[kj] ot - bush monument/museum

[Alex Smith]

Fair question -- tho' one I don't know the answer to. But, to my knowledge, every single president gets a library. It just sorta comes with the job. I've been to the the JFK library and the FDR library.  Neither left an especially great impression on me. The Kennedy one was nice, I guess.  Some are obviously bigger and higher-profile than others. Bono sang at the opening of the Clinton library, as I remember. 

If I had to guess, I'd imagine the Bush Library will have lots of big photos of George W. talking to the firemen with that stupid-ass bullhorn at Ground Zero, and lots and lots of pictures of Iraqi's rejoicing at the toppling of that statue of Saddam Hussein

Big whoopity whoopity -- it's all meaningless self-aggrandizement, pomp & circumstance. Something you Brits know all about, of course, courtesy of the family Windsor.

Alex in NYC


-----Original Message-----
>From: FLIGHT BRINGER <flightbringer at hotmail.co.uk>
>Sent: Mar 28, 2006 2:46 PM
>To: gathering at misera.net
>Subject: Re: [kj] ot - bush monument/museum 
>
>I'm sure that hes got lots of artifacts from the Iraqi presidential palaces 
>to put in there.
>   Why did they call it a library when it is a monument/museum ? Strange
>
>>From: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>
>>Reply-To: Alex Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>,"A list about all things 
>>Killing Joke (the band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
>>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 
>><gathering at misera.net>, gathering at misera.net
>>Subject: Re: [kj] ot - bush library?! funny
>>Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:48:12 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
>>
>>
>>Again, the Bush Library will *NOT* be a library in the conventional sense, 
>>but rather an institution solely devoted to the legacy of the Bush 
>>presidency. It's more of a monument/museum than a library --- books or not.
>>
>>Alex in NYC
>>
>>
>
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