Showing posts with label mort. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mort. Show all posts

Saturday, July 12, 2008

-HOMMAGE A TONY SNOW-

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Très tristes nouvelles ce matin : Tony Snow est mort. Il avait 53 ans.
Tony Snow, l'ancien représentant de presse de la Maison Blanche et qui charma des millions de personnes à Fox News comme à la radio, est mort après un long combat contre le cancer.

Ci-dessous le message du Président George W.Bush :

"Laura and I are deeply saddened by the death of our dear friend, Tony Snow. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Jill, and their children, Kendall, Robbie, and Kristi. The Snow family has lost a beloved husband and father. And America has lost a devoted public servant and a man of character.
Tony was one of our Nation’s finest writers and commentators. He earned a loyal following with incisive radio and television broadcasts. He was a gifted speechwriter who served in my father’s Administration. And I was thrilled when he agreed to return to the White House to serve as my Press Secretary. It was a joy to watch Tony at the podium each day. He brought wit, grace, and a great love of country to his work. His colleagues will cherish memories of his energetic personality and relentless good humor.
All of us here at the White House will miss Tony, as will the millions of Americans he inspired with his brave struggle against cancer. One of the things that sustained Tony Snow was his faith – and Laura and I join people across our country in praying that this good man has now found comfort in the arms of his Creator."

Nos prières l'accompagnent aussi.


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TRIBUTE TO TONY SNOW

So sad news this morning. Tony Snow has died.
Tony Snow, the former White House press secretary and who charmed millions as a FOX News television and radio host, has died after a long bout with cancer.


Read below President George W. Bush's message :

"Laura and I are deeply saddened by the death of our dear friend, Tony Snow. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Jill, and their children, Kendall, Robbie, and Kristi. The Snow family has lost a beloved husband and father. And America has lost a devoted public servant and a man of character.
Tony was one of our Nation’s finest writers and commentators. He earned a loyal following with incisive radio and television broadcasts. He was a gifted speechwriter who served in my father’s Administration. And I was thrilled when he agreed to return to the White House to serve as my Press Secretary. It was a joy to watch Tony at the podium each day. He brought wit, grace, and a great love of country to his work. His colleagues will cherish memories of his energetic personality and relentless good humor.
All of us here at the White House will miss Tony, as will the millions of Americans he inspired with his brave struggle against cancer. One of the things that sustained Tony Snow was his faith – and Laura and I join people across our country in praying that this good man has now found comfort in the arms of his Creator."

He is in our prayers too.



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Thursday, November 23, 2006

Drôle de moeurs ...



J'ai lu aujourd'hui une nouvelle navrante : des lionceaux d'Abyssinie, une espèce rare, ont été empoisonnés, et ce ne serait pas la première fois, dans un zoo d'Ethiopie parce que le personnel n'a pas les moyens de les garder. Et morts ils sont revendus 170 dollars par tête à des taxidermistes pour les empailler et les revendre comme objets décoratifs.
C'est toujours désolant de se rendre compte une fois de plus, à quel point le monde est disparate. Alors que tant de chercheurs patentés ou non, sont payés fort cher pour traiter, sur tous les tons et tous les fronts, un réchauffement hypothétique de la planète et ses causes plus ou moins farfelues, un simple coup de fil à la bonne personne d'un zoo qui en aurait eu les moyens, aurait peut-être suffi à sauver ces petits lions et à préserver un peu plus et mieux une race en danger d'extinction. Bien triste !



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Strange Manners...

I read today some disturbing news : several Abyssinial lions cubs, a rare species, were poisoned - apparently not for the first time - in an Ethiopian zoo because the staff didn't have the resources to keep them. Once dead, they were sold $170 piece to taxidermists to stuff them and resell them as decorative items.
It's always afflicting to, once again, realize how the world is dissimilar. So many more-or-less-official researchers, are being paid and quite a lot for dealing, on all media and in all manners possible, with
a hypothetical global warming of the planet and its more or less serious causes ! Whereas a simple phone call to the right person of a sufficiently funded zoo might have saved these cubs and a bit better preserve an endangered species. Quite sad !


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