He doesn't seem to be bearing much consequence for what he did in Iraq. He's not up for re-election; he has all his limbs, he's shrapnel free. Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Sunday waffle... Date: 6/3/05 8:29:32 A.M. Central Daylight Time From: _aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) , _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: The alternative is to say that Bush got into Yale because he wanted to be there. That doesn't follow from his behavior. His family's expectations were in the air, in the water, if not stated overtly. Ultimately, his family created him, which is to say, they enabled him to stay an adolescent forever, to experience no consequences for anything he did. Too bad somebody can't bail hm out of what he did in Iraq. Andy > [Original Message] > From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 6/3/2005 8:54:19 AM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Sunday waffle... > > I included my remark about Bush as a bit of fun. He didn't get where he > did because of his family's expectations. At least not in the way I was > reading Andy's 'expectations'. He got there because his family > continually bailed him out and financed him and protected him and > refinanced him. Except in the crassest sense, he's not a success > story. > > He could be the poster child for the American dream gone wrong -- unless > he's the poster child for the American dream realized. Either way, > it's enough to give you nightmares. > Ursula > > Andy Amago wrote: > > >Agreed. Bush is a good example of someone with a lot of street smarts who > >got to where he did by the expectations of his family. He actually is the > >poster child for Paul's argument. Most people aren't in his situation. > > > > > >Andy > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html