# $500 million George W. Bush Library and Think Tank - pure comedy gold **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608 "2006-12-02T18:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/21 "2006-12-03T04:47:35Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Back to the George W. Bush Library. I am sure it will include a DIY book on better hunting techniques by Cheney. Jim [/QUOTE] And a DIY book on parenting. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/22 "2006-12-03T07:01:40Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Back to the George W. Bush Library. [/QUOTE] Ly-berry. It’s pronounced ly-berry. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/23 "2006-12-03T07:19:22Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] He actually appointed some damn good Supreme Court Justices. Sandra Day O’Connor in particular should be enough to disprove the malevolent part. Anthony Kennedy has a good record for being fair minded and even if you hate his conservative stance, most would concede that William Rehnquistwas a good Chief Justice of the United States. [/QUOTE] Why was he a good Chief Justice? I am not enough of a SCOTUS follower to know one way or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/24 "2006-12-03T10:03:48Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] Ly-berry. It’s pronounced ly-berry. [/QUOTE] Changed my mind. It’s actually pronounced “George W. Bush Memorial Lots Of Big Books Place.” ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/25 "2006-12-03T10:21:02Z")
[QUOTE=Ukulele Ike] Now, hold on just a minute! Fifteen years ago we all KNEW \*\*Ronald Reagan \*\* was a malevolent fucking moron, and now he’s been turned into the [Greatest President Since George Washington Except for Maybe Abraham Lincoln](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30216). Do not underestimate the power of the Republican Propaganda Machine. [/QUOTE] Well, to be fair, in comparison to Bush 2.0 even _Nixon_ is starting to look good! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/26 "2006-12-03T10:23:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Wasn’t Clinton’s around like ~160m? Damn inflation… Oh sure, blame everything on the Clinton Presidential Library. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/27 "2006-12-03T13:09:31Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] And a DIY book on parenting. [/QUOTE] Afterall it is all about family values. 😉 **Snooooopy** : I am far from an expert, but few leading Dem’s railed against him and the far right did not think he was right enough, if you take my meaning. He was credited for many things. [I like quotes like this about him](http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/09/03/rehnquist.obit/index.html). > [@](#): > > Jay Jorgensen, a former clerk for the chief justice, said it was the little things Rehnquist did that built personal trust, loyalty and respect among justices who were often sharply divided ideologically. > > “He set up a system during conferences where every justice, one by one, in order of seniority, is allowed to weigh in on a case,” Jorgensen said. “There is no free-for-all debate, the chief justice does not allow bickering.” > > Saturday night, Ruth Wedgwood, a constitutional lawyer and close friend of Rehnquist, said, “He was an interesting man. He had an interesting life. Over time, I think he became a much more unifying figure in the court.” [From here:](http://www.supremecourthistory.org/myweb/justice/rehnquist.htm) > [@](#): > > Following that advice, in the 1987 term he achieved a high level of agreement with his fellow justices, ranging from 57.6 percent with Thurgood Marshall to 83.1 percent with Anthony Kennedy. His managerial abilities in the 1987 term won the praise of Justice Harry Blackmun, who deemed him a “splendid administrator in conference.” For the first time in years, the Court concluded its work prior to July 1, in part because it had taken on fewer cases. > > During the 1987 term, Rehnquist also showed that he could be flexible, joining with the more liberal justices to subject the dismissal of a homosexual CIA agent to judicial review and to support the freedom of speech claims of Hustler magazine to direct off-color ridicule at a public figure. Most significant, in Morrison v. Olson (1988) Rehnquist wrote the majority opinion upholding Congress’s right to appoint independent counsels to investigate and prosecute high government officials, a right that was challenged by the Reagan administration. > > Rehnquist continues to be an effective manager whose humor and fairness have contributed to the cordial relations among the justices. He enjoys a variety of hobbies, including oil painting, singing, stamp collecting, theater-going, and poker. He has written two popular books on the Court’s history: The Supreme Court: How It Was, How It Is (1988) and Grand Inquests: The Historic Impeachments of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Johnson (1992). The chief justice has been a widower since his wife died in October 1991. I could continue a little, but even defending Reagan was a hi-jack from this Bush Bashing. I would rather help bash Bush than defend Rehnquist. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/28 "2006-12-03T21:59:54Z")
Oh, man, Stewart is going to have a _field day_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/29 "2006-12-03T22:16:22Z")
That’s one expensive outhouse. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/30 "2006-12-03T23:17:41Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Back to the George W. Bush Library. I am sure it will include a DIY book on better hunting techniques by Cheney. [/QUOTE] And a few copies of Lynne’s softcore lesbian porn novel. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/31 "2006-12-03T23:26:25Z")
[QUOTE=ParentalAdvisory] Wasn’t Clinton’s around like ~160m? Damn inflation… [/QUOTE] I THINK I remember a certain amount of criticism right here on this message board concerning the blatant disregard of fiscal responsibility exhibited by the ArchFiend Bill Clinton regarding the cost of his Presidential Library. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/32 "2006-12-03T23:29:01Z")
For your $10 million donation, you get an officially licensed personalized children’s book, _My Day Out With George W. Bush™_. It’s like those licensed personalized books you see advertised in the parenting magazines. Only horribly overpriced. Strangely enough, the presidential library only contains copies of _My Day Out With George W. Bush™_. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/33 "2006-12-04T00:17:31Z")
I can see it now: a statue out front of GWB completely draped in a toga, but with a fig leaf sewn on the front just to placate John Ashcroft. A whole section of the lie-berry will be dedicated to techniques of searching for WMD. And searching…and searching. The section on health will include a book on celebrity back rubs, complete with a DVD demonstrating the president’s technique on some German woman. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/34 "2006-12-04T01:04:19Z")
[QUOTE=Largo62] I can see it now: a statue out front of GWB completely draped in a toga, but with a fig leaf sewn on the front just to placate John Ashcroft. [/QUOTE] Don’t forget sprig of laurel leaves on his head. I can picture it now, looking just like the one George Jefferson had made of himself over Weazie’s objections! ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/35 "2006-12-04T01:12:05Z")
Won’t someone think of the Tumbleweeds? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/36 "2006-12-04T13:10:20Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] Changed my mind. It’s actually pronounced “George W. Bush Memorial Lots Of Big Books Place.” [/QUOTE] To be fair, I’m sure that they’ll have bids to see if this will be underwritten by Amazon, B. Dalton’s Barnes & Noble or Borders. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/37 "2006-12-04T16:03:54Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] To be fair, I’m sure that they’ll have bids to see if this will be underwritten by Amazon, B. Dalton’s Barnes & Noble or Borders. [/QUOTE] You don’t think Halliburton will get a no-bid contract? ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/38 "2006-12-04T18:50:36Z")
[QUOTE=Scissorjack] Changed my mind. It’s actually pronounced “George W. Bush Memorial Lots Of Big Books Place.” [/QUOTE] How about The George W. Bush Memorial Lie-berry For Children Who Can’t Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/39 "2006-12-04T19:03:50Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] How about The George W. Bush Memorial Lie-berry For Children Who Can’t Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too? [/QUOTE] Too wordy, the target audience will not read it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608/40 "2006-12-04T19:26:37Z")
$500 million, and I’m pretty sure the books on solar power, global warming, stem-cell research will still all be cut. What does that leave in the Science section? Nuk-u-lar power? Creationist theory? And can we possibly get a break on the price if we find a corporate sponsor? Ripley’s ‘Believe It Or Not’ always seems to be looking for new locations… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/500-million-george-w-bush-library-and-think-tank-pure-comedy-gold/382608.md?page=3)