Thanks Fadel,

Here’s more on this part of GWB’s resume.

• I began my career in the oil business in Midland Texas in 1975.  I bought an oil company, but couldn’t find any oil in Texas.  The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
June, 1977

George W. Bush formed his own oil drilling company, Arbusto Energy, in Midland, Tex. James R. Bath, a friend and neighbor, was used to funnel money from Osama bin Laden’s brother, Salem bin Laden, to set up George W. Bush in the oil business, according to The Wall Street Journal and other reputable sources.
Salem bin Laden, a close friend of the Saudi King Fahd had “invested heavily in Bush’s first business venture,” according to The Daily Mail (U.K.).
Bath found investors for Arbusto and “made his fortune” by investing the money of two BCCI-connected Saudi sheiks, Khalid bin Mahfouz and Salem bin Laden. Mahfouz was one of the richest men in the world and a controlling shareholder in BCCI.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0210/S00178.htm

http://www.americanfreepress.net/10_07_01/Bush___Bin_L aden_-_George_W__B/bush___bin_laden_-_george_w_

Here’s more:

Arbusto Energy (sometimes referred to as Arbusto Oil)[1] was a petroleum and energy company formed in Midland, Texas, in 1977, by future President of the United States George W. Bush and a group of investors which included Dorothy Bush, Lewis Lehrman, William Henry Draper III, Bill Gammell, and James R. Bath.
It was later revealed that Bath made an investment of $50,000 while representing Salem bin Laden of the Saudi Binladin Group. This fact became controversial after the September 11, 2001 attacks due to Salem bin Laden being an older, half-brother of Osama bin Laden, who planned and financed the attacks. Upon Salem bin Laden’s death in a 1988 airplane crash, in Texas, his interest in Arbusto (along with other Binladin Group assets), passed to Khalid bin Mahfouz.
In 1982, Arbusto became known as Bush Exploration, a year after George H. W. Bush became Vice President. A friend of the Bush family, Philip Uzielli, invested $1 million in 1982 in exchange for a 10% stake in the company, at a time when the whole company was valued at less than $400,000. As it neared financial collapse again in September 1984, Bush Exploration merged with Spectrum 7 Energy Corp., a company owned by William DeWitt and Mercer Reynolds. Bush became Chairman and CEO of Spectrum 7.

In 1985 Spectrum 7 reported a net loss of $1.5 million and was bought in 1986 for $2.2 million by Harken Energy, with Bush joining the Harken board of directors and finance audit committee.

In 1987 the Saudi investor Abdullah Taha Bakhsh bought most of Union Bank of Switzerland’s shares in Harken becoming its third largest investor owning 17% of the company. He was represented on the board by Talat M. Othman. Another investor was Ghaith R. Pharaon, a partner of Bakhsh’s, who would later be involved in the Bank of Credit and Commerce International scandal, and is currently the target of an international dragnet.

In January 1990 with the company in the same state as its previous incarnations, it was awarded a contract to drill for crude oil off the coast of Bahrain, a move that shocked industry insiders as Harken had no previous experience outside of the US or of drilling offshore.

In June 1990 Bush sold most shares in Harken to a Los Angeles broker named Ralph D. Smith. One week later Harken announced an overall loss of $23.2 million triggering an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into the sale.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbusto_Energy

Side note. The Rose Law Firm (Arkansas) where Hillary Clinton was a partner, defended Bush in his criminal dealings after the fall of Harken, which left the investors high and dry.

These records evidently disappeared from the former First Lady’s library (Mrs. Clinton) during the Watergate scandal.

Since the following may make it all the way to the SC, any guesses on how they’ll vote?  (I’m being just a tad facetious...)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/us/20wiki.html?sq=li ptak&st=nyt&scp=2&adxnnlx=1203570871- swxP9PjmEsaTrnRIC9a6w&pagewanted=print

Also, this might be of interest for all you SC watchers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/us/20scotus.html?_r= 1&sq=greenhouse&st=nyt&oref=login&scp=6& ;pagewanted=print

Peace.

Since the following may make it all the way to the SC, any guesses on how they’ll vote?  (I’m being just a tad facetious...)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/us/20wiki.html?sq=li ptak&st=nyt&scp=2&adxnnlx=1203570871- swxP9PjmEsaTrnRIC9a6w&pagewanted=print

Peace.

(Part 3 of 3)

* I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. Citizens and the world community.
* I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families in wartime.
* In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq and then blamed the lies on our British friends.
* I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.
* I am supporting development of a nuclear ‘Tactical Bunker Buster,’ a WMD.
* I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice.

I am the first President in U.S. history to order an unprovoked, pre-emptive attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against the will of the United Nations, the majority of U.S. Citizens and the world community.
* I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty benefits for active duty troops and their families in wartime.
* In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking Iraq and then blamed the lies on our British friends.
* I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%) view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.
* I am supporting development of a nuclear ‘Tactical Bunker Buster,’ a WMD.
* I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden to justice.

RECORDS AND REFERENCES:

* All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father’s library, sealed and unavailable for public view.
* All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
* All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice-President, attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.  I specified that my sealed documents will not be available for 50 years.

PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY VOTER YOU KNOW!

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“Of course the people don’t want war. But after all, it’s the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it’s always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it’s a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger.”

(Continued from part 1)

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:

* I am the first President in U.S. history to enter office with a criminal record.
* I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one billion dollars per week.
* I spent the U.S. surplus and effectively bankrupted the U.S. Treasury.
* I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in U.S. history.
* I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.
* I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12-month period.
* I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the U.S. stock market.
* In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and that trend continues.
I’m proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any administration in U.S. history.
My ‘poorest millionaire,’ Condoleezza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.
* I set the record for most campaign fund-raising trips by a U.S.  President.
* I am the all-time U.S. and world record-holder for receiving the most corporate campaign donations.
* My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends, Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in U.S. history, Enron.
* My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to assure my success with the U.S. Supreme Court during my election decision.
* I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation or prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating the Monica Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest corporate rip-offs in history.
* I presided over the biggest energy crisis in U.S. history and refused to intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.
* I presided over the highest gasoline prices in U.S. history.
* I changed the U.S. policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
* I appointed more convicted criminals to my administration than any President in U.S. history.
* I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of the United States Government.
* I’ve broken more international treaties than any President in U.S. history.
* I am the first President in U.S. history to have the United Nations remove the U.S. from the Human Rights Commission.
* I withdrew the U.S. from the World Court of Law.
I refused to allow inspector’s access to U.S. ‘prisoners of war’ detainees and thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.
* I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 US election).
* I set the record for fewest numbers of press conferences of any President since the advent of television.
* I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one-year period. After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over the worst security failure in U.S. history.
* I garnered the most sympathy ever for the U.S. after the World Trade Center attacks and less than a year later made the U.S. the most hated country in the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.
* I have set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for protests against any person in the history of mankind.
(to be continued)

I got this interesting piece from a friend and I thought it would be nice to share it with my friends at Truthdig. In an election season, we need to review carefully the resume of the man America had as president for eight long years. Could we learn the lessons so this tragedy would not happen again?!
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This person needs a job. This individual seeks an executive position. He will be available in January 2009, and is willing to relocate. 

RESUME

GEORGE W. BUSH
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20520

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Law Enforcement:

I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the influence of alcohol. I pleaded guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver’s license suspended for 30 days. My Texas driving record has been ‘lost’ and is not available.

Military:

I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL. I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use. By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty in Vietnam.

College:

I graduated from Yale University with a low C average. I was a cheerleader.

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:

* I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.
* I began my career in the oil business in Midland Texas in 1975.  I bought an oil company, but couldn’t find any oil in Texas.  The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
* I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money.
With the help of my father and our friends in the oil industry (including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:

* I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making Texas the most polluted state in the Union . During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog-ridden city in America.
* I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in borrowed money.
* I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American history.
With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father’s appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President of the United States, after losing by over 500,000 votes.

(To be followed by part 2)

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Sorry about that. I think I need to clean my glasses!

Thanks Maani. Always goog to know there is another way ... always!

Fear not, sooner or later we will be watching the repubs move out of the White House.

[Hope someones stationed at the door to make sure they don’t trash the place on their way out. ]

You know, Congress has the power to determine the number of justices who sit on the Supreme Court; it is NOT fixed in stone at nine.  The original number was six, which expanded to seven in 1804, nine in 1837, and went to ten in 1863.  Seats were removed in 1866 and 1867.  In 1867, it was back at nine, where it has remained since.  FDR attempted to increase the court, setting the new number at fifteen, but was rebuffed by Congress, who saw this as politically motivated, despite FDR’s claims that it was “to ease the burden of the court.”

Still, this does not mean the SC could not be increased by Congressional vote.  If Hillary or Obama wins, and the Dems take a bunch more seats in Congress, perhaps it will be amenable to making use of this mechanism.

Peace.

if any proof was needed that the politicians have shut out the little people this ruling by Cheney’s buddies should suffice.

We the American people are now the subjects of the ruling class. Our laws, the law makers and the directors of our government no longer need us they are taking our country away from us everyday.

Velcome to Fascist AMERIKA! Land of corporate rule by corporate attorneys buying corporate government. Now to speak out against this makes me an enemy of the state.

The entire system is a waste of time… UNLESS

- the Supreme court not only is SEEN to be independent of anyone or any government, but actually IS completely free of obligation and/or political bias. It’s MAIN guide should be what is written in the Constitution and other legally constituted laws of the country, supplemented by the opinions of the PEOPLE. What the government wants should run a poor third.

- the Supreme court is… actually… SUPREME! This means if the Supreme court asks for “state secrets” or any other “classified” documents relating to anything, including “national security,” then these documents MUST be provided. None of this complete nonsense of providing page after page of documents all blacked/whited out. Have you ever heard of anything so ridiculous?

There’s no point in granting absolute power to override almost any law or practise to the “managers of the day.” And that’s exactly what the government currently in power is - a TEMPORARY MANAGER of the AFFAIRS OF THE PEOPLE.

It is clear that role of the PEOPLE increasingly is to SERVE THE GOVERNMENT and not the other way around. Until this rather fundamental issue is REVERSED and PERMANENTLY RESOLVED, everything else is an exercise in futility.

Now, just how this is to be accomplished is beyond me. My work here is done… I just point out the (usually obvious) problems… it’s up to others to find the solutions. What? You want me to do all the work?

The World According To Bush:

“You will all die by Saturday night-Sunday morning if you do not renew this order. Because I said so.” Well George, for some reason I am still here, as well as a great number of other Americans who do not believe in the paranoid world you call reality. And yes, we all knew, those of us with a thinking brain and not the sheeple who follow you, that we would be here. You have screamed falsehoods about the safety of the American people for so long no one listens to you anymore, as we all know you LIE. Are we any safer today than we were in 2001-not really. You have managed to piss off the rest of the world toward America and her people through your acts of terrorism that you and your cohorts have committed in your false fight against terrorism. And thus in doing so, have become the very thing you claim you are fighting. I do know we do NOT have enough military people to protect our borders thanks to you and your lie about wars (for world dominance). Our infrastructure is falling apart in America and you do nothing. Your latest decision to cut Medicare-Medicaid payments to providers for mistakes will, you claim, save 19 million dollars over the next 5 years, yet you spend 18 MILLION DOLLARS AN HOUR IN IRAQ. It is hard enough to find a medical provider who will take these forms of medical insurance now and you want to make it even harder for the American People. George, answer me this,WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA AND IT’S PEOPLE SO MUCH?

Everyone knew when you put your narrow minded buds in the Supreme court, they would refuse to uphold the law of the land even though they claimed they would, just like you they LIED about that. Hell, you even tried to have your housekeeper appointed into a “power” job, but was outed on that so it didn’t happen. Your whole corral of appointed people is corrupt and tainted and needs to be thrown out of their jobs, including you George Bush. Now take your fairy tales with you and go home for good.

“Last August, Congress made temporary changes to FISA that made the warrantless wiretapping legal in some instances and also extended immunity from lawsuits to telecommunications companies that help with the intercepts.

Those changes expired over the weekend, amid disagreements between congressional Democrats and President Bush over the immunity issue.”

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So the Supremes, waiting for clarification, have decided not to decide.

Well it really isn’t that simple. [Ignore that little book in the corner marked Constitution] More than likely an enquiry went out to the White House. What to do? And the decision maker made the decision to not do anything, except run his decision by the decider guy who said, “Yes.”

“Yes? Yes to what?”

“Uh ... I mean no ... what was the question again?”

And word came back to the Supremes. “We have a definite probably I don’t know!” Leading to the only action they could take. A decision to take no action.

Ahhh ... repub gov ... so easy to understand.

Well anyway we now know the REAL reason Bush and his grinning gaggle of goons in congress insisted FISA immunity be extended last Friday. In spite of the fact that we were assured if FISA expired on Saturday, we would be attacked on Sunday and here it is Wednesday, and except for the big question mark ... what WILL happen when they try to shoot that stray satellite down ... we appear to be OK.

So today’s the big shoot-down day. Is Bush still out of town? Does anybody know where Cheney is?

The only way WE [the people] can or will be FREE....Is
to BECOME BRAVE ENOUGH TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO PUT A STOP TO ALL THE B.S. OUR GOVERNMENT[who are employed by us and CAN BE FIRED by us] are doing to us…

The only way WE[the people] can or will be FREE....Is
to BECOME BRAVE ENOUGH TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO PUT A STOP TO ALL THE B.S. OUR GOVERNMENT[who are employed by us and CAN BE FIRED by us] are doing to us…

Ugh, it enrages me so much how we have to wait generations for these Bush-Appointed justices to retire. With any hope, they will see the errors of their ways in coming years. Remember, more than anything, elect a damn democrat for the presidency even if Hillary somehow pulls on super delegate strings to usurp the nomination. We cannot have another Republican appointing justices.

Oh yeah, you Obamaphobes out there need to be reminded to vote for him when he does get the nomination because each one of you who has stated your vote will go to McCain instead of Barack are damning America to a conservative majority in the supreme court. If your arrogance and pettiness is so strong, I question your patriotism.