Monday, November 22, 2004

Michael Moore, call your office (or, CLINTON KNEW!!!)

Perhaps those who have actually spent time out of their life watching "Fahrenheit 9/11" can help out this hopelessly ill-informed Jesuslander and tell me if they think Michael Moore would cover this?
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. - President Clinton's new $165 million library here was funded in part by gifts of $1 million or more each from the Saudi royal family and three Saudi businessmen.The governments of Dubai, Kuwait, and Qatar and the deputy prime minister of Lebanon all also appear to have donated $1 million or more for the archive and museum that opened last week.

Maybe he could cram this in on the F9/11 DVD? The director's cut? I mean, he just seems to be so concerned about improper relationships between American presidents and Saudi families that this would be something he'd be interested in. I don't know; I didn't see the movie, so I don't even think I'm allowed to have an opinion on this.

The Saudi royal family and the governments of Dubai, Kuwait, and Qatar donated at this "Trustee" level, as did the governments of Brunei and Taiwan. Also listed as trustees are three Saudi businessmen - Abdullah Al-Dabbagh, Nasser Al-Rashid, and Walid Juffali.

Other notables at the "Trustee" level include the deputy prime minister of Lebanon, Issam Fares; Hollywood director Steven Spielberg and his wife, actress KateCapshaw, and an heir to the Wal-Mart fortune, Alice Walton. ...


Mr. Unger, who wrote "House of Bush, House of Saud," said he thinks the gifts to Mr. Clinton's library pale in comparison to business deals that Mr. Bush's family has done with the Saudis. The author said the gifts to ex-presidents are designed to encourage a pro-Saudi attitude on the part of present or future occupants of the White House.


Yeah, that makes sense.

Anyway, has anyone else noticed that the library really does look like a huge double-wide?

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