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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 09:40 AM
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Gen. JC Christian, patriot, reviews "Decision Points"..."If Horatio Alger Had a Trust Fund"
If Horatio Alger Had a Trust Fund, November 9, 2010

By Gen. JC Christian, patriot



http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/2010/11/amazon-review-decision-points-by-george.html

The presidential memoir serves an important function in our society. It provides a former president with an opportunity to shape how we will be viewed by history.

They aren't easy books to write. Facts create roadblocks that the ex-president must overcome. Most attempt to do so by twisting and tearing at the facts until an acceptable truth emerges. My president, Our Glorious Leader George W. Bush, boldly took another approach. He tortured the facts until they confessed to their treachery. Then, He summarily executed them with a Hellfire-C missile launched from a Predator drone.

And the results are breathtaking. I stood up and cheered when I read His claim that waterboarding isn't torture because He paid His lawyers to say it isn't. That's chutzpah, my friends. It's a zen kind of chutzpah, one that is only achieved when self delusion and a supreme lack of self-awareness come into perfect balance.

I was also very moved by His recounting of His childhood encounter with the Bush family fetus jar. It was very vividly written. I can almost see Barbara Bush standing there in her blue gown, arms outstretched as she presents the fetus jar to young W. "Hold him, W," she screeches, her pearls rattling angrily, "kiss your little dead fetus brother; kiss him now, you little mistake!"

Now that's parenthood. It's no wonder He became what He is today.

It does not matter if the story is true or not. No one cares that it's more likely that Barbara caught young George drinking from the family fetus jar. The story works either way, because it's about respect for life or the alcohol that preserves the traces of it. And that's the key to understanding President Bush. He respects life so much, He eagerly takes it from those he deems undeserving.

But this book isn't perfect. Glorious Leader Bush's experiments with firecrackers and frogs--experiments that shaped His thoughts on justice--goes unreported. Same goes for his triumph over alcoholism and his later studies on the beneficial health effects derived by drinking huge quantities of Vicks NyQuil Multi-Symptom Cold/Flu Relief- Original Flavor. None of that appears in this memoir. That's why I can't give "Decision Points" five stars.
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 10:03 AM
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1. "Family fetus jar"? Um... WHAT?
I thought I'd heard all the BFEE stories. What's the fetus jar?
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 10:12 AM
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3. DU is RIFE with posts about that one...take your pick.
I posted one myself. Short version is that in the book Bush claims his mother kept her miscarried fetus in a jar, and she showed it to him, and that's what caused him to be "pro life."

It's true, really. Well, true in that it's in the book. Whether or not it's true in reality is another matter.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 10:13 AM
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4. His mother's miscarriage.
She showed him the fetus in a jar.
yuck
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 10:08 AM
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2. Big K&R
:kick:
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asjr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 10:16 AM
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5. Wow! Why didn't we hear from
people like this when GW was president?
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:24 AM
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6. The General has been around for years. Some of us knew about him, lol.
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Generic Other Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:52 AM
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7. I have met him many times in Second Life
He founded a place called the Wellstone Cafe for us progressives to hang out.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 07:13 PM
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10. LOL, who are you over there? I certainly know you.
Edited on Sat Nov-13-10 07:14 PM by kestrel91316
Though I haven't been on Second Life since spring (computer issues)
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msanthrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 11:58 AM
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8. Where the hell have you been? JC's been around a long, long, time,
and his graphics of Christ are well-used here....
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asjr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 12:04 PM
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9. Sorry, I just have to start using the sarcasm thingy.
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-10 07:19 PM
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11. He was around, big time
Look up his archives some time. He was a hardcore version of Colbert before Colbert became famous.
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