Bush Library

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:54 pm

We haven't had a Bush Library post in awhile, so I figured it was time. Any news. Are the profs dancing naked in front of University Gardens? Has Gary Vodicka made up with his wife? Has he paid SMU the attorney's fees sanctions, yet? Are the Methodist ministers holding hands and singing "we shall overcome" in front of Perkins? Have any of the SMU faculty claimed to be the father of Anna Nicole's baby? Is Gary Vodicka bidding to buy Brittney Spear's hair? Important questions all.

indianmustang · Post by **indianmustang** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:19 pm

no one yet claimed annas babyfrom SMU

Kappas Are Yummy · Post by **Kappas Are Yummy** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:44 pm

The Bush Library dropped out of rehab again...

Longtime · Post by **Longtime** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:34 pm

Well, Doonesbury had this to say (sarcastically, of course):

http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydo ... e=20070128

smupony94 · Post by **smupony94** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:08 pm

For that rare person that subscribes to Texas Monthly there was actually a good editorial from the head of the LBJ museum about how Bush could have a good library

centexstang · Post by **centexstang** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:08 am

the Catholic priest that teaches at SMU had a good article in the morning news. wasn't done by the female reporter that always goes overboard to show as much negative as possible with only a little positive info.

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:53 am

centexstang wrote:the Catholic priest that teaches at SMU had a good article in the morning news. wasn't done by the female reporter that always goes overboard to show as much negative as possible with only a little positive info.

Yes his stance is the right one...figure out a way to assiciate with the library without associating with the "policy center", a/k/a Dubya booster club. That is the ideal solution, although I'm not sure it is a practical one.

Kappas Are Yummy · Post by **Kappas Are Yummy** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:59 pm

Baylor is suing for custody of the Bush Library...

There may be a DNA test.

Eddie P · Post by **Eddie P** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:09 pm

I am Anna Nicole's Baby Daddy.

/discuss

expony18 · Post by **expony18** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 2:21 pm

So what's the timetable on all of this?

d_pony · Post by **d_pony** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:51 pm

by the end of May

Longtime · Post by **Longtime** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:51 pm

Two new developments:

1. There's now another professor protesting the library. He says Turner is being shortsighted and the Bush Library will "cripple" SMU's future. (By the way, he's an art history professor...obviously an expert in presidential libraries and political science)

http://www.dallasblog.com/dallas-blogs/ ... itute.html

2. There's now a blog about the Bush library created by another petitioning prof:

http://bushlibraryblog.wordpress.com/

Until the deal is sealed and the first concrete is poured, people are going to protest this library. Or maybe until Bush has been out of office a few years. Time softens most stances. Even Nixon became more of a sympathetic figure in retirement, although it took a while. Gerald Ford was hailed as a great president when he died. Historians and media will do the same for Jimmy Carter, Bush Sr., etc. when they pass on.

LBJ was as despised as Bush II is right now, if not more because of Viet Nam. I don't see anyone protesting his library in Austin (although LBJ has scoreboard on civil rights and social issues). The bottom line: Time will tell, but there are obvious benefits to having a presidential library, any presidential library. The negatives have yet to be proven.

abezontar · Post by **abezontar** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:00 pm

Americans have a history of idolizing past presidents regardless of what occurred during their terms of office. It may take longer for some, but sooner or later it happens.

EastStang · Post by **EastStang** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:19 pm

I don't know, Bush's two Supreme Court nominees may very well be the gifts that keep on giving for decades to come. I noticed that the DC Federal Appeals Court struck down DC's gun control laws in part supporting the Second Amendment. This creates a split in the Circuits which may give the Supremes a chance to change the breadth of gun control in this Country. It will be interesting to see if they rule that a return to the days of the old west when everyone walked around with a side arm is going to be the new look for fall. Okay clothing designers, start working on that accessory holster.

expony18 · Post by **expony18** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:55 pm

EastStang wrote:I don't know, Bush's two Supreme Court nominees may very well be the gifts that keep on giving for decades to come. I noticed that the DC Federal Appeals Court struck down DC's gun control laws in part supporting the Second Amendment. This creates a split in the Circuits which may give the Supremes a chance to change the breadth of gun control in this Country. It will be interesting to see if they rule that a return to the days of the old west when everyone walked around with a side arm is going to be the new look for fall. Okay clothing designers, start working on that accessory holster.

yo mean this isn't the current fashion trend? i guess i hang out with the wrong bunch of guess from south texas