thinkprogress.org— President Bush is planning a "legacy polishing" institute at Southern Methodist in Dallas (which is the alma mater of Laura Bush). Now, staff and faculty at the university are speaking out.
Dec 18, 2006View in Crawl 4
Hah, the most telling thing about this is that they're doing this at Laura Bush's alma mater. It sure would drive those good neocons crazy if the Bush's library were located at Yale....assuming Yale would allow it.
I wonder if the dictionaries in his "libary" will have definitions for nucular and mential and misunderestimating. I'm also guessing the computers will have The Google set as their homepage and will eschew insecure wireless connections in favor of tubes connected directly to the internets.
I am a republican and I resent that comment. Not only am I not a Bush supporter, but I was also against the war when even many democrats (in addition to the 'evil' republicans were screaming for blood after 9/11 (look at the voting record - pay close attention to who voted not to send better armaments or increase benefits to the troops and/or families or voted to reduce benefits to soldier returning home).Moreover, if we are going to take stance. I would like any building named after Franklin D. Roosevelt to include the 10,000 + soldiers and civilians exposed to radiation during the late 1930s and 1940s listed on/in the building(s). Same goes for Harry S. Truman who condoned the use of radioactive isotope testing on 39 US soldiers (directly injected into them under the guise of inoculations) to measure the effects of radiation on the human body, resulting in the untimely death of 28 of the soldiers. Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, (Carter put a stop to it only to be reinstated by) Clinton all are guilty of using US soldiers as test subjects for "limited" biological weapon tests. How about putting the names of all the soldiers who died in Vietnam on the Statue of Liberty? After all we went into Vietnam to "assist" the French who promptly bailed out as soon as our "military advisers" got there (SURPRISE!) leaving the US holding the bag. There are more examples of civilians who paid the ultimate price at the expense of poor US decisions, more then I care list.I certainly do not condone the death of American men and women for the sake of 'planting a US friendly government in the middle east', but while you might find this particular cause the indignity of the week it makes sick to think about all the other servicemen and civilians who paid with their lives pushed aside so that you can make your 'political discontent of the day' statement. By the way killing service men and women is not a right held exclusively by the Republicans. Sharing your discontent with Bush does not give me the right to forget history or believe that I am "special" by living in a time unique in history. These are crimes that are being repeated by BOTH parties and we get all pissed off only to forget it about them a generation or two later. Yet, we insist on holding one man responsible for these occurrences (be it Bush or whoever). We neglect to hold the Congressmen responsible for their votes, many of whom have been on office during multiple occurrences of these actions. Moreover, they managed to give themselves pay raises while cutting the support and benefits of those who have served in our Armed Forces. Bush in frank terms - sucks. Yet he continues to get support for Congressmen to continue doing what they do unpunished and in most cases unnoticed. Wake up people, there is not a single thing Bush has done in office that can not be over-ridden by Congress - and it is not just ONE party. So many people are quick to blame Bush and ignore the people from both parties who continue to allow this country to take a direction in contradiction of what the majority of Americans want. If you are going to make blanket statements in this regard you are simply perpetuating the problem. So as much as you want to blame Bush (Clinton, Reagan or whoever) you need to take some accountability for your own actions if you have not spent at least a little time looking past the television sound-bites and campaign commercials to see what those voted into office are actually doing. (I realize that some people actually do this, but the majority of those who like to post "holier then thou" comments do not.)
@metman:O.K., the last bracketed comment was a cheap shot, I will give you that. "but while you might find this particular cause the indignity of the week it makes sick to think about all the other servicemen and civilians who paid with their lives pushed aside so that you can make your 'political discontent of the day' statement."Their pushed aside. I am talking about the current war not wars past. "So many people are quick to blame Bush and ignore the people from both parties who continue to allow this country to take a direction in contradiction of what the majority of Americans want."The other parties are also responsible, but that does not change the fact that Bush is a: an accomplice, b: directly responsible."If you are going to make blanket statements in this regard you are simply perpetuating the problem. "You have not done this? Be careful, there is only two possible answers and one is a lie.
overturfDec 19, 2006
Hah, the most telling thing about this is that they're doing this at Laura Bush's alma mater. It sure would drive those good neocons crazy if the Bush's library were located at Yale....assuming Yale would allow it.
imnojezusDec 19, 2006
I wonder if the dictionaries in his "libary" will have definitions for nucular and mential and misunderestimating. I'm also guessing the computers will have The Google set as their homepage and will eschew insecure wireless connections in favor of tubes connected directly to the internets.
derekjwDec 19, 2006
I have evidence of the contrary:<a class="user" href="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040623/040623_fahrenheit_hmed_12p.hmedium.jpg">http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040623/040623_fahrenheit_hmed_12p.hmedium.jpg</a>
metmanDec 19, 2006
I am a republican and I resent that comment. Not only am I not a Bush supporter, but I was also against the war when even many democrats (in addition to the 'evil' republicans were screaming for blood after 9/11 (look at the voting record - pay close attention to who voted not to send better armaments or increase benefits to the troops and/or families or voted to reduce benefits to soldier returning home).Moreover, if we are going to take stance. I would like any building named after Franklin D. Roosevelt to include the 10,000 + soldiers and civilians exposed to radiation during the late 1930s and 1940s listed on/in the building(s). Same goes for Harry S. Truman who condoned the use of radioactive isotope testing on 39 US soldiers (directly injected into them under the guise of inoculations) to measure the effects of radiation on the human body, resulting in the untimely death of 28 of the soldiers. Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, (Carter put a stop to it only to be reinstated by) Clinton all are guilty of using US soldiers as test subjects for "limited" biological weapon tests. How about putting the names of all the soldiers who died in Vietnam on the Statue of Liberty? After all we went into Vietnam to "assist" the French who promptly bailed out as soon as our "military advisers" got there (SURPRISE!) leaving the US holding the bag. There are more examples of civilians who paid the ultimate price at the expense of poor US decisions, more then I care list.I certainly do not condone the death of American men and women for the sake of 'planting a US friendly government in the middle east', but while you might find this particular cause the indignity of the week it makes sick to think about all the other servicemen and civilians who paid with their lives pushed aside so that you can make your 'political discontent of the day' statement. By the way killing service men and women is not a right held exclusively by the Republicans. Sharing your discontent with Bush does not give me the right to forget history or believe that I am "special" by living in a time unique in history. These are crimes that are being repeated by BOTH parties and we get all pissed off only to forget it about them a generation or two later. Yet, we insist on holding one man responsible for these occurrences (be it Bush or whoever). We neglect to hold the Congressmen responsible for their votes, many of whom have been on office during multiple occurrences of these actions. Moreover, they managed to give themselves pay raises while cutting the support and benefits of those who have served in our Armed Forces. Bush in frank terms - sucks. Yet he continues to get support for Congressmen to continue doing what they do unpunished and in most cases unnoticed. Wake up people, there is not a single thing Bush has done in office that can not be over-ridden by Congress - and it is not just ONE party. So many people are quick to blame Bush and ignore the people from both parties who continue to allow this country to take a direction in contradiction of what the majority of Americans want. If you are going to make blanket statements in this regard you are simply perpetuating the problem. So as much as you want to blame Bush (Clinton, Reagan or whoever) you need to take some accountability for your own actions if you have not spent at least a little time looking past the television sound-bites and campaign commercials to see what those voted into office are actually doing. (I realize that some people actually do this, but the majority of those who like to post "holier then thou" comments do not.)
orbit1979Dec 19, 2006
@metman:O.K., the last bracketed comment was a cheap shot, I will give you that. "but while you might find this particular cause the indignity of the week it makes sick to think about all the other servicemen and civilians who paid with their lives pushed aside so that you can make your 'political discontent of the day' statement."Their pushed aside. I am talking about the current war not wars past. "So many people are quick to blame Bush and ignore the people from both parties who continue to allow this country to take a direction in contradiction of what the majority of Americans want."The other parties are also responsible, but that does not change the fact that Bush is a: an accomplice, b: directly responsible."If you are going to make blanket statements in this regard you are simply perpetuating the problem. "You have not done this? Be careful, there is only two possible answers and one is a lie.