George Bush purchased his ranch in Crawford, TX just before he began running for his first term as President. Now, upon his exit of this office he will be moving into a swanky suburban neighborhood of Preston Hollow, in Dallas, TX.
Perhaps he needs a new image in order for his upcoming Library at Southern Methodist University. More of an intellectual city dweller, than that of a cowboy?
A bit of news about this new neighborhood he is moving into. Until 2000, the neighborhood association's covenant said only white people were allowed to live there, though an exception was made for servants. Enacted in 1956, part of the original document reads: "Said property shall be used and occupied by white persons except those shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants of different race or nationality in the employ of a tenant."
In one of the richest neighborhoods in the United States, he will be residing near T.Boone Pickens-the billionare oilman behind the Swift Boat advertisements that ruined the presidential bid of John Kerry in 2004, Ross Perot-the billionare who once ran for the office Bush stole, and Tom Hicks-the man who gave Bush a $25,000 campaign contribution after his 1994 gubernatorial election and his purchase of the Texas Rangers baseball franchise from the man who was then the Texas Governor in 1998. Mr Bush’s 2,400 per cent return on his initial $600,000 investment in the Rangers is the main source of his personal wealth...Besides what he may be skimming from the top of this $trillion dollar bailout package.
This, the 215th entry in bloggoland! Thanks for reading and coming back. I always enjoy the comments, emails and the banter!!
(c)Copyright 2008 Doug Boggs
Showing posts with label presidential library. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Saturday, December 6, 2008
A Modern Missionary...
We all live on this small blue ball floating around the vast emptiness of the universe. We are simply one of millions of integrated other living species that make up the ecological properties of this planet. Although, it is our specie that has been personally responsible for the neglect, control or elimination of more other species combined, we are also the only known entity, to us, that has a conscience. We are also the only known specie to kill simply for sport or business...or religion. I find that a bit interesting.
For a specie that seems to take so much pride in itself as to its personal relation to a god, we seem to neglect and destroy so much. And much of that time it is in the name of that same all loving god to which we take such pride in our relation of for being the prize specie of this god's kingdom. It doesn't make much sense.
Then, in Christian calendar year of 2000, we somehow got a leader in the office of President, who is a 'born again' man of this god. President George Bush has claimed he was told by God to invade Iraq and attack Osama bin Laden's stronghold of Afghanistan as part of a divine mission to bring peace to the Middle East, security for Israel, and a state for the Palestinians.
The former Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath said, as reported in June 2003 after their first meeting with the President that, Mr Bush told him and Mahmoud Abbas, former prime minister and now Palestinian President: "I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.' And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George go and end the tyranny in Iraq,' and I did."
Bush is quoted as telling the two, "I feel God's words coming to me: 'Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East.' And by God, I'm gonna do it."
Sorry, dude, it didn't work.
This is the same god that has told people in his famed ten commandments to his followers, that thou shalt NOT kill. Thou shalt honor thy brother, and thou shalt do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Uh......? God told him to do these things?! Perhaps he was told to do so as a test to see if Bush's respect for the supreme being's words were honorable and just. Or perhaps he was listening to the old testament god and not the new testament god?!
But I think that this statement says it best as to the insane rationalizations that people use in our "modern" society. During his interview with Bob Woodward, for his book "Plan of Attack" Bush stated, "I'm surely not going to justify war based upon God. Understand that. Nevertheless, in my case, I pray that I will be as good a messenger of His will as possible. And then of course, I pray for forgiveness." Which will is that, the will of his famed good book, or the will he told you in a dream?
Of course...That is an amazing side. Uh, I will lie, deceive, murder, kill, destroy, and then pray for forgiveness.
It is said in the Christian bible that for those that believe and are baptized will enter the gates of heaven. (I always did find that one interesting, of an all loving god who will only save those that are baptized and believe. Some religions don't have baptism. But, they have god...) One is able to consciously lie, deceive, murder, kill, destroy and then repent. Wow, how cool is that!?
But, then, who am I to judge. I'm only human...oh, wait, so is Bush!
Psychologists might give him an out to his insanity by saying something like, it stems from his childhood. Perhaps from his grandfather, Prescott, who bankrolled the Nazis before the government stepped in and shut him down.
If all of this is the case, then, where was Bush's righteousness for the Darfur genocide? Or any other living being on this planet that his policies ruined do to his neglect of his failed environmental policies? One would think that god would be having discussions with him about this, too.
Now, Bush and his handlers are mapping out the next phase of his life. That of the president's post-White House years. Plans are well under way for a "Freedom Institute" that will aim to promote democracies abroad. I guess it is good that they map out to promote democracy abroad since he has ripped away at the fabric of democracy in his own country. "This is going to be Bush vision," political historian David Brinkley said of the institute. "Bush has never liked the academics, and this is a nonacademic institute aimed at cutting to the core of things: only pro-democracy foot soldiers who are green-lit by George and Laura Bush are in the mix."
For a president to never like the academics, and to stay as far from science as he could, why even attempt to build a library? Isn't that a contradiction of sorts? Then to place the library on a religious college campus, Southern Methodist University, in Dallas. To follow a religion and believe that the world is only about 10,000 years old, regardless of scientific facts, yet, be the president of some failed 'no child left behind' program to make sure that every child receives an education...
But I'm sure he did it all from discussions he had with god.
I really think that god is laughing his holy ass off. He continually tests us, his followers say. God would say, hey you voted for the guy...
It's all good, though. Now, we can all go and repent.
This, the 214th entry in bloggoland! Thanks for reading and coming back. I always enjoy the comments, emails and the banter!!
(c)Copyright 2008 Doug Boggs
For a specie that seems to take so much pride in itself as to its personal relation to a god, we seem to neglect and destroy so much. And much of that time it is in the name of that same all loving god to which we take such pride in our relation of for being the prize specie of this god's kingdom. It doesn't make much sense.
Then, in Christian calendar year of 2000, we somehow got a leader in the office of President, who is a 'born again' man of this god. President George Bush has claimed he was told by God to invade Iraq and attack Osama bin Laden's stronghold of Afghanistan as part of a divine mission to bring peace to the Middle East, security for Israel, and a state for the Palestinians.
The former Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath said, as reported in June 2003 after their first meeting with the President that, Mr Bush told him and Mahmoud Abbas, former prime minister and now Palestinian President: "I'm driven with a mission from God. God would tell me, 'George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan.' And I did, and then God would tell me, 'George go and end the tyranny in Iraq,' and I did."
Bush is quoted as telling the two, "I feel God's words coming to me: 'Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East.' And by God, I'm gonna do it."
Sorry, dude, it didn't work.
This is the same god that has told people in his famed ten commandments to his followers, that thou shalt NOT kill. Thou shalt honor thy brother, and thou shalt do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Uh......? God told him to do these things?! Perhaps he was told to do so as a test to see if Bush's respect for the supreme being's words were honorable and just. Or perhaps he was listening to the old testament god and not the new testament god?!
But I think that this statement says it best as to the insane rationalizations that people use in our "modern" society. During his interview with Bob Woodward, for his book "Plan of Attack" Bush stated, "I'm surely not going to justify war based upon God. Understand that. Nevertheless, in my case, I pray that I will be as good a messenger of His will as possible. And then of course, I pray for forgiveness." Which will is that, the will of his famed good book, or the will he told you in a dream?
Of course...That is an amazing side. Uh, I will lie, deceive, murder, kill, destroy, and then pray for forgiveness.
It is said in the Christian bible that for those that believe and are baptized will enter the gates of heaven. (I always did find that one interesting, of an all loving god who will only save those that are baptized and believe. Some religions don't have baptism. But, they have god...) One is able to consciously lie, deceive, murder, kill, destroy and then repent. Wow, how cool is that!?
But, then, who am I to judge. I'm only human...oh, wait, so is Bush!
Psychologists might give him an out to his insanity by saying something like, it stems from his childhood. Perhaps from his grandfather, Prescott, who bankrolled the Nazis before the government stepped in and shut him down.
If all of this is the case, then, where was Bush's righteousness for the Darfur genocide? Or any other living being on this planet that his policies ruined do to his neglect of his failed environmental policies? One would think that god would be having discussions with him about this, too.
Now, Bush and his handlers are mapping out the next phase of his life. That of the president's post-White House years. Plans are well under way for a "Freedom Institute" that will aim to promote democracies abroad. I guess it is good that they map out to promote democracy abroad since he has ripped away at the fabric of democracy in his own country. "This is going to be Bush vision," political historian David Brinkley said of the institute. "Bush has never liked the academics, and this is a nonacademic institute aimed at cutting to the core of things: only pro-democracy foot soldiers who are green-lit by George and Laura Bush are in the mix."
For a president to never like the academics, and to stay as far from science as he could, why even attempt to build a library? Isn't that a contradiction of sorts? Then to place the library on a religious college campus, Southern Methodist University, in Dallas. To follow a religion and believe that the world is only about 10,000 years old, regardless of scientific facts, yet, be the president of some failed 'no child left behind' program to make sure that every child receives an education...
But I'm sure he did it all from discussions he had with god.
I really think that god is laughing his holy ass off. He continually tests us, his followers say. God would say, hey you voted for the guy...
It's all good, though. Now, we can all go and repent.
This, the 214th entry in bloggoland! Thanks for reading and coming back. I always enjoy the comments, emails and the banter!!
(c)Copyright 2008 Doug Boggs
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Can history finally teach us...
I have stated many, many times herein that for those that travel outside of the US, (Palin would NOT be one of them) know that the rest of world thinks that Americans are lemming idiots(McCant/Palin believe this to be true based on their continued lies and deception to win the White House). There is much of the time that I can tend to agree. I now can state, that based on the myriad of emails here that this rings so true.
Rome did fall, and history seems to teach us nothing, so perhaps it is America's time to dwindle. The flag waving right wingers will state that I am unpatriotic to say something like that, (although being a true patriot is challenging what our leaders are doing rather then simple saying...ok! Go ahead and fuck me some more...)but I would state back that you get what you vote for. And since America has voted like "stupid" lemmings we are in the mess we are in.
It's historically typical banter and style for the Repugnicants to lie, cheat and steal their way into office to which they fuck shit up during their tenure. Then the democrats come in with the need to raise taxes to save our country from the demise that a previous term(s) of Repugnicants have done. The people come to not see this as saving anything, then get irritated at the situation as soon as the Repugnicants begin again to lie, cheat and steal with mis/disinformation which eventually gets them back in to the White House to do the same shit all over again.
If more of our country learned to and actually read, people would begin to learn about history and the nations ills and why we are where we are at, and just why the rest of the world thinks so lowly of our people.
It is a sad Catch 22, and unless our educational system gets better funding and teachers to educate our decreasing graduating populace, we will continue the degrading of this great country to become the next Rome.
I do have optimism that Obama will rise and the people will wake up in time, in order to help turn a new page in this country's history. If this does not happen in the next 60 days, and our lemmings once again vote "stupid" and we inaugurate the McCant/Pain ticket I then feel that this country has had its last leg...We can see that, more or less of, the rest of the world is hoping that Obama come into office based on the many responses here, the showing in Germany, and more.
The current administration has been pondering their legacy in these last months as they begin to see their exit. What to put into their libraries and such. Maybe these guys just shouldn't have a library, since do to their FAILED "no child left behind" education plan, that has left more uneducated people to our society who can't read what will be in the library anyway...The fact that they should ponder is that they have plundered this country into the ground, continue to run it further into bankruptcy with the bank bailouts by the taxpayer monies, and left it to the dogs, without caring a bit and the world knows it. All the while smiling straight into our faces...Worse than that, the world know that we as an American populace watched it all happen, did nothing during the demise to stop their carnage. That is a shame!
As an American, I feel the urge to apologize to the world for the past 8 years. But, since the beginning of even the thought that Bush/Dick would be in office I have screamed as much as possible for that NOT to happen...but it did. The fact that it did, I apologize for that. Perhaps I didn't scream loud enough?!
At any rate, Obama will come in and begin to clean things up. Perhaps doing well enough for eight years. While we have a Democratic house and Senate we can really make some needed changes to help put not only this country back on a civilized track, but put us inline with the rest of the world to help turn the global community into a cohesive unit that can begin to make the needed changes that the world needs in order to survive. We are at a crucial moment in our planet history and if we do not heed the call not only will this modern Rome die, but it just might take this blue marble down with it...
Vote Obama/Biden for real change, not the fake change filled with lies, deceit, greed and oligarchy!
I guess I'm done for the day...
Rome did fall, and history seems to teach us nothing, so perhaps it is America's time to dwindle. The flag waving right wingers will state that I am unpatriotic to say something like that, (although being a true patriot is challenging what our leaders are doing rather then simple saying...ok! Go ahead and fuck me some more...)but I would state back that you get what you vote for. And since America has voted like "stupid" lemmings we are in the mess we are in.
It's historically typical banter and style for the Repugnicants to lie, cheat and steal their way into office to which they fuck shit up during their tenure. Then the democrats come in with the need to raise taxes to save our country from the demise that a previous term(s) of Repugnicants have done. The people come to not see this as saving anything, then get irritated at the situation as soon as the Repugnicants begin again to lie, cheat and steal with mis/disinformation which eventually gets them back in to the White House to do the same shit all over again.
If more of our country learned to and actually read, people would begin to learn about history and the nations ills and why we are where we are at, and just why the rest of the world thinks so lowly of our people.
It is a sad Catch 22, and unless our educational system gets better funding and teachers to educate our decreasing graduating populace, we will continue the degrading of this great country to become the next Rome.
I do have optimism that Obama will rise and the people will wake up in time, in order to help turn a new page in this country's history. If this does not happen in the next 60 days, and our lemmings once again vote "stupid" and we inaugurate the McCant/Pain ticket I then feel that this country has had its last leg...We can see that, more or less of, the rest of the world is hoping that Obama come into office based on the many responses here, the showing in Germany, and more.
The current administration has been pondering their legacy in these last months as they begin to see their exit. What to put into their libraries and such. Maybe these guys just shouldn't have a library, since do to their FAILED "no child left behind" education plan, that has left more uneducated people to our society who can't read what will be in the library anyway...The fact that they should ponder is that they have plundered this country into the ground, continue to run it further into bankruptcy with the bank bailouts by the taxpayer monies, and left it to the dogs, without caring a bit and the world knows it. All the while smiling straight into our faces...Worse than that, the world know that we as an American populace watched it all happen, did nothing during the demise to stop their carnage. That is a shame!
As an American, I feel the urge to apologize to the world for the past 8 years. But, since the beginning of even the thought that Bush/Dick would be in office I have screamed as much as possible for that NOT to happen...but it did. The fact that it did, I apologize for that. Perhaps I didn't scream loud enough?!
At any rate, Obama will come in and begin to clean things up. Perhaps doing well enough for eight years. While we have a Democratic house and Senate we can really make some needed changes to help put not only this country back on a civilized track, but put us inline with the rest of the world to help turn the global community into a cohesive unit that can begin to make the needed changes that the world needs in order to survive. We are at a crucial moment in our planet history and if we do not heed the call not only will this modern Rome die, but it just might take this blue marble down with it...
Vote Obama/Biden for real change, not the fake change filled with lies, deceit, greed and oligarchy!
I guess I'm done for the day...
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