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unusual facts about George W Bush



America's Choir

The choir has performed at the inaugurations of United States Presidents Lyndon B Johnson (1965), Richard M Nixon (1969), Ronald Reagan (1981), George Bush (1989), and George W Bush (2001).

Bergdorf Blondes

Rather like the “Slayer slang” of the TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (WB/UPN 1998-2003), Bergdorf Blondes employs a rich vocabulary of “in” words and abbreviations – “Arizona” for “rehab”; “FOB/G” (Friend of President Bill Clinton/George W Bush); “Ana” (anorexic).

Church of the Militant Elvis Party

He argued that George W Bush is the anti-Christ, and campaigned to imprison Cherie Blair to prevent her reporting details of her sex life, and to place CCTV in the bedroom of Nick Clegg.

Hagen Rether

Important targets for his satires and biting ironies are, among many others, the Catholic Church, George W. Bush and well known German artists like Günter Grass, whom he criticizes for not admitting that he had actually been member of the Waffen-SS until August 2006, during which time he received a Nobel Prize for (as Rether implies) bad writing.

The Pendragons

They performed at presidential galas for US presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush, including a performance for President Clinton at the Ford's Theater for an ABC TV Special.


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147th Reconnaissance Wing

George W. Bush's military service began in 1968 when he enlisted in the Texas Air National Guard after graduating with a bachelor's degree in history from Yale University.

Allan Hubbard

Allan B. Hubbard (born 1947), American business executive and former Assistant to President George W. Bush and Director of the National Economic Council

Barbara Olshansky

Olshansky is author with Dave Lindorff of The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office.

Benkert

Joseph Benkert, United States Naval officer and George W. Bush administration official

Biohappiness

The concept of biohappiness also has its high-profile critics, including Leon Kass, who served on the President's Council on Bioethics during the presidency of George W. Bush.

Brian E. Carlson

He served as American ambassador to Latvia in the George W. Bush administration and he currently advises international media and audience analysis firm InterMedia Research Institute on strategic communication matters.

Broadway Books

Broadway Books has since published many New York Times bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, including Elizabeth Edwards’ memoir Resilience, Bill O’Reilly’s memoir A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, Decision Points by George W. Bush, Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg, and A Lion Called Christian by Ace Bourke and John Rendall.

Bushwhacked

"Bushwacked" MP3, satirical speeches created from parts of George W. Bush's orations

Calvin J. Spann

On Feb. 28, 2006, the U.S. Congress approved a bill authorizing President George W. Bush to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen.

Camp Casey

Camp Casey, Crawford, Texas, an encampment outside the George W. Bush ranch in Crawford, Texas during his five-week vacation there in August 2005

Christopher Houlihan

While in France, he served as an assistant musician at The American Cathedral in Paris and had the honor of performing for the then President and First Lady of the United States, Mr. And Mrs. George W. Bush

Cynthia M. Rufe

On the recommendation of Senators Arlen Specter and Rick Santorum, Rufe was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2002 to a seat vacated by Norma Shapiro.

Daniel Goldin presidency of Boston University

Circumstances relating to a Daniel Goldin presidency of Boston University began in the summer of 2003, following the resignation of its eighth president Jon Westling, the Trustees of Boston University voted unanimously to offer the presidency of the university to Daniel S. Goldin, former administrator of NASA under Presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.

Dave Lindorff

He is the author of four books, the most recent being The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office, written with attorney Barbara Olshansky of the Center for Constitutional Rights.

Donnie Fowler

Fowler was Al Gore's National Field & Delegates Director during the 2000 presidential campaign, managing the in-state political operations for Gore's victory over Bill Bradley for the Democratic nomination and the popular vote victory over George W. Bush in the general election.

Elroy, Wisconsin

A Republican, he was the Governor of Wisconsin for four terms and the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services during the first term of George W. Bush.

Goodling

Monica Goodling (born 1973), former US government lawyer and political appointee in the George W. Bush administration

Gulliver Schools

George P. Bush, grandson of President George Bush, nephew of President George W. Bush

Hannibal, Missouri

Larry Thompson, Deputy Attorney General of the United States under President George W. Bush

Jack Wheeler

Jack Wheeler, (1944–2010) presidential aide to Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.

James E. Robinson

Robinson is a sixth cousin once removed of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and is an ancestor (maternal great grandfather) of President George W. Bush.

Jean Bethke Elshtain

In 2006, she was appointed by President George W. Bush to the Council of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and also delivered the prestigious Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh, joining such previous Gifford Lecturers as William James, Hannah Arendt, Karl Barth, and Reinhold Niebuhr.

Kimmitt

Robert M. Kimmitt (born 1947), United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush

Mark Kimmitt (born 1954), the 16th Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, under George W. Bush from Aug 2008 to Jan 2009

Linton Brooks

Prior to joining the George W. Bush Administration, Brooks was a vice president at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) and an advisor to Sandia National Laboratories.

Living with War

The album's lyrics, titles, and conceptual style are highly critical of the policies of the George W. Bush administration; the CTV website defined it as "a musical critique of U.S. President George W. Bush and his conduct of the war in Iraq".

Loup City, Nebraska

Richard Raymond - Prominent Nebraska medical doctor and Undersecretary in the Department of Agriculture during the George W. Bush Administration

Memogate

Killian documents controversy, a 2004 controversy involving apparently forged documents critical of George W. Bush's military service

Mike Elston

Michael Elston (born 1969), United States lawyer and appointee to the Department of Justice during the administration of George W. Bush

Nancy D. Freudenthal

President George W. Bush previously nominated Richard Honaker for the seat, but he never received a hearing on his nomination.

National Reading Panel

In 2001, President George W. Bush announced that the report would be the basis of federal literacy policy and was used prominently to craft Reading First, a $5 billion federal reading initiative that was part of the No Child Left Behind legislation.

Now It's My Turn

As openly lesbian, she considered leaving the campaign; she only stayed because she believed George W. Bush to be the best commander-in-chief during the War on Terror.

Presidential Museum and Leadership Library

Since the relocation, two other buildings associated with Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush have been moved to the Presidential Museum site: (1) a modest house formerly at 917 East 17th Street in Odessa briefly occupied in 1948-1949 by the first President Bush, his wife, Barbara Pierce Bush, and first son George and (2) the residence formerly at 1405 West Golf Course Road in Midland purchased by George W. Bush in 1977, a year before he married Laura Welch Bush.

Protesting the Dixie Chicks

In the man-on-the-street style of "Heavy Metal Parking Lot", anonymous fans and protesters are interviewed outside the arenas of the Dixie Chicks 2003 USA tour, while the context of the drama is reenacted with toys and action figures of Natalie Maines, Toby Keith, General John Abizaid, Senator Richard Lugar, Senator John McCain and President George W. Bush.

Protests against the Iraq War

Cindy Sheehan, mother of slain U.S. soldier Casey Sheehan, set up a protest camp outside the ranch of vacationing president George W. Bush in Crawford, Texas.

Randy Smith

N. Randy Smith (born 1949), American jurist; appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Scott Jennings

J. Scott Jennings (born 1977), a United States political appointee in the administration of George W. Bush

Task Force 402

Ambassador Khalilzad, while visiting the local Civil Affairs company, presented members of TF402 with coins on behalf of the President George W. Bush of the United States.

The Accidental President

The Accidental President: How 413 Lawyers, 9 Supreme Court Justices, and 5,963,110 Floridians (Give or Take a Few) Landed George W. Bush in the White House is a 2001 book by Newsweek writer David A. Kaplan.

The Little Red Hen

It was also used as an analogy to defend President George W. Bush's decision to bar companies from countries opposed to the Iraq War from bidding on contracts for reconstruction work.

Tom Freiling

In 2004 producer David W. Balsiger used George W. Bush on God and Country, along with David Aikman’s book A Man of Faith, as the basis for his controversial television documentary George W. Bush: Faith in the White House.

Vincent Makori

Makori interviewed then president George W. Bush in 2003 and thereafter travelled with the president and the White House press corps on a five-nation trip to Africa.

Where Are You, Christmas?

In 2008, the song was performed by Kaitlyn Maher in a live show at The White House, at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on December 4, 2008 which was attended by President George W. Bush.

William Kelley

William K. Kelley, Deputy White House Counsel for the George W. Bush administration

William Steiger

William R. Steiger, political appointee in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under George W. Bush known for his role in the politicization of science