SMU pooh-poohs War Preznit's lieberry
The Bush legacy. This is so cool:
"We count ourselves among those who would regret to see SMU enshrine attitudes and actions widely deemed as ethically egregious:
degradation of habeas corpus,
outright denial of global warming,
flagrant disregard for international treaties,
alienation of long-term U.S. allies,
environmental predation,
shameful disrespect for gay persons and their rights,
a pre-emptive war based on false and misleading premises,
and a host of other erosions of respect for the global human community and for this good Earth on which our flourishing depends."
In addition to opposing Bush's policies, the letter writers raise their voices against the purported mission of the library itself. Their concerns are based on a New York Daily News story of November 27, which describes the future library as a $500 million center (the costliest presidential library ever), the purpose of which would be "to spread the gospel of a presidency that for now gets poor marks from many scholars and a majority of Americans."
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