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Location: Arlington, Virginia, United States

Thursday, July 06, 2006

July 6: POTUS Turns 60



Apparently, 60 is the new 50.

What an inspiration for Boomers everywhere (as Bush 41 is for seniors)

106 Comments:

Blogger Kelly said...

That puts him in the first wave of boomers.

10:57 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

i'm going to be fifty this month...send gummy bears - lot's and lot's of soft green gummy bears...

7:45 AM  
Blogger John said...

50 is the new 40. :)

9:06 AM  
Blogger Kelly said...

40 is good :)

5:19 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

that reminds me of a story...

5:54 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

p.s. my sweet husband is going to be 42 tomorrow! he's a fox also.

5:55 PM  
Blogger John said...

Happy B-Day for hubby.

11:05 AM  
Blogger nanc said...

thank you, john >^,,^<

6:48 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What does POTUS mean?

1:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

(of course, OTHER than president of the United States)

1:10 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

prisoners of the universe suck?

7:11 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

people of trial use sodium?

7:11 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

picked over teeth use skoal?

7:12 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

somebody stop me!

7:13 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

pitiful old tykes using syringes!

8:07 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

poor offended theologians unite separately...

8:28 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

"poor offended theologians unite separately..."



United Separatists???

You don't need a leader...
We don't need a leader...
You're all different...
We're all different...

NOT me...I'm the same.

11:34 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

nanc,

Scintillating wit

9:35 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kelly,

You speak of the politics of Christian denominationalism, I assume.

I must admit my ignorance in the field, although I am sure your observation is devilishly clever.

I must say that GW is looking sharp for 60.

9:40 AM  
Blogger Phelonius said...

He looks pretty good to me. I am firmly convinced that being POTUS would probably kill me within a matter of hours.

3:54 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

people of the universe subside.

4:38 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

probable optimists terrorize union separatists.

4:39 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

i'm the same too, kelly! praise G-d i wouldn't be anybody else!

thank you douglass. and my mind is still sharp as a bowling ball...

5:13 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

I was quoting Monty Python from the Life of Bryan. So, I can't take credit.

Though the movie is quite sacreligious, the lines are rather funny.

My Dad has recited those lines at many a family gathering.

9:46 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

is john off on another fishing trip?

people offering the usual sweets!

9:03 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

He is likely on vacation. But he has a knack for starting a topic and then letting it run its course.

Nothing like starting a conversation and then leaving the room to let your guests talk it out.

At least this time it wasn't a fire that he started.

10:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I still think he's amazingly handsome for being 60. =) I adore my Bushy.

2:55 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Republicus needs somebody to keep up this place.

He should invite kelly and nanc to housesit.

8:41 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

welllllllllll, for a small fee...i come with some baggage...

3:01 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

okay, john - the president is now 60 and 15 days...

11:52 AM  
Blogger Kelly said...

John did say he was going to be taking it easy this summer. He could be on vacation.

11:32 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

THIS IS a vacation! i take one every day!

12:53 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

i hope he doesn't miss my 50th birthday this week! which is big news...

5:28 AM  
Blogger Irina Tsukerman said...

Doesn't look a day over 59! ; )

6:25 PM  
Blogger John said...

Hey homies (Kelly, Irina, Nanc, Dana, Phelonius, douglass, Warbucks).

anon v said...

"Republicus needs somebody to keep up this place.

He should invite kelly and nanc to housesit."

Yeah! Make yourselves at home and keep things alive while I'm away!

Hope you are all well.

J.

3:24 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

yeah, well - my husband got caught in the vice presidential motorcade! while you were vacationing!

7:53 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

Nanc, is that like getting something caught in your teeth. ;)

John, next time you leave us to house sit, leave us the key. ;)


On a sad note [off topic]:

The search for a local 5 year old girl has ended in tradegy. Victim discovered in home of neighbor

I need to go cry.

7:58 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"John, next time you leave us to house sit, leave us the key. ;)"

you got it mate.

4:43 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

kelly - sick people everywhere you turn these days. people who prey on the most innocent are extremely ill and like a rabid dog, need to be put to sleep posthaste. they are defective, not by nature - but by choice. of course it had to have started somewhere and perhaps his parents should be held accountable also. there is no punishment harsh enough for this animal.

5:23 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

Nanc, this animal hasn't even had contact with his family for several years.

10:52 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

i hope john is off preparing my 50th birthday article! hehehe! the way my memory is going - i'll awaken tomorrow and forget it's my birthday...

4:12 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

oh ya, Nanc, that is what he was up to all this time. ;) 50th birthday parties are a lot of work.

Happy half century girl!!

4:28 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

rub it in, kelly, rub it in...now where's that ben gay?

ha!

8:27 PM  
Blogger John said...

50 is the new 40. ;)

bbs...

3:12 PM  
Blogger John said...

Oh, I already said that up there...

Well, it's true. :)

3:13 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

Hey John,

Does this mean you are back?!

Pretty soon 100 will be the new 80.

5:33 PM  
Blogger John said...

No, not back yet.

9:35 AM  
Blogger nanc said...

kelly - bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!

thanks for the birthday wishes, john - of course, i'm much older than i was last week WHEN IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY~!

3:59 PM  
Blogger Clampett said...

I thought Republicus was about production.

I thought wrong.

8:38 AM  
Blogger amy said...

Ok really. Where the heck are you? There are major political upheavals going on up here in CT and you're not around!!!

2:55 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

hey all, he's on vacation. He's been working hard all year. We wouldn't want him to get burned out now would we?

He needs his R and R before getting back in the ring.

So, why are we waiting around for John to discuss political/world events?

Let's start with the conflict in Israel. I know Nanc shares my views on the subject. How do the rest of you feel about it and why?

12:14 AM  
Blogger nanc said...

i think somebody needs to photoshop some silver sideburns onto the potus as he's aged quite a bit since this was posted...think i'll go contact reuter's for that guy's phone number!

anybody catch the headlines at drudge today?

4:33 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

At Nanc's request:

the updated picture

I think with more time I could do it more justice...but we get the picture.

8:00 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

thank you, kelly, but i also have a little more silver in my own hair since my birthday...

i wish my husband would take a month off - jeesh.

the prez will need dentures before john gets back!

hehehe!!!

8:51 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

p.s. - kelly? you work for reuter's?

8:52 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

sorry, Nanc, no job at reuters.

But I do have a great copy of Photoshop.

Hmm...how do you portray dentures?

How about a few more gray ones coming out the ears??

9:52 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

i don't have a denture in my mouth! several thousand dollars in crowns though - and being of native background, about the only place i'm thickhaired is my nearly waistlength head of coarse hair. and it is quite silver.

9:45 PM  
Blogger John said...

Excellent. Consider this a coffee house of sorts for now...

Kafir, I hope to make it up to you in the near future.

12:47 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

just curious, what sort of job allows someone to take over a month off? and where may i get one?

10:07 AM  
Blogger Kelly said...

So, John, when you get back, we sure would like another pic to look at when we come to your blog ;)

Not that we don't like Bush...we do, but we have tried giving him more gray hair or whatever...it still doesn't help that we see the same picture whenever we stop by.

10:08 PM  
Blogger John Roper said...

I go on a sabatical and come back and everybody else is on one now. Geesh, can't even get your head clear nowadays without losing touch. :-)

7:47 AM  
Blogger Kelly said...

Okay, John, looks like the guests all left. You know where to find some of us.

Let us know when you get back.

4:54 PM  
Blogger Clampett said...

you're welcome at my place, kelly.

(that's right John, I'm giving you incentive to start posting again)

6:51 PM  
Blogger Phelonius said...

C'mon John. You can't truly say that the leftists beat the gumption out of you can you?

I hope you are enjoying life, actually, and I do very much understand the need to get out of the mode of arguing with (sometimes) pretty uninformed people. Still.....I do find the time to write about every two weeks or so for Salmagundi......

Maybe I could talk you into posting about the up-coming elections? Or dog breeding? Or something??

I will check back later amigo.

4:47 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

I want to echo what phelonius has just said.

I would also like to know if you are OK. I am sure there are others who feel the same.

We liked hanging out in here because you seemed like a decent guy with a great head on his shoulders. Do we miss you? You bet we do.

1:04 AM  
Blogger John said...

Thank you. I miss you all, too. I'm fine--but I'm still away and have inconvenient PC access...

1:50 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

Good to hear that you are doing well.





We wouldn't know if anything happened to you.

8:39 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

9/12/06

i'm beginning to not miss john anymore...

now i must go feed the potus his pablum...

8:28 PM  
Blogger John said...

"Out of sight, out of mind," or "absence makes the heart grow fonder?"

3:36 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

John, who are you??

I seemed to recall something from the distant past...but it's all very hazy right now. ;)

6:21 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

Oh I KNOW!!!

You can't talk to us because you are a...a...a in ...in ...incarcer....incarcertaed...

THAT'S IT!!

;)

9:49 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

he could be outside space.

6:29 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

September 19, 2006 (Really late at night),

Nanc, do you mean "outer space"?

How about Mongolia (OUTER)??

I decided to bring a weed whacker with me today. Even the grass is growing too tall for a mower to get through. It really could use some dusting inside, but the door is locked. It sure would be nice to hang a different picture of Bush on his mantel...don't ya think??

Perhaps John could add the two of us to his blog so we could decorate a bit.

11:03 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

after supper, 092306 - first day of fall and the end of the first day of rosh hoshanah - happy new year!

tomorrow is our baby girl's 14th birthday! happy birthday evan!

6:54 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

John,

We all hope you are doing alright. If you decide to come back give us all a nudge.

6:21 AM  
Blogger Kelly said...

btw, John, You can't quit yet...

You still haven't used my chimaera. I won't have you going back on your word.

12:42 AM  
Blogger Kelly said...

So, John...on a search of the word clinton on your blog I find an entry more recent that this one...but it is somehow invisible...what happened????

9:12 PM  
Blogger John said...

Hi Kell. I've got a lot of backed up posts that haven't seen the light of day because I haven't had the time to finish them--I've been away for four months but will return to my Arlington HQ in time to vote...

...and hopefully get back in the groove.

4:06 PM  
Blogger Phelonius said...

I am guessing that those secret CIA missions to overthrow Hugo Chavez, infiltrate the government of South Africa and force Isreal out of Lebanon have tired John out. You just cannot be a secret agent and keep up a web-site anymore. What is this world coming to?

3:03 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

i'll let bargholz know when you're redeye to make a comeback.

btw - have you ever googled or yahooed him? dang, he's good!

8:23 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

hey, John, we all want to know what ":)" is supposed to mean.

If ya want us to help you out when you get back to the blog you might need to extend well, some persuasion.

10:08 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

Happy Thanksgiving, John!

9:01 PM  
Blogger John said...

Thank you Kelly. Same to you and your family, and to everyone.

12:57 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

I guess you have no intentions of returning. :(

11:27 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

who will let us know if you've succumbed - well, so we know what kind of funeral to give you...

it's almost christmas, john!

i have a new blog - you can get the addy at kelly's.

8:17 AM  
Blogger Kelly said...

At the very least...John,

Have a Merry Christmas!!!

Can ya tell you are missed?

9:21 AM  
Blogger Kelly said...

by the way, John, if you google "john" , "republicus" and "blog"...the very first entry is MY blog.

Something is wrong with this picture.

3:52 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

CHRISTMAS PARTY AT LONGRANGE!

122206

first day of winter and last day of chanukah.

good new year to you, john, wherever you may be.

4:42 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

Hey, John, Have a Merry Christmas!!

It was good to see you stop by Nanc's blog. She had it on preview mode so it was confusing.

I hope you have a very good New Year, as well.

Take care.

10:01 AM  
Blogger nanc said...

HAPPY NEW YEAR, JOHN!

01/01/07

1:46 PM  
Blogger John said...

Thank you Nanc. Happy New Year to all.

10:53 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

Happy New Year John...I am a couple days late on that...hope it's off to a great start.

Hope the new year brings you back.

8:07 AM  
Blogger John said...

Thank you Kell.

7:26 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

okay - okay - okay - this post is now officially six months old - what next?

i sure hope kelly and i get "most dedicated" poster awards.

8:35 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

Nanc, Indeed!

John,

At least let us know how you are doing.

10:24 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

i have...

8:00 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

...an idea!

8:00 PM  
Blogger John said...

What is it?

8:54 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

yes, Nanc, What is it??

11:56 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

dratz!

i thought it was either the "100th" post contest, or perhaps the sixth month contest, or you're in a contest to have the longest running blog without a current article!

orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, you're just trying to test the patience of your loyal readers.

patience - meet saint.

8:01 AM  
Blogger Kelly said...

Nanc, ROFL!!!

John, we know you're still here. Are you afraid of the Liberals?? Don't say it's true. Some of them are laughing cause you won't come out of your turtle shell.

....sigh.

2:22 PM  
Blogger John said...

Them's fighting words.

8:39 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

yup - he's skeeeert, kell. yeller as they come...

8:44 PM  
Blogger Kelly said...

Ya, them's fightin' words, alright.

So, are you in the ring or not?

Remember this..."YO"?

Back in the ring...or it's "yeller as they come."

11:25 PM  
Blogger nanc said...

you're killin' me - you're really killin' me, kell!

4:33 AM  
Blogger Kelly said...

Sorry about that, Nanc, but drastic measures must be taken ;)

1:05 PM  

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