White House Correspondents' Dinner 2007 VIDEO

White House Correspondents's Dinner - Part 2 At the annual dinner, current White House Correspondents Association president Steve Scully serves as master of ceremonies. President Bush makes humorous after-dinner presentation and impressionist Rich Little performs. 4/22/2007: WASHINGTON, DC: 56 min.

White House Correspondents' Dinner - Part 1 At the annual dinner, current White House Correspondents Association President Steve Scully serves as master of ceremonies. Before the dinner, a number of invited guests greeted photographers.4/21/2007: WASHINGTON, DC. 32 min.

Title White House Correspondents’ Dinner: Pres. Bush & Rich Little, Artist / Source C-SPAN, Copyright (C) 2007 National Cable Satellite Corporation

Bits and Pieces:

• The longest line for autographs led to Sanjaya, The Washington Post reports that it wasn't until Eliot Spitzer said, "But I'm the governor of New York" that he was able to get an autograph.
• President Bush, deferring to the tragedy at Virginia Tech, passed up any attempt to be funny "I was looking forward to doing a little poking myself but in light of this tragedy at Virginia Tech I decided not to be funny," he said. The association presented a $5,000 check to the Virginia Tech student paper.
• Rich Little. Returned to the podium at the annual dinner after 23 years, Little made good on his promise to be gentle. After one joke bombed, he said, "And you thought (Stephen) Colbert was bad."
• The Washington Post reports Sheryl Crow, producer Laurie David and Karl Rove exchanged some heated words about global warming. David walked over to the presidential adviser's table, where David suggested that Rove "take a new look at global warming." according to the Post column "Reliable Source," that Crow told Rove, "You work for me." Rove responded, "No." "I work for the American people."

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Earth Day Stewardship of Land and Oceans

President Bush Commemorates Earth Day 2007, Calls for Good Stewardship of Land and Oceans Fact Sheet: Earth Day 2007 and In Focus: Environment

As we observe the 38th Earth Day this Sunday, we celebrate the rich blessings of our Nation's natural resources, and we renew our commitment to protecting our environment so we leave our children and grandchildren a flourishing land.

By encouraging cooperative conservation, innovation, and new technologies, my Administration has compiled a strong environmental record. This Earth Day, harmful air pollutant levels are down more than ten percent since 2001. Millions more Americans are drinking cleaner, safer water. We have removed hazardous fuels from more than 19 million acres of federal land.

We have created, restored, or protected more than 2.5 million acres of wetlands, and we have conserved almost 200 million of acres of habitat through Farm Bill conservation programs. And we are taking positive steps to confront the important challenge of climate change. Our work is not done. We also have a responsibility to pass on to future generations our commitment to the environment.

To do so, we must ensure that future generations have a strong connection to nature. This will require working together to protect and conserve not only nationally significant natural wonders but also local parks, ponds, and working lands where parents and mentors can teach young people about the outdoors through recreational activities such as fishing, hunting, biking and nature watching. And we must also encourage Americans of all ages to get involved in conservation-related volunteer activities.

I call on all Americans to commemorate this Earth Day by recommitting to being good stewards of our land and oceans. When we do so, we take an important step forward to a more vibrant future for our country. # # #

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