4/12/2012, 10:56 pm
Syllabus - Spring 2012
Understanding Bush:
Cowboy Diplomacy 101
If you are a Harvard student who just doesn't understand anything, then this class is for you. A counterpart to Understanding Obama (taught by Professor Charles Ogletree), this one-hour credit class is a perfect way to meet those law-school elective requirements that your parents are paying for. We will discuss, through books and readings, the answers to the following thought-provoking questions:
- How did a stupid hick like George W. Bush manage to steal the election... twice?
- What were Bush's grades at Harvard, compared to Obama's? Did Bush's dad sit in class and take the tests for him?
- Is the Texas Rangers baseball team even a real business, or was it invented to give Bush the appearance of executive experience?
**Extra Credit if you can locate Texas (or any midwest state) on a map.
- Why were military deaths under Bush protested, but not military deaths under Obama? Do military lives still matter?
- How did Bush obtain the power to start a war that Obama cannot stop? Is this part of the New World Order, the Skull & Bones, oil companies and the Bush Dynasty?
- Bush's cabinet was one of the most diverse in history. How did he coerce multiple races/genders/orientations into freely working for him?
- Compare and contrast Bush 4% unemployment with Obama 10-17%. Have we been cut down to size? Does the World like us now?
- Who caused the 9/11 attacks and how many profits did Bush receive? Was Bush personally driving each of the planes into the towers with remote controls?
- Math word problem: If gas was $1.85 in January 2009, and $3.89 in April 2012, how many gallons of oil is the Bush Dynasty currently stealing and profiting from, in order to insinuate that Obama is a horrible president?
- Discuss the term "inherited". What did Bush inherit from Clinton?
- It defies logic, but Bush's ranch is more eco-friendly than Al Gore's mansion. How many carbon offsets must Al purchase to make up the difference, since Bush denies global warming?
- Was the Bush/Rove Book Club fabricated to cover up Bush's illiteracy?
These questions and more will be discussed over the course of the semester.
Grades:
There will be no grades, tests or reports, since paper trails do not exist at Harvard. All that is necessary to pass, is that you *understand*.
Office Hours:
The instructor will be available for Democrat Party voting registration for 2-3 hours after each class.