George W. Bush and clan: A family that practices fascism together, stays together
July 26, 2007 by William K. Wolfrum
It’s been long known that Prescott Bush - the President’s grandfather - was an extremely dishonorable man. That he was a fascist who wanted to overthrow the U.S. government and have the U.S. join forces with Hitler and Mussolini, just show the depth of the despicableness of the Bush patriarch.
From Boing Boing:
The coup was aimed at toppling President Franklin D Roosevelt with the help of half-a-million war veterans. The plotters, who were alleged to involve some of the most famous families in America, (owners of Heinz, Birds Eye, Goodtea, Maxwell Hse & George Bush’s Grandfather, Prescott) believed that their country should adopt the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the great depression.
Mike Thomson investigates why so little is known about this biggest ever peacetime threat to American democracy.
Click here to go to the BBC site and listen to the report.
-WKW
[...] Sources in the White House say President George W. Bush will assume the Presidency for a few hours as Vice-President Dick Cheney undergoes a procedure to replace a battery in one of the half dozen or so pacemakers spread across his body. According to the source, the President said it should be “wicked awesome” to have the powers of the Presidency, at least for a few short hours. [...]