September 4, 2007

Fantastic Freedom Institute

Per an article published this weekend in the NY Times, Bush, in an interview conducted last December, announced his intention to found a "fantastic Freedom Institute" after he leaves office..
First, Mr. Bush said, “I’ll give some speeches, just to replenish the ol’ coffers.” With assets that have been estimated as high as nearly $21 million, Mr. Bush added, “I don’t know what my dad gets — it’s more than 50-75” thousand dollars a speech, and “Clinton’s making a lot of money.” Then he said, “We’ll have a nice place in Dallas,” where he will be running what he called “a fantastic Freedom Institute” promoting democracy around the world. But he added, “I can just envision getting in the car, getting bored, going down to the ranch.”

Nice...this is what the world needs. A Freedom Institute from the man who has waged two wars in the name of freedom.

P.S. Aided by
damn lies and spin about progress, the man continues to be delusional. There is the reality and then there is Bush-speak! During his "surprise" visit to Iraq yesterday, he made a "first-hand assessment":
...if the kind of success we are now seeing continues, it will be possible to maintain the same level of security with fewer American forces.
So...this is success that we are seeing? The mind shudders to think of what failure would look like. (Oh.. don't remind me - we have been in the "last throes" of this violence for over couple years now!)
Kinda related essay:
Bush, Freedom, and Responsibility.

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