Barbara Bush's big Hurricane Corrina 'donation' benefits son Neil: investigation now underway

Bluebear

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Tue Nov-13-07 01:30 AM
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Barbara Bush's big Hurricane Corrina 'donation' benefits son Neil: investigation now underway

The inspector general of the Department of Education has said he will examine whether federal money was inappropriately used by three states to buy educational products from a company owned by Neil Bush, the president�s brother.

John P. Higgins Jr., the inspector general, said he would review the matter after a group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, detailed at least $1 million in spending from the No Child Left Behind program by school districts in Texas, Florida and Nevada to buy products made by Mr. Bush�s company, Ignite Learning of Austin, Tex. Mr. Higgins stated his plans in a letter to the group sent last week....

Much of the product�s success in Texas dates from a March 2006 donation by Barbara Bush, who gave eight units to schools attended by large numbers of hurricane evacuees.

Neil Bush followed up with an e-mail message telling the district that �in order for the schools to keep the Cows in subsequent years they will have to pay an annual fee of $1,000,�' according to documents obtained by the citizens group.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/washington/07neil.html?ref=education

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kurth

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Tue Nov-13-07 01:32 AM
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1. Crime runs in the Bush family

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Divine Discontent

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Tue Nov-13-07 01:36 AM
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2. aint that the truth... they're a VILE family & not anything like Pelosi called them. n/t

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EFerrari

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Tue Nov-13-07 01:40 AM
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3. Who didn't see this coming.

Ick. Makes you want to shower just reading it.

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MagickMuffin

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Tue Nov-13-07 01:55 AM
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4. You still have time to change your OP to Katrina not Corrina

Bar Bush gave a donation to the victims of Hurricane Katrina that went directly to her lil' baby boy Neil's COW.

The citizens� group obtained documents through a Freedom of Information Act request showing that the Katy Independent School District west of Houston used $250,000 in state and federal Hurricane Katrina relief money last year to buy the Curriculum on Wheels.

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Bluebear

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Tue Nov-13-07 02:09 AM
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6. Sorry, it's Katrina to you and me . . . . .

but Laura Bush disinterestedly called it "Hurricane Corrina". Twice! :)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=hSXIUIF52rY

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DCKit

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Tue Nov-13-07 02:01 AM
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5. This is REALLY old news...

Why is it only getting out there now? WTF?

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Bluebear

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Tue Nov-13-07 02:53 AM
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7. The news is from this month, that there will be an investigation.

Now, what comes of it I can imagine, but there it is.

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Benhurst

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Tue Nov-13-07 05:00 AM
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8. ...

Recommended :kick: #5

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C_U_L8R

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Tue Nov-13-07 08:02 AM
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9. www.ignitelearning.com

looks like gimmicky crap
that only republicans would fall for

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lynnertic

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Tue Nov-13-07 08:09 AM
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10. that annual maintenance fee is $1000 PER MACHINE if I remember correctly.

You really can't fault a lady for trying to help her son.

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Bluebear

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Tue Nov-13-07 10:19 AM
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11. That's no lady! :)

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gratuitous

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Tue Nov-13-07 10:23 AM
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12. If Scary Barbara wants to give Neil money

She could just go in on a murder-suicide pact with Poppy. I'm not ordinarily in favor of such things, but there's an exception to every rule, or so the Republicans have been telling me lately with regard to torture.

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