MetaFilter posts tagged with GWB

Playing him out.

progosk — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:15:43 -0800

Henry Hey's new Bush Song. (SLYTP; previously; via waxy.) Bonus link: download the mp4. Bonus tune: McCain&Palin Song.

The End of an Error.

ericb — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:53:48 -0800

With George W. Bush's presidency coming to a close David Letterman on last night's The Late Show bid farewell to his recurring segment "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" with a video montage [4:00] of clips. Another compilation of clips [4:49].

So long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye

RedEmma — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:26:26 -0800

Dear President Bush, Thanks for the memories. You will be missed. Thanks for making people care. And don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. Wishing you all the best, A Citizen.

Iraq finds peace and unity...

445supermag — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:35:55 -0800

"...relatives and fans of the shoe-throwing journalist, who has become a national hero, have staged a sit-in in a park adjacent to the Green Zone, and their numbers are growing. Army tanks and helicopters surrounded the 400 protesters and demanded they disband, but authorities were apparently persuaded that Iraq didn't need its own Tiananmen Square massacre, so the protest continues. Indeed, al-Zeidi has become a unifying figure for an Iraq split along a deep sectarian divide, with Sunnis from Samarra reportedly joining the predominantly Shi'ite supporters of the shoe-thrower. At last report, the two groups were sitting side by side eating lamb and vegetables, with the soldiers guarding them joining in." Via The text of the post was lifted from "via". Also, Iraqi parliament member plans to visit Bush shoe-thrower in jail.

I may disagree with what you say, so fuck off.

unSane — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:58:36 -0800

"The president's right to control his own message includes the right to exclude people expressing discordant viewpoints from the audience". (NYT, reg req). More. Lots more

What public documents should look like from now on

adamgreenfield — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:33:22 -0800

The annotated G.W. Bush A little over a week ago, we discussed the Institute for the Future of the Book and their publication of the Iraq Study Group Report in a profoundly innovative new format designed to elicit, y'know, democracy: reasoned deliberation on issues of importance on the part of the governed. At the time, I expressed my opinion that the publication set a new standard for the release of public documents in a democracy. Well, they've done it again, with this rapid-turnaround publication of our preznit's most recent address to the nation, outlining his new strategy for Iraq. Interested members of the public are invited to append their "comments, criticisms and clarifications."

US deaths in Iraq exceed 9/11 deaths today

Kickstart70 — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:57:28 -0800

US deaths in Iraq exceed 9/11 deaths today but of course the Iraqi deaths crossed that line long ago.

Christopher Morris's "My America"

matteo — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:42:24 -0800

"Then my photography started to shift; everything had to be very clean and Republican, straight and perfect... Everything is staged and controlled... It's the complete opposite of war photography."
War photographer Christopher Morris's new exhibit and book: "My America".

so far left they're...neocon?

telstar — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:20:56 -0800

Strange Bedfellows: Radical Leftists for Bush Among the German far-left, one subgroup called the anti-Germans holds some contradictory views. Most call themselves communists, yet loudly proclaim their support for Israel and George W. Bush.

Curious George

knave — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:49:06 -0800

Curious GWB lays it down for us, gangsta rap-style. [Yes, it's Youtube]

The Bush Doctrine

Mean Mr. Bucket — Wed, 24 May 2006 15:50:47 -0800

President George W. Bush has bestowed on his intelligence czar, John Negroponte, broad authority, in the name of national security, to excuse publicly traded companies from their usual accounting and securities-disclosure obligations. Notice of the development came in a brief entry in the Federal Register, dated May 5, 2006, that was opaque to the untrained eye.

You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to...

twsf — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:03:54 -0800

Taste's great! Less filling! So did "several former judges who served on the panel also voiced skepticism at a Senate hearing about the president's constitutional authority to order wiretapping on Americans without a court order" or did "FISA judges say Bush within law"? Just in case you doubted that different newspapers present news stories (even those with official audio coverage available!) differently...

Annexing Khuzestan -

Muirwylde — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:08:21 -0800

Battle plans for Iran... resonates with the sad ring of real possibility.

Bush could bypass new torture ban

Postroad — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 11:57:51 -0800

Bush could bypass new torture ban [From the here-we-go-again department. ] When President Bush last week signed the bill outlawing the torture of detainees, he quietly reserved the right to bypass the law under his powers as commander in chief.

Brent Scowcroft "Breaks Ranks" with George W. Bush

Kwantsar — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:26:44 -0800

Brent Scowcroft "Breaks Ranks" with George W. Bush
Longish excerpts from Jeffrey Goldberg's forthcoming article in The New Yorker.

It just keeps unravelling

Kickstart70 — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:24:38 -0800

It just keeps unravelling ...Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, chief of staff to Mr Powell until last January, said: “What I saw was a cabal between the vice-president of the United States, Richard Cheney, and the secretary of defense, Donald Rumsfeld, on critical issues that made decisions that the bureaucracy did not know were being made". I suppose now we have extra proof of the bumbling and fumbling of GWB, but now it's almost overkill.

God Talks to Bush

hank — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 15:33:42 -0800

BBC confirms the story That box on his back, that earpiece? He's never said exactly how God talks to him, only that He does ....

Al Gore surprises

Shanachie — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:37:19 -0800

A surprise from Al Gore: I came here today because I believe that American democracy is in grave danger. It is no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse . I know that I am not the only one who feels that something has gone basically and badly wrong in the way America's fabled "marketplace of ideas" now functions. How many of you, I wonder, have heard a friend or a family member in the last few years remark that it's almost as if America has entered "an alternate universe"? I thought maybe it was an aberration when three-quarters of Americans said they believed that Saddam Hussein was responsible for attacking us on September 11, 2001. But more than four years later, between a third and a half still believe Saddam was personally responsible for planning and supporting the attack.

Flip-Flop faux-paus at the White House.

cpchester — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:08:21 -0800

Flip-Flop faux-paux at the White House. On a recent visit to the White House, the 2005 national champion Northwestern women's lacrosse teams choice of footwear is causing quite a stir. Let the Kerry jokes begin.....

With a Hush and a Whisper, Bush Drops Town Hall Meeting with Germans

Postroad — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:13:10 -0800

With a Hush and a Whisper, Bush Drops Town Hall Meeting with Germans During his trip to Germany on Wednesday, the main highlight of George W. Bush's trip was meant to be a "town hall"-style meeting with average Germans. But with the German government unwilling to permit a scripted event with questions approved in advance, the White House has quietly put the event on ice. Was Bush afraid the event might focus on prickly questions about Iraq and Iran rather than the rosy future he's been touting in Europe this week?

thank you sir, may I have another

pwedza — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:27:18 -0800

Words and images from the Belgian Front.

Mouth ajar

Smedleyman — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 01:07:19 -0800

"The Bush administration intervened to argue that their claims should be dismissed" I seriously can't believe it. This is Brechtian. Something has to be missing. This can't be my government.

Shining it on

y2karl — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 21:55:23 -0800

Mr. Clean
via Wolcott

What if Bush has been right about Iraq all along?

Postroad — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 07:39:36 -0800

What if Bush has been right about Iraq all along? [...]By now, you might have even voted against George Bush -- a second time -- to register your disapproval. But after watching Sunday's election in Iraq and seeing the first clear sign that freedom really may mean something to the Iraqi people, you have to be asking yourself: What if it turns out Bush was right, and we were wrong? It's hard to swallow, isn't it?[...]

Blackout

sparky — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:56:13 -0800

Blackout Some sites have gone black today in protest of black box voting and/or four more years of Bush. But, actually, I haven't seen many. Are people tired of fighting or is this just a poorly-organized effort no one knows about?