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Pedagang lantai paling dan analis riset dari luar digunakan untuk membantu memprediksi posisi tertinggi dan terendah pergerakan harga pasar. Dengan menggunakan kombinasi formasi chart candlestick dan kalkulasi dari analisis Pivot Point, pendekatan pengajarannya akan membantu Anda menyesuaikan keahlian investasi Anda dengan lebih baik. Presentasi John Persons akan mengungkapkan rumus yang digunakan dalam perhitungan serta bagaimana cara menerapkannya untuk berbagai kerangka waktu. Sistem John juga dikenal sebagai Person Pivots atau PPS. Program Perdagangan Orang Terkaya Buku-buku John People Advance Trading Courses, Penaklukan Forex - Set - ups, peraturan dan pedoman untuk Profit.

















































































































































Alat pedagang yang kebanyakan pedagang lantai dan analis riset dari luar digunakan untuk membantu memprediksi posisi tertinggi dan terendah pergerakan harga pasar. Dengan menggunakan kombinasi formasi chart candlestick dan kalkulasi dari analisis Pivot Point, pendekatan pengajarannya akan membantu Anda menyempurnakan kemampuan investasi Anda. Presentasi John Persons akan mengungkapkan rumus yang digunakan dalam perhitungan serta bagaimana cara menerapkannya untuk berbagai kerangka waktu. John Person Newsletter Newsletter Bottom-Line adalah publikasi yang ditulis oleh John L. Person. Publikasi tersebut merupakan hasil dari banyak permintaan dari klien dan teman di Industri Berjangka yang mengikuti rekomendasi harian Johns di hotline Laporan Bottom Line hariannya. Pada tahun 1998, John mulai mencetak analisisnya sebagai The Bottom Line Newsletter. Indikator Perangkat Pribadi John Dirancang untuk Perdagangan Forex, Perdagangan Saham dan Perdagangan Berjangka. Indikator bermanfaat ini akan membantu Anda menghitung jumlah Pivot Points Support and Resistance yang diproyeksikan berdasarkan seperangkat algoritma berpemilik yang menggabungkan rata-rata Titik Pivot seolah berkaitan dengan nilai Pivot Point dan dekat. Panah hijau tampak menunjukkan perubahan momen yang menggambarkan titik masuk atau keluar. Ini adalah alat hebat yang tidak hanya akan melengkapi perangkat lunak perdagangan lainnya, ini mungkin alat perdagangan terbaik yang digunakan oleh masing-masing pedagang saat ini. Ruang Pelatihan John Person Live Training amp University Programme kami memberi Anda sebuah metodologi yang canggih namun sederhana yang mengembangkan para pedagang ke tempat yang baru melalui pelatihan dan pendidikan generasi berikutnya. Kami mengajari Anda cara bersaing dengan pedagang dunia yang paling menguntungkan dan hebat sehingga Anda dapat secara konsisten menangkap sebagian dari miliaran dolar dalam perdagangan modal setiap hari John Person Menyambut Semua Trader CERITA SUKSES. Pelajari mengapa menggunakan quotCandles dan Pivotsquot dapat membantu Anda mengidentifikasi peluang trading dengan cepat dengan merencanakan perubahan dalam momentum. Teknik Johns dapat membantu Anda mengidentifikasi sinyal balik yang hebat dan menakjubkan. John Person s Calendar - John Person mengembangkan metode khusus dan sangat akurat ini, memasukkannya ke dalam Newsletter mingguannya, dan mengajarkan para pedagang untuk mencari pendekatan terbaik dalam perdagangan. Periksa Newsletter dan update video dengan mendaftar untuk percobaan Ini adalah badan penasihat penelitian investasi independen - Kami tidak berafiliasi dengan perusahaan pialang atau perusahaan riset lainnya, ini adalah situs web John Persons untuk investor dan pedagang aktif Situs ini telah berkembang melalui Tahun sebagai tuntutan dan kebutuhan investasi individu berubah, satu hal yang tidak berubah adalah volatilitas dan pasar refleksi perilaku manusia. Perubahan harga, bagaimanapun, hanyalah cerminan nilai yang dirasakan peserta pada waktu tertentu. Itulah sebabnya John Person melihat komponen kunci dari analisis teknis untuk membantunya menemukan petunjuk tertentu mengenai pasar apa yang mungkin dilakukan dengan tingkat probabilitas tertentu. Indikator perangkat lunak John Orang - Sistem PPS - Dirancang untuk Perdagangan Forex, Perdagangan Saham dan Perdagangan Berjangka. Indikator bermanfaat ini akan membantu Anda menghitung jumlah Pivot Points Support and Resistance yang diproyeksikan berdasarkan seperangkat algoritma berpemilik yang menggabungkan rata-rata Titik Pivot yang berkaitan dengan nilai Pivot Point dan dekat. Panah hijau tampak menunjukkan perubahan momen yang menggambarkan titik masuk atau keluar. Ini adalah alat hebat yang tidak hanya akan melengkapi perangkat lunak perdagangan lainnya, ini mungkin alat perdagangan terbaik yang digunakan oleh masing-masing pedagang saat ini. Dear John Saya telah menjadi pelanggan Anda sejak September 2008. Saya menjadi siswa TTU pada bulan November 2008. Jelas untuk mengatakan, ANDA MENYENANGKAN, PERDAGANGAN SAYA TELAH MENINGKATKAN 1000, bersamaan dengan SITUS DAN SIKAP SAYA, DAN PIHAKKU. Saya mengirim bertahun-tahun, dan terlalu banyak uang dengan JERKS. Saya tidak memperdagangkan semua yang anda lakukan tapi saya BELAJAR SESUATU dari segala hal yang anda lakukan atau katakan. Saya berharap bertemu dengan Anda, John Jr dan Mary suatu saat nanti. Hormat kami, Lisa F Saya telah dan terus mengikuti saran dalam rekomendasi Bottom Line. Aku tersenyum sampai ke bank. Sekadar catatan singkat untuk mengucapkan terima kasih sekali lagi atas salah satu seminar perdagangan terbaik yang pernah saya kunjungi. Ini adalah seminar hebat di Miami. Sebuah mahakarya teknik perdagangan dan metodologi. Saya telah menghadiri seminar perdagangan terkait sebanyak sepuluh seminar dan dapat saya katakan tanpa ragu bahwa ini adalah yang terbaik yang pernah saya hadiri. John Person, Mary, Butch amp Phyllis, saya memulai dengan 15.000 akun dan pada penutupan kemarin, akun saya sekarang memiliki saldo 66.420 (sebelum komisi dan pembelian opsi). Saya tahu itu mungkin seperti kacang kecil, tapi bagi saya itu benar-benar menakjubkan setelah hanya 3 setengah minggu di chat room Anda dan bahkan tidak pernah bertransaksi di masa depan sebelumnya. Sungguh menakjubkan bagiku. Dengan rasa syukur yang mendalam kepada semua orang yang telah membantu saya, K. S.K. John. Terima kasih, sukses baik dengan pemicu sejak menghadiri seminar Anda. Terima kasih telah berbagi pengalaman dan pengetahuan Anda. Virgil S John Persons ProductsOfficial OIC Sponsors Situs web ini membahas opsi exchange-traded yang dikeluarkan oleh The Options Clearing Corporation. Tidak ada pernyataan di situs web ini yang bisa ditafsirkan sebagai rekomendasi untuk membeli atau menjual keamanan, atau memberikan saran investasi. Pilihan melibatkan risiko dan tidak sesuai untuk semua investor. Sebelum membeli atau menjual opsi, seseorang harus menerima salinan Karakteristik dan Resiko Pilihan Standar. Salinan dokumen ini dapat diperoleh dari broker Anda, dari pertukaran mana opsi diperdagangkan atau dengan menghubungi The Options Clearing Corporation, One North Wacker Dr. Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60606 (investorervicestheocc). Copy 1998-2017 Dewan Industri Pilihan - Semua hak dilindungi undang-undang. Silakan lihat Kebijakan Privasi dan Perjanjian Pengguna kami. Ikuti kami: Pengguna mengakui peninjauan atas Perjanjian Pengguna dan Kebijakan Privasi yang mengatur situs ini. Penggunaan yang terus berlanjut merupakan penerimaan syarat dan ketentuan yang tercantum di dalamnya. Jamban Skeleton Closet George Bush suka menampilkan dirinya sebagai orang yang berbicara lurus dan lurus. Tapi tindakannya - orang biasa tidak pergi ke Andover Prep, Yale dan Harvard Business School, dan orang-orang yang berbicara lurus tidak berpura-pura menjadi pria biasa setelah tumbuh di salah satu rumah paling istimewa dalam sejarah dunia. Tidak hanya presiden ayah Bush, kakeknya adalah Senator A. S. dan bankir kaya Wall Street, dan keluarga blueblood milik ibunya memiliki harta di Maine dimana Bush masih tinggal di sana. Sekarang, seperti biasa pria biasa bertindak kurus, beberapa tipuan lainnya menjadi semakin jelas. Klik pada tuduhan pilihan Anda: - Pembantu puncaknya mengekspos agen CIA yang menyamar untuk membungkam kritik - Lies, penipuan dan penutupan untuk mendorong perang di Irak - Dihukum karena mengemudi dalam keadaan mabuk. Berbohong berulang kali untuk menutupi penangkapannya. - Berbaring di bawah sumpah. Staf Bush menghentikan penyelidikan kontributor rumah besar perusahaan pemakaman. - Menghindari Vietnam dan Melewati Pelayanan Garda Nasional - Korupsi pemerintah Texas: Negara untuk penyandang dana kampanye kroni bisnis - Kokain: penggunaan narkoba yang keji, kemunafikan yang keji, dan penangkapan yang sunyi - Perilaku mudanya dan tidak bertanggung jawab: seks, Obat-obatan dan (terkesiap) rock and roll - Tipis berkulit: menyensor kritiknya dengan polisi, pengacara, - Karakter: Anak kaya yang kaya yang hidup dari nama dan reputasinya yang familys - Menghasilkan jutaan untuk transaksi bisnis orang dalam, untuk pekerjaan kecil - - - Kesepakatan 1. Keuntungan Pribadi dari Perusahaan Minyak Gagal - - - - Uang Mudah Dari Sumber-Sumber Ganjil - - - - Kesepakatan yang Mengejutkan Dari Bahrain - - - - Akses ke Presiden dan Nasional Penasehat Keamanan untuk rekan bisnis asing - - Deal 2. Menjual Saham Minyak Sebelum Teror Irak: dugaan beruntung atau perdagangan orang dalam ilegal - - Kesepakatan 3. Sepotong Besar Tim Baseball - - - - - Kemunafikan: menggunakan paksaan pemerintah untuk membuat keberuntungan pribadinya Ive menjadi perang sic. Ive mengangkat kembar. Jika saya punya pilihan, Id malah pergi berperang. - Bush, yang terbaring terbentang pada tahun 2002. Salah satu inisiatif menarik yang diambil di Washington, D. C. adalah perangkat penghilang vampir ini. Seorang vampir adalah kesepakatan sel yang bisa Anda pasang di dinding untuk mengisi daya ponsel Anda. Dengue, CO 14 Agustus 2001 Nah, sebuah kehormatan yang tak terbayangkan untuk menjadi presiden selama Empat Juli di negara ini. Artinya apa kata kata ini, untuk pemula. Hak-hak besar yang tak dapat dipisahkan dari negara kita. Diberkati dengan nilai seperti itu di Amerika. Dan saya - nya - Saya orang yang bangga menjadi negara yang didasarkan pada nilai yang begitu indah .-- Mengunjungi Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D. C. 2 Juli 2001 Kami menghabiskan banyak waktu untuk membicarakan Afrika, seperti seharusnya. Afrika adalah negara yang menderita penyakit luar biasa .-- Setelah bertemu dengan para pemimpin Uni Eropa, Gothenburg, Swedia, 14 Juni 2001 sangat penting bagi orang-orang untuk memahami bahwa ketika ada lebih banyak perdagangan, ada lebih banyak perdagangan .-- Quebec Kota, Kanada, 21 April 2001 Saya telah menciptakan kata-kata baru, seperti, kesalahpahaman dan perilaku Hispanik. Radio-Television Correspondents Association dinner, Washington, DC, 29 Maret 2001 Saya memperhatikan tidak hanya melestarikan kekuatan eksekutif untuk diri saya sendiri, tetapi juga bagi para pendahulu. Washington, DC 29 Januari 2001 Lalu aku pergi berlari dengan anjing yang lain dan baru saja berjalan. Dan aku mulai memikirkan banyak hal. Saya tidak dapat mengingat apa itu. Oh, pidato pengukuhan, mulai memikirkannya. Wawancara perdana dengan US News World Report, 22 Januari 2001 menerbitkan Mendefinisikan ulang peran Amerika Serikat dari enabler untuk menjaga perdamaian para enabler agar tetap menjaga perdamaian dari penjaga perdamaian. Untuk menjadi penugasan. Wawancara dengan New York Times, 14 Januari 2001 (Terima kasih kepada Rachael Contorer.) Keruntuhan California sebenarnya adalah hasil dari pembangkit listrik yang tidak mencukupi dan kemudian tidak cukup kekuatan untuk memberi kekuatan pada pembangkit. Interview dengan New York Times, 14 Januari 2001 Mereka salah menilai saya. Bentonville, Ark 6 Nov 2000 Saya tahu betapa sulitnya memberi makanan pada keluarga Anda. Greater Nashua, NH Chamber of Commerce, Jan 27, 2000 Saya tahu manusia dan ikan dapat hidup berdampingan secara damai.-Saginaw, Mich 29 September 2000 Hal yang hebat tentang Amerika adalah setiap orang harus memilih.-Austin, Texas, 8 Desember 2000 Ini jelas-jelas sebuah anggaran. Ini punya banyak angka di dalamnya. - Reuters, 5 Mei 2000 Jarang ada pertanyaan yang diajukan: Apakah anak-anak kita belajar-Florence, S. C. 11 Januari 2000 saya mengerti tentang pertumbuhan usaha kecil. Saya adalah satu.-New York Daily News, 19 Februari 2000 Tugas yang paling penting adalah tidak menjadi gubernur, atau wanita pertama dalam kasus saya.-Pella, Iowa, seperti dikutip oleh San Antonio Express-News, 30 Januari , 2000 Yang penting bagi kita untuk menjelaskan kepada bangsa kita bahwa hidup itu penting. Bukan hanya kehidupan bayi, tapi juga kehidupan anak-anak yang tinggal di rumah, Anda tahu, ruang bawah tanah gelap di Internet. Kerajaan Inggris, Illinois, 24 Oktober 2000 Saya pikir jika Anda tahu apa yang Anda percaya, itu akan jauh lebih mudah. Untuk menjawab pertanyaan Saya tidak bisa menjawab pertanyaan anda Reynoldsburg, Ohio, 4 Oktober 2000 Gas alam bersifat hemisfer. Saya suka menyebutnya hemispheric di alam karena ini adalah produk yang bisa kita temukan di lingkungan kita. Austin, Texas, 20 Desember 2000 Senator McCain harus mengerti jika dia tidak memilikinya sama sekali. Dia tidak dapat mengambil kuda yang tinggi dan kemudian mengklaim jalan yang rendah. Untuk wartawan di Florence, SC 17 Februari 2000 Kita harus membuat kue lebih tinggi. Debat Republik Carolina Selatan, 15 Februari 2000 Mereka ingin pemerintah federal mengendalikan Jamsostek Seperti semacam program federal. Debate di St. Charles, 2 November 2000 uang Anda. Anda membayarnya. LaCrosse, Wis 18 Oktober 2000 Bukan peran gubernur untuk memutuskan siapa yang pergi ke surga. Saya percaya bahwa Tuhan memutuskan siapa yang pergi ke surga, bukan George W. Bush. - George W. Bush, di Houston Chronicle. Seharusnya ada batas kebebasan. Sadar dengan situs web ini, dan orang ini hanyalah orang sampah, memang itu dia. - George Jr. membahas sebuah situs web yang memparodikannya sebagai uniter bukan pembagi. Itu berarti ketika tiba saatnya untuk menjahit rongga dada Anda, kami menggunakan jahitan sebagai pengganti membukanya. - Bush, David Letterman, 2 Maret 2000. (penonton mencemooh) Saya tidak - saya bersumpah tidak - masuk ke politik untuk membelai sarang atau bulu sarang teman saya. - Bush Jr. di Sumber Chronicle Houston Sumber Bush's Top Aides Mengekspos Agen CIA yang Menyamar untuk Membungkam Kritik Pada 14 Juli 2003, kolumnis Robert Novak - seorang Republikan yang partisan partainya dan sekutu pemerintahan Bush - menulis sebuah kolom yang menyerang Joseph Wilson. Seorang mantan duta besar yang telah menyelidiki tuduhan bahwa Irak mencoba membeli uranium di Niger (dan menyimpulkan bahwa mereka salah). Novak menulis: Wilson tidak pernah bekerja untuk CIA, namun istrinya, Valerie Plame, adalah seorang agen yang bekerja untuk senjata pemusnah massal. Dua pejabat senior pemerintah mengatakan kepada saya bahwa istri Wilsons menyarankan untuk mengirimnya ke Niger untuk menyelidiki laporan Italia tersebut. Beberapa jurnalis lain selain Novak dihubungi oleh dua pejabat Pemerintahan Bush, yang mendorong mereka untuk melaporkan fakta-fakta ini, walaupun Novak adalah satu-satunya yang menerbitkan ceritanya secara langsung. Seorang pejabat administrasi mengkonfirmasi kepada Washington Post bahwa kedua pejabat tersebut telah menghubungi setidaknya 6 wartawan informasi tersebut dalam upaya untuk mendiskreditkan Wilson. Wartawan dihubungi di Majalah Time dan 3 jaringan TV, termasuk NBC-TV Andrea Mitchell (yang dipanggil setelah kolom Novaks muncul.) CNN melaporkan bahwa sumber juga mengkonfirmasi kontak ini dengan mereka. Setelah kolom Novaks muncul, beberapa yang lain membahas ceritanya, termasuk Majalah Time. Long Island Newsday dan Washington Post. Untuk alasan yang cukup jelas, ini adalah tindak pidana berat (dihukum 10 tahun penjara) untuk mengungkapkan identitas agen yang menyamar. Sebenarnya ayah Presiden Bush, Presiden Bush yang pertama, mengatakan dalam sebuah pidato tahun 1999 bahwa mereka yang mengungkapkan nama sumber intelijen adalah pengkhianat yang paling berbahaya. Istri Wilsons - dan ibu dari anak kembarnya yang berusia 3 tahun - adalah petugas kasus di dinas rahasia CIA, yang bekerja untuk menemukan informasi tentang senjata pemusnah massal, dan pekerjaan sampulnya adalah analis energi untuk perusahaan swasta. Dengan menerbitkan nama gadisnya, yang ia kerjakan di bawah, Novak tidak hanya mempertaruhkan keamanannya, namun telah memberi tahu pemerintah asing bahwa orang-orang mereka yang bertemu dengannya mungkin adalah mata-mata. Novak mengklaim bahwa CIA meminta saya untuk tidak menggunakan namanya, namun tidak pernah menunjukkan bahwa hal itu akan membahayakan dia atau orang lain. (Jurnalis dibebaskan dari undang-undang untuk tidak mengekspos sumber intelijen, hanya berlaku untuk pemerintah.) Segera setelah kolom tersebut muncul, CIA mengajukan sebuah laporan kejahatan ke Departemen Kehakiman. Pada pertengahan September 2003, mereka mengirimkan informasi tambahan untuk memverifikasi kerusakan yang ditimbulkan dan mengkonfirmasikan bahwa identitas agen telah dirahasiakan. Departemen Kehakiman, yang dipimpin oleh Bush yang ditunjuk John Ashcroft, sekarang telah menyimpulkan penyelidikan pendahuluannya, memutuskan bahwa ada sebuah kejahatan di sini, dan telah melakukan penyelidikan penuh. Heres hal yang menarik tentang cerita ini: semua orang di Washington tahu pejabat Administrasi mana yang membuat kebocoran ini. Ingatlah hal itu saat Anda membaca cerita tentang skandal ini, dan Anda akan mendapatkan gambaran tentang bagaimana memutar dan membujuk adegan orang dalam Washington. Pejabat tinggi Bush tahu karena, yah, dua di antaranya melakukannya dan Bush dan Karl Rove menjalankan kapal yang ketat - mereka mungkin tidak melakukan pekerjaan kotor itu sendiri, namun administrasi ini terkenal karena TIDAK memiliki kebocoran yang tidak sah. Dan hampir setiap reporter di Washington tahu siapa yang melakukannya - paling tidak 6 orang dihubungi oleh pembuat botol di tempat pertama, dan mereka telah berbicara dengan beberapa reporter lain (semuanya tidak disebutkan namanya tanpa nama penamaan). Karena wartawan tidak mau Untuk mengungkapkan sumber rahasia mereka (atau mendapat hukuman dari Karl Rove), mereka akan terus memainkan permainan ini di mana Gedung Putih lolos dengan mengatakan jika tuduhan tersebut benar dan pers dengan hati-hati berpura-pura mereka tidak tahu siapa yang bocor. Tentu saja tuduhan itu benar - namanya dicetak, bukankah jika Anda yakin ROBERT NOVAK semua orang berbohong dan secara salah mengidentifikasi sekutu-sekutunya di Administrasi sebagai sumber kebocoran, ini adalah kasus terbuka dan tertutup. Bahkan Washington Times yang tanpa cela konservatif setuju mengenai hal ini. Sekarang tentu saja, orang-orang akan mengirim email kepada saya dan bertanya kepada siapa yang melakukannya, maka saya berharap bisa tahu, tapi saya berbasis di Oregon dan tidak tahan di lingkaran itu. Tidak diragukan lagi salah satu pembaca kami tahu, jadi bantulah pria dan kirimkan sendoknya. Wilson pertama kali bernama Karl Rove, penasihat politik Presiden yang brilian dan pendendam. Karl Rove dipecat dari kampanye Presiden Bush pada 1992, menurut Majalah Esquire, setelah dia membuat sebuah cerita negatif dengan kolumnis Robert Novak tentang ketidakpuasan dengan kepala penggalangan dana kampanye dan loyalis Bush Robert Mosbacher Jr. Paralel yang menarik. Jika Anda membaca antrean, orang-orang dalam Washington semua menunjuk pada satu nama. Ambil, misalnya, sebuah cerita di Washington Post. Yang telah memiliki sumber terkuat dalam cerita ini sampai saat ini. Cerita tersebut mengutip seorang jurnalis lain yang tidak disebutkan namanya yang mengkonfirmasikan bahwa pejabat administrasi menyebarkan berita ini, dan kemudian menjelaskan artikel majalah Time: Sebuah artikel yang muncul di situs majalah Time pada minggu yang sama kolom Novaks diterbitkan mengatakan bahwa beberapa pejabat pemerintah telah mencatat Waktunya dalam wawancara. Istri Wilsons, Valerie Plame, adalah seorang pejabat CIA yang memantau perkembangbiakan senjata pemusnah massal. Artikel yang sama dikutip dari sebuah wawancara dengan I. Lewis Libby, kepala staf Wakil Presiden Cheneys, mengatakan bahwa Cheney tidak tahu tentang misi Wilsons sampai tahun ini ketika diumumkan pada bulan terakhir ini. Dengan kebetulan yang luar biasa, nama yang sama muncul dalam cerita USA Today tentang Plame. Sementara menggambarkan pekerjaan Plames, penulis keluar dari jalan untuk menunjukkan bahwa Libby akrab dengan pekerjaan Plames (dan identitas): Di Washington, Plame ditugaskan ke Pusat Non-Proliferasi CIA, sebuah organisasi analis, pakar teknis dan mantan Petugas lapangan yang bekerja untuk mendeteksi dan, jika mungkin, mencegah proliferasi senjata senjata pemusnah massal di luar negeri. Wakil Presiden Cheney dan kepala stafnya, Lewis Scooter Libby, bertemu dengan pejabat di Pusat Non-Proliferasi sebelum invasi ke Irak untuk membahas laporan bahwa Irak berusaha membeli uranium di Afrika. Pejabat A. S. dengan pengetahuan tentang pertemuan tersebut mengatakan bahwa Plame tidak hadir. Namun mantan pejabat intelijen A. S. tersebut mengatakan bahwa dia terlibat dalam mempersiapkan materi untuk pertemuan tersebut. Jadi, tidak ada cerita yang mengatakan bahwa Lewis Libby adalah salah satu pemain belakang, tapi bocah nona namanya muncul dari hak biru ketika orang-orang mendiskusikan Cheney whodunnit dan stafnya adalah orang paling hawkish dari elang yang berusaha menyerang Irak dan menghancurkan torpedo. Seiring berjalannya waktu, kantor Libby dan Wakil Presiden tetap saja dipilih, tampaknya sebagai non-sequitir, dalam diskusi ini. Misalnya, Senator Republik Chuck Hagel yang vokal mengatakan pada CNBC bahwa Presiden Bush harus mengambil peran lebih aktif dan mendapatkan ini di belakangnya. Dia melanjutkan dengan mengatakan: Dia memiliki tanggung jawab utama untuk melihat ini melalui dan melihatnya melalui dengan cepat, dan itu termasuk, jika saya menjadi presiden, duduk bersama wakil presiden saya dan menanyakan apa yang dia ketahui tentang hal itu, Dan pada hari Senin mengobarkan pers Konferensi, sekretaris pers Bush McLellen mengatakan ini secara tiba-tiba: Tidak ada apa-apa, sama sekali tidak ada, mengingatkan kita untuk menyarankan keterlibatan Gedung Putih, dan itu juga termasuk kantor wakil presiden. Dan inilah beberapa spekulasi menarik tentang siapa pejabat senior pemerintah yang membenarkan kebocoran itu. (Kandidat utama tampaknya adalah George Tenet, kepala CIA.) Reaksi Administrasi Bush harus menghancurkan ilusi jika orang masih menganggap Bush adalah orang yang memiliki integritas yang berdedikasi pada keamanan nasional. Pertama, tentu saja, stafnya mengekspos agen CIA yang sedang berada di kawasan pertahanan nasional yang paling kritis - melindungi AS melawan senjata pemusnah massal yang diselenggarakan oleh teroris dan negara-negara nakal. Itulah yang dilakukan Valerie Plame, sampai dia terpapar. Jika Bush adalah orang yang dia klaim, dia akan terkejut dengan tindakan ini, mencari tahu siapa yang melakukannya dan memecat mereka. Sebagai gantinya, dia sama sekali mengabaikan masalah ini setelah kolom tersebut diterbitkan, sampai penyelidikan FBI memaksanya untuk bereaksi. Meskipun dia mengatakan hal-hal yang benar secara politis kepada pers - saya ingin sampai ke dasar ini, dan lain-lain - sekretaris persnya mengakui bahwa Bush bahkan tidak akan meminta pertolongan terbaiknya jika mereka melakukannya. Dia tahu salah satu dari mereka melakukannya, karena sekutunya Robert Novak mengatakannya. Tapi dia tidak mau repot bertanya siapa, atau melakukan apapun tentang hal itu. Sekarang, pemerintahan Bush memiliki strategi kembar - menyerang Joseph Wilson sebagai partisan Demokrat, dan memastikan tidak ada anggota Partai Republik yang bergabung dalam tuntutan jaksa khusus. Seorang ajudan Republikan menyebut strategi itu lendir dan membela. Strategi tersebut mengungkapkan sifat sejati Bush - satu-satunya kekhawatirannya adalah kontrol kerusakan politik, bukan keamanan nasional. Apakah Wilson seorang Demokrat Tidak ada yang melaporkan hal itu. Dia adalah seorang kritikus vokal mengenai cara Bush melakukan perang di Irak, namun tidak sesederhana dia menjadi aktivis partisan. Dia dan istrinya telah memberikan uang kepada calon presiden Demokrat John Kerry tahun ini, dan Wilson telah menyarankan staf Kerrys. Pada tahun 1999, dia memberi 1.000 kepada kandidat Demokrat Al Gore, tapi dia juga memberi 2.000 kepada George Bush sendiri. Wilson diangkat ke jabatannya di Irak oleh ayah George Bush, mantan presiden, yang memuji pekerjaannya di sana, di mana Wilson berpaling ke kaki bersama Saddam Hussein, dan merupakan elang perang. Kali ini, dia telah mendukung tindakan militer melawan Irak namun mengkritik pemerintahan Bush atas apa yang telah mereka lakukan, dan alasan yang mereka berikan untuk membenarkannya. Lebih to the point, jadi apa yang masih sama salahnya (dan sama nyatanya) untuk mengekspos mata-mata bahkan jika suaminya menentang Presiden. Panggilan untuk jaksa khusus sangat ironis, karena Bush dan sekutu-sekutunya memanggil dengan sangat tekun untuk jaksa khusus selama skandal Clintons, meskipun tidak ada yang menyarankan agar Janet Reno memiliki hubungan langsung dengan skandal tersebut, dan Demokrat melawan mereka sama kuatnya. Sekarang perannya terbalik. Terlepas dari sisi politik, ada beberapa alasan nyata untuk curiga terhadap kemampuan John Ashcroft untuk cukup menuntut pejabat pemerintahan Bush. Ashcroft memiliki hubungan langsung dengan setidaknya satu tokoh sentral dalam penyelidikan tersebut, Karl Rove. Rove adalah konsultan berbayar untuk 3 kampanye politik Ashcroft sebelum Ashcroft diangkat sebagai Jaksa Agung. Dan Jack Oliver, wakil ketua ketua kampanye pemilihan kembali Presiden Bush tahun 2004, adalah direktur kampanye Senat Mr. Ashcroft tahun 1994, dan kemudian bekerja sebagai wakil kepala staf Mr. Ashcrofts. Dengan ikatan ini, wajar saja bagi Ashcroft untuk menunjuk seorang jaksa khusus atau mengambil keputusan dari kasus tersebut, seperti yang dilakukan Janet Reno dengan penyelidikan Waco. (Dia menunjuk Senator Republik John Danforth sebagai jaksa khusus). Pada tahun 2001, Mr. Ashcroft mengundurkan diri dari penyelidikan Senator Robert G. Torricelli dari New Jersey, hanya karena Mr. Torricelli telah berkampanye melawan Ashcroft di Missouri. Mengapa pemerintah mengekspos agen CIA Karena Joseph Wilson (agen suami) telah secara terbuka mengkritik pemerintah Bush mengklaim bahwa Irak memiliki senjata pemusnah massal, dan secara khusus menggambarkan penugasannya pada tahun 2002 untuk menyelidiki klaim bahwa Irak telah mencoba untuk membeli uranium kue kuning untuk Sebuah bom nuklir Wilson benar-benar memenuhi syarat untuk memeriksanya - dia adalah pakar Afrika yang juga merupakan Duta Besar A. S. terakhir untuk Irak sebelum Perang Teluk 1991. Presiden senior Bush secara terbuka memuji keberanian dan keuletan Wilsons dan tindakan terampil Anda dalam berurusan dengan pemerintah Irak. Wilson memeriksa klaim tersebut dan melaporkan bahwa mereka sangat ragu. Ketika pemerintahan Bush saat ini menggunakan klaim tersebut untuk membenarkan invasi Irak, dan kemudian menyangkal bahwa mereka tahu klaim tersebut salah, dia melangkah maju dan membuktikan bahwa pernyataan tersebut adalah kebohongan. Salah satu tujuannya adalah mendiskreditkan Wilson. Salah satu wartawan yang dihubungi, yang meminta untuk tetap anonim, mengatakan Pejabat yang saya ajak bicara ini adalah bagian dari cerita Wilsons yang tidak diketahui dan meragukan keseluruhan misinya. Ini juga sesuai dengan merek khas Hob Roves, untuk menghukum Wilson dan, yang lebih penting, mengintimidasi pejabat pemerintah lainnya yang menganggap tidak setuju dengan mereka mengenai senjata Irak. Wilson mengatakan bahwa pada tanggal 21 Juli, seminggu setelah Novak meniup sampul wifesnya, seorang reporter yang berbeda memanggil Wilson untuk mengatakan bahwa dia baru saja berbicara dengan Rove, dan Rove mengatakan bahwa istri Wilsons adalah permainan yang adil. Pejabat senior pemerintahan Bush yang mengkonfirmasi panggilan telepon ke wartawan mengatakan kepada Washington Post Jelas, ini dimaksudkan semata-mata dan hanya untuk balas dendam. Mengungkap Sumber Mata-mata Berbohong, Penipuan dan Penipuan untuk Mempromosikan Perang di Irak Jangan membeli spin Bush bahwa kebohongan tentang Irak hanya 16 kata - pemerintah berbohong, menipu atau melakukan penipuan langsung mengenai setiap poin yang mereka gunakan untuk membenarkan invasi ke Irak ( Kecuali untuk mengatakan bahwa Saddam adalah orang jahat.) 16 kata spin mengungkapkan betapa tak tahu malu kebohongan mereka. Kebohongan pendek tidak masalah Nah, Clinton mendapat impeached hanya dengan 8 kata - saya tidak berhubungan seks dengan wanita itu. Bahkan dengan standar konyol itu, Bush dua kali lebih besar pembohong seperti Bill Clinton. Tuduhan uranium (16 kata) terkenal karena kecurangannya sangat jelas. Tuduhan itu, yang oleh Bush dinyatakan secara langsung dalam pidato kenegaraannya, didasarkan pada dokumen-dokumen palsu yang dipalsukan - yang konon berasal dari pejabat Niger, untuk dirinya sendiri. Pemerintahan Bush tahu mereka dipalsukan. Mereka telah diberitahu beberapa kali bahwa tuduhan tersebut salah, termasuk oleh CIA dan Departemen Luar Negeri kami sendiri. Bush dan ajudan terbaiknya berjuang untuk mengembalikan kata-kata tersebut dalam pidatonya, dengan menggunakan ungkapan yang bagus - Sekretaris Pertahanan Rumsfeld benar-benar berpendapat bahwa pernyataan tersebut bukanlah sebuah kebohongan karena Bush tidak meminta Irak mencoba membeli uranium, dia hanya mengatakan bahwa intelijen Inggris telah BELAJAR Bahwa mereka mencoba membeli uranium. Sekali lagi, Bush meniru Clinton, berdebat tentang apa maknanya. Sebelum mempertimbangkan masing-masing lusinan tipuan, kebohongan dan pernyataan yang menyesatkan bahwa Bush dan ajudannya digunakan untuk mendorong AS ke perang di Irak, tidak akan kehilangan jejak gambaran besarnya. Pemerintahan Bush membenarkan perang, perang segera, karena diduga senjata pemusnah massal di Irak. Senjata itu tidak ada. Mereka belum ada selama bertahun-tahun. Administrasi Bush mengetahui hal ini, karena seorang pembelot Irak mengatakan hal ini kepada kami lebih dari 4 tahun yang lalu, namun mereka merahasiakan informasi tersebut. Dan senjata pemusnah massal bukanlah alasan pemerintahan Bush ingin menyerang Irak. Pejabat tinggi bahkan mengakui hal ini, dengan mengatakan bahwa mereka memiliki alasan lain namun memilih WMD karena ini adalah argumen paling efektif secara politis. Ada banyak tuduhan menipu lainnya oleh pemerintahan Bush - tentang pesawat tak berawak, perintah untuk menggunakan senjata kimia, tabung aluminium, hubungan antara Irak dan Al Qaeda, dll. Tapi jangan lupa gambaran besarnya. Pemerintahan Bush tahu bahwa tidak ada senjata pemusnah massal di Irak. Mereka dengan sengaja dan konsisten berbohong kepada rakyat Amerika tentang hal ini, untuk membenarkan perang di Irak. Dan 300 tentara AS tewas akibatnya. Lies Tentang Irak Sumber Dihukum karena Mabuk Mengemudi, dan Berbohong untuk Menutupinya George Bush sekarang mengakui bahwa dia dihukum karena mengemudi dalam keadaan mabuk. Pada tanggal 4 September 1976, seorang polisi negara bagian melihat Bush membelok ke bahu, lalu kembali ke jalan. Kemacetan kamp Bush yang dia kendarai terlalu lambat hanyalah kebohongan belaka. Bush gagal dalam tes ketenangan jalan dan meniup alkohol berkadar alkohol .10, mengaku bersalah, dan didenda dan membiarkan surat izin mengemudinya ditangguhkan. Juru bicaranya mengatakan bahwa dia telah meminum beberapa gelas bir di bar setempat sebelum penangkapan tersebut. Saat itu Bush berusia 30 tahun. Dia sekarang mengatakan bahwa dia berhenti minum saat dia berusia 40 karena ini adalah masalah. Yang lebih mengganggu, Bush berbohong dalam menolak penangkapan tersebut, dan masih akan bertanggung jawab atas tindakannya tersebut. Reaksi pertamanya adalah menyalahkan Demokrat dan Fox News - satu-satunya jaringan TV yang konservatif secara terbuka - karena melaporkan ceritanya. Mengapa ini dilaporkan sekarang, empat hari sebelum pemilihan saya mendapat kecurigaan saya. Dia menolak untuk mengatakan apa kecurigaannya. Bush mengaku menutup-nutupi ceritanya, namun sepertinya dia tidak bertanggung jawab atas kegagalan pengapalannya. Sebenarnya, seperti Clinton dengan Monica Lewinsky, Bush dengan berani dan berulang kali berbohong untuk menutupi dan meminimalkan penangkapan ini. 1. Bush Berbohong di Konferensi persnya, 1132000 Bush mengatakan bahwa dia membayar denda di tempat dan tidak pernah pergi ke pengadilan. Itu jelas bohong, seperti yang bisa Anda lihat di dokumen pengadilan ini yang menunjukkan sidang pengadilannya sebulan kemudian. Sebenarnya, itu adalah seorang pria juga di pengadilan untuk DUI pada hari yang sama yang mengungkapkan penangkapan Bush. Inilah yang Bush katakan dalam konferensi persnya: Bush: Saya mengatakan kepada pria yang telah saya minum dan apa yang harus saya lakukan Dan dia berkata, Heres baik-baik saja. Saya membayar denda dan melakukan tugas saya. Reporter: Gubernur, apakah ada proses hukum apapun atau hanya Anda - Bush: Tidak, saya berjanji - Anda tahu, saya bilang saya salah dan saya Reporter: Di pengadilan Bush: Tidak, tidak ada pengadilan. Saya pergi ke kantor polisi. Saya bilang, saya salah. 2. Bush Lied in Court, 1978 Bush mendapat persidangan karena suspensi mengemudinya diangkat lebih awal, meskipun dia belum menyelesaikan kursus rehabilitasi driver yang dibutuhkan. Dia mengatakan kepada petugas dengar pendapat bahwa dia hanya minum satu bulan sekali, dan baru saja minum bir sesekali. Petugas tersebut mengabulkan permintaannya. Tapi Bush terus minum selama 8 tahun setelah tanggal tersebut dan mengatakan secara terbuka bahwa dia terlalu banyak minum dan mengalami masalah minum selama waktu itu. Agaknya Bush berada di bawah sumpah selama persidangan, meski kami belum bisa menjabarkan detail itu. Kampanye Bush menolak berkomentar mengenai kontradiksi ini. 3. Bush Lied To The Dallas Morning News, 1998 Tepat setelah pemilihan kembali gubernur pada tahun 1998, reporter Dallas Morning News Wayne Slater menekan Bush tentang apakah dia pernah ditangkap. Katanya, Setelah 1968 No. Dallas Morning News. 11032000 Sebelum 1968, Bush ditangkap karena pencurian dan vandalisme di perguruan tinggi. 4. Bush Lied On Meet The Press, 112199 Tim Russert: Jika seseorang mendatangi Anda dan berkata, Gubernur, maafkan saya, saya akan go public dengan beberapa informasi. Apa yang Anda lakukan Bush: Jika seseorang bersedia mengumumkan informasi yang merusak, Anda sekarang sudah pernah mendengarnya. Anda sudah pernah mendengarnya sekarang. Latar belakang saya telah diteliti oleh semua jenis reporter. Tim, kita bisa membicarakan ini sepanjang pagi. 5. Bush Berbohong kepada CBS, 1999. Bush sering mengakui kesalahan masa lalu, namun Koresponden CBS News Lee Cowan melaporkan bahwa dalam sebuah wawancara tahun 1999 dengan stasiun CBS WBZ di Boston, dia menyangkal ada senjata merokok yang disebut. Berita TV CBS Bush juga menghindari banyak pertanyaan dan memberi sedikit kebenaran kepada Clintonesque. Misalnya, saat berjuang dengan cara menjawab tuduhan penyalahgunaan narkoba, dia mengatakan bahwa dia akan bisa lolos pemeriksaan latar belakang FBI selama masa ayahnya. Tapi pemeriksaan itu termasuk pertanyaan Pernahkah Anda ditangkap karena kejahatan apa pun Jadi, dia benar-benar berbohong, atau dia memiliki beberapa penjelasan licik seperti yang bisa saya jelaskan mengenai keadaan penangkapan dan masih melewati pemeriksaan FBI. Dalam penghindaran lain, Bush memutuskan untuk menjalankan tugas juri pada tahun 1996, pada tahun pertamanya sebagai gubernur. Pada kuisionernya, dia membiarkan pertanyaan tentang penangkapan dan percobaan sebelumnya. Kemudian dia menemukan dirinya diadili karena mengemudi dalam keadaan mabuk, di mana setiap anggota juri akhirnya ditanyai tentang keyakinan terdahulu untuk mengemudi dalam keadaan mabuk. Malam sebelum persidangan, pengacara Bush meminta pembelaan untuk memberhentikannya, karena tidak pantas bagi seorang gubernur untuk mengajukan kasus pidana dimana dia kemudian diminta untuk memberikan grasi. Argumennya konyol, karena masalah itu ada dalam pengadilan pidana dan Bush telah memutuskan untuk bertugas di dewan juri, namun pembelaannya berkewajiban dan dimaafkan sebelum ditanyai langsung juri. Bush sekarang membenarkan penangkapannya sebagai teladan yang baik bagi anak perempuannya. Bagaimana dia membayangkan bahwa Berbohong untuk menutupi kejahatan Anda bukanlah yang saya sebut sebagai teladan yang baik. Bertanggung jawab atas tindakan Anda, mengakui kesalahan dengan jujur ​​dan memperingatkan orang atas konsekuensi yang Anda derita, BAHWA akan menjadi contoh yang baik. Tapi Bush lebih memilih rute Clinton yang botak botak, lalu menyalahkan musuh dan pers Anda saat Anda tertangkap. Bush sekarang adalah orang pertama yang terpilih menjadi presiden setelah dihukum karena melakukan kejahatan. Bush juga memiliki beberapa insiden mabuk lainnya. Pada bulan Desember 1972, Bush menantang ayahnya (mantan presiden) untuk bertengkar, dalam sebuah perdebatan tentang Bush yang sedang mabuk mengemudi. Dia telah membawa adiknya keluar minum, dan berlari melewati tong sampah tetangga dalam perjalanan pulang. Pekerjaan dinas pelayanan umum yang tidak lazim, bekerja dengan anak-anak di kota Houston, tampaknya merupakan tugas pelayanan masyarakat tidak resmi yang didirikan oleh Bush, Sr. Rupanya gubernur tidak mempelajari pelajarannya, karena keyakinan mengemudinya yang mabuk terjadi hampir empat tahun kemudian. Dalam insiden lain, dia mulai meneriakkan kata-kata kotor pada reporter Wall Street Journal, hanya karena reporter tersebut meramalkan bahwa ayah Bush tidak akan menjadi calon Republikan tahun 1988. Reporter itu jelas salah, tapi seorang Bush Jr yang mabuk menghampirinya di sebuah restoran dan mulai meneriakkan sialan. Saya tidak akan melupakan apa yang Anda katakan dan Anda akan membayar harga untuk itu. Sebenarnya, Bush yang sekarang menjadi pasangan Dick Cheney sekarang mengakui bahwa dia memiliki dua tindakan mengemudi dalam keadaan mabuk pada tahun 1962 dan 1963, sehingga Bush - Cheney mengajukan rekor baru dunia 3 DUIs dengan satu tiket. Tak heran mereka tampak begitu santai. Keyakinan itu cukup buruk, tapi pertanyaan sebenarnya adalah, apa lagi wahyu lain yang akan datang nanti, tentang penggunaan narkoba (yang tidak disangkal), gagal tampil selama satu tahun dalam dinas Garda Nasional, atau petualangan seksualnya di dalam dirinya. Berayun satu hari Ada bukti bahwa Bush lebih banyak bersembunyi yang melibatkan rekaman mengemudi Texas-nya. Segera setelah dia menjadi gubernur, dia memiliki SIM baru yang dikeluarkan dengan nomor ID 000000005 yang tidak biasa, sebuah tindakan yang menghancurkan catatan lisensi sebelumnya. Stafnya hanya bisa mengatakan, lemah, bahwa ini dilakukan untuk alasan keamanan tapi tidak ada catatan dari gubernur Texas sebelumnya yang telah melakukannya. Sekarang setidaknya kita memiliki sedikit petunjuk mengapa Bush menginginkan catatannya dikaburkan, dan firasat gelap yang lebih mungkin mengintai, masih tertutup. Sumber Pendorong Mabuk George W. Bush, Jr. disebut-sebut sebagai penyelamat Partai Republik oleh pers nasional, karena dia menarik suara dari pemilih minoritas dan meminta nama ayah dan koneksi penggalangan dana untuk dijalankan. Tapi sebelum kita mengurapi dia sebagai presiden berikutnya, mari kita lihat apa yang dikerjakannya dengan hidupnya. Singkatnya, Junior 1) tumbuh sebagai anak yang sangat kaya dari orang tua yang kuat, 2) berpesta dari sekolah menengah sampai usia 40. 3) menghasilkan jutaan dari transaksi bisnis orang dalam manis dari sekutu politik ayahnya, yang kebetulan Presiden, dan 4) terpilih sebagai gubernur Texas terutama karena namanya. Bush Junior telah melakukan beberapa pekerjaan bagus sebagai gubernur Texas. Dia telah melewati perpisahan partisan, menjangkau kaum minoritas, dan menangani setidaknya satu masalah yang sulit dan tanpa alasan (pembiayaan sekolah rencananya ditolak di legislatif.) Tapi 4 tahun - bahkan 4 yang bagus - adalah resume yang cukup singkat. Untuk pemimpin dunia bebas. Tidak ada yang meragukan kemampuan Bill Clintons untuk menangani hukuman dan kembali lagi. Tapi stamina dan perhatian Bush Juniors sangat memprihatinkan. Selanjutnya, istilah Bush sebagai gubernur juga telah sangat korup. Meskipun mungkin dengan cara yang legal. Yang kami maksud adalah, dia telah mengambil jutaan sumbangan kampanye dari beberapa pengusaha besar - banyak di antaranya berada dalam kesepakatan bisnis orang dalam yang membuatnya kaya - dan pengusaha yang sama telah menerima miliaran dolar dalam transaksi manis dari pemerintah negara bagian Texas selama Istilah Bush Spesifik: Seperti Al Gore, Bush Jr menghadiri sekolah elitis Timur, dalam hal ini Andover Prep, dan Yale. Menurut sebuah profil Newsweek, dia pergi ke Yale namun tampaknya telah mengambil minum di Rumah Deke. He joined the secretive Skull and Bones club in 1968, as any good conspiracy buff can tell you. His business career was marked by mediocrity or failure which nonetheless resulted in him getting lots of money from his fathers political allies. And his political career has been handed to him on a platter by his famous name, and by his dads cronies. Bill Kristol, conservative pundit and Dan Quayles former chief of staff, says The Bush network is the only genuine network in the Republican Party. It is the establishment. Junior and Jeb Bush (elected in Florida in 1998) are the first brothers to be simultaneous governors since the Rockefellers. To give you an idea of how rarefied his upbringing was, George Junior had an argument with his mom at one point about whether non-Christians could go to Heaven. (Barbara Bush felt they could George didnt.) To settle the dispute, they phoned up Billy Graham on the spot. (He sided with Junior, but warned him not to play God.).) More recently, Bushs performance during the 2000 South Carolina primary shows that he received the worst trait common to the famous Bush family -- a vicious competitiveness that shows no compunction about dirty tricks (such as the phone calls by his surrogates calling McCain, of all people, the fag candidate) and utterly shameless flipflops (like Bush Sr. s read my lips, no new taxes, and Juniors very public refusal to meet with the gay Log Cabin Republicans group until right before the California primary, when he claimed he was fine with them all along. Not to mention him suddenly becoming a reformer after he got shellacked in the New Hampshire primary.) Not only does this trait demonstrate a lack of integrity -- which I define as having standards and things you believe in that you wont violate, even to win the presidency -- but there is an incredible arrogance in thinking that voters will accept and believe a candidate who blat antly changes his positions from week to week, saying whatever the local primary voters want to hear. Unfortunately, Bush Jr. has inherited this negative family trait without receiving any of the graciousness, diligence, and bravery of his father and grandfather (a Senator who lost his seat over a principled vote in favor of birth control, back in the 1940s.) One of the most disturbing things about Bush is that he consistently works to silence his critics using his money and power, including state police and expensive lawyers. Not since Richard Nixon has a major presidential candidate been so quick to prevent his opponents from free speech. At the very least, this shows he doesnt understand big-league politics and may not be tough enough to handle more serious opponents, such as hostile foreign countries and terrorists. At worst, it may be a sign of Nixon-like paranoia that presidents thin-skin started out with similar small potatos and grew to bring down his presidency amid enemies lists, illegal break-ins of his opponents offices, and forcing the IRS to audit his enemies. Bush cant blame this on his staff, either it comes from the top. When asked about one critical web site, he told the press There ought to be limits to freedom. Were aware of this site, and this guy is just a garbage man, thats all he is. As governor of Texas, for example, Bush Junior has sent the state police to arrest peaceful demonstrators outside the governors mansion. While previous governors allowed peaceful pickets on the public sidewalk outside the mansion, Bush has claimed that they are blocking public access, and had them arrested. Not all protestors, either -- just the ones he doesnt want the press to see. In the 2000 primaries, Bush supporters including NY Governor Pataki sued to keep John McCain and Steve Forbes off the New York primary ballot in several congressional districts. Bush denied any involvement, fooling no one, but after McCains decisive New Hampshire victory made the move look ridiculous, Bush and his top strategist Karl Rove called up his establishment minions, after which they instantly announced that they were stopping their efforts to keep McCain off the ballot. Ironically, all of the attention to ballot rules revealed that a number of Bush delegates and alternates used fraudulent signatures to qualify for the ballot. As a result, it appears that McCain and Forbes will be on the ballot statewise, but George Bush Jr. wont be in one Bronx congressional district. Bush also cant stand criticism on the Internet. His campaign quietly -- and probably illegally -- bought up over 200 anti-Bush domain names including bushsucks, bushbites, and bushblows over a year ago. (Illegally because he had refused to register as a candidate, as part of his effort to make it look like people were begging him to run, so spending money for his campaign was not allowed.) If you type in any of these URLs, you end up at Bushs official web site. His campaign refuses to say whether this means that they admit that he bites, blows and sucks. (Maybe he used to be a White House intern) If you wanted to set up one of those sites, breathe easy because many good names are still available. The Bush camp somehow neglected to purchase bushisaprick, bushisweak, or bushsucksdonkeydicks, so 70 makes them yours. Even worse, Bush and his high-priced lawyers have tried twice to shut down a web site -- gwbush -- that parodies the Bush campaign, in particular his no comment answers on drug use in his past. You will recall that Bush has said it doesnt matter what he did in his youth, because the question is have you grown up and have you learned from your mistakes. The parody site presents a new program called Amnesty 2000, in which Bush proposes pardoning all drug convicts who have grown up. The Bush campaign filed one complaint about the site in April 1999, after which the parody sites owners changed it to look less like the real Bush site. That wasnt good enough though, and Bush lawyers filed against the site again in May 1999. So far, it remains in business. Sources In a (so far successful) attempt to stop a scandal, Bush perjured himself under oath, according to the sworn testimony of two of his political allies. The situation is amazingly similar to Clintons Lewinsky problem: a potentially damaging lawuit arose (see below) that threatened to involve him. Just like Clinton, Bush swore an affidavit that he had no involvement in the case, which got him excused from testifying. And just like Clinton, the affidavit was proven false months later by new evidence. In this case, its the recent sworn testimony of Robert MacNeil, a Bush appointee, that he had discussed the case with Bush at a fundraiser. This scandal isnt as sexy as Monicas, but perjury is perjury, and this scandal actually involves the governors job, not his sex life. Texas state commission on funeral homes (the TFSC) started an investigation of SCI, the worlds largest funeral home company (with 3,442 homes, plus 433 cemeteries) after complaints that unlicensed apprenctices were embalming corpses at 2 SCI embalming centers. The commission visited a couple of these, and ended up fining SCI 450,000. But SCI pulled strings with the commission and with Bush himself. Shortly thereafter, the investigation was shut down and the agencys investigator was fired. She sought to question Bush for her lawsuit, and thats when he swore his admittedly false affidavit. In fact, that affidavit has been proven false twice now. DETAILS: SCI has long cultivated Bush and his allies. They gave governor Bush 35,000 in the last election and 10K in 1994, gave 100,000 to the George Bush, Sr. library, and hired the ex-president to give a speech last year for 70,000. They also spread money around the Texas legislature and the Texas Attorney Generals office. After the investigation got serious, SCIs boss, Robert Waltrip, called the funeral commissions chairman and told him to back off. If not, Waltrip said, Im going to take this to the governor. Still, the investigation continued. So Waltrip and his lawyerlobbyist, Johnnie B. Rogers, went to the governors office and dropped off a letter demanding a halt to the investigation. Rogers told Newsweek that he and Waltrip were ushered in to see Joe Allbaugh, Bushs chief of staff (who is now Bushs campaign manager.) Rogers goes on to say that Bush Jr. popped his head in and said to Waltrip, Hey, Bobby, are those people still messing with you Waltrip said yeah. Then the governor turned to Rogers and said, Hey, Johnnie B. Are you taking care of him Rogers said Im doing my best, Governor. The problem for Bush is that he swore under oath, in a July 20th 1999 affidavit, that he had no conversations with SCI officials, agents, or represenatives concerning the investigation or any dispute arising from it. If Rogers is telling the truth, than Bush Jr. lied directly under oath. He filed the affidavit in an attempt to avoid testifying in a whistleblower lawsuit concerning this investigation and its alleged squashing by Bushs administration. Back in August of 1999, Bush himself admitted that he spoke with Waltrip and Rogers -- in other words, that he lied under oath -- but used Clintonesque denials to claim that it was nothing substantial. Bush told the Associated Press that Its a 20-second conversation. I had no substantive conversation with the guy. Twenty seconds. Thats hardly enough time to even say hello, much less sit down and have a substantive discussion. All I know is it lasted no time. And that hardly constitutes a serious discussion. I did not have any knowledge at all of Waltrips problem with this case. Of course, nothing Bush says here contradicts what Rogers said. In fact, his careful explanation of why this is not perjury is incredibly similar to Bill Clintons weaseling about what the meaning of is is. And now MacNeils sworn statement further confirms Bushs lie. Whatever Bush said out loud, Waltrips complaints to the governor got quick results. Eliza May -- the investigator for the funeral services commission -- says that after Waltrip visited the governor, she received phone calls from three senior Bush aides asking if she could wrap up her proble quickly. She says she was also summoned to another meeting in Allbaughs office, one month after the first one, and found Waltrip already there. The governors top aide, she says, demanded that she turn over a list of all of the documents that she needed to close the SCI investigation. Since then, investigator Eliza May has been fired, 6 or 10 staff members on the commission have been fired or resigned and not been replaced, and the Texas legislature -- led by members receiving substantial contributions from SCI -- passed a bill to reorganize the agency and remove its head. On August 16, 199, Bush ordered his Comptroller to take over the agency and run it. May -- who, it should be noted, is a Democrat and was even state Democratic Treasurer at one point -- has filed a whistleblower lawsuit alleging she was fired because she persisted with the investigation. Bush simply didnt show up for his scheduled deposition on July 1st, 1999 in the case. (He isnt a defendant in the case, because Governors are immune from lawsuits in Texas, but is being called as a material witness.) He filed his affidavit on July 20th to indicate that he had nothing to add. Now Robert MacNeil -- who was the chairman of the Texas funeral commission at the time, a Bush appointee -- confirms that he also discussed the case with Bush, at a 1998 Texas fundraiser. In a sworn deposition. MacNeil says that Bush asked him: Have you and Mr. Waltrip got your problems worked out Replied McNeil: Were still trying to work on that, governor. Bush then said, Do your job. Bushs campaign says that MacNeils statement is false. But the language MacNeil says Bush used is almost identical to what he admits saying to Johnnie Rodgers in the governors office. Sources Bushs administration has consistenly shoveled large amounts of state controlled money to men who have either contributed large amounts to Bushs campaign, or who have made Junior personally rich through sweet insider business deals. or both. For example, the University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO) invests 1.7 billion of state money. Most of this comes from profits from oil discovered on Texas state land. Bushs cronies dominate this board, and in return investment funds controlled by these very cronies or their friends have received nearly a third -- 457 million -- of that massive investment pool. There may even be more, but this obscure group -- created under Bush -- cloaks its operations in a thick veil of secrecy. UTIMCOs chairman, Tom Hicks, now owns the Texas Rangers his purchase of the team made Governor Bush a very rich man. Furthermore, Hicks and his brother gave 146,000 to the Bush campaign. In return, 252 million of the invested money went to funds run by Hicks business associates or friends, according to the Houston Chronicle. Hicks even insisted that UTIMCO increase by 10 million an investment with a fund that he had an indirect financial interest in, but UTIMCO staff halted funding after they discovered the conflict. Then theres Sam and Charles Wyly, the billionaire brothers who secretly bought 2.5 million of independent TV ads slamming McCain just before the critical Super Tuesday primaries. (They have also given hundreds of thousands of dollars to Bush Jr. s governor and presidential campaigns.) They control Maverick Capital, an investment fund that received 90 million of UTIMCO money. The brothers earn nearly 1 million in fees alone from that money, along with a share of any profits. Henry Kravis of Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts -- a longtime Bush contributor -- received a 50 million investment deal in 1996. And there are many more Bush supporters who have received millions from UTIMCO, including the Bass family and Adele Hall of the Hallmark Cards family. Another key player in the Bush world is Richard Rainwater, the billionaire Texas investor who made Bush Jr. s original involvement in the Texas Rangers deal possible. Thats the deal that made Jr. rich, of course. Bush had several other personal investments in Rainwater controlled companies. But Rainwater has received much from Bush and the state of Texas treasury, too. UTIMCO invested at least 20 million in Rainwater companies. And UTIMCO is not the only Bush administration agency funneling money and favors to his supporters and cronies. T he state teacher retirement fund sold three office buildings to Rainwaters real estate company at bargain prices, and without bids in 2 of the cases. The fund invested 90 million in the Frost Bank Plaza in Austin, and sold it to Rainwaters Crescent Real Estate for 35 million. Bush signed a law that will give his former baseball team co-owners -- including Rainwater -- a 10 million bonus payment when a new Dallas arena is built. Bush also proposed a cap on business real estate taxes that would have saved Rainwater millions on his various properties (but it lost in the legislature). In another example, Bushs state Housing department has been investigated for kickbacks, and Florita Bell Griffin, who Bush appointed to the state Housing Board, was just convicted of bribery, theft, money-laundering and mail fraud for trading her influence for cash. She faces 55 years in prison. And Larry Paul Manley, Bushs director of the Department of Housing until he resigned in January 1999, is under police investigation for steering federal tax credits to cronies. Texas top auditor discovered in 1997 that 60 of department contracts went to Manleys former colleagues at local savings and loans, but refused to make the findings public until long after the criminal probes began. Bush may or may not have violated state ethics laws with all of this big money backscratching, but there is no doubt that he and these businessman are operating corruptly -- funneling large amounts of state money to the businessmens companies, and large amounts of their personal and business money into George Bush Jr. s pocket and political campaigns. Most people have heard something about George W. Bush pulling strings to get into the Texas Air Guard. But the press, while reporting lots of details, has done a poor job of communicating how consistently and shamelessly Bush Jr. sought and received favorable treatment while he avoided Vietnam. Furthermore, his story has repeatedly changed -- he has weaseled like Clinton at his worst and even flat-out lied when explaining what happened. Here are the details: 1. Pulled Strings to Get In. On May 27, 1968, George Bush Jr. was 12 days away from losing his student draft deferment, at a time when 350 Americans a week were dying in combat. The National Guard, seen by many as the most respectable way to avoid Vietnam, had a huge waiting list -- a year and a half in Texas, over 100,000 men nationwide. Yet Bush and his family friends pulled strings, and the young man was admitted the same day he applied, regardless of any waiting list. Bushs unit commander, Col. Buck Staudt, was so excited about his VIP recruit that he staged a special ceremony for the press so he could have his picture taken administering the oath (even though the official oath had been given by a captain earlier.) Bush and his allies have tried to deny this with several changing stories, but Bush himself admits lobbying commander Staudt, who approved him, and court documents confirm that close family friend and oil magnate Sid Adger called Texas Speaker of the House Ben Barnes, who called General James Rose, the head of the Texas Air National Guard, to get Bush in. Rose, who is now dead, told his friend and former legislator Jake Johnson that I got that Republican congressmans son from Houston into the Guard. Staudts unit, the 147th, was infamous as a nesting place for politically connected and celebrity draft avoiders. Democratic Senator Lloyd Bentsens son was in the unit, as were both of Sid Adgers sons and at least 7 members of the Dallas Cowboys. 2. Took a 2 month vacation in Florida after 8 weeks in the Guard. Just 8 weeks after joining, Bush was granted 2 months leave to go to Florida and work on a political campaign, the Senate race of Republican Edward Gurney. Bush took a leave every election season, in 1970 to work on his dads campaign, and in 1972 to work in Alabama. 3. Skipped Officer Candidate School and got a special commission as 2nd Lt. As soon as Bush completed basic training, his commander approved him for a direct appointment, which made him an officer without having to go through the usual (and difficult) Officer Candidate School. This special procedure also got Bush into flight school, despite his very low scores on aptitude tests -- he scored 25 on a pilot aptitude test, the absolute lowest acceptable grade, and 50 for navigator aptitude. (Bush did score 95 on the easier officer quality test, but then again the average is 88). What made Bushs appointment doubly unusual was his total lack of special qualifications. This procedure was generally reserved for applicants with exceptional experience or skills, such as ROTC training or engineering, medical or aviation skills. Tom Hail, a historian for the Texas Air National Guard, reviewed the Guards records on Bush for a special exhibit on his service after Bush became governor. Asked about Bushs direct appointment without special skills, Hail said Ive never heard of that. Generally they did that for doctors only, mostly because we needed extra flight surgeons. Charles Shoemake, an Air Force veteran who later joined the Texas Air National Guard and retired as a full colonel, said that direct appointments were rare and hard to get, and required extensive credentials. Asked about Bush, he said His name didnt hurt, obviously. But it was a commanders decision in those days. Despite Bush Jr. s weak qualifications, Col. Staudt was so excited about the direct appointment that he saged another special ceremony for the press, this time with Bushs father the congressman standing prominently in the background. The direct appointment process was discontinued in the 1970s. 4. Assigned to a safe plane -- the F-102 -- that was being phased out. As Bush has been quick to note, National Guard members do face the chance of being called up for active duty, though few actually did during the Vietnam war. So what a lucky break for Bush that he was assigned to fly the F-102 Delta Dagger, a plane already being phased out. In fact, the Air Force had ordered all overseas F-102 units shut down as of June 30, 1970 -- just 3 months after Bush finished his training. Since training is so airplane specific, Bush was guaranteed from the beginning to be safe from combat. Bushs campaign has even used his training on the obsolete plane to justify his early discharge, almost a year before his scheduled discharge, since other F-102 pilots were also being released early. But they cant answer the obvious question -- why spend so much money to train a National Guardsman for 2 years on a plane that was already being phased out, at a time when the Guard was letting F102 pilots leave early due to oversupply 5. Celebrity Political Date. During his flight training, Bushs celebrity showed in a couple of ways. Most famously, President Nixon sent a jet to pick up the young flight student for a date with his daughter Tricia. Alas, the potential political marriage and dynasty was not to be. Also, the commencement speaker at Bushs graduation ceremony was -- his dad, Congressman George Bush Sr. 6. Illegal, overruled transfer to a base with no work. In 1972, Bush once again wanted to work on a political campaign, this time in Alabama. He applied for a transfer to a nearly defunct base with no active training or work, the 9921st Air Reserve Squadrom at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. Bushs supervisors approved, but a higher headquarters overruled them, noting that the unit had no regular drills. Lt. Col. Reese Bricken, the units commander, told the Boston Globe We met just one weeknight a month. We were only a postal unit. We had no airplanes. We had no pilots. We had no nothing. Even Albert Lloyd Jr. a retired Air Guard colonel who is helping the Bush campaign clarify the candidates service, told the Globe he was mystified why Bushs superiors at the time would approve duty at such a unit. Lloyd was personnel director of the Texas Air Guard from 1969 to 1995. Now, the officer who did that has stepped forward and very directly admitted that he tried to get the easiest possible assignment for Bush. The personnel officer in charge of Bushs 147th Fighter Group, now-retired Col. Rufus G. Martin, says he tried to give Bush a light load when he told him to apply to the 9921st Air Reserve Squadron in Montgomery, Ala. Martin said in an interview that he knew Bush wasnt eligible for the 9921st, an unpaid, general training squadron that met once a week to hear lectures on first aid and the like. However, he said, I thought it was worth a try. It was the least participation of any type of unit. 7. Just didnt show up for a year -- with no punishment. National Guard records and Bushs own supervisors and friends show no sign of him attending any drills or performing any service for nearly a year, from May 1972 until May 1973. This period began with Bush moving to Alabama for a political campaign. He later applied to transfer to a base that had no work the transfer was first approved, then cancelled. Bush did nothing for several months then in September he applied to transfer to Alabamas 187th Tactical Recon group for 3 months. This was approved, but the units commander, General William Turnipseed, and his then admnistrative officer, Kenneth Lott, have both said that Bush never showed up. Had he reported in, I would have had some recall, and I do not, said Turnipseed. I had been in Texas, done my flight training there. If we had had a first lieutenant from Texas, I would have remembered. Bush claims that he did some work in Alabama, but cant remember any details. I cant remember what I did, he said. I justI fulfilled my obligation. Despite 2 years of searching through hundreds of records, his campaign has been unable to find any record of Bushs service there, nor could they find a single fellow serviceman who remembers his presence. The best they could produce was an ex-girlfriend from Alabama -- Emily Marks --who said George told her he would have to do some Guard duty later that year (1972) in Montgomery. But all that confirms is that he knew of his obligation. In December 1972, Bush returned to Houston and was scheduled to resume duty there. But in May 1973, Bushs supervising pilots wrote in his annual efficiency report: Lt. Bush has not been observed at this unit during the period of the report (i. e. through April 30, 1972). Bush described one of the supervisors, the late Col. Jerry Killian, as a personal friend, so its likely he would have noticed Bush and given him the benefit of the doubt. Later that month, two special orders commanded Bush to appear for active duty. He served 36 days of active duty during May, June and July before leaving the Guard early. Amazingly, Bush was not disciplined in any way for his absence, and received an honorable discharge. Under Air National Guard rules at that time, guardsmen who missed duty could be reported to their Selective Service Board and inducted into the Army as draftees. 8. Skipped all his medical exams after they started drug tests. In April 1972, the military started including routine drug tests in servicemens annual physical exam, including urinalysis, questions about drugs and a close examination of the nasal cavities (for cocaine). According to the regulation, the medical took place in the month after the servicemans birthday. For George W. Bush, this meant August 1972. It was May, 1972 -- one month after the drug testing was announced -- that Bush stopped attending Guard duty. In August 1972, he was suspended from flight duty for failing to take his physical. (Click here to see the document. ) A Bush campaign spokesman confirmed to the London Sunday Times that Bush knew he would be suspended. He knew the suspension would have to take place. Bush never flew again, even though he returned to his Houston base where Guard pilots flew thousands of hours in the F-102 during 1973. The only barrier to him flying again was a medical exam (and his lack of attendance). Careful readers will recall that when Bush issued his partial denial of drug use, he said (or implied) that he hadnt used them since 1974, but he pointedly refused to deny drug use before then, i. e. during his military service. Several sources have also indicated that it was in December, 1972 -- 4 months after his medical suspension -- that a drunk Bush Jr. challenged his father to a fist fight during an argument over the sons drunk driving. (He had run over a neighbors garbage cans.) Shortly thereafter, Bush Sr. arranged for his son to do community service at an inner city Houston charity. Bushs campaign aides first said he did not take the physical because he was in Alabama and his personal physician was in Houston. But flight physicals can be administered only by certified Air Force flight surgeons, and some were assigned at the time to Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, where Bush was living. The staff now admits that this explanation was wrong. 9. Left service 10 months early. Even after that easy stint, Bush couldnt fulfill his obligation. He quickly made up the missed days he had to and applied for an early release, before he had to take his next annual physical exam (with drug test.) While the official discharge date was October 1, 1973, Bushs last day in uniform was actually July 31 -- a full 10 months before the end of his 6-year, part time commitment. Al Gore also requested and received an early discharge (from the Army, in his case) to go to school. Weasel words his story keeps changing. When asked about his service, Bush has lied, changed his story repeatedly, and weaseled in a manner eerily reminiscent of Bill Clinton. First of all, he has flat-out lied. In his official autobiography, A Charge to Keep, Bush said he flew with his unit for several years after finishing flight training in June 1970. His campaign biography states that he flew with the unit until he won release from the service in September 1973, nine months early, for graduate school. Both statements are lies. Bush only flew with the 111th for one year and 10 months, until April 1972 when he was suspended for failing to take his medical exam (and drug test), and never flew again. Then there is his Clintonesque weaseling and word choice. Bush and his campaign claimed that no Bush family or friends pulled strings. Under pressure, this changed to All I know is anybody named George Bush did not ask him Ben Barnes for help. By that he meant, himself or his dad. Of course, it later came out in court that a close Bush friend, Simon Adger, had asked Barnes to get Bush Jr. into the Guard, and that Barnes did so, via General Rose. Nows its not even clear that a George Bush didnt ask for help. When pressed, the former presidents spokeswoman (Jean Becker) said he is almost positive that he and Mr. Adger never discussed the Guard matter. He Bush Sr. he is fairly certain - I mean he doesnt remember everything that happened in the 1960s. In any case, Bush Sr. and Adger were very close. Ms. Becker acknowledged that President Bush knew Sid Adger well. He loved him. Adger may have needed only a hint. Furthermore, George Bush Jr. admits that he knew Adger socially at the time, and further admits that he lobbied Col. Buck Staudt, the commander of the VIP unit Bush joined. Staudt claims that he, not General Rose (who he later replaced), was the one who made the decision on admissions anyway. Bush Jr. admits that he met Staudt in late 1967, during Christmas vacation of his senior year, called him later, and -- in Bushs words -- found out what it took to apply. When asked how Bush came to call Staudt, his spokeswoman Karen Hughes said he heard from friends while he was home over the Christmas break that. Colonel Staudt was the person to contact. She says that Bush doesnt recall who those friends were. But we know that Sid Adger was also a friend of Staudts, served with him on the Houston Chamber of Commerces Aviation Committee, and in 1967 held a luncheon honoring Gen. Staudt and his unit for winning an Air Force commendation. In fact, both of Adgers sons also joined General Staudts unit, in 1966 and 1968 respectively. Bush and his staff also claim that he vaulted ahead of the Air Guard waiting list because he was willing to fly an airplane, and there were openings. There is nothing to support this claim, however. For one thing, the F-102 was being phased out at the time and F-102 pilots were being released from service early, as indeed Bush himself was. And Tom Hail, a historian for the Texas Air National Guard, says flatly that there was no pilot shortage in the Guard squadron at that time. Bushs unit had 27 pilots at the time he applied while they were authorized for 29 pilots, there were two more already in training and one awaiting a transfer. Bush also weasels on whether he was avoiding combat or not. He has stated on several occasions that he did not want to be an infantryman, and acknowledges that he came to oppose the war itself. He claims that he joined the guard to fly planes, and would have been happy to go to Vietnam, but ignores the obvious choice of the Air Force or the Navy -- which his dad, a genuine war hero, joined. Furthermore, when he signed up for the Guard, he checked a box saying Do not volunteer for overseas service. Later, he made a perfunctory application to transfer to a program called Palace Alert, which dispatched F-102 pilots to Europe or the Far East -- and just occasionally Vietnam -- for 3 or 6 month assignments. But Bush was not nearly qualified, as he must have known, and was immediately turned down, and the F-102 not used overseas after June, 1970 in any case. And, as noted above, his story also changed on why he refused to take a medical exam -- including a drug test - in 1972. (The refusal ended Bushs flying career.) His staff first claimed that he didnt take the physical because he was in Alabama and his personal physician was in Houston. But flight physicals can be administered only by certified Air Force flight surgeons, and there were surgeons assigned at the time to Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, where Bush was living. His staff now admits that that explanation was wrong, without saying where it came from or what the real reason was. Draft National Guard Sources Bush Jr. has made a lot of money off of three business deals. In each one, his contribution is hard to perceive, yet he walked off with hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in deals arranged by his fathers political cronies. The deals were 1. the sale of Juniors struggling oil company . 2. Juniors sale of oil stock just before the Gulf War . and 3. getting a cheap slice of the Texas Rangers baseball team, which he sold in 1999 for a huge profit (he paid 600,000, and sold for 14 million). The general pattern here is just as important as the details. Bush did no work in his business career that can clearly be called excellent or even solid. The money he made is tangential to his efforts at best -- the oil companies lost a great deal of money during his tenure, and the Rangers cut a lot of corners -- which makes the cronyism that much more suspicious. Its not just that one or two of Bushs deals look funky every major business deal he has been involved with included wealthy supporters of his father, and many of those investors later received favorable treatment from either the federal government under Bush, Sr. or the current Texas administration of Junior. Like his dad, Junior struck out in Texas and founded an oil company, Arbusto Energy, Inc. with 20,000 of his own money. (Arbusto is the Spanish word for bush.) The company foundered in the early 1980s when oil prices dropped (and his dad was Vice President.) The 50 investors, who were mainly friends of my uncle in Juniors own words, put in 4.7 million and lost most of it. Junior claims that investors did pretty good, but Bush family friend Russell Reynolds told the Dallas Morning News: The bottom line was there were problems, and it didnt work out very well. I think we got maybe 20 cents on the dollar. As Arbusto neared collapse, Spectrum 7 Energy Corporation bought it in September 1984. Despite his poor track record, the owners made Bush, Jr. the president and gave him 13.6 of the parent companys stock. Spectrum 7 was a small oil firm owned by two staunch ReaganBush Sr. supporters -- William DeWitt and Mercer Reynolds. These two were also owners of the Texas Rangers and allowed Bush Jr. to purchase a chunk of the team cheaply he later sold it for over 24 times what he paid. Within two years of purchasing Arbusto and making Bush Jr. president, Spectrum 7 was itself in trouble it lost 400,000 in its last 6 months of operation. That ended in 1986, when Harken Energy Corporation bought Spectrum 7s 180-well operation. Junior got 227,000 worth of Harken stock, and a lot more. He was named to the board of directors, made 80,000 to 100,000 a year well into the 1990s as a consultant to Harken, and was allowed to buy Harken stock at 40 below face value. He also borrowed 180,375 from Harken at very low rates the companys 1989 and 1990 SEC filings said it forgave 341,000 in loans to unspecified executives. So what did Junior do for all this money Its hard to say exactly, but things happened for Harken after Junior came on board: it got a 25 million stock offering from an unusual bank with CIA ties, it won a surprise exclusive drilling contract with Bahrain. a small Mideast country, and an Arab member of its Board of Directors was invited to White House policy meetings with President George Bush and National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft. Easy Money From Odd Sources The firms 25 million stock offering was underwritten by Stephens, Inc. an Arkansas bank whose head, Jackson Stephens, was on President Bushs Team 100. (That was a group of 249 rich persons who gave at least 100,000 each to his presidential campaign committee). Stephens placed the offering with the London subsidiary of Union Bank of Switzerland, which (according to the Wall Street Journal) was not known as an investor in small American companies. Union Bank did have other connections it was a joint-venture partner with the notorious BCCI in a Geneva-based bank, and was involved in a scandal surrounding the Nugan Hand Bank, a CIA operation in Australia whose executives were advised by William Quasha, the father of Harkens chairman (Alan Quasha.) Union Bank was also involved in scandals surrounding Panamanian money laundering by BCCI, and Ferdinand Marcos movement of 325 tons of gold out of the Phillipines. That wasnt the only financing connection Junior brought after the company won its Bahrain deal (see next item), the billionaire Bass brothers of Texas offered to underwrite the drilling operation. Robert Bass is also a member of Bushs Team 100, and he and his kin gave 226,000 to Bush Senior between 1988 and 1992. The Bahrain Contract In January 1990, Harken was chosen out of the blue by the small Mideast country Bahrain for an exclusive offshore oil drilling contract. They beat out Amoco, an experienced and major international conglomerate, despite having no offshore oil drilling experience at all. As of March 1995, the most recent report we could find, they had found no oil. Junior has denied that he was involved in the deal, and even told the Wall Street Journal that he opposed it. But a company insider told Mother Jones Magazine Like any member of the board, he was thrilled. His attitude was Holy shit, what a great deal If he did oppose it, he wasnt much of a consultant. Charles Strain, an energy company analyst in Houston, told Mother Jones: Harken is not hard to understand -- its easy. The company has only one real asset -- its Bahrain contract. If that field turns out to be dry, Harkens stock is worth, at the most, 25 cents a share. If they hit it big over there, the stock could be worth 30 to 40 dollars a share. As of December 1998, Harken Energy Corp. (HEC on Amex) is trading at 2.69 a share. Access to the President For Bushs Foreign Business Partner The most troubling thing that happened to Harken after it bought George Bush Junior in, was that one of its Board of Directors members was suddenly admitted to the highest levels of United States foreign policy meetings. These were not Clintonesque meet-and-greet fundraisers, but actual working policy meetings during a critical period. After the Harken-Bahrain deal was signed, Palestinian businessman Talat Othman was added to a group of Arabs who met with George Bush and National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft three times in 1990 -- once just two days after Iraq invaded Kuwait. Othman was the representative of Sheikh Abdullah Bakhsh, who purchased 10 of Harken stock. (More on Baksh in a second.) Othman has continued a fruitful relationship with Bush. He has visited Bush in the White House, and gave an Islamic benediction at the 2000 Republican convention. More recently, several Islamic charities and businesses run by Othmans business partner Yaqub Mirza were raided on March 20, 2002 by Treasury investigators, investigating ties between them and Osama Bin Laden, al Qaeda and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Just two weeks later, Othman was able to get a luncheon meeting with President Bushs Treasury Secretary, Paul ONeill (since fired), to complain about the raids. Backsh, Othmans patron, had several ties to the infamous BCCI bank according to the Wall Street Journal. Bakhsh was a co-investor in Saudi Arabia with alleged BCCI front man Ghaith Pharaon. Bakhshs banker, Khalid bin Mahfouz, was another BCCI figure and head of the largest bank in Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Kalifah, the prime minister of Bahrain, was a BCCI shareholder and played the key role in selecting Harken for the oil contract. This is the crowd that gained entry to the President and the National Security Adviser of the United States after George Junior made his deal with Harken. Deal 2: Selling Oil Stock Just Before Iraq Invaded George Bush, Junior sold 60 of his stock in Harken Oil in June, 1990 for 848,560. That was brilliant timing in August, Iraq invaded Kuwait and Harkens stock dropped 25. Soon after, a big quarterly loss caused it to drop further. A secret State Deparment memo in May of that year had warned that Saddam was out of control, and listed options for responding to him, including an oil ban that might affect US oil prices. We cant be sure that the President or an aide mentioned these developments to his son, or that Harkens representative who was admitted to meetings with the President picked up something and reported back to Junior. But it is the simplest and most logical explanation. The Bushes acknowledge that George Senior and his sons consult on political strategy and other matters constantly. Furthermore, Harkens internal financial advisers at Smith Barney had issued a report in May warning of the companys deteriorating finances. Harken owed more than 150 million to banks and other creditors at the time. George Bush, Jr. was a member of the board and also of Harkens restructuring committee, which met in May and worked directly with the Smith Barney consultants. He must have known of these warnings. These are pretty clear-cut indications of illegal insider trading. The Securities and Exchange Commission, controlled at the time by President George Bush, investigated but chose not to press charges. Junior also violated another SEC rule explicitly. He was required to register his sale as an insider trade by July 10, 1990, but didnt until March 1991, after the Gulf War was over. He was not punished or cited. The third unusually easy deal for George Bush Junior was his involvement in the Texas Rangers baseball team. In a nutshell, he was offered a piece of this valuable franchise for only 600,000, by supporters of his dad who also bailed out his failing oil company. He sold his stake for 14 million - while Texas governor -- to a Texas millionaire with lots of businesses regulated by his administration. When all it is all said and done, I will have made more money than I ever dreamed I would make, Bush told the Forth Worth Star-Telegram. Bush was allowed to buy 1.8 of the team for 600,000 of borrowed money, and was even made one of the two general managers. His qualifications for partial ownership Several years working at failing oil companies, and his political connections through his father. Its hard to be sure, but were guessing that latter was probably more important. Junior tripled his investment, like the other owners, with the help of massive government intervention and subsidies. But his real wealth came from simply being given 10 of the team as a bonus for putting together the investment team. Even if he really had done that work, its an absurd bonus (12.2 million), but the fact is that he didnt add much. Cincinatti financier William DeWitt brought Bush in, not vice versa, shortly after George Bush Sr. was elected president. (DeWitt had also invested in Juniors oil companies.). The only investor Bush actually brought in was Roland Betts, a Yale fraternity brother, and that wasnt good enough. Under Juniors management, the deal was about to fall apart until baseball commissioner Peter Uebberoth brought in another investment group led by Fort Worth Billionaire Richard Rainwater and Dallas investor Rusty Rose. Since the deal, both men have profited greatly from business with the Texas administration of George Bush, Jr. Rose personally invested 3.2 million and became the other general manager of the team. Under the team partnership agreement, Bush Junior couldnt take any material actions wihtout Roses prior approval. There was also a method for removing Junior as a general partner, but no way to remove Rose. Yet Roses bonus for his role in setting up the deal was less than half of Juniors. What kind of owners would approve such a big payoff to Bush In addition to Rose and Rainwater, men with business pending before Texas government, the owners included William DeWitt and Mercer Reynolds, major contributors to President Bush who had also purchased Juniors failing oil company through their Spectrum 7 Energy company. If this deal doesnt smell bad enough already, consider Bushs blatant hypocrisy. The main value of the team is its new stadium (ranked by Financial World as the most profitable in baseball) and 300 acres of vacant land the team owns between the stadium and 6 Flags of Texas, which is next door. Putting Tax Money into Bushs Pocket The hypocritical part is, the private owners of this very valuable land didnt want to sell. Bush and his partners gave them only a lowball offer, and when it was rejected they arranged for a new government agency (the Arlington Sports Facility Development Authority, or ASFDA) to condemn it for them. The agency foreclosed the land and paid the owners a very low price, later judged by a jury to be only 16th of its actual value. The agency also floated bonds, guaranteed and repaid by taxpayers, to finance the purchase. This amounted to a 135 million subsidy for Bush and partners, compared with the 80 million they paid for the franchise. Since they sold the entire franchise for 250 million, its easy to see whose money Bush and friends pocketed. The next time Junior talks about tax cuts, remember this: Arlinton had to impose a new 12 cent sales tax just to pay for the subsidy Bush and his partners received. To add insult to injury, Bush and his partners continue to stiff the taxpayers for 7.5 million they owe under the terms of the agreement. It held that the team would pay all expenses over 135 million. The original owners of just 13 of the acres sued the City of Arlington, saying that the ASFDA had not paid a fair price for the land. The jury awarded them 7.5 million, but even though the project exceeded the 135 million limit, the partners have refused to pay. Given their huge taxpayer subsidy and 170 million profits, it seems absurdly selfish. George Bush, Jr. has said in campaign speeches I will do everything I can to defend the power of private property and private property rights when I am the governor of this state. Apparently this deal was not covered by that statement, since he wasnt governor yet. He claims that he wasnt aware of the details of the land condemnations, even though he was the teams managing general partner and has bragged about personally getting the stadium built. But he told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in October 1990 that The idea of making a land play, absolutely, to plunk the field down in the middle of a big piece of land, thats kind of always been the strategy. And the key to their land play was always the strong arm of government. A memo from Arlington real estate broker Mike Reilly to Rangers President Tom Schieffer dated October 26, 1990 - the day before Bushs comment about the land play - said In this particular situation our first offer should be our final offer. If this fails, we will probably have to initiate condemnation proceedings after the bond election passes. On the first day of the 1993 campaign, Bush said The best way to allocate resources in our society is through the marketplace. Not through a governing elite. Not through a private sports team buying in the Presidents son cheap, and then getting the government to hand them extremely valuable land. For almost half his life, Junior was distinguished mainly by his hearty appetite for partying. A Newsweek profile by Evan Thomas, describing his college years, says he seems to have majored in beer drinking at the Deke House. After he formed his first company (which failed), Thomas writes, By his own account, Bush spent a lot of time in bars, trying to sort out who he was. He had a kind of ragged nervous energy in that period, and he could be a bully. The Bush family spin is that the governor quit drinking cold turkey on his 40th birthday, straightened out by the love of a good woman (his wife, Laura.) They even pull out their secret weapon, lovable Barbara Bush, with anecdotes about what a rascal little George Junior was. But the explosive element here is not booze. Its sex, drugs and hypocrisy. Frankly, it doesnt bother us if candidates have partied, even a lot. Who wants a bunch of namby-pamby boy scouts running the country But George Bush Jr. makes a big point of travelling around the country and lecturing students on staying celibate, sober and drug free. He does not permit the option of partying hard until youre 40 and then stopping. And as governor, he attacked his predecessor for allowing leniency toward first-time drug users, and pushed a no tolerance policy that has sent casual cocaine users -- whos dads arent rich, or president -- to prison for years. He even has the gall to proclaim that such users need to know that drug use has consequences. At least if youre from the wrong neighborhood. No Handcuffs or Dwarf Orgies Junior is so worried about his past that he hired a private detective to investigate himself. (I guess he cant remember what he did at those parties, which tells you something right there.) According to an unnamed insider quoted on MSNBC, Bush isnt terribly thrilled about what they found, though no one is spilling the details (yet). No handcuffs or dwarf orgies, but he was a handsome, rich playboy and lived that life, the insider said. W is For Women: Bush volunteers to reporters that he has been faithful to his wife. However, he was married at 31 and makes no claim of virginity before that point, even as he lectures the youth of today to remain celibate. A Clinton aide who was in Bushs class at Yale has already warned him that People who live in glass houses shouldnt throw stones. We have received two credible reports from women who say they had affairs with George Bush, Jr. One alleged affair took place after Bush was married, on business trips to Los Angeles in the other case, Bush was single but the woman was married at the time. Neither woman is willing to go public with further details, including their names, which is why we arent publicizing these incidents more, but in our editorial opinion they are credible, and the details that these woman have provided check out. Furthermore, porn publisher Larry Flynt has alleged that one Bush affair led his then-girlfriend to have an abortion, and claims to have 5 affidavits from friends of the woman and others supporting the claim. Again the woman does not want to be named, which makes it hard to prove the claim, but you cant really blame a lady for not wanting to be known as the Bush abortion girl. Flynt made this allegation on CNN. The host of the program actually said Now we at CNN dont want to be accused of censoring anybody. , yet that is exactly what CNN did. They removed the shows transcript and links from their web site days after the broadcast. You can still get details on the incident at the Bush Watch web site. They have more details here. According to a new book. three independent sources close to the Bush family report that Governor Bush was arrested in 1972 for cocaine possession, and taken to Harris County Jail, but avoided jail or formal charges through an informal diversion plan involving community service with Project P. U.L. L. an inner city Houston program for troubled youths at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Houstons dirt-poor Third Ward. (In another new book. reporter Bill Minutaglio, writes that the year of community service was arranged by the Governors father, ex-president Bush, after he caught Bush Jr. driving drunk.) That year certainly is out of character with the rest of Bush Jr. s life. Before and after 1972, he was a rich, hard drinking playboy. Suddenly, and only that one time in his life, he worked for a liberal charity in an inner city ghetto. As soon as the year was over, he resumed his previous pattern and has done no charity work since. The author of this book, J. H. Thompson, has some interesting scandals of his own. Of course, his own flaws dont disprove what Bush did or didnt do, but the way Thompson has responded certainly undercuts his credibility. First, he admitted to a reporter from Slate Magazine that he made up at least one detail, that one of his informants spat tobacco into a styrofoam cup during their (phone) interview. Then, reporters -- or perhaps Bush campaign operatives -- found that the author apparently is an ex-convict, on parole for hiring a hit man to kill a former boss. That doesnt mean he cant research, of course, but Thompsons credibility suffered greatly as he claimed it was someone else, despite incredible similarities between his resume -- including unexplained job gaps during the prison years -- and confirmation from his parole officer that indeed, the author named J. H. Thompson is the one who did time. Bush Jr. s Evasive Responses: Bush has essentially admitted that he used cocaine in his Clintonesque, carefully worded partial denials. He wont deny using cocaine or marijuana, though under persistent questioning he said that he hadnt used cocaine in the last 7 years. Most newspapers report that he denies using cocaine since 1974, but thats not exactly true. That is the most favorable interpretation of what Bush said, but since Bush and his campaign have already made Clintonesque denials on other issues, we need to look at his words carefully. What Bush actually said was I could have passed the FBI background check on the standards applied on the most stringent conditions when my dad was president of the United States - a 15-year period, Mr. Bush said. This is ambiguous because background forms ask slightly different questions, depending on the position. Drug questions can go back one year, seven years or 10 years. Bush Jr. didnt have any formal position in his fathers administration, so which one applies is unclear. And 15-years is not one of the choices. Since Bush Sr. s presidency began in January 1989, reporters assumed that Jr. was denying drug use for 15 years before that, to 1974. But that is not at all clear. His only direct statement was for seven years before today. He could easily have been denying drug use only for 15 years before today, based on 7 or 10 years dating back from the END of his dads term. 10 years before 1993, the end of Bush Sr. s term, is pretty close to 15 years before today. The Clinton administration actually has a stricter standard than Bush did -- the FBI now asks about any drug use after age 18. But Governor Bush has refused to say whether he would pass that standard, even though that is what he will be asked if he wins. Bush also has refused to answer whether he could have passed the FBI test when his father was vice president, during the 8 years from 1981-1989. As for the arrest and diversion charge, Governor Bush admits working at the center in 1972. When asked for comment, Bushs campaign spokesman reportedly said Oh shit. no comment. McLellan denies saying that. Bushs father, ex-president George Bush, denies the cocaine arrest charge, and in yet another carefully worded denial, Bush said Its totally ridiculous what he suggested and its not true. Youll recall that President Clinton made a very similar statement about Gennifer Flowers allegations of an affair, during the 1992 campaign. Later, when he had to testify under oath, it turned out that he was denying that all of the details of the story were true, not whether an affair had occurred or any specific details (many of which were accurate). Similarly, Bush himself does not deny being caught with cocaine, or having performed community service. Bushs campaign spokesman has now denied that Bush was ever arrested on any drug charge. The director of the center, Madgelean Bush (no relation), also denies the reports. However, her center is dependent on Texas state money, and the director, who grew up poor but has amassed several houses around the center while running it, allowed Governor Bush to use the center for a photo opportunity earlier this year. The Bush campaign also produced Carol Vance, who was the Democratic District Attorney in Harris County in 1972, to say that there was no diversion program in that year, nor were there any Republican judges (as Hatfields book states.) Rock and Roll: Bush keeps a picture of himself with two members of ZZ Top, but does not play the song Tube Snake Boogie during his celibacy lectures. We have found no evidence to support the the most explosive allegation so far that Bush played air guitar to a Foghat record at a party in the late 1970s. But he wont deny it, either. When pressed on the hypocrisy issue, he speaks to hypocritical baby boomer parents everywhere: If I were you, I wouldnt tell your kids that you smoked pot unless you want em to smoke pot. I think its important for leaders, and parents, not to send mixed signals. I dont want some kid saying, Well, Governor Bush tried it. Its amazing enough that he openly defends hypocrisy, but his own signals are very mixed. When allowed to imply that he is just another manly, hard-drinking rapscallion, Bush seizes the opportunity. When I was young and irresponsible, I was really young and irresponsible, he often says. He even hints at pot smoking, as in the above quote, and why not Everyone from his likely opponent Al Gore to Newt Gingrich has admitted smoking pot. But Junior wants it both ways. When the deadly rumor of cocaine use surfaces, he retreats to his high-minded rhetoric about not giving mixed messages. If he thinks he can skate to the presidency without either his right-wing foes or embittered Clintonistas pushing his past into the limelight, then he really IS on drugs. The Bush Watch (web site), an opinionated, well-researched and reasonably fair (though blatantly liberal) anti-Bush site. bushwatch The Sons Also Rise. by Evan Thomas, Newsweek, November 16, 1998 p44-8 Like Most, Im Amazed (Bush interview with Howard Fineman), Newsweek, November 16, 1998 Another Bush Contemplates Run for Presidency, by Sue Anne Pressley (Washington Post news service), San Francisco Chronicle, May 12, 1997 pA5 The Bush Brothers, by Howard Fineman, Newsweek, November 2, 1998 p30-33 Robert Novaks column -- Mission to Niger, by Robert Novak (syndicated column), July 14, 2003 Columnist Blows CIA Agents Cover by Timothy M. Phelps and Knut Royce, Long Island Newsday (newspaper), July 22, 2003 Justice Department Opens Probe Into Leak of CIA Agents Name, by David Cloud, Wall Street Journal, September 29, 2003 pA3 Justice Investigates Leak Claim, by Deb Reichmann (AP), The Oregonian, September 29, 2003 pA2 Bush Vows Action if Aides Had Role in Leak By Mike Allen and Dana Milbank, Washington Post, September 30, 2003 Page A01 White House Says Top Aide Was Not Behind CIA Leak, by David Stout, New York Times, September 29, 2003 ABC - TV News, The Note, September 30, 2003 Out the Outers, editorial, Washington Times (newspaper), OCtober 1, 2003 Attorney General Is Closely Linked to Inquiry Figures. By ELISABETH BUMILLER and ERIC LICHTBLAU, New York Times, October 2, 2003 Why Are These Men Laughing (about Karl Rove), Esquire Magazine, January 2003 No Proof Connects Iraq to 911, Bush Says, by Greg Miller, Los Angeles Times, September 18, 2003 Iraq, 911 Still Linked by Cheney, by Dana Priest and Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, September 29, 2003 pA1 George Bushs Arrest Record. The Smoking Gun Website, November 3, 20000 No arrests after 68, Bush told paper. By Wayne Slater and Pete Slover. The Dallas Morning News, 11032000 Bush lied about his arrest, a reporter says, by Jake Tapper, Salon Magazine, November 3, 2000 Court hearing: Bush downplayed drinking. by Stephen A. Kurkjian and David Armstrong, Boston Globe, 1142000 pA11 Bush Admits He Drove While Drunk, The Oregonian, November 3, 2000 pA19 Bush Still leads, but Key States Buoy Gore: Disclosure of DUI for GOP Candidate is Late Disruption, by Jackie Calmes and Jeanne Cummings, The Wall Street Journal, November 3, 2000 pA22 Interview with Thomas Connolly, (the lawyer who revealed the conviction), Fox TV News, November 3, 2000, 12:00 PST What Is George Dubya Hiding. by Linda Starr and Bev Conover, The Online Journal, June 4, 1999 Yelling at reporter -- from The Economist, July 29, 2000 p21 Two good general sources for funky Bush quotes are The Complete Bushisms. compiled by Jacob Weissberg, SLATE web site and The Bush Watch: Bushisms. by Jerry Politex (both ongoing). feather my nest: Business associates profit during Bushs term as governor by R. G. Ratcliffe, Houston Chronicle, August 16, 1998 pA1 More money than I ever dreamed: quoted in The Governors Sweetheart Deal, by Robert Bryce, The Texas Observer, January 30, 1998 Bush Campaign Tries to Limit Internet Attacks. by Alan Elsner, Reuters News Serviec (on Yahoo web site), May 19, 1999 4 protesters arrested at Governor s Mansion by R. G. RATCLIFFE, Houston Chronicle, April 20, 1999 Section A Page 13 Metfront. 3 STAR edition Here is an excellent web site with actual photos of the military documents from Bushs career: cis 2 Democrats: Bush Let Guard Down. By George Lardner Jr. and Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, November 3, 2000 Page A22 1-Year gap in Bushs Guard duty, by Walter Robinson, Boston Globe, May 23, 2000 Ex-Lawmaker Says He Helped Bush Join the Guard in Vietnam War, by Jim Yardley, New York Times, September 27, 1999 Barnes moves to block questions about Bush, Guard, by Ken Herman, Austin American-Statesman, September 9, 1999 Records of Bushs Ala. Military Duty Cant Be Found, by Wayne Slater, Dallas Morning News, June 26, 2000 pA06 Friends: Barnes was asked to help get Bush in Guard, by George Kuempel and Pete Slover, Dallas Morning News, Sept. 8, 1999 Texas Speaker Reportedly Helped Bush Get Into Guard, by George Lardner, Jr. Washington Post, Setember 21, 1999 pA04 Bushs Air Guard career an unusually easy flight, by Richard Serrano, Los Angeles Times (reprinted in the San Francisco Chronicle), July 4, 1999 pA-6 At Height of Vietnam, Graduate Picks Guard, by George Lardner Jr. and Lois Romano, Washington Post, July 28, 1999 pA0 1 Bush flies into an air force cocaine cloud, by Tom Rhodes, The London Sunday Times, June 18, 2000 Ex-Pol at Center of Bush Flap, by Michael Holmes (AP), Washington Post, September 8, 1999 Barnes says he urged Guard slot for Bush, by Pete Slover and George Kuempel, Dallas Morning News, September 29, 1999 Adviser asked Barnes to recall Guard details before Bush joined race, by Pete Slover and George Kuempel, Dallas Morning News, September 26, 1999 Bush Worked Campaign While in Guard, by Chris Williams (AP), Washington Post, May 23, 2000 Gtech settles Littwin lawsuit, by Ken Herman, Austin American-Statesman, October 30, 1999 Gtech paid Littwin 300,000 and got a strict confidentiality agreement from him. The Funeral Home Flap: Trouble for a Texas Mortician with links to the Bush Family, by Michael Isikoff, Newsweek, August 16, 1999 Bush Affidavit Refuted, by Janet Elliot, Law News Network, August 16, 1999 Funeral company hopeful after takeover By Juan B. Elizondo Jr. Austin American-Statesman, Wednesday, August 18, 1999 Business associates profit during Bushs term as governor by R. G. Ratcliffe, Houston Chronicle, August 16, 1998 pA1 How Bush REALLY Made His Millions. by Jerry Politex, The Bush Watch Web Site, ongoing Who is David Edwards. by Micah Morrison, The Wall Street Journal, March 1, 1995 The Governors Sweetheart Deal, by Robert Bryce, The Texas Observer, January 30, 1998 Bushs Big Score, by Robert Bryce, The Dallas Observer, February 9, 1998 Bushs Free Ride. by Stuart Eskenazi, Dallas Observer, October 29, 1998 Whitewashing the Bush Boys. by Stephen Pizzo, Mother Jones, March-April 1994 Family Value. by Stephen Pizzo, Mother Jones, September-October 1992 Diamond Brilliance: Bush mastered art of he deal in building his baseball fortune, by R. G. Ratcliffe, Houston Chronicle, August 16, 1998 pA19 The Family that Preys Together. by Jack Colhoun, Covert Action Quarterly, 41, Summer 1992 Downloading the Bush Files. by Michael King, Texas Observer, November 1998 Othman and Mirza -- Aftermath of Terror: Funds Under Terror Probe Flowed From Offshore, by GLENN R. SIMPSON, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, March 22, 2002 In Difficult Times, Muslims count on unlikely hero, by Tom Hamburger and Glenn R. Simpson, Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2003 ONeill Met Muslim Activists Tied to Charities by Glenn R. Simpson with Roger Thurow Wall Street Journal 4182002 p. A4 Know thy enemy (syndicated column) by Frank Gaffney, December 11, 2002 Corruption Sources State agency official convicted of bribery: She peddled influence for cut of business, by ARMANDO VILLAFRANCA, Houston Chronicle, November 2, 2000 Business associates profit during Bushs term as governor by R. G. Ratcliffe, Houston Chronicle, August 16, 1998 pA1 How Bush REALLY Made His Millions. by Jerry Politex, The Bush Watch Web Site, ongoing Who is David Edwards. by Micah Morrison, The Wall Street Journal, March 1, 1995 The Governors Sweetheart Deal, by Robert Bryce, The Texas Observer, January 30, 1998 Bushs Big Score, by Robert Bryce, The Dallas Observer, February 9, 1998 Downloading the Bush Files. by Michael King, Texas Observer, November 1998 Auditor Withheld Findings on State Housing Agency, by Craig Flournoy, Dallas Morning News, February 18, 1999 Capitol Report: Housing Officials Under Fire, Austin American Statesman, February 3, 1999 Sex, Drugs and Rock N Roll Sources The smut mongers scoop, by Harley Sorenson, San Francisco Examiner, October 30, 2000 Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American President, by J. H. Hatfield, St. Martins Press, 1999 (withdrawn) Busting Bushs Biographer. by Jacob Weisberg, Slate Magazine, Oct. 19, 1999 Fortunate Son Revisited, by Jacob Weisberg, Slate Magazine, Oct. 22, 1999 George W. Bush, the dirt digger by Jeannette Walls, MSNBCs The Scoop gossip column. GOP insiders have privately confirmed to The Skeleton Closet that Bush hired the private detective, and that he was a very sexy and highly sexed bachelor. The Sons Also Rise. by Evan Thomas, Newsweek, November 16, 1998 p44-8 BACK TO SKELETON CLOSET Paid for by Real People For Real Change and not authorized by any candidate or candidates committee. Copyright 2003 Real People For Real Change