The books Junior is reading on his vacation.

[Cyrano]

Some anonymous spokesman named the three books that "...the President chose for his vacation reading." One is about "The History of Salt," and I can't remember the other two, but they are just as obscure.

C'mon, Karl. Exactly how stupid do you think we are? A guy who won't read a newspaper or a presidential briefing, actually sitting down to read a book? I'll tell you what, Karl. At the end of this month, let the White House press corps question him about the books he supposedly read. If he can answer any of their questions, beyond the book's titles, I'll eat shit in Macy's window at Christmastime.

I'd be surprised if he was even able to follow the plot of "My Pet Goat."

[johnnie]

1. Are you sure it wasn't these three?

[pauldavid]

2. Wish he would take time to read his memos

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB163/index.htm

State Department experts warned CENTCOM
before Iraq war about lack of plans for
post-war Iraq security

Washington, D.C., August 17, 2005: Newly declassified State Department documents show that government experts warned the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in early 2003 about "serious planning gaps for post-conflict public security and humanitarian assistance," well before Operation Iraqi Freedom began.

In a February 7, 2003, memo to Under Secretary of State Paula Dobriansky, three senior Department officials noted CENTCOM's "focus on its primary military objectives and its reluctance to take on 'policing' roles," but warned that "a failure to address short-term public security and humanitarian assistance concerns could result in serious human rights abuses which would undermine an otherwise successful military campaign, and our reputation internationally." The memo adds "We have raised these issues with top CENTCOM officials."

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB163/index.htm

[ironman202]

3. ironic considering his sheep of a wife has illiteracy as he pet project

come to think of it, so did his gas bag mother! Good job, Babs!

[Supersedeas]

12. the irony of his reading habits is multilayered

[Stephanie]

4. As If

He's not reading a damn thing. He is watching sports on tv, biking and hot tubbing.

Here's the article:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bushread16aug16,1,7764614.story?collection=la-yahoostorylinks

According to the White House, one of three books Bush chose to read on his five-week vacation is "Salt: A World History" by Mark Kurlansky, who chronicled the rise and fall of what once was considered the world's most strategic commodity.

The other two books he reportedly brought to Crawford are "Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar" by Edvard Radzinsky and "The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History" by John M. Barry.

[Flying Dream Blues]

8. Bwahahahahahahaha

My life may suck at times, but at least I don't have to try to say THAT shit with a straight face to get paid.

The history of SALT...Tsar Alexander and the Great Influenza. Is that last one about the Mafia?

[libhill]

22. Influenza?

I smell somehing rotten in Denmark.

[blueintenn]

5. The history of Salt?

Perhaps he misread it and thought it said 'malt'.

BIT
:beer:

[babylonsister]

6. Very astute, blueintenn! LOL!!!

And welcome to DU!

[_TJ_]

20. He has a morbid fear of SALT

Like all repulsive little slugs...

BTW Welcome to DU, blueintenn

[Beaverhausen]

7. My Pet Goat II

[BlueJac]

9. Who are you kidding?

Shrub can't even read! :kick:

[nookiemonster]

10. Possibly....

eom

[maxsolomon]

11. may i suggest

howard zinn's people's history of the united states?

you giant douche!

[KansDem]

13. They've pulled this bullshit before...

Remember in 1999 when Bush was campaigning and Rove and Hughes, made nervous by reports saying Bush is "intellectually incurious" attempted to assuage fear that their boy was stupid by circulating stories about Bush's "reading list?"

<snip>
1999 George W. Bush executes his 99th prisoner.
George W. Bush celebrates the Martin Luther King holiday by staying inside the Governor's Mansion with the windows closed so he wouldn't hear the thousands of Martin Luther King celebrants listening to speeches right outside his window on the Texas capitol grounds .
Bush claims to be reading four serious books while campaigning for president. Total pages of the four books: 1,762
http://bushwatch.org/family.htm

I thought one of them was a rather hefty tome by a former Secretary of State or Secretary of Defense of a previous administration but the name(s) escape(s) me.

[terrya]

15. Supposedly Bush also read Ron Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton

That, of course, was bullshit, also.

[HuckleB]

14. Reading list = fake! But "Salt: A World History" is not obscure!

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,636162,00.html

Kurlansky's books are wonderful and widely read.

[Cyrano]

16. Great article, and it sounds like a fascinating book.

If nothing else, Junior's bullshit peddlers have publicized what sounds like a great read.

I wonder if he'd be capable of understanding this book review, not to mention the book itself.

[HuckleB]

17. Well, I think you know the answer to that question.

But I do hope this helps line Kurlansky's pockets. He's been an outspoken critic of the Bushistas.

Salud!

[AngryAmish]

18. "Salt" was a great book

Too bad Bush can't read more than a page without his lips getting tired.

[libhill]

19. I just assumed -

that he was making plans for a new 9/11 type incident, to be blamed on Iran this time - hmmmmm.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

21. Is he allowed all 64 crayon colors when he "reads" them?

:evilgrin: