A bunch of old super rich white men bookend by two African Americans and a woman in the center.

They could have just bookend the photo with children who lost their parents in Iraq, and had the Iraqi shoe thrower in the center.

That's inspiration for you.

If George W. Bush is now the Great Motivator, heaven help our business community. Can he start any wars from that podium?

Bush might as well get used to the title "Worst President Ever." It's what the history books will say.

Will torture be on the menu?

Coming soon: Bush on QVC hawking slightly used Medals of Freedom. CALL NOW!

Bush can be a great motivator - just by counterexample.

Either that, or his part of the stage show will be audience participation where everybody that's had to take a crappier job because of the recession can shit on his face. That'd be quite a motivator.

Well, sicne Vince Shlomi got busted, I hear they are looking for a new ShamWow salesperson!

God. This is just sad.

I hope he wears the flight suit!

Belluzzo is "legendary president of Microsoft?" Does "legendary" mean "never-heard-of?" And Colin Powell is the other speaker who rates the "legendary" adjective.

The opening shows are in Texas. They may get a few people.

With those dead, maimed and emotionally and mentally injured American soldiers to his credit, and about a million dead Iraqis and many others, on his scorecard, it'll be interesting to see what happens when Bush appears unprotected in public. Would $19.oo be worth a crack at Bush?

Given how much money the Bush Maladministration sucked out of the economy (and especially don't forget his market crash of 2008), why, exactly, would he suppose that people want to part with any more of their money in order to hear the crap that comes out of his mouth and brain?

If I want to waste some money, I can go buy lottery tickets. Or go to Vegas. I don't need W's help.

I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and dog gone it I have the military assets to invade Iraq!

Why does the organizer look like a Toddlers & Tiaras contestant?

Maybe Texas gone so pageant-loopy that grown women now aspire to look like the little girls who are trying to look like grown women.

He's going without dick, how cavalier. No, the other dick. He's calling it his "dickless" tour. Speaking of dick, cheney topped him by vowing to go without bush forever.
Repubs get motivated in strange ways.

lets leave the idot (w) and the wife cheating dago (guiliani) out of this. they have had enough. but hey, maybe they can get their wives involved they're OK aren't they?

judi guiliani adopted dogs from animal shelters only to KILL THEM after her sales calls demonstrating medical staples to surgeons. yes. its true. that is a felony in all 50 states BTW.

laura ran over an ex-boyfriend and KILLED HIM with her car. yes. its true. that is also a felony in all 50 states.

and then they went on to marry these two paragons of virtue. wife cheating douchebag alcoholics who like to kill people for 'democracy'. maybe they got what they deserved.

maybe that oily dark haired fella can get his kids involved. oh, that's right. they refuse to speak to him or appear in public with him.

"Gentlemen, and ladies, success is easier than you think. All you need is Jesus, an old man in the business, a few Saudi friends, a little stick time in an F-104, and Karl Rove. Anybody can do it! As my friend Kinky Friedman, who really should be here tonight, reminds us, 'How hard can it be?'

"And speaking of Kinky, c'mon, give 'til it hurts, folks!"

Whenever I think about George Bush, the first thing that comes to mind is "Inspirational Firepower". Yeah, rrriiiiigggghhhttt.

This whole event is some kind of money-laundering operation. The admission fee is way too low for this kind of thing: usually they are over $100 bucks a head, and that only has to pay one or two speakers. It's a combination money funnel/GOP infomercial funded by the Moon church.

So this jackass goes on to prove that he doesn't need still to be (the unelected) "President" in order to disgrace further the stature of the office of the presidency...

DIdn't Bush give us enough of the "business' during his 8 years?

I am looking all over the ad but I can't seem to find what exactly it is they are trying to "motivate" me to do. I feel motivated to hawk a loogie and bust my gut laughing, but thats about it.

The irony is, if Colin Powell decided to write a tell-all book about his tenure on the White House staff (including with Pappy), and switch parties, he'd become a Democratic Superstar. Liberals would be throwing him parties for $2000 a head.

But then, I guess that unwavering loyalty is kind of what makes Powell so admirable in the first place...

I'd rather spend $19 to see Zombieland on the screen instead of on the stage.

I went to see Bill Clinton speak last fall in London, Ontario because a friend of mine was given free tickets (they were between $100-$1000 to purchase). I ended up just being saddened by the spectacle. The event, promoted by "The Power Within" (http://www.powerwithin.com/), kicked off with some spirited techno music, followed by a delightful performance by basically a boy band, and then the big dog's speech and a ridiculous "Q &A" between Clinton and a former Canadian Cabinet member who's now a bank executive. Of course we did learn that we really do have the power within to run our small businesses in a globalized economy...

I went expecting to listen to one of the big minds of his generation talk at a pivotal moment in history, after last year's collapse and the election. And I'll likely never forget sitting about 20 feet from one of my heroes for an hour and a half one november. But I just left feeling empty.

Peter and Tamara! The new Jim and Tammy Faye! When do they open their Motivation Amusement Park? This is no different than your local motel ballroom hustle. Only on a larger scale. Just a con, right up W's alley.

GWBush, soon to be seen on late-night TV hawking his motivational book, "You Don't Have To Talk Good To Be Tough!"

So does this mean GWB is now living in a van down by the river?

Is his mother going to be there? She has that special something as a motivational speaker to large crowds of poor people in arenas. Maybe she'll give him some tips, help him write his speech.

Be wary of anyone who comes out of that place all fired up. They might just go and start their own little wars somewhere.

I went to the site and not only is W doing 2 shows with the Lowes, but wife of W is doing 3 shows with the Lowes in Charlotte, Jacksonville and Orlando. There are 2 shows in Orlando, one is Amway Center, with 17248 seats but the price there is $129 per office.
She's going to speak about "The Secrets of Having Poise Under Pressure; How to Communicate with Persuasive Clarity; How to 'Connect' to Others and Create Win-Win Solutions; Gaining Cooperation that Turns Adversaries into Colleagues".
So between them, W and wife of W, they will be padding their retirement accounts with a pretty tidy sum, I am sure.

i am speechless. i am without speech.