Why is it that every time I think about writing a W piece, the tune Wayward Son (YouTube) pops in my head?
At long last, the winners of the Name Bush’s Biographical Tome Contest. And an assorted compilation of some of my faves, because it’s Friday and we all deserve a laugh.
As you’ll see, this was a tough one to judge — toughest one I’ve had to do since the Dick Cheney shot his lawyer friend in the face poetry contest — so I added four runner-up prizes as well because it was just too hard to choose only one.
The winner:
– argo0 — You Can Fool Enough of the People Some of the Time
The runners-up:
– diablesseblu: Mendacity of Dope
– Hugh: A History of the American Steal Industry
– JimWhite: Dude, Where’s My Surplus?
– demi: Strings Attached
Other hilarious entries:
– sadlyyes: what me worry?????
— AZ Matt: Mission Accomplished!
— sdfStu: Pet Goats, Bald Men, and Cuttin’ Brush: Advenshirs in Presidentin’
– Badwater: Catapultin’ the Propaganda
– sdfStu: Heckuva Job, Me
– barbara: Heh Heh Heh
– sadlyyes: My Presidential Vacation
– barbara: View from the Top of the Slippery Slope
– pretzel: You meen Dick Cheney really waren’t Prezdent
– bluetoe2: Decline and Fall of the American Empire
– cbl2: The Perfidy Driven Life
– Elliott: buy my book, I haven’t gotten all of your money yet
– citizensue: Perfecting Epic Fail
– demi: Everything I Needed to Know, I learned From Mom, Or Lowering The Bar
– barbara: Laws Are for Sissies
– twolf1: War and No Peace
– sdfStu: Curious George Eats A Pretzel
– Rayne: I got mine; f*ck all y’all: a memoir by George W. Bush from Paraguay
– druidbros: Bush and Dick: How We All Got Screwed
– Gnome de Plume: How I Saved Amurica from Itself
– Tommy Yum: You’re Welcome
– Crosstimbers: Seemed Like Good Ideas at the Time
– argo0: Hopeless: the Story of the White House Occupant After the Man from Hope and Before the Audacity of Hope
– argo0: I Answer to No One (Except Dick)
– nomolos: Commander and Thief
– puravida: “I Think I May Need a Bathroom Break. Is this Possible?”
– twolf1: Fun With Dick and George
– LouCostello: See George Write
– LouCostello: Profiteering: An Insiders Guide to Plundering on a Global Scale
– Albatross: Some Brush Grows in Crawford
– Albatross: How I Defeated the Economy
– cbl2: Chickenhawk for the Soul
– cbl2: The Rogue Less Trammeled
– A Mom Anon: I,Decider
– Hugh: How to be the Worst President Ever (Without Really Trying)
– Hugh: Preventive War: The Coloring Book
– JimWhite: How to Ruin a Country Without Really Trying
– barbara: Conscience of a Conservative: Bwahahahahahaha!
– cbl2: A Bright Shiny Lie
– twolf1: The Great Treasury Robbery
– Adie: Where In The World Is Dick?
– Gitcheegumee: How I put the “con” in Conservative
– GregB: Who Cut My Cheese?
– tw3k: My Pet Program
– twolf1: Tumbleweed: My Brush With Greatness
– jayt: I think, Therefore I Is
– WrytchusAnger: Brokeback Nation
– Hugh: No Shill Left Behind: My Life with the Washington Press Corps
– twolf1: Zen and the Art of the Signing Statement
– shootthatarrow: A Shrub Not Pruned
– sufilizard2: Dad’s Friends Can’t Bail Me Out Of This One
– jeffc: W is for ….Why?
– Gitcheegumee: Hail to the Thief
– Heraclitus: The Presidency: Now It’s Bush-League
– Heraclitus: In Bed By Eight
– twolf1: What Subpoenas?
– Hugh: I Break It, You Own It
– Hugh: I Rock
– demi: Oedipus Wrecked: All For The Love Of Poppy
– plunger: No one could have foreseen…
– JimWhite: Oversight Is More Than Just A Mistake
– foothillsmike: The Making of a Peasant Class
– conquark: Your Government Failed You
– Erishkigal: Let a Hundred Turd Blossoms Bloom: Mao-Maoing the Constitution
– mack: Not My Job
– TrueBob: Greetings from Paraguay
– blue: George W Bush An Unrecognized Genius: All You All Will Thank Me in 250 Years
– SonomaRus: My Bad
– TrueBob: Just Another Piece Of Paper
– Evil Parallel Universe: Postposterous: The Life and Times Of George W. Bush
– Argonaut: Oedipus Tex
– Argonaut: Born on Third Base (subtitle: How I Stole Your Home)
– Pat9: The Best Supreme Court Decision
– argo0: The Tortured Presidency
– MrWhy: What Would Cheney Do?
– TrueBobM: How Can The Country Be Bankrupt? I Still Have Checks Left
– PursuitofHappiness: None Dare Call It Reason
– Mommybrain: Poppy Knew Best
– pitchforksandtorches: The Holey Babble – my Foolish Talk from the Old Testicle through the New Internets
– neurophius: Mission Accomplished: Total Destruction of America’s Standing and Goodwill in the World
– tbsa: I Spied
– BargainCountertenor: If the Answer is George W Bush, What Was the Question?
– punaise: My Pet Goad
– punaise: Now, Watch this Dry-Heave
– timbo: Supreme Confidence
– bonkers: War and Fleece
The winner receives a New Orleans in a Box gift basket from Aunt Sally’s. The runners-up will receive a praline sampler pack from Aunt Sally’s. Good heavens, this was a fun one! I’ll e-mail the winners individually, but feel free to e-mail me with name and addy if you see this (and do include your screenname so I’ll know who you are) at ReddHedd AT firedoglake DOT com.
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Wow, some great ones there!
I know, I spent the last few days laughing my ass off, making list after list, trying to come up with the final rankings. It was next to impossible. But dammit, it was a lot of fun… *g*
And the illustration for this? It’s for Jane…because I know she loved the Olympic volleyball ladies’ crush on W so…
Good Morning everyone……how to decide….. hmmmmm
What fun! I totally missed this contest.
Politico’s navelgazing about Halperin’s cry of insanity, and this one really resonated with me: media, get over your narcissistic selves by Rosabeth Moss Kanter.
Maybe we need a contest for things Howie Kurtz should discuss but never will….
Hope everyone’s Thanksgiving was splendid.
Mmmm. Pralines!
Thanks, Christy, off to send the email now.
l’Histoire d’une Crime
Except that Victor Hugo already grabbed that one.
(((Mornin’, katymine)))
Morning, katymine. So glad you are home — hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving.
(((katymine!!!))) G’mornin’, darlin’.
Just so you know, I’ve been running around saying “Dude, where’s my surplus?” for a week. hehehehehe
Christy, this is hilarious! I missed most of them. Great winners. Booyah. The one that made me laugh out loud, though, was “Oedipus Tex.” Punaise musta loved that one.
that’s a great list, congratulations to the winnehs.
My Thanksgiving was very nice…… I’m thankful for my own bed….. with real food and my lovely family…..
finally got rid of the water weight ….. and doing my two weeks of “rest” before I go back in for series two of the Interlukin therapy….. probably around Dec 8th….
I know, they were all fricking hilarious!
Thanks for the reminder. It is a very difficult proposition to believe that man is our Prez. It’s (the pics) proof for sure that the elections were stolen.
Look under the desk!
Oh man, haven’t heard Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s name since the Dukakis days. Wasn’t she one of his big econ advisors back in the day? She’s absolutely correct that the press loves their own navelgazing most of all.
That’s great news.
Hugs are great therapy, aren’t they?
Big, gentle hugs, hon — have been thinking about you a lot and hoping for the best.
Hi Christie! The Mountaineers are on at noon.
When we were little my dad taught my sister and I each a joke to tell people. My sister’s was:
Q What’s miles around at the bottom and comes to a point at the top?
A A mountain.
When the person asks “Mountains have ears?” you say “Yeah, haven’t you ever heard of moutaneers?”
Yeah, the big question is which team will show up today — the one that plays really well? Or the one that plays like crap…
I made this for you
Give of Yourself
Off to swim in the great capitalist cesspool.
Be good to yourselves, and all other living things.
Namaste
I’ve just figured out what’s wrong with the media: it’s the herd mentality. I realized this the other night when I saw Jonathan Alter on MSRNC talking about Bush’s “awful tax cuts”. I was dumbfounded and I yelled at the TV “You never said that at the time you SOB!”
But he can say it now because Dumbya has lost his popularity. The media are scared to death of being the kid who’s different, the kid that everyone picks on. They always play it safe and follow the herd.
Have a great day — or at least, not a crappy one. *G*
It’s like watching a 7th grade control group, isn’t it?
Thank you Elliott…..
working as a nurse there were many times the hospital and the blood banks were scrambling to get enough blood especially during the holidays. Donations are always down during the holidays and summer….. when the need is higher ….
HAPPINESS is a warm puppy,for all you PUPs here
http://www.americablog.com/200…..ad_28.html
and thanks Christy for the honorable mention
Oh, are you talking about the Vikings???
Christy – An idea for the next contest might be “Retirement Plans for GWB”
hey girl ,sounds like things are going WELL…..
fight those foreign terrorist invadersssssssssssss!!!!
hahahahahahahahahahaha
i had a great one for Palins bio,but i forgot it…..apropos ,no?
Maybe: But Im afraid we may break the no violence rules. Not sure.
Sarah Palin,”Shopping for your entire family,on OPM”
Katymine, a friend of ours who was diagnosed at the same time as David told us a couple of things. He decided he would never refer to his advanced tongue/throat cancer as “his” cancer. He wanted there to be a wall between him and “it” that made it clear the cancer was an uninvited intruder in his body. Then, he decided to name his cancer “W,” with the goal that the cancer would be given the boot by January 20, 2009. We laughed along with him. The best part of the story is that Ben (who was not expected to live) underwent weeks and weeks of grueling radiation and chemo. He lost a boatload of weight (he needed to). And he totally kicked “W’s” butt. His last two PET scans have showed him clean and clear. There are good outcomes, girl. Even in the most dire circumstances. Hoping and praying for you. You can do this! Yes, you can.
I called Jane’s “dick Cheney” — because the added motivation to kick it’s ass was obvious. *g*
Ya know what? That’s even better. Kicking Bush’s ass is like picking on the runt of the litter. But Cheney? Hoo boy. There’s an ass that needs a serious whomping!
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh,im going home today…hate S.Fla with a passion
And btw, where IS Cheney these days? Makes me nervous when his beautiful wickedness goes totally underground.
He’s orchestrating the “burrowing” of political appointees into career positions in various agencies, among other things. SIGH
Ugh..that’s scary. I was thinking his absence was one more thing to be thankful for. I really do not miss his scowling face.
Ive also been interested in the health of Mother Bush…surgery for ulcer. Not surprising and very symbolic. He’s almost given an ulcer to all of us. She should not escape.
And I thought he went into hiding after being indicted in Texas
Somehow, I don’t think that indictment is going to scare him very much. Truly.
Perfect job for a ferret. Does “career” mean bullet-proof?
Also, this part of your link — “One senior Interior official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters” — suggests a whole new contest. This weird (and litigation-proofing?) habit of the press to add detailed disclaimers to every anonymous quote is pretty amusing sometimes.
Urgh. 45 is for Christy.
I think they do that to try and issue some public justification on why they granted anonymity. Which always sort of says to me they aren’t quite certain they should be doing so in the first place alla time…
Agreed – sounds like Don Quixote the DA
I think that the weak protections granted to whistleblowers might be at play here too.
Larry Summers In A Superman Cape? Really?
Jane’s up
You know that saying that a prosecutor can indict a ham sandwich? I think every once in a while someone comes along who decides to try and prove it…
Contrast with completely ignoring the shooting a man in his face..quixotic for sure.
Oh rats, snubbed again. I thought Cheney Dearist was absolutely brilliant.
Hi Christy and All! Survived another turkey and it was good.
Speaking of turkeys, I see that Huff Po is saying Chris Matthews wants to be a senator, a Democratic one from Pennsylvania.
Hoo Boy!, we are one funny, clever pack of hounds, aren’t we?
Wouldn’t you know, I actually slept in until 7:15 this am? Must have been the turkey and the fact that the alarm did not go off at 5:30.
Thanks for this contest, Christy. Was mucho funno.
Off to check my email.
Challenge:
“Fooling Half the People All the Time,
Fooling All the People Half the Time.
Mission Copped.”
http://firedoglake.com/2008/11…..nt-1723705
i wuz robbed. grump grumble.
I will gladly share a cookie with you.