Posted on 09/30/2001 8:10:34 AM PDT by liberallarry
Did you mean to imply in Note #82 that the Bush family is associated with world terrorism and is in secret alliance with those who crashed into the World Center and the Pentagon? Don't answer that, consider it a test of your sanity.
"Because I at one time foolishly sent money to Judicial Watch, would you say that HE works for ME?"
I ignored this because it's so obviously foolishness. But the serious answer is that it depends on the scale of your investment and the rights that come with it. The bin Ladens have invested 2 million up front and much more that's not been revealed, according to the story. A later post says that's still very little compared to the other investors. The story, or Hoovers, says that Carlyle is a consulting firm. I don't know whether Mr. Bush works for them or is merely another investor. Either way I would say the bin Ladens are in a position to exert some influence. Also the bin Ladens are big-time. Some of the other officers of Carlyle have visited them in Saudi Arabia. That doesn't happen with a two-bit contribution to Judicial Watch.
Have you found it? If not, maybe a new separate post on Bath might be of benefit.
I went looking for Jim Bath ties to Bush not too long back and found very little. There was quite a lot of info just prior to the elections.
"Osama embraced Islamic fundamentalism and is now the world's most wanted man. "Salem went on to become a business partner of the man who is leading the hunt for his brother," the Daily Mail's Peter Allen said. "In the 1970s, he and George W. Bush were founders of the Arbusto Energy oil company in Mr. Bush's home state of Texas."
President Bush and the bin Laden family have been connected through dubious business deals since 1977, when Salem, the head of the bin Laden family business, one of the biggest construction companies in the world, invested in Bush's start-up oil company, Arbusto Energy, Inc.
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."
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