"We're having the time of our life." George W. bUsh, January, 2005

[LynnTheDem]

"We're also up here with my friends Bill and Kathy Dewitt and Mercer and Gabby Reynolds (ph). They're the national co-chairman of the inauguration -- inaugural committee and they have done a fantastic job in making sure this inauguration goes well. We're having the time of our life."
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0501/20/se.02.html


31-Jan-2005 4 | US: 4 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Sergeant 1st Class Mark C. Warren Kirkuk Air Base - At-Ta'mim Non-hostile - unspecified cause
US Corporal Christopher E. Zimny Babil Province (northern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Lance Corporal Jason C. Redifer Babil Province (northern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Lance Corporal Harry R. Swain IV Babil Province (northern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
30-Jan-2005 12 | US: 2 | UK: 10 | Other: 0
UK Acting Lance Corporal Steven Jones Baghdad (30 km NW of) Hostile - transport plane crash
UK Corporal David Edward Williams Baghdad (30 km NW of) Hostile - transport plane crash
UK Sergeant Robert Michael O Connor Baghdad (30 km NW of) Hostile - transport plane crash
UK Flight Sergeant Mark Gibson Baghdad (30 km NW of) Hostile - transport plane crash
UK Chief Technician Richard Antony Brown Baghdad (30 km NW of) Hostile - transport plane crash
UK Master Engineer Gary Nicholson Baghdad (30 km NW of) Hostile - transport plane crash
UK Flight Lieutenant Andrew Paul Smith Baghdad (30 km NW of) Hostile - transport plane crash
UK Flight Lieutenant David Kevin Stead Baghdad (30 km NW of) Hostile - transport plane crash
UK Squadron Leader Patrick Brian Marshall Baghdad (30 km NW of) Hostile - transport plane crash
UK Flight Lieutenant Paul Martin Pardoel Baghdad (30 km NW of) Hostile - transport plane crash
US Lance Corporal Nazario Serrano Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Private 1st Class James H. Miller IV Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
29-Jan-2005 4 | US: 4 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Lieutenant Commander Edward E. Jack USS Bonhomme Richard Non-hostile - unspecified cause
US Civilian Barbara Heald Baghdad (U.S. embassy compound) Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack
US Lieutenant Commander Keith Edward Taylor Baghdad (U.S. embassy compound) Hostile - hostile fire - rocket attack
US Sergeant Lindsey T. James Baghdad (western part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
28-Jan-2005 10 | US: 10 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private 1st Class Stephen A. Castellano Mosul - Ninawa Non-hostile - unspecified injury
US Sergeant 1st Class Mickey E. Zaun Mosul - Ninawa Non-hostile - vehicle accident
US Sergeant Andrew K. Farrar Jr. Al Anbar Province Non-hostile - electrocution
US Chief Warrant Officer Charles S. Jones Baghdad (SW part) Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Captain Orlando A. Bonilla Baghdad (SW part) Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Sergeant Michael S. Evans II Baghdad (western part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Sergeant Christopher J. Ramsey Baghdad (western part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Staff Sergeant Jonathan Ray Reed Baghdad (western part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Specialist Lyle W. Rymer II Baghdad (northern part) Hostile - hostile fire - sniper fire
US Staff Sergeant Joseph E. Rodriguez Baghdad (southern part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
27-Jan-2005 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Corporal Jonathan S. Beatty Iskandariyah (near) - Babil Hostile - hostile fire - mortar attack
US Private 1st Class Kevin M. Luna FOB Normandy (nr. Muqdadiyah) - Diyala Non-hostile - weapon discharge
26-Jan-2005 37 | US: 37 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist Taylor J. Burk Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Staff Sergeant Dexter S. Kimble Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Tony L. Hernandez Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Captain Lyle L. Gordon Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Captain Paul C. Alaniz Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Michael L. Starr Jr. Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Joseph B. Spence Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Matthew R. Smith Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US 1st Lieutenant Dustin M. Shumney Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Darrell J. Schumann Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Nathan A. Schubert Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Gael Saintvil Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Hector Ramos Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Mourad Ragimov Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Nathaniel K. Moore Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal James Lee Moore Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Fred L. Maciel Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Timothy A. Knight Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Allan Klein Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Sean P. Kelly Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Stephen P. Johnson Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Saeed Jafarkhani-Torshizi Jr. Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Brian C. Hopper Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Kyle J. Grimes Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Richard A. Gilbert Jr. Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Timothy M. Gibson Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US 1st Lieutenant Travis J. Fuller Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Sergeant Michael W. Finke Jr. Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Lance Corporal Jonathan Edward Etterling Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Staff Sergeant Brian D. Bland Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Petty Officer 3rd Class John Daniel House Ar Rutbah (near) - Anbar Non-hostile - helicopter crash
US Corporal Christopher L. Weaver Haditha - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
US Sergeant Jesse W. Strong Haditha - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
US Lance Corporal Karl R. Linn Haditha - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
US Corporal Jonathan W. Bowling Haditha - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
US Sergeant William S. Kinzer Jr. Ad Duluiyah (near, nr. Balad) - Salah ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
24-Jan-2005 7 | US: 7 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Sergeant Leonard W. Adams Camp Bucca (nr. Um Qasr) - Basrah Non-hostile - illness - heart attack
US Sergeant Brett D. Swank Baghdad (western part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Private 1st Class Jesus A. Leon-Perez Khan Bani Saad (near) - Diyala Non-hostile - vehicle accident
US Sergeant Michael C. Carlson Khan Bani Saad (near) - Diyala Non-hostile - vehicle accident
US Staff Sergeant Joseph W. Stevens Khan Bani Saad (near) - Diyala Non-hostile - vehicle accident
US Sergeant Javier Marin Jr. Khan Bani Saad (near) - Diyala Non-hostile - vehicle accident
US Specialist Viktar V. Yolkin Khan Bani Saad (near) - Diyala Non-hostile - vehicle accident
23-Jan-2005 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Staff Sergeant Jose C. Rangel Camp Arifjan Non-hostile - illness - sudden collapse
22-Jan-2005 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US 1st Lieutenant Nainoa K. Hoe Mosul (eastern part) - Ninawa Hostile - hostile fire - small arms fire
21-Jan-2005 3 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 1
US Captain Joe Fenton Lusk II Camp Buehring Non-hostile - unspecified injury
IT Maresciallo Simone Cola An Nasiriyah - Dhi Qar Hostile - hostile fire
US Sergeant Kyle William Childress Ad Duluiyah (near, nr. Balad) - Salah ad Din Hostile - hostile fire
18-Jan-2005 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Captain Christopher J. Sullivan Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
17-Jan-2005 4 | US: 4 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private 1st Class Jesus Fonseca Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Staff Sergeant Thomas E. Vitagliano Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Private 1st Class George R. Geer Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - car bomb
US Private 1st Class Francis C. Obaji Baghdad (military hospital) Non-hostile - vehicle accident
16-Jan-2005 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist Alain L. Kamolvathin Baghdad (western part) Non-hostile - vehicle accident
15-Jan-2005 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Sergeant Nathaniel T. Swindell Mosul - Ninawa Non-hostile - unspecified injury
US Sergeant Jayton D. Patterson Babil Province Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
14-Jan-2005 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Corporal Paul C. Holter III Camp Ramadi - Anbar Non-hostile - unspecified accident
13-Jan-2005 4 | US: 4 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private 1st Class Gunnar D. Becker Mosul (near) - Ninawa Non-hostile - unspecified injury
US Lance Corporal Matthew W. Holloway Hit - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
US Lance Corporal Juan Rodrigo Rodriguez Velasco Hit - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
US Sergeant 1st Class Brian A. Mack Mosul (SE part) - Ninawa Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
11-Jan-2005 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist Michael J. Smith Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
10-Jan-2005 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Staff Sergeant William F. Manuel Baghdad (SW part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Sergeant Robert Wesley Sweeney III Baghdad (SW part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
09-Jan-2005 11 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 9
US Corporal Joseph E. Fite Hit - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
UKR Chief Warrant Officer Volodimir Sedoy Baghdad (military hospital) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
UKR Senior Sergeant Vira Pietrik As Suwayrah (6 mi. S of) - Wasit Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
UKR Senior Sergeant Andriy Sitnikov As Suwayrah (6 mi. S of) - Wasit Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
UKR Warrant Officer Oleksandr Katsarskyi As Suwayrah (6 mi. S of) - Wasit Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
UKR Captain Valeriy Brazhevskyi As Suwayrah (6 mi. S of) - Wasit Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
UKR Captain Sergyi Andrushchienko As Suwayrah (6 mi. S of) - Wasit Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
UKR Captain Yuriy Zagray As Suwayrah (6 mi. S of) - Wasit Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
UKR Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Matizhev As Suwayrah (6 mi. S of) - Wasit Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
KAZ Captain Kayrat Kudabayev As Suwayrah (6 mi. S of) - Wasit Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Specialist Dwayne James McFarlane Jr. Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
07-Jan-2005 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private 1st Class Daniel F. Guastaferro Ramadi - Anbar Non-hostile - vehicle accident
06-Jan-2005 9 | US: 9 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Private 1st Class Kenneth G. Vonronn Baghdad (NW part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Sergeant Warren A. Murphy Baghdad (NW part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Sergeant Armand L. Frickey Baghdad (NW part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Sergeant Huey P. L. Fassbender Baghdad (NW part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Sergeant Bradley J. Bergeron Baghdad (NW part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Sergeant Christopher J. Babin Baghdad (NW part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Sergeant 1st Class Kurt J. Comeaux Baghdad (NW part) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Sergeant Zachariah Scott Davis Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
US Lance Corporal Julio C. Cisneros-Alvarez Al Qaim - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
04-Jan-2005 6 | US: 6 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Sergeant Bennie J. Washington Brooke Army Med Center, TX Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
US Private Cory R. Depew Tall Afar (nr. Mosul) - Ninawa Hostile - hostile fire - RPG attack
US Corporal Jimmy D. Buie Taji (NW of Baghdad) - Salah ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Sergeant Joshua S. Marcum Taji (NW of Baghdad) - Salah ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Specialist Jeremy W. McHalffey Taji (NW of Baghdad) - Salah ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Private 1st Class Curtis L. Wooten III Balad (near) - Salah ad Din Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
03-Jan-2005 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Sergeant Thomas E. Houser Fallujah (near) - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
01-Jan-2005 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Specialist Jeff LeBrun Baghdad (north of) Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Lance Corporal Brian P. Parrello Haditha - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
http://icasualties.org/oif/prdDetails.aspx

[valerief]

1. Conscience is a word too long for him to remember. nt

[kcass1954]

7. He might remember it if he had one. n/t

[panader0]

2. Nothing is so absurd and wrong than to see bush speak about

our "awesome" soldiers on Memorial Day. While I don't believe in heaven or hell, I do believe in karma, and bushco has some really, really bad karma to deal with.

[Initech]

3. Yeah, he's having the time of his life while everyone else suffers the consequeces.

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[aint_no_life_nowhere]

4. He quit golf, but still found ways to have the time of his life

When he makes those kinds of happy-go-lucky statements, the reasons he gave for giving up golf don't ring true somehow. I don't think Abraham Lincoln during the depths of war would have said he was having the time of his life.

[malaise]

5. Sooooooo!

Fuck Bush.

[Mira]

6. Let's not forget he talked about how "romantic" war is a few months ago

Words fail me, when I think of his going AWOL and shirking his duties in the National Guard, while also avoiding the romanticism of military service in Vietnam.

I believe he also said, on the occasion of that horrendous comment, that if he were younger he would like to participate in bringing freedom to these countries.

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