What a retard.
(LOL)
There must be millions of witches running around over the world…

Nothing that we can’t expect from them… encouring witchcratf…

But JKRowling doesn’t need any more prizes for her work! She truly knows her worth and we all love all!

I find it disturbing that this site will not post one word of a rumor about any single cast, crew, editor, author etc. remotely connected with HP but has no problem posting this in big bold letters……

Wow people who say it is bad havent read them

rubbish! Its rumour I don’t believe it

If you read, carefully, you will note that it was not President Bush who objected, but his “advisors”…As stated…“they [Mr and Mrs Bush] were very vocal, about their like for the Harry Potter books;Laura called them her favorite”. It is amazing, to me [as a citizen of the US] how a hand full of “advisors” can taint something as wonderful as a Presidential Medal…making it look like it was the President’s decision..BAH!

what a pile of frogspawn! do they really think were going to go out moonbathing naked? harry potter portraits a more innocent wandwaving type of magic anything, hardly anything to get concerned about…

…and also…i agree with Noble Birth Decending, that the books have actually made me closer to Jesus than i was before them. In Hindsight, JKRowling has turned many millions of children into people who are interested in reading, she deserved a knighthood never mind a bloody medal!

What is the deal with people who think HP encourages witchcraft? If they read the books they would know it DOESN’T! All of this is so stupid!

this seems silly, also does the US govenment give out lots of medals to non americans? I don’t know.

Plus like alot of people have said there isn’t much to go on.

outragous.

oh AS IF

er, folks? first, its a throw away snippet, and not worth getting excited about. second, Latimer is simply giving us one of the first “tell all the dirty laundry” books about the Bush II administration, and frankly its not as important as the ones that will emerge about the decisions concerning the Afghan and Iraqi wars, the treatment of Colin Powell, and so on.

The real insult evident in the anecdote concerns Ted Kennedy, not JKR. It has been, even in the most divisive of times, for US political opponents to recognize each others contributions, even and especially if they disagreed. For Ted Kennedy to be intentionally dissed was/is a disgrace. If the decision was made at a low level, which is what this very short snippet suggests, then that tells us more about how power and authority was exercised during the Bush II administration than anything else.

Also, please don’t forget that a small but very vocal and very financially important segment of the support of the US republican party does come from those who perceive the HP world as a threat to their “values”.

Come on people, this obviously wasn’t Bush denying her the medal. He had said how much he likes the books. It was just a crazy speechwriter who was…well, crazy.

Waving hi to Mollywobbles, Confederate Lady, Headmistress…..and in general to all, sorry if I missed anyone in particular!

Melissa, I must admit, the shift over to MyLeaky and requiring log-ins has thankfully and dramatically cut down on some of the more unpleasant conversations that we saw in the past. A good move on the part of Leaky!

However, may I ask all of my fellow HP fans to read Leaky’s original news articles (not just this one, but any that are posted!) closely before sharing their thoughts? Too often there is a huge disconnect between the information in the articles and the responses some of you are hastily sharing.

okay seriously thats just stupid. Just because people read twilight doesn’t mean they are going to run out and start doing withch craft. its a fictational book for goodness sake, and a very awesome book by the way :)