How did george bush react to the events on september 11. I fell in love with his character, his joyful sense of fun, his integrity and his love of family and friends in so many ways he represented what was good about the greatest generation an ethic forged through the depression and wwii that stood for. Paul moen, moline, at brentanos book store at northpark mall. Was president bush talking to school kids when 911. Bush continues along the path of the earlier the faith of george w. Shown here is the cover of the childrens reading book that contained the short story, that president bush held on sept. He was holding the book upside down on purpose in a typical selfdepricating attempt at humorhe did that a lot during his presidency. The hoax image has been circulating since 2008 but has recently surfaced once again on facebook. Its been almost two years since former president george w. This photograph spread like wildfire especially because there was no dearth of bushhaters and they all felt more than happy to had a laugh looking at the photograph. Bush reading the my pet goat book upside down while the children were chanting kite hit steel plane must. Why george bush sat there reading my pet goat after the. Trump essays when it comes to the final presidential debate the finalist are a different type of people than the rest of this world. Bush with a class of secondgraders on the morning of september 11, 2001.
Bush reads my pet goat in fahrenheit 911 by michael moore on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the. His chief of staff, andrew card, approached and whispered something in his ear what he said has never been revealed. Phony phone call photograph showing president bush holding a telephone to his ear upsidedown is a manipulated one. George bush of the central intelligence agency and captain william edwards of the defense intelligence agency on november 23, 1963, by mr. When it was first released in 1978, george bush was an obscure bureaucrat, a virtual unknown. If you know an autumn be very gentle as they are like stray dogs. He was pictured beside a young girl reading from america. Its been a while since weve heard from former first lady laura bush. The original version of this photo was taken in 2002 when president bush was visiting a school in houston. Kids with bush on 911 glad he finished reading my pet. Its very strange that no one has called out the republican party on this. The pet goat often erroneously called my pet goat is a gradeschool level reading exercise composed by american educationalist siegfried zig engelmann. Time magazine interviewed the children, whom are now in their teens, who were being read to by george bush on september 11th, 2001.
Bush sr and reagan both went into the classrooms and talk to. From the classroom with bush on the morning of 911. It might also be possible but hard to determine from this image that the books president bush and the student were holding had removable dust jackettype covers, but the cover of the presidents copy had been put on backwards, so it looked as if he were holding the book upsidedown even though he really wasnt. On the helicopter was my dad, who i love, my mom, who i adore, and my wife, who was an awesome first lady, president bush says. George bush holding book upside down fake photograph. An earlier hoax picture in the same vein supposedly depicted us president bush holding a phone upside down. My life in letters and other writings bush, george h. Bushs collected letters in this book offer readers not only a better. And its true that george hw bush and shafig bin laden, osamas brother, spent the morning of september 11 together at a board meeting of the carlyle group, but the bin ladens are a big family.
And the picture of president bush holding a book upside down was another book, i dont know what it was. Note, for example, that the picture on the back of the book in the students hands and the one on the back of the book president bush is holding are the reverse of each other, a dead giveaway. Bush visited the george sanchez charter school in houston and read a book with the schoolchildren. Im not blaming anything on bush i just wouldlike to know why it is ok for republicans to encourage children to pursue their education but wrong for obama to do it.
This widely circulated photo of president george w. What was the name of the children book, george bush was. The substance of the forgoing information was orally furnished to mr. Perhaps the bush library, however, understands that future generations will cease to know about the goat, simply seeing instead where bush happened to be the morning america was attacked. Moment bush learned of 911 terror attacks abc news. Here is the previous story that i ran on this where you can see the videos of this for yourself. Booker elementary school in sarasota county, florida, reading the pet goat to innercity first graders and. A patriotic primer by lynne cheney, and the photo was published by the associated press. I cant see any reason from this picture to indicate why he might be reading upside down, as though it is on purpose. All the best, george bush will shed more light on the mans personal character and public persona than any. I didnt always agree with him politically, but in 1999 i read his book, all the best, and fell in love. Notice how he is supposed to reading the book to the kids but the book is upside down. When bush was at the school on 911 being warned about the attact this was all a staged event.
But mr bush says that anyone who thinks he was in shock that morning of september 11, 2001, has it wrong. Then an altered version of the photo hit the internet. Bush is the main antagonist of the antibush emo game, one of four free flash games made by jason oda between 2002 and 2004. That book is indeed doctored upside down in that picture. How bush was able to read my pet goat if he had the book upside down. Here is why george w bush kept on reading my pet goat after the september 11, 2001 attacks, in his own book. Reading upside down and back to front has become a popular trend. There are a lot of folks trying to figure this out. A little wounded from battle but packing quite a bite. As americans leapt to their deaths from the twin towers, george w.
Check out the stars on the flag at this hillary clinton rally. The state of america after bush books the guardian. And ascribing intelligence and mental flexibility to w is certainly not warranted. Analysis of donald kraybill s the upside down kingdom. He was visiting an elementary school that morning, and the visit was televised, so we do actually know. On the morning of this day in 2001, president george w. The image is a digitally altered version of an original photograph depicting obama holding the phone correctly. Does this photograph show president bush reading a book. Seeing life as upside down becomes the central metaphor for looking at experiences throughout the book. Hoax picture obama holding phone upside down hoaxslayer. It is wellknown by now that the photo of george bush reading a book upside down was a pamphlet. Bill press is a syndicated columnist, the cohost of cnns crossfire, which airs mondayfriday at 7. There are even multiple free online tests that promise to accurately test your ability of reading upside down.
We have the whole ritual that was happening the booker elementary school classroom with george w. Bush family to settle on the acuifero guarani paraguay as surprising, besides being a bad signal for the governments of the region. In this one it appears that bush is holding the book upside down. The antibush game is basically a semieducational, yet violent and profane game based on the first four years of bushs presidency. Upside down thinker beatrice zinker, upside down thinker, book. Bush knew before any of us exactly what was going down. Obama not reading book upside down when bin laden killed. Thanks to adriannes comment below for informing me that the photo i refer to below of bush holding a book upside down is not authentic. What sticks in my mind more than anything is the vision of watching then president george w. If im not mistaken wasnt he reading a book upside down to school kids in a classroom on 9112001.
After some years out of the spotlight, her husband, george w. Bush holding a childrens book upside down top was doctored shortly after he appeared at the george sanchez charter school in houston in 2002. Bush walked out of the white house and boarded a helicopter at andrews air force base, closing the chapter on his two terms as americas commander in chief. Bush sitting in front of a group of young children, reading to them from a book that just happened to be upside down. Bush visited the booker elementary school in florida and was reading a goat book upside down. I though the story about the upside down pet goat was strange. The main difference between the two is that paul kengor is focused more on how bush transplants his religion into nut just his. That is why he knew the story without reading the book.
On the 26th of september 2016 at hofstra university the first presidential debate was taken place and the. Apparently bush and cronies are allegedly buying land down there an argentine official regarded the intention of the george w. While he was reading this book, the elementary school children were reciting these words. Bill press is a syndicated columnist, the cohost of cnn s crossfire, which airs mondayfriday at 7. George bush 911 ground zero reads the bixby letter a fraud. How bush was able to read my pet goat if he had the book. Jeb bush, this year, also pictured with an american flag displaying upside down stars. The administr ation of pr esident george w bush 20 01 20 09. Upside down presents the relationship between developed or first world and developing or third world nations, illuminating the influences of the colonizer over the colonized. It achieved notoriety for being read by us president george w.