23 October 2006

Propping up the family

You have to admire the considerable family loyalty of the Bush clan. When George W's business ventures ran into trouble, as they invariably did, Daddy's buddies where always there to lend a helping hand. This demonstration of the altruism of the rich is truly inspiring.

We know that Mum and Dad have helped to shore up brother Neil's enterprises as well. George and Babs invested money in Neil's educational software company, Ignite. Now we find out that funds from the No Child (of mine) Left Behind act are being used to purchase Neil's products. NCLB money, which is intended to be focused on literacy and numeracy skills in disadvantaged schools, is being used by some school systems to purchase software from Ignite which does not have a literacy product and whose maths programmes will not be available until 2007.

The family that sticks together runs the country!

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