George Bush, Failed Corporate Crook: Nitwit Scion Turns Avenger

Village Voice ^ | Week of July 10 - 16, 2002 | James Ridgeway

[My2Cents]

He dumped the shares shortly before the firm tanked, then failed to report his activity to the Securities and Exchange Commission for months.

I looked, but I didn't see anything in this hateful man's article that demanded an investigation of Terry McAulliff's killing on a sinking Global Crossings, nor of Hillary's windfall investing in cattle futures. At least Bush's divestment was investigated by the SEC.

[Clara Lou]

He dumped the shares shortly before the firm tanked, then failed to report his activity to the Securities and Exchange Commission for months.
If I got all of this straight from FOX (O'Reilly?), Bush filed the required documents before he sold the shares. The problem is with the document that was supposed to be filed after the sale. I can't see that it's any big deal. Apparently, either can anyone else over the last 4 times this has come up. This writer is full of cow droppings. Of course, this is the Village Voice.

[Clara Lou]

Drat-- "either" = neither

[bvw]

That style of argument, dragging out unrealted dirty laudry, is one that the clintonoids used every time Clinton was attacked.

Ridgeway --- who was pretty level-headed and fair during those insane Clinton years is not a "hateful" man.

[isthisnickcool]

Whover purchased the shares would have doubled their money at one point if they held them.

Overnight, all the liberal arts and journalism majors that write for the leftist rags have become business experts.

[bvw]

Ridgeway does mention that the SEC filing was late, and given present explanations I think that weakens his article as folks such as you will focus in on that and miss the bigger picture.

[bvw]

Okay, tell us what Mr. Ridgeway's major was, or are you not so sure and just yapping off?

[Wait4Truth]

Please don't post this crap here!

[Wait4Truth]

Please don't post this crap here!

[nothingnew]

I looked, but I didn't see anything in this hateful man's article that demanded an investigation of Terry McAulliff's killing on a sinking Global Crossings, nor of Hillary's windfall investing in cattle futures. At least Bush's divestment was investigated by the SEC.

From "The Village Voice"?.....perhaps he was too busy doing the bone dance with Mr. Sphincter to remember about terry mcauliffs' BS.

FMCDH

[My2Cents]

Ridgeway --- who was pretty level-headed and fair during those insane Clinton years is not a "hateful" man.

You could have fooled me. His rhetoric seems particularly hateful here.

And the reference to McAuliff and Hillary's windfalls was meant to show the dirty laundry on their side which they conveniently seem to forget.

[John W]

Realizing this is "unrelated",I would consider parts of it "hateful",besides ridiculous---

Mondo Washington
by James Ridgeway

Knowing Much, Bush Did Little to Protect America



When people first raised questions about President Bush's scared-chicken behavior on September 11, they were buried in patriotic abuse. But think about it. Consider the bare facts: The attacks happened on George Bush's watch. He was in charge. And he now admits to having known in general what was going to happen. Terrorists were slipping into the country. They were studying at American flight schools. They intended to hijack planes. They were financed by Osama bin Laden.
Knowing all of this, Bush still left us totally undefended. And for this performance, his approval ratings soared.

If the president got an intelligence warning during the summer about what might soon happen, how come he didn't do something then? He could have:

1. Told Congress.

2. Improved airport security, which had already been criticized as inadequate.

3. Alerted the airlines. As it was, the airlines never raised any questions when the hijackers started laying down thousands in cash for one-way tickets.

4. Warned the FAA. The FAA control center in New Hampshire knew 10 to 15 minutes after takeoff that an American Airlines flight from Boston had been hijacked. It was more than half an hour later when it crashed into the World Trade Center.

5. Ordered improved security for the nation's nuclear power plants, the untended thousands of miles of natural gas pipelines, the harbors into which a terrorist could sail a liquid natural gas tanker and unleash a holocaust equal to a nuclear explosion.

If Bush knew so much, how come he did so little on September 11? Instead of letting his handlers move him from place to place in an utter fog, he could have returned to Washington immediately and, as commander in chief, taken charge. He could have alerted the military, which ought to have had planes in the air moments after the FAA control learned of the takeover.

Bush was much more careful when it came to defending his political power. He and his managers managed to spin his response to the attacks so well that approval ratings soared to all-time highs. Clutching his halo, the president then began pushing for various rollbacks of freedom and constitutional process. They were old ideas for him, but he wrapped them in patriotic banners and sold them to the nation. Consider what he accomplished:

1. He set in motion the installation of a secret Congress.

2. His administration marched far forward with its program for restricting civil rights and tightening immigration rules.

3. He started a shooting war in Afghanistan against a group of people—the Taliban—with whom the administration was quietly negotiating last summer. He advanced immeasurably the interests of those who want to go to war against Iraq. That's not to mention those of the Israeli war hawks who assert they are part of the campaign against terror and that their invasion of Palestinian cities and towns is thus justified.

Bush protected himself and his friends. What he left uncovered was the rest of us.

[Registered]

If I posted this I would have been accused of having an "agenda". hehehe.

[Clara Lou]

bvw,
Please explain the bigger picture that we are missing. And be nice-- people will be more prone to take you seriously.

[Dales]

It is a shame we can't vote for someone like Bob Dylan or Whoopie Goldberg instead.

When will we voters ever be offered a choice?!?!

[dead]

I'll post what I feel like posting, within the rules of the forum.

Don't read it if it hurts you so.

BTW, I think it (mostly) crap. I posted it so people more knowledgable than I about the specifics of the charges could refute it.

Stop pretending you own the website.

[kcvl]

ROFLOL!

[steve50]

I don't expect Ashcroft, Tauzin or Pitt to call for criminal indictments of anybody. The good ole boy network takes care of it's own. Pass a few more laws that will be circumvented before the inks dry, we got mid term elections coming up it's got to look like he's doing something.
And they expect us to buy stock,lol

[dead]

I keep shifting my agenda, so as to confuse my critics. 8-)