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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 01:28 PM
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Who's this? Bucky Bush - - >>>
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**FILE PHOTO** William H.T. Bush, better known as 'Bucky Bush,' brother of former President George H.W. Bush, gestures at the Town Hall forum in St. Louis at Missouri's State Rebublican Party state meeting, Feb. 7, 2004. (AP Photo/James A. Finley)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ydownload_ap/20050223/photos_net_ap_ts/1109182514

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LiberalVoice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 01:30 PM
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1. never even heard of him
lol...does that make me ill informed
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SheepyMcSheepster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 01:33 PM
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2. here is a little article about him from a quick google search.
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 01:34 PM
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3. Uncle Bucky I think got that name as a reference to....
..."Daddy Warbucks".

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Published on Tuesday, January 14, 2003 by the Prince George's Journal (Maryland)
The Bush `Warbucks' Family Cashes In
by Margie Burns

William H.T. (``Bucky") Bush, an uncle of George W. Bush, is on the Board of Directors of a company which will benefit substantially from war with Iraq, according to financial analysts. The company, Engineered Support Systems, is based in St. Louis. William H.T. Bush was also a major Bush donor and campaign fund-raiser.

Astute business articles have boosted the company's stock this fall. As Russ Mitchell, writing in Smart Money, put it: ``War may not be healthy for children and other living things (not in the short run, anyway), but it's healthy for military stocks, right? It depends on what you mean by health. Consider Engineered Support Systems, which makes biological and chemical filtering and decontamination equipment, among other things.''

Hundreds of stocks bombed to record lows, but Engineered Support was one of few to fly the other way, hitting a record high of $61.25 on Sept. 16. The closer the U.S. gets to war in Iraq, the better things look for the St. Louis, Mo., company. Its specialty is military logistics and support; it makes stuff that helps the services get supplies from here to there in a hurry.

<more>

<link> http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0114-07.htm

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GumboYaYa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 01:42 PM
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4. Bucky Bush is the founder of Bush O'Donnell, Inc.
Bush O'Donnell is an investment firm located in St. Louis, Missouri. Bucky sits on the Board of many companies around St. Louis and elsewhere. He is actively involved with Maritz, Inc. along with other members of the Bush family. He also sits on the Board of Engineered Air Systems. My father-in-law, an avowed Repuke for life, was COO of Engineered Air for years, so I know Bucky and his family well.

Bucky also was a regular at the St. Louis Country Club when I worked there. It was not unsual to see Bucky hitting the juice well before lunchtime. From what I understand and have seen personally, he is quite the drinking man.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 01:48 PM
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5. Well he looks it -
take a look at the pix - he looks like a Bowery bum.
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GumboYaYa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 01:51 PM
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6. The old guy hasn't changed a lick since the days when I was
opening the bar early to make morning martinis.

He is actually a really nice guy in person, but wouldn't you be if all you had to do was hang around the country club and yuk it up with the boys all day.
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-05 03:01 PM
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7. one of the trademarks of sociopaths is that they are real charmers...now i
don't know if this Bucky guy is one ...... but sociopathy seems to run in the bush family.
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