George W’s New Gig: Cold Cash for Hot Air

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by Joseph L. Flatley

For Kings and Cabbages alike, the high-profile lecture circuit is a good place to rake in some extra post-public-service cash. And why shouldn’t former government leaders earn some private-sector-sized paychecks to round out their years of sacrifice for the common good?

That is surely George W. Bush’s thinking, because since 2009, he has made upwards of $15 million giving speeches, sometimes for as much as $200,000 a pop.

What sort of enterprises find the wit and wisdom of Bush 43 worth a bushel? Read on, dear friends.

Get Motivated! Get Money

W’s very first speaking gig after leaving the White House, in October 2009, was a star-studded affair at the Ft. Worth Convention Center. Colin Powell, Rudy Giuliani, and Christian motivational speaker Zig Ziglar addressed the crowd, too. The sponsor was an outfit called Get Motivated! (The exclamation point is part of the brand.)

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http://whowhatwhy.com/2014/11/20/george-ws-new-gig-cold-cash-hot-air/

[underpants]

1. W not only dares do anything associated with Vets but it's a ripoff to boot

Bush Helps Himself to Charity

Helping A Hero is a Houston-based veterans’ charity that provides “specially adapted homes for qualifying service members,” according to its website. The charity has faced a number of complaints. It’s now under investigation after trying to seize a home it sold to a blind veteran who later died of a heart attack.

A recent story detailed several abuses at the charity, including alleged misappropriation of donations. In one instance, a promised home was never built. Nonetheless, a trusting military family continued loyally paying the mortgage on the lot for nearly a year after it was supposed to be completed.

And Eddie Wright, a decorated veteran and former board member of Helping A Hero, found something disturbing: a $20,000 payment to cover travel for an unnamed speaker. Wright was astonished to later learn that the recipient was none other than one of America’s most military-oriented former Commanders-in-Chief—George W. Bush, who flew a private jet from Houston to Dallas for the charity’s 2012 annual fundraiser gala. What upsets him the most, he says, is the fact that Helping A Hero founder Meredith Iler paid Bush $100,000 to speak at the event.

“Why would you charge somebody $100,000 to raise money for men and women who are wounded fighting a war that you commanded us to go fight?” Wright told WFAA TV in Dallas.

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4. I would like to share this info with a relative, do you have a link?

[underpants]

5. It's part of the article from the original post

[rudolph the red]

6. Ah, didn't see that, tyvm

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2. n/t

[rurallib]

3. "years of sacrifice for the common good?"

this is Bush we are talking about, right?