Oh Grow Up. ---pix->>>

[Stephanie]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060106/480/dccd10201062015

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060106/480/ilca20101061833

[Avalux]

1. I find it ironic Bush would be such a big Texas fan -

considering they refused to admit him to their law school. He wanted to go there but his grades were too poor. :rofl:

[rainbow4321]

11. Remember his revengeful "joke" when he became gov?

Saying that he was now in charge of the university's funding and he then referred to remembering how they rejected him back then?

He has no business doing the Longhorn sign...the school newspaper didn't even endorse him in 2004. There were reports online during TX early election that more kids were in line waiting to vote on a SINGLE day in Nov 2004 than there were for the entire Nov 2000 election process. And, odds are, they were not there to re-elect chimpass.

Don't look for him to be doing any PR photo ops on that campus anytime soon. He may have the Longhorns visit the WH, but it will be a very orchestrated event.

Nothing is more refreshing than going to Austin and seeing all the anti-chimp bumper stickers and shirts.

[Lars39]

14. Was that the university that had its pension fund raided

while he was governor?

[Stephanie]

19. I remember that - Hicks?

He handed over control of the funds to the guy that made him rich on the baseball team and he looted it.

[Lars39]

27. Not sure of the name, but the details sound familiar.

Couldn't find anything in my old booksmarks.

[Stephanie]

29. Here, from Paul Krugman >

As the unanswered questions about Harken Energy pile up — what's in those documents the White House won't release? Who was the mystery buyer of Mr. Bush's stock? — let me now turn to how Mr. Bush, who got by with a lot of help from his friends in the 1980's, became wealthy in the 1990's. He invested $606,000 as part of a syndicate that bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in 1989 — borrowing the money and repaying the loan with the proceeds from his Harken stock sale — then saw that grow to $14.9 million over the next nine years. What made his investment so successful?

First, the city of Arlington built the Rangers a new stadium, on terms extraordinarily favorable to Mr. Bush's syndicate, eventually subsidizing Mr. Bush and his partners with more than $150 million in taxpayer money. The city was obliged to raise taxes substantially as a result. Soon after the stadium was completed, Mr. Bush ran successfully for governor of Texas on the theme of self-reliance rather than reliance on government.

Mr. Bush's syndicate eventually resold the Rangers, for triple the original price. The price-is-no-object buyer was a deal maker named Tom Hicks. And thereby hangs a tale.

The University of Texas, though a state institution, has a large endowment. As governor, Mr. Bush changed the rules governing that endowment, eliminating the requirements to disclose "all details concerning the investments made and income realized," and to have "a well-recognized performance measurement service" assess investment results. That is, government officials no longer had to tell the public what they were doing with public money, or allow an independent performance assessment. Then Mr. Bush "privatized" (his term) $9 billion in university assets, transferring them to a nonprofit corporation known as Utimco that could make investment decisions behind closed doors.

In effect, the money was put under the control of Utimco's chairman: Tom Hicks. Under his direction, at least $450 million was invested in private funds managed by Mr. Hicks's business associates and major Republican Party donors. The managers of such funds earn big fees. Due to Mr. Bush's change in the rules, these investments were hidden from public view; an employee of Utimco who alerted university auditors was summarily fired. Even now, it's hard to find out how these investments turned out, though they seem to have done quite badly.

Eventually Mr. Hicks's investment style created a public furor, and he did not seek to retain his position at Utimco when his term expired in 1999.

One last item: Mr. Bush, who put up 1.8 percent of the Rangers syndicate's original capital, was entitled to about $2.3 million from that sale. But his partners voluntarily gave up some of their share, and Mr. Bush received 12 percent of the proceeds — $14.9 million. So a group of businessmen, presumably with some interest in government decisions, gave a sitting governor a $12 million gift. Shouldn't that have raised a few eyebrows?

<more>

Originally published in The New York Times, 7.16.02

http://www.pkarchive.org/column/071602.html

[Lars39]

33. Thanks! I should have thought of Krugman.

I was googling with Molly. :)

[Avalux]

34. That's good stuff.

Thanks for digging it up. The idiot ruins everything he touches but somehow manages to come out on top - hopefully not this time.

[ryan_cats]

38. The reverse Midas effect!

The reverse Midas effect! Everything he touches turns to crap but he comes out ahead.

[politicaholic]

2. LOL!

[TahitiNut]

3. Now stick your tongue out between your upright fingers, Karen and Junior.

Give Laura two reasons for feeling thrilled! :evilgrin: :silly:

[TahitiNut]

5. That wasn't very nice. n/t

[TahitiNut]

6. I know. I guess it depends on one's perspective.

:evilgrin:

[Debi]

20. Who are you talking to? n/t

[TahitiNut]

26. Myself. It's often the best I can do.

:evilgrin:

[Debi]

32. Hey, builds your post count!

:hi:

[BR_Parkway]

4. Does that stand for wiretap? or the ethical gap between words

and actions? or the Devil made me break those laws, it's not my fault? So many ways that symbol can describe the current (mis)Administration!

The really sad part is I can visualize her sitting with Shrub at the Big Kid's table in the WH dining room, speaking like a kindergarten teacher - "Now George, today we're going to make this hand signal - every time you say XXXX, I want you to put your hand up and pull these 2 fingers down. No, George not 3 fingers, only 2 this time"

[ThomWV]

7. On Her Knees In A Blue Dress

Get the picture?

[dusmcj]

12. they're both working on the Big Shocker

but haven't quite gotten it down (huh huh) yet ?

They have a rash between their fingers and it feels good to stretch them that way ?

They still have trouble counting ?

They have boogers stuck to those two fingers and don't want to get them on anything else ? "One for you, one for me, let's snack."

They're working on their gang signing. "West Coast, yeah"

I've run out of steam before they've run out of gas, more later.

[Missy Vixen]

31. I'm going to have to scrub my brain pan with a wire BBQ brush

to get rid of that visual.

Julie

[Deep13]

8. "Generals gathered in their masses,..."

just like witches at black masses.
Evil minds that plot destruction,
sorcerers of death's construction.
In the fields the bodies burning,
as the war machine keeps turning.
Death and hatred to mankind,
poisoning their brainwashed minds.
Oh lord, yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away.
They only started the war.
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah.

Time will tell on their power minds,
making war just for fun.
Treating people just like pawns in chess,
wait till their judgement day comes, yeah.

Now in darkness world stops turning,
ashes where the bodies burning.
No more War Pigs have the power,
Hand of God has struck the hour.
Day of judgement, God is calling,
on their knees the war pigs crawling.
Begging mercies for their sins,
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings.
Oh lord, yeah!

[moggie]

17. Metal Council Convenes To Discuss 'Metal Hand Sign' Abuse

In an emergency session Tuesday, members of the Supreme Metal Council strongly condemned the increasing use of the metal hand sign in lay society, claiming that its meaning has become perverted by overuse.

"The metal sign, or 'sign of the goat,' has all but lost its impact as a token of respectful recognition for something truly 'rocking' or 'metal,'" SMC president Terence "Geezer" Butler said. According to Butler, members are upset that their sacred gesture is being used to acknowledge and celebrate "favorable but clearly non-metal events."

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/42365

[sandnsea]

9. He fell asleep during the game

What a fan. :eyes:

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. "My dentist said two (see?) more days until my new false teeth arrive"

[moggie]

13. I've always said he was a Butthead

Looks like I was right.

[ClayZ]

15. And here is one for them!

[acmejack]

16. Neither attended UT

[DIKB]

21. Didn't

the blonde twin go there ?

I thought one used the family connections/legacy to go to Yale, and the other went to Texas.

[acmejack]

35. Both * girls went to UT

But KKKaren went to TCU.

[Bill McBlueState]

18. Reminds me of this Onion article

Metal Council Convenes To Discuss 'Metal Hand Sign' Abuse

[lpbk2713]

22. That's a little code Condi devised for Georgie.

After their UN appearance. Condi told Georgie "Just show with your fingers if you have to do Number One or Number Two and I will help you".

[Blue_Tires]

23. ok, all you Tejas fans out there

explain this one away!! LOL:P :evilgrin: :silly: :crazy: :hide: :blush: :yoiks:

[El Supremo]

24. Wannabes n/t

They put out the "Eyes of Texas".

[txindy]

28. It's the closest they'll ever get to being real winners

But neither went to UT. In fact, UT rejected Junior when he applied to law school there, so....

They're just wannabes that are really neverwillbes.

:evilgrin:

[Swamp Rat]

25. Satanists!

[tcfrogs]

30. I'll give them a pass on this one

I distinctly remember Bill Clinton openly rooting for and acknowledging the NCAA Basketball champion Arkansas Razorbacks.

[SillyGoose]

36. Ah, jeez, not that shit again. Italians interpret that as "cornuto" -

meaning cuckhold. My Sicilian father never fails to point this out when he sees them doing this.


If the "horns", i.e., the stretched fingers, are surreptitiously placed behind someone's head, or explicitly pointed at a person, the conveyed meaning is that that person is being cheated on by his wife or (more rarely) husband. Hence the Italian cornuto, that translates literally to horny, but means cuckold.

http://upload.wikimedia.org.nyud.net:8090/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/54/Berlusconi_corna.jpg/180px-Berlusconi_corna.jpg
Here, Silvio Berlusconi is implying that Josep Piqué's
wife is cheating on him. Curiously, there were rumours
about Berlusconi's wife cheating on him shortly thereafter.

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

[Blue-Jay]

37. Let's not forget these gems.

And why the hell not?




Disclaimer: I have nothing against longhorns fans. That said, I'm damned glad that the Bush family aren't OSU supporters.