Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Parburypolitica British Exclusive on President Bush!
According to my source close to the Bush administration. President George W Bush was at a secret conference in the ski resort of Aspen, Colarado. While other notable figures were discussing the future of the free world with their clothes on. See the authorised version from the local paper below. George W was busy having massages with high level visitors from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Afghanistan. The hot rub down action is reputed to have taken place in the super exclusive setting of the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan's 35 room and $135m dollar pad in Aspen.
Nice to know that the leader of the free world is taking his great responsibilities with such seriousness. Who would have thought that this is the President that holds the record for the longest ever vacation by a sitting President.
Aspen welcomes super-sized VIP crowd
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Troy Hooper - Aspen Daily News Staff Writer
Thu 09/14/2006 09:01PM MST
Aspen is looking even more rich and famous than usual.
Heads are turning and traffic is literally stopping for the Forstmann Little conference getting under way today in Aspen. Titans of industry, four-star generals, athletic superstars, the politically powerful and the Hollywood elite are all here for a weekend of networking and concentration on some of the planet's most pressing matters.
The annual affair is strictly hush-hush. All discussions are off the record and New York-based representatives for the prestigious leverage-buyout firm Forstmann Little & Co. refuse to comment about the conference, let alone acknowledge its existence.
But it's hard not to notice investment mogul Ted Forstmann and his friends.
Lavish jets are crammed into the general-aviation tarmac at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport. Men sporting dark suits and sunglasses, with microphones wedged in their ears, are swarming downtown sidewalks and hotel lobbies. A ResortQuest employee said 38 agents with the Secret Service are staying in 26 centrally located Aspen rental properties this weekend. Even the Colorado Department of Transportation's repaving of Main Street has stopped in midstream to oblige Forstmann Little attendees and the multifaceted concerns of their security detail.
This year's schedule commences with a discussion on new media, moderated by PBS host Charlie Rose, with Google Inc. Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt, Yahoo Chairman and CEO Terry Semel, and Bharti Televentures Chairman and CEO Sunil Mittal, according to an agenda surreptitiously provided to the Aspen Daily News.
Next up is National Academy of Sciences President Dr. Ralph Cicerone, NASA's Dr. James Hansen, MIT professor Richard Lindzen and American Meteorological Society senior fellow Robert Correll who will discuss the threat of global warming.
On Saturday, Prince Turki al-Faisal (the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States), Christiane Amanpour (CNN chief international correspondent), Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (crown prince and commander in chief of the Bahrain Defense Force), and Dr. Vali Nasr (a Navy professor), will analyze the Middle East.
Other conference plans include tennis at the Maroon Creek Club with Grand Slam champion Monica Seles and world-renowned coach Nick Bollettieri, golf clinics with professionals Jim Flick and Dave Pelz, a luncheon with General Colin Powell and former British Foreign Secretary and House of Commons Leader Jack Straw, a political talk with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), and an "Update From The Frontline: The Long War" session with General John Abizaid (who is head of U.S. Central Command).
An evening of comedy with a surprise guest is also on tap. Two years ago, former "Saturday Night Live" stars Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon performed for the crowd, which Nealon described as "a little intimidating." Ditto for Carvey.
"In 25 years, I've never played for an audience like that," Carvey said after his 2004 performance.
The Forstmann Little conference is scheduled to conclude on Sunday. ¶ 11:45 am
Nice to know that the leader of the free world is taking his great responsibilities with such seriousness. Who would have thought that this is the President that holds the record for the longest ever vacation by a sitting President.
Aspen welcomes super-sized VIP crowd
Print This Page
Troy Hooper - Aspen Daily News Staff Writer
Thu 09/14/2006 09:01PM MST
Aspen is looking even more rich and famous than usual.
Heads are turning and traffic is literally stopping for the Forstmann Little conference getting under way today in Aspen. Titans of industry, four-star generals, athletic superstars, the politically powerful and the Hollywood elite are all here for a weekend of networking and concentration on some of the planet's most pressing matters.
The annual affair is strictly hush-hush. All discussions are off the record and New York-based representatives for the prestigious leverage-buyout firm Forstmann Little & Co. refuse to comment about the conference, let alone acknowledge its existence.
But it's hard not to notice investment mogul Ted Forstmann and his friends.
Lavish jets are crammed into the general-aviation tarmac at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport. Men sporting dark suits and sunglasses, with microphones wedged in their ears, are swarming downtown sidewalks and hotel lobbies. A ResortQuest employee said 38 agents with the Secret Service are staying in 26 centrally located Aspen rental properties this weekend. Even the Colorado Department of Transportation's repaving of Main Street has stopped in midstream to oblige Forstmann Little attendees and the multifaceted concerns of their security detail.
This year's schedule commences with a discussion on new media, moderated by PBS host Charlie Rose, with Google Inc. Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt, Yahoo Chairman and CEO Terry Semel, and Bharti Televentures Chairman and CEO Sunil Mittal, according to an agenda surreptitiously provided to the Aspen Daily News.
Next up is National Academy of Sciences President Dr. Ralph Cicerone, NASA's Dr. James Hansen, MIT professor Richard Lindzen and American Meteorological Society senior fellow Robert Correll who will discuss the threat of global warming.
On Saturday, Prince Turki al-Faisal (the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States), Christiane Amanpour (CNN chief international correspondent), Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (crown prince and commander in chief of the Bahrain Defense Force), and Dr. Vali Nasr (a Navy professor), will analyze the Middle East.
Other conference plans include tennis at the Maroon Creek Club with Grand Slam champion Monica Seles and world-renowned coach Nick Bollettieri, golf clinics with professionals Jim Flick and Dave Pelz, a luncheon with General Colin Powell and former British Foreign Secretary and House of Commons Leader Jack Straw, a political talk with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), and an "Update From The Frontline: The Long War" session with General John Abizaid (who is head of U.S. Central Command).
An evening of comedy with a surprise guest is also on tap. Two years ago, former "Saturday Night Live" stars Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon performed for the crowd, which Nealon described as "a little intimidating." Ditto for Carvey.
"In 25 years, I've never played for an audience like that," Carvey said after his 2004 performance.
The Forstmann Little conference is scheduled to conclude on Sunday. ¶ 11:45 am
