Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: George W. Bush

  • Bush policy brings the world on his back

    Yahoo! News – Bush policy brings the world on his back Arrogant, aggressive, too unilateralist are just some of the terms used to describe the US administration. Opinion polls taken around the world confirmed the dim view of the US leader and his policies, which is most notable among traditional allies in Europe and the…

  • A sleazy remark from Cheney

    Yahoo! News – Gore: Cheney ‘Wrong Choice’ Remark Sleazy “The claim by Bush and Cheney that the American people must give them four more years in office or else be ‘hit hard’ by another terrorist attack is a sleazy and despicable effort to blackmail voters with fear,” Gore said. “They are going back to the…

  • Unprecedented

    “I really marked the end of the Republic when the election ended without a public outcry” –Gore Vidal in Unprecedented." Last night I watched the film Unprecedented, directed by Richard Ray Perez, and Joan Sekler. The film came out in 2002. I had never seen it before. It is about the 2000 election, some of…

  • Bushism

    “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we, they never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.” -George W. Bush Little Freudian slip there W? I don’t know, I posted on Daffodil Lane that the “fool me” Bushism is my fave but this one…

  • Bushwacked

      A book EVERYONE should read before the next election: Bushwacked: life in George W. Bush’s America by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose. Here are some things that I learned from reading this book: 1.Don’t each lunch meat or processed meat while a Republican is in the white house. 2.Republicans in general, and Bush especially,…