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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:48 PM
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Chimpy has big, big plans for his library
Bush Thinks Texas Big for His Library

Sure Jimmy Carter has his cozy Carter Center promoting democracy, George H. W. Bush has a Texas A&M school of public service named after him, and Bill Clinton runs his foundation dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS. So how does President Bush top that when he goes home to his presidential library and museum somewhere in Texas? Go bigger. "The Hoover Institution," reveals Bush's chief library scout and former Commerce Secretary Don Evans , "is the model. That's what will differentiate our library." No kidding. Based at Stanford University, Hoover's team includes over 150 big thinkers who have shaped major national policies and still influence Washington.

Evans tells us that the "Bush Institute" won't just take up the president's agenda of advancing compassionate conservatism, fighting terrorism, and expanding democracy: Women's issues, a passion of the first lady, will also get a starring role. "This will be a very active institution," he predicts. And that's not all. In a letter to seven colleges and the city of Arlington, all vying to build the George W. Bush Presidential Library, Evans and Bush brother Marvin say the prez also wants a high-tech library and museum, including an IMAX theater, gift shop, and apartment. It'll be expensive, and the winner will have to raise gobs of cash. But, assures the duo, "the president has many donors, supporters, and friends around the world."

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/articles/050905/5whisplead.htm
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:50 PM
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1. Institute?
Edited on Sun Aug-28-05 03:50 PM by RUMMYisFROSTED
The :rofl: emoticon doesn't even come close to emulating my side-splitting horror.
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:52 PM
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5. I thought he would open up his own version
of "Jesusland"
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:57 PM
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13. ...visualizing...
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 04:04 PM
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18. Yeah, where's the 10,000-seat, IMAX-equipped Chapel of Everlasting Bush?
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 04:06 PM
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21. BWAHAHAHA
:rofl:

love that pic :D
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:50 PM
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2. The Bush Institute
A think-tank that specialises in dumb ideas.
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:50 PM
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3. I will donate one custom designed port-a-pottie
with shrubs picture on it. And a sign that says

He shit on us for so long, now we get to shit on him....
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Divernan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:51 PM
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4. First editions of My Pet Goat?
nt
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rosesaylavee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:52 PM
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6. Isn't that 'Liebarry'? n/t
:wow:
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:53 PM
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7. and here I imagined it was going to be like the Zoolander
model-sized "Center for People who Can't Read Good."
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cap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:53 PM
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8. yeah... the way they promoted women's rights in Iraq
is a good example.
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Yoda Yada Donating Member (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:54 PM
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9. Will the library include...
the four books he read this summer? I'd love to hear a reporter quiz him on content? Uh....well.....ummmm......
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stepnw1f Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:55 PM
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10. Fossilized Brain will be Center Piece Statue (nt)
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:55 PM
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11. This is sooooo funny. Connecting this dumbass and anything intellectual
is almost against everything intelligent in the cosmos.
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:55 PM
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12. A large Comic book collection
Little Lulu etc
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:58 PM
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14. Modeled on the HOOVER Institute.
Anyone else get the irony there? :rofl:
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JAbuchan08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 03:58 PM
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15. He modeled his economic policy on Hoover's too right?
that's what I thought.
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Drum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 04:01 PM
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16. I'm sure the design will be ham-handed and bad,
but on the onther hand, probably extremely fortified and secure.
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FightingIrish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 04:02 PM
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17. The front door will have a crescent moon on it..
and it won't stand for Islam.
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NYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 04:05 PM
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19. It reads like an Onion article.
I'm not even going to click the link.
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Burried News Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-28-05 04:05 PM
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20. Will the Bible be catalogued in the Biology section?
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