Yale's Skulless, Boneless Bush

[Eye and Monkey]

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/trail/index.html

On the surface, everything looks normal in New Haven this weekend as the Bushes celebrate a new generation graduating from Yale. But before you start calculating when President Bush's daughter Barbara will be running for president, you should know a dark family secret: she does not belong to Skull and Bones.
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Bones snubbed her. Some members of Bones say that she was not asked to join because she was known less for achievement than for partying, most notably when she and her twin sister, Jenna, who graduates from the University of Texas this weekend, were cited for underage drinking. The society has always styled itself as Yale's great meritocracy, and the 15 members of each class traditionally include star athletes and leaders like John Kerry, who was also president of the Political Union.
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She snubbed Bones. Perhaps Ms. Bush was following a different family tradition. Her father, never fond of Eastern elitism, seriously considered joining a different secret society at Yale less known for ancient rituals than for its parties. Although he acceded to his father's wishes, he became a relatively unenthusiastic member who did not even bother thinking up the requisite Bones name for himself. He ended up being called Temporary.

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[Kod478]

1. haha!

thanks, I was wondering about that!

[taxidriver]

2. all this skull and bones stuff makes me nervous

and i'm not happy that Kerry would willingly involve himself in anything as sinister sounding as S&B.

[Soup Bean]

3. "Temporary"

I sure hope to GOD that little name sticks with him.

[eleonora]

4. S&B should be dismantled.

Their useless and elitist crap gets more attention than it should. Fact is, they're all a bunch of condescending frats thinking they're superior than anybody else. PFFFT...yeah. Skulls & Bones. Arriba arriba!

[Andy_Stephenson]

5. Better put your flame wear on....

cause I fear it is gonna get hot...