Bush Friend (donar & oil co. pres.) Picked As Ambassador

[Nambe]

Emmis Interactive/Chicago

President Bush has selected a close family friend to serve as the ambassador to both Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Bush will nominate Pamela P. Willeford, of Texas to serve as ambassador to both countries, the White House said. The Bushes hosted her for White House sleepovers, and she and her husband have donated to Bush's presidential campaigns and to other Republican candidates.

Currently, Willeford chairs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and she is a partner and the president of Pico Drilling Co., Ltd.

It is the second time Bush has chosen a friend and political patron for the plum Swiss ambassadorship.

Mercer Reynolds III, a former Bush business partner, stepped down in April. He is now the national finance chairman for Bush's re-election campaign.

Banish bush From Texas Too

[FlashHarry]

1. I'm shocked! Shocked!

(It's donor, by the way. :))

[MurrayDelph]

4. Maybe it's dinar

or dinero

That seems to be what will get Bush loyalty.


Murray

What's the point of having "darn good intelligence" if you're too
Gol-darned stoopid to pay attention to it?

[Hand]

6. Or donair?

A donair is a sandwich (sort of) invented here in Halifax, Nova Scotia, although its origin is Middle Eastern (sort of).

It's like a Greek gyros, except that instead of lamb, it's made of slices of highly compressed cheap hamburger meat that's roasted on a spit in a huge mass until it's tough, greasy, dry, and more or less inedible. It's slathered with a "sauce" made of evaporated milk, sugar, and god knows what else. Then the whole mess is stuffed into stale pita bread. And then YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO EAT IT!!!!

It's really quite repulsive. AND SO IS THIS!!!!!!!

:9

[Retrograde]

7. right up there with poutine

not the prime minister :-), but the alleged Quebec delicacy.

Ever wonder why you never hear anyone suggest going out for Canadian cuisine?

linda

[NYC]

8. Thanks for the warning.

I'll be certain to avoid that under all circumstances.

[I AM SPARTACUS]

9. how about "40 pieces of silver"...???

[tomp]

2. sleeze...

...the natural by-product of oil.

[northzax]

3. big deal

this is a meaningless post (what, like Switzerland and Lichenstein are important to us?) it is routine for Presidents to appoint donors and friends to such posts. It takes little skill, beyond throwing parties, and the real work is done by the Charge d'affaires or the Head of Mission. How do you think people get to be ambassadors, anyway?

[kskiska]

11. Our ambassador to France

doesn't even speak French. That goes over really big there.

[realFedUp]

5. Pico Drilling employees had free ride on sub that hit Japanese boat

wonder if this woman was onboard...

[I AM SPARTACUS]

10. No, she wasn't. But...look at her c.v...she seems SOOO qualified...

Pamela P. Willeford - Chair
Term Expires August 31, 2003
Partner and President, Pico Drilling Co., Ltd., Breckenridge, Texas.
BA, English and Spanish, The University of Texas at Austin.
Founding member, Executive Committee, Texas Book Festival.
Member, Leadership Austin, Hockaday School Board of Visitors.
Board of Directors, Helping Hand Home for Children, Friends of the Governor's Mansion.
Founding member, Center for Battered Women Advisory Council.
Former Co-Chairman, Texas Inauguration, 1999.
Former President, Junior League of Austin.
Former Director of Development and Coordinator of the Texas State Capitol Rededication, 1995; State Preservation Board.
Former Teacher, public and private secondary schools, Dallas.
from: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/cfbin/BoardMembers.cfm


about the submarine wreck and death of innocent civilians...
from: http://nucnews.net/nucnews/2001nn/0102nn/010218nn.htm#06

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 2001 - A senior naval commander said today that he would convene a formal court of inquiry to investigate the collision of the submarine Greeneville and a Japanese training vessel off Hawaii, setting the stage for what amounts to a public trial of the submarine's captain and crew.

The Navy, which had declined to release the names of the civilians aboard the submarine because the preliminary inquiry was under way, listed them tonight after the decision to hold an open inquiry was announced.

These are the civilians' names:
Jay Brehmer, Overland Park, Kan.
Carol Brehmer, Overland Park.
Jack Clary, Stow, Mass.
Pat Clary, Stow.
Helen Cullen, Houston.
John M. Hall, Sealy, Tex.
Leigh Anne Schnell Hall, Sealy.
Mike Mitchell, Irving, Tex.
Mickey Nolan, Honolulu.
Susan Nolan, Honolulu.
Anthony Schnur, The Woodlands, Tex.
Susan Schnur, The Woodlands.
Todd Thoman, Houston.
Deanda Thoman, Houston.
Ken Wyatt, Golden, Colo.
Catherine Graham Wyatt, Golden.

see also: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/18/national/18SUBM.html?pagewanted=all