"Life can't get any better," Gov. Bush told The Associated Press

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

YES, Jebby, life CAN get better, and it WILL...three months from now, it will be better for ALL of us.



"Bushes celebrate wedding, Jenna's catch"

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/08/07/bush.family.wedding.ap/index.html

George P. Bush met his bride while attending law school at the University of Texas at Austin. They began dating after Bush asked her if she wanted to join him in a round of golf.

The bride works for the Jackson Walker law firm in Fort Worth, Texas, specializing in commercial and labor litigation.

This fall, George P. Bush will leave his position as an assistant to a federal judge in Dallas to join the Dallas office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, where he will work in corporate law. The firm is one of the world's largest and earns millions lobbying in Washington.

"I am very happy for my son. He is marrying a wonderful young woman. Life can't get any better," Gov. Bush told The Associated Press in an e-mail Thursday from Maine.

[smirkymonkey]

1. I....so....hate....this....family

:nuke:

[NJCher]

2. yeah, me too smirkymonkey

I saw a video clip about this wedding the other day. Like who cares. They are obviously dragging out anything they can to garner a few headlines that detract from the disaster in the WH.


Cher

[starroute]

3. Akin, Gump? Oh, brother!

The White House connection: Saudi 'agents' close Bush friends
by Maggie Mulvihill, Jonathan Wells and Jack Meyers
Tuesday, December 11, 2001

Akin, Gump, which maintains an affiliate office in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, is also a registered foreign agent for the kingdom. It was paid $77,328 in lobbying fees by the Saudis during the first six months of 2000, public records show.

In addition to the royal family, the firm's Saudi clients have included bin Mahfouz, who hired Akin, Gump when he was indicted in the BCCI banking scandal in the early 1990s. In 1999, the Saudi's placed bin Mahfouz under house arrest after reportedly discovering that the bank he controlled, National Commercial Bank in Saudi Arabia, funneled millions to charities believed to be serving as bin Laden fronts.

A bin Mahfouz business partner, Al-Amoudi, was also represented by Akin, Gump. When it was reported in 1999 that U.S. authorities were also investigating Al-Amoudi's Capitol Trust Bank, Akin, Gump released a statement on behalf of their client denying any connections to terrorism. One year earlier, the firm had co-sponsored an investment conference in Ethiopia with Al-Amoudi.

Akin, Gump partner and Bush fund-raiser Salem led the legal team that defended Idris, a banking protege of bin Mahfouz and the owner of El-Shifa, the Sudanese pharmaceutical plant destroyed by U.S. cruise missiles in August 1998.

http://isuisse.ifrance.com/stopcarlyle/whitehouseconnection.htm

[SangamonTaylor]

4. Akin Gump is well respected.

They have dealings with Saudi, but so what? Everyone has dealings with the Saudi family. I know a few attorneys at Akin Gump and I have the utmost of respect for them.