I’ve previously written that real men stand up to fascists:The fascists’ view of masculinity is that — to be a real American man — you have to rally around the “strong leader”, you have to talk tough about the “war on terror”, you have to get pleas…
Posts Tagged ‘George W Bush’
Obama to award Bush ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’
November 18th, 2010 |
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US President Barack Obama has announced that he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honour, to George W Bush next year. According to the New York Daily News, the decision has come a day after Bush gave a respectful nod to Obama at the groundbreaking of his library in Dallas. [...]
Pak journalist disappointed over Bushâ€s â€plagiarismâ€
November 17th, 2010 |
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Ahmed Rashid, one of Pakistan”s most respected journalists, has said that he is disappointed that parts of his work appear to have been plagiarized by former US President George W Bush. Rashid said that it was never a compliment when politicians plagiarize ideas or comments from journalists without acknowledging their work. A US website said [...]
Clinton and I are buddies, says George W. Bush
November 15th, 2010 |
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It seems that despite political differences, Former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush share a good relationship. In an interview with George W. Bush and his brother, Jeb on CNN, host Candy Crowley, had a little fun with the Bush-Clinton relationship, reports the Politico. “Your father, 41, has said that he looks at [...]
Bush defends legacy in new book
November 9th, 2010 |
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George W. Bush has been almost invisible since he left the White House nearly two years ago, living a quiet life on his Texas ranch, RFE/RL reports. But recently he’s back in the media spotlight to promote his new book, “Decision Points.”
Bush praises Obamaâ€s Afghanistan surge in memoir
November 8th, 2010 |
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Former US President George W. Bush has reportedly praised Barack Obama’s decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan, in his memoir “Decision Points.†“I strongly believe the mission is worth the cost,†Politico quoted Bush, as saying in his book. He also expressed his gratitude that Obama “stood up to critics by deploying more troops, [...]
Kanye West’s Katrina rant most disgusting moment of Presidency: Bush
November 4th, 2010 |
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Former US President George W. Bush has revealed that the most disgusting moment during his regime was when Kanye West criticized him at a Hurricane Katrina benefit. Rapper West, infamously declared on the televised Concert for Hurricane Relief, “George Bush doesn’t care about black peopleâ€, blaming him for the reason that America helps “the less [...]
George W. Bush: “Kanye West Katrina Racist Outburst Worst Moment Of Presidencyâ€
November 3rd, 2010 |
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Kanye West: Ruining lives. One simple-minded Southerner at a time. Before he was Tweeting in all-caps or storming stages on unsuspecting country stars, the gabby “Golddigger” rapper was flipping the bird at the highest-office in the land: The US presidency. And Kanye’s big mouth had a lasting impact on inept conservative George W. Bush. President [...]
Nov. 1, 1909: ‘The Machine Stops’
November 1st, 2010 |
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1909: E.M. Forster publishes “The Machine Stops,” a chilling tale of a futuristic information-oriented society that grinds to a bloody halt, literally. Some aspects of the story no longer seem so distant in the future.
“The Machine Stops” appeared in the November issue of The Oxford and Cambridge Review. At 12,000-plus words, it’s sometimes called [...]
War: A Desire for More Cows
October 30th, 2010 |
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Sometimes hearing something said in a foreign language can give some new perspective.For example, the word for “war” in the ancient Sanskrit language (dating to 1200 BC) literally means:A desire for more cows.Simple. Your neighbor has more cows than yo…
Dick Cheney’s Oily Dream
September 5th, 2010 |
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is currently saying that Dick Cheney’s vision of policy towards the Middle East after 9/11 was to re-draw the map:Vice-President Dick Cheney’s vision of completely redrawing the map of the Middle East following…
30 Historical Figures Recreated in Lego
June 28th, 2010 |
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If you thought a star on Hollywood Boulevard or being on the cover of Vogue was a sign of celebrity status, think again. The new benchmark is whether you’ve been recreated in Lego yet.
Realpolitik returns
May 27th, 2010 |
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The National Security Strategy reveals a narrower view of what force can accomplish
EVERY incoming president is required to send Congress a National Security Strategy. Some of these documents are abstract and forgettable but others really do provide a clue to the future. One such was the document George W. Bush signed in 2002, which gave warning that America would act against foes seeking dangerous military technologies before such threats were fully formed. A year later the Bush administration cited precisely this doctrine to justify the invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam Hussein.
Barack Obama’s National Security Strategy, published on May 27th, has a different emphasis. Mr Obama opposed the invasion of Iraq. His document does not endorse Mr Bush’s doctrine of pre-emption. Nor, though, as the Iranians will doubtless note, is pre-emption explicitly disavowed. As a last resort, says the strategy, “the United States must reserve the right to act unilaterally,” albeit adhering to “standards that govern the use of force”. …
A showdown for Major League Baseball: Game on
May 27th, 2010 |
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Creditors go to bat against the rules of a hallowed American sport
WHEN a company defaults on its debts, it typically enters bankruptcy; its assets are sold and the proceeds are divvied up among creditors under court supervision. Not so when one of those assets is a Major League Baseball (MLB) team. Under rules established by the league’s commissioner, who is chosen by the clubs’ owners, any sale of a team must be approved by at least 23 of the game’s 30 franchises. The league says this rule is protected by its 80-year-old exemption from American antitrust law. The Texas Rangers’ declaration of bankruptcy on May 24th will put that claim to the test.
In 1998 Tom Hicks, a leveraged-buy-out specialist, bought the Rangers for $250m from a group of owners that included George W. Bush. He soon authorised a bevy of disastrously expensive contracts for players, including a ten-year, $252m deal for Alex Rodriguez, a star hitter, which was twice as costly as the previous record. To pay its bloated salaries, the club had to ask MLB for a $25m loan in 2009. It also missed a mandatory $40m payment into a fund for deferred player compensation. …
Is It True that Alternative Energy Is Too Expensive?
May 24th, 2010 |
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Many people assume that alternative energy is simply too expensive, and not competitive with oil and other conventional means of energy.While some alternative writers allege that the big oil companies have artificially increased alternative energy pric…
Now’s The Time To Switch to Alternative Energy
May 21st, 2010 |
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As Robert Redford writes this week:Thursday, May 20, 2010, marks one month since BP’s oil rig exploded in the Gulf Coast ….This is the clearest picture we could have of our failed national energy policy — which extends over many decades and a…