armchair cultural observation since 1995

Tag Archive for ‘George W. Bush’

Praying over cardboard presidents

The Jesus Camp kids are back, praying over a cardboard Obama.

What we need now

Profound truths can be simply said, but what we need now are concrete solutions, not quotable verses. President Obama may be speaking at a higher grade level than President Bush, but so far, he appears no more adept at offering us precise answers. The President can use his words – simple or complex – to […]

A size 10

“It doesn’t bother me. If you want the facts, it was a size 10 shoe that he threw.” –George W. Bush, joking with reporters after a TV reporter hurled two shoes at him at a press conference in Iraq Sunday.

George W. Bush’s dodgeball skills

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7GaazqdvRI&hl=en&fs=1] This is a disgusting and unprofessional act of defiance, but Bush does get mad props for dodging not one, but two shoes thrown by a TV reporter in Iraq.

Elsewhere: President hating of a different kind

When I was a teenager and still bought a bulk of my music from Christian bookstores, I believed pretty much what I was told to believe. So I had little reason to doubt a video my dad picked up from a local Christian bookstore that more or less implicated President Clinton in all kinds of slimeball […]