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I am extremely disappointed that that isn't real.

Someone, get on it! Quick!

This Bush can speak.

frostus:This Bush can speak.

So can't that Clinton.
And yes, that would be a b bu but Clinton.

AMATEUR!

A politician using political contacts...to make money???

Get outta here with that!

PS,

Bill and Jeb, I could really use some coin right now. You know where to find me.

OK, making some extra cash because you were Governor (or President, in Clinton's case) is one thing, but for what reason does his SISTER get 10-15 thousand for a speech. Her only marketable ability is the fact that one brother was selected to be POTUS, and the other was elected to be governor of Florida. WTF!

Even if you are a die-hard GWB-supporter, you have to question that.

FTA: In the 18 months since leaving the Florida Governor's Mansion, he has quietly remade himself into a capitalist-entrepreneur extraordinaire.

In the 18 months since leaving office? I would say he did pretty well for himself, or at least his big business buddies (see: tax cuts/breaks, offshore drilling contracts), while in office.

Lost_in_Korea:OK, making some extra cash because you were Governor (or President, in Clinton's case) is one thing, but for what reason does his SISTER get 10-15 thousand for a speech. Her only marketable ability is the fact that one brother was selected to be POTUS, and the other was elected to be governor of Florida. WTF!

Even if you are a die-hard GWB-supporter, you have to question that.

Why? If someone is willing to pay the son/daughter/relative for a speech, then take it. And no, I'm not a die hard GWB suppporter. I do support capitalism and the right of stupid people to be relieved of their money.

tararose:FTA: In the 18 months since leaving the Florida Governor's Mansion, he has quietly remade himself into a capitalist-entrepreneur extraordinaire.

In the 18 months since leaving office? I would say he did pretty well for himself, or at least his big business buddies (see: tax cuts/breaks, offshore drilling contracts), while in office.

JEB! is corrupt swine. He did ONE good thing as governor: worked to keep oil drilling off the Florida coasts.

/and yeah, he should take the money from morons.

I think he was referring to money laundering.

what's up with the political bias selection for link submittals now? are we being profiled? lol

KeatingFive:He did ONE good thing as governor: worked to keep oil drilling off the Florida coasts.

He worked at keeping the drilling off of the coasts right until 2006, when he began to support it as an "energy solution (pops)."

Hobodeluxe:what's up with the political bias selection for link submittals now? are we being profiled? lol

It's the same political bias the whole country has.

tararose:KeatingFive:He did ONE good thing as governor: worked to keep oil drilling off the Florida coasts.

He worked at keeping the drilling off of the coasts right until 2006, when he began to support it as an "energy solution (pops)."

I stand corrected. He's just swine, who helped fuel the housing bubble to enrichificate himself and his friends.

Things that happened in my area of Florida under this crook:
A functioning airport was moved into the middle of Arvida (formerly Dow chemical) land, twenty miles from town into a area in the middle of wetlands (swamp). The airport was planned by Betchel, and is being built by KBR. KBR is subbing out the contracts to the local republican bigwigs. When they started, they said it would cost 90 million, now they have a 350 million grant from the feds and it will still cost 90 million. This is only to build the airport, now they are building roads (with republican companies getting the insider contracts) out to the middle of nowhere. Arvida (Dow Chemical) stock went through the roof, and politically connected insiders made millions. There was a non-binding referendum which was voted down, otherwise the locals had no say over whether we got this freaking boondoggle---the decision was made by then governor Bush and the white house.

So now we see the rest of the story, where Jeb gets his payback.

correction: the decision was made by then governor Bush, the white house and the republican congress.

varmitydog:So now we see the rest of the story, where Jeb gets his payback.

My question is, why does it take people so damn long to see what these guys are doing? Why is it so blatantly obvious to the rest of us?

/I do know why, i.e. morans...just ranting, is all

Jeb "Pig-f*cker" Bush is grooming to be the next president, so lube up your lips and exercise those cheek muscles like the girls in Beijing, faithful of the GOP.

tararose:My question is, why does it take people so damn long to see what these guys are doing? Why is it so blatantly obvious to the rest of us?

wonder what McCain and Black will get out of the Colombians if they get to push their deal through?

my guess is that ol' jeb's shilling for haliburton and/or big oil.
either that or he's finally tapping into whatever old grandpappy prescott "hazi pal and fdr coup attempter" bush left him.
the whole family's corrupt.

tararose:In the 18 months since leaving office? I would say he did pretty well for himself, or at least his big business buddies (see: tax cuts/breaks, offshore drilling contracts), while in office.

You're an idiot. Offshore drilling was banned while J. Bush was in office. Oh, sorry. Since his name is Bush, you libtards get all frantic and piassy, right? Actually, Jeb wasn't that bad a Governor. He certainly accomplished more than the current pretty boy. And remember, he was dealing with Florida.

KeatingFive:He's just swine, who helped fuel the housing bubble to enrichificate himself and his friends.

See the above - typical non-thinking reactionary kneejerk idiocy. Try thinking for yourself jusst once. Or will you let the Democratic Party do that for you for the rest of your life?

There's a storm a brewin'.

Let's jump all over Jeb Bush for making money giving speeches and at the same time buy some carbon credits from Al Gore....some people are just plain stupid.

Elephantman:Let's jump all over Jeb Bush for making money giving speeches and at the same time buy some carbon credits from Al Gore....some people are just plain stupid.

Remember that when your walking to work because gas is 8 bucks a gallon under your beloved Bush-Fuhrer, you assbag.

/It's Sunday, shouldn't you be praying ?
//I'll have to report you to the GOP re-education board.

Elephantman 2008-07-06 08:35:03 AM
Let's jump all over Jeb Bush for making money giving speeches and at the same time buy some carbon credits from Al Gore....some people are just plain stupid.


Jeb Bush, and for that matter, once he is outta-here, GWB have at least done something to make them worthy of getting paid ridiculous amounts of money to make a speech.
I ask again: What the Frak qualifies his youger sister to get paid $10,000-$15,000 dollars for a speech, just because her older brothers were politicians?

It's a simple question, asshat. But I'm willing to bet that your only response is something along the lines of: "Libtards. There's no hate like libtard hate."

Rodeodoc:tararose:In the 18 months since leaving office? I would say he did pretty well for himself, or at least his big business buddies (see: tax cuts/breaks, offshore drilling contracts), while in office.

You're an idiot. Offshore drilling was banned while J. Bush was in office. Oh, sorry. Since his name is Bush, you libtards get all frantic and piassy, right? Actually, Jeb wasn't that bad a Governor. He certainly accomplished more than the current pretty boy. And remember, he was dealing with Florida.

KeatingFive:He's just swine, who helped fuel the housing bubble to enrichificate himself and his friends.

See the above - typical non-thinking reactionary kneejerk idiocy. Try thinking for yourself jusst once. Or will you let the Democratic Party do that for you for the rest of your life?

Dems expect things to be given to them -- up to and including their opinion

wonder what McCain and Black will get out of the Colombians if they get to push their deal through

blow for cindy?

Elephantman:Let's jump all over Jeb Bush for making money giving speeches and at the same time buy some carbon credits from Al Gore....some people are just plain stupid.

I'm not crying, I've got something in my eye

/so glad everyone isn't drinking the BHO coolaide

I don't besmirch a guy going out and making money if people are willing to pay him, but it damn sure pisses me off to hear these politicians complain about "obscene" salaries for CEOs etc when they are already wealthy themselves (or at least they are going to be)

Lost_in_Korea:OK, making some extra cash because you were Governor (or President, in Clinton's case) is one thing, but for what reason does his SISTER get 10-15 thousand for a speech. Her only marketable ability is the fact that one brother was selected to be POTUS, and the other was elected to be governor of Florida. WTF!

Even if you are a die-hard GWB-supporter, you have to question that.

What do you mean question?

varmitydog:Things that happened in my area of Florida under this crook:
A functioning airport was moved into the middle of Arvida (formerly Dow chemical) land, twenty miles from town into a area in the middle of wetlands (swamp). The airport was planned by Betchel, and is being built by KBR. KBR is subbing out the contracts to the local republican bigwigs. When they started, they said it would cost 90 million, now they have a 350 million grant from the feds and it will still cost 90 million. This is only to build the airport, now they are building roads (with republican companies getting the insider contracts) out to the middle of nowhere. Arvida (Dow Chemical) stock went through the roof, and politically connected insiders made millions. There was a non-binding referendum which was voted down, otherwise the locals had no say over whether we got this freaking boondoggle---the decision was made by then governor Bush and the white house.

So now we see the rest of the story, where Jeb gets his payback.

You know, I just read a Carl Hiaasen book with a very similar plotline. I guess I shouldn't call him a fiction writer anymore. He did work for many years as an investigative reporter.

Hang On Voltaire 2008-07-06 09:08:42 AM
Lost_in_Korea:OK, making some extra cash because you were Governor (or President, in Clinton's case) is one thing, but for what reason does his SISTER get 10-15 thousand for a speech. Her only marketable ability is the fact that one brother was selected to be POTUS, and the other was elected to be governor of Florida. WTF!

Even if you are a die-hard GWB-supporter, you have to question that.

What do you mean question?

Wow. I thought that it was pretty much a straightforward question. Obviously not. Having read your posts over the years, HOV, I guess that the only thing I can say is that it's like the roof. You know: over your head.

Lost_in_Korea:
Wow. I thought that it was pretty much a straightforward question. Obviously not. Having read your posts over the years, HOV, I guess that the only thing I can say is that it's like the roof. You know: over your head.

You will never see the irony in what you posted, but....alas. What I meant was, perhaps there are groups that are interested in hearing stories from the sister/daughter/granddaughter of a Gov, Pres, Sen etc. so what is there to question? I mean is she taking money from criminals and then lobbying for pardons? Then yeah, I would question that but the fact that Joe's Real Estate company uses her as a guest speaker at their annual meeting I don't find unusual

tararose: My question is, why does it take people so damn long to see what these guys are doing?

This was all hidden from us locally, while the monopoly local newspaper had editorials by airline industry "experts" about how much this airport would do for the local economy. FAA experts, airline industry experts, economists from select towns which had an airport built years before that had brought in new jobs, and environmental experts. Before the referendum, we were assailed with TV ads that were so absurd that even the school kids made fun of them. (a old man and his grandson fishing in a john boat, with the man explaining how building in the wetlands will improve the environment, among others). The local AM talk-radio (Limbaugh, Savage, et al), and the local nightly political TV show started a campaign for the new airport, portraying themselves as forward thinking and mocking everyone against the airport as being against all progress.

A retired AF general wrote a report on what infrastructure costs would take the price of the new airport to, and it made one of the local blogs. People started referring to it on the other blogs, from the TV stations and the local newspaper. One day the general's report disappeared, and within a months time all those other blogs were changed to a new format, with none of the old posts available.

And if you say that all this collusion is a conspiracy, you are quickly labeled as a "nut job".

fta:

When Bush delivered a speech about diversity in South Korea in May 2007, his host was Jin Roy Ryu, a longtime family friend and contributor to his father's presidential library. About four months later, a subsidiary of Ryu's company, Poongsan Corp., was awarded a contract of up to $1.1-billion to supply the U.S. Mint with metal used in coins

frostus:This Bush can speak.

And yet all you need to know about him is his last name. I'm done with Bush's. Its bad enough he was the governor.

In other news, children from rich, powerful and corrupt families can make gobs and gobs of money.

Lost_in_Korea:What the Frak qualifies his youger sister to get paid $10,000-$15,000 dollars for a speech, just because her older brothers were politicians?

Because someone is willing to pay it?

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

It isn't like she hasn't done ANYHING, she is the daughter of a President, sister to another, sister to a former Gov of Florida, and worked as an aide for the former Democratic leader of the house.

Besides that she seems to be a pretty good fundraiser and non-profit organizer (I know a couple of those a lot less famous that get $1000-$2000 a speech).

On top of that, the $10k number is from her agent's speaking site, which are always super inflated. I have booked speakers and the prices are very inflated, notice if you search for someone to speak for you (search keynote speaker) and the same people show up with every firm. I assume that is them bumping up the price for profit.

Example, this is one site's "featured speaker"
http://keynotespeakers.com/speaker_detail.php?speakerid=4930

$7000 to $15,000 and I am still not entirely sure why you would pay to see him.

varmitydog:correction: the decision was made by then governor Bush, the white house and the republican congress.

And the reverse vampires!

He's been continuing to cheat on his wife for this too.

Well I have to admit that Jeb is smarter than his brother, George.

Rodeodoc:tararose:In the 18 months since leaving office? I would say he did pretty well for himself, or at least his big business buddies (see: tax cuts/breaks, offshore drilling contracts), while in office.

You're an idiot. Offshore drilling was banned while J. Bush was in office. Oh, sorry. Since his name is Bush, you libtards get all frantic and piassy, right? Actually, Jeb wasn't that bad a Governor. He certainly accomplished more than the current pretty boy. And remember, he was dealing with Florida.

KeatingFive:He's just swine, who helped fuel the housing bubble to enrichificate himself and his friends.

See the above - typical non-thinking reactionary kneejerk idiocy. Try thinking for yourself jusst once. Or will you let the Democratic Party do that for you for the rest of your life?

Oh, rodeodoc, you're co cuuuute!

It's the payoff for being a humble public servant.

You called?



/hotlinked

Sure, he's making a lot, but you know where it's all going...

varmitydog:And if you say that all this collusion is a conspiracy, you are quickly labeled as a "nut job".

Reasonable people understand that our government LOVES us and wants only to HELP us. Only nutjobs and tinfoil hat wearers would EVER suspect their HONEST and TRUSTWORTHY government could do anything unscrupulous or underhanded.

TRUST your government. They LOVE you and desire only the very BEST for you!

Rodeodoc:tararose:In the 18 months since leaving office? I would say he did pretty well for himself, or at least his big business buddies (see: tax cuts/breaks, offshore drilling contracts), while in office.

You're an idiot. Offshore drilling was banned while J. Bush was in office. Oh, sorry. Since his name is Bush, you libtards get all frantic and piassy, right? Actually, Jeb wasn't that bad a Governor. He certainly accomplished more than the current pretty boy. And remember, he was dealing with Florida.

KeatingFive:He's just swine, who helped fuel the housing bubble to enrichificate himself and his friends.

See the above - typical non-thinking reactionary kneejerk idiocy. Try thinking for yourself jusst once. Or will you let the Democratic Party do that for you for the rest of your life?

Why must YOU suck Republican cock all day? Or is it just because his name's Bush, you like his cock up you ass- before you suck it, ATM boy?

Bush, 55, is determined to keep his gubernatorial afterlife low key, closely guarding the identities of business partners and clients and refusing to discuss his speaking fees or sponsors.

oh yeah, he is being shaped and molded as we speak. looks like he is well on his way.