George H. W. Bush

America has had many individuals of considerable talent and skill occupy the chief executive’s office at 1600 Pennsylvania.  President George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, was certainly one of them.  After graduating from high school in 1942, he signed on with the navy and became one of the youngest American pilots to fly in World War II.  Later he attended Yale where he played baseball and participated in the very first (as well as the second) College World Series... Read Full Story

Former President George H.W. Bush marked his 85th birthday on Friday the same way he did his 75th and 80th birthdays: He leaped from a plane and zoomed downward at more than 100 m.p.h. in free fall before parachuting safely to a spot near his oceanfront home. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has sent a telegram wishing former U.S. President George H.W. Bush a happy 85th birthday, saying he deserves to be considered among the "most authoritative" world leaders. Putin recalled his visit to... Read Full Story

(Getty Images | Inset from CNN) In celebration of his 85th birthday, George H.W. Bush went skydiving Friday in Kennebunkport, Maine, where the former president owns a summer home. This isn't the first time the octogenarian thrill seeker has jumped out of a plane. Bush, Sr. went skydiving for his 75th and 80th birthdays, and says he hopes to jump again at 90. "Just because you're an old guy, you don't have to sit around drooling in the corner," he explained. "Get out and do something. Get out... Read Full Story

(Getty Images) Say what you will about aging Republican patriarch George H.W. Bush , but this guy knows how to celebrate a birthday. Bush's playful pose echoes this Gary Hart photo from 1987. Not only is Bush Sr. planning yet another skydiving mission for his 85th birthday on Friday . Over the weekend, he celebrated wife Barbara's 84th birthday with the help of some girls from A Chorus Line at their Kennebunkport, Maine, residence. TMZ ran the photo (seen above at lower right) of actress... Read Full Story

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“The world can therefore seize the opportunity [Persian Gulf crisis] to fulfill the long-held promise of a New World Order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind.” -George Herbert Walker Bush Read Full Story

Speaking at Texas A&M; University yesterday, former president George H.W. Bush got his words twisted and said "ass email" instead of "mass email," acknowledging the mess-up with a silly face and a warning to giggling students that it was a "Freudian slip only!" Aww, he doesn't know what a Freudian slip is! Because he's old! Read more posts by Lindsay Robertson Filed Under: freudian slips , george bush senior , george h.w. bush Read Full Story

This is likely the wind-down to this particular story, but I really enjoyed Richard Wolf's analysis of George H. W. Bush's call to stop the name calling by calling Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow "sick puppies." http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url;=example.com&title;=TITLE&bodytext;=DESCRIPTION&topic;=TOPIC Read Full Story

Posted by news 2 hours 8 minutes ago ( http://www.foxnews.com ) View profile Category : News An aircraft carrier named the USS George H.W. Bush was commissioned Saturday honoring the 41st president of the United States. Add this link to...   Bury Add to... Read Full Story

If I were a parent during his administration, I would not have had a problem with my children writing hm a letter or listening to his speech. I also wouldn't have a problem with them writing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Read Full Story