Too Soon To Tell 
Departed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales spoke in Washington University St. Louis recently, doing his part for Operation Take Comfort, the Bush Administration’s full bore effort to pre-Trumanize themselves as they head for the exits.
National Treasure Al Kamen spotted it for the Washington Post.
Despite much University self congratulation about how civil and thoughtfully discussive it all was, the event had some odd notes. The Ex Ag was paid $30,000 out of student fees, but for some reason recording was not permitted, so all we have to go on is Gonzo’s prepared text.
Along with his insight that “life is not a classroom,” the kids were favored with Gonzales’s stylings on that hack self-apology defense of the indefensible, Teddy Roosevelt’s “Man In The Arena.”
And just how did his face get marred as he strove valiantly?
“…standing in the President’s private office in the White House residence as the President executes a document you helped prepare . . . a paper historians will study.
Unclear if presenting the torture papers to President Bush was the proud and positive moment in question.
No matter. Gonzo looks ahead!
“We know the first drafts of history’s manuscripts are often inaccurate or incomplete, and eventually discarded. “
“Surprisingly, there aren’t that many museums or monuments to Stalin anymore.” 
From Carpetblogger comes a report on a visit to Stalin’s hometown and the local museum, the highlight of which from her account appears to be the ticket stamps. 
“Built just after his death in 1953, it’s a typical Soviet-style museum, in which a bunch of uncurated, unanalyzed crap — newspaper articles and photos and random memorabilia — is thrown up on the wall (“unanalyzed” is probably the kindest criticism of this museum. It’s a lot like the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California in that sense).”
Our gal is a serial offender on Uncle Joe, having previously filed on the memorialization of Stalin’s sojourn in Batumi.
“Hottie“? 
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Seem Familiar? 
An Israeli museum dedicated to Yitzhak Rabin compares itself to American Presidential Libraries, and it’s on the same path fueled by foreign money.
The Rabin received German and American government donations of $5 million apiece, and continues to fund-raise here.
Bill Clinton appears at Rabin events, and while not yet dead is honored by the “William J. Clinton and Hillary R. Clinton Memorial Gardens.” There is also a Reagan names project-like running tally on places and things named for the late great.
Sanctuary City Upon A Hill 
It appears that the Polish-born Australian citizen who directed the Reagan Legacy Project had no right to work in the land of opportunity. Michael Kamburowski had no green card and no social security number while memorializing Reagan, presumably taking a job an American could have done.
Kamburowski was outed while serving as a California Republican Party official, but his troubles apparently date to his first jobs in the US with Grover Norquist’s Legacy Project.
The Road Ahead 
It’s not quite the Reagan Legacy Project, but George W. Bush finally has something named for himself.
The George Bush Motorway will run proudly through Ghana, West Africa. Perhaps coincidentally, our President was visiting their President, and the road will be paid for by the United States.
And then it was on to Liberia. 
