Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Give Me a Home Where the Old Tinhorns Roam

Norwegianity and Eyeteeth alert us to this very odd item:
Prensa Latina reports that George W. Bush has purchased a 98,842-acre farm in northern Paraguay, between Brazil and Bolivia. In one way, it makes sense: why not retire in the land where the US military has had a visible presence for over a year and that's ruled by a pro-market, Bush friendly president? Plus, Paraguay gives foreign investors all the same protections it gives its own: for people in Bush's income bracket, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agreement Agency (MIGA) "insures investors against risks such as expropriation, currency inconvertibility and damages caused by revolution, war or civil strikes."... while the US and Paraguay have an extradition treaty, there's one glaring exemption: "political offenses."
If this is true, it is exceedingly odd. Could the man really be worried about his future? I doubt, after all, that he's planning on farming. Those Bushes....

2 comments:

roxtar said...

I swear to God, you couldn't make this shit up.

helmut said...

Think of the craziest thing you can, and Bush will do it. That guy is like the guy on Jackass.