The Arlington Independent School District, which passed on airing President Barack Obama's live classroom address, has announced that some students will be bussed off campus to hear a message from former President George W. Bush on Sept. 21. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Without reading the text of the speech and despite that Bush Sr, Reagan, and others have spoken to school children, there are some who believe that a few minutes of listening to the President of The United States will turn our children into zombies. Now they are pulling out any straw they can find such as it is illegal for him to do this. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

Does anyone notice a trend in the Bush administration:

• Passing the buck and setting up others to be fall guys
  
• Truckloads of lies, deception and half truths
  
• Lack of accountability

picked by indierockcafe 3 years ago

Traditionally, the incoming president moves into the White House guest house on January 15th. Obama requested to move in on January 5 so his children could start school on opening day. Bush denied the request stating that there are guests that will be staying there who can't be asked to stay elsewhere. picked by 2manyusernames 12 months ago

The White House is trying to clarify something: President George W Bush is ''a commander guy'' but not ''the commander guy.''

Or something like that. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Electronic Frontier Foundation squared off in a San Francisco courtroom Wednesday over a warrantless wiretapping program instituted by the Bush administration.

*Update to THIS picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago

President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years.

CBS' Mark Knoller wrote on his Twitter feed that, "Today - Obama ties Pres. Bush in the number of rounds of golf played in office: 24.

Took Bush 2 yrs & 10 months." picked by shuallyo 1 month ago

Offering a grammar lesson guaranteed to make any English teacher cringe, President George W. Bush told a group of New York school kids on Wednesday: "Childrens do learn." picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Obama secretly tried to sway Iraqi government to ignore Bush deal on keeping troops in Iraq

Reported by the Washington Times picked by JoshSF49 1 year ago

Some doctors who oppose abortion say they’ll quit their jobs if President Obama repeals Bush regulations that allow health care professionals to refuse to perform operations that are in opposition with their beliefs, NPR reports. A Christian Medical Association report found that “90% of those surveyed said they will quit their practices before violating their conscience.” picked by Bingo 5 months ago

Here in Sweden, the debate rages on about whether it is possible to hate President Bush while loving America given that 50.7 per cent of Americans re-elected him. But when I see images of the brave men, women and children who courageously stand up for the rights of all those whose rights have been trampled under iron boots of Bush's neocon army, my faith in Americans is restored. picked by techtonix 2 years ago

US President George W Bush has said that the Bible is "probably not" literally true and that a belief that God created the world is compatible with the theory of evolution.
"I think you can have both," Mr Bush, who leaves office January 20, told ABC television, adding "You're getting me way out of my lane here. I'm just a simple president." picked by bingo 12 months ago

The measure would provide $60 billion over the next five years, $35 billion more than current spending and $30 billion more than the president proposed. Mr. Bush and his backers argue that the bill would be a step toward federalization of health care, and that it would steer the program away from its core purpose of providing insurance for poor children and toward covering children from middle-cla... read full post picked by marli 2 years ago

Aww. Jenna and Barbara Bush, George W.'s cat-like daughters, had someone write a letter to Obama's kids, Malia and Sasha. It's about how to love living in the giant white mansion and stuff. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

From Obama's speech. 2/3 of Guantanamo detainees were released by Bush. Obama proposes that certain detainees can't be tried and must be imprisoned indefinitely as a preventive nature, for crimes they may commit. More links and discussion here. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

The McCain-Palin ticket has been making much of the fact that the Arizona senator wanted more troops in Iraq as early as 2003. Yet he supported Bush for re-election, wrong-headed Iraq policy and all. He could have done the truly "maverick" thing and tried to unseat Bush so as to improve the execution of the war. He put the interests of the Republican Party over the good of his country. picked by artsaken 1 year ago

The Bushes instructed the commander of the mourning military base that they wanted no publicity. They spent about two hours meeting with the wounded, family and soldiers, talking quietly and at times hugging them. More and more foreign media is commenting on the contrast between Bush and Obama's reaction to the tragedy. picked by 2manyusernames 3 weeks ago

Late last week, Texas district court judge Martin Hoffman ordered (pdf) that President Bush be deposed in a lawsuit against Southern Methodist University. Two condo owners claim that the university "bullied" them into selling without disclosing plans to build a presidential library. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Texas wants to continue with its scheduled execution of Jose Medellin a Mexican who was in the country illegally brutally raped and murder two young children. The "international court" <oooh!> stated his "rights" were abused. Bush is pandering and demanding that Texas stop their execution. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

After telling the press to turn off the cameras, Bush spoke candidly.

Naturally, all cameras were not off. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago