Something you may not know about Bush.

[coloradodem2005]

THere is a new book out called the "I Hate George W. Bush Reader." It has a timeline. Appearently in 1991, Bush was investigated for an insider trading deal involving Harken energy. Not that that means anything. We already knew he did things that are illegal.

[Cheswick2.0]

1. I knew all about this and I'll bet you find most people here know it too.

He'll never be called on it.

[theoceansnerves]

2. yes we knew about it

now shut up. bush is restoring dignity to the whitehouse!

/sarcasm

[coloradodem2005]

3. You have a point.

Who am I to disrupt while our great moral leader restores honor and dignity to the WH? <sarcasm continued>

[CharlesGroce]

4. read Al Franken's book

and you'll discover more. Also check out http://www.democracynow.org and listen to some of their Bush-related stories (audio or video).

[Piperay]

5. I remember that...

I had forgotton all about it because nothing ever came of it, thanks for the reminder. :hi:

[Doctor_J]

6. this is really old news

*'s business dealings make Whitewater look like a piggy-bank heist. * has never made an honest dollar in his life, he should be in prison

[WilliamPitt]

7. Investigated by his father's SEC chief

Yep...*that* one really got looked into.

[argyl]

8. $100b is a bargain for our Precious to get to play War President.

And I mean that most sincerely.

[Eric J in MN]

9. When Bush said of the torture in Iraq "this isn't the America I know"

When Bush said of the torture in Iraq "this isn't the America I know,"

he meant that he when he was suspected of a crime, his family connections meant no charges and a life of luxury.

Under his policies in Iraq, people are being held without charges in prison cells in 120 degree heat and tortured.

One standard for Bush, another for the rest of the world.

[RBHam]

10. QUESTIONABLE TIES

Tracking bin Laden's money flow leads back to Midland, Texas
by Wayne Madsen
On September 24, President George W. Bush appeared at a press conference in the White House Rose Garden to announce a crackdown on the financial networks of terrorists and those who support them. “U.S. banks that have assets of these groups or individuals must freeze their accounts,” Bush declared. “And U.S. citizens or businesses are prohibited from doing business with them.”


But the president, who is now enjoying an astounding 92 percent approval rating, hasn’t always practiced what he is now preaching: Bush’s own businesses were once tied to financial figures in Saudi Arabia who currently support bin Laden.


In 1979, Bush’s first business, Arbusto Energy, obtained financing from James Bath, a Houstonian and close family friend. One of many investors, Bath gave Bush $50,000 for a 5 percent stake in Arbusto. At the time, Bath was the sole U.S. business representative for Salem bin Laden, head of the wealthy Saudi Arabian family and a brother (one of 17) to Osama bin Laden. It has long been suspected, but never proven, that the Arbusto money came directly from Salem bin Laden. In a statement issued shortly after the September 11 attacks, the White House vehemently denied the connection, insisting that Bath invested his own money, not Salem bin Laden’s, in Arbusto.


In conflicting statements, Bush at first denied ever knowing Bath, then acknowledged his stake in Arbusto and that he was aware Bath represented Saudi interests. In fact, Bath has extensive ties, both to the bin Laden family and major players in the scandal-ridden Bank of Commerce and Credit International (BCCI) who have gone on to fund Osama bin Laden. BCCI defrauded depositors of $10 billion in the ’80s in what has been called the “largest bank fraud in world financial history” by former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. During the ’80s, BCCI also acted as a main conduit for laundering money intended for clandestine CIA activities, ranging from financial support to the Afghan mujahedin to paying intermediaries in the Iran-Contra affair.

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