President Bush bumps along at record low popularity, but he is still apparently beloved in Troy, New York.
A video instalation intitled The Night of Bush Capturing stoked the ever hot outrage of the local College Republicans, eventually being run out of both Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a local art center[the latter for alleged building code violations coincident with a picket line by local Republicans].
Leading the charge is local pol Robert Mirch.
“Allowing for the portrayal of the assassination of a president to be staged is wrong, un-American and destructive.”
Let’s enjoy some examples! 
That’s The Stuff! 
All Will Be Explained 
Top Ten lists are blogging gold! Or so we are told. But those feisty contrarians at technocult.com stumble against the tide, offering only five Kennedy assassination theories.
“Best” is generously awarded, and sadly, no new ground broken.
Turn That Frown Upside Down!
Amidst planning parking, demolition and President Bush’s Image Lab, Bush Library Host & SMU President Gerald Turner told the Dallas Morning News he’s found a special benefit for all of Dallas: easing what he thoughtfully calls the “Kennedy Issue.”
“But underneath all the details, he said, the library will provide global visibility for the school and for a city where the assassination of John. F. Kennedy remains entrenched in the memories of many…”A positive element … will be Dallas’ relationship with the presidency of the United States on the other side of the Kennedy issue,” he said”
In other happy image rehab news, George W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation President Mark Langdale says Karl Rove has emerged from his subpeona dodging long enough to render still more service to the nation.
“Karl’s pretty busy doing a lot of things in his private life right now, but he’s a critical resource about what happened in the administration, and he has a lot of good ideas about programming and positioning,” said Mr. Langdale”
And former White House counsel, CIA tape destruction bystander and Contempt of Congress scofflaw Harriet Miers is helping out with the Library’s lawyering.
Dallas Do-Over? 
Camelot Reloaded 
GunsAmerica is taking the bold step of evoking That Kennedy Mystique
in order to sell guns. For a mere $295,00.00 you may own the gun that lost the West.
“THE M16 THAT STARTED IT ALL
…Without a doubt the most famous and most documented Armalite/Colt M16 in existence, serial no 106 manufactured in 1959 (the 7th production gun) and of course the earliest known gun to exist. Yes, this is the gun that Gen Curtis LeMay shot the coconuts and melons with at the cocktail party and then turned to the Cooper-McDonald rep and said,”I want 10,000 of them and I want them yesterday!”. It is said this gun was also shot by Pres Kennedy (off the Presidential Yacht), Batista, MacNamarra, Diem, and a host of other important people. Traveling to Viet Nam twice, its history is part of America’s History, and I feel there is no other gun in existence as important as this firearm – at least as far as 20th century military firearms are concerned.”
From “It is said” to “I feel” they are giving themselves some wiggle room on the storied history they present. And they need it.
Kennedy is reported to have had two M16s, but Batista fled Havana on New Years Day 1959, and would be unlikely to need an M16 in exile.
Something about Guns ‘N Presidents shoots the facts all to hell. An auctioneer recently sold a pistol supposedly once owned by Richard Nixon, with a myth of origin thats false on it’s face.
From James D. Julia Auctioneers:
“Very rare cased engraved Colt 3rd Model London Dragoon, call 44, SN13 (cylinder replaced), originally belonging at one time to former President Richard Nixon. (Paul Sorrell Collection) Sold for $74,750… Paul had been told when he purchased the gun that it had originally come from a young lawyer by the name of Richard Nixon who later went on to become President of the United States. The details of which Julia discovered just before the sale. Sometime in the 1950’s, a Swedish gunsmith while in New York got a moving traffic violation. He went to the Nixon law firm to handle the matter, and in a later personal conversation with Nixon, Nixon discovered that he was a gun enthusiast; he took him back to his apartment and virtually gave him this rare gun as a gift.”
Except for the fact that in the 50s Nixon was a Senator then Vice President, not living in New York, and not practicing law, it all could be true. Or so I’m told.
Arson Investigation[Simulation]
“Sleepless In Midland” gets all crime scene investigatory on the Bush home arson.
The blogger seems to believe they found the source of the crime:
“V” for Victory?
“…notice the “V” shape of the fire damage on the wall to the left of the front door suggesting that the heat spread upward from a point on the porch. And you can also see a charred spot on the cement porch that could be the spot where the fire investigators thought the fire originated. So one possible assumption is that an accelerant was poured on the cement porch and set ablaze. But a chemical analysis would be necessary to confirm that.”
Even as a long time fan of blurry grassy knoll action 
I have to confess I don’t see it.
For the Bush arson completist, the blog does provide a thoughtful link to the town’s press release regarding the fire.
Other Citizen-Journalists share their views.
In other Presidential Hot Spots, the Richard M. Nixon Recreational Center in Hyden Kentucky has had a boiler room fire. 
The Rec Center’s 1978 dedication was the scene of one of Nixon’s first public outings 
after his resignation, visiting the federal fund-loving mountain Republicans of the obscure hamlet.
