Just like Prescott Bush made a bundle dealing with the Hitler Regime and its crash arms program (to the degree that the U.S. Gov't
finally reined him in under the Trading With the Enemy Act), so too has his grandson, George W. Bush, by and through his militarism, enriched the coffers of the Bush Family (cue Ojays' "For the Love of Money") . . .
Yup, as if anyone's surprised, Reuters reporter Sue Pleming reports that:
President Bush's uncle, [William H.T. "Bucky" Bush], who serves on the board of a U.S. defense contractor with over $100 million in business in Iraq, recently cashed in on some of that lucrative work, a government filing showed on Wednesday.
More below. . .
Pleming's article, published on Wednesday, February 23, 2005, continues:
"Bucky" Bush exercised options on 8,438 shares worth about $450,000 from St. Louis-based defense contractor Engineered Support Systems Inc. (ESSI), according to a Jan. 18 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Since 2000, the president's uncle has been on the board of ESSI, whose work for the U.S. military in Iraq ranges from providing special armor for vehicles to providing telecommunications satellite equipment.
There is nothing illegal about exercising stock options, but Bush's interest in a company with so much Iraq business is sure to evoke criticism from Democrats.
Well, I don't know about that last paragraph. If the past is any prologue to the future, then the kittens may make some wee little growls, but I'm not counting on much more. Dr. Dean? Dr. Dean? Is there a doctor in the house?