Washington Post Reports SMU Staff And Students Support Bush Library, Ignores Protests
Washington Post Reports SMU Staff And Students Support Bush Library, Ignores Protests
This morning, the Washington Post reported, “Southern Methodist University is now the lone candidate in exclusive talks for the George W. Bush Presidential Library.” According to the story, the entire SMU community is thrilled about the prospect:
SMU officials, students and university supporters said the Bush library negotiations represent great opportunity.
“It doesn’t matter what your politics are,” said Dawn Moore, an SMU graduate and Dallas attorney. “What history we’ve had in his eight years is all of our history. It will be great for SMU.”
The Washington Post makes no mention of protests by SMU faculty, administrators, and staff, reported earlier this week by the Texas Monthly. In a Dec. 16 letter to Board of Trustees president R. Gerald Turner, members of SMU’s Perkins School of Theology urged the board to “reconsider and to rescind SMU’s pursuit of the presidential library.” An excerpt:
We count ourselves among those who would regret to see SMU enshrine attitudes and actions widely deemed as ethically egregious: degradation of habeas corpus, outright denial of global warming, flagrant disregard for international treaties, alienation of long-term U.S. allies, environmental predation, shameful disrespect for gay persons and their rights, a pre-emptive war based on false and misleading premises, and a host of other erosions of respect for the global human community and for this good Earth on which our flourishing depends. … [T]hese violations are antithetical to the teaching, scholarship, and ethical thinking that best represents Southern Methodist University
The Washington Post report is a reprint of a story written for McClatchy Newspapers. The full McClatchy story briefly mentions the protests, but that portion was edited out of the version printed in the Washington Post.
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Jesus would be proud… (sarcasm)
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:56 amIsn’t that normal for the MSM to ignore all protests?
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:57 amNo doubt Washington Post articles will feature prominently in the future Ministry of Truth^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Presidential Library.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:58 amShouldn’t this be the Washington Pist?
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:58 amAt least they are keeping this military-industrial waste site inside Texas! That way it won’t pollute the U.S.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:00 pmWherever this library ends up, they are going to need a battalion of security guards and full coverage security cameras to discourage visitors from crapping on the floors, drawing devil’s horns on the portraits, cherry-bombing the toilets, and all other various and sundry ways that our clever citizenry will think of for showing their respect and honor for the W.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:01 pmG Hayduke - I’ll be donating a flaming bag of dog crap each month, delivered to their doorstep…
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:05 pmGeorge Hayduke sez:
They probably won’t allow everyone in…just card-carrying Repubs and Fox employees. This won’t be a ‘library’ as much as an ‘ammo dump of lies’.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:07 pmBut seriously, these lamoes are raising half a billion dollars to hire shills to write good legacy stuff about GW.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:08 pmWhat self respecting academic is going to throw his/her reputation in the toilet for a couple hundred grand?
Oh, right, the neocon academics whose self respect got flushed during the eight years of supporting this insane chymp.
ugh I live right acorss the street from where this monstorsity will be located. and yeah there was plenty of protest… WAPO is suffering from some serious head-up-ass syndrome
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:10 pmThe Washington Post used to be a newspaper. Now it’s just a propaganda rag for the republican party.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:10 pmLocal news in Dallas does not mention protests.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:19 pmAn overrated school deserves an overrated(sic) Presidential Library.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:20 pmThis won’t be a ‘library’ as much as an ‘ammo dump of lies’.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — December 22, 2006 @ 12:07 pm
Maybe they can christen it the “Tower of Babble.”
Over at Patriotboy, Jesus’ General has volunteered as designer and architect, and done a bangup job.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:22 pmIsn’t that normal for the MSM to ignore all protests?
Comment by ForTruth — December 22, 2006 @ 11:57 am
The revolution will not be televised…
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:24 pmall you have to do, is look at a steaming pile of dog crap, there is your inspiration for the architecture of the George W. Bush Presidential Turd Polisher.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:25 pmOne positive note, it would serve as a lightning rod for protests and demonstrations, in the heart of Conservative Highland Park.
Hmmm…
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:28 pm#16
I bet even Barney won’t set foot in that chickenhawk coop. He is the only one in the Bushco family with any intelligence.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:30 pmHow many copies of “The Pet Goat” do you suppose will be donated by citizens every year? :)
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:35 pmA library honoring a whack-job faux christian president housed at a whack-job faux christian school.
What’s the problem again?
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:36 pmAh, that darn liberal media strikes again!
Why do they hate our Great (mis)Leader?
Why do they hate America?
/sarcasm off
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:38 pmLook on the bright side. The original story did mention the protests:
I’m sure the Faculty and students who protested are thrilled to see their efforts reduced to “a letter calling for a discussion.”
And, hey, they’re considering tearing down housing for a place to put this “Ministry of Truth.”
That’ll show those students who’s boss! For half a billion dollars, the University could tear down student housing and put up a Library dedicated to re-writing history.
Jump forward to the year 2020:
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:40 pmBogus, fake news - once again! The Washington Post should be utterly ashamed of this level of fakery!
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:44 pmWhich is why, to this day, the Democratic Party has been banned as a terrorist organization. Its leaders were executed in 2008 following a brief Military Commission tribunal where they were found to be alien unlawful enemy combatants who renounced their citizenship upon joining the terrorist Democrat Party. Their followers, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, remain in detention centers around the country to this day, pending a hearing on their status.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — December 22, 2006 @ 12:40 pm
Be careful with this last paragraph, the wingnuts, would like nothing more then to do exactly this.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:47 pmBNF - a beautiful piece of work!
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:51 pmshudderrrrr….
This “news” was most likely a press release from the White House with a few more compliments thrown in.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:54 pmA flaming bag of dog shit to show respect for the Chimp?
Why limit it to dog shit? That seems too restrictive. In the spirit of diversity, I think all kinds of shit should be thrown at W’s library. God knows there will be plenty inside, about $500M worth of useless shit.
If there is a silver lining to this, we can hope that it will be renamed as a memorial library soon.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:54 pmOk WA Po, remember that slight amount of respect I gave you on the Leverett thread? It’s gone.
Wankers.
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:55 pmall you have to do, is look at a steaming pile of dog crap, there is your inspiration for the architecture of the George W. Bush Presidential Turd Polisher.
Comment by Krazny — December 22, 2006 @ 12:25 pm
You mean like Blobitecture? It’s the current trend in architecture:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blobitecture
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:56 pmGood one, Briseadh na Faire.
Have you seen “V for Vendetta?”
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:56 pmWill they build a large gold statue of Bush that slowly rotates during the day so that it always faces the sun?
That was what “Turkmenbashi” Niyazov in Turmkmenistan had built. I think it is the least we can do for our Dear Wartime Leader, George W. Bush, blessed be his name.
-GSD
December 22nd, 2006 at 12:59 pmComment by Krazny — December 22, 2006 @ 12:47 pm
Once you have committed Thoughtcrime, you are already dead. The only question is: when will the Thoughtpolice get you and take you to the Ministry of Love.
The NSA and the Department of Homeland Security are already in being. We have Guantanamo, and “black sites” around the globe, all beyond the reach of law.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:01 pmThe same wingnuts , around highland park , next to SMU , exclusively WHITE and self adoring cheered , celebrated , partied upon the death of JFK . So let us not be surprised of the reaction of the community to the library , narcissism , money and power matter there , not ethics .
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:02 pmOnce you have committed Thoughtcrime, you are already dead.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
We are the ThinkProgress zombies.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:02 pmHehe I live in Seattle with the EMP, talk about Blobitecture.
pictures here
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:03 pmHehe I live in Seattle with the EMP, talk about Blobitecture.
Comment by Krazny — December 22, 2006 @ 1:03 pm
Seattle is one of the few cities in the US that has a collective of forward-thinking modern architecture… Why I eventually plan to move there :)
How is Rem Koolhaus’s Seattle Public Library in real life (not Blobitecture - deconstructivist - and Rem’s won the Pritzker -the Architectural equivalent of the Nobel Prize). Of course, so has Frank Gehry who designed the EMP.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:11 pmWhy not put it in Crawford? They just have a shitty little library.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:13 pmKrazny - I live in Bothell/Mill Creek, and to my chagrin, have never visited the EMP. Maybe next week when I’m off work I’ll take my daughter!
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:15 pmOn topic, isn’t there a Northern Presbyterian University bidding on this library? in S.Dak, maybe?
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:16 pmHehe I live in Seattle with the EMP, talk about Blobitecture.
Comment by Krazny
That place would look good — imploding. Heh.
The butterflies are pretty, though.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:22 pmI live in Seattle too. I have to confess I don’t like the EMP. It is far too ugly and way too expensive to get in. The Seattle Public Library, unbelievable, is alright, though the lime-green escalators got to me after a while.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:23 pmThe new Library downtown is beautiful, I have driven past a dozen times, but never been inside.
RUCerious we must be neighbors, I live in the same area, near where 405 & 522 cross.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:24 pmRUCerious we must be neighbors, I live in the same area, near where 405 & 522 cross.
Comment by Krazny
Weren’t you in So Cal before, and wanting to move back up here?
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:29 pmWeren’t you in So Cal before, and wanting to move back up here?
Comment by Zooey — December 22, 2006 @ 1:29 pm
yup got the f**k out of LA. Much happier here =)
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:30 pmKrazny - I live one block off 527, close to 180th…
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:34 pmneighbors then lol, I am just off the beardsly exit.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:37 pmThe new Library downtown is beautiful, I have driven past a dozen times, but never been inside.
Comment by Krazny — December 22, 2006 @ 1:24 pm
The images I’ve seen from inside are amazing too. I think it is so cool that Seattle breaks with convention and embraces the avante-garde (my definition of progressive :). I mean how many more Greco-Roman classical boxes can we stand to look at after all? :)
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:38 pmThe Washington Post is just trying to get a head start on the “legacy polishing” vision of the new library. Why wait? Rewrite history now………..this shit has to stop before our country is irreversably lost.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:38 pm#48 - you’d think Jeff Gannon would get jealous of all the “legacy” polishing Bush is going to get…
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:40 pmKrazny - cool, you’re right by the UW Bothell then.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:41 pmI teach nights and weekends at BCC…
Yup right near there, we should get all the Seattle TP people together for beer, and politics sometime, might be fun.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:43 pm#51 Yup!
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:47 pmAlthough avante-garde is a nice statement of revolt, there are times when it really seems pointless.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:47 pmI don’t like most modern architecture, though the Seattle Public Library is pretty decent.
And what’s wrong with Greco-Roman architecture? I still think the Pantheon is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.
yup got the f**k out of LA. Much happier here =)
Comment by Krazny
Good for you! Are your lungs feeling better already?
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:47 pmGeorge Bush and the Washington Post think that they will control Bush’s “legacy.” The people spoke on November 7th and we will tell them what his legacy will be.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:48 pmGood for you! Are your lungs feeling better already?
Comment by Zooey — December 22, 2006 @ 1:47 pm
Often too hot to go outside, pretty much AC home to AC car to AC work, to AC mall, etc…
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:52 pmAlthough avante-garde is a nice statement of revolt, there are times when it really seems pointless.
Only to those who consider progress to be revolt, and are unwilling to understand the development of something new - including styles.
I don’t like most modern architecture, though the Seattle Public Library is pretty decent.
Why? Because it is new? Different? Outside your comfort zone?
And what’s wrong with Greco-Roman architecture?
Nothing. But it’s archaic and it’s been done. Repeatedly infact - such as the fundamental movements of Renaissance and Neoclassical architecture. It was Walter Gropius who finally dare to ask ‘Can’t we get out of this cycle’?
I still think the Pantheon is one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.
Comment by The Other National Anthem — December 22, 2006 @ 1:47 pm
Art is subjective.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:56 pmOften too hot to go outside, pretty much AC home to AC car to AC work, to AC mall, etc…
Comment by Krazny
You’re kidding, right?
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:58 pmnot at all Zooey, “the Valley” where I worked during the summer was generally over 100º F. It wasn’t unusual to be 80º F when I drove to work at 8:00 am. We had one day where woodland hills was 120º F. If you get close to the beach it isn’t too bad, hovering around the mid 80’s, but inland was miserable.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:04 pmGeez Krazny this is too weird. I was born and raised in Granada Hills!
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:07 pmLOL we need to get together, what do you teach at BCC?
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:09 pmHere’s the president’s email address so that you can join me in expressing the disgrace that such a library will bring upon S.M.U., Dallas, the nation, the world, the Cosmos, and God. Did I leave anyone or anything out? I apologize if I did:
President R. Gerald Turner
mjj@mail.smu.edu
Here’s the letter I sent to get you started on creating your own:
President R. Gerald Turner
Southern Methodist University
Dear President Turner,
I am writing you to lend my voice to those who decry the potential association of SMU with the presidential library of George W. Bush for the following ethical, personal, criminal, and constitutional violations that his administration has advocated, condoned, actively encouraged, or authorized:
degradation of habeas corpus
outright denial of global warming
flagrant disregard for international treaties
alienation of long-term U.S. allies
environmental predation
shameful disrespect for gay persons and their rights
a pre-emptive war based on false and misleading premises
These violations are antithetical to the teaching, scholarship, and ethical thinking that best represents Southern Methodist University.
Cordially,
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:15 pmNifong having to retreat, Rosie having to retreat and now this ….
… seems like Reps are learning how to fight …
finally
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:18 pmNifong having to retreat, Rosie having to retreat and now this ….
… seems like Reps are learning how to fight …
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — December 22, 2006 @ 2:18 pm
Donald Trump is not a Republican.
Perhaps you’ll finally learn reading comprehension?
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:28 pmThe Donald is definitively against this war.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:35 pmAnd who or what says Nifong isn’t a Rethug?
Happy Holidays all, I am off for Christmas, and probably won’t get a chance to check back until after the end of the year. I do think we should plan a TP Seattle get together in January some time. If anyone is interested e-mail me at ctollefson@gmail.com
Take care and have fun.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:40 pmYep, you are right, I overstated - it appears that libs, and their causes, are in retreat, even before their congress has convened …
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:42 pm“retreat”
Sounds to me like someone is suffering from ‘wishful thinking’. LOL
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:46 pmJason,
What? You still haven’t apologized for being so wrong about the Democrats taking the majority in both House and Senate in November… Start there.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:47 pmTake care and have fun.
Comment by Krazny — December 22, 2006 @ 2:40 pm
You too!
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:48 pmPres. Bush’s LIEbrary should be built at his phony ranch in Crawford, Texas, so nobody will have to see it or visit it either! That way only Dubya’s personal cronies will go to the LIEbrary and only his hand picked brain-dead followers will ever go inside to see the lone book “My Pet Goat” > lol.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:49 pm#67 Jason
Keep on dreaming. Unless you consider retreat a full onslaught of progressive legislation and vigorous congressional oversight.
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:51 pmToo bad for one year we couldn’t stop fighting over (R) v (D) and shut down the federal reserve.
http://www.freedomtofascism.com/index.html
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:55 pmFeliz Navidad a todos y Felices Fiestas a los Republicanos.
Merry Christmas to everybody and Happy Holidays to the Republicans ;)
Ho ho ho.
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:01 pmHey, just stopped by to say Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyful Winter Solstice Celebration, etc., to all, from Wayne and I (he’s off today.)
Zooey, I noticed on another thread that you’ve got Harold and Maude for the weekend - that’s one of Wayne’s favorite movies!
Anyway, hope everyone has a happy and healthy holiday, whichever one you’re celebrating!
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:01 pmBe prepared for WWIII and the final stages of Americas downfall…
Draft machines being tested…
http://www.cnn.com/ 2006/ US/ 12/ 22/ draft.machines.ap/ index.html
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:07 pmThank you, thinkprogress.org, for being there to keep us informed.
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:18 pmOnly those with all of the information can truely take part in a democracy.
George Bush and his boys have been slowing stripping away democracy in America by denying us the facts, and it is a sad day when we realize that they exercise more and more influence over our media.
The Washington Post may pretend that they hold themselves to a higher standard, but with the revelations of the past couple of years of their edited versions of the truth, it’s become obvious that they are a bunch of scoundrels.
One favor to ask: with posts such as this, please provide easy access to a email source to the editor. We can pound him with outrage.
rjp
An alumni of SMU, and a Dallas attorney, acknowledged that politics is irrelevant, and that a George W. Bush Presidential Library would be a very welcome addition. Did this person major in Basket Weaving? This person should be reminded that George Bush carries a lot of baggage–tons of baggage.
I fail to follow this SMU alumni’s irrational logic. If SMU alumni are this dumb, DUMBO has indeed found a fabulous, fabulous, fabulous place to hang his dunce cap.
Dallas is known as “BIG D” and the media will have a field day. Get ready, Dallas, for jokes about “Big D:”
1. Big Dubya
2. Big Dumbo
3. Big Dork
4. Big Deceiver
5. Big Devil
6. Big Dunce
I say boycott Dallas, if SMU is the future home of the George W. Bush Presidential Library. Personally, I’m not going to set foot in the State of Texas let alone in the city of Dallas. If millions of people boycott Dallas, the city will be on its knees financially.
The most logical place to have the library is at the Southfork Ranch. Gosh, J. R. Ewing would probably offer Dumbo a good deal. There’s one little hitch: J. R. Ewing is almost as dishonest as George. In reality, though, J. R. Ewing is a choir boy compared to George W. Bush.
The Southfork Ranch would be ideal. How many library books are we talking about? George doesn’t read books, so the total number of books is small.
John
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:27 pmoh WAA! Dial 1-800-cry-baby ext WAA
Jeesh, you want something to complain about, what about that lifesize statue of Lewinsky on her knees with a cigar in front of the Clinton Library?
get a grip.
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:32 pmDoug. :
Relax,have a cigar. lol
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:42 pmDoug
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:44 pmGod darnit, Mr. Doug, you use your keyboard prettier than a twenty dollar whore.
Hey, they’re lookin fer some fellers to write good stuff about W, hear tell there’s gold in them there yarns, why don’tcha sign up!
I’m sure Hitler would have wanted a nice memorial to himself too.
December 22nd, 2006 at 3:59 pmHowz about a dunk tank for Bush to raise some money to polish his legacy? A tank in front of the library and a mechanical arm to throw softballs, controlled by you, through a computer interface?
For a measly $20 you could take a shot at dunking the Deciderer!
Except the tank will be full of warm soldiers’ and Iraqi kids’ blood because at the end of the day, that is the totality of Bush’s legacy.
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:02 pmnan - great idea, except that each time the chymp got dunked, he’d drink the tank dry.
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:10 pm#83
nanlichi,
I’ll up it to $40 if they fill the dunk tank with battery acid.
And what’s up with TP? They must be having their Holiday Party……sheesh….three stories.
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:13 pmZooey, I noticed on another thread that you’ve got Harold and Maude for the weekend - that’s one of Wayne’s favorite movies!
Last night was the first time I’d ever seen it. I loved it. I want to be Maude when I grow up — except for the whole car stealing and felony eluding thing.
Anyway, hope everyone has a happy and healthy holiday, whichever one you’re celebrating!
Comment by JaneESchneider
You and Wayne have a great holiday! Love Wayne’s blog!
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:23 pmdlet,
And you will be the first in line probably? That’s pretty selfish of you since the first dunk would be the last, then how would we raise the remaining $499,9960 to polish the turd?
RUCerious, you didn’t get the memo? The Chimp doesn’t drink like he used to.
You all have a great Holiday, whichever you celebrate, and a prosperous 2007.
Even the trolls.
As MA would say. “Piddles”
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:23 pmAnd what’s up with TP? They must be having their Holiday Party……sheesh….three stories.
Comment by dlet
It will probably be slow until after the New Year. :(
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:24 pmIt will probably be slow until after the New Year. :(
Comment by Zooey
So will I. Outta here. Be safe and enjoy the Holiday Season everyone. Peace.(one can wish)
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:29 pmThis kind of lazy ass reporting drives me crazy. Here’s who Dawn Moore is: Dawn Moore is President, Chief Executive Officer of Allegiance Title Company…(s)he graduated from Southern Methodist University…(s)he was appointed in 1998 by then Governor George Bush to serve as Chair of the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation. http://www.trec.state.tx.us/ newsandpublic/ Publications/ AdvisorIssues/ advisor200509.html
If they’re going to quote someone about how politically neutral this library is, they should at least pick someone who has be semblance of being neutral!
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:32 pmSo will I. Outta here. Be safe and enjoy the Holiday Season everyone. Peace.(one can wish)
Comment by dlet
Have a nice holiday!
December 22nd, 2006 at 4:39 pmLast month Democrats went from being 32 seats down in the House to 33 seats up. People living in the real world see this as a repudiation of the years of conservative domination of congress. But there is always a lunatic fringe:
“it appears that libs, and their causes, are in retreat, even before their congress has convened …”
- Jason Hendler
December 22nd, 2006 at 5:59 pm#78
An alumni of SMU, and a Dallas attorney, acknowledged that politics is irrelevant, and that a George W. Bush Presidential Library would be a very welcome addition. Did this person major in Basket Weaving? This person should be reminded that George Bush carries a lot of baggage–tons of baggage.
Should we even dare to ask how many “awl compnees” and Halliburton deals this proud SMU alumni has handled? And how much money he has made from sucking on the Bushco industrial military teat?
And isn’t it interesting that the only two schools even remotely wanting the Dubya library are SMU (Didn’t he sometimes “attend” Yale?) and Vern’s Auto Mechanics, Hair Styling and International Studies College of West Amarillo?
December 22nd, 2006 at 6:16 pmA more proper place for the Bush library is the buried fuhrerbunker in Berlin.
December 22nd, 2006 at 6:23 pmAll that money needed for a library that will only hole one book? The Pet Goat?
-GSD
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:18 pmWe should give Bush a library at San Quentin State Prison, right next to the cell reserved for him!
December 22nd, 2006 at 8:41 pmComment by PoliticalCritic — December 22, 2006 @ 8:41 pm
That would more likely be at The Hague. That’s where the International Community held War Crimes Tribunals.
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:44 pmI think Disneyworld would be a good place for for the Bush library. If you have a brain, you can figure that one out.
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:50 pmVern’s Auto Mechanics is out. Texans don’t drive cars, as they ride horses.
Dubya does have purdy, purdy, purdy, purdy hair so maybe he did attend beauty school.
It’s just inconceivable to me that an attorney, with an SMU degree, would say politics are irrelevant. How many liberal Democrats are being awarded multimillion dollar governmental contracts by the Bush administration? Politics are NOT irrelevant.
I still think Dubya should negotiate a deal with J. R. Ewing. The Southfork Ranch is just the perfect location for the Bush Presidential Library.
J. R and Sue Ellen remind me so much of George and Laura. George is a business tycoon, and J. R. is a business tycoon. Sue Ellen has had drinking problems, and George has had drinking problems. The Ewings’ have had shady business deals, and the Bush’s have had shady business deals. The Southfork Ranch is a match made in heaven.
John
December 22nd, 2006 at 10:17 pmJust had to try to be post 100 on here > lol.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:00 pmStill hate SMU?Dr. Phil graduated from SMU.
I suppose you lemmings will say you hate Dr. Phil now.
Back to your mac-n-cheese you long haired smelly creeps.
Funny,whenever I think of body odor,I think of progressives.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:22 pmStill hate SMU?Dr. Phil graduated from SMU.
I suppose you lemmings will say you hate Dr. Phil now.
Back to your mac-n-cheese you long haired smelly creeps.
Funny,whenever I think of body odor,I think of progressives.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:22 pmGOPers have bad BO > I can smell them from a block away > lol.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:24 pmNot funny poster 101 and 102 for using unbelievable’s and my screenname on here!
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:28 pmUnbelievable -
It seems from your post that you are a SMU grad wannabee. Must suck for you, huh?
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:32 pm“The Bush Presidential Library. Come, witness again the deft political touch, the laser-like strategic focus, the uncannily prescient worldview. Watch, as the President once more unites the world with an unassailable presentation of such sweeping rhetorical grandeloquence that even his political opponents embrace his masterful strategy, and — oh, wait . . . scratch that.
The Bush Presidential Library, home of Road-kill Ribs - Best-priced BBQ in the college area!”
December 23rd, 2006 at 12:04 amLibrary? Or junkyard for the wreckage? What’s that breaking sound? Santa Bush and the Christmas Barn Rules: He broke it. He’ll fix it, sort of. Oh oh oh. (Photo)
December 23rd, 2006 at 12:18 amIf a tree falls in the woods, and the press doesn’t report it, did it really happen?
December 23rd, 2006 at 1:27 am# 108.
Maybe.
December 23rd, 2006 at 2:32 amThe G. W. Botch War Crimes Library should be built in the lowest topological area of the Ninth Ward in New Orleans.
It should be built using a collection of all of the government-issued mobil homes from the area. The money raised for the library can then be used to rebuild NOLA.
Visitors will be charged an admission fee and then be turned away. Those who refuse to leave will be bused to the SuperDome and locked inside for several days. You will be shot in the back if you try to leave.
December 23rd, 2006 at 5:28 amMaybe someone could put up a billboard with directions to the one-room library,showing a picture of Bush sitting there reading “My Pet Goat”,will the Towers were burning!
December 23rd, 2006 at 6:37 amMaybe someone could put up a billboard with directions to the one-room library,showing a picture of Bush sitting there reading “My Pet Goat”,will the Towers were burning!
December 23rd, 2006 at 6:37 amI would expect that library to be small, very small indeed. A closet with one book, or maybe two. A tattered bible with certain passages marked out like an FBI recored and a copy of “My Pet Goat.”
December 23rd, 2006 at 8:11 amDamn. SMU can now brag that they have a Library of Bush the Dumber.
December 23rd, 2006 at 7:45 pm#108 No, that was a thieving troll…neither unB or JR would say that.
December 24th, 2006 at 1:10 amWell, MAYBE Bush could have actually earned his 2.0 at SMU.
December 24th, 2006 at 1:11 amUnbelievable - It seems from your post that you are a SMU grad wannabee. Must suck for you, huh?
Comment by upside00 — December 22, 2006 @ 11:32 pm
That was not me. The clue should have been Jay Randal saying the exact same crap.
Some coward is posting under regualr posters’ screen names.
As for SMU… I’m an Atheist… Connect the dots.
December 24th, 2006 at 9:50 am“Well, MAYBE Bush could have actually earned his 2.0 at SMU.”
Hmm … I think “purchased” is more apt than “earned.” But I could be wrong.
December 24th, 2006 at 2:23 pmSounds like another no-bid contract in the works. Will Halliburtion be doing the actual construction?
December 24th, 2006 at 2:30 pmAren’t there some prisons that need a library?
December 25th, 2006 at 12:26 am“…very little prospect of judicial relief….”
I think that says it all.
December 26th, 2006 at 12:38 pmMaybe they’ll find the nonexistend WMDs in the library.
December 26th, 2006 at 6:20 pmConstruction of the Bush library at the designated location will involve demolishing the building currently housing the SMU campus bookstore. What could possibly be more appropriate (ironic)?
December 26th, 2006 at 9:24 pmI think the price is something like $10 million dollars which is a hell of a lot of comic books!
December 26th, 2006 at 9:44 pmI thought the main focus of the Methodist Religion was education and helping the poor. Exactly. where does the actions of Mr Bush fit into this?
December 26th, 2006 at 10:07 pmSince the SMU students and staff seem to be excited about this farce of a library, LET THEM PAY FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As far as I am concerned, they should build is farce of a presidential library next to a federal prison-where hopefully his sad behind will reside in a few years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 27th, 2006 at 8:34 amAs an SMU Alumna (like Mrs. Bush), I would like to point out that SMU has a student newspaper that is published 4 days a week. What commentary is published therein? I imagine the letters to the editor would give us an idea of what Joe and Jane Mustang think. This is relevant because the entire point of the post is “WaPo reports on student and faculty opinion without actually taking into account actual student and faculty opinion.”
As for myself, I can remember more than one occasion that the Bush Family screwed up my trying to get off campus and return home. I attended during Bush 41. I don’t know what was worse, the Tower funeral, or the day Daddy threw out the opening ball for the first Texas Rangers game of the season for Dubya.
December 27th, 2006 at 1:21 pmBuilding a library in the name of some one who admits they don’t read, with empty shelves because everything is withheld because of “National Security”. Why not a homeless shelter with a sign posted that reads, No gas, no medical, no jobs, no middle class, no retirement, dropping S.S, church attendance required at all services. Maybe an Arm Service recruiter office twice the size of the shelter that must be entered first before you receive the tainted food.
December 28th, 2006 at 11:10 amThe Fort Worth Star Telegram, dated December 28, 2006, had many letters in the editorial section of the paper and not one of them was for the library to be constructed at SMU. No person in their right mind would be proud to have a George Bush library anywhere near them.
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