Bush's Uncle BUSTED!

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=509&e=14&u=/ap/riggs_bank_fined

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve (news - web sites) ordered Riggs Bank's parent company Friday to take steps to prevent money laundering after the bank was fined $25 million in connection with a probe into possible links to terrorism financing.

And the CEO is...

http://www.riggsbank.com/Discover_Riggs/may31_00.html

Washington, D.C., May 31, 2000 - Riggs Bank N.A. today announced that the Board of Directors of RIMCO, a wholly owned investment management subsidiary, has elected Jonathan J. Bush President & Chief Executive Officer and a Director, replacing Philip Tasho who resigned."

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=509&e=14&u=/ap/riggs_bank_fined

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve (news - web sites) ordered Riggs Bank's parent company Friday to take steps to prevent money laundering after the bank was fined $25 million in connection with a probe into possible links to terrorism financing.

And the CEO is...

http://www.riggsbank.com/Discover_Riggs/may31_00.html

Washington, D.C., May 31, 2000 - Riggs Bank N.A. today announced that the Board of Directors of RIMCO, a wholly owned investment management subsidiary, has elected Jonathan J. Bush President & Chief Executive Officer and a Director, replacing Philip Tasho who resigned."

Hmmm. What was is that Deep Throat used to say that was the Nixon administration's undoing? "Follow the money..."

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http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=agohOH2XbgQE&refer=news_index

Snow Says He Unknowingly Held Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Bonds
May 26 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary John Snow was unaware he owned about $10 million in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds for 15 months, a period when he was lobbying Congress to create a tougher regulator for the two largest mortgage financiers, the department said.

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http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=agohOH2XbgQE&refer=news_index

Snow Says He Unknowingly Held Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Bonds
May 26 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary John Snow was unaware he owned about $10 million in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds for 15 months, a period when he was lobbying Congress to create a tougher regulator for the two largest mortgage financiers, the department said.

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Great article.

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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Great article.

I laughed out loud when I saw that headline.

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I laughed out loud when I saw that headline.

Sometimes the headlines are so badly thought out that you have to wonder whether or not ChimpCo wrote the articles. :nod:

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Sometimes the headlines are so badly thought out that you have to wonder whether or not ChimpCo wrote the articles. :nod:

I wouldn't put anything past them. The press is finally starting to turn on them. Lou Dobbs came right out and asked last night of the latest terra threat was politically motivated. :shocked:

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I wouldn't put anything past them. The press is finally starting to turn on them. Lou Dobbs came right out and asked last night of the latest terra threat was politically motivated. :shocked:

Lou Dobbs impresses me. There's no doubt that he's an old conservative coot, but he despises this administration.

I posted an article yesterday in the other thread about how all the political analysts were saying that the terror threat is total BS and a ploy to get job approval numbers up.

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Lou Dobbs impresses me. There's no doubt that he's an old conservative coot, but he despises this administration.


I know. You gotta love the guy though. He's been focusing on education lately and I hope he keeps it up.

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I know. You gotta love the guy though. He's been focusing on education lately and I hope he keeps it up.

:nod: Before education, it was the exporting of jobs. He was a tough bastard when it came to that topic! :lol:

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:nod: Before education, it was the exporting of jobs. He was a tough bastard when it came to that topic! :lol:

I know, it was great. Before that, he kept a running tally of Enron execs that had been indicted.

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I know, it was great. Before that, he kept a running tally of Enron execs that had been indicted.

:lol: I didn't see that!!!