JK Rowling denied US medal over Harry Potter 'witchcraft' by Bush Administration
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/29/harry-potter-rowling-medal
A memoir by George W Bush's former speechwriter claims that Bush administration officials objected to giving JK Rowling a presidential medal of freedom on the grounds that her Harry Potter books "encouraged witchcraft".According to the liberal American blog Think Progress, Matt Latimer's Speech-Less: Tales of a White House Survivor reveals how politicised the medal, which is America's highest civilian honour, became during the Bush administration.
Latimer, whose memoir was published last week by Crown in the US, says that the "narrow thinking" of "people in the White House" led them "to actually object to giving the author JK Rowling a presidential medal because the Harry Potter books encouraged witchcraft".
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sidpena
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I apologize for the lack of eloquence, but George W. Bush is a dumbass.
- 4 months ago
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sidpena
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Progresshiv
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I feel a lot safer now, don't you?
- 4 months ago
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Progresshiv
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bansheewail
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It makes perfect sense that the Bush Administration would have a problem descerning between fiction and non-fiction. Let's play a game.
These things are fiction: WMDs in Iraq, 9/11 connection with Iraq, Saddam's connection with 9/11 or Al Qaeda, Harry Potter's magic wand and most of the Bible.
These things are non-fiction: Sarah Palin's church fights witches in Africa, Bobby Jindal's forced college exorcism, More people have been killed in the name of Jesus than another person in histroy, George Bush is a high-functioning retard, Dick Cheney is a treasonous bastard and the anti-christ.
See? That's not so difficult. Now, is it?
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bansheewail
