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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:08 AM
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Bush collapses at WellPoint Incs Annual Meeting
The brother of former President George H.W. Bush collapsed during health insurer WellPoint Inc.'s annual meeting Tuesday morning.

William H.T. Bush, 71, has served on the company's board of directors since 2004. He was sitting with other directors during a question-and-answer session when he moaned and rolled to his right side about an hour into the meeting. WellPoint officials cleared the room and called for help.

Dr. Rob Stone, an emergency room doctor and frequent WellPoint critic who attended the meeting, rushed with some other people to Bush. Stone said he stayed with the director until help arrived. He said Bush was alert and talking.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/23592476/detail.html

This fucking family is ubiquitous.
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:09 AM
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1. Is there a business they don't have their fingers in?
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:10 AM
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2. That was my first thought
Damn!!
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:12 AM
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5. If there is a fraud or a con to be perpetrated
you can be sure the BFEE will be there.
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:32 AM
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13. A long time ago when Noelle Bush was busted for trying to get Xanax I...
...did some digging into her background to find out more. And then that digging led to other digging. The short answer is "No". The Bush's have tendrils that extend into all kinds of kooky places, are parts of things and apparently have influence with things that aren't even political. I used to read the phrase "Bush Family Evil Empire" and kind of snicker.

But it's true. Those members of their family who are reasonably intelligent and sober have been placed into offices or positions of importance. The intellectually-mediocre or those which have problems, like Noelle, are given sinecures in some of the peripheral organizations which help support the "Bush Empire".

If someone were to start a Wiki and just track Bush family members, where they work and the dealings of those organizations, I'm convinced it would be a stark profile, a microcosmic profile, of corruption in America. And there are arguably dozens if not hundreds of other families doing the same thing in this country. Little dynasties, influencing and manipulating and deal-making between themselves, at the expense of the entire environment in which they exist. I'm sure the same thing is being repeated over and over in the world currently and is probably (and with a sad honesty I say this) the way of the world.

Like a modern-day version of the Medicis...or the Sopranos.

PB
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 12:20 PM
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20. I think you'd be safe in the Not for Profit arena.
If you're hoping to never encounter on of these vile creatures in the flesh.

Basically stay away from the businesses that most blatantly exploit people and environments and you should be safe.
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Ardent15 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 07:38 PM
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22. Anything that creates a big profit...
...and is questionable in nature is fair game to the Bushes.
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:10 AM
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3. Damn!
Wrong one.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:11 AM
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4. Generations of theft and selling out the USA...nt
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:13 AM
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6. Ugh, he's in my city?!?!
I was wondering what that smell was this morning .... :puke:
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:13 AM
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7. Uniquitous? I don't know about that.
But they do seem to be everywhere. :P
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:13 AM
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8. A well disciplined Boosh.




"He rolled to his right" :eyes:



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izquierdista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:22 AM
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11. Probably to protect his wallet
After all, he knew who was in the room with him.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 11:55 AM
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18. Rolling
on the floor laughing :rofl:
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:20 AM
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9. A Bush on the board of WellPoint. How rich.
Why is it this family seems to turn up wherever there's big money accompanied by a scandal or illegal activities?

Prescott Bush sold arms to the Nazis during the war. One would think that would make him a traitor and condemn his family to scorn for generations. But no.

President Bush I was certainly involved in that nasty Iran Contra scandal, but he somehow managed to wiggle out of that one without so much as a scratch.

President Bush II failed at everything he ever attempted to do, sold stock in a company that he had inside knowledge of just moments before that stock collapsed. Most would call that insider trading, but somehow Bush wasn't charged.

Another Bush brother was involved in the Silverado Savings scandal in Denver, and snuck out of town literally under cover of darkness.

The Bush Family has close ties to the bin Laden family (of Osama fame). Curious? Just a coincidence? How is it that bin Laden was never captured after 9/11 again? Oh, right. Bush said he didn't care. Didn't care about the man behind the worst terrorist attack ever on American soil. Some would call that treasonous.

Laura Bush killed a high school sweetheart in a car accident on a clear night at an intersection she was familiar with. She just didn't think about stopping at that stop sign she'd stopped at hundreds of times before. She just didn't see the guy's Corvair with its lights on coming at her with the right of way. She was just shocked that the guy died when her huge Impala slammed into his little Corvair. She was so concerned she didn't attend the funeral or apologize to the parents of the dead kid. Nice. What a great First Lady she was! :eyes:

The fact that anyone in this country considers the Bush family respectable shows how our media has failed us. The Bush family by all rights should be condemned for what they have done to this country, they should hold their heads down in shame for their actions. Many of them should be in prison.

The Bush family is associated with many organizations and companies that take advantage of others, yet they are treated as a respectable American family. Facts used to matter, before they were ignored and rewritten by the media.

We need to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine and make it applicable to today's media.
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 11:29 AM
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14. Don't forget Poppy's association with the CIA,
and the fact that he's the only person in America that can't recall where he was when JFK was assassinated.
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 12:16 PM
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19. That's another good one!
Really, one could just go on and on and on about how horrible this family really is.

George Bush throwing elderly people out of their paid homes to build that new stadium in Texas is another. Many went from living a comfortable life in a paid home, to living in poverty. Nice guy. Just the kind of guy you want to have a beer with, right? :puke:
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Vinnie From Indy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:20 AM
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10. Gee, I hope he has insurance and it isn't rescinded or anything!
If there is God in heaven, he will have his health care insurance policy rescinded by one of Wellpoint's subsidiary insurance company functionaries as a matter of standard operating procedure.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:32 AM
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12. Is being a soulless minion of evil a pre-existing condition?
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Catherina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 11:30 AM
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15. A small step in the right direction. Here's to many more. n/t
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 11:38 AM
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16. Right church, wrong pew....LOL...n/t
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Evasporque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 11:40 AM
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17. Did he barf on anyone...? ......nt
Edited on Tue May-18-10 11:40 AM by Evasporque
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 12:22 PM
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21. 71, eh? I wonder if the death panels will let him live.
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