THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, Jordan.  Well, Jordan, you're not going to believe what state I was in when I heard about the terrorist attack.  I was in Florida.  And my Chief of Staff, Andy Card -- actually, I was in a classroom talking about a reading program that works.  I was sitting outside the classroom waiting to go in, and I saw an airplane hit the tower -- the TV was obviously on.  And I used to fly, myself, and I said, well, there's one terrible pilot.  I said, it must have been a horrible accident.

But I was whisked off there, I didn't have much time to think about it.  And I was sitting in the classroom, and Andy Card, my Chief of Staff, who is sitting over here, walked in and said, "A second plane has hit the tower, America is under attack."

Which plane did he see hit?  Was it the first one?  How did he see that as I don't believe it was broadcast until the next day?  Any ideas anyone?  If it was the second plane then why did Andy Card have to tell him the second plane had hit.

If I may speculate, I believe he meant that he saw the results of the first plane strike, ie the smoke pillowing out of Trade Tower South. I do not know if you have ever been asked a question by a reporter. They always seem to approach you when you are the least ready and then often suprise you with a question that you would never have thought of. It is very easy to not be precise in what you say. I have had this happen to me on more than one occasions. It takes alot of experience and a very level head to deal with these people, becasue they can always edit out their mistakes, but will assurdedly use yours.

“I think that many good LDS people, especially in Utah, confuse the President of the Church with Pres Bush. They know that Pres. Hinckley is directed by God and won't lead them astray and they shouldn't question what he says. Unfortunately they carry that over into politics. Some feel that if Bush says it then it must be true.”

I agree with some of that. Wouldn't you also agree then that many members of the church take the opinions of prominent members blindly like Professor Jones for example when he states that the buildings were brought down with explosives and not 767's? He is using his status as a BYU Professor and prominent member to state an agenda. They do the same thing at USU all the time. Some USU Professor thinks that Bush is a criminal, caused Hurricane Katrina or that we shouldn't drive SUV's so they write a big letter to the editor, signed with their name and status at USU. Unfortunately, many people in the valley end up believing them because of status alone.

I can't figure out why anyone could even come close to thinking that explosives were in the buildings. If you want to kill lots of people, just blow up the buildings for crying out loud. Why would someone put explosives in buildings and then fly a 767 into it? I would say that the 767 at 500+ MPH was good enough for explosives. My explanation has no less substance than Dr. Jones yet some who believe him head over heals have called me “silly.” I'm the one who is silly here!? What's funny is that they didn't believe that theory prior to Dr. Jones coming out of the closet. I would say that they better watch it, they look a lot more silly than I do considering the side of the issue they now believe

Posted By mulhollandj on 05/31/2006 8:16 PM

"So how do you find truth? Well, one we start by using common sense. Dr. Jones is too far out for me.

I think of the way to spot false prophets. By their fruits ye shall know them. What are Bush's fruits?

War - Attack on Afghanistan and Iraq without declaring war according to the Constitution
Patriot Act - Blatantly unconstitutional
You forget to give blame where it is due here on both War and the Patriot Act. What about Congress? Did they not pass the resolution?
Torture? This one is questionable
Warantless Wiretapping - Unreasonable search and seizure?
Word Government - Shamelessly promoting CAFTA and FTAA. What has happened to states rights under the WTO and these 'treaties'? . Utah may have to allow online gambling.
Why is the JBS so big on the FTAA and CAFTA alone? Every meeting I have ever attended, this is all they ever talk about. What about the UN? JBS was real big on this group of thugs a while back but you never hear about it any more. The UN is far worse than FTAA to me.
Protecting the Borders - Absolute minimum he can do.
Protecting marriage - I really haven't seen him do much
I would think you could give him some credit on the last two! He has not been very good on the border, I'll give you that but he did step it up at the border two weeks ago. He has always said that he would sign an ammendment to the constitution that protects marrage! Again, what about Congress? They are the ones dropping the ball.
There is also a report that he called the Constitution 'just a $%! piece of paper'. Does he believe that? His actions seem to indicate.
Do we know that he said this for sure? "Reports" can also be false just to try to cheap shot the President.

After making an oath to protect the Constitution it seems like he has done more to destroy it then protect it.

I welcome any more information on good things Bush has done because I just don't see it."

You made some good points. I just wanted to quick touch on one point. You said, "As far as Gay Marriage, this is what Bush ran on. This is how he energized his conservative base. How could he not sign it? I don't think that he really expects it to pass though. What campaigning have you seen him do for it?"

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