IRONY ALERT: co-founder of Carlyle Group Buys Magna Carta !!1!!!11

Rubenstein Buys Magna Carta of 1297 for $21.3 Million (Update1)
Bloomberg - 9 hours ago
19 (Bloomberg) -- David Rubenstein, co-founder of the private-equity firm Carlyle Group, last night bought a 1297 copy of the Magna Carta...

http://news.google.com/news?tab=wn&hl=en&ned=us&q=carlyle&btnG=Search+News

No more pesky habeas corpus hanging around. They can get rid of the original!

Then again, it's just a piece of paper. At least it still has a monetary value.

And do they anoint themselves with corn oil for these things? :shrug:

I don't think it's surprising - I reckon they've been trying to get their hands on it for about 700 years.

:tinfoilhat:

nt

along with Tweety and Pat CADDELL. Nest o'vipers at CARTER's breast.

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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3994.htm

.... In a column posted yesterday on Salon.com, Joe Conason writes: "Preferring to avoid public scrutiny for obvious reasons, executives at the Carlyle Group usually say nothing about their firm's connections with the Bush dynasty. But last April 23, Carlyle managing director David Rubenstein spoke quite frankly about the comfy sinecure he provided to George W. Bush more than a decade ago -- and how useless Bush turned out to be. Whether he knew it or not, Rubenstein's remarks to the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association were recorded."

Rubenstein said, "We put (Bush) on the board and (he) spent three years. Came to all the meetings. Told a lot of jokes. Not that many clean ones. And after a while I kind of said to him, after about three years - you know, I'm not sure this is really for you. Maybe you should do something else. Because I don't think you're adding that much value to the board. You don't know that much about the company.

Rubenstein continued: "He said, 'Well, I think I'm getting out of this business anyway. And I don't really like it that much. So I'm probably going to resign from the board.' And I said, thanks - didn't think I'd ever see him again. His name is George W. Bush. He became President of the United States. So you know if you said to me, name 25 million people who would maybe be President of the United States, he wouldn't have been in that category. So you never know. Anyway, I haven't been invited to the White House for any things." ....

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