*'s summer reading list is somewhat disturbing

[IDemo]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002441705_bushbooks16.html

"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 with him 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 Barry."

-"Salt: A World History": salt as an invaluable historic commodity may be compared to the current value of oil, according to some. OK,

-"Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar": Is the attraction of a book with "The Last Great Tsar" in its title really any mystery when Bush believes it's about HIM??

The third book in the list is the most disturbing: "The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History". Why was this chosen for Shrubya's summer school reading list, when 'My Pet Goat' had already presented a serious challenge? Will Avian flu become the Black Plague of the coming decade, and if so, will it be treated seriously as a crisis by the Administration, or as simply another "you're doin' a heckuva job" stumble?

[tompayne1]

1. uhhh

i am going to go hide somewhere in northern canada and smoke weed.

[madokie]

6. I wish you would invite me to come along

[tompayne1]

12. i'll send you the GPS coordinates

bring a radio

[madokie]

17. .

[Vektor]

2. Everything about * is a little disturbing.

Including his reading list.

He can read?

[Cleita]

8. Nah, his nannies Condi and Karen take turns reading to him

while he goes to sleep.

[Cleita]

10. I could read those books in three days, and I'm not a fast

reader. What did he read the rest of the vacation?

[Vektor]

20. That's what I thought.

I bet they get sick of his multiple attempts to breastfeed, though.

[madmax]

3. Oh yeah, like I really believe

this idiot with the attention span of a gnat reads anything but baseball stats while he's taking a dump.

[Ksec]

4. The dude is out of touch

Seriously.

He is the President of the United States and he doesnt read newspapers but instead reads about frickin salt? I think hes crazy. I really do.

[liberal N proud]

5. I thought all he read was grade school books

like My Pet Goat

[MisterP]

7. I saw the Salt book at Borders, and thought of Mr. Vacant that moment

call the activists, there's a chimp being held captive at Crawford!

[StClone]

9. If he really is reading "Salt"

He is doing well because it is avery informative book...maybe over his hat.

[cynatnite]

11. I read somewhere Clinton was a reading maniac...

He went through books rather quickly and could retain the content very well.

[Ilsa]

13. Frankly, I think the reason he looks like crap all the time is because

yes, he is drinking, but he is drinking because he knows something terrible, like the end is near or something. Maybe because of global warming, maybe because oil is almost gone, or maybe because he's been told this flu could wipe us out.

[IDemo]

16. I think you're right, Ilsa

Shrub has been told by his handlers that the next biblical catastrophe is near, and it ain't the rapture.

[Wickerman]

14. THat is a very "cherry-picked" reading list

And I call bullshit on him actually reading it. "Salt" is a mildly hot topic book these days, "The Last Csar", similar, and the Influenza thing, all to give him an appearance of an intellectual. I would love to have seen his summer reading list in 1999. ___________ nada.


The man is not intellectually curious, why would he read?

[cynatnite]

15. * stikes me as someone who gets bored reading rather quickly...

I don't think he has the interest to sit with a book unless it only has pictures.

[chalky]

19. Thank you. Come ON--that man ain't reading CRAP.

He doesn't have the attention span of a gnat, but we're supposed to believe he's working his way through a book above the intellectual level of "My Pet Goat"?

[Digit]

18. I don't for one second believe he reads anything beyond a comic book

For one thing, he is not CURIOUS enough to want to learn anything.

This reading list is purely a Rove creation meant to make you think he is a person who can DIGEST a book beyond a middle school level.

[BeyondThePale]

21. Great Influenza is a fantastic book...

Fascinating account of the rise of modern medical science against a tumultuous period of world history. Highly recommended. I am not familiar with the other two books.

Oh yeah, and regardless of what is on his reading list, * is an idiot.