Studying American Civil War

[SirMoby]

Why is he suddenly reading up on the American Civil War? The differences in Iraq don't make sense but perhaps the arguments for cheap labor and a single minded government are the same.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060813/pl_nm/bush_dc_5

"Bush puts down his summer reading -- including Albert Camus' "The Stranger," and two books on Civil War President Abraham Lincoln -- in favor of presidential briefing books."

[Kinky Jones]

And he is back in his limousine after days of riding ranch trails on his mountain bike, once running over an armadillo and another time crashing while trying to negotiate a steep hill.

wow :lmao2: this guy is the leader of the "free" world??? that poor armadillo... I feel it's pain

[Bill]

That Camus book is about a man on trial for killing an Arab in Algeria. He kills the arab almost on a whim. Camus lived in Algeria, as a blackfoot, a frenchman born and raised in their colonial possession.

Algeria, interestingly enough, is a perfect model for what is happening in Iraq.