“Those around him have learned how to manipulate him through the art of flattery. Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld played Bush like a Stradivarius, exploiting his grandiosity. “Rumsfeld would later tell his lieutenants that if you wanted the president’s support for an initiative, it was always best to frame it as a ‘Big New Thing.’” Other aides played on Bush’s self-conception as “the Decider.” “To sell him on an idea,” writes Draper, “aides were now learning, the best approach was to tell the president, This is going to be a really tough decision.” But flattery always requires deference. Every morning, Josh Bolten, the chief of staff, greets Bush with the same words: “Thank you for the privilege of serving today.”"
Every morning
September 22nd, 2007 · Comments Off
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links for 2006-08-31
August 31st, 2006 · Comments Off
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“Each station is like museum, with huge patchworks occupying some walls, high ceilings and antique type chandeliers. And in those magnificent interriors nowadays you can meet people that look like really weird.”
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“The seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago (…) interviewed a diverse group of seven-year-old children from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future.”
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“Digital channel More4 will court controversy once again this autumn with a fictional piece, shot as a documentary, about the assassination of the US president, George Bush.”
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“1962, une suite de l’hôtel Bel-Air à Los Angeles, Marilyn Monroe pose devant l’objectif de Bert Stern. L’actrice, sans maquillage, accepte de se dénuder. La séance photo dure douze heures, Bert Stern prend 2571 clichés.”
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timetable
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A tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kaufmann House in Half Life 2.
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