Bush’s, Cheney’s filings reveal mutual yule gifts

[sabra]

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/nation/14590588.htm

Bush’s, Cheney’s filings reveal mutual yule gifts
Associated Press

WASHINGTON – It’s good to be president, not the least because it inspires rock stars and others to buy you presents like $1,800 suits, $900 poker sets, $350 chain saws and $5,500 bikes.

President Bush and Vice President Cheney on Monday released the financial disclosure forms they are required by law to file every year. They offer a broad portrait of both men’s not-insignificant wealth, showing Bush to possess a relatively safe portfolio, with much of his money locked up in real estate and rock-solid investments in government Treasury notes, while Cheney has a more diverse spread of assets.

Among the awkward vagaries of being in high public office is that the forms reveal how much each spent on the other for Christmas. Last year, for instance, Cheney presented Bush with a $400 pair of binoculars, while the president bought his second-in-command a $338 hammock on a steel frame.

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The disclosure said Bush’s 1,583-acre central Texas ranch was worth between $1 million and $5 million. The president also reported having at least $3.95 million in Treasury notes, $945,000 in certificates of deposit, $153,000 in checking and money market accounts and at least $1 million in investments held in a blind trust. Bush owns the mineral rights valued at up to $15,000 on property in Reeves County, Texas. He also owns a tree farm, which is not expected to have commercial sales until 2007, which has a value of just over $700,000.

[BlueEyedSon]

1. Need any WOOD?

[central scrutinizer]

9. got wood?

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[Virginia Dare]

2. Remember during the 2004 debates...

when Kerry brought up the Chimp's tree farm, and the stupid fucker didn't even know he had one?

:crazy: :dunce:

[oldtime dfl_er]

8. More likely he PRETENDED he didn't know

The truth means nothing to him. He's perfectly happy to lie, prevaricate, spin, whatever it takes. The truth means nothing to him.

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/1383250

[tanyev]

3. It must irk them mightily to have to release this information.

I'm surprised they haven't announced that it is a "threat to national security" to make this info public.

[underpants]

4. $3.95 million in "worthless paper"???

hmmm isn't that odd.

[MiniMe]

7. That was my first thought. I thought those things were worthless.

Oh, maybe they are only worthless is social security owns them.

[underpants]

5. double post

whoops

[arwalden]

6. Silly Me... At First, I Thought It Said "Fillings".

:silly: