Does this mean Bush did community service?

[Sub Atomic]

May-July 1973: Participates in non-flying drills at Ellington. Works at inner-city poverty program earlier in the year.

source

This snippet came from an article discussing Bush's TANG service and timeline.

Since when did the National Guard provide services to inner city poverty programs?

[wicket]

1. 'caine

Since when did the National Guard provide services to inner city poverty programs?

When said Guardee gets caught with the straw up his nose.


--edited to fix italics

[Zero Gravitas]

2. Community Service

You KNOW he got into big trouble for something (presumably DUI and/or cocaine possession) when has ANY member of the Bush family EVER done ANYTHING for the poor, much less VOLUNTEER their own time to do it. Has Bush ever done anything similar before or since? I doubt it.

[SoCalDem]

3. When did he "lose" flying status?

Maybe someone ratted him out for flying "high"...and then he refused a drug test???

hmmmmmm

Do the dates coincide???

[pinto]

4. see gap in info from Nov '72 to next entry May - July '73. 6 months.

That's probably the period referenced as "earlier in the year".
I posted elsewhere wondering if he was in rehab, but yeah, it turns out he was at an operation called PULL, inner city program for kids run by family friend. Could have been a stint of community service? "Equivalent service" was mentioned by the Press Sec. today, but nobody followed up on what equivalent service meant.....

[theorist]

6. "Project PULL" -- in case you need specific name. n/t

[pinto]

8. thks....n/t

[Wickerman]

5. I think Texas Monthly did a piece on this

if I recall correctly. Three things have struck me as odd about it.

1. This is the ONLY recorded time Bush ever did anything for anyone that he didn't get something in return.
2. Given the generous nature of the activity, the Bush machine has downplayed it. Why would they not want to call attention to it?
3. As I recall, an interview with youth at the center recall Bush* being there, they liked him a lot, felt he really connected with them and was funny. In other words, he bonded with some of the kids. Then, one day, he just never showed up again. No good byes, or anything.

Yep, community service, and he exited it as the sociopath that he is. He played the kids for all they were worth - he entertained HIMSELF while he was there and when he was done, bam, they were out of his mind like last night's whiskey.

some links - not quite what i am lookign for, but close - most reference Fortunate Son:

George W. Bush's Call for Volunteers in the Service of America
http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/02/04/09_volunteers.html

Book: Bush was arrested for cocaine in 1972
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/18/cocaine/

What he's like in real life. by Paul Burka
http://www.seanet.com/~johnco/bush102.htm
""David Anderson was another PULL employee, two years older than Bush, and he especially liked the fact that Bush had made arrangements to take some of the PULL kids such as Jimmy up for their first airplane ride.

The day of the ride, Bush asked his sixteen-year-old brother, Marvin, to come along. One of the PULL kids started popping off, making noise, once they were up in the air. Bush stalled the engine for a second, and the passengers, scared to death, grew quiet." Minutaglio, Bill. First Son, George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty, Random House, NY, 1999 Pg. 151,"

At Height of Vietnam, Bush Picks Guard
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/bush072899.htm
"Shortly after Christmas, Bush began working as a counselor with black youngsters in Houston's Third Ward in a program called PULL (Professionals United for Leadership) for Youth. The brainchild of the late John L. White, a former professional football player and civic leader, it was set up for kids up to 17 in a warehouse on McGowen Street and it offered sports, crafts, field trips and big-name mentors from the athletic, entertainment and business worlds.

Bush and his brother Marvin, who tagged along for the summer weeks, were the only whites in the place. "They stood out like a sore thumb," said Muriel Simmons Henderson, who was one of PULL's senior counselors. "John White was a good friend of their father. He told us that the father wanted George W. to see the other side of life. He asked John if he would put him in there."

[Kolesar]

7. You nailed it

(1) is the only point in his resume when he did anything ostensibly to help fellow human beings. It stands out like a red herring.