Mr. Jenna Bush Gets a Piece of the Action

The White House would not comment, but the couple are expected to honeymoon in Europe. After that, they plan to live in a two-bedroom, two-bathroom townhouse in Baltimore's Federal Hill. She plans to return to teaching, and he will work for Constellation Energy. -- Associated Press 5/11/08

Did you catch that?

I know. It should be "the couple is expected." It's like just writing about the Bushes makes you stupider.

No, not that. "Constellation Energy." Doesn't that mean anything to you?

Vaguely. Didn't Parliament-Funkadelic use it to power the Mothership?

You know I hate it when you talk about old people music.

Sorry.

Constellation Energy is the 33rd worst corporate air polluter in the United States.

Well, then there's nowhere to go but up. I'll bet Henry Hager will get them into the high twenties in no time. I can see beyond his accomplice-date-rapist good looks. That boy's a comer.

They also just happen to have an application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build the first nuclear power plant in America since Three Mile Island.

Just him and Jenna?

Constellation Energy. The company that's hiring Henry Hager. The President's new son-in-law.

You can't let anyone be happy even for a day, can you?

You know where they want to open their new nuclear reactor -- if they get permission? Calvert Cliffs. Fifty miles from the White House.

Well, unless they put it up before November, that's not really a Bush problem, is it?

And you know who's going to build it?

You know what bugs me about Henry Hager? People Magazine says when he wanted to marry Jenna, he talked to the other twin first. And then he asked George and Laura and "they kept the plan a secret from their daughter" for more than a month. Makes you wonder how he's handling the honeymoon, just one-on-one. Or if he's getting some folks from the hotel to hold her down.

Stop trying to change the subject. You know who's going to build Constellation Energy's new nuclear plant?

No, and I don't want to know. I just want it to all be over.

Here's a clue: They have over a billion dollars in cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts in Iraq, and ties to the Bin Laden family.

Please don't say "Bechtel."

The Bechtel Construction Co. of Frederick, Maryland.

Comments

[Bladernr1001]

So was there a point to that post somewhere in there???????

[TXfemmom]

If I am not mistaken, Bechtel is the only U. S. company involved in nuclear power construction within the last twenty years, and it wasn't built here in the United States. Personally, I would be more concerned if Halliburton was involved in building it.

There are several current additions to nuclear plants already located in the United States, but I am not aware of any free-standing totally new plants under consideration. Remember, the French produce virtually all of their electricity with nuclear power and I think their experience with it has been much more positive than what we have seen in the United States.

[rucognizant]

just finished a painting of the Little Bad Falls in Machias,ME. , enough water energy to power the whole east coast! In the " GOOD OLD DAYS" there was a power plant there; now it is a park?
Conservatives...this is what they mean ( H Dean, Kerry , Obama) when they say "take back America"
Of course we are mad at the Repugs......they are obstructing, by thinking with their emotions rather than logically, ( making them vulnerable to propaganda from the Govt., Rove, Limbaugh, & Coulter!) and causing them to vote against everybody's best interest!
God forbid that welfare mother should get an extra slice of pie!
Never mind, the Saudis, Israelis, Egyptians, etc are getting the whole pie, courtesy of we taxpayers!!

[rucognizant]

No McLaren, The kids need all their money for gas just to get to work so the elderly parents are
wrapped in blankets to keep warm, and eating canned peas & boxed macaroni from the food pantry!

I have an intuitive suspician, that Jenna may be a genetic rogue throwback to an ancestor who had a different approach to life than her family of origin. This happens. My husband was like a changling left on his parents doorstep and he spent his lifetime aggressively carving out his own lifestyle different from theirs...........
I gave W a couple of days grace, not willing to ass u me, that he was like his father/grandfather...........
until he DID PROVE ME WRONG!
Constellation energy! oops going to have to change..................They are our standard provider since deregulation in Maine, No competative company has come in to drive their prices down. Their fees are disproportionatly high for my SS income. Maine Energy's prices are higher still, although they do have a smaller carbon footprint. Hopefully the 2 new wind farms & the experimental tidal generator will bring that down. In NJ 20 years ago, when I had 1,000 sq " more house and 5 times more income, my PSE&G bill was 1/3 lower.
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[KarateKid]

Next thing you know, he'll be governor of Texas

[NetProphet]

OOOOps......it appears I misstated. Jenna & Henry were married by Paster Kirbyjon Caldwell - a SUPPORTER of OBAMA !

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/232/story_23282_1.html

My, my........CNN can get things all mixed up. Sorry. It only goes to show that CNN can get a lot "mixed up". Maybe the repetition for Clinton to quit the race is just as mixed up!

[dumboldfarmer]

Gosh, is he going to serve in the military?

[MrJoyboy]

At the reception Bush made sure there was plenty of food on his family.

[JulieSA]

Typical Chris Kelly post.

Sexism: a well known woman can't get married without her husband being ridiculed as Mr Her Name. One way to punish any woman for having some fame is to frame her husband's image this way.

Creepy bad taste: rape jokes

Environmental ignorance: the nuclear plant won't cause any air pollution, so it's great news that this plant may finally be built.

Mindless personal hatred: Why do think it's bad that he talked with the family before asking her?

Your worst offense? This post is not funny.

[99hockeyman]

The truth hurts doesnt it.

[mikekev58]

Well written, JulieSA.

I'll be glad when Bush leaves office - unless Barry manages to bumble things so badly that John McCain is sworn in - but it's not personal, certainly not to the extent that this unwarranted attempt at ridicule goes.

And you're right about the worst offense.

It's not funny.

It's lame.

[wheaties]

First of all, nuclear plants do create pollution- some of the worst imaginable thats why we have to store it in places like Yuca Mountain. Secondly there are only being built because of the huge tax breaks and subsidies being provided by the government- another example of picking the publics pocket so private industry and their shareholders can become richer.

[Brohan]

Chris, clearly you have (mis)underestimated the best of our youngest. When children read the rape innuendo, because they read your blog religiously, they will immediately start to rape every woman they have ever met, and will ever meet. This is why it is bad that you very vaguely hinted at rape. You weren't trying to make an intelligent point about the weirdness of the setup of this marriage.
Oh, yeah and a shot at Jenna Bush, is a shot at women around the globe. And the fact that he asked everyone else about Jenna before asking Jenna about Jenna, isn't weird. Don't criticize them.
Yes, this reply is caked with sarcasm.

[ResidentChimp]

You been writing about the Bushes for too long.

[Artisbey]

Henry Hager will pay a high price indeed for this marriage.

He'll have to spend all his holidays sitting across the table from George Bush.

[clintfatigue]

After he gets out of prison...

[CynAnne]

... Snarky, Chris, verrrry snarky..! And you made me snort into my coffee, Artisbey (and it was slightly uncomfortable, I assure you). My best wishes to the new couple, soon to breed the next generation of Bu$h, ver. 3.0 - the same ones who'll someday reside in Paraguay, luxuriating at the palatial estate (100,000 acres is a lot of 'leg room', hmmm?) after America has been destituted by Bu$h and his profiteering pals..! ;)

[Pandorasbox]

Mr. Kelly, I know you are highly irritated with the idea of young Mr. Hager joining up with Constellation Energy Group and all, (and I hear ya there), but can we perchance leave the rapist references and heavy dose of hate to the side, please? We'll get your message all the more pointedly without the inflammatory comments.

Honestly, I think it's lovely they got married (so glad she's no longer boozing it up in bars), and even better that they chose not to do so in the center of DC - what a circus that would have been! I'm a lifelong Dem and Obama's my man, but I think the last thing we need is hating on people just for the sake of doing so. I'm amused by your writing technique here - a question and answer with something that reads like split personalities - but the aggression for the sake of it is distracting.

Kudos for pointing out the Bechtel connection - that's something that should perk up all our ears.

[dotmafia]

Ahhh so lovely that you are defending their honor, when their families feed off of the blood and misery of millions of innocent people. Good to know your priorities are straight. Cheers!

[Breni]

dotmafia; If - and I hope to God it never happens - this country were ever attacked by our enemies (again),what are you going to do? Cheer for the enemy???? Our presidents, whether Republican or Democrat, do what they think is the best for OUR country - it is a partisian of BOTH sides. I'm a Republican who votes for both Republicans AND Democrats - depending on their experience/character and issues. Why must all of you LIBERALS hate Republicans who think thee are doing the 'right' thing? I just don't understand - WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER - regardless of our party affiliation! Why SO much hate?

[Pandorasbox]

I'm sorry. What? I'm defending whose honor? The daughter of the president who hasn't been the one making the backhanded and brainless decisions that have thrown this country into turmoil? Did you even read the damned post?

I'm just saying that's great she got married. Period. I'm not going to start a hate-fest on someone who happens to be related to the anti-christ. She was born into that family, but she isn't the one at the helm. I can't fault her for who her father is. If I did, that would be some seriously backwards logic, don't you think?

I do believe with everything in me that Bush has done some overtly stupid, insanely childish, belligerently greedy, overzealously retarded things, but that doesn't mean that they've all transferred directly to his daughter who is somehow also culpable in this whole mess. I'm leaving her out of the politics end of all of it, and that's where our anger really belongs - in the politics of how this country has been driven into the ground by an imbecile.

Please, dotmafia, get your priorities straight. Don't worry about mine. Cheers back at 'cha.

[Strywever]

Thanks for the civility reminder. I'm with you.

[Sanity01]

Ahh, Pandorasbox, you are in the WRONG place if hating for the sake of hating is not what you are looking for. That is what HUFFPO is all about.

[Pandorasbox]

Well, perhaps I just hoped HuffPo was better than that. I'll have to hold a memorial service for my idealism. It was suffering. Perhaps it's in a better place now.

[Breni]

Honestly, I think it's lovely they got married (so glad she's no longer boozing it up in bars)

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Please! Spare the compliments of a Bush. I noticed you just HAD to insert the 'boozing it up' part. I'm SURE you or nobody you know does this kind of 'sordid' thing, right? None of the young college kids, or other ordinary people. People HATE the Bush family SO much that they try to look complimentary while all the time being insulting. Just shove the phoney compliment - o.k?

[Pandorasbox]

Oh, give it a rest. I despise the president and his actions as much as anybody. But I'm not going to try to prove my my liberal cred to you. I'd rather do so by attacking the right people, and the right person to attack here is the president, not his daughter. Last I checked, she wasn't the guy in the Oval office, only his unfortunate progeny.

Yes, part of what I wrote about Jenna was tongue in cheek, but that doesn't make it a compliment and furthermore it also doesn't mean I'm going to do everything I can to hate on her when she hasn't been the one making the decisions. Luckily for me, I know who the president is and so therefore where my ire should be aimed.

And yes, I have known people who've gotten tanked while underage, and it's rarely pretty. It's even less pretty when you're Bush's daughter and you're one slip-up away from jailtime on your daddy's three strikes rule. So no, what I said wasn't a compliment, it was more of an internal shake of the head. If you can't interpret that from the post, then so sorry I didn't make it more plain.

I just feel when you're trying to make a point about something, you should do it clearly and pointedly without the fountain of hatred, otherwise you're the one who comes off looking like a whackjob. But you wouldn't know the first thing about sounding even-keeled, would you?

[saynotomarxism]

The U.S. should be drilling for oil and building refineries. We have to keep the oil flowing and the prices down so all of us middle class peons who don't live in big cities can drive to and from work. Your Green Giant Gore can use all the oil he wants, then buy carbon offsets while getting richer from them. Sounds like a scam to me.

Do a Google search for lists of products made from oil and you will see how much better your life is because of it. I would hope that all you Greenies would better inform yourselves about "Big Oil" and not just listen to and believe everything the Democrats say. I liken them to snake-oil salespersons.

[petecook5]

Are douche bags made from oil?

[Artisbey]

Like you don't know!

[Artisbey]

Haven't you heard?

Snake oil is now ten bucks a pint!

[Pandorasbox]

I think we all get how much we rely on the resource, Dems included. It's the level and excess that we could all do something about as we figure out how to effectively use less of it and perhaps substitute something else in the production of many of our goods. Yes, we will probably not halt drilling and refining for some time, but the fact does remain that there is more to the equation than whether or not Rural Joe Smith can get to work every morning. The ripple effect of the entire equation is massive.

Inhale and exhale with me once - it is not about Al Gore. Seriously. It is about whether or not we want this lovely planet that we live on to pay the price for our oil gluttony. Gore merely has a loud megaphone. Removing his particular voice, the message is the same: Thinking that we can do nothing and everything will still be fine 50 years from now is not only short-sighted, it's plain ludicrous. Even if you're only prone to believe half of all the science you read, it's clear we're having an impact on our Earth. It's the one thing we share with everyone else on it, and it's time we took better care of it.

[Strywever]

The point is that there are lots of alternatives to oil, that the U. S. is more obligated to countries that "own" the oil we use than is good for us, and that burning oil is bad for the environment. If none of those things were true, we might all still be lovin' the oil industry, too!

[conari]

Let's see here:

Insult traditional marriage proposal tradition? Check.
Environmental disaster-that-wasn't (except in the movie) reference? Check.
Republican equals date-rapist? Check.
Corrupt corporate contractors? Check.

This one's got it all! Very nice work!

[MainSpark]

"Insult traditional marriage proposal tradition?"

A "traditional marriage proposal tradition? How many traditions did you need in that sentence?

No matter. I just want to know when it became a tradition to talk to the sister first, the mother and father second, and the potential bride...last? In what age and culture was that a tradition?

So, let's see how that traditional marriage proposal tradition played out....

"Jenna, will you marry me?"

"Did you ask my sister about it?"

"Sure did!"

"Did you ask Mom and Dad about it?"

"You bet!"

"Well, I guess that I have no choice, do I? I mean, it's already been settled by the rest of the family."

Tradition, my ass.

[twestgard]

I'm totally down with despising the Bushes, along with anyone who willingly associates with them. That said, I don't see that Democrats come out ahead by labelling a sad-sack pawn of a boy as a rapist. There's so much to pick on them for that they actually did, that this is gratuitous and unhelpful.

[mheister]

It's called humor. Jenna's fiance's in the public eye by virtue of his choice in a spouse. And given all of the paths said choice offered him, it's telling that he took a gilded path greased by his future father-in-law's extreme largesse with taxpayer funds.

[Pandorasbox]

Yeah, but humor that uses a subject as grave as rape isn't funny. Period. Now as for poking fun at the energy group's abyssmal environmental record, or perhaps highlighting the link between Constellation and Bechtel? That not just wise writing, it's important material that's ripe for discussion.

I'm not one to speculate over young Mr. Hager's potential in the political arena, but heaven help us if his path takes him there.