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I guess that depends on who is writing these books.

Even more importantly, who is buying and reading them...

There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz

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Even more importantly, who is buying and reading them...

Oh...it will be the usual suspects. The same ones who made Lincoln a hero and greatest president. Long after Bush and his detractors/supporters are dead, the 43rd American president will be given the same treatment.

President Bush has even penned his own best selling version of things, Decision Points:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/canada-almost-nowhere-in-bush-memoir/article1790963/

Edited by bush_cheney2004

Economics trumps Virtue. 

 

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Oh...it will be the usual suspects. The same ones who made Lincoln a hero and greatest president. Long after Bush and his detractors/supporters are dead, the 43rd American president will be given the same treatment.

President Bush has even penned his own best selling version of things, Decision Points:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/canada-almost-nowhere-in-bush-memoir/article1790963/

Exactly, who knew GW would be so good at writing fiction, eh...

There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz

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Bush never fully quit drinking or sniffing cocaine...decisions were made by him that sometimes were induced and formed by evil compounds and toxins.

Not to worry, Bush made very few decisions but he was a heck of a "front man" for those that did... :D

There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz

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Indeed...President Clinton liked Bush's book...great to be part of a very exclusive club.

True dat, none more exclusive or harder to get into... ;)

There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz

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it's your decision if you want to sit here and pretend that bush deserves credit for what's happening while pretending that bush and pretty much every other american presidents' policies have not been the major reason that these dictators have stayed in power for so long.

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Anyone can write fiction. Even a monkey.

Of course... Whether it'd be readable is a different matter...

There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz

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it's your decision if you want to sit here and pretend that bush deserves credit for what's happening while pretending that bush and pretty much every other american presidents' policies have not been the major reason that these dictators have stayed in power for so long.

Sure, but what's your point?

There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz

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Anyone can write fiction. Even a monkey.

BTW, you do realize the exclusive "club" BC and I refer to is the Presidency of the United States and not books, don't you? That'd be stupider than a monkey... :)

There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz

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it's your decision if you want to sit here and pretend that bush deserves credit for what's happening while pretending that bush and pretty much every other american presidents' policies have not been the major reason that these dictators have stayed in power for so long.

I'm not "pretending" anything....do you know why there is a forum area dedicated just to the USA? Do you know which nation has shaped the geo-political landscape over the past 100 years more than any other? Do you know what that nation's head of state is called? Hint: It is not Canada.

Economics trumps Virtue. 

 

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BTW, you do realize the exclusive "club" BC and I refer to is the Presidency of the United States and not books, don't you? That'd be stupider than a monkey... :)

Why do you think I refer it all to fiction? :D

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May as well get this thread started after what happened in Egypt....I hope President Bush is enjoying a nice cold beer in Crawford:

All these developments seem to come as a surprise to the Obama administration,
which dismissed Bush's "freedom agenda" as overly ideological and meant essentially to defend the invasion of Iraq.
But as Bush's support for the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon and for a democratic Palestinian state showed, he was defending self-government, not the use of force. Consider what Bush said in that 2003 speech, which marked the 20th anniversary of the National Endowment for Democracy, an institution established by President Ronald Reagan precisely to support the expansion of freedom.

"Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe - because in the long run, stability cannot be purchased at the expense of liberty," Bush said. "As long as the Middle East remains a place where freedom does not flourish, it will remain a place of stagnation, resentment and violence ready for export."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/28/AR2011012803144.html

Bush is indeed talking through both sides of his mouth. Coming from a guy who has sleepovers with Saudi royals and has Bin Laden's family flown out of the country after 9/11.

Self-government what?. Forcing democracy on a nation by the barrel of a gun isn't liberty, democracy, or "of the people, by the people, for the people". Forgot about the "of" and "by" parts i guess.

We must wait and see what happens in Egypt, Iraq, and Afghanistan to judge it properly. Egypt is currently controlled by the military, skipping over anyone from the elected parliament, which has been was dissolved. Each country could suffer internal coups and/or authoritarian govs and/or fundamentalist theocracies.

It also is yet to be determined how much of a factor the psuedo-democracies in Iraq/Afghanistan has had in the recent events. It is certainly not the only reason. What about globalization of ideas/media & exposure to western ideals, or the current economic downturn which greatly contributed to the poverty conditions that these people were protesting?

But this does bring up an interesting debate, when looked at in the long-term, about security & the spread of "democracy" vs sovereignty, self determination, and overall cost to the "other" people.

"All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain

Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.

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Poor attempt at sarcasm by someone who - sure bet- never read "Decision Point" because she was too cheap to buy it.

Wrong...

I didn't read it because I am well versed in the FACTS regarding George Walker Bush and when it comes to reading a fictional account of events that he wrote doesn't interest me...

I have however read several reviews of the book and seen several interviews with Bush about "Decision Point" which brought me to that conclusion...

BTW - No "sarcasm" intended it's a work of fiction because it's NOT factual...

There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz

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And we have Moroney's understudy Harper who managed to coerce the PC party to become reformers and is now doing his best to finish what Moroney started with HUGE deficit spending policies on borrowed money...

Diefenbaker, Mulroney, Harper three peas in a pod when it comes to being BAD for Canada... :(

You rake on these guys, but give Trudeau a free pass? Speaking of deficits and debt...

"All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain

Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.

Posted (edited)

Wrong...

I didn't read it because I am well versed in the FACTS regarding George Walker Bush and when it comes to reading a fictional account of events that he wrote doesn't interest me...

I have however read several reviews of the book and seen several interviews with Bush about "Decision Point" which brought me to that conclusion...

BTW - No "sarcasm" intended it's a work of fiction because it's NOT factual...

Is it a safe bet that you saw those interviews on MSNBC or on Real Time With Bill Maher? Or some other such 'reliable' source?

Based on your myopic view, you probably think that Shakespeare published in paperback is pulp fiction.

Edited by Yukon Jack
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You rake on these guys, but give Trudeau a free pass? Speaking of deficits and debt...

Sorry, can't help you, I only reply to complete posts of mine, not snipets or partials...

There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz

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What would make you assume that? Even in Egypt.

The element of change itself, regardless of the outcome. This is the dynamic that has been set in motion. It's like the lottery...you gotta play to win.

Economics trumps Virtue. 

 

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Is it a safe bet that you saw those interviews on MSNBC or on Real Time With Bill Maher? Or some other such 'reliable' source?

Based on your myopic view, you probably think that Shakespeare published in paperback is pulp fiction.

:lol:

Man,

You sure don't know me...

There are none so blind, deaf and dumb as those that fail to recognize, understand, and promote TRUTH...- GWiz

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