Bush, Cheney Reports Show Wealth

[IChing]

Bush, Cheney Reports Show Wealth

By DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press Writer





WASHINGTON (AP) -- A $14,000 shotgun, five fishing rods and a pair of cowboy boots were among $26,346 in gifts accepted by President Bush last year, according to his financial disclosure form which also listed millions of dollars in assets in stable U.S. Treasury notes and certificates of deposit.

The financial forms of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney offered a glimpse into the two men's wealth. But because federal ethics law allows them to list their investments in wide ranges rather than precise numbers, it is difficult to discern whether the two are wealthier than they were a year ago. The annual disclosure is required by law.

Cheney listed just three gifts: a dozen bottles of wine valued at $699, a pen worth $120 and a $350 silver apple received from Mel Sembler, the U.S. ambassador to Italy. Cheney also gave a gift to Bush, a $595 desk clock.

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[DrDebug]

1. Poor Dick

And Bush didn't give him anything. The cheap bastard!

[Jose Diablo]

4. It probably has a listening device within it n/t

[MGKrebs]

2. "millions of dollars in assets in stable U.S. Treasury notes"???

Aren't they the IOU's we owe to Social Security Insurance?

[smoogatz]

3. Worthless scraps of paper!

I'll give you ten cents on the dollar for 'em, Mr. Preznit...

[Vickers]

7. I'll give you ELEVEN cents!

:P

[evlbstrd]

5. Awww, they're just worthless IOUs in a filing cabine.

No need to look there.

[Megahurtz]

6. Ha ha!!!

:rofl:Caught red - handed?

They probably are the Social Security U.S. Treasury notes!
And they're milions of dollars of "stable" assetts.
Give 'em back you THIEF!!!:argh:

[IChing]

8. A stable is where you keep a horse.

stable U.S. Treasury notes and certificates of deposit.:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[doodadem]

9. $14,000 for a damn shotgun???!!!

I hope he gets alot of bang for his buck on that one!

[Nostradammit]

19. I hope it's severely defective.

Severely.

[TahitiNut]

10. "a $595 desk clock"??

It's probably one that's specially engineered to run at double speed between 6am and 2pm, while running 1/3 slower between 2pm and 6am.

:evilgrin:

[PunkPop]

11. I'm sure those prices are for insurance purposes only

Insurance fraud is probably second nature to crooks like these.

[Algorem]

12. Let's give them the gift of impeachment,it keeps on giving.

[dogday]

13. The President gets in gifts what some people work all year to make

People are struggling to make 26,000 a year and the President gets gifts while the people starve....

[SlavesandBulldozers]

17. "the people"? what are you a socialist?

c'mon man pick yourself up by the boot-straps! like our dear leader. he got rich off ranchin and hard work. day's work for a day's pay, that's chimperor's motto.

:7

[insane_cratic_gal]

14. 120 bucks is a grocery bill

for a week yet he has a pen sitting on his desk worth a weeks worth of food?

/sigh

I'm struggling to pay for a roof I had to replace. 5700, I have a car that needs a headgasket with only 94k miles on it that I can't afford to fix that parked behind my house. Which is ok because I can't afford the gas anyway. On top of this, just 2 weeks ago the heater in my house stoped working, that cost me 115.00.

You ever feel like your drowning the bastards with the liferafts are sipping champagne smoking their cigars on a Yachet, all the while watching you sink for sheer amusement?

[Algorem]

15. Eggzactamundo.

[ninkasi]

21. Yes, I know the feeling well...

I think they enjoy the power of life and death over the rest of us. They will never know want, or hunger, or worry about where the rent is coming from; they will never have to worry about their jobs being sent overseas, or about being replaced by workers brought into this country to take their jobs.

No, the only thing they ever worry about is how to pay even less in taxes, and how to steal the last penny they can from the rest of us. Heartless bastards, all of them.

I hope your situation improves, insane_cratic_gal, I can tell you're struggling just to keep your head above water. May things get better for you, before you drown.

[Rose Siding]

16. He DOES own a tree farm- remember!?..."heh heh want some wood?"

He made fun of someone saying that in the debate?

Bush...also owns a tree farm, which is not expected to have commercial sales until 2007, which currently has a value of just under $600,000.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

18. interesting. thanks for pointing that out.

that makes his reaction all the more curious. not only did he never deny it he acted like that equity was chump change - an afterthought - a novel thing of mockery. thanks for pointing it out.

[daleo]

20. Is the shotgun made out of gold?

I mean, $14000? The only thing more expensive was Saddam's pistol (1615 U.S. military deaths, tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis, and it is still not paid for).