Note on Bush drinking.

September 22, 2005 -- Note on Bush drinking. Much is being made of a recent National Enquirer report regarding George W. Bush's hitting the bottle. It should be noted that the Enquirer has historically hired legitimate journalist stringers who use pen names to mask their true identities, particularly on political stories.

The Bush boozing story is not a new one. The editor has heard of and written about Bush's drinking bouts since 2001. The "choking pretzel" incident had nothing to do with a pretzel but was a carefully contrived story used to cover up a Bush drinking spree that resulted in his passing out on a coffee table in the White House second floor residence and injuring his face. Ditto the numerous cases of Bush falling off a bike somewhere to explain further wounds on his face. Back in college, we used to call that getting "s**t-faced drunk." Apparently, Mr. Bush still thinks he's in college.



Frat boy George: Still getting "s**t-faced"

The White House press corps has been whispering about Bush's drinking over the past few years. None dare write or speak about it lest their credentials are lifted and further access cut off by the most vindictive White House in American history.

September 22, 2005 -- Neil Bush meets Russian-Israeli oligarch in Latvia. There is an interesting postscript to WMR's Sept. 19 report on the selling out of America's communications security and intelligence infrastructure to neo-cons linked to international American fugitive Marc Rich. According to RIA-Novosti, Neil Bush, the brother of George W. Bush -- infamous from the Silverado Savings & Loan scandal and a sordid divorce trial from his ex-wife Sharon -- met on the evening of Sept. 21 in Riga, Latvia with Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, who is wanted by the Russian government for a host of criminal activities, including embezzlement. Berezovsky, who also has Israeli citizenship and has been traveling between Israel, Britain (where he has political asylum), and Ukraine in an attempt to undermine Russian President Vladimir Putin's government, has been linked by international law enforcement agencies to Rich's global network. The Bush-Berezovsky meeting was apparently facilitated by Belokon Holding, a large Latvian investment firm headed by Valeri Belokon.

Belokon is reported to be involved with Berezovsky in supporting the right-wing and anti-Russian Latvian political party, New Era ("Jaunais Laiks"). The party was founded by wealthy Latvian financier Repshe Einars, a former Prime Minister and Defense Minister who has allegedly received financial support from Berezovsky, Belokon, and Grigori Krupnikov, a former chairman of the Latvian Jewish community and secretary general of New Era until January of this year. It is also noteworthy that Latvia has been a major hub of weapons smuggling for the international Russian-Israeli-Ukrainian Mafia (RUIM).

Berezovsky visited Riga to meet with Bush and other shareholders of Bush's company Ignite!, a firm involved in providing education and training software in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates. and, not coincidentally, in Florida and Texas. One of Bush's chief financial supporters is Defense Minister and Crown Prince of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, an individual who often crossed paths with the Taliban and Al Qaeda on his frequent hunting and falconing trips to eastern Afghanistan.

One attempt by the Clinton National Security Council to attack Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda in eastern Afghanistan -- Operation Delenda -- was scrapped because of the close proximity of UAE hunting and falconing sheiks like Rashid bin Maktoum to the targeted locations. It is also likely that the Able Danger U.S. Special Operations/DIA surveillance of Al Qaeda during the same time detected the presence of Neil Bush's friends to the Al Qaeda training and operational areas. Able Danger was quickly shut down by the Bush administration.

From 1994 to 1999, Bush ran Interlink Management Corporation (10000 Memorial Drive, Houston) headquartered in the same building where his father George H. W. Bush also maintained an office. Interlink was involved in bio-warfare defenses against biological warfare terrorist attacks, including anthrax attacks, on people, crops, and animals. Ignite!'s advisory board includes two officers of Bessemer Trust, a firm that handles investments for George H. W. Bush. Other Ignite! advisers include former Tennessee Senator and Republican National Committee chairman Bill Brock, Houston businessman Bob Stearns, a Bush loyalist who was selected by then Gov. George W. Bush to be a member of the Texas Technology Board, and Peter Su, a former campaign adviser to George W. Bush. Ignite!'s Bush has the Chairman and CEO title at Ignite! while Ken Leonard serves as President and Chief Financial Officer. Other Ignite! investors include George H. W. and Barbara Bush, Taiwanese businessmen, and Middle East billionaires.



Neil Bush's (center) international playmates: a Russian oligarch (left) with links to Marc Rich, wanted by Russia for criminal activity, and a Dubai potentate (right) who liked to hunt and falcon in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Had enough of the Bush crime family America? Perhaps not. In October 2001, while speaking in Dubai, Neil said something that should send shivers down the spines of every American. Speaking of his learning-disabled son Pierce, Neil said, "My father was the 41st President and my brother is 43rd. I think that if Pierce finishes high school, he'll be the 50th President of the United States." Another learning disabled President Bush? Like hell.

Neil Bush was a frequent Middle East traveler prior to and after the 911 attacks. In March 2001, Bush was peddling his Ignite! software in Egypt. In October 2001, Bush visited Dubai and Saudi Arabia, pushing his education software product to UAE and Saudi schools.