So Jenna Bush married her fiance Henry yesterday. There are threads wishing them well.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

I wish them better than the fate that her father premeditatedly planned for others. In fact they already have that.

How many people lost their fiance to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars? Their beloveds coming home in a box? How many marriages never happened because the returning soldiers came home severely injured, have PTSD or even committed suicide? How many just wait and hope that their loved ones who are at war stay safe? Their hearts in their throats every time the phone rings?

Yes, Jenna and Henry, you are already ahead of the game, in your safe, snug, smug, insulated world. Congratulations.

[melody]

1. Amen n/t

[Lasher]

2. They don't need wishes.

Everything will be handed to them. They will never worry about what would happen to them and their children if they were to lose their jobs.

[Pastiche423]

3. You are so much kinder than I am

Jenna is no longer a little girl. She is a woman now, a woman that through her silence, condones what her father has done to the people of my county and other countries whose people did NOTHING to any American.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. You're right. She is a 26 year old woman. The Reagan kids knew how rotten their father was

and detached from him, publicly. Patti even took her mother's maiden name to separate herself.

[Cleita]

38. Considering the very RW roots of the groom and his

family, I wonder if Jenna is willing to submit to his authority like most good Christian RW wives do?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

39. There is a difference. She's a member of the BFEE. Henry is going to have to be the one

who submits.

BTW.... I honestly don't believe that they are Christians.

[JI7]

4. not important, but i don't think that guy she married is really that hot at all

[StarryNite]

6. Not my type either.

He looks like a Republican.

[tbyg52]

21. Without looking it up (so subject to correction)

I believe he is the son of the top Republican in VA. I heard on TV this AM that he is a former Rove aide and that when he asked W for her hand W said "done deal." There you go.

[TahitiNut]

12. Narcissism on parade. Look at their face shapes.

These people have almost no relationship to the world that others see. They see superficial images of themselves in each other.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

13. If you look closely enough, they could be twins. He looks more like her than Barbara does.

[TahitiNut]

16. He sure does. A couple of very self-indulged people, imho.

While it's not really that unusual to see similarities in the physiognomies of married couples, those two are particularly noteworthy, imho. It's hard to think of a LESS interesting pair of human beings.

[roguevalley]

25. looks like a pug. she looks like her old man and not in a good way

[pfitz59]

42. Think Jenna's a "beard"?

Just like her mommy? just wondering.....

[Blue-Jay]

5. I don't wish her ill, I just don't give a shit.

[earth mom]

7. That's probably why they wedding was so hush hush-* Co didn't want to deal with the criticism

of such a festive occasion while soldiers are dying in a bullshit war THEY-the BFEE-made happen all for the sake of greed.

Or that people are losing their homes and jobs and are in desperate straits because THEY-the BFEE-deliberately screwed up the economy all for the sake of greed.

No worries for the BFEE, right?!

It's all just more evidence that that evil family doesn't give a flying fuck about the people of this country.

Yep, "let them eat cake". :grr:

[madrchsod]

8. who cares

at least they did`t sully our house. the 90degree pig farm is good enough for them....

he looks like a future karl...

[roguevalley]

26. he'll be bald pretty soon. :) how petty am I? For a bush, super petty. :)

[Emilywho]

9. Media Seems to Be Ignoring the Event

Or relegating it to beneath the fold. For those of us old enough to remember weddings of other children of presidents' this seems really odd. Maybe the media was more focused on this type of event 30 or 40 years ago, but it's hard to believe that a press fixated on Brit or Paris 24/7 would ignore a celebrity wedding - unless they knew that the ratings would totally suck.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

14. The press was told to keep away, and like good minions, they listened so well that the

lack of coverage is almost deafening.

[Mika]

19. Ignoring it just like they're ignoring the US occupation of Iraq and the damage done. n/t

[smoogatz]

10. Here's the story on Henry Chase Hager:

Birth: May 9, 1978.

Hometown: Richmond, Va.

Parents: John Henry and Margaret Chase Hager. Father is chairman of Republican Party in Virginia, former lieutenant governor in Virginia and former assistant secretary of Education Department.

Sibling: John "Jack" Virgil Hager, who works for Otis Elevator, a subsidiary of United Technologies Co. in New York.

Education: 1996 graduate of St. Christopher's School, a college preparatory school for boys in Richmond, Va.; earned undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University in 2000; to receive master's degree on May 18 from University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.

Employment: White House aide to former Bush political adviser Karl Rove; worked on President Bush's re-election campaign in 2004; aide to Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez; summer intern for ConocoPhillips in Houston.

Marital status: Engaged Aug. 15, 2007 in Maine to marry Jenna Welch Bush, President Bush's daughter.

Future plans: Move to Baltimore to work for Constellation Energy, a power company based in Baltimore.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004393517_apgroomataglance.html?syndication=rss

Is there some way we could pay these people not to reproduce?

[bluedawg12]

43. Same advantages as every other working stiff in the US- RW affirmative action n/t

[gordianot]

15. There are some hints not all is as it should be with Jenna Bush or her new husband.

Generational tides do change, this one may be changing. Her father is such an obvious idiot, she admires Chelsie Clinton, there seems to be a strain of environmentalism emerging with this couple. Children rebel there are some early signs here.

[calimary]

29. I don't know. If he worked for kkkarl rove, he may be beyond redemption.

And also for ConocoPhillips. The template is down. The making of a future snake-OIL salesman.

[bluedawg12]

44. Not to worry, they'll pollute a river or cut down a forest in time. A phase.n/t

[leftchick]

17. she is much luckier than this bride

but then fighting wars are for the little people......



:(

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

20. This is so unbearably sad. I wish them all of the luck in the world. Their path was

forever altered by the father of yesterday's bride.

[roguevalley]

27. I don't believe those two are still together. they tried but I don't

think it worked. god bless both of them. very, very sad.

[leftchick]

31. I didn't know that

but it is not surprising. The sadness never ends. :(

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

32. ....

:cry:

[Posteritatis]

33. The husband passed away about a week ago, actually

Burn injuries can come back with complications months or years after the fact, and that guy got nailed by the odds right when it looked like he was pulling through.

I'm pretty sure they were still together at that point.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

34. I believe you are referring to a different young man

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/02/obit.miracle.marine/index.html?iref=hpmostpop
'Miracle Marine' dies after beating odds

(CNN) -- A Marine who survived being burned over more than 95 percent of his body in Iraq and established a charity to help burned children has died, the military has announced.
art.german.ap.jpg

Marine Sgt. Merlin German, seen in May 2007, died last month of complications after surgery.

Sgt. Merlin German was 22.

He was severely wounded February 21, 2005, en route to Camp Ramadi when his Humvee hit a roadside bomb.

He was not expected to survive, but he was transported to Germany and then to Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, which has the U.S. military's top burns unit.

He spent nine months in intensive care and underwent more than 100 operations.

German moved out of the hospital into his own home after 17 months of treatment.

RIP Sgt. German

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

47. ....

[datasuspect]

23. they are a shameful family

that picture is sad.

[UpInArms]

24. or 25-year-old Kelly Supanchick

Ex-Navy medic convicted of killing estranged wife in Oregon

EUGENE, Ore. (Map, News) - An ex-Navy medic who claimed he was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder has been convicted of aggravated murder in the shotgun slaying of his estranged wife three years ago.

A Lane County jury deliberated just 45 minutes on Friday before convicting 30-year-old Tyke Thomas Supanchick for the death of 25-year-old Kelly Supanchick in December 2005.

The jury rejected Supanchick's claim that intensive military training and post-traumatic stress suffered while serving at the Pentagon after the September 11 terrorist attack led to the killing.

His wife was shot four times with a shotgun as she sat on a bed in her home with her hands bound in front of her.

...more...

:cry:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

28. Here's another ... this was found in a quick search Nabila Bare, 18

http://www.veteranstoday.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=1306

U.S. army vet convicted of mutilation murder of wife

FORT LEWIS, Wash. - A U.S. army Iraq War veteran was convicted Saturday of murdering and mutilating his teenaged wife, a Fort Lewis spokesman said.

An army jury found Spc. Brandon Bare, 20, of Wilkesboro, N.C., guilty of premeditated murder and two counts of indecent acts for hacking his wife to death with a meat cleaver and desecrating her corpse.

After a five-day court martial, the jury deliberated about four hours Friday night before reaching the verdict shortly after midnight, said Fort Lewis spokesman Joseph Piek.

The same jury of five officers and three non-commissioned officers began considering Bare's sentence. He faces life in prison.

Nabila Bare, 18, had been stabbed at least 71 times when she was found July 12, 2005, in the couple's kitchen...

:shrug:

[Obamamaniac_25]

41. That picture is tremendously disturbing and sad

And to think that was caused by the monster in the white house.

[coriolis]

18. I don't hate her but looking at the prick she chose to marry sure makes me wonder about her

common sense...

[tbyg52]

22. Very telling, IMHO - they made *no* effort to use local businesses

I saw an interview with the owner of the largest florist in Waco - when asked if she had been approached for any of the work she said she didn't know whether to say "no" or "hell no." And any businesses in Crawford? Forget it! They're just selling their souvenir mugs to the tourists.

[kskiska]

30. Pics

more pictures…
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/11/bush.wedding/index.html#cnnSTCPhoto

Looks like they got married in a cemetery.

[opihimoimoi]

35. Neuter Jenna...don't let them Bushies breed more Cronies....and Spade the dude too

[HuffleClaw]

36. are you ok with calling chelsea the 'white house dog' ? n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

37. Have I called Jenna names? I dare you to show me any link where I have.

[HuffleClaw]

40. it was a question, not an accusation

the point being what you are doing to jenna is no different

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

46. What am i doing to her? All I'm saying is that she has it a great deal better than the future

her father gave others. Please reread my OP.

That is very different than calling anyone names.

[Indi Guy]

45. Don't dilute the righteous indignation toward Cheney/Bush & McCain by...

...focusing on participants who had no choice.

You make excellent points. Keep your focus on the smug "leaders" who have taken our nation to here.