a tipsy GHWB...

[anotherdrew]

<!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/176/presidentbush6rf.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br>Here's GHWB seemign to have a little rum in his eyes at old Tom Moores' in Bermuda. Within a few weeks of that picture we get: <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050714.wbermuda0714/BNStory/International/">Bermuda's lights go out</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>Hamilton, Bermuda — A massive explosion at Bermuda's only electricity company triggered an island-wide power blackout for much of Thursday, paralyzing commerce in the British territory and international centre for offshore insurance companies.</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br>the CIA world fact book was just updated in 2004 to list Bermuda's import partners: Look who's the biggest one:<br>Kazakhstan 36.6%, France 19.1%, Japan 15.1%, Italy 10.6%, US 8.2% (2004)<br><br>What do you supose Kazakhstan has to import into Bermuda? Anyway, seems like a nice place... <p></p><i></i>

[anon]

Looks like they forgot to tell George about the dress code.<br> <p></p><i></i>

[Ferry Fey]

It was Dick's turn to wear the "Staff 2001" hat that night. You know George HW's ensemble would have looked just right with it. So he's a bit wistful, not drunk.<br><br>"Takes one to know one -- President Nazarbayev, who is himself facing international investigations for corruption and money laundering, has accused foreign investors in his country of evading taxes, Dow Jones International News reports. He told the Foreign Investors Council that foreign businesses often elude taxes by moving their income from Kazakhstan to offshore accounts. "Exports to offshore zones like Bermuda and the Virgin Islands have increased from $100 million in 1995 to $2.2 billion in 2000," Nazarbayev was quoted as saying. <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.djnewswires.com"">www.djnewswires.com"</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://iicas.org/english/enlibrary/libr_22_06_01kp_0.htm">iicas.org/english/enlibra...01kp_0.htm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br> <p></p><i></i>