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What does President George Bush Read?
I'm reading "The Paradox of American Power" and I got to wondering if President Bush is a reader, so I scanned the internet to see what, if anything, George W reads. Perhaps I could get some ideas. Here is what I found:
George W. Bush is not a reader. While Clinton devoured stacks of books -- from William Greider’s critiques of corporate excess to David McCullough’s biographies to Walter Mosley’s mysteries -- Bush is famously dismissive of most things literary
The book on Bush’s bedside table -- Paul C. Nagel’s "John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life" -- is a presidential biography of rare accomplishment (John Adams was also the son of a former President). Published in 1997 in hardcover, and recently issued in paperback, Nagel’s text earned highest critical praise because of the remarkable skill with which it’s author redeemed one of the forgotten men of American history.

Before dawn on most days, Newsweek recently reported, President George W. Bush gets up to read his Bible and to pray. His devotional guide, as it is for many evangelicals, is My Utmost for His Highest, by Scottish preacher Oswald Chambers (1874-1917).

Link to text of My Utmost for His Highest

On another page I found this:
Favorite books: "The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston," by Marquis James; "The Good Life and Its Discontents: The American Dream in the Age of Entitlement," by Robert J. Samuelson; "The Dream and the Nightmare: The Sixties' Legacy to the Underclass," by Myron Magnet

During his first campaign, Clinton had mentioned that his favorite book was "One Hundred Years of Solitude."

Kept going and then I found a nice little page of Favorite books of famous people.
posted 8:07 PM

Hey, how fun can it get.... Blogspot shares.
posted 4:58 PM

Best way to support your troops
Operation Dear Abby
posted 4:20 PM

Cutest war protest
Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led by the title character, the women of the warring city-states of Greece agree to withhold sexual favors with their husbands until they agree to cease fighting. The war of the sexes that ensues makes Lysistrata a comedy without peer in the history of theater.
posted 2:51 PM

Do you believe the Patriots Act is a threat to our Constitutional Rights to Privacy & Free Speech?

Yes 82.7% (699)
No 17.3% (146)
Total votes: 845


Patriot II The Sequel Why It's Even Scarier than the First Patriot Act
In sum, Patriot II puts in jeopardy the First Amendment right to speak freely, statutory and common law rights to privacy, the right to go to court to challenge government illegality, and the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable searches and seizures. But that's not all.
Under Patriot II, you may be deported and deemed no longer an American citizen.
No Sunset Provisions for Patriot II Mean We Are Stuck with It If It Passes
posted 12:27 PM

ABC News Patriot Act
Patriot Revolution?
Walk on Terror Walkouts

posted 7:26 PM

Thoughts on the 1st amendment
Part of being a good American is being someone who is going to
use the first amendment fully and believes in democratic principles and believes in fierce debate and believes in airing
all points of views and allowing the public to be fully informed.
Juan Williams

"An honest free press with free inquiry and free debate especially in times of war is a patriotic duty"
Martin Sieff UPI
posted 5:23 PM

PATRIOT Act discussed at UT
The USA PATRIOT Act's impact so far on civil liberties was debated by two divergent voices at a forum Wednesday at the University of Tennessee College of Law.
Glenn Reynolds, who moderated Wednesday's debate, said it's the citizens -not the courts - who bear the greatest responsibility for protecting civil liberties.
posted 11:49 AM

''They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.'' - Ben Franklin
posted 9:53 AM

Another diplomat has resigned over Iraq, nothing new there, but this one has made a comment on other things. Go Ann! Ann Wright, who as deputy chief of mission was the embassy's second-in-command, also criticized the "unnecessary curtailment of civil rights" in the United States since Sept. 11
posted 9:37 AM

With freedom must come vigilence...and so it is with that sentiment in mind that I offer a link to a news story about the Patriot Act.
posted 8:06 AM

links of note today:

Dean's World

ibidem

Command Post

Dailykos

Nice blog. I like the bios on our military men & women over there who have been killed in action. Very well thought out comments. I'll stop by often.
War Blogs

Stand Down

Politics in the Zeros

war blogging

tacitus

agonist

Political Musings of a dumb smart guy

I'm including these because I want to keep the links to read them later on, not necessarily as an endorsement. I haven't read enough yet to decide.
posted 7:24 AM

Net Censorship Debate Rages as POW Pictures Pulled



A Florida-based Web hosting company knocked a small news site off-line after it posted controversial photos of captured American soldiers, stoking accusations that private firms are censoring free speech. The site is www.Yellow Times.org, and last I checked they were still down.



Interesting tidbit... How to watch the soon to be ending Saddam Show on your computer.
posted 10:04 AM

“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.”—Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas
posted 9:40 AM

The First Amendment

CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF; OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR OF THE PRESS; OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE, AND TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.


posted 9:38 AM

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