George W. Bush praises President Obama’s Afghanistan surge in his Upcoming Decision Points Memoir

I don’t know if I should be mad about this or not:

“In his memoir, George W. Bush praises President Barack Obama’s decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan.

He expresses gratitude that Obama “stood up to critics by deploying more troops, announcing a new commitment to counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, and increasing the pressure on Pakistan to fight the extremists in the tribal areas.””

I’m reading Jonathan Altar’s The Promise about Obama’s first year in office right now and, even though I think Afghanistan was initially a just war that slowly morphed into a clusterf-ck that now can’t be won, reading some more background on it in the book has made me rethink that position. I was a mouthy bastard with my anti-Bush/anti-war vitriol on the old blog back when he was still in office and both wars were jumping off. Now I don’t know any more….

Hit the jump to watch a video of GWB promoting Decision Points: (more…)

Event: Michael Jackson – The Making of Thriller: 4 Days/1983 Book Signing

I’m late on this but y’all know I think, like many, that Michael Jackson is The King, G.O.A.T. etc. so I jumped at the chance to support this project, Michael Jackson – The Making of Thriller: 4 Days/1983 a behind-the-scenes book about the making of possibly the greatest music video of all time, especially since they are sending me a free copy of this book to review (hopefully coming soon!) Here’s the science:

“Douglas Kirkland was the only photographer allowed on the set of Michael Jackson’s groundbreaking video, “Thriller,” in 1983. And he has the photographs to prove it. Hundreds of exclusive never-before-seen photos from the set of the greatest music video of all time are published for the first time in this ultimate tribute to the King of Pop. The astonishing photos are accompanied by interviews and quotations from musicians and celebrities, including Sir Paul McCartney, Beyoncé, Steven Spielberg, Diddy, Quincy Jones, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys and many more.”

Check this out if you can, the book looks epic! It comes out officially Nov. 5. Check out more images from the book after the jump…. (more…)