George W. Bush

Bill to Name Central for George W. Bush Expressway is Headed to the Governor's Desk

Drivers and liberals can breathe easy: Central Expressway is still officially Central Expressway. The state legislature opted over the weekend to retain the familiar name for the roadway's entire length. That said, the three-and-a-half mile stretch between Knox Street and Northwest Highway will als ... More >>

The House Voted to Rename Central for George W. Bush

HB 3520 designating a portion of US 75 the George W. Bush Expressway just passed. #txlege #txgop— Dan Branch (@TexansForDan) May 8, 2013 When State Representative Dan Branch introduced his proposal to change the name of a seven-mile stretch of Central to George W. Bush Expressway, we thought i ... More >>

Will the Bush Library Reveal Any Secrets?

The new library could reveal gems about oil and the Iraq War

Everything You Need to Know About the Bush Center/Library/Theater/Museum/Thing

Journalists across the globe have been busy churning out copy about the looming Thursday dedication of the Bush Presidential Center at SMU. Some of the pieces wrestle with the Bush legacy, some describe the center itself. Others explore the practical effect that a massive ceremony featuring five pre ... More >>

Someone Hacked Into Email Accounts of the Bush Family, Who Apparently Still Use AOL

A hacker using the handle "Guccifer" hacked the email accounts of several members of the Bush family, including the AOL account of Dorothy Bush Koch, Bush 43's sister. Among the leaked information are a lot of home numbers and addresses for Bush family members and their kids, and two pictures of Ge ... More >>

In Far North Dallas, a Burglar Was Shot Dead While Trying to Steal a Half Pound of Weed

Just after 8 p.m. yesterday, two men crept into Apartment 318 at McCallum Corners, a no-frills complex off Coit Road near the George Bush Turnpike. Police say they were after the half pound of marijuana inside, and quite possibly the $2,000 cash that was stuffed inside a purple bag inside a drawer a ... More >>

So Ann Romney and Anita Perry Once Walked in On Dubya Getting a Massage

Tomorrow, Ann Romney will visit the Preston Hollow home of former President George W. Bush to raise money for a "women's lunch" to raise money for her hubby's campaign, and it won't be the first time she's been invited to a house occupied by the Bushes. In a taping for Thursday's episode of Live! W ... More >>

Rick Perry's New Sidekick, Grover Norquist

Office of the GovernorGrover Norquist speaks on Tuesday at Manda Machine, along with Rick Perry. It's also nice to see The News's Gromer Jeffers doesn't let boring press conferences keep him from getting his Mardi Gras on.​As mentioned below, Gov. Rick Perry was in town yesterday -- at Manda Machi ... More >>

Decisions, Decisions: Shoveling Dirt on the New George W. Bush Presidential Center with a Handful of Old Friends

Photos by Stephen Masker​Of course you've heard that George W. Bush has a new book out in stores, and this morning, you couldn't help but hear he was getting started building his new library, too. Onstage under a big tent on the Southern Methodist University campus, Bush was shifting excitedly fro ... More >>

DPD Would Like to Correct Channel 11's Story About Homeless Man and George W.'s House

​No doubt you've at least heard about KTVT-Channel 11's story that aired last night, in which the CBS owned-and-operated reported that a homeless man from Mexico made it past those security gates and all the way to George W. Bush's front door. Said Channel 11, which has since yanked the piece from ... More >>

George W. Bush Keeps It Breezy for Good-Timin' Windpower Expo Crowd

Randy Eli Grothe​Sure, when the Windpower 2010 expo wraps up tomorrow, it's back home to the bummers: stubborn transmission bottlenecks, a slow first quarter for new wind projects and the likelihood that development is going to keep slowing down. But for the next day and a half, there has never be ... More >>

He's Still the Decider: George W. Bush's Book Report Is Due in Stores November 9

​So, I'm getting some work done just now when I get an e-mail heads-up from Borders: "JUST ANNOUNCED! A New Memoir By George W. Bush. Available Nov. 9. Pre-Order Now!" And, sure enough: Crown Publishers today announced the release date and further details about the ex-president's new book titled D ... More >>

Hey, I Finally Found a Reason to Like George Dubya Bush

​As you may have heard, I despise cats. Not extremely found of former President George Dubya Bush either but, hey, given the lesser of two evils I usually side with the human. In this case, thumbs up to the prez. Because apparently his new Bush Presidential Library at SMU is going to displace ... More >>

Manufacturing Dissent: Bush Institute's Cyber Dissidents Panel Gathers Friends of the Freedom Agenda

Patrick MichelsPresident Bush opens his institute's Conference on Cyber Dissidents: "The Bush Institute is going to be involved in the freedom movement."​The George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University won't be breaking ground till November, but its policy arm, the Bush Ins ... More >>

The Gloria's Agenda

Wednesday's Unverified Fact About New Orleans

​The 'Boys travel to the French Quarter's suburbs on Saturday night. Another "fact" about the "who dat" town...While preparing the frying pan after a successful day of fishing in Katrina's floodwaters, George W. Bush cut open a fish and found old rings inscribed "Most Valuable Saint."**Source: An ... More >>

Maddow, Slater Preview Bush's Turn as Matt Foley: "Babbitt Meets the Super Bowl"

​Maybe you've heard the radio ads: Rudy Giuliani (didgeridoo), Colin Powell (bass), Terry Bradshaw (lead vocals), Zig Ziglar (banjo), Robert Schuller (keytar), Rick Belluzo (hurdy gurdy) and Tamara Lowe (bagpipes) are getting the band back together for an all-star jam session at the Fort Worth Con ... More >>

"You Know, I Used to be a Cheerleader."

​Maybe you heard: George W. Bush stopped by Mustangs football practice this morning, where he told the team to "win one for Yom Kippur." Thanks to the SMU media relations department for this end-of-the-day keeper. 

Rise Against, Rancid, Billy Talent

Thursday, July 16, at the Palladium Ballroom

Why Not a Theme Park on the Hilltop?

Speaking of the Bush library at SMU and all the stuff they gotta stick in it some day, a Friend of Unfair Park sends along this link to the George W. Bush Presidential Librarium, created by the guys responsible for Goodnight Bush for whom "themed attractions provide more entertainment than a library ... More >>

From the Spider Hole to Lewisville to SMU, Most Likely, the Journeys of Saddam's Pistol

Till he gets his new SMU digs are done, George W. Bush is keeping his stuff in storage in Lewisville, and along with his futon, "grown-up" dresser and collection of framed mid-'80s Tom Cruise movie posters is Saddam Hussein's pistol -- quite the keepsake, as this is the very (unloaded) gun the Iraqi ... More >>

SMU Landed the Bush Library, But a Group of Former Condo Owners Still Want the World to Know At What Price

The Suite is Sweet, Y'all

No one used to disturb George W. Bush during dinner when he was president, you know.For those who missed the Rangers-Astros broadcast last night, the Texas Rangers' Web site has 33 adorable seconds from the second inning, during which a certain former president and Rangers Ballpark in Arlington owne ... More >>

Get on the Bush: Cindy Sheehan Comes to Town to Visit an Old Friend, Sell Books

Danny HurleyIt was Bush-on-Bush action in front of John J. Pershing Elementary courtesy Cindy Sheehan and a band of protesters.We've got more photos from the protest in a slide show, coming soon.About 65 protesters -- and nearly as many members of the local media -- showed up at the southwest corner ... More >>

Vanity Fair Recounts the First 100 Days of the George W. Bush Not-Presidency

Courtesy Elliott's HardwareVanity Fair contributing editor Nancy Jo Sales has a lengthy "Web exclusive" about the post-presidency of George W. Bush -- specifically, how he's looking to "reshape his legacy," both alone and with the assist of former White House colleagues. From Bush's March 17 speech ... More >>

Steeeeerrrrriiiiiiiiike One!

Bush league. Minutes after two jets shook our loins with a flyover, the 43rd President of the United States strode to the mound - the mound, not the rubber - and fired a ceremonial first-pitch strike to Rangers' outfielder Josh Hamilton. The Prez, who somehow received nary a boo, then&nb ... More >>

And So It Begins

A traffic heads-up for tomorrow: Unless you're planning on protesting George W. Bush's move to the '229, you may want to avoid Mockingbird Lane at N. Central Expressway between the hours of 4 and 7 p.m. That's when Code Pink of Greater Dallas is planning on celebrating Inauguration Day by holding a ... More >>

Lewisville's Waiting for President Bush's Records. All, What, Three of 'Em?

As President Bush packs up the White House in advance of his move to Dallas next week(ish), the National Archives and Records Administration is in the process of trucking loads of paper, electronic and audio-visual documents to a storage space in Lewisville so that when the time comes, the boxes can ... More >>

McGarry/Bush

KXAS-Channel 5 has wisely -- nay, brilliantly -- posted the entirety of Jane McGarry's sit-down with President Bush. You know how sometimes, 10 minutes isn't long enough? This is one of those times. A question, though: What is she saying at the start of the video? And what does it mean?Update: For s ... More >>

George W. Bush, Texas' Prodigal Son, Returns

Given any thought to how you're going to react when you encounter George W. on the streets of Dallas?

Bush's "After-Life" in Dallas

Guess we'd best get used to it -- probably gonna need to come up with a "The Bush is Back" category or somesuch. Till then, though, this sneak peek at the soon-to-be-ex-president's plans for his return to Dallas at the end of the month:President George W. Bush's "after-life," as Laura Bush calls the ... More >>

Tom Schieffer's Out of a Job

Tom Schieffer -- you remember him, right? Former president of Your Texas Rangers. Co-owner of the team too, with some dudes named Rusty Rose and George W. Bush. Oversaw construction of the Ballpark in Arlington. Served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives. Brother of CBS' Bob. Right, th ... More >>

One Texan Imagines George W. Bush as President of the Republic of Texas

Wonkette this morning ran an e-mail from a Texan who wants to secede from the Union -- what else is new, right? The reason for the missive, which lays out the ways in which the great state will survive all by its lonesome, thanks very much? Writes the mysterious Hotmailer: "We Texans love y'all, but ... More >>

Pardon You, But President Bush Is One Economic Meltdown Behind

This morning, Harper's tallies up the lists of President Bush's pardons past and present and comes up with the following conclusion: "Texas S&L Swindlers Need Apply." Seems almost retro in retrospect -- nostalgic, even, like new-wave hits of the '80s, as the magazine even brings up the 2004 pard ... More >>

In a Few Months, George Bush Moves Back to His Bummer-Free Zone

Speaking of Bush and Bye-Byes ...

Your First Look at W: When George Met Laura

Watchdogs Sue Cheney For Records, Which He Insists He'll Play Quietly in the Basement in Bush's S.M.U. Library

'Member Those Stephenville UFOs? Friends of the President, Just Maybe.

Whatever Happened to That Presidential Library Disclosure Bill, Anyhows?

Jon Stewart on Bush's Chest-Bumping "While Rome is Burning"

Michelle Shocked Isn't A Lesbian, Loves God...Basically, This Is A Bible Girl Column.

George Bush to Watch Rangers, Play Paintball, Get Naked

Really, Skip, You Thought Oliver Stone's Bush Biopic Would Make Sense?

Bush's BFF in Dallas Saves Historic Resort in Pennsylvania

The Mess With Texas

Jail Cells and Pasties Highlight Zubar's Anniversary

Nancy Brinker Gets 21 News Jobs, Rolled into One Very Fancy Title

Mr. Nixon, Please Hold for Mr. Dubya

You Know Who Likes the President's Immigration Reform Plan? Nobody, That's Who.