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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 05:43 AM
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What should appear over the main entrance door of the bush* library?
Edited on Sun Jun-10-07 05:57 AM by radfringe
last night we went to a production of The Fantasticks* by our local community theater group.

The actual story does not really apply to the bush* mis-administration - however there was one line in the play which struck me as being perfect for the bush* library. With a slight editorial modification, it characterizes the entire bush* mis-administration.

In the first act, "Matt" talks about how worldly and intelligent he is, he's attending college and majoring in biology, then he goes on about being in love with the girl next door and how it has turned him upside down.

He says "I've abandoned biology and embraced ignorance"

Change it slightly to "He abandoned logic and science and embraced Ignorance"
and you have bush*

or to combine it with Dante's Inferno : Abandon logic and science all ye who enter here and embrace ignorance"

either way it works...

...........................................................

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantasticks
The Fantasticks is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. It tells an allegorical story, loosely based on the play "The Romancers" ("Les Romanesques") by Edmond Rostand <1>, concerning two fathers who put up a wall between their houses to ensure that their children fall in love, because they know that children always do what their parents forbid. After the children do fall in love, they discover their fathers plot and they each go off and experience things in the world. They return to each other and the love they had, having learned from the world and made an informed decision.
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 05:51 AM
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1. Education is invaluable, notice what one can to to an entire country
without one. :cry:
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 05:54 AM
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2. "WE DO TOO HAVE BOOKS IN HERE!"
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:02 AM
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24. "Book" - It should say ""WE DO TOO HAVE BOOK IN HERE!"
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:28 AM
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32. You have a point.
I was being optimistic..........
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 09:09 AM
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39. refine it further to:
"WE DO TOO HAVE A BOOK IN HERE!"
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 09:23 AM
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42. But, Bush's English isn't very good.
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 05:56 AM
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3. "The Bush Library: Where Children Go To Get Left Behind"
:bounce:
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 07:43 AM
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22. Oooh, I like that!
Clever as always, SCE. :hi:
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 04:32 PM
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46. Ma'am :)
*hat tip*

:hi: :hug: :loveya:
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 05:57 AM
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4. Abandon All Logic

Ye who enter here
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lostnotforgotten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 05:59 AM
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5. No Crayolas, No Admittance!
eom
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Lobster Martini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 06:38 AM
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6. EXIT
:toast:
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timtom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 06:45 AM
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7. OMG!
I opened up this thread to post a reply and -- mirabile dictu! -- my reply would have been an almost verbatim of your suggestion.

By the way, The Fantasticks is one of my all-time favorite musicals. I saw it in 1960 with 99% of the original cast. I can never reconcile Jerry Orbach's tough, NY persona with his masterful El Gallo. And what a voice!
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TroglodyteScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 06:47 AM
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8. Abandon hope all ye who enter here n/t
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 06:48 AM
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10. Grrr...
Stole my line.

:)
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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 07:25 AM
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17. and mine
:)
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 07:42 AM
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20. And mine!
:hi: Great minds, I guess...
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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:01 AM
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23. My first thought, too.
How about the motto over Auschwitz; work will make you free. That might be appropriate in Bush's idea of our future.
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 09:15 AM
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41. my thought too.
:toast:
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 06:48 AM
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9. "World's Largest Collection of Little Golden Books." nt
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 06:53 AM
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11. "No smoking in lavatory."
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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 06:56 AM
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12. Smaller Than Life
nt
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riona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 06:57 AM
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13. A sign that reads
THE CONTENTS HEREIN ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF AN UNINFORMED ELECTORATE.
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moondust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 06:57 AM
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14. "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here"
Edited on Sun Jun-10-07 07:00 AM by Xap
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 07:08 AM
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15. Work makes you free
Edited on Sun Jun-10-07 07:14 AM by Hubert Flottz
Edit..."ABREIT MACHT FREI"
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:46 AM
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36. Oops. I was looking for the German spelling
and didn't notice the English translation you had posted.
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Mendocino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 07:09 AM
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16. B**h Libary of Strateegerey and Nukular Thingees
Chek entellyjintz at door but cunseeold wepunz welcum.
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 07:28 AM
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18. LIBARY
No shoes, no shirt, no service.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 07:32 AM
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19. You must under 48 inches tall to enter
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porphyrian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 07:43 AM
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21. "Closed for lack of interest." - n/t
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:10 AM
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25. Check your brains at the door
they will not be needed here.
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warrior1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:12 AM
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26. Closed do to lack of funding.
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dkofos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:12 AM
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27. Loonytoons Land
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:15 AM
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28. A crescent moon
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:25 AM
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29. The next president needs to make anything that Bush wants in the library classified
If classified it can't be in the library.

Give it a special classification that allows access to the documents but only within the boundaries of Virginia or DC.
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Chipper Chat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:26 AM
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30. BOOKS? ..........
I Never Read No Stinkin Books. So Tome You!
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:27 AM
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31. Edukashun is gud fer u
Stae in skool.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:28 AM
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33. "What---Me Worry?" Or maybe: "Bush Library---BYOB" .
Edited on Sun Jun-10-07 08:32 AM by WinkyDink
(That would be "Book", heh heh).
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Larry Ogg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:36 AM
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34. Politics is just too important to be left up to the voters…
Edited on Sun Jun-10-07 08:44 AM by Larry Ogg
It is easier for rich fools to steal elections, than it is for smart men too win elections…
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:45 AM
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35. Arbeit macht frei
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:46 AM
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37. "Money Trumps Peace"
Seems to sum up his political, social and economic philosophies.
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riona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 08:47 AM
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38. "This library is dedicated to
my family, wealthy and powerful friends, and most of all, support of Big Business and a cooperative press.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 09:12 AM
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40. Willful Ignorance Endangers Democracy!
Welcome to the museum of how the Republic was almost destroyed
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 09:50 AM
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43. An apology
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EST Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 09:54 AM
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44. "Hey! Band an' all you dopes, enter here."
A band, Don and Hope-you enter here.

Band aid your dope and end up here.

Enter here, band an' all of you.

Hope your band enters here.

Hope is here, band and all-enter.

And all your dope-hand it here. Enter.

Hand all your dope here and enter.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-10-07 09:55 AM
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45. "FICTION"
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