Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Paying Homage to Bush

I'm jammed with work this morning, which is so gorgeous it feels like sacrilege not to be out in it. So instead of writing an original post, I thought I'd share something that I found amusing:

The George W. Bush Presidential Library is now in the planning stages and accepting donations.

The Library will include:

The Hurricane Katrina Room, which is still under construction.
The Alberto Gonzales Room, where you won't be able to remember anything.
The Texas Air National Guard Room, where you don't even have to show up.
The Walter Reed Hospital Room, where they don't let you in.
The Guantanamo Bay Room, where they don't let you out.
The Weapons of Mass Destruction Room, which no one has been able to find.
The National Debt Room, which is huge and has no ceiling
The Economy Room, which is in the toilet.
The Iraq War Room. (After you complete your first visit, they make you to go back for a second, third, fourth, and sometimes fifth visit.)
The Dick Cheney Room, in the famous undisclosed location, complete with shotgun gallery.
The Environmental Conservation Room, still empty.
The Supreme Gift Shop, where you can buy an election.
The Airport Men's Room, where you can meet some of your favorite Republican Senators.
The Decider Room, complete with dart board, magic 8-ball, Ouija board, dice, coins, and straws.
Note: The library will feature an electron microscope to help you locate and view the President's accomplishments.

The library will be richly decorated with inscriptions of quotations from Mr. Bush's public appearances:

"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country.'"
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."
"'No senior citizen should ever have to choose between prescription drugs and medicine."
"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy -- but that could change."
"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is 'to be prepared."
"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."
"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."
"The future will be better tomorrow."
"'We're going to have the best educated American people in the world."
"One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures" (during an education photo-op).
"'Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."
"'We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
"'It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
"'I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."'...George W. Bush to Sam Donaldson.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

so what is with all the burglaries?

does it come in small waves like this here?

Katy said...

People are broke and out of work.

Anonymous said...

and on meth n stuff

Anonymous said...

"People are broke and out of work."

wow. well if that is the driver...man, pretty troubling

and that would suggest mostly different groups / persons? as opposed to 1 or 2 small rings of persons? just curious

Anonymous said...

Let's start an Obama mis-statment record:

I'll begin:

1. "...my Muslim Faith".

2. "..my banking committee.." (not a member)

3. "..I've now been in 57 states, one left to go..."

4. (Speaking to Iowans) "Anybody go into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for Arugala?"

5. "Well, David, we won Michigan..." (not on ballet during Primary.

So, you see how this goes, and how juvenile it is to point out mis-statements by politicians.

Sigh, more Bush Derangement Syndrome here. I thought Joan was better than that.