PHOTO: Bush. Talking about literacy. Today. Literacy. Hahahahaha

[Bluebear]

"Hey everbuddy I read me THREE SHAKESPEARES!"

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President Bush lectures about literacy during the White House Conference on Global Literacy in New York September 18, 2006. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)

[SpiralHawk]

1. Bush's inevitable favorite book

My Pet Goat

He sat there reading it for 1/2 an hour after having been told for the SECOND time on 9/11 that America was under attack. He did nothing. He just sat there, going AWOL on America. Again.

[yellowcanine]

3. Don't forget "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

http://www.sptimes.com/News/082301/Floridian/Maybe_it_s_fear_of_fl.shtml

[qwertyMike]

18. NO

He was thinking about how to get the Bin-Ladens out.

Ya gotta look after yer neighbours.

[Kutjara]

2. Judging from the distance he's holding his hands apart...

...I'm guessing that His Shrubbiness prefers large format, big print books with lots of nice pictures.

[katinmn]

4. Bwaaaa!! The PR folks are desperate but this is plain silly.

Everyone in the world knows he is an idiot.:rofl:

[rhiannon55]

5. I guess he knows something about

being ILLiterate, but I'm not sure that qualifies him to lecture about it.... :dunce:

[Bluebear]

7. Maybe he's the "BEFORE" lecturer?

He finishes, someone comes on stage and says "Don't let this happen to you!"

Then they introduce a speaker who is actually halfway lucid.

[rhiannon55]

12. Yes! First the Little Moron speaks, then

Bill Clinton. :rofl:

[Bluebear]

16. Perfect! nt

[Avalux]

6. What's in his right hand? A lighter? --

"You put all the books in a big pile, then you use one of these and light 'em up all pretty".

[Generic Other]

8. And next OJ Simpson extols the virtues of knife safety

:crazy:

[rodeodance]

9. i read earlier that he wa speaking at Laura's conference

White House Conference on Global Literacy

[Demit]

10. "Blame it on Camus."

[QuestionAll...]

11. I think he's to talk about litter assey, 'folks'. nt

[chat_noir]

13. on a level with the illterate Jackie Chan promoting literacy

Jackie is illiterate in Chinese...promoted English literacy.

[Vinca]

14. Dubya and his 3 Shakespeares and "My Pet Goat" -

the definition of an "ecalectic" reader.:rofl:

[ryanus]

15. Words...are important to the Americans people

[SalmonChantedEvening]

17. "Ah thinks it's horrbull about all them blind literas"

"AH must help em see, see."

:D

[David Zephyr]

19. Bush gives children the green light to lie about reading books they didn't

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