Early in the morning, security forces and HPD cleared out around 100 feet in all
directions from the Barnes & Noble bookstore preparing for the George W. Bush
fans who lined up to get his book.  Houston peace activists were told to move
and then protested in two locations, demanding accountability and justice for the
lies he told the world.

Bush was parodied with a lifesize cardboard cut-out tied to a flexible poll
and then shamed with an Iraqi-journalist-style "shoe-in". Theatrical skits
became improvisational as demonstrators toss shoes, boots, and sandles onto
the cardboard Bush, then piled up with shoes and around a coffin,
representing the deaths caused by his administration during eight years of
disaster and call for his arrest as a war criminal.

Houston Codepink artist Madeleine Crozat quipped that Bush's new book,
Decision Points, could easily be retitled: Torture? Yes: In Contempt of
International Law. The artist displayed a large cardboard book with a
parody title: "Derision Points: Contempt for International Law & the
Constitution."

"We must never forget the needless deaths of thousands of U.S. military
personnel during the war and the serious injuries sustained by thousands
more, the billions of dollars wasted on this war which could have been used
to enhance the lives of people in the U.S., and the billions of dollars that
have just disappeared", said Lee Loe, Editor of the Houston Peace News.

Houston Peace and Justice Center representative, David Atwood claims, "Once
people read the book, they should be outraged that Bush callously admits to
a host of acts, ranging from invasion in Iraq and Afghanistan, to torture of
detainees, such as waterboarding, the Patriot Act and other matters that
should not be glossed over, but warrant further investigation and
prosecution.

Some of the news coverage can be seen here.