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bobbieinok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 05:09 PM
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??? B Bush gives $$ for Katrina aid BUT it must all go to Neil's company??
Just when you think they can't do anything worse!!!!!!

http://chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/headline/metro/3742329

March 22, 2006, 11:58PM

Former first lady's donation aids son
Katrina funds earmarked to pay for Neil Bush's software program
By CYNTHIA LEONOR GARZA
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

Former first lady Barbara Bush donated an undisclosed amount of money to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund with specific instructions that the money be spent with an educational software company owned by her son Neil.

Since then, the Ignite Learning program has been given to eight area schools that took in substantial numbers of Hurricane Katrina evacuees.

"Mrs. Bush wanted to do something specifically for education and specifically for the thousands of students flooding into the Houston schools," said Jean Becker, former President Bush's chief of staff. "She knew that HISD was using this software program, and she's very excited about this program, so she wanted to make it possible for them to expand the use of this program."

The former first lady plans to visit a Houston Independent School District campus using the Ignite program today to call on local business leaders to support schools and education.

The trip to Fleming Middle School is intended to showcase Bush's commitment to education for both Houston-area and New Orleans evacuee students, according to a press release issued Wednesday by Ignite.

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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 05:37 PM
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1. Oh, the woman just warms your heart, doesn't she?
How many Katrina victims has she taken in and housed and fed?
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Sydnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 05:39 PM
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2. The same software company that is being supported by money
and investors from Dubai.
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