On 7/27/2015 10:22 AM, Kalmia wrote:
BUSH SR. must wonder how his son, George W. Bush, did it--the idiot son
who followed his father's footsteps into the White House. Dubya spent
many years under the influence. This included the use of influence to
avoid the Vietnam-era draft and get into the Texas Air National
Guard--where Bush got himself transferred to Mississippi, and eventually
chose not to show up at all.

Then Bush Jr. tried to use his family influence to make a fortune in
oil. He should have been a colossal failure. His company
Arbusto--nicknamed Ar-Busto in the industry--lost $3 million.

Fortunately for him, a Cincinnati group that included a Yale classmate
bought him out. The son of the then-vice president became chair of the
newly constituted Spectrum 7 Energy Corp. Yet once again, no success for
Dubya.

But as Britian's Observer newspaper put it, "Whenever he struck a dry
well, someone was always willing to fill it with money for him." Harken
Energy bought out Spectrum 7, and Bush was put on the board of directors
and given 16 percent of the stock.