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[electricland]

Like the CBC, I'm recycling content today. Bear with me.

http://www.bookslut.com/blog/archives/2005_08.php#006386

"It's a fair bet that George W. Bush is the only person in the entire United States who chose those three books to read on vacation," Osnos said.

No, I swear to God, he said it. That would be PublicAffairs publisher Peter Osnos, reacting to a White House press release (read: comically obvious lie) that Bush is reading Salt: A World History, Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar and The Great Influenza on his five-week vacation. (Note to our Canadian and European readers: We're serious. Five weeks. Send help.) I could almost buy the salt and flu books, but why did they have to get greedy and claim he was reading Russian history? Does anyone believe that? Even Dick Cheney is shaking his head and muttering "Bullshit" somewhere.

Comments

[lietya.livejournal.com]

I'm certainly shaking my head and muttering "Bullshit," that's for sure.

[elissa-carey.livejournal.com]

"Reading" = audio book + real book + lots of pictures so he can follow along and sound the words out.

[raithen.livejournal.com]

I want my CBC back. This music in the morning thing is messing me up!! I never know what time it is and I have been later than ideal both days this week. It's all the Corporation's fault. Meanies.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

I KNOW! And it all sounds the same. I've been turning on Breakfast Television on City, which really is not an adequate substitute.

BOOOO to the Corp.

[boywhocantsayno.livejournal.com]

but why did they have to get greedy and claim he was reading Russian history?

Maybe he's trying to get pointers on how to be the next great Tsar...