GWB Library Plans Revealed

The picture above is an artist's rendition of the George W. Bush Presidential Center (Library) on the campus of Southern Methodist University. This is where Bush's coloring books and other presidential papers will be stored. Personally, I think The Pet Goat should have an honored place in that library. It's as indicative as any book of the caliber of Bush's presidency.

Laura Bush presided over the planning of the library's design, and tried to maintain a Texas flavor to the concept "from the Texas limestone and pecan wood paneling inside the complex to the wildflowers, bluebonnets and prairie land outside." Mrs. Bush said, "I know we can't please everyone, but I think this almost does."

I'm sure Mrs. Bush probably believes that, but there are millions of us Texans that would be just as happy to see the library not built at all (or perhaps moved to his birth state -- Connecticut).

I still find it hard to believe that SMU wanted this dreadful monument to an epic failure on it's campus. After a long and hard fight to become recognized as an institution of academic excellence, this beacon of a failed presidency will set them back many years.

Ministers Opposed To Bush Library At SMU

Although I am not a religious person at all, I did graduate from a Methodist university (Texas Wesleyan). That's one reason I was so disappointed that a sister Methodist school, Southern Methodist University, has chosen to be the host university for the Bush Library.

The Methodists aren't like some of the other churches that sponsor schools. They allow their students and faculty to have a lot of freedom in thought and action. Academic freedom is valued and not stifled by the church.

It seems incongruous that an open and modern university would forever tie themselves to the worst president ever -- a man known for his secretiveness, dishonesty and inability tolerate a dissenting opinion. It looks like I'm not the only person who feels that way.

A group of Methodist ministers is trying to stop the library from being built on the SMU campus. They feel the library promotes the policies of the Bush administration -- policies that conflict with church teachings. And they have a petition with the signatures of 11,000 who agree with them.

They are asking the school to wait until July, when the 290 delegates of the church's South Central Juristiction meet. They want this juristiction to make the final decision. I doubt if they have much chance to stop the library since the university seems to have made up its mind, but I applaud their efforts.

It's just sad to see this great university tar their reputation by celebrating the dishonest administration of George Bush.