. At first Clinton denied the affair, but he later stated that he had been in an inappropriate relationship with <strong>Lewinsky</strong> .On December 19, 1998, the House of Representatives ruled to impeach Clinton, or try him in Congress for charges of lying under oath about his relationship with Lewinsky. The Senate then conducted an impeachment trial. Clinton was only the second president in U.S. history to face a Senate impeachment hearing. On February 12, 1999, the Senate found Clinton innocent. He apologized to the American people and to Congress for what he had done.<br />Clinton's second term<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguawevWuamot_DH80Cpe9rC4qTIJ7jlsmp5_72Lvr6BUWlrgFy2fQ4EgwCzcHBRK1uRRSxNS75EN5K8XRxAeZ_g8Enk7sm6xrX9fUtXxDGBLNtDU84VWxzjTGr0TbYmIwhL6OT9j_ljnw/s1600-h/Clinton08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguawevWuamot_DH80Cpe9rC4qTIJ7jlsmp5_72Lvr6BUWlrgFy2fQ4EgwCzcHBRK1uRRSxNS75EN5K8XRxAeZ_g8Enk7sm6xrX9fUtXxDGBLNtDU84VWxzjTGr0TbYmIwhL6OT9j_ljnw/s400/Clinton08.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371566900764980866" border="0" /><br /></a><br /><strong>Clinton became the first U.S. president</strong> to address <strong>Russia's Duma</strong>, or lower house of parliament, on June 5, 2000. In his speech, he said that Russians did not need to fear America's missile defense program and that their future would be vital to the twenty-first century. Later that month, he signed into law a long-awaited e-signatures bill, which gave on-line "electronic" signatures the same legal status as handwritten signatures.<br /><br />The Whitewater investigation was concluded on September 20, 2000, with a statement that there was not enough evidence to prove that either Clinton or his wife had taken part in any criminal wrongdoing.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHt6V2YcLt29oB8G1tMq4i_cvTFrOaucMwO_Wysq5_YrINxfGbvgwlmeR9n5hlGAxBfBIphFp8Z0yUYp6y6JNMx6663_APbE3rxJjdVaVURvlBE209qnN4tWxUmrVZ7lxc0SXujjpd9jI/s1600-h/Clinton06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHt6V2YcLt29oB8G1tMq4i_cvTFrOaucMwO_Wysq5_YrINxfGbvgwlmeR9n5hlGAxBfBIphFp8Z0yUYp6y6JNMx6663_APbE3rxJjdVaVURvlBE209qnN4tWxUmrVZ7lxc0SXujjpd9jI/s400/Clinton06.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371566894079393282" border="0" /><br /></a><br />On October 16, 2000, Clinton attended an emergency meeting with <strong>Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak</strong> (1942–) and <strong>Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat</strong> (1929–), who wanted to come to an agreement to end ongoing violence in their countries. Barak and Arafat left the meeting with a "statement of intent" to end the violence, but neither side was completely satisfied. In that same month, Clinton sealed a major achievement of his administration by signing a bill which gave China permanent, normal trade status. This was considered the most important U.S. trade legislation since the passage of the <strong>North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993</strong>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdwXkvLYvZugW3JGZCB_n6gn6FeqVJcEBuu4EPoNbeEj5xq8S-eNNCJig3EdhLQ0lf6ViqlR8yKnhn_YZWO3I2nVNI7jFxxxzeAZ8iEr8w-MQbr2UR2gzTZaGggAEdHTxYMJkAMXCNbk/s1600-h/Clinton12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdwXkvLYvZugW3JGZCB_n6gn6FeqVJcEBuu4EPoNbeEj5xq8S-eNNCJig3EdhLQ0lf6ViqlR8yKnhn_YZWO3I2nVNI7jFxxxzeAZ8iEr8w-MQbr2UR2gzTZaGggAEdHTxYMJkAMXCNbk/s400/Clinton12.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371568818243040114" border="0" /><br /></a><br />Later that year, Clinton signed into law a bill that set the blood-alcohol limit for drunkenness at 0.08 percent. This was a stricter level than most states had used previously. Supporters of the bill said that this national standard, which is used to determine whether or not a driver is legally drunk, could save hundreds of lives every year. Clinton signed another important bill into law in 2000, when he permanently established a separate reserve of heating oil for the Northeast. The law made it easier for the White House to withdraw oil from reserves in case of emergency. Finally, on November 13, 2000, Clinton began a historic journey to Asia, becoming the first American president to visit Vietnam since the Vietnam War. The purpose of the visit was to work on relations between Hanoi (the capital of Vietnam) and Washington, D.C.<br /><br /><br /><h3>After the presidency</h3><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9Nj2h10nyDmYTQHYjq6siuHVYm1QK2SIsWg6H7St_VvjmDDNo9ANVL8U5B18zM8fUSmNv1aVfN5SUpBIY39fd2M8GZ6eVLBgcUb0pn4JcIWvamZGg0hgVyuwDnogOQPZQvPSPhT4sqI/s1600-h/Clinton13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9Nj2h10nyDmYTQHYjq6siuHVYm1QK2SIsWg6H7St_VvjmDDNo9ANVL8U5B18zM8fUSmNv1aVfN5SUpBIY39fd2M8GZ6eVLBgcUb0pn4JcIWvamZGg0hgVyuwDnogOQPZQvPSPhT4sqI/s400/Clinton13.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371568814746290834" border="0" /><br /></a><br />On January 19, 2001, Clinton's last day as president, he publicly admitted that he gave misleading testimony in the<strong> Lewinsky</strong> investigation. He faced no criminal charges, but his license to practice law was suspended. Clinton was also ordered to pay a $25,000 fine and admit that he had broken one of the Arkansas Bar's rules of conduct.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYM6JnZnFKxcYYergzJ9ElFcoKUufSN_I5fvIwKdKKRGfnqV3dTWUbVk_hiZWrJM7VLGDdRyzXgf4kgyHH3pjWtUegsGoGxfqBVaEe1zmgudItutOk7NsnU2l2WBFDPu_Dox1rlKUZVGs/s1600-h/Clinton14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYM6JnZnFKxcYYergzJ9ElFcoKUufSN_I5fvIwKdKKRGfnqV3dTWUbVk_hiZWrJM7VLGDdRyzXgf4kgyHH3pjWtUegsGoGxfqBVaEe1zmgudItutOk7NsnU2l2WBFDPu_Dox1rlKUZVGs/s400/Clinton14.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371568810419617026" border="0" /><br /></a><br /><strong>Clinton </strong>continues to raise money for and speak on behalf of many issues. The many causes to which he devotes time and money include the economic development of small businesses,<strong> City Year</strong> (a national service program for young people), and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS; a disease of the immune system) research and education.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJguoTlH1tccR3te6knEt0vhMdTEEkE71VZqqIqNxkKTU_AfAQmY1zaZRA-Sfrhz04o8Ttu74jPAMNkKwKkOURB85fnx5fOZuWqLQgYFONnB-AqtdlPWxnxmixYlPBMgCzF41zB-2o02E/s1600-h/Clinton11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJguoTlH1tccR3te6knEt0vhMdTEEkE71VZqqIqNxkKTU_AfAQmY1zaZRA-Sfrhz04o8Ttu74jPAMNkKwKkOURB85fnx5fOZuWqLQgYFONnB-AqtdlPWxnxmixYlPBMgCzF41zB-2o02E/s400/Clinton11.jpg" alt="Blii Clinton photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371566920107141154" border="0" /><br /></a><br />Despite the scandals and difficulties that plagued the second half of his presidency,<strong> Clinton</strong> continues to be an active public figure, supporting many issues and causes that are important to the world. The youngest president since <strong>John F. Kennedy</strong>, he has come a long way from his small childhood home in Arkansas.<div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-63254414404532946732009-01-20T03:15:00.000-08:002009-01-20T05:13:32.625-08:00Funny lovely cute mr. Bush<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEirl9DBxW8u2E3BUCZ_Po93vwDznIJ9i9klCd-8u-4U71WQ9P2lOPJ_NM9o2NYnhg8yhKTrI4xEKP__Gar0t1K_MvmJAchaLVWdCfVEFi4sSZW0YPj947MfpqMAj-XSIinSxfQCRxWGU/s400/bush_salute.jpg" alt="funny bush pic" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293353226904644722" border="0" /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwrJsgRPNU-34IlwH_cQDsmx7Nxn3x0QsbqjBhOuHbQ2h2-yurvNPwLiplGauEPJAAD4epy3x3Uro-8ajeqEVw9EoJm09aySOd-svcfjxqpExC2Q8AI4UPCEP64HILbjepMX_r7LGpmk/s400/bush_is_a_retard.jpg" alt="george bush photo" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293353220307479330" border="0" /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAqT6uaSvFEVnFO6jWYunCIeT97PXcTdtDZsYWgXBIixhB6IIarBJBkixh5yA_D7GDWPFJcYckGXXnw8Nq5mFrEsL2k2S8a4H5JjBvSuNIar1-6gEUWm5wJY6hJrGlS8BCY9lySYc3bc/s400/bush_in_ny.jpg" alt="funny george bush image" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293353216361306786" border="0" /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzlD5fCgeAhKmvaTodE4aFbzwN8mxyQoIAYKEgc4hwKCN4TxMRcTx5oYWtsDGCfZWMIWjPYWsBDNVAZfewHOnHR2JwPjbB1n28S5mj-sSgnTBTTABQbxe7HR8ICyaTCArT_W_23_DmjM/s400/bush_flipping_finger.jpg" alt="bush pic bush img" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293353215764172258" border="0" /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwTLqM9t9qReBnn8tSCPZLvYc2PwzUx8Zu7a8m30Xxm0_-ljgTqkCNFWxA76-kvhaKxGLln1cQBmAM7W_CT_RnROzxFJKXNw_F8EoED8gz-yYHJRMQ_z1i45i2Ps9QCux1K9S6yOvFzCc/s400/bush_and_child.jpg" alt="funny bush photos" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293353217225835842" border="0" /><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-74768756797320143832008-04-18T03:05:00.001-07:002008-11-01T00:04:41.211-07:00Putin good-bye!<p>© Abdel Magid Al Fergany / AP<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/2974690/SAhyBA0DY7I/AAAAAAAAJNs/73tz9zSYaWY/s1600-h/putinbeback%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border: 0px none ;" alt="putin be back" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/2974690/SAhycQ0DY8I/AAAAAAAAJN0/G2ZEs7q3zow/putinbeback_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="392" border="0" height="263" /></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-82547074754273953452008-04-18T02:58:00.001-07:002008-04-18T02:58:33.049-07:00Bush easter<p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/2974690/SAhwvQ0DY3I/AAAAAAAAJNM/S_UGWHYHNBk/s1600-h/busheaster%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="435" alt="bush easter" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/2974690/SAhwyA0DY4I/AAAAAAAAJNU/eZOPAX999xA/busheaster_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="368" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>© Saul Loeb / AFP</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-63226388336159297462008-04-18T00:30:00.000-07:002008-04-18T01:29:45.104-07:00Bush<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCi6AgUimJMpsWxm1yK7vIaPpJ4WkhA3F4bg0P_2QVwhENMgkPTVux7efm6d1OxToiqVexhrSiQZ8RYqnCwncD74cxx6tKXy5n0YV1sY3-bi6Q39cKypSzOrS2zPvL-DGNKUlu1UzjmQ/s1600-h/bushrabbis1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCi6AgUimJMpsWxm1yK7vIaPpJ4WkhA3F4bg0P_2QVwhENMgkPTVux7efm6d1OxToiqVexhrSiQZ8RYqnCwncD74cxx6tKXy5n0YV1sY3-bi6Q39cKypSzOrS2zPvL-DGNKUlu1UzjmQ/s400/bushrabbis1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190499442364736210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0slbko4W7osTKU3C4Ki_D_sLWulPZLvTI1s2NcC22iggKR0HPMiM3Ni_swYsPmMicfouyxXMKjDm-hgxDobakoahuh2Nd0sHcAMqPKQ4q68oqN_EpHibhHkTsW6j-MqlyEkcSUOhVXBY/s1600-h/bushrabbis2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0slbko4W7osTKU3C4Ki_D_sLWulPZLvTI1s2NcC22iggKR0HPMiM3Ni_swYsPmMicfouyxXMKjDm-hgxDobakoahuh2Nd0sHcAMqPKQ4q68oqN_EpHibhHkTsW6j-MqlyEkcSUOhVXBY/s400/bushrabbis2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190499455249638114" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-85568424054070598372008-04-17T23:32:00.000-07:002008-04-17T23:36:55.470-07:00Silvio Berlusconi<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXX2VOrO3z4Af23OjQYHXnGd7YvlgXeRgn0nlyWqFXb5igpZRwGRSVf1iPenDkElC4GEhFA0XKNx4R6jCXVTVDDBWTpgeHoxjUiDXVhkNgm5k1sAQSZzc0kMVgsIVO-bas2h9fjXFEPrs/s1600-h/berlusconi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXX2VOrO3z4Af23OjQYHXnGd7YvlgXeRgn0nlyWqFXb5igpZRwGRSVf1iPenDkElC4GEhFA0XKNx4R6jCXVTVDDBWTpgeHoxjUiDXVhkNgm5k1sAQSZzc0kMVgsIVO-bas2h9fjXFEPrs/s400/berlusconi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190469940234379938" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:78%;" >© (AP Photo/Luca Bruno/Scanpix</span><br /></div><br /><i>17 April 2008, Olvia Airport</i><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Silvio Berlusconi </span>is Italy's richest man, and one of its most controversial and colourful.<div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-91421691994481647012008-02-19T09:07:00.000-08:002008-02-19T10:28:03.063-08:00Still library: Fidel Castro<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrktHxrpJFNcy9gv04M-FJYK0iilTvKhvTw_AxzuPL4mCEHMHJvhRVca1TgRvdTN_9tSwPW_TZmjVRC2brFCi19drM9nvmeg48DmL3vMTjYBXMsJoCVM8UvS1HtaGvaUuAwd3dycfzc6M/s1600-h/Fidel_Castro_13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrktHxrpJFNcy9gv04M-FJYK0iilTvKhvTw_AxzuPL4mCEHMHJvhRVca1TgRvdTN_9tSwPW_TZmjVRC2brFCi19drM9nvmeg48DmL3vMTjYBXMsJoCVM8UvS1HtaGvaUuAwd3dycfzc6M/s400/Fidel_Castro_13.jpg" alt="Fidel Castro" title="Fidel Castro" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168741647994623138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fidel Castro - President of Cuba</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdajJzazd6uEG74zd5w2M4buiykkSRmb-4sCVSEXwUim5cdW_4hk4TVXucN8nVMPMZflP6Yy54dWnjAv5-dqUt6tRYMvC4jDQio0zDZ0nb3KFKD0YCRO6FI0-iPvt79wRywejm_9QWC8A/s1600-h/Fidel_Castro_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdajJzazd6uEG74zd5w2M4buiykkSRmb-4sCVSEXwUim5cdW_4hk4TVXucN8nVMPMZflP6Yy54dWnjAv5-dqUt6tRYMvC4jDQio0zDZ0nb3KFKD0YCRO6FI0-iPvt79wRywejm_9QWC8A/s400/Fidel_Castro_1.jpg" alt="Fidel Castro" title="Fidel Castro" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168745964436755714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fidel Castro</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cuban President</span>) and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nikita Khrushchev</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Soviet Union</span>) at the Haarlem in 1960.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfDR4sE4NBAiY5bWauwld2Nx4LQu0FYwPuq07noysz4aLrud0hhJ7t2eSpLPGPi2V2lZ-vgQqEQYoOMQzcuTK5TNoIGz7vOkZW0YRT58uzySSxbEZRVazj7rRkns40ziear-fqhbED3Y/s1600-h/Fidel_Castro_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfDR4sE4NBAiY5bWauwld2Nx4LQu0FYwPuq07noysz4aLrud0hhJ7t2eSpLPGPi2V2lZ-vgQqEQYoOMQzcuTK5TNoIGz7vOkZW0YRT58uzySSxbEZRVazj7rRkns40ziear-fqhbED3Y/s400/Fidel_Castro_2.jpg" alt="Fidel Castro" title="Fidel Castro" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168745973026690322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fidel Castro</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cuban President</span>) at the Boston airport in 1959.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCl1FHOPmT7-4Gg3gqCGgIVx1UFbw-B4rXiYbRsjF-UTjkmbOFGuJkSyuQhHRjG9YRjYA0uQGBGjPcV8fEUfT2tJsgL93aH6ZDzfQS8chBy5bbAH9l1OTKooMidlLvrF_VZNbsQB9S_qM/s1600-h/Fidel_Castro_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCl1FHOPmT7-4Gg3gqCGgIVx1UFbw-B4rXiYbRsjF-UTjkmbOFGuJkSyuQhHRjG9YRjYA0uQGBGjPcV8fEUfT2tJsgL93aH6ZDzfQS8chBy5bbAH9l1OTKooMidlLvrF_VZNbsQB9S_qM/s400/Fidel_Castro_3.jpg" alt="Fidel Castro" title="Fidel Castro" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168745977321657634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fidel Castro</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cuban President</span>) and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ernest Hemingway</span>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJDHwUvdTXu0osNbpp4QMgbLbU_67yofxH7uDOBVUaE39IEAa2Kfy3-Ula3zKYjinVg4NQ5218021knI3grlVlmcjTbv34b_4tJaTpmjOV9x89SZ7RoHrvr0O1lHPPKonh4do-w5IFd0/s1600-h/Fidel_Castro_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJDHwUvdTXu0osNbpp4QMgbLbU_67yofxH7uDOBVUaE39IEAa2Kfy3-Ula3zKYjinVg4NQ5218021knI3grlVlmcjTbv34b_4tJaTpmjOV9x89SZ7RoHrvr0O1lHPPKonh4do-w5IFd0/s400/Fidel_Castro_4.jpg" alt="Fidel Castro" title="Fidel Castro" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168745483400418482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fidel Castro</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cuban President</span>) and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nikita Khrushchev</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Soviet Union</span>).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8ZZoVYwIbFINvOk27y-Vvxj-pNL4z_1A_AVDVBLq88-fNPO-ZMMd8Wp4KdDWjcEX-BB_1z16kCoq4zxhp1Qxr3s5LqjneG6N-YXBZpqbxdECIuwWE3fIIJbE-1EYgRkGOfFOf-bKVDI/s1600-h/Fidel_Castro_5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8ZZoVYwIbFINvOk27y-Vvxj-pNL4z_1A_AVDVBLq88-fNPO-ZMMd8Wp4KdDWjcEX-BB_1z16kCoq4zxhp1Qxr3s5LqjneG6N-YXBZpqbxdECIuwWE3fIIJbE-1EYgRkGOfFOf-bKVDI/s400/Fidel_Castro_5.jpg" alt="Fidel Castro" title="Fidel Castro" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168745491990353090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fidel Castro</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">President of Cuba</span>) at the New York in 1960.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvFdV8rbUKjszMC56m1QFWwskw701SiL-CKH0I36PgLcFbp1arOy_9pIQjtayKgG5teB0uL5bMO-LeaJshFYfwH4Jx4SJZdJMzZZkGsuBUDsAcykYPFvNlQlYw6mHrDb7VlL9bYwbYE8/s1600-h/Fidel_Castro_6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvFdV8rbUKjszMC56m1QFWwskw701SiL-CKH0I36PgLcFbp1arOy_9pIQjtayKgG5teB0uL5bMO-LeaJshFYfwH4Jx4SJZdJMzZZkGsuBUDsAcykYPFvNlQlYw6mHrDb7VlL9bYwbYE8/s400/Fidel_Castro_6.jpg" alt="Fidel Castro" title="Fidel Castro" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168745496285320402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Raúl Castro</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Fidel Castro</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Camilo Cienfuegos</span>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdz_jYvRKUoFoTWc3WFHbGTRH4Pj1r5GKBaehpLtbTRD8vcmIU93EugrgwCQpGxtBdYwQbeYuWro57Lvu3jR7_soHCpVls2GpY_SsGdaXReEyqa-8H8ewTQ7rtuN1PLECsVuXTLG56xr0/s1600-h/Fidel_Castro_7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdz_jYvRKUoFoTWc3WFHbGTRH4Pj1r5GKBaehpLtbTRD8vcmIU93EugrgwCQpGxtBdYwQbeYuWro57Lvu3jR7_soHCpVls2GpY_SsGdaXReEyqa-8H8ewTQ7rtuN1PLECsVuXTLG56xr0/s400/Fidel_Castro_7.jpg" alt="Fidel Castro" title="Fidel Castro" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168745500580287714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fidel Castro </span>(<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cuban President</span>) and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ernesto Guevara de la Serna</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Che Guevara</span>).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmocnEK1UPP54wmC7Ok6nmSr4iPmWlvyr8z2PFSKA9MLmbSh8emD-iT2j3l81DuklGVfd-GcKhTw_ZlmBgH7mi8II44fRZdwXzzkcWBoTRR25qAkr7jaIDnEwNugEKnZ7NKNBa_EJYgY/s1600-h/Fidel_Castro_8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFmocnEK1UPP54wmC7Ok6nmSr4iPmWlvyr8z2PFSKA9MLmbSh8emD-iT2j3l81DuklGVfd-GcKhTw_ZlmBgH7mi8II44fRZdwXzzkcWBoTRR25qAkr7jaIDnEwNugEKnZ7NKNBa_EJYgY/s400/Fidel_Castro_8.jpg" alt="Fidel Castro" title="Fidel Castro" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168745504875255026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fidel Castro</span> and guerilla woman.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeU-ksDijeeMZAVdGUE0I-ROysBRsvCs77Stqr8zlbwOMuGrWsYgrTo13oRLFdsXkFiJD-25NfaK7n3y8Dyi2YXtqNcJsD0IIMmyH6r6c6b_ubhMmWv-c2shyI7huErVjIqYvQ-ey7Xro/s1600-h/Fidel_Castro_9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeU-ksDijeeMZAVdGUE0I-ROysBRsvCs77Stqr8zlbwOMuGrWsYgrTo13oRLFdsXkFiJD-25NfaK7n3y8Dyi2YXtqNcJsD0IIMmyH6r6c6b_ubhMmWv-c2shyI7huErVjIqYvQ-ey7Xro/s400/Fidel_Castro_9.jpg" alt="Fidel Castro" title="Fidel Castro" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168741626519786594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fidel Castro</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cuban President</span>) at the sugar-cane cut down in 1961.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-L4bNvfeR3rxSnnvR5HaKq8g_0uyCW_gXb-9U7EKKlEhroGuAZLUL_jf0kF2TTrEQpy0jn6CrLBPX6YGOk6V2vhgKt3vKiw3Z3Do8bAWOEDlAw1vrCQLq5lJbTyfsxA0UsMen4P3m_oA/s1600-h/Fidel_Castro_10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-L4bNvfeR3rxSnnvR5HaKq8g_0uyCW_gXb-9U7EKKlEhroGuAZLUL_jf0kF2TTrEQpy0jn6CrLBPX6YGOk6V2vhgKt3vKiw3Z3Do8bAWOEDlAw1vrCQLq5lJbTyfsxA0UsMen4P3m_oA/s400/Fidel_Castro_10.jpg" alt="Fidel Castro" title="Fidel Castro" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168741630814753906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leonid Brezhnev</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Soviet Union</span>), <span style="font-weight: bold;">Fidel Castro</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cuban President</span>) and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nikita Khrushchev</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Soviet Union</span>).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LQfVxHU3O9u_1NLplY8jKD5iOneQAYPJYtV67amZPm__aDXftyqfnikLn5iHbtaB6hJLQzB_e_6FDj4J17b-HF3S2EwvOGfMQbXRaLrKATN0z_33RcTualfJyk5ons71iRauNf9Om7k/s1600-h/Fidel_Castro_11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LQfVxHU3O9u_1NLplY8jKD5iOneQAYPJYtV67amZPm__aDXftyqfnikLn5iHbtaB6hJLQzB_e_6FDj4J17b-HF3S2EwvOGfMQbXRaLrKATN0z_33RcTualfJyk5ons71iRauNf9Om7k/s400/Fidel_Castro_11.jpg" alt="Fidel Castro" title="Fidel Castro" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168741630814753922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fidel Castro</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cuban President</span>) and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nikita Khrushchev </span>(<span style="font-weight: bold;">Soviet Union</span>).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCAkUiw1r2ClbUZFJGgkQ0e2D-NgeydeRf_dj1ryZ8jbaqv6bcmmgPu5Vqnkuy-9JvEKUUJ7MFvrZwBWAs4mQ3h47SiiwcEZLjam92TUYJbX6c4vCENeQjFtscjLlxnS7rPuUOQpa5Eo/s1600-h/Fidel_Castro_12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCAkUiw1r2ClbUZFJGgkQ0e2D-NgeydeRf_dj1ryZ8jbaqv6bcmmgPu5Vqnkuy-9JvEKUUJ7MFvrZwBWAs4mQ3h47SiiwcEZLjam92TUYJbX6c4vCENeQjFtscjLlxnS7rPuUOQpa5Eo/s400/Fidel_Castro_12.jpg" alt="Fidel Castro" title="Fidel Castro" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168741643699655826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fidel Castro</span> (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cuban President</span>) at the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization in 1959.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="font-size:78%;">© AP/Scanpix</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-39254724761613061682008-01-16T20:44:00.000-08:002008-02-05T21:30:11.362-08:00George W. Bush in countries the Middle East and the Persian Gulf<span style="font-weight: bold;">U.S. President George W. Bush</span> in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Israel, Palestine.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIU2o3Ic7jVS0RHr_4un5nlIVYY_LPbPrbQtf55J-Juhavugt9k10xRi4YP8TsMhvqyAKzxVi6VO-44t_QD05AGZ9Is_TbshG2IZLF4XFDLIbciSgq9UTkeM8upa-UjHjSUbVrrteQwv4/s1600-h/George_W_Bush_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIU2o3Ic7jVS0RHr_4un5nlIVYY_LPbPrbQtf55J-Juhavugt9k10xRi4YP8TsMhvqyAKzxVi6VO-44t_QD05AGZ9Is_TbshG2IZLF4XFDLIbciSgq9UTkeM8upa-UjHjSUbVrrteQwv4/s400/George_W_Bush_2.jpg" alt="U.S. President George W. Bush" title="U.S. President George W. Bush" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163725424531342194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">George W. Bush</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan</span> in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJtsUprBrgGxqhCPjq-yxulJzD2cKP8v-FkHpiEBAfQ8A7xyIEXcg8-gUk9QN6sPjHe2j6tR6cAlc_QTsFs2MFtPGBhF1CivPplwGnw_8PGMn9gQ1Smap3WSIenCvYinqYZyBIR_7Ktc/s1600-h/George_W_Bush_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJtsUprBrgGxqhCPjq-yxulJzD2cKP8v-FkHpiEBAfQ8A7xyIEXcg8-gUk9QN6sPjHe2j6tR6cAlc_QTsFs2MFtPGBhF1CivPplwGnw_8PGMn9gQ1Smap3WSIenCvYinqYZyBIR_7Ktc/s400/George_W_Bush_3.jpg" alt="U.S. President George W. Bush" title="U.S. President George W. Bush" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163725433121276802" border="0" /></a>In Kuwait, <span style="font-weight: bold;">George Bush</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rTiVJ3cAJIdozKSh9bRyU81MxKtyftfgOXuoygcbZHKkTbNmz-oGmyD4GRhBq1Fky63XHmQukTqGBNPwB9HdqCdShJ17s-ue_ia4H-na5pfscFvk2EN1HhEUjfeBHacXDueA1wr_Fbk/s1600-h/George_W_Bush_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_rTiVJ3cAJIdozKSh9bRyU81MxKtyftfgOXuoygcbZHKkTbNmz-oGmyD4GRhBq1Fky63XHmQukTqGBNPwB9HdqCdShJ17s-ue_ia4H-na5pfscFvk2EN1HhEUjfeBHacXDueA1wr_Fbk/s400/George_W_Bush_4.jpg" alt="U.S. President George W. Bush" title="U.S. President George W. Bush" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163725437416244114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">George W. Bush</span> in Galilee (Palestine).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrG0m-G9uhM9zNE5sA3l8WlKATxfUV1Ktgt_CVvaDXgYtluoOZL3-yrFRjd88Zj1bwFpYXWXn0TtJn-HX0wn3v39CeWmYvwDv3-NI4L1ZMQBi7yRrMRi5sjUZUjhuLHVpI4C3tfuEd9U/s1600-h/George_W_Bush_5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSrG0m-G9uhM9zNE5sA3l8WlKATxfUV1Ktgt_CVvaDXgYtluoOZL3-yrFRjd88Zj1bwFpYXWXn0TtJn-HX0wn3v39CeWmYvwDv3-NI4L1ZMQBi7yRrMRi5sjUZUjhuLHVpI4C3tfuEd9U/s400/George_W_Bush_5.jpg" alt="U.S. President George W. Bush" title="U.S. President George W. Bush" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163725437416244130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">George Bush</span> at the American military base of Camp-Arifjan in Kuwait.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzS-F2bmWL3kJOhuTyYzSUxizcLfT4I39d9Lx6dAehGM-w9R8t9l9KrBWANPgoTfgbK3KwmYOjvhKqQabj9accJN3KfAjOpd_dvakXANBlMcBlNrJD0ujVP-3NidLy5ccETWjKUOomcw/s1600-h/George_W_Bush_6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyzS-F2bmWL3kJOhuTyYzSUxizcLfT4I39d9Lx6dAehGM-w9R8t9l9KrBWANPgoTfgbK3KwmYOjvhKqQabj9accJN3KfAjOpd_dvakXANBlMcBlNrJD0ujVP-3NidLy5ccETWjKUOomcw/s400/George_W_Bush_6.jpg" alt="U.S. President George W. Bush" title="U.S. President George W. Bush" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163725441711211442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">George Bush</span> on the farm of <span style="font-weight: bold;">King Abdullah</span> of Saudi Arabia.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEou_FeBOJUaqRKdt3X7vmWP1KZ2Sqx8D97s5zVbQvkVX-10XXul0vf10Pa98pn_294IBia6GfzfK6xgquqHnekoBWqLGDKfjKuXVvqH4R07HZJ49rAUvSil4eWMQp8mr0mv9i5bZnHc/s1600-h/George_W_Bush_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEou_FeBOJUaqRKdt3X7vmWP1KZ2Sqx8D97s5zVbQvkVX-10XXul0vf10Pa98pn_294IBia6GfzfK6xgquqHnekoBWqLGDKfjKuXVvqH4R07HZJ49rAUvSil4eWMQp8mr0mv9i5bZnHc/s400/George_W_Bush_1.jpg" alt="U.S. President George W. Bush" title="U.S. President George W. Bush" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163726120316044226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">President George W. Bush</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Shimon Peres</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRXqtDXXWNStKG-OJUBKRepG4G451sFou6v2GHuZcCg6HbdpRQcV2DPrl6cod47Zwa1ocSeUr40h7PR1al_VxcxahNJ_84lb16o2y3MCxndjfUTCLL-009KG8viSVV6WAJz7zfJ-Umas/s1600-h/George_W_Bush_7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRXqtDXXWNStKG-OJUBKRepG4G451sFou6v2GHuZcCg6HbdpRQcV2DPrl6cod47Zwa1ocSeUr40h7PR1al_VxcxahNJ_84lb16o2y3MCxndjfUTCLL-009KG8viSVV6WAJz7zfJ-Umas/s400/George_W_Bush_7.jpg" alt="U.S. President George W. Bush" title="U.S. President George W. Bush" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163725115293696802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">George Bush</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikifFkihyLN7hqD5I2efFESEKDOZQh_j8evIRKzMtTU4dfNI8USXUJ3xD13DLcUmOs89q6PQdykLGNnLia4VXf8nQ7M057AlTf1VNAXk-uzUZI4zfPBNoN1TBVii6ve0_wdwsNSCk5l_k/s1600-h/George_W_Bush_8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikifFkihyLN7hqD5I2efFESEKDOZQh_j8evIRKzMtTU4dfNI8USXUJ3xD13DLcUmOs89q6PQdykLGNnLia4VXf8nQ7M057AlTf1VNAXk-uzUZI4zfPBNoN1TBVii6ve0_wdwsNSCk5l_k/s400/George_W_Bush_8.jpg" alt="U.S. President George W. Bush" title="U.S. President George W. Bush" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163725119588664114" border="0" /></a> The gift from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6skvhA1teR03k3OF6h-zUCcW-9KF0mo4Uct9UQ1lCgel2aF36wzE9Hkz1mAaTG7dXgkkYD2bdVc7LrqTFTFKp3pqGcevto_UYKBPJumv3-xPDgichrNzlnbCSG5_ff3Hmfky-j5N0D3Y/s1600-h/George_W_Bush_9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6skvhA1teR03k3OF6h-zUCcW-9KF0mo4Uct9UQ1lCgel2aF36wzE9Hkz1mAaTG7dXgkkYD2bdVc7LrqTFTFKp3pqGcevto_UYKBPJumv3-xPDgichrNzlnbCSG5_ff3Hmfky-j5N0D3Y/s400/George_W_Bush_9.jpg" alt="U.S. President George W. Bush" title="U.S. President George W. Bush" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163725123883631426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">George W. Bush</span> and Palestinian Authority<span style="font-weight: bold;"> President Mahmoud Abbas</span> in Ramallah.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinz2RU6FZcg5H05gWmFqLXj1rsrGGzIgjE2majN7J2tCuGPDBppf-eIDb6oGGLeBQCvzfA85qaGG_KIQrRNlCk2KjQkArbFHD2Int1o9pg01U6cehiBkpIKBEIlzr-Ab0Xne7irzeNAHI/s1600-h/George_W_Bush_10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinz2RU6FZcg5H05gWmFqLXj1rsrGGzIgjE2majN7J2tCuGPDBppf-eIDb6oGGLeBQCvzfA85qaGG_KIQrRNlCk2KjQkArbFHD2Int1o9pg01U6cehiBkpIKBEIlzr-Ab0Xne7irzeNAHI/s400/George_W_Bush_10.jpg" alt="U.S. President George W. Bush" title="U.S. President George W. Bush" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163725123883631442" border="0" /></a>In anticipation of <span style="font-weight: bold;">President George Bush</span> at airport in Tel Aviv.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ei9ZzHSSWaN_o245MUuJvUmoSrT0BL7p72ZqfBWCX76qF5xJjW4kPwShNVs3GgupiCSMgHuiwV9_4-fOtG_GztQbOMsN76BgyZFfzwsgznrbSHVDduzO0pSJSrg3OQQlj1JJ6BhNqdU/s1600-h/George_W_Bush_11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ei9ZzHSSWaN_o245MUuJvUmoSrT0BL7p72ZqfBWCX76qF5xJjW4kPwShNVs3GgupiCSMgHuiwV9_4-fOtG_GztQbOMsN76BgyZFfzwsgznrbSHVDduzO0pSJSrg3OQQlj1JJ6BhNqdU/s400/George_W_Bush_11.jpg" alt="U.S. President George W. Bush" title="U.S. President George W. Bush" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163725128178598754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">George Bush</span> with <span style="font-weight: bold;">King of Bahrain</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa</span> in the capital of Bahrain, Manama.<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Photo: Brooks Kraft / Time Magazine / President Bush's Mideast Journey</span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-28681535642365884202007-08-14T12:50:00.001-07:002007-08-14T12:52:20.217-07:00Putin topless on the fishing<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3t60ihP9xE51cEicdnVmnlnDJ1GyAbX0TBJPRAm-FEgN3PiPskSjtBHtq2O0BsyScA0YScL0mTQpVfqZWNdS9GSSakUUrvTFQlr9dWzBetCoM6JLvvz8FmMQIdfPFu9sKeGPKshyf6s/s1600-h/putin+topless+on+the+fishing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3t60ihP9xE51cEicdnVmnlnDJ1GyAbX0TBJPRAm-FEgN3PiPskSjtBHtq2O0BsyScA0YScL0mTQpVfqZWNdS9GSSakUUrvTFQlr9dWzBetCoM6JLvvz8FmMQIdfPFu9sKeGPKshyf6s/s400/putin+topless+on+the+fishing.jpg" alt="Putin topless on the fishing" tiltle="Putin topless on the fishing" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098646211943367746" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:78%;" >© AFP</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-15335746786513825272007-08-14T12:47:00.001-07:002007-08-14T12:50:05.760-07:00Karl Rove & George W. Bush<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_1urKS4HqYfHijTU2Pv2AuTnPCYYC152QtjIQC5E0yPKtCodp7g4jq0gjl9r5TXVgFw-X1N_RywZ6CrVcPYO1xo3_BYlj5BshMnZgpBE8kubztj7sq3Y5kFGNHjog21F2HBBimDPtw8/s1600-h/jBush.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_1urKS4HqYfHijTU2Pv2AuTnPCYYC152QtjIQC5E0yPKtCodp7g4jq0gjl9r5TXVgFw-X1N_RywZ6CrVcPYO1xo3_BYlj5BshMnZgpBE8kubztj7sq3Y5kFGNHjog21F2HBBimDPtw8/s400/jBush.jpg" alt="Karl Rove & George W. Bush" title="Karl Rove & George W. Bush" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098645421669385266" border="0" /></a>Karl Rove & George W. Bush<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:78%;" >via Time Magazine</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-47282739760244160332007-07-21T04:50:00.000-07:002007-07-21T04:55:45.493-07:00Charles Prince<div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitppbAXOiXyLIZqu-QvOaI3WS_Z-o62gUSCunTrZUgYGedUO1eetgpJiq0ylFT2Tibr31hec1XU__K4_zPcXEjllykufINWhNmzOwFZ2uPv0T1uI-DBX7cFuDN9uJT0W9DtMRREQ4GVUc/s1600-h/Charles_Prince_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitppbAXOiXyLIZqu-QvOaI3WS_Z-o62gUSCunTrZUgYGedUO1eetgpJiq0ylFT2Tibr31hec1XU__K4_zPcXEjllykufINWhNmzOwFZ2uPv0T1uI-DBX7cFuDN9uJT0W9DtMRREQ4GVUc/s400/Charles_Prince_1.jpg" alt="Charles Prince" title="Charles Prince" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089617008351070754" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzR26rx78irXKDtKlRN4Qm-r91GoWcWPt6rmq5F2qV17p2VlsJ1CfoQuix4mb9lgUHRlFFUWAAaQ3OVi5N3SQ_o-trZRXD1QCYIDqas0a90qEmiS0WcbMlfkiR3Vn6kCPU_ikZOySMIQ/s1600-h/Charles_Prince_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzR26rx78irXKDtKlRN4Qm-r91GoWcWPt6rmq5F2qV17p2VlsJ1CfoQuix4mb9lgUHRlFFUWAAaQ3OVi5N3SQ_o-trZRXD1QCYIDqas0a90qEmiS0WcbMlfkiR3Vn6kCPU_ikZOySMIQ/s400/Charles_Prince_3.jpg" alt="Charles Prince" title="Charles Prince" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089617034120874562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbZzhuR7Fi_idXIFRu5nEvO5QpJ0BG9HY799q9usnyPK2r58KRXMrqPV6BrJBiN0MfgJlCTb12B2B7lvVI5BFW0SH1S6d5181muXfgwPlSKwwAWmsaJGaMgVirvjBLVyG14RR-5oywzc/s1600-h/Charles_Prince_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbZzhuR7Fi_idXIFRu5nEvO5QpJ0BG9HY799q9usnyPK2r58KRXMrqPV6BrJBiN0MfgJlCTb12B2B7lvVI5BFW0SH1S6d5181muXfgwPlSKwwAWmsaJGaMgVirvjBLVyG14RR-5oywzc/s400/Charles_Prince_4.jpg" alt="Charles Prince" title="Charles Prince" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089617047005776466" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgxQNwysp5mWIXCGQK9HyYAM5Ew-RTRzWlfBTSJ_0XB67uHOpPUKjbxJptFqYGaoleD_RfsjsQ5JhVidBdfklMR9AHWh6yMrpA5ZkblzFt9GVjUr_Cx6nrMiK_C0OylblJi63zgIonGc/s1600-h/Charles_Prince_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgxQNwysp5mWIXCGQK9HyYAM5Ew-RTRzWlfBTSJ_0XB67uHOpPUKjbxJptFqYGaoleD_RfsjsQ5JhVidBdfklMR9AHWh6yMrpA5ZkblzFt9GVjUr_Cx6nrMiK_C0OylblJi63zgIonGc/s400/Charles_Prince_2.jpg" alt="Charles Prince" title="Charles Prince" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089617025530939954" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" >© Scanpix</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-23014482201637917332007-07-21T04:45:00.000-07:002007-07-21T04:50:12.369-07:00Charles Prince<div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdmHu6VU2Oj7Ak3nZUAt61ZdBD0Stqd9FT12EsjCyknHaBRvrzzdYhAu43G-CLG6CT47T9GyRuxcswvNxR5sag8Xf1Jn60TYD_xLDHFR3p3YKkgJnjb06HIWuBCbCkrFHFA5AhMmTdc0/s1600-h/Charles_Prince.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSdmHu6VU2Oj7Ak3nZUAt61ZdBD0Stqd9FT12EsjCyknHaBRvrzzdYhAu43G-CLG6CT47T9GyRuxcswvNxR5sag8Xf1Jn60TYD_xLDHFR3p3YKkgJnjb06HIWuBCbCkrFHFA5AhMmTdc0/s400/Charles_Prince.jpg" alt="Charles Prince" title="Charles Prince" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089615749925653010" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" >© AP</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-26408579583087475392007-07-09T03:56:00.001-07:002007-07-10T15:20:54.985-07:00Bush & Putin<div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUV5LfSIitV5HOe0PPWlXzldp0mKp4E9YArM-H6l9db_5ORK0Lbkao1m74dQUxBvQSUkVF1VwtcDMrZTZKWVOEN5nm_qUHg13KX7m-n3oTiKpoPKJXI09-Gn7y5iBNeqaLv-NWvtOnCLs/s1600-h/Bush+Putin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUV5LfSIitV5HOe0PPWlXzldp0mKp4E9YArM-H6l9db_5ORK0Lbkao1m74dQUxBvQSUkVF1VwtcDMrZTZKWVOEN5nm_qUHg13KX7m-n3oTiKpoPKJXI09-Gn7y5iBNeqaLv-NWvtOnCLs/s400/Bush+Putin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085149541005430674" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;font-size:78%;" >02.07.07 © Reuters/Jason Reed</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-10880510577774877852007-07-06T09:05:00.001-07:002007-07-06T09:07:21.081-07:00Putin in rye<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQ2O5F0aUb5NOcgkVnClDb-HTAGCG7B25omd1Qf0mHmRygz_r3yEJP8uJVHAOQ7rt4Ax1B4LcFv7MLfOeOfTlADrUirV8mdnxQWgcHEpI6si71q4PHAHjdZ63AgbHjx2f8pqAuiczrAE/s1600-h/putin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQ2O5F0aUb5NOcgkVnClDb-HTAGCG7B25omd1Qf0mHmRygz_r3yEJP8uJVHAOQ7rt4Ax1B4LcFv7MLfOeOfTlADrUirV8mdnxQWgcHEpI6si71q4PHAHjdZ63AgbHjx2f8pqAuiczrAE/s400/putin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084115750967218018" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-60335568944325554912007-07-02T04:38:00.001-07:002007-07-02T22:40:16.657-07:00Bush fishing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3WuayaB3vRXK3nrgKpqD9nQfbmE0tAJVLJ2vb0JYYd3x8RDVs6ZSZQmm4yaPXbyVo9G_XyLmenZJ6oSuW-5fBbnWHTpgAi4Fh2UrzH3zLnM_fi8w3pM-wjzEEDgszGz9DkcKwj-JP0U/s1600-h/bushfishing2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3WuayaB3vRXK3nrgKpqD9nQfbmE0tAJVLJ2vb0JYYd3x8RDVs6ZSZQmm4yaPXbyVo9G_XyLmenZJ6oSuW-5fBbnWHTpgAi4Fh2UrzH3zLnM_fi8w3pM-wjzEEDgszGz9DkcKwj-JP0U/s400/bushfishing2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082841073393241058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgif_3isRTykXIZrAF3aC3BULiJf6CO42xuVgoflsCnNgF0rrUXlw_qucNmNz_pnOfwzaFfa60jGCLwtfvzDTGCp6OnCypYpWFtodFiQfNUd03D0ixWCZQCGf7L2r3obeVzKYAmaXmXL60/s1600-h/bushfishing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgif_3isRTykXIZrAF3aC3BULiJf6CO42xuVgoflsCnNgF0rrUXlw_qucNmNz_pnOfwzaFfa60jGCLwtfvzDTGCp6OnCypYpWFtodFiQfNUd03D0ixWCZQCGf7L2r3obeVzKYAmaXmXL60/s400/bushfishing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082562669318147026" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo: © Robert F. Bukaty © AFP</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-1635662517990541982007-06-28T02:20:00.000-07:002007-06-28T05:02:50.555-07:00Tony Blair<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJKOCNAY_9WpRk-UONftbdfMMQLjLoIqcP9qHkVOHtdHWcHKmMlME4oz6mKdLpCauYUqx1qrmmNvG0CJ7I3T0IaJGc1Bb2rGJmsAWzLffd0G1lO1oAGyoJd6CJhHBmY2bjeRyKRS-UA4/s1600-h/Toni_Blair_01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJKOCNAY_9WpRk-UONftbdfMMQLjLoIqcP9qHkVOHtdHWcHKmMlME4oz6mKdLpCauYUqx1qrmmNvG0CJ7I3T0IaJGc1Bb2rGJmsAWzLffd0G1lO1oAGyoJd6CJhHBmY2bjeRyKRS-UA4/s400/Toni_Blair_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081074015672195346" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBb1U5ePBGWPyJJe8xd1OHzsOY1oJZuNVYZakTt94O_tegxtPqTVNDaVLYWAjz4TnH7MbXc9bQRB5KnZHwubTKvpuFf_ScnTv1xa7rKDj-IHD1EbbGAKW8gHPEiELymz8zxc8sODVIN0/s1600-h/Toni_Blair_06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Kieran Doherty / Reuters ; Gustavo Cuevas / EPA ;<br />Alessia Pierdomenico / Reuters ; Denis Sinyakov / Reuters ; Tom Hanson / AP ;<br />Adrian Dennis / AFP ; Itar-Tass.</span></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-12952621003277770242007-06-27T02:35:00.001-07:002007-06-27T02:38:10.892-07:00Arnold Schwarzenegger Tony Blair<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EDfLS2-RiVsge3jL1kgUqRMXZRLIAATsC3HO_SC-pdsAnfePJpLk4RvTRcRrGQVCZLJS5O1luB5rWDvLJgiy2HCu5sg5U-d-19SMWAlVHWLAr1x2jR-cYhAtNSpiKt2VZBp_H6FFcqw/s1600-h/Arnold+Schwarzenegger+Tony+Blair.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EDfLS2-RiVsge3jL1kgUqRMXZRLIAATsC3HO_SC-pdsAnfePJpLk4RvTRcRrGQVCZLJS5O1luB5rWDvLJgiy2HCu5sg5U-d-19SMWAlVHWLAr1x2jR-cYhAtNSpiKt2VZBp_H6FFcqw/s400/Arnold+Schwarzenegger+Tony+Blair.jpg" alt="Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tony Blair" title="Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tony Blair" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080675829254182770" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" >Photo: Jonathan Buckmaster / Reuters</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-10050627438310202482007-06-12T22:45:00.000-07:002007-06-12T23:57:56.820-07:00Where is the president's watch?<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhUXaci6xnAUl6SkQkvb8lx7EfloYqtNCvgbcYla9yrq7zpqto3z1lO3OM3c0H_kYnGGaGIgTfHlX3z9FiQiXob3_lwDRdC6pWv2mEh8nPIqItmf-EIEe11vV0YICzK1Bs0o8dnHNFFQ/s1600-h/bush.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhUXaci6xnAUl6SkQkvb8lx7EfloYqtNCvgbcYla9yrq7zpqto3z1lO3OM3c0H_kYnGGaGIgTfHlX3z9FiQiXob3_lwDRdC6pWv2mEh8nPIqItmf-EIEe11vV0YICzK1Bs0o8dnHNFFQ/s400/bush.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075439141951197890" border="0" /></a>Bush regrets about his stolen watch<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_jobWO9lTfBo4SxpoLAjQt73r0IZo7pqQcZC9WxxNaXn2PSXhYFW-ikKrWVz7tfDo4NW4aK_LhLcBCBxoA0AnzU5TlLqOAxideKbSxN2iUnXRfErImweo3wb6nc5tnNhta_N0kFB_1I/s1600-h/bush-albania.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU_jobWO9lTfBo4SxpoLAjQt73r0IZo7pqQcZC9WxxNaXn2PSXhYFW-ikKrWVz7tfDo4NW4aK_LhLcBCBxoA0AnzU5TlLqOAxideKbSxN2iUnXRfErImweo3wb6nc5tnNhta_N0kFB_1I/s400/bush-albania.jpg" alt="Bush in Albania" title="Bush in Albania" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075421176102998514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNRxETPirUAz1e507OPkzX91stOFhAPZVQoj1iHG36wUKHM_jMcfM_0E9RMW-Q6TZ02bLS_I2OHXZLK1J8mFvy2Z-11Al6RdMVTPf3yaCjggWKBdkGgV6AeQCLn9mWRh2JcmrXyBY5d8/s1600-h/bush-albania-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbNRxETPirUAz1e507OPkzX91stOFhAPZVQoj1iHG36wUKHM_jMcfM_0E9RMW-Q6TZ02bLS_I2OHXZLK1J8mFvy2Z-11Al6RdMVTPf3yaCjggWKBdkGgV6AeQCLn9mWRh2JcmrXyBY5d8/s400/bush-albania-2.jpg" alt="Bush in Albania" title="Bush in Albania" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075421180397965826" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Albanians stole them from his hand</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />TIRANA, Albania (AP) _ Whatever happened to the president's watch?</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">One moment <span style="font-weight: bold;">President George W. Bush</span> was glad-handing Albanians on Sunday, proudly sporting a watch with a dark strap on his left wrist. Moments later, it was gone.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Did it fall off? Did one of his bodyguards remove it? Or did one of the crowd artfully slip it off his wrist and pocket it?</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The United States Embassy</span> in Albania on Tuesday emphatically denied that Bush's watch was stolen during his visit to the country, where he was acclaimed as a hero.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Albanian media _ and international Web sites _ is buzzing with video showing Bush's wrist watch apparently disappearing while he was shaking hands with people in Fushe Kruje, 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of Tirana.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">"What the local media is saying is absolutely not true," an embassy official, who declined to be named, said.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">People waiting on the sidewalks on Sunday gave Bush a rapturous welcome, shaking hands with him, grabbing him by the arms and wrists, reaching out to embrace him and even ruffling his hair.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Bush was clearly delighted by the attention and plunged back into the crowd for more hand shaking and to be kissed on the cheek.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">But White House spokesman Tony Snow said Bush's watch was not stolen by someone in the crowd. "The president put it in his pocket and it returned safely home," Snow said in Washington.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">An Albanian bodyguard who accompanied Bush in the town told The Associated Press he had seen one of his U.S. colleagues close to Bush bend down and pick up the watch.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Top Channel private TV station showed how one of his bodyguards may have talked to the president and then taken the watch from his hand.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Bush's visit to the tiny Balkan country, the first ever by a U.S. president, was considered as historic.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Albania issued three postage stamps with Bush's picture and the Statue of Liberty, renamed a street in front of parliament in his honor, awarded him the highest National Flag medal and Fushe Kruje town council also declared him an honored citizen.</span></span></span><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PKDdF6vfjoo"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PKDdF6vfjoo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">© Reuters © AP </span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" >© Alessandra Benedetti</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-67450018594110764892007-06-11T04:15:00.000-07:002007-06-11T04:22:29.497-07:00Thabo Mbeki & Nicolas Sarkozy<div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48prdTX3Oeakx0LjzxQGclNLaUmDCcIJCjpy6Pt_Ai-JU0HFd4zEstVPwbrQWbktAEUMyRHdZRK4xuKYyTSc7OBI1ZvyBej6lQlRHiWcCv02qIuQmFTqNftvA5MvbkPMlMVI0gV5goG4/s1600-h/Thabo_Mbeki_Nicolas_Sarkozy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzSk29BuvkM4G4Bp2u2Ig740tlsnCIsiIDlm9miP7dWap18tgKXP6DcDHMxytW0a2Zdh54bYOqR8nu5p0fi233tqNIGi2POJLCuR1_15qY5GTgwVViKMs5_GphiQDAvSTczufPbfrlA4/s400/Young_Bill_Gates_8.jpg" alt="Young Bill Gates" title="Young Bill Gates" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074173054311813202" border="0" /></a>13 years old. (1968).<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bill with Poul Allen (one of the fonders of Microsoft)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4ibsa-dO3iD5KfbJLBYSP814CRll5nlpE-LkBzVlsMMBsDUASqtdAAGzJxwbk0lAnpB-2g0DZRJKpM9OY8CEUS7WhWSuyHmWT7plBh_ma91SAXfR1Zw_05J0sSlxjPQIeRTr1CLei6U/s1600-h/Young_Bill_Gates_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4ibsa-dO3iD5KfbJLBYSP814CRll5nlpE-LkBzVlsMMBsDUASqtdAAGzJxwbk0lAnpB-2g0DZRJKpM9OY8CEUS7WhWSuyHmWT7plBh_ma91SAXfR1Zw_05J0sSlxjPQIeRTr1CLei6U/s400/Young_Bill_Gates_1.jpg" alt="Young Bill Gates" title="Young Bill Gates" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074172680649658338" border="0" /></a>27 years old, (1982)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDa-Jnn0EY5LeO4u1Qmd23vF51_tq84qXbsuU93bPExWtNcd6u5GosCjVH0lVRudU1kdN-qQT5ULIsGEfiIjUCJYJO103HCAoVMjtKtmNI8XXVP4OwonvO2au3tHITlzD_i_CdPtuQrM4/s1600-h/Young_Bill_Gates_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDa-Jnn0EY5LeO4u1Qmd23vF51_tq84qXbsuU93bPExWtNcd6u5GosCjVH0lVRudU1kdN-qQT5ULIsGEfiIjUCJYJO103HCAoVMjtKtmNI8XXVP4OwonvO2au3tHITlzD_i_CdPtuQrM4/s400/Young_Bill_Gates_2.jpg" alt="Young Bill Gates" title="Young Bill Gates" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074172684944625650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStGPz2qgJC2BeSzrxVyHJHnsOqVIucPZ2LieZrOleNDGKtiJAUl5FqI_9THAqs3EggiIZMkG16WJJEo6F5MJMkZz1WaLgxFLxEjbfO1QMS0lTE4Lzz-cQNk7zNuurrH5rUIKlxkj5hYE/s1600-h/Young_Bill_Gates_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjStGPz2qgJC2BeSzrxVyHJHnsOqVIucPZ2LieZrOleNDGKtiJAUl5FqI_9THAqs3EggiIZMkG16WJJEo6F5MJMkZz1WaLgxFLxEjbfO1QMS0lTE4Lzz-cQNk7zNuurrH5rUIKlxkj5hYE/s400/Young_Bill_Gates_3.jpg" alt="Young Bill Gates" title="Young Bill Gates" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074172684944625666" border="0" /></a>In 1977 Gates was arrested for speeding<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEsTZZIEjH-Gymbtw6xOgdZahUHyyQGARiREVrDTT1jv0AVJGXUbYEL3c1ACtxx2qBE-y1AtnYZArOYmpR-UNGjqcfKB-bmAomaa-d0-HYPuDrsSCVIRNJLO-gybvWmezj6ICb9vns17E/s1600-h/Young_Bill_Gates_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEsTZZIEjH-Gymbtw6xOgdZahUHyyQGARiREVrDTT1jv0AVJGXUbYEL3c1ACtxx2qBE-y1AtnYZArOYmpR-UNGjqcfKB-bmAomaa-d0-HYPuDrsSCVIRNJLO-gybvWmezj6ICb9vns17E/s400/Young_Bill_Gates_4.jpg" alt="Young Bill Gates" title="Young Bill Gates" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074172689239592978" border="0" /></a>Partners. Paul Allen and Bill Gates, 1982<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGDEj511G20NynpMcl_lChZrudyS2FrLZMbMeMwf4eQ0cm2y14uHZF7QYvCdaPGtzyDvQqS3PVjs6wXYBG9Oyb8VtF3YzvnL6kJc7_pO2aIcwX13WRcUCV9Oitjo_B7K3KtbNCnAS2vw/s1600-h/Young_Bill_Gates_5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGDEj511G20NynpMcl_lChZrudyS2FrLZMbMeMwf4eQ0cm2y14uHZF7QYvCdaPGtzyDvQqS3PVjs6wXYBG9Oyb8VtF3YzvnL6kJc7_pO2aIcwX13WRcUCV9Oitjo_B7K3KtbNCnAS2vw/s400/Young_Bill_Gates_5.jpg" alt="Young Bill Gates" title="Young Bill Gates" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074172689239592994" border="0" /></a>The <span style="font-weight: bold;">Microsoft</span> corporation in 1978.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnW2WfcuFtlUPejkvCLFgezxAH1Q6rhyphenhyphenioJHt8uycf9rRNbTXzFaAAIy5fLj_L6w55JN6lIUEF5wb9zFPT6OwwbuLdXDYGR_o4M2bd9ugGjE7ystdpzvA54fuRpfE6q1yQADHsCU_nHI/s1600-h/Young_Bill_Gates_6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnW2WfcuFtlUPejkvCLFgezxAH1Q6rhyphenhyphenioJHt8uycf9rRNbTXzFaAAIy5fLj_L6w55JN6lIUEF5wb9zFPT6OwwbuLdXDYGR_o4M2bd9ugGjE7ystdpzvA54fuRpfE6q1yQADHsCU_nHI/s400/Young_Bill_Gates_6.jpg" alt="Young Bill Gates" title="Young Bill Gates" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074173050016845874" border="0" /></a>1987<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirY0Ocf3d3IemX6tf0mmO6zOiRXhCmQs4vqN3z6X9LSgnNC1rMET8hyhrsL0ha8s4ZAiWdQgmYC8uM1NBRlh1XLWcvBXgaOqKH897iKTuUv3Ff5wxRCXaDUJs3oMRNsCKwZuGO706xdSc/s1600-h/Young_Bill_Gates_7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirY0Ocf3d3IemX6tf0mmO6zOiRXhCmQs4vqN3z6X9LSgnNC1rMET8hyhrsL0ha8s4ZAiWdQgmYC8uM1NBRlh1XLWcvBXgaOqKH897iKTuUv3Ff5wxRCXaDUJs3oMRNsCKwZuGO706xdSc/s400/Young_Bill_Gates_7.jpg" alt="Young Bill Gates" title="Young Bill Gates" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074173050016845890" border="0" /></a><span style="float: left; margin-right: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"> <iframe src="http://tatteletrade.ru/digg/gates.htm" frameborder="0" height="115" width="100">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;amp;gt;</iframe></span><br />Yesterday <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bill Gates</span> finally received a diploma from the Harvard University. He gave up it in 1975 on the second year.<br />I waited more than 30 years to say : "Father, I always told you that back and get degree," said <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gates.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-size:78%;" >Photos: Darren McCollester / Getty ImagesPhoto : Darren McCollester / Getty Images</span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-64895795259584091662007-06-09T05:53:00.000-07:002007-06-09T06:16:06.359-07:00Bush and Sarkozy at G8<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hCxb-aj-loMCHJHmMvRlB_EHuBYVQqysiSaRhKz-TMvyk9NKeDpxd-ZaSjNJ2B93hdwq_AoaslR8qc7i4Efh-CO-A1Gs7S_fsI-3BlN9P3KUlWcEBQ37LxLG2R_IDHqup_zdkChO9zA/s1600-h/bush+sarkozy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibl2_rEqt4emJ0h6-7-kjglvuV2mzPZm4jNYYqMbtl2ATzs180yL5uYG3t62bsFvhQTfbbW5pC_0ipLmEzv1AwyDE1_ncqIfHzS5YyZlK90XdQzZHqYLYTeXdLiKbxjJddVmbPdGFAPW4/s400/summit-g8-socially-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073580761141825138" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-66559332613273189782007-06-07T23:06:00.000-07:002007-06-07T23:08:05.446-07:00Political powerPower is a concept that is central to politics. Max Weber defined power as the ability to impose one's will "even in the face of opposition from others", while Hannah Arendt states that "political power corresponds to the human ability not just to act but to act in concert."Many different views of political power have been proposed.<br />The multiple notions of political power that are put forth range from conventional views that simply revolve around the actions of politicians to those who view political power as an insidious form of institutionalized social control - most notably "anarchists" and "radical capitalists". The main views of political power revolve around normative, post-modern, and pragmatic perspectives.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Normative faces of power debate</span><br /><br />The faces of power debate has coalesced into a viable conception of three dimensions of power including decision-making, agenda-setting, and preference-shaping. The decision-making dimension was first put forth by Robert Dahl, who advocated the notion that political power is based in the formal political arena and is measured through voting patterns and the decisions made by politicians.This view has been criticised by many as simplistic, notably by the sociologist G. William Domhoff, who argues that political and economic power is monopolised by the "elite classes".<br /><br />A second dimension to the notion of political power was added by academics Peter Bachrach and Morton Baratz involving "agenda-setting". Bachrach and Baratz viewed power as involving both the formal political arena and behind the scenes agenda-setting by elite groups who could be either politicians and/or others (such as industrialists, campaign contributors, special interest groups and so on), often with a hidden agenda that most of the public may not be aware of. The third dimension of power was added by British academic Steven Lukes who felt that even with this second dimension, some other traits of political power needed to be addressed through the concept of 'preference-shaping'. Lukes developed the concept of the "Three faces of power" - decision-making power, non-decision-making power, and ideological power.<br />This third dimension is inspired by many Neo-Gramscian views such as cultural hegemony and deals with how civil society and the general public have their preferences shaped for them by those in power through the use of propaganda or the media. Ultimately, this third dimension holds that the general public may not be aware of what decisions are actually in their interest due to the invisible power of elites who work to distort their perceptions. Critics of this view claim that such notions are themselves elitist, which Lukes then clearly admits as one problem of this view and yet clarifies that as long as those who make claims that preferences are being shaped explain their own interests etc., there is room for more transparency.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Postmodern challenge of normative views of power</span><br /><br />Some within the postmodern and post-structuralist field claim that power is something that is not in the hands of the few and is rather dispersed throughout society in various ways. As one academic writes, "...postmodernists have argued that due to a variety of inherent biases in the standards by which ”valid“ knowledge has been evaluated...modernist science has tended to reproduce ideological justifications for the perpetuation of long-standing forms of inequality. Thus, it is the strategy of postmodern science...to identify and, thereby, attack the ”deceiving“ power of universalizing scientific epistemologies."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pragmatic view of power</span><br /><br />Samuel Gompers' maxim, often paraphrased as,"Reward your friends and punish your enemies," hints at two of the five types of power recognized by social psychologists: incentive power (the power to reward) and coercive power (the power to punish). Arguably the other three grow out of these two.<br />Legitimate power, the power of the policeman or the referee, is the power given to an individual by a recognized authority to enforce standards of behavior. Legitimate power is similar to coercive power in that unacceptable behavior is punished by fine or penalty.<br />Referent power is bestowed upon individuals by virtue of accomplishment or attitude. Fulfillment of the desire to feel similar to a celebrity or a hero is the reward for obedience. This is an example of incentive power as one rewards oneself.<br />Expert power springs from education or experience. Following the lead of an experienced coach is often rewarded with success. Expert power is conditional to the circumstances. A brain surgeon is no help when pipes are leaking.<div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657716396207567333.post-77280623565281918772007-06-07T23:04:00.000-07:002007-06-07T23:06:05.803-07:00Politics definition<span style="font-weight: bold;">Politics</span> is the process by which groups of people make decisions through the authoritative allocation of values. Although the term is generally applied to behavior within governments, politics is observed in all human group interactions, including corporate, academic, and religious institutions.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Politics</span> consists of "social relations involving authority or power" and refers to the regulation of a political unit, and to the methods and tactics used to formulate and apply policy.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Political science</span> (also <span style="font-weight: bold;">political studies</span>) is the study of political behavior and examines the acquisition and application of power. Related areas of study include political philosophy, which seeks a rationale for politics and an ethic of public behavior, and public administration, which examines the practices of governance.<div class="blogger-post-footer">see more on http://neoncobra.blogspot.com/</div>Lucy Hawtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14488317005965578647noreply@blogger.com0