Submit a Story!
AFP: Bush faces footwear protest in Canada
3 hours ago OTTAWA (AFP) Canadians amassed shoes to throw in protest against George W. Bush on Tuesday when he gives his first post-presidential speech in western Canada's oil patch. The footwear was to be tossed at an effigy of the 43rd US president outside a Calgary conference center where ...
Heritage Canukistan?
investigativeproject.org — Things are heating up in the sweepstakes for the most incompetent department of Canadian government to face... Islamic radicalism. For a while, bets were on Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board, which, for 11 years, had the president of the (more) Heritage Canukistan?
The Associated Press: Bush declines to criticize Obama in Canada speech
google.com — 12 hours ago CALGARY, Alberta (AP) Former President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that he won't... criticize Barack Obama because the new U.S. president "deserves my silence," and said he plans to write a book about the 12 toughest decisions he made in ... (more) The Associated Press: Bush declines to criticize Obama ...
Do or Dybul
tnr.com — On January 9, Ambassador Mark Dybul circulated a memo to his staff informing them that President-Elect Barack... Obama's transition team had asked him to stay on, at least temporarily, as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, a position to which he had been ... (more) Do or Dybul
Comments
Blog Reactions

Bush faces footwear protest in Canada
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... of Iraq and rendition of terror suspects, she said in a telephone interview with AFP. "We had shoes sent in (to us) from across the country," said Lemieux, charging Bush is a "war criminal" who must be prosecuted for his former administration's policies in the US "war on terror." "It doesn't matter that he is no longer president," she added. "A bank robber who stops holding up banks can and must still be prosecuted for his crimes." The same applies for Bush, she said. Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gFML...

Canadian activists build ‘shoe cannon’ to hurl shoes at effigy of Bush.
Think Progress — ... (he arrived safely last night), protesters have gathered to rally against Bush’s invasion of Iraq and his terror and detention policies. As part of the protests, local activists have ...

Poor George W. Bush
The Moderate Voice — ... It used to be that President George W. Bush could go to events and he would only need his Secret Service folks to make sure nobody had any weapons. By the time of the 2004 election he had to make sure that nobody was around who was wearing a pink shirt under their sweater or a Kerry bumper sticker on their car. From here on out, he may not be able to show up to speak anywhere unless everyone in attendance has removed their shoes. ...

AFP
Sister ToldjahCanadians throw shoes to protest Bush effigy

Related Content
Bush to give speech at private event in Canada | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News
dallasnews.com 2/12/2009 — 11:12 PM CST on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 By LORI STAHL / The Dallas Morning News lstahl@dallasnews.com Former President George W. Bush's first confirmed speaking engagement since leaving office will take him from Crawford to Canada. Invitations ...
Farewell to the man in the arena
shadow.foreignpolicy.com 1/16/2009 — By Christian Brose And there you have it folks. Curtains for the Bush presidency . No big surprises tonight. And nothing that will be much remembered either I'm afraid -- no evocations to " steer clear of permanent alliances ," no ...
The Associated Press: Bush: It's 'liberating' to be out of office
google.com 5/22/2009 — 3 hours ago ARTESIA, N.M. (AP) It was a humbling moment for the former commander in chief: President George W. Bush was walking former first dog Barney in his new Dallas neighborhood when it stopped in a neighbor's yard for relief. "And there I was, ...
If Torture Works, Why Did We Stop Doing It In 2005?
librarygrape.com 5/4/2009 — Over the last few years, it has been difficult to keep track of all the different instances of lies and misdirection about the Bush torture program. Way back in the day, the Bush administration claimed that we didn't abuse or mistreat prisoners. Then, when the horrors of Abu Ghraib came to ...
Bush Administration Got the Guantanamo it Wanted
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 4/29/2009 — I admit that when I first saw the title of Karen Greenberg's The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days , I was a bit concerned. I couldn't match the description of Guantanamo as the 'least worst' anything with the images of orange ...
Editorials worldwide pillory Bush one final time - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 1/20/2009 — BERLIN (Reuters) Editorial writers around the world have been taking their final printed whacks at George W. Bush , accusing the president of tarnishing America's standing with what many saw as arrogant and incompetent leadership. Some newspaper ...
The Associated Press: Key Bush Gitmo advisers still on job at Pentagon
google.com 2/6/2009 — 17 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Three senior Pentagon officials tapped by the Bush administration to oversee detainee policy at Guantanamo Bay remain on the job despite President Barack Obama's order to reverse course at the Navy prison in Cuba. The ...
Obama Protecting Bush from Spain?
afterdowningstreet.org 4/16/2009 — " The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison " by Andy Worthington. " Nonviolent Struggle: 50 Crucial Points " by Centre for Applied NonViolent Action and Strategies. " George W. Bush, War Criminal?: The Bush ...
Bush Flashback: “War Crimes Will Be Prosecuted…It Will Be No Defense To Say, ‘I Was Just Following Orders’”
thinkprogress.org 4/28/2009 — Just before launching his invasion of Iraq, President Bush went on national television to issue an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein, urging him to leave his country within 48 hours. Bush also had this message for “ all Iraqi military and civilian ...
Newsweek Compares Bush Era as Star Wars to Obama's as Star Trek
newsbusters.org 5/8/2009 — Naturally all Bush's folks are the Evil Characters In a transparently unhinged and partisan hit job against several Bush administration officials, Newsweek thought it would be amusing to compare the Bush era and the Obama era by analogizing them ...
Letters to the EditorChristian Science Monitor | Commentary 3/15/2009
Readers write about respect for the members of the US Armed Services, the effect of global warming on Canada's boreal forests, and how churches can keep their congregants.
Bush, in Canada, Gives First Speech Since Leaving White HouseNYT > Politics 3/18/2009
The speech was closed to reporters, but an attendee said the former president spoke out against trade protectionism in the United States. >
Canada: US will ground helicopters (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 3/20/2009
AP - Canadian safety officials said Friday they expect the U.S. to ground Sikorsky S92 helicopters like the one involved in a crash last week in which 17 died.