Ha ! I knew it - Bet by 2009 No one will want Asshat Library !

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Objections_to_Bush_library_mount_at_1218.html

Objections to Bush library mount at Texas university

RAW STORY
Published: Monday December 18, 2006

As planners moved closer on deciding where in Texas to site President George W. Bush's library, members of the community at one candidate university expressed objections about the establishment of the facility at their school.

Southern Methodist University is one of the three schools that may play host to the presidential library of George W. Bush, along with the University of Dallas and Baylor University.

The blog of Paul Burka, the senior executive editor of the magazine Texas Monthly, includes excerpts of a letter written to SMU's president by faculty, administrators, and staff of the university's Perkins School of Theology, worrying about siting the library at the university. In it, they say they would:

...regret to see SMU enshrine attitudes and actions widely deemed as ethically egregious: degradation of habeas corpus, outright denial of global warming, flagrant disregard for international treaties, alienation of long-term U.S. allies, environmental predation, shameful disrespect for gay persons and their rights, a pre-emptive war based on false and misleading premises, and a host of other erosions of respect for the global human community and for this good Earth on which our flourishing depends.
An article following up on the story, written by Scott Jaschik and published in the journal Inside Higher Education, notes that SMU is considered the frontrunner among the three schools hoping to host the library. It also reports that the organizers of the letter and the critics of the library have been trying to make the debate on the library focus on academic standards instead of Bush bashing.

[jgraz]

1. If they call it the Asshat Library, they can build it in my backyard.

[On the Road]

3. LOL (for Real!)

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Yes, but then you'll get all the Asshateers ! nt

[BuelahWitch]

23. Should be small enough

How many books can fit in an Asshat? :rofl:

[jgraz]

25. I dunno -- Bush is a pretty big Asshat

[tridim]

2. He'll probably end up building it in Kennebunkport

on private land next to the Bush compound.

I'm guessing they'll phase out the pig farm soon after he's gone. It was only meant to be the "look, I live in Texas" house anyway. It would be very fitting if they can't get it built anywhere because the people don't want it. It would drive the Freepers crazy(er). :)

[williesgirl]

4. Hope all 3 are smart enough to back out - recommended

[yella_dawg]

5. Maybe it'll end up

at Bob's Top-Rate University and Bar-B-Q somewhere outside Sonora.

[Bobbie Jo]

6. In the same "not in my backyard" category as a prison....

Perhaps some type of multi-purpose facility?

Library/Lock-up? Hmmmmm...:think:

[Tesha]

7. Two words: "Fresno, California". Right next to Frei Republic. (NT)

[raysr]

8. The republicks are probably busy

rewriting history for him now.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

9. If anyone will pick it up, I imagine it will be Baylor

At least that's what I was expecting.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. Well, Baylor definitely wants it. Their students are not allowed

to protest - not that they want to. Our local non-student "Friends of Peace" group protests the library every month or so. "NO WAR CRIMES MUSEUMS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD."

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Here's the small but big-hearted protest at Baylor on Library....

[Lone_Star_Dem]

18. I'm proud of them and all the others that have taken the time to protest this

I need to clarify that I wasn't bashing Baylor. I just happen to know a retired professor from there who keeps me informed on this bit of gossip. All I was aware of was the university's desire, I had no knowledge of how the students or people of Waco felt about it.

Keep up the protesting!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

30. that's interesting. I sat next to an ex=professor from Baylor not

too long ago on a flight. He was very cool. Very liberal. In fact,
he told me that most all the professors were liberal. It was the
students who were conservative - or rather their parents. He said
that the students would never in a million years even think about
protesting - because it could embarrass their parents. Besides,
he said most were not politically aware enough to care enough to
protest.

[WI_DEM]

10. No, in the end if nobody else wants it, it will go to Liberty College in Lynchburg, VA

Jerry Falwell's school.

[CatWoman]

14. can we find a home for this one as well?

[Cleita]

15. If we can get him put on trial and in prison, I don't think that

a library would be in the works.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. Ha. Even if he's not in prison - for the life of me I can not imagine

what the hell they would put in a library. Sure, they all probably have bad things that a president had to deal with - but they all probably have a lot of good things the president tried to do - like Carter and mideast peace talks. Bush has absolutely no good things - seriously - can you even think of one?

[Cleita]

17. The only good thing that I have seen Bush do is to

set aside portions of Hawaii including surrounding ocean as a wild life preserve and I believe a National Park (I would have to check this.) However, wanting to drill for oil in the ANWAR wild life preserve in Alaska sort of cancels that out.

[radfringe]

19. future site of the worst president ever library? not in my back yard...

[moc]

20. University of Dallas is a candidate site?!?

That's a Catholic institution. What on earth could be his connection to University of Dallas?

Not that I want his stupid library anywhere near me, of course.

[thingfisher]

21. His librabry will proably consist of thousands of sealed files!

[senseandsensibility]

22. nitpick: I don't like the word "site" used as a verb

It's not correct, and it sounds stupid. Beyond that, I hope chimp's "library" is run out of every town in America.

[troubleinwinter]

28. It is correct.

-to place in or provide with a site; locate
-to put in position for operation
-assign a location to

I hope the liebrrey is placed utterly out of site, but the word was used correctly.

[LibraLiz1973]

24. Funny Asshat sign

Just change Parking to Building and we've got signs!!

[ThoughtCriminal]

26. U.C.C.B.S.

"University of Close Cover Before Striking"

Put it next to a diploma mill in a strip mall (between Pay Day Loans and the Liquor Store).

[mentalsolstice]

27. SMU is a Methodist school. And Chimpy is Methodist...

...supposedly. Interesting that they don't want him.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

31. Well, you're right. I spent some time there. It was ultra-conservative

No beer = anywhere. The city declared the immediate area around it dry.

But, that just goes to show you, the tide has turned.

[Generic Brad]

29. He doesn't require much space for his bookshelf

So far his library would only contain a copy of "My Pet Goat" and "Bin Laden Determined to Attack America".

[Sydnie]

32. How could anyone want it?

I mean, between the locked rooms of "withheld" documents and the redacted pages that they would make available, what the hell would be the point? A framed cod piece and a picture of Barney and Mrs. Beasley are hardly reason enough to build a whole new building. A refrigerator box should do for that, shouldn't it?

[eleny]

33. What a pariah

[lumberjack_jeff]

34. The tragedy is what he's done to the office

Can anyone remember a time in which people were clamoring to NOT be chosen as the site of a presidential library? Having a presidential library on your campus should be an honor.

That's a good barometer of how bad it's gotten.