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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (29147)	5/2/2005 11:56:03 AM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

Thanks, 9/10, good catch<g> >>So, who wanted to buy Bush's high risk Harken stock? In 1990, when George W. Bush was on the board of directors at Harken, he was told that the company was going under. He sold over 200,000 shares of Harken stock weeks before the value plummeted. The overall gain was $848,560; roughly $600,000 of this went towards buying a piece of the Texas Rangers. So, who doled out $850k for a company that could potentially go under at any point directly after the sale? A search of company memos returned only one name, and they can't be sure to whom or what it refers- naturally, the name is "Lee." << utwatch.org

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (29147)	5/2/2005 12:17:56 PM
From: Chispas	Respond to of 116555

Talking about Fort Worth - "FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Barnett Shale formation is a wedge of blackboard-colored rock measuring 400 feet thick in places. It's packed with 27 trillion cubic feet of natural gas made from organic material that decomposed several million years ago, according to government scientists. That's enough to supply all gas-heated homes in the U.S. for more than five years. It's also directly underneath Fort Worth, a booming metropolitan area home to 1.6 million people....." Complete story - post-gazette.com