Daily Discussion: What should go into the George W. Bush presidential library?

The George W. Bush Presidential Center is set to open on May 1st in Dallas, and they might need suggestions on what exactly would preserve the Bush Jr. legacy. Any thoughts?
George W. Bush likes painting things other than himself. LIKE PUPPIES!

A couple months ago, a hacker broke into Bush family emails and discovered that George W. Bush has been busy painting in his retirement, mainly pictures of himself in the shower and bathtub. But he’s more than just that— Bush can also paint puppies. No, this is not an article from the Onion.
Bush family email hacked, GWB apparently likes to paint naked pictures of himself

A hacker going by the name of “Guccifer” (hence the watermark on some of these photos) hacked into the personal email accounts of several members of the Bush family, including George Bush Sr. and Jr. The hacker found all kinds of personal info, but the most interesting was a series of pictures showing what George W. Bush is doing these days— painting. Specifically, paintings of himself in the tub and shower.
Beloved children’s book author Maurice Sendak once seriously thought about trying to assassinate Bush and Cheney

Maurice Sendak was an amazing person, an amazing storyteller and illustrator. But he also had a bit of a temper and could sometimes be a bit irrational. As revealed in an interview right before his passing, Sendak said that he once seriously considered how he might be able to assassinate both George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
HBO gets shit for putting George W. Bush’s head on a stake in Game of Thrones

In the tenth episode of the current season of Game of Thrones, some eagle-eyed viewers noticed that one of the heads on stakes appears to be former president George W. Bush. That would be W up there, on the left. It’s not just a coincidence… the prop makers did in fact use a model of the former president’s head when creating the scene, but they say it’s not political.
Laura Bush: Apparently more expendable than a Scottish bagpiper
The one graphic that should accompany any discussion of American debt
The point is that governments can respond to but not control external shocks. That’s why we call them “shocks.” Governments can control their policies. And the policy that did the most to magnify future deficits is the Bush-era tax cuts. You could argue that the stimulative effect of those cuts is worth it (“deficits don’t matter” etc). But you cannot logically argue that we absolutely must reduce deficits, but that we absolutely must also preserve every penny of those tax cuts. Which I believe precisely describes the House Republican position.
OH SNAP.
George W. Bush reacts to the killing of Osama bin Laden. Sort of.
And to be clear, Bush should get absolutely NO credit for the killing of Ardilla the gopher. He simply gave an order and it’s the Mexican gardener who’s the REAL hero here. And without Clinton’s anti-gopher policies in place, Ardilla would still be terrorizing Dallas. NEVER forget that.
Celebrate the new year with some George W. Bush fireworks
I hope you haven’t eaten lunch yet, because this might cause you to lose it
No context. Just savor this photo. Savor it like fine wine or like Thanksgiving turkey. Let your imagination run wild with the possibilities.
George W. Bush says that Kanye’s “Bush don’t care about black people” remark was the worst moment in his presidency

There’s been a lot of information coming out lately about some of the behind the scenes goings-on of the Bush 43 presidency, and in an interview with Matt Lauer a couple days ago, Bush said that the worst moment of his presidency was when Kanye West said that Bush doesn’t care about black people. Of all the shit, that’s what he remembers apparently.
IHCer snags awesome addition to the Rally to Restore Sanity signs gallery

Sadly its late to get into the best of the signs post for the rally, but maybe this picture is good enough alone.
“What state is Wales in?”
So singer Charlotte Church was on Graham Norton, talking about some time or another when she was 14 and she went to the States and met George W. Bush and she told Bush she was from Wales and Bush asked “Wales, what state is that in?”
Stupid Bush Jr. moment, right? WRONG. The point is that chicks with Welsh accents are fucking hot as hell.
Condoleeza Rice, on ordering the President to stay out of DC on 9/11

With the 9th anniversary of the attacks on DC and NYC coming up this weekend, former chief of staff and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice opened up a bit about the White House’s response to the craziness of that day.
When the attacks happened, George W. Bush was in Florida and was absolutely insisting that he had to come back to Washington, but Rice had to put her foot down and demand that he absolutely not.

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