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George W. Bush

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2010

    The Gloria's 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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    "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. 

  • Music

    July 16, 2009

    Rise Against, Rancid, Billy Talent

    Thursday, July 16, at the Palladium Ballroom

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    July 2, 2009

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    January 8, 2009

    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?

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Speaking of Bush and Bye-Byes ...

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    Your First Look at W: When George Met Laura

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2008

    Whatever Happened to That Presidential Library Disclosure Bill, Anyhows?

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2008

    George Bush to Watch Rangers, Play Paintball, Get Naked

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2008

    Bush's BFF in Dallas Saves Historic Resort in Pennsylvania

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2008

    The Mess With Texas

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2007

    Jail Cells and Pasties Highlight Zubar's Anniversary

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2007

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2007

    Mr. Nixon, Please Hold for Mr. Dubya

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2007

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2007

    War Protest Today Begins at Mockingbird Station. West Village Breathes Sigh of Relief.

    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 >>

  • News

    February 15, 2007

    Bush Think Tank | How to Hide Your Weed

    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 >>

  • News

    February 8, 2007

    W. and Us

    Dallas, home to the George W. Bush think tank. Let's think about that.

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2007

    The Big Foist

    Dallas, home to the George W. Bush think tank. Let's think about that.

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2007

    Dogging the Presidential Library

    Dallas, home to the George W. Bush think tank. Let's think about that.

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2006

    SMU Profs to Bush: Bring the Library if You Must, But Keep the "Think Tank"

    Dallas, home to the George W. Bush think tank. Let's think about that.

  • News

    December 14, 2006

    Following up

    Singing the blues at the courthouse

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