A hoaxer was horizontally and vertically flipped the book around. President obama to read my pet schools to americas. Within a few weeks, a blogger named peter smith tracked down the correct name and origin as a reading exercise by engelmann. Booker elementary school in sarasota county, florida, reading the pet goat to.
The video points out that although bush has been portrayed as a decisive commander in chief on the morning of 911, he remained utterly indecisive, glued to a pet goat story. The name of the film i, pet goat ii is a reference to the book that george w bush and the teacher were reading when the news of the planes hitting the tower was given to the president. Bush could easily have canceled the meeting with the school children to deal with the emergency, but he went ahead. Bush was reading in a florida classroom on the morning of september 11, 2001, at the moment he learned of the. Bush, while reading a book to children in florida called my pet goat, found andy card whispering in his ear that america had been attacked and we were at war. Bush remained seated for seven more minutes, following along as the children finished reading the book. Reading books upside down is an ancient illuminati ritual. Ten years later, the children who were reading to the president the moment he learned our nation was under attack are reflecting on the day. My interpretation of heliofants i, pet goat ii, page 1. There were some very important words that the teacher mrs sandra daniels was asked to read to the children at the emma e. Who selected the book, my pet goat, that bush read on. And its true that george hw bush and shafig bin laden, osamas brother, spent the morning of september 11 together at a board meeting of the carlyle group, but the bin ladens are a big family.
Obama will deliver one speech for children ages 5 to 18. My pet goat book bush chanted with kids on 911 morn changing to the pet goat symbolizes the beast. Bush speaks during a dedication ceremony at the george w. The pet goat often erroneously called my pet goat is a reading exercise from the 1995 childrens workbook reading mastery ii. Booker school in sarasota, florida when he was informed of the. Despite all the attention, though, the pet goat never became a bestseller, because it was never a book. Then an altered version of the photo hit the internet. Lol he read it for something like 18 minutes but i guess being bush its possible he didnt get to the end. The altered picture isnt even altered correctly, the image.
I imagine there are few readers of this site who arent thoroughly familiar with the historic photo, popularly labeled the pet goat, known for the book the president was reading to the children upon being informed by andy card that a second plane had struck the world trade center. First of all the original picture is from the associated press. The bush adminstrations department of justice sheltered bp executives from criminal probe. He continued to sit in the classroom and read the book for a total of seven minutes after the buildings had been hit. Here is the previous story that i ran on this where you can see the videos of this for yourself. A patriotic primer, by lynne cheney, wife of vicepresident dick cheney. Incidentally, the book shown in this photograph is america. Lolla fallujah after reading the enclosed story the pet goat, i was stunned by its lyrical beauty and easy cadence. Before the students start reading the story, the teacher states, open your book up to lesson 60 on page. The title, misquoted as my pet goat, became a punch line for comedians and especially for filmmaker michael moore, who in fahrenheit 911 mocked the president for staying with the. Finally, after seven minutes, he finished the book, stood up, and said wow. Did george bush ever finish reading the my pet goat book.
This weeks bill mahers new rule he talked about george w bush reading the childrens book my pet goat on 911 instead of responding to the nation being attacked. Bush sitting in a chair in an all black classroom in florida reading a book titled my pet goat from a lesson called mysterious reading. But they made a mistake, if you compare the books, the right side of bush s book has been vertically flipped in the wrong direction. What we tend to forget is that our enemies watch every move our president makes and that includes tv appearances. The pet goat bush read it to second graders instead of responding to 911. Also, the pet goat is not a selfcontained storybook. This book contain the my pet goat story that president bush was reading to school children when he received the news that america was under attack on 911. Posted by jwlpeace june 11, 2016 june 11, 2016 posted in amerika. He continued to talk with a girl about her pet goat. Bushs 911 school visit pushed pet goat into spotlight.
The pet goat often erroneously called my pet goat is a childrens story from the book reading mastery ii. Does this photograph show president bush reading a book. From the classroom with bush on the morning of 911. My pet goat, 153 fish, your animal nature, synchronicity. On september 11th, 2001, after andy card told george w. It is a story of a brave goat who had to prove his worth to the family he lived with. While the 911 my pet goat episode was certainly illuminating, its not certain what might have worked out better that day had the president dropped the book and taken action. The tempo, the choice of words, and the layout on each page captured my imagination so.
If you remember my pet goat thats the book george bush was reading to children, while the towers were dropping and theres a reason behind this. How bush was able to read my pet goat if he had the book. Well if youre familiar with 911 mes you already know the book has been changed to the pet goat and its just one story in another childrens book hes holding. Imagine what its like to be me to be the one coming to deliver this. On the morning of this day in 2001, president george w.
The pet goat reading book, which bush held upside down while reading, is baphomet aka lucifer aka the devil aka satan. My pet goat book bush chanted with kids on 911 morn. Then he was told about the attack on the first tower. President bush read this book to a class of third graders on september 11, 2001. Both arguments debunked, the book is not upside down. Turning your excustomers into your best customers free books. Bushs 911 school visit pushed pet goat into spotlight the. So what was the message sent to our enemies on 911. Bush library and museum on the grounds of southern methodist university april 25, 20 in dallas, texas. A satirical ceremony, a commanderinchief that wouldnt leave his seat until the reading of a story about a pet goat was completed i read this book that i may study the nature of my deity, during which time hundreds of his fellow americans were in harms way, many of them meeting horrific ends as they burned alive or plunged to their deaths from the towers yet also may he. Not wanting to drop everything and flee lest he scare the children, the president calmly finished the book, then left to a profoundly changed america. Bush reads my pet goat in fahrenheit 911 by michael moore on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the. As americans leapt to their deaths from the twin towers, george w. But dont take my word for it on 911 president bush was reading it when he was informed that a second plane had flown into the world trade center towers, he still couldnt put it down.
Its true that george hw bush and dick cheney spent the evening of september 10 alone in the oval office, but whats wrong with old colleagues catching up. The name i, pet goat is reference to the storybook read by president george w. Bush to a classroom of children on the day of 911 named my pet goat. A videotape of the president holding the book open while staring blankly into. Andy card told him of the second hit during the meeting. Why did i keep reading my pet goat to give people bush reads my pet goat bush reading my pet goat jon jost s weblog president george w bush reading readers are leaders bush explains reaction to 9 11 news during historic jonathan chait rove my pet goat. The twin towers coming down wasnt the only event seen on tv by millions pf people worldwide, the other event that everyone saw, was our then president george w. Bush stayed in a second grade classroom for almost another half hour instead of performing his ostensible duties as commanderinchief. In this one it appears that bush is holding the book upside down.
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