"The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers."
- Lord Acton

So ex-Pres Bush's feeling were hurt by Kanye West, I understand. Now, how about an apology from Mr. Bush for all the mess he left us? Better, yet donate all the money he will collect from his b.s. book.

I was struck by the similarities between interview of Bush by Matt Lauer and the interview with Dennis Rader on MSNBC on Sat. night- Rader the serial killer- Mr. "BTK" (bind, torture, kill).

BTK personally strangled 10 individuals,..... Bush killed thousands impersonally- and no one but poet activists can draw the connection? Which is worse? Seriously?

A normal person must find books like this disgusting!

I at 69 must side forever with Holden Caulfied in a distrust of phony, bogus adults! And I'm 69!!

I must admit the He looks really good looking on the cover of his book He's kinda Yahoo but at the same time He's sexy
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What Kanye did was something brave that's my POV and Bush must revalue the situations He provoked as the war and all the situations that His decisions brought about not to mess around with Kanye I'd say that the decisions He made speak for himself showing that He wasn't professionally and mentally prepared to be the President of a country

Wow!!!!

To judge President Bush's decisions surely you all must have walked in President Bushs' shoes at one point. Many of the comments I read and hear about speak like they could have done a better job.

I'm sure that if he came out and said in his book that he regrets the decisions he made all of you would still be slamming him about that!

A man who we elected and then re-elected to be in office; who at one point held almost a 90% approval rating; who did what we wanted to him to do at a moment that the United States was so vulnerable, is now blamed for an outcome that could not be controlled.

I respect a President who acts and does something about a situation. I admire that he refrains from degrading the current president and even past presidents. Not everything that President Bush did I agreed with however not everything our parents, mentors and even GOD do we agree with until we later see the reason why they did the things they did and made the decisions that they made.

Sorry, Sheri. I have to respectfully disagree. He never had my vote, and plenty of people were adamantly opposed to the war before it began.

The former president may be refraining from denigrating his successor, but according to what I heard on the radio this morning he had some pretty harsh things to say about British public opinion--something to the effect that "it didn't matter then and doesn't matter now." Only someone who values only his own opinion would say such a thing.

emmanuel... Shut up. He stole an election and took us to war under false pretenses. Why anyone would Defend him is beyond me. Period.

ok, lets get this straight...if you were not in southeast louisiana or a resident of any of the any of the areas affected by Hurrucane Katrina, and it goes alot further than just New Orleans. Almost the entire Gulf Coast was just about cleared off the map, thats Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama even people in Arkansas felt Katrina's wrath. Than just dont comment. because sometimes you people say things that are seriously affecting our residents state of mind. Even people who were residents, but evacuated were terribly tormented by this storm. Its a very touchy subject, some worst than others. This storm was the most horrific event I have ever seen. How do I know, I was here in St. Bernard Parish when she hit. Katrina was not racist, she didnt see colors, she knew nothing of political matters nor did she care. St. Bernard Parish, and our other lower lying parishs, Plaqimines Parish, Grand Isle and others, sere some of the worst hit areas. We went from no water to 30 feet of water in a matter of minutes, wanna see it...go to google video type in Kay Mixon and 3 window will pop up called Katrina's Wrath. While your there, visit some of the other Katina videos theres thousands from our area. Our Parishes didnt not wait for the feds to do anything. We are resouceful, independent and determined individuals. Because we are mostly commercial fisherman in these parishes, and some had our boats, we did what we had to do to survive.While the federal government was pointing fingers, people were dying every second. There was no time to wait. I stayed because I felt I had too, at the time I was emplyed by New Orleans Harbor Police and felt I had a job to do and my family stayed as well, including my children. My husband and I do not discuss the events surrounding before, during or after this storm hit, its just too hard for us. Trust me, the nightmares dont let us forget. Everyday life will never let us forget, what we witnessed. However my personal thoughts on Bush and his book, what a freaking joke. He's sorry, now, all of a sudden. Bullcrap. Kathleen Blano, was even worse. But I do believe those two and all who were involved in the finger pointing section, have a higher power to answer too, other than the the people who were terribly affected by this storm, that includes everybody, not just St. Bernard or New Orleans, but everybody, every single soul, every parish, county and state. So please, dont hurt us anymore, we truly cant handle it. I agree with Mr Eberhardt and the BTK stuff, because thats a very true statment, however, theres a picture somewhere of over 100 school buses in a parking lot that Blanko wouldnt approve using for the storm and they just sat there and flodded out. How many more people could she have saved by using the buses? Thousands! That blood is on her hands. Thousands of people would have made it out, and not landind in the Superdome or Convention Center. Katrina goes alot deeper than people know, and if you can see it past just face value, I mean more than what you can see from pictures. We were all just people trying to survive. There was no levels of government or political statue, color, race, relgion, rich, poor, age, ect. It didnt matter, Katrina didnt see any of that. But somehow, she became a racist and very political. Just check out some of the videos I suggested, then think through your comment before you post, becacuse some people emotional status just cant handle rediculus comments, like how good Bush looked on his book, thats just truly sad, when somebody is that shallow to say that, when people here are still not mentally, emotionally at mends with Katrina and may never be, I know because my husband and I are not.