At least two lawsuits [circa 2004] are proceeding against the Bush Administration charging complicity in the events of 9-11.Stanley Hilton ["A graduate of Duke Law School, he was a classmate to independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr. In 1979 and 1980, he worked as a Senate aide/counsel to Senator Robert Dole in Washington, D.C. A member of the California State Bar since 1975, Hilton practices law in San Francisco."], an expert on government sponsored terrorism, stated, "We filed the lawsuit [for seven billion dollars . . . He represents the families of fourteen victims. Four hundred plaintiffs are involved nationwide. . . . San Francisco Examiner June 11, 2002, Section A, page 9, col. 1-5], last May [2002] against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and a few of the other terrorists who run the United States government [National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta], for complicity in causing as well as in aiding and abetting the 9/11 attacks in order to promote their political agenda." (From an interviews of Stanley Hilton, by Alex Jones of The Jones Report)
Also a second lawsuit:
Philadelphia -- January 6, 2004 (TomFlocco.com) -- On Friday, Philip J. Berg, attorney for 9-11 widow Ellen Mariani in her Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) suit seeking to hold President Bush and various government officials accountable for the September 11 attacks, served Bush and top officials in his Administration with a personal summons, the original complaint and the first amended complaint via a federal process server, as required by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Among those served besides the President, were Vice-President Richard Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet, National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, 9-11 Congressional Victim Compensation Fund Special Master Kenneth Feinberg, former Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein, Zacarias Moussaoui, and former President George H.W. Bush.
The legal documents were also filed at the Philadelphia office of United States Attorney Patrick Meehan, former Republican District Attorney from Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Berg told TomFlocco.com "the multiple summonses and complaints were filed last week in Philadelphia; and they require an answer within 60 days," adding "we feel confident that we'll be successful, and that the evidence in this case is so strong, it will lead to the end of the Bush presidency."
Berg also told us "we're currently preparing written interrogatories and subpoenas so that we'll be able to keep the discovery of evidence and multiple investigations moving forward at a reasonable pace."
For her part, plaintiff Ellen Mariani told us last night that "There was ample warning of these attacks; and now I hear from news reports that Condoleezza Rice doesn't want to testify publicly under oath about all the intelligence briefings which warned about planes flying into buildings. What does she have to hide?"
The widow continued, "Our Congress created new laws to protect themselves, the White House and the insurance corporations. Insurance lobbyists even talked to representatives and senators on the afternoon of the attacks."
And then Mr. Ashcroft's lawyers stalled the New York City airline and airport security lawsuits and investigations to force destitute victim families into the Federal Compensation Fund. But they had to sign an agreement promising never to sue the government about 9-11 evidence," she said. "So I decided to file another suit; but this one includes everyone." -- Reader's CommentA message posted online:
The day after 9/11, Bush allowed a private jet to fly all over the country, pick up all of Osama bin Laden's relatives in the US, and fly them to France, without any of them being interviewed by the FBI. You should really ask yourself why he did that. [See: Jane Mayer, "The House of bin Laden," The New Yorker, November 12, 2001; Patrick E. Tyler, "Fearing harm, bin Laden kin fled from US," The New York Times, September 30, 2001; Kevin Cullen, "Bin Ladden kin flown back to Saudi Arabia," The Boston Globe, September 20, 2001; Katy Kay, "How FBI helped bin Laden family flee US," The London Times, October 1, 2001. Source: http://www.adlusa.com/treasdef.htm]
The following summation of the corruption of the Bush family was recently posted online in a chat room. It can be documented by the following bibliography.
There have been terrible crimes and criminals in United States history -- but because the Bush family has passed their misdeeds down through generations, they are unequivocally the most corrupt. Rarely has there been a whole family of underhanded criminals where nefariousness was the rule rather than the exception. It's not as if they have no code of conduct, the facts prove they lie, cheat, and steal as their code of conduct.
Prescott Bush was a firm believer in eugenics (the study of genetic improvement through selecting parents, or racial superiority), which was very common among the influential families at the start of the twentieth century -- of course we are all more familiar with the eugenics "studies" done by the Nazis. William E. Dodd, U.S. Ambassador to Germany in 1937, said, "I have had plenty of opportunity in my post in Berlin to witness how close some of our American ruling families are to the Nazi Regime." Which "ruling families" was he referring to? Well, Old Prescott was convicted by the U.S. government under the Trading With The Enemy Act in 1942 and fined one million dollars. Brown Brothers, Harriman's affiliate Union Bank -- of which Prescott was director -- invested huge sums of money into Thyssen Steel, the backbone of Nazi steel production.
August Thyssen, an affluent German industrialist, lost much of his empire to the harsh Treaty of Versailles after WWI. Vowing this would never happen again, he founded three banks in three countries: August Thyssen Bank in Berlin, Bank voor Handel en Scheepuaart in Rotterdam, Holland, and Union Banking Corp. in New York City. Using money channeled through these three banks, Thyssen financed the rise of the Nazi party and their front-man Adolf Hitler, ruled Nazi steel production, profited from the mining of coal by Jewish slaves, and financed concentration camps including Auschwitz. In 1937, while director of Union Bank, Prescott hired Allen Dulles to "cloak" his accounts; Allen obviously didn't do that great of a job because in 1942 the U.S. Alien Property Custodian froze Union Bank's accounts. "Coincidentally," Allen Dulles was appointed U.S. Intelligence Chief in post-war Germany while he was also the lawyer representing Thyssen's bank in Holland. This ensuing cover-up may have saved Prescott from further penalty stemming from proper investigation. In 1951, Prescott reclaimed Union Bank from the U.S. Alien Property Custodian, and went on to represent Connecticut in the Senate.
Why is it that picking up a gun and firing upon U.S. troops in wartime is considered treason, but financing the production of thousands of guns, munitions, tanks, and aircraft is not considered a treasonous act? Well, since you weren't convicted by our government, I'll convict you with my words: you, Prescott, were guilty in your lifetime of treason against the United States and your tomb bears the blood of veterans who died fighting the Nazis.
So Prescott had a son, and named him George -- he became president of the United States -- but first he became a vile criminal. Let's not even speak of the Iran-Contra scandal or his membership in the Nixon Administration during Watergate. Let's skip the fact that he was ambassador to the U.N. in the seventies, then, during his presidency, he scandalously pledged his support for the establishment of a "New World Order." "Coincidentally," when the Taliban and Saddam Hussein were trained, funded, and empowered -- Bush was director of the CIA and Vice President. These are all common crimes in comparison to the Bushes malevolent standard -- let's instead concentrate on the events of late March 1981.
James Baker, a member of Reagan's cabinet at the time, stated, "Bush is functioning much like a co-president." This after George Sr. aspired to become president by running against Reagan in the Republican primaries. Here is evidence of a desire for power, then a taste of power. On Monday, the 30th of March 1981, George Bush Sr. was in the Hotel where John F. Kennedy Jr. spent the final night of his life. Coincidence? Maybe George wanted to spend some time alone and reflect on the post-Kennedy years when he, Kissinger, and their fellow war-hawks were finally able to pass their agendas -- such as committing to war in Southeast Asia. Anyway, it was on this bizarre Monday in March that a fellow named John Hinckley Jr. shot President Reagan, lodging a bullet in his chest less than an inch from his heart. When there is an attempt to assassinate our President, isn't the Vice President the most likely suspect?
John Hinckley Jr.'s family donated substantial amounts of money to Bush during the 1980 primaries when he ran for President -- Neil Bush admitted this. Coincidence? On March 31st The Houston Post ran a story that read, "Scott Hinckley, the brother of John Hinckley Jr., who is charged with shooting President Reagan and three others, was to have been a dinner guest Tuesday night at the home of Neil Bush, son of Vice President George Bush, The Houston Chronicle has learned." As if this weren't enough evidence, Neil and John Hinckley both were proven to have lived in Lubbock, Texas in 1978 -- how many sons of energy barons just happened to live in that town? (It's appropriate to mention that Neil was implicated in the Silverado Savings and Loan scandal). As the final touch to this surreal scenario, Bush, as leader of the cabinet, came to the decision that this was not part of a domestic conspiracy! It's just like Janet Reno's investigation of wrongdoings at Waco, when she was in charge of the murders committed there! Are we to believe that the Bush family was close with the bin Ladens and the Hinckleys and that both families had a rogue member whose violent acts just happened to help advance the political careers of Bushes?
The fact that there was no investigation into these incriminating facts nearly proves that the Bush family knew of Hinckley's impending assassination attempt. George Bush Sr., you are guilty of high treason and should receive retribution for your vile lust for power.
George Bush had two other sons, named George Jr. and Jeb, and they carried on the name and traditions of the family. Let's ignore George Jr.'s, and his brother Jeb's known affiliation with Ken Lay of Enron. Why don't we look further east: from Texas to Florida. George Jr. obviously learned a valuable lesson from his father: lie, cheat, and steal your way into power. Brother Jeb, as the Governor of Florida ignored the decision of the State's Courts that ex-felons from out-of-state would retain their right to vote if they moved to Florida. (Under Florida law, and a handful of other states, an ex-felon could be stripped of his right to vote). Jeb hired a private data-mining firm, the first time a state government has done this, to compile a list of voters to be purged from Florida's register. Florida happens to be the only state in the Union to list race on the voter registration: because blacks tend to vote for Democrats (93 percent of the time nationally), between 50-100,000 mostly black voters were illegally barred from voting in the 2000 elections. George Jr. "won" the election by 537 votes. These are the bare bones of the happenings in the Florida 2000 elections; for further detail of these disgraceful tactics look for an article by Christopher Mark to appear very soon on this site or purchase Greg Palast's, THE BEST DEMOCRACY MONEY CAN BUY -- REVISED AMERICAN EDITION.
Jeb Bush, you have undermined the Republic -- the worst crime possible to commit. You killed freedom and stole the American people's faith. You are guilty of treason against the Constitution and all of our Veterans who won our nation's Independence and maintained its sovereignty.
George Bush Jr. was declared the winner of the 2000 elections and became president of these United States. Do you think the two Georges may have known about Jeb's rigging of these elections? Well, just in case this was some sort of surprise gift for our current "president," let's examine other evidence of treason committed by George Jr. He did call the FBI off investigations of Osama's family upon taking office; he did run an oil business called Arbusto with Salem bin Laden, Osama's brother. With the virtual laundry list of obscene disregard for our Constitution, why speculate into his close ties with suspected terrorists?
George Bush Jr. proves himself guilty of treason by the very laws he's lent his signature to. This whole administration is guilty of criminal disregard for the laws of our land by violating citizen's rights granted under the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments of the Constitution. This administration has passed laws allowing infinite detention without charge or access to counsel for U.S. citizens. As if this weren't enough, he has refused to disclose information to Congress regarding executive function and granted the Attorney General the power to declare U.S. citizens as "enemy combatants" and strip them of their rights. In these ways he has usurped the power of the Judicial and Legislative Branches and dealt a severe blow to the Constitution's Checks and Balances. He has destroyed the Fourth Amendment by removing the requirement for warrants, which could be easily attained if a Judge believed a person may be involved with terrorists.
For his blatant disregard of the freedoms which represent our nation, Bush and this administration should be impeached and tried for treason by our courts to be sentenced for their crimes. The penalties for those who represent our nation should be severe when they partake in actions detrimental to the citizens. The problem may be deeper than we realize: since treasonous criminals have the power to deem citizens "enemy combatants" and strip them of their rights, this makes violating the Constitution the rule and adherence to the Constitution a criminal act -- it has to. If criminals make the rules, those who refuse illegitimate laws will be deemed the lawbreakers. Furthermore, if we don't reaffirm our Constitution there will be no reigns on our government and they'll be able to pass any laws they wish.
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely -- but in the case of the Bush family -- corruption empowers, and absolute corruption empowers absolutely! The roots of the Bush family tree are embedded in filth, in poison, in the abyss itself. There is apparently no offense too dishonorable to be committed by three generations of Bushes: they engaged in every sort of thievery and deceit; they conspired to commit murder; they have conspired against the American people and Constitution itself. After our present time period passes into history, the Bush family will forever be linked to depravity and malevolence; they'll be immortalized as miscreants and swine. Let the truth be known!Another message was posted online, The Taliban's Attack on 9-11 was Because of Enron's Pipeline, on July 14, 2002.
Both Republicans and Democrats must join together and bring Kenneth Lay to justice. The World Trade Center (WTC) belongs to all of us and Kenneth Lay is the culprit.
1996: Enron signed a contract giving it rights to explore 11 gas fields in Uzbekistan, a project costing $1.3 billion. The goal was to sell gas to the Russian markets, and link to Unocal's southern export pipeline crossing Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.January 8, 1996: Enron and the state government of Maharashtra reached a new agreement that would shift some of the construction costs and lower the electricity tariffs.
June, 1997: As an adviser for Unocal, Zalmay Khalilzad drew up a risk analysis of a proposed gas pipeline from the former Soviet republic of Turkmenistan across Afghanistan and Pakistan to the Indian Ocean. He participated in talks and social meetings between Unocal and Taliban officials in 1997.
November 14, 1997: Enron International's CEO Rebecca Mark unveiled an energy plan that included a $300 million project to build a pipeline from Dabhol to Hazira and to the North to add 1200 km of complimentary pipeline system to the existing HBJ pipeline at a cost of $900 million.
December 7, 1997: Unocal invited a Taliban contingency to visit them in Houston, Texas, housed them in five-star hotels, dined them at the home of Unocal VP and medically treated the former foreign minister, Mullah Mohammed Ghaus before he returned home.
February 12, 1998: Testimony of John J. Maresca, vice-president, international relations, Unocal Corporation was heard by the House Committee on International Relations and the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific regarding "a proposed extension (of the proposed Trans-Caspian pipeline), would link with the SUI pipeline system, moving gas to near New Delhi, where it would connect with the existing HBJ pipeline . . ."
June 23, 1998: In a speech to the "Collateral Damage Conference" of the Cato Institute, Cheney said, "the good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the United States. Occasionally we have to operate in places where, all things considered, one would not normally choose to go. But, we go where the business is."
July 29, 1998: The Department of State is pleased that Turkmen Minister of Oil and Gas Arazov announced Turkmenistan's selection of the U.S. company Enron to carry out a feasibility study funded by the Trade and Development Agency for a Trans-Caspian gas pipeline.
August 20, 1998: U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles target Kandahar Afghanistan and sites believed to be Osama bin Laden's training camps. Shortly after, the UN imposes sanctions on Afghanistan that isolate the nation.
January 25, 1999: Human Rights Watch released a report that indicated human right violations had occurred as a result of opposition to the Dabhol Power project. Beginning in late 1996 and continuing throughout 1997, leading Indian environmental activists and representatives of villagers' organizations in the affected area organized to oppose the project and, as a direct result of their opposition, were subjected to beatings, repeated short-term detention and were not paid.
February, 1999: Joint agreement signed by Turkmenistan and two American companies, Bechtel and GE Capital Services to build a $2.5 billion Trans-Caspian pipeline, after Enron conducted a feasibility study.
November, 1999: Enron purchased 5.1 percent of the company that operates the country's sole long-distance gas pipeline, which runs from the offshore gas fields in the Bombay High area to the country's capital, New Delhi.
June-Oct 2000: Maharashtra government allies demand scrapping the project because of the cost of the power it produces.
Early 2001: Vice President Cheney held several secret meetings with top Enron officials, including its Chairman Kenneth Lay. These meetings were presumably part of Cheney's non-public Energy Task Force sessions. A number of Enron stockholders, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, became officials in the Bush administration. In addition, Thomas White, a former Vice Chairman of Enron and a multimillionaire in Enron stock, currently serves as the Secretary of the Army.
February, 2001: Vice President Cheney's energy task force changed a draft energy proposal to include a provision to boost oil and natural gas production in India. The amendment was so narrow that it apparently was targeted only to Enron's power plant in India.
March, 2001: Laila Helms, the part Afghan niece of the former CIA director and former U.S. ambassador to Tehran Richard Helms is described as the Mata-Hari of U.S.-Taliban negotiations. Ms. Helms brought Sayed Rahmatullah Hashimi, an adviser to Mullah Omar, to Washington after the Taliban had destroyed the ancient Buddhas of Bamiyan. Hashimi met the directorate of Central Intelligence at the CIA and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the State Department.
April, 2001: An Enron memo, which Lay gave Cheney during their one-on-one meeting, makes eight energy-policy recommendations. Seven out of eight recommendations were adopted in the administration's final energy plan.
May, 2001: A conference held at the Brookings Institution provides evidence that the exploitation of Caspian Basin and Asian energy markets was an urgent priority for the Bush administration, and the centerpiece of its energy policy.
May 17, 2001: The U.S. indirectly gives $43 million to Afghanistan's Taliban government as a reward for its efforts to stamp out opium-poppy cultivation. The same day, White House's energy policy recommended, "the president direct the Secretaries of State and Energy to work with India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to help India maximize its domestic oil and gas production."
June, 2001: Construction halted on the Dabhol plant.
June 27, 2001: Cheney stepped in to try to help Enron collect a $64 million debt from Dabhol. Conducted at a Washington meeting between Cheney and the leader of India's opposition, Sonia Gandhi.
June 28, 2001: "Good news" a NSC staff member wrote in a e-mail memo: "The Veep mentioned Enron in his meeting with Sonia Gandhi." An unnamed government staff member wrote that (s)he would "ask the Indians" if Kenneth Lay "is invited to the dinner" with India's national security adviser, Brajesh Mishra. The memo is part of a series uncovered by the Washington Post that revealed that the National Security Council led a "Dabhol Working Group."
June 30, 2001: Another Dabhol Working Group memo states the need to "broaden the advocacy" and recommends diplomatic action by the U.S. Embassy and the Ambassador. The memo also notes that Christina Rocca, in charge of Central Asian affairs for the U.S. government, met with a top aide to the Indian Prime Minister. The memo is marked as a "Confidential Business Communication."
August 2, 2001: The last meeting between U.S. and Taliban representatives took place five weeks before the attacks on New York and Washington, the analysts maintain. On that occasion, Christina Rocca met the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan in Islamabad.
August 27, 2001: Kenneth Lay wrote another e-mail to his employee/stockholders extolling the value of an employee stock option program, describing a "significantly higher price" the stock would bring in the near future.
September 5, 2001: Lay announces that the company will divest itself of $4-$5 billion in assets in the next two years.
September 10, 2001: "Those who control the oil routes out of Central Asia will impact all future direction and quantities of flow and the distribution of revenues from new production," wrote energy expert James Dorian in Oil and Gas Journal, published the day before the terrorist attacks.
September 14, 2001: Unocal issued the following statement: "The company is not supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan in any way whatsoever. Nor do we have any project or involvement in Afghanistan." Lay also writes to the Prime Minister of India, insisting that his $2.3 billion asking price is reasonable "compared to the size of our legal claim," which Enron placed at $5 billion.
September 19, 2001: Enron invokes a clause in its Dabhol power plant contract, claiming that because the Maharashtra State Electricity Board has violated its power purchase agreement, the Maharashtra state government and the government of India are liable for $5 billion.
October 3, 2001: Cheney meets with India External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh. The NSC sends "Dabhol talking points" to Cheney's staff.
November 1, 2001: Bush signed Executive Order 13233 which limits public access to papers of all presidents since 1980 -- including George W. Bush. Another memo written this day states that talking points for Bush were prepared for his meeting with the India Prime Minister. Bush did not discuss Enron during the meeting.
November 6, 2001: OPIC President Peter Watson contacts a top aide of the Indian Prime Minister: "The acute lack of progress in this matter has forced Dabhol to rise to the highest levels of the United States government."
November 8, 2001: Enron president Lawrence "Greg" Whalley called Treasury Undersecretary Peter Fisher in late October and disclosed that it had overstated earnings dating back to 1997 by almost $600 million. That same day, an e-mail ("Importance: High"), whose sender and recipient are blacked out, warned, "President Bush cannot talk about Dabhol."
November 9, 2001: An e-mail noted that Lawrence Lindsey, chairman of Bush's National Economic Council, had met India's National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra on Nov. 7, but it said Lindsey was "advised that he could not discuss Dabhol." Lindsey is a former Enron consultant and had served on its board of advisers.
Late November, 2001: Lay called Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Commerce Secretary Don Evans seeking a last-minute federal bailout and was turned down.
December 2, 2001: Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
December 27, 2001: Bush Administration repealed a Clinton-era rule that prevents the government from awarding federal contracts to businesses that have broken environmental, labor, tax, civil rights or other laws.
December 31, 2001: President Bush appointed a former aide to Unocal, Afghan-born Zalmay Khalilzad, as special envoy to Afghanistan. The nomination was announced nine days after the US-backed interim government of Hamid Karzai took office in Kabul.
January 17, 2002: Enron reportedly filed an approximately $200 million claim with the U.S. government's Overseas Private Investment Corporation in an attempt to recoup losses from the Dabhol Power Corporation.
January 18, 2002: According to documents released on this date, it was noted the Bush administration intervened with top Indian officials last year in a bid to salvage the Enron project in India. The White House said the effort, involving Vice President Dick Cheney and other senior officials, was justified because the $2.9 billion Dabhol power project was financed in part through the U.S. government's Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a taxpayer-backed agency that provides "political risk" insurance and loans to help U.S. companies invest in developing nations. The White House denied the push was influenced by Enron's political contributions.
January 28, 2002: U.S. Ambassador Robert Blackwell addresses an Indian energy industry meeting and demands India honor the "sanctity of contract" and make good on the Enron debt, warning that India's hopes for "big-time international investment" could be harmed otherwise.
February 8, 2002: Afghanistan's interim leader Hamid Karzai said he and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf had agreed to revive a plan for a trans-Caspian gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan.
February 9, 2002: Turkmenistan hopes the fragile peace in neighboring Afghanistan will allow work to resume on the natural gas pipeline connecting to Pakistan.
February 20, 2002: OPIC reveals that it gave Enron $554 million in loans and $204 million in insurance. Congress also learns the Export-Import Bank loaned $675 million to Enron and associated companies.Another message, Kerry, Bush, Rockefeller are Members of the Illuminist Satanic Secret Society, Skull and Bones, posted online
"Conservatives . . . view the Presidential campaign of George W. Bush of Texas as saving this country from the ravages of that New World Order President, Clinton. They do not realize that George W. Bush is just as Illuminist, and just as committed to the New World Order! [quote: http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1314.cfm]
"Skull and Bones: The Secret Society That Unites John Kerry and President Bush"
"A little known fact unites Democratic front-runner John Kerry and President Bush: they are both members of Yale's secret society Skull and Bones. We speak with the author of ''Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power'' that reveals details about the secret society and its members." [quote: http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0 401/S00143.htm]
"U.S. President George W. Bush, his father and grandfather are proven initiates of this multigenerational occult lodge. George W. was tapped (initiated) in 1968 at the group's Yale University HQ, a mausoleum known as 'the tomb.'
"Adolf Hitler was also obsessed with the occult, in his case the Thule Society which was closely connected to German Theosophists. The jolly roger, skull and cross bones, der Todtenkopf was an emblem of Hitler's SS. If the Nazis' occult lodges had been exposed and shut down, not treated as a taboo, millions of lives could have been saved. The second world war need never have happened. Unless you want this occult order running a totalitarian West's Third World War and their 'New World Order' -- please -- do your bit to expose the George W. Bush and the bonesmen. [http://www.bilderberg.org/skulbone.htm]
"Sen. John F. Kerry expounds on many issues in his presidential campaign, but he's completely silent on one topic: his membership in Skull and Bones, Yale's infamous secret society. John Kerry has absolutely nothing to say on that subject. Sorry, said Kerry spokeswoman Kelley Benander. [quote: http://www.propagandamatrix.com/archive_skull_and_bones.html]
"Comment: Skulls and Bones (or satanic administration described next), may have caused all problems in USA (or whole world), today. They have a connection to war industry, creating war (satanism = philosophy of evilness. Evil = good?)
"George Bush's father, as well as George Bush, were and are members of Skull and Bones. A major key figure in Skull and Bones was William Averall Harriman. Pamela Harriman supplied the funds to elect Bill Clinton to office. Harriman was THE major backer of the Democratic Party for over 50 years. Major players in Skull and Bones have been linked to the financing of both world wars and the creation of many think tanks and Universities in this country. Bush's father was a major contributor to the Hitler Project as well as the build-up of the Soviet Union. Thus, leading to the inevitable World Wars and the eventual set-up of the United Nations in America. [quote: http://www.freedomdomain.com/skullbones.html]
"Same establishment behind vote counting fraud? Control over the electoral process as told by Mae Brussell and the suppressed book VOTESCAM, written by Jim and Ken Collier . . . Your vote and mine may now be a meaningless bit of energy directed by preprogrammed computers -- which can be fixed to select certain pre-ordained candidates and leave no footprints or paper trail. In short, computers are covertly stealing your vote. -- For almost three decades the American vote has been subject to government sponsored electronic theft. -- The vote has been stolen from you by a cartel of federal national security bureaucrats, who include higher-ups in the Central Intelligence Agency, political party leaders, Congressmen, co-opted journalists -- and that the owners and managers -- of the major Establishment news media, who have decided in concert how America's votes are counted, by whom they are counted, and how the results are verified and delivered to the public is, as one of them put it, 'Not a proper area of inquiry.' -- By means of an unofficial private corporation named News Election Service (NES), the Establishment press has actual physical control of the counting and dissemination of the vote, and it refuses to let the public know how it is done. [http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/NWO/Skull_Bones_3.htm]
"It all began at Yale. In 1832, General William Huntington Russell and Alphonso Taft put together a super secret society for the elite children of the Anglo-American Wall Street banking establishment. William Huntington Russell's step-brother Samuel Russell ran Russell and Co., the world's largest OPIUM smuggling operation in the world at the time. Alphonso Taft is the Grandfather of our ex-president Howard Taft, the creator of the forerunner to the United Nations. Only 15 seniors are picked each year by the former graduating class. [quote: http://www.freedomdomain.com/skullbones. html]
"The Skull and Bones Society has been described as the most secretive organization in the world. Some of the world's most famous and powerful men alive today are bonesmen, including George Bush, Nicholas Brady, and William F. Buckley. Other bonesmen include Henry Luce (Time-Life), Harold Stanley (founder of Morgan Stanley), Henry P. Davison (senior partner Morgan Guaranty Trust), Artemus Gates (President of New York Trust Company, Union Pacific, TIME, Boeing Company), Senator John Chaffe, Russell W. Davenport (editor Fortune Magazine), and many others. All have taken a solemn vow of secrecy. [quote: http://www.jeremiahproject.com/prophecy/ nworder03.html]
"Read ANTHONY SUTTON: Antony C. Sutton, 74, has been persecuted but never prosecuted for his research and subsequent publishing of his findings. . . . [Antony] Sutton comes to conclusions that are uncomfortable for many businessmen and economists. For this reason his work tends to be either dismissed out of hand as 'extreme' or, more often, simply ignored. The report was too much and Sutton's career as a well-paid member of the academic establishment was under attack and he was told that he would not survive. His work led him to more questions than answers. Why had the U.S. built-up its enemy? Why did the U.S. build-up the Soviet Union, while we also transferred technology to Hitler's Germany? Why does Washington want to conceal these facts? Sutton, following his leads, proceeded to research and write his three outstanding books on Wall Street: and FDR; and the Rise of Hitler; and The Bolshevik Revolution. Then, someone sent Anthony a membership list of Skull and Bones and -- a picture jumped out. And what a picture! A multigenerational foreign based secret society with fingers in all kinds of pies and roots going back to 'Illuminati' influences in 1830's Germany. [quote: http://www.rense.com/politics6/SKULL.htm]
"Is this satanic administration, Skull and Bones (under, together or above them), actually ruling the whole world and creating war and anti-christianity, for example, ruining morality by using psychological learnings and medias, creating drug-, youth gang-, big city-, pervert sex-, and etc. cultures and chaos/violence, instead of christian values in order to destroy Christianity and on the other hand create nationalism, nazism, racism, etc. (in order to create satanistic world as their goal? First creating Armageddon?), (= 9/11), 11th Sept. was only a act to make world accept terror laws -- in order to make control of people stronger and worldwide)? Those guys were men behind Hitler (creating World War II), JFKs murder (creating Vietnam war [JFK was last president not obeying Skull and Bones, and any president not obeying, will be murdered. Source: Cutting Edge -- link above]), and 11/9 (creating Iraq-war)? This is their New World Order? These guys are above everything, causing all those things written here, but being so high and delegating their orders and masterplans, that only few people know about it. Data in this writing should not be used against USA, because it seems that all arguments against USA used by Nazi/Communists, are arguments against things created by Skull and Bones or/and satanic administration. Sutton said something like this: "To get rid of this thing we must use 10,000 different ways."A message posted online:
The PNAC is a neoconservative Think Tank that was formed in 1997. Their agenda prior to 2000 was control of Iraq, war in Iraq, regime change in Iraq, and increased military budgets.
In 01-26-1998, the PNAC sent a letter to Clinton strongly pushing war in Iraq. They wanted him to invade Iraq and begin the control of the middle east "to control our vital interests!"
In 05-1998, PNAC sent a letter to Gingrich and Lott again strongly recommending military action against Iraq.
After the 2000 Election, almost all of the Think Tank Membership moved into the Bush administration in very high level jobs, mostly in the Dept. of Defense, but also the State Dept. and the Office of the Vice President!
This is not a conspiracy theory . . . these are the people in the Adminstration
PNAC member: Dick Cheney, VP of the United States
PNAC member: Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of DEFENSE
PNAC member: Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of DEFENSE. He has been called "the velociraptor" by The Economist!
PNAC member: Dick Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State
PNAC member: Dov Zakheim, Under-Secretary of DEFENSE (Comptroller) and CFO for the Department of Defense
PNAC member: Lewis Libby, Cheney's Chief of Staff and Assistant to the Vice President for NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS. Also served as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy under Bush-41.
PNAC member: Doug Feith, Under Secretary of DEFENSE for Policy,
PNAC member: Richard Perle was the Chairman of the DEFENSE Policy Board.
PNAC member: Peter W. Rodman; Assistant Secretary of DEFENSE.
PNAC member: Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, a National Security Council official; Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan
PNAC member: John Bolton; Under-Secretary of State for nonproliferation.
PNAC member: Elliott Abrams, a senior director for Middle East affairs.
PNAC member: Robert Zoellick, Bush Cabinet Member; U.S. Trade Rep. (Rank of Ambassador).
PNAC member: Paula Dobriansky, State Dept. Under-Secretary, Global Affairs
PNAC member: W.M. Schneider, U.S. Department of DEFENSE. Chairman of the Defense Science Board.
PNAC member: And let's not forget little JEBBIE BUSH!!
WE HAVE HAD OUR GOVERNMENT SEIZED AND NO ONE HAS NOTICED!!
PNAC
http://www.newamericancentury.org/Treason: A breach of allegiance to one's government, usually committed through levying war against such government or by giving aid or comfort to the enemy. The offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance; or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power. Treason consists of two elements: adherence to the enemy, and rendering him aid and comfort. Cramer v. U.S., U.S.N.Y., 325 U.S. l, 65 S.Ct. 918, 9327 89 L.Ed. 1441. See 18 U.S.C.A. § 2381. A person can be convicted of treason only on the testimony of two witnesses, or confession in open court. Art. III, Sec. 3, U.S. Constitution.
Bovard, James, The Bush Betrayal, ISBN: 9781403976994 1403976996.
"In January 2001, George W. Bush assumed the Presidency of the United States promising peace, prosperity, and a renewed sense of integrity. In THE BUSH BETRAYAL, James Bovard vividly illustrates how Bush abandoned both his campaign promises an his oath to uphold the Constitution, leaving instead a nation at war, in massive debt, and in service to the special interests of big business. THE BUSH BETRAYAL is a seething indictment of a presidency far removed from the will of the people and is destined to be another classic from Washington's most outspoken critic." -- Publisher
"Jim Bovard is a one-man policy think tank, or, rather, a one-man version of what a policy think tank ought to be. Instead of cozying up to the state, the Beltwayites ought to be trying to copy Bovard: doing meticulous and meticulously documented analysis of the crimes of government. Who ever looks, really looks, with the right attitude, at the budget and programs of a federal agency? Or records, with great wit, all the felonies against freedom of the Clinton and Bush administrations? Not that they could copy Bovard, but they ought to try. [THE BUSH BETRAYAL], is the handbook of our revolution." -- Lew Rockwell
*Bovard, James, Terrorism and Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice, and Peace to rid the World of Evil, ISBN: 1403963681 9781403963680 1403966826 9781403966827,
" 'The war on terrorism is the first political growth industry of the new Millennium.' So begins Jim Bovard's newest and, in some ways, most provocative book as he casts yet another jaundiced eye on Washington and the motives behind protecting 'the homeland' and prosecuting a wildly unpopular war with Iraq. For James Bovard, as always, it all comes down to a trampling of personal liberty and an end to privacy as we know it. From airport security follies that protect no one to increased surveillance of individuals and skyrocketing numbers of detainees, the war on terrorism is taking a toll on individual liberty and no one tells the whole grisly story better than Bovard." -- Publisher
"James Bovard is an excellent (contrarian) investigative journalist, and he writes yet another scathing book about governmental excesses here. His earlier LOST RIGHTS: THE DESTRUCTION OF AMERICAN LIBERTY and FREEDOM IN CHAINS: THE RISE OF THE STATE AND THE DEMISE OF THE CITIZEN were hugely influential in getting me to see how power corrupts, and just how far and frivolous this corruption has gone in modern America. And I like this book on the so-called 'War on Terror' very much, however the one caveat is it needs to be read with an understanding of the broader context, what didn't make the nightly news and what it is all building towards. In other words, as another reviewer here said, Bovard documents a lot of trees but is in danger of missing the forest. I think Bovard clearly sees the forest but he really isn't free to show us any more directly. What he does show us is what was clearly visible in mainstream news, connecting the dots but without embellishing it with questionable and potentially liable opinion.
"It is easy to forget in a post-9/11 world, but Reagan began the war on terror when he first took office in January of 1981, redefining the term and thus the scope of how the government can fight it. But what shows up again and again is just how inept the government has been in this (legitimate, constitutionally mandated) role of protecting the American public. Bovard shows time and again how the military, FBI, CIA, NSA and DOJ let vital information slip or just sit unheeded, didn't prepare for pre-warned attacks and consistently rewarded incompetence and failure (not wanting to undermine the public's faith in the powers that be). Examples; the terrorist bombings of the embassy and military barracks in Beirut in 1983, the botched 1986 US airstrike on Libya, and the US Navy's 1988 downing of an Iranian civilian airline, killing all 290 passengers - an event which was quickly forgotten by Americans, but never will be by Iran.
"I know the US has always been playing catchup in its intelligence operations (often being infiltrated and manipulated by adversaries both within and without the agencies), but I have a hard time believing they can be so completely incompetent so consistently. My suspicion is they have just let much of it happen (besides sometimes directly instigating and encouraging it), so as to achieve other long range goals.
"So, as I read Bovard's encyclopedic account of abuses and failures I like to keep in mind what others have reported -- such as Ruppert's equally encyclopedic CROSSING THE RUBICON: THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE AT THE END OF THE AGE OF OIL. A good example of how both perspectives are needed is the case of Sen Paul Wellstone (D-Minn) who complained the so-called Patriot Act was being rushed through after 9/11. Bovard mentions him, but what he neglects to mention is that for this small attempt to obstruct the administration Wellstone was murdered just a little over a year later (in a highly suspicious plane crash that killed the senator, his wife, daughter and three staff members). This kind of followup is what Ruppert's account excels at. So if you keep in mind alternative accounts of what happened in places as diverse as Mena Arkansas during the Iran/Contra scandal, Ruby Ridge Idaho, Waco Texas, Oklahoma City, and the World Trade Center (twice!) then you get a fuller picture of the terror and tyranny facing America today.
"Of course a large part of the problem is how we define terrorism. 'The US definitions of terrorism focus far more on the perpetrator than the act. The same act is either public service or terrorism, depending on whether the killer is wearing a uniform.' (p. 227) So by the US government's definition a government is incapable of acts of terror (even though they kill way more of their citizens than any terrorist organization or individuals ever do), and so always on the side of 'good.' This has led to the US government bankrolling 'some of the world's most oppressive regimes.' (p. 252)
"Bovard clearly saw where all this was heading as he presciently remarked, 'The precedents the Justice Department establishes in abusing aliens will inevitably influence how the federal government treats American citizens . . . The power seized after 9/11 will be the starting line for a sprint toward greater discretionary and punitive power over anyone residing in this country.' (pg.132) He can say this with confidence because it's how the FBI habitually operated before being reigned in in 1976, and how the DOJ began treating Americans soon after 9/11 and the passage of the Patriot Act. And it has only gotten worse since.
"I'd love to see a revised edition 10 years after its original publication. I'd hope he'd include some of the more current research on US government's use of false flags. I'm also interested to hear some detailed follow-up on the impact of such things as the draconian anti-money laundering aspects of the Patriot Act on individuals, and businesses, and the practice of warrantless and secret searches. As well as how tyranny continued to expand during the rest of the Cheney/Bush Jr. presidency, and now in the almost identical Obama administration. I'm sure Bovard has a whole bulging file of such consequences of this endless war.
"And the more I study all this the less I can call them unintended consequences . . ." -- Reader's Comment
Bowen, Russell S., The Immaculate Deception: The Bush Crime Family Exposed, ISBN: 0922356807 9780922356805.
"This is perhaps the most shocking book written this century about treason committed by the highest leaders within the U.S. Government. This disturbing and thought provoking expose, which few American know about, shows the truth about the drug running activities in behalf of the 'secret government.' You will learn about the unsavory past of George Bush and his family, and well as the unscrupulous activities in which he has been involved." -- Publisher
"General Bowen is a retired Brigadier General whose position with the Office of Security Services (OSS) and his drug running activities in behalf of the government are revealed. He has courageously come forward with the truth about his association." -- Publisher
"When you read THE IMMACULATE DECEPTION subtitled THE BUSH CRIME FAMILY EXPOSED, you will have to keep reminding yourself that you are NOT reading about George W. Bush, our current President. But, the information in this book about George H.W. Bush and his father Prescott Bush will make you look at today's 'war on terrorism' and relationship with Iraq in an entirely different light, despite the fact that this book was written in the late 1980s -- seemingly long before today's post 9/11 conflict(s).
"You remember George Bush (Sr.) of 'Read my lips! No new taxes!' fame. He was the Head of the CIA before he was President of the United States and a member of the Skull and Bones Club at Yale before that. He was also the Director of the U.S. 'War on Terrorism' and 'War on Drugs' at the same time, the only person to ever hold both jobs simultaneously.
"This book describes senior George Bush's career and aspirations through the U.S. efforts in 1982-83 to BUILD UP IRAQ by supplying Saddam Hussein with weapons including chemicals needed to manufacture chemical weapons of mass destruction and how Hussein's power has been kept in place by U.S. policies 'in order to be a perceived threat to Israel.' (p. 92). It also describes George senior's role in the Bay of Pigs, the John F. Kennedy assassination, the Robert F. Kennedy assassination, the Martin Luther King assassination, the Iran hostages trade for weapons 'deal,' and the near assassination of Ronald Reagan.
"In short, if you want to understand today's 'War on Terrorism' and dealings with Iraq, Israel, the PLO, and Afghanistan, simply 'follow the money.' You'll find, as this book outlines, that most of it leads to the Bush family, in one form or another." -- Reader's Comment
Bush Family Crime: A Short Bibliography, 2004 (broken link)
http://www.lettermen2.com/bushcri.html
Impeachment in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_States
Briody, Dan, The Iron Triangle: Inside the Secret World of the Carlyle Group, ISBN: 9780471469698 0471469696.
"The Carlyle Group is a distressing example of the way Washington, DC works. The Iron Triangle gives you an insiders' perspective on this 'creature' of the Beltway." -- Thomas Fitton, President, Judicial Watch, Inc.
"Dwight D. Eisenhower, upon leaving the office of president in 1961, warned future generations against the dangers of a 'military-industrial complex,' and the 'grave implications' of the 'conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry.' The wisdom of these comments has clearly been lost in the forty years since Ike left office. And the first step towards turning things around is understanding how we got here. No single company can illustrate that progression better than the Carlyle Group, a business founded on a tax scheme in 1987 that has grown up to be what its own marketing literature once called 'a vast interlocking global network.' The company does business at the confluence of the war on terrorism and corporate responsibility. It is a world that few of us can even imagine, full of clandestine meetings, quid pro quo deals, bitter ironies, and petty jealousies. And the cast of characters includes some of the most famous and powerful men in the world. This is today's America. This is the Carlyle Group." -- From The Iron Triangle
Brisard, Jean-Charles, Guillaume Dasquie, Wayne Madsen, and Lucy Rounds (translator), Forbidden Truth: U.S.-Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy, Saudi Arabia and the Failed Search for bin Laden, ISBN: 1560254149 9781560254140.
"An international bestseller, banned in Switzerland by the bin Laden family, FORBIDDEN TRUTH: U.S.-Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy and the Failed Search for Bin Laden by Jean-Charles Brisard and Guillaume Dasquie shows how U.S. national security in Afghanistan was disastrously compromised by corporate oil interests and Saudi Arabia.
"Author Brisard wrote the first intelligence report on the bin Laden financial networks which was used to close down fraudulent Islamic charities that funded terrorism, a report that President Jacques Chirac handed to George Bush on his visit to the U.S. in the wake of 9/11.
"Forbidden Truth reveals that French intelligence gave the FBI clear and unambiguous information that the so-called 20th hijacker, Zacarias Massaoui, was tied to Al Qaeda, a story Brisard broke to Salon magazine before Special Agent Coleen Rowley came out publicly to say the FBI stifled the investigation.
"John O'Neill the former head of the FBI's anti terrorism division -- who perished in the World Trade Center on September 11 -- told Jean-Charles Brisard in July 2001, 'All of the answers, all of the clues allowing us to dismantle Osama bin Laden's organization, can be found in Saudi Arabia.'
"The result of three years of investigation by a leading French intelligence expert and investigative journalist, Forbidden Truth is the untold story of the Clinton and Bush administration's attempts to stabilize Afghanistan so that U.S. energy companies could build a pipeline. In particular, it details the secret and hazardous diplomacy between the Bush administration and the Taliban between February and August 2001 -- a story still untold in the U.S. media -- talks that ultimately led the U.S. to make threats via Pakistani intermediaries to the Taliban in July 2001 that they were going to bomb Afghanistan if the Taliban didn't comply." -- Publisher
*Bugliosi, Vincent, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, ISBN: 9780792756064 0792756061, 352 pages.
We receive what we deserve as citizens. Bugliosi's book offers hope in these ominous times, when practically all of our institutions, including the three branches of government, seem to be broken beyond repair. THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR MURDER demonstrates that one person can bring an unfaithful leader to trial in the courtroom of American public opinion, can call for justice, outside the reach of the politicized monopoly that our Court System has become, and without astronomical legal costs and delays -- by publishing a lawsuit.
We hope upright, law-abiding citizens will follow Bugliosi's example and will publish lawsuits calling for justice against unfaithful leaders in the courtroom of American public opinion.
Notice this book is actually a lawsuit. Vince Bugliosi explained in a broadcast interview that his intention is to present all the facts and arguments necessary to win a lawsuit against George W. Bush. He said it is his intention to make it possible for any County or State District Attorney, where a son or daughter has died in the Iraq war, to file a suite against George W. Bush. Furthermore, he is offering to act as a consultant or associate Prosecuting Attorney with any local District Attorney. There is no statute of limitations on murder.
"Famed Charles Manson prosecutor and three time #1 New York Times bestselling author Vincent Bugliosi has written the most powerful, explosive, and thought-provoking book of his storied career.
"In THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR MURDER, Bugliosi presents a tight, meticulously researched legal case that puts George W. Bush on trial in an American courtroom for the murder of nearly 4,000 American soldiers fighting the war in Iraq. Bugliosi sets forth the legal architecture and incontrovertible evidence that President Bush took this nation to war in Iraq under false pretenses -- a war that has not only caused the deaths of American soldiers but also over 100,000 innocent Iraqi men, women, and children; cost the United States over one trillion dollars thus far with no end in sight; and alienated many American allies in the Western world.
"As a prosecutor who is dedicated to seeking justice, Bugliosi, in his inimitable style, delivers a non-partisan argument, free from party lines and instead based upon hard facts and pure objectivity.
"A searing indictment of the President and his administration, THE PROSECUTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR MURDER also outlines a legally credible pathway to holding our highest government officials accountable for their actions, thereby creating a framework for future occupants of the oval office.
"Vincent Bugliosi calls for the United States of America to return to the great nation it once was and can be again. He believes the first step to achieving this goal is to bring those responsible for the war in Iraq to justice.
"Vincent Bugliosi received his law degree in 1964. In his career at the L.A. County District Attorney's office, he successfully prosecuted 105 out of 106 felony jury trials, including 21 murder convictions without a single loss. His most famous trial, the Charles Manson case, became the basis of his classic, HELTER SKELTER, the biggest selling true-crime book in publishing history. Two of Bugliosi's other books -- AND THE SEA WILL TELL and OUTRAGE -- also reached #1 on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list. No other American true-crime writer has ever had more than one book that achieved this ranking. His latest book, RECLAIMING HISTORY: THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, has been heralded as 'epic' and 'a book for the ages.'
"Bugliosi has uncommonly attained success in two separate and distinct fields, as an author and a lawyer. His excellence as a trial lawyer is best captured in the judgment of his peers. 'Bugliosi is as good a prosecutor as there ever was,' Alan Dershowitz says. F. Lee Bailey calls Bugliosi 'the quintessential prosecutor.' 'There is only one Vince Bugliosi. He's the best,' says Robert Tanenbaum, for years the top homicide prosecutor in the Manhattan D.A.'s office. Most telling is the comment by Gerry Spence, who squared off against Bugliosi in a twenty-one-hour televised, scriptless 'docu-trial' of Lee Harvey Oswald, in which the original key witnesses to the Kennedy assassination testified and were cross-examined. After the Dallas jury returned a guilty verdict in Bugliosi's favor, Spence said, 'No other lawyer in America could have done what Vince did in this case.'
Bugliosi lives with his wife, Gail, in Los Angeles." -- Publisher
Clarke, Richard, Against All Enemies: Inside the White House's War on Terror -- What Really Happened, ISBN: 0743260244 9780743260244.
"First off, let's head off any partisan attacks. Reactionaries are understandably upset with Clarke and will be upset with me for praising his book. Let's be clear though that this is NOT a political book. Clarke is NOT a 'liberal' or a Democrat. He is a Republican who worked for Reagan and Bush Sr. and was held over, as a number of Republicians were, by the Clinton administration. So despite the sudden rush by the Bush Administration to discredit Clarke, he is not politically motivated.
"Clarke does have an axe to grind. As a career government bureaucrat who had risen to a post of significant responsibility, he had a vested interest in seeing that he was allowed to do what he was paid to do. What person wouldn't, after spending so many years of diligent work, be annoyed at suddenly being ignored by the very people who need to listen to him? So, while Clark is definitely writing from a biased perspective, it is an honest bias that comes from experience -- from conclusion rather than prejudice.
"What Clarke gives in his book is a valuable perspective on the intersection of intelligence and politics. This is not a 'tell all' book as we are used to seeing from former officials but is a well reasoned and fair appraisal of the inner workings of the highest levels of government. It is well written, well defended, and highly educational. Clarke confirms what many people have long suspected, that the reactionary agenda of the Bush Administration was cast by a small number of key officials and advisors before taking office. That agenda, toppling Hussein in Iraq being a major component, was dogmatically held to without regard to realities or intelligence information. One gets the distinct impression that the 9/11 attacks were seen by the administration as a boon and a justification of pre-set aims. Clarke's criticism is especially poignant when pointing to how the administration has been seeking to run a political campaign based on the tragedy of the terrorist attacks -- the same administration who cared so little about terrorism before the attacks. He is seeking to raise the alarm and tell the truth, and all but the most politically extreme will be alarmed at what Clarke reveals.
"Clarke writes the book not as an attack on Bush and the 'vulcans' in his administration, but as an experienced person who knows of what he speaks and is trying to alert the country. AGAINST ALL ENEMIES will rank in history as an important book written by a true public servant." -- Reader's Comment
Chomsky, Noam, 9-11 by Noam Chomsky, ISBN: 1583224890 9781583224892.
"Though Chomsky repeatedly states that the 9/11 attack is unjustified, he rightly argues that if we fail to understand the context of such an attack, then we're doomed, like the state of Israel, to live without any hope of peace and justice. Throughout the various interviews reproduced in this book, he maintains that 'we should recognize that in much of the world the U.S. is regarded as a leading terrorist state, and with good reason. We might bear in mind, for example, that in 1986 the U.S. was condemned by the World Court for 'unlawful use of force' (international terrorism), and then vetoed a Security Council resolution calling on all states (meaning the U.S.), to adhere to international law.' What the U.S. has done or supported in Vietnam, Granada, Guatemala, Nicaragua, the Sudan, El Salvador, Chile, occupied Palestine, etc. constitute a recent history of political terrorist repression, whereby hundreds of thousands of innocent people, especially women and children, have been killed primarily to protect the political and economic (e.g. oil, coffee), interests of the United States.
"Chomsky reminds us that the current war is nothing new or partisan. The attack on Afghanistan is/will be 10 times as devastating as Clinton's attack on the Sudan in which the 'death toll from the bombing has continued, quietly, to rise . . . Thus, tens of thousands of people -- many of them children -- have suffered and died from malaria, tuberculosis, and other treatable diseases . . .' And this attack as we must remember was done based on the same current erroneous reasons given for the current attack on the people of Afghanistan and Iraq -- all three in pursuit of a despotic leader.
"Not a supporter of the Islamic fundamentalist bin Landen, Chomsky does remind readers of the history of the U.S. in Afghanistan whereby in the 1980s, the U.S. trained and funded networks to commit a 'holy war against the Russian occupiers . . . .' By 1989, they [the Mujahidin, in which bin Landen was a principle leader], succeeded in their Holy War in Afghanistan. As soon as the U.S. established a permanent military presence in Saudi Arabia, bin Landen and the rest announced that from their point of view, that was comparable to the Russian occupation of Afghanistan and they turned their guns on the Americans, as had already happened in 1983 when the U.S. had military forces in Lebanon. Saudi Arabia is a major enemy of the bin Laden network, just as Egypt is. That's what they want to overthrow, what they call the un-Islamic governments of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, other states of the Middles East, and North Africa. And it continued." -- Reader's Comment
Chomsky, Noam, and Edward S. Herman, The Washington Connection and Third World Fascism (Political Economy of Human Rights, Vol. 1), ISBN: 0896080900 9780896080904 0896080919 9780896080911.
"Chomsky and Herman present a brilliant, shattering, and convincing account of United States-backed suppression of political and human rights in the Third World. The 'best and brightest' pundits of the status quo emerge from this book thoroughly denuded of their credibility." -- Publisher
Corn, David, The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception, ISBN: 1400050677 9781400050673.
"George W. Bush is a liar. He has lied large and small, directly and by omission. He has mugged the truth -- not merely in honest error, but deliberately, consistently, and repeatedly." -- from the Introduction
"All American presidents have lied, but George W. Bush has relentlessly abused the truth. In this scathing indictment of the president and his inner circle, David Corn, the Washington editor of The Nation, reveals and examines the deceptions at the heart of the Bush presidency. In a stunning work of journalism, he details and substantiates the many times the Bush administration has knowingly and intentionally misled the American public to advance its own interests and agenda, including:
• Brazenly mischaracterizing intelligence and resorting to deceptive arguments to whip up public support for war with Iraq
• Misrepresenting the provisions and effects of the president's supersized tax cuts
• Offering misleading explanations -- instead of telling the full truth -- about the 9/11 attacks
• Lying about connections to corporate crooks
• Presenting deceptive and disingenuous claims to sell controversial policies on the environment, stem cell research, missile defense, Social Security, white-collar crime, abortion, energy, and other crucial issues
• Running a truth-defying, down-and-dirty campaign during the 2000 presidential contest and recount drama.
"The Lies of George W. Bush is not a partisan whine -- it is instead a carefully constructed, fact-based account that clearly denotes how Bush has relied on deception -- from the campaign trail to the Oval Office -- to win political and policy battles. With wit and style, Corn explains how Bush has managed to get away with it and explores the dangerous consequences of such presidential deceit in a perilous age." -- Publisher
Dean, John W., Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush, ISBN: 031600023X 9780316000239.
"In Dean's estimation, the secrecy with which Bush and Dick Cheney govern is not merely a preferred system of management but an obsessive strategy meant to conceal a deeply troubling agenda of corporate favoritism and a dramatic growth in unchecked power for the executive branch that put at risk the lives of American citizens, civil liberties, and the Constitution. Dean sets out to make his point by drawing attention to several areas about which Bush and Cheney have been tight-lipped: the revealing by a 'senior White House official' of the identity of an undercover CIA operative whose husband questioned the administration, the health of Cheney, the identity of Cheney's energy task force, the information requested by the bi-partisan 9/11 commission, Bush's business dealings early in his career, the creation of a 'shadow government,' wartime prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, and scores more. He theorizes that the truth about these and many other situations, including the decision to go to war in Iraq, will eventually surface and that Bush and Cheney's secrecy is a thus far effective means of keep a lid on a rapidly multiplying set of lies and scandals that far outstrip the misdeeds that led directly to Dean's former employer resigning in disgrace. Dean's charges are impassioned and more severe than many of Bush's most persistent critics. But those charges are realized only after careful reasoning and steady logic by a man who knows his way around scandal and corruption." -- Reader's Comment
Making a Killing: The Business of War
http://www.publicintegrity.org/search.aspx?strSearch=making+a+killing
Dubose, Lou, and Molly Ivins, Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America, ISBN: 0375507523 9780375507526.
"We miss you, Molly Ivins! Being a Texan political reporter and essayist, she knew Dubya better than most when he took office as President, although he surprised even her with his capacity for murderous bungling and meanness. Her approach was, like that of Jim Hightower, to look at the lives of ordinary people and explore how they are affected by the politics of the President and the Congress. She blended laughter and hope with anger and determination not to let wrongdoing go unnoticed. The end result, at least for me, is to leave the reader simultaneously appalled and laughing out loud. We need more like her." -- Reader's Comment
*Gabriel, Joseph, R. (editor), America Betrayed: Bush, Bin Laden, 9/11 . . . AIDs, Anthrax, Iraq . . . , ISBN: 0971644578 9780971644571.
"Prescott Bush and Rockefeller's Standard Oil had been in business with the Hitler regime and the Nazis since 1933, and in 1942, three Bush businesses were seized by the U.S. government, for violation of the Trading With the Enemies Act.
"Three generations of the Bush clan became members of a German secret society: the Yale chapter of the 'Order of Skull and Bones.' In Germany, the 'Order of Skull of Bones' -- also known as 'The Brotherhood of Death' -- gave rise to Hitler and the dreaded SS. Prescott Bush, through his shipping company, became a special 'Friend' of Himmler's SS -- the same SS which, in conjunction with IG Farbin, ran the concentration and slave labor camps.
"The Bush clan and Rockefeller's Standard Oil, were in business with IG Farbin, as well as with the Saudis who had also partnered with Hitler.
"At the conclusion of WWII, and Germany's defeat, thousands of high ranking Nazis and SS agents were recruited, by Bush-Rockefeller lawyer, Allen Dulles, into what would later become the CIA. Allen Dulles, and later, George Bush, would become directors of the CIA . . .
"IG Farbin, a consortium of companies that included Bayer, conducted horrible experiments on concentration camp inmates to discover an 'ethnic biological weapon' -- a deadly disease that would target specific ethnic groups . . . Drs. funded by the Rockefeller Foundation directed this research.
"In 1957, a scientist who completed his medical training in Nazi-occupied Poland, and who was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, injected 300,000 Central African men, women, and children, with an experimental polio vaccine -- a vaccine that contained a deadly AIDS-like virus, monkey HSIV. Years later, Central Africa would become 'Ground Zero' for the AIDS/HIV epidemic . . .
"Three generations of the Bush clan have been in business with governments and people who kill Americans, and on the morning of 9-11-2001, Bush Sr. was in business with the bin Ladens and other Saudis who had helped fund Osama bin Laden and the attack of 9-11-2001 . . .
"The attack of 9-11, would transform an inept, seemingly incompetent president into a war time leader who would attack not Saudi Arabia but Iraq and then steal its oil . . . as well as attack American Civil Liberties and the U.S. constitution . . .
" 'Key FBI Headquarters personnel had to be spies or moles . . . who were actually working for Osama Bin Laden. . . . Key FBI HQ personnel . . . continued to, almost inexplicably, throw up roadblocks and undermine Minneapolis' desperate efforts . . . to stop terrorists. . . .' who planned 'to take control of a plane and fly it into the World Trade Center.' -- FBI supervisor, and Coleen M. Rowley, FBI Special Agent and Chief Division Counsel. . . . and it goes on and on . . . .
"In researching and writing this book, we relied on numerous sources, including those within the intelligence community. Prior to and after 9-11, hundreds of pages of secret documents were provided, including reports written by the FBI. However, rather than asking the reader to accept the word of 'confidential sources,' Dr. Joseph and his research team have sought out and he has cited corroborating evidence that is either part of the public record, or buried within government files that can only be accessed with the help of the Freedom of Information Act. Every chapter in this book is extensively referenced.
"Much of the information in this book was obtained prior to 9-11-2001. We at University Press, had been working on an academically oriented text, called: TERRORISM, FUTURE WARS AGAINST AMERICA. Based on the data collected, Dr. Joseph began predicting, in the weeks prior to 9-11, that we could expect a major terrorist attack on New York or Washington before the end of 2001.
"Because we at University Press had so much advanced information related to 9-11, we hired several New York journalists, and were able to publish, within 30 days of this tragedy, a rather extensive account of what led up to 9-11 as well as what transpired on that horrible day. Indeed, long before the mass media found out, we obtained and provided details on the Zacarias Moussaoui case and the inexplicable behavior of top FBI and CIA officials who failed to heed the warnings of lower level FBI agents. We also detailed how the CIA and FBI allowed Khalid al-Midhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi to enter and move about freely in the U.S., despite their connections to al-Qaeda. Indeed, this material appeared in our book, AMERICA ATTACKED, which was published on October 11, 2001 -- 30 days after 9-11. Six months later, the American mass media and the joint Congressional committee examining the so called intelligence failures leading up to 9-11, confirmed our reports.
"We beat the media again in March of 2002, when we published the book, JOHN WALKER LINDH, AMERICAN TALIBAN, and revealed that John Walker Lindh was 'gay' and that he may have been seduced and recruited by an older man, who we named. Six months later, our observations were confirmed by Time magazine.
"Yet another source of information that found its way into this current book, was the research conducted on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. This research was for a future book, and a future documentary film, titled: HITLER'S DIARIES. We learned, a long time ago, that the Bush family fortune traces its roots to Hitler's Germany. Doing business with murderers, terrorists, and the enemies of America, seems to be a Bush family tradition." -- Publisher
*Galbraith, James, The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and why Liberals Should too, ISBN: 141656683X 9781416566830.
"Shows how to break the spell that conservatives have cast over the minds of liberals (and everyone else), for many years." -- Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences (2001)
"The cult of the free market has dominated economic policy-talk since the Reagan revolution of nearly thirty years ago. Tax cuts and small government, monetarism, balanced budgets, deregulation, and free trade are the core elements of this dogma, a dogma so successful that even many liberals accept it. But a funny thing happened on the bridge to the twenty-first century. While liberals continue to bow before the free-market altar, conservatives in the style of George W. Bush have abandoned it altogether. That is why principled conservatives -- the Reagan true believers -- long ago abandoned Bush.
"Enter James K. Galbraith, the iconoclastic economist. In this riveting book, Galbraith first dissects the stale remains of Reaganism and shows how Bush and company had no choice except to dump them into the trash. He then explores the true nature of the Bush regime: a 'corporate republic,' bringing the methods and mentality of big business to public life; a coalition of lobbies, doing the bidding of clients in the oil, mining, military, pharmaceutical, agribusiness, insurance, and media industries; and a predator state, intent not on reducing government but rather on diverting public cash into private hands. In plain English, the Republican Party has been hijacked by political leaders who long since stopped caring if reality conformed to their message.
"Galbraith follows with an impertinent question: if conservatives no longer take free markets seriously, why should liberals? Why keep liberal thought in the straitjacket of pay-as-you-go, of assigning inflation control to the Federal Reserve, of attempting to 'make markets work'? Why not build a new economic policy based on what is really happening in this country?
"The real economy is not a free-market economy. It is a complex combination of private and public institutions, including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, higher education, the housing finance system, and a vast federal research establishment. The real problems and challenges -- inequality, climate change, the infrastructure deficit, the subprime crisis, and the future of the dollar -- are problems that cannot be solved by incantations about the market. They will be solved only with planning, with standards and other policies that transcend and even transform markets.
"A timely, provocative work whose message will endure beyond this election season, THE PREDATOR STATE will appeal to the broad audience of thoughtful Americans who wish to understand the forces at work in our economy and culture and who seek to live in a nation that is both prosperous and progressive." -- Publisher
"James Galbraith has written an extremely challenging book. Although its principal target is conservative economics, it is no less critical of conventional liberalism. Galbraith correctly recognizes that today both approaches are intellectually bankrupt and incapable of addressing the nation's pressing economic problems. I hope The Predator State stimulates needed debate among both liberals and conservatives on the mistakes both sides have made that have gotten us to where we are now." -- Bruce Bartlett, author of Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy
Graham, Bob, and Jeff Nussbaum, Intelligence Matters: The CIA, the FBI, Saudi Arabia, and the Failure of America's war on Terror, ISBN: 1400063523 9781400063529.
"In this explosive, controversial, and profoundly alarming insider's report, Senator Bob Graham reveals faults in America's national security network severe enough to raise fundamental questions about the competence and honesty of public officials in the CIA, the FBI, and the White House.
"For ten years, Senator Graham served on the Senate Intelligence Committee, where he had access to some of the nation's most closely guarded secrets. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Graham co-chaired a historic joint House-Senate inquiry into the intelligence community's failures. From that investigation and his own personal fact-finding, Graham discovered disturbing evidence of terrorist activity and a web of complicity:
*Greider, William, Who Will Tell the People? The Betrayal of American Democracy, ISBN: 0671867407 9780671867409.
"WHO WILL TELL THE PEOPLE is a passionate, eye-opening challenge to American democracy. Here is a tough-minded exploration of why we're in trouble, starting with the basic issues of who gets heard, who gets ignored, and why. Greider shows us the realities of power in Washington today, uncovering the hidden relationships that link politicians with corporations and the rich, and that subvert the needs of ordinary citizens.
"How do we put meaning back into public life? Greider shares the stories of some citizens who have managed to crack Washington's 'Grand Bazaar' of influence peddling as he reveals the structures designed to thwart them. Without naivete or cynicism, Greider shows us how the system can still be made to work for the people, and delineates the lines of battle in the struggle to save democracy. By showing us the reality of how the political decisions that shape our lives are made, William Greider explains how we can begin to take control once more." -- Publisher
"Written in the era of Ross Perot and Jerry Brown and focused on the Savings and Loan scandal that cost taxpayers at least $200 billion dollars, this insightful book identifies many factors behind the growing power of transnational corporations to set the national agenda. Villains include an expanding executive branch, the collusion of both major parties with Wall Street interests, the increasing use of technical jargon in the halls of power, and a press that seems more focused on selling celebrities than examining policies.
"Greider's prophetic book, written in 1992, anticipates how NAFTA, GATT, and the most favored trade status with China all passed - could be pushed through by a Democratic president (Clinton) and a Republican Congress in a bipartisan effort. Polls, by the way, showed the vast majority of Americans opposed to all three pieces of legislation. A populist political critic, Greider suspects what is good for Wall Street might not be good for Main Street. (Of course, many people living on Main Street owe some stock too.)
"I first read this book in 1992, and wondered if Greider was exaggerating to make more compelling copy. Re-reading parts today and knowing the disaster caused by NAFTA, Greider emerges as one of the few political analysts aware of the significance of trade to Wall Street and the negative influence on corporate money on both parties.
" 'We're perilously close to not having a democracy,' warms Greider, noting that while many elements are involved in disenfranchising the American public, none are buried secrets and all are familiar features. Campaign finance reform, of course, remains the preferred euphemism for legalized bribery used to win Congressional votes and manipulate regulatory decisions. Incumbents like the system (shock, shock) and reformers seem to lose in primaries (McCain, Bradley). Greider makes a few common sense suggestions: more press coverage of how government actually works, campaign finance reform, and elections on the weekends.
"Unfortunately, this witty tirade, written with outrage and fury, seems more relevant today than ever. Both moderate Republicans and conservative Democrats support unrestricted trade leaving true outsiders like Nader and Buchanan to articulate the fair trade argument. Greider suggests that the possibilities for renewing American democracy are dwindling despite technological advances that could revitalize citizen activism.
"A fascinating, sobering book for the 2000 election season." -- Reader's Comment
Gross, Bertram Myron, Friendly Fascism: The new Face of Power in America, ISBN: 0896081494 9780896081499 0871313170 9780871313171.
"Illuminates the increasing collusion between Big Government and Big Business to "manage" our society in the interests of the elite." -- Publisher
"For anyone familiar with modern social theory, it is apparent that the author's thesis is a quite clever and accurate extension of sociologist C. Wright Mills' well known notions of what came to be known as the 'mass society' theory. This was an essential aspect of Mills' famous theory of the power elite as forwarded in a book with the same title. Like social theorist G. William Domhoff ('The Higher Circles'), Professor Gross shows how the deceptively friendly and engaging style of the powers that be actually constitute an increasingly dangerous threat to the democratic process and to the long-term survival of our precious civil liberties. Of course, for Americans used to the association between the term 'fascism' and the image of angry totalitarian states such as Nazi Germany and the Italy of the same period of time, it is perhaps difficult to associate with the notion that clever and systematic manipulation of the general population through use of the mass media is a form of fascistic influence. Yet, as Gross argues so persuasively, that is exactly what it is.
The term that pops to mind is that process that M.I.T. scholar Noam Chomsky would refer to as 'manufacturing consent,' a dangerous propensity which dangerously influences the perceptions of individual citizens by continually immersing the populace in an electronic stream of messages, both blatant and subliminal, that serves to condition them to a particular way of experiencing, participating, and perceiving the world around them. We find ourselves constantly bombarded by powerful and suggestive images, message-laden icons which deliver consistent themes regarding the nature of the environment we are living in, one we come to employ more and more exclusively as our preferred method of interacting in both the civil and legal aspects of contemporary society. As Professor Gross so prophetically forecasted, the mergers of all commercial news sources, both electronic and other, have come under the ownership and control of corporate America, one of the leading edges of the power elite. Amazingly, all of this also rings a responsive chord with the single most prophetic work of fiction in the 20th century, Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World." Lost in our petty diversions and self-absorbed in a pool of trivial pursuits, we become increasingly more vulnerable to the solid wall of subliminal and other messages all conveying a message regarding he nature of the world and our social, economic, and political place in it.
As our experience with the several successful Presidents ranging from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush, the artful use of personal charisma to cover a mean-spirited political agenda has worked amazingly well. In the twenty years since the book was originally published, many aspects of our collective socioeconomic well-being have been profoundly changed, almost exclusively to the favor of the rich and well placed and to the increasing detriment of the average man and woman on the street. The statistics available are overwhelming in detailing the levels to which ordinary citizens have been stripped of most of the socioeconomic gains of the last century. In every area of contemporary life, from the cost and extent of health coverage to the responsibility for a variety of aspects such as providing for individual retirements, the vastly expanding future tax liability, and the use of the federal treasury to provide for subsidies to corporate America, the story is the same. Increasingly we are being manipulated into surrendering our voice in the democratic process and to playing a more limited role as consumers, which the elite evidently sees as our only crucial civic responsibility. As George W. Bush said with a booming voice and a congenial charismatic smile, post 9-11 Americans just had to get out to do their patriotic duty by once again buying things, to get the economy going once more. Indeed, it is becoming a brave new world. This is a wonderful book, and one that is a great, thought-provoking read. Enjoy!" -- Reader's Comment
Hightower, Jim, Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen our Country -- And its Time to Take it Back (Viking Press: August 14, 2003).
"Hightower defines 'Kleptocrat Nation' as 'a body of people ruled by thieves . . . a government characterized by the practice of transferring money and power from the many to the few . . . [and] a ruling class of moneyed elites that usurps liberty, justice, sovereignty, and other, democratic rights from the people.' His catalogue of corporate greed and governmental complicity is breathtaking in scope, and though he admits that the fusion of business and government is not new, he persuasively states that 'never have so few done so much for so few.' Unfortunately, Hightower's serious message is delivered in such a 'down home' style, it may lose its impact on the more brainy among us. Also, one wishes there were more documentation for the copious examples and facts in the book. Still, Hightower's call to action is sincere, and his descriptions of the triumphs of average people over corporate power might give some fledgling activists some hope. Thieves in High Places urges Americans to reclaim control of our government -- Hightower thinks we can with community organization and grass-roots movements. However, judging from his description of the current power structure, we are going to need all the help we can get." -- Reader's Comment
"While he covers much that is available in the public domain, he covers in a comprehensive way the whole set of misdeeds perpetrated by Walmart on its employees and those who make its products. You will come away wanting to do something about the behavior of the world's largest corporation after reading it. That alone is worth the price of the book." -- Reader's Comment
Huffington, Arianna, Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption are Undermining America (Crown Publishing Group, January 14, 2003).
"Who filled the trough? Who set the table at the banquet of greed? How has it been possible for corporate pigs to gorge themselves on grossly inflated pay packages and heaping helpings of stock options while the average American struggles to make do with their leftovers?
"Provocative political commentator Arianna Huffington yanks back the curtain on the unholy alliance of CEOs, politicians, lobbyists, and Wall Street bankers who have shown a brutal disregard for those in the office cubicles and on the factory floors. As she puts it: 'The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway.' Yet it has been, allowing corporate crooks to bilk the public out of trillions of dollars, magically making our pensions and 401(k)s disappear and walking away with astronomical payouts and absurdly lavish perks-for-life.
"The media have put their fingers on pieces of the sordid puzzle, but Pigs at the Trough presents the whole ugly picture of what's really going on for the first time -- blistering, wickedly witty portrait of exactly how and why the worst and the greediest are running American business and government into the ground.
"Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski, Adelphia's John Rigas, and the Three Horsemen of the Enron Apocalypse -- Ken Lay, Jeff Skilling, and Andrew Fastow -- are not just a few bad apples. They are manifestations of a megatrend in corporate leadership -- the rise of a callous and avaricious mind-set that is wildly out of whack with the core values of the average American. WorldCom, Enron, Adelphia, Tyco, AOL, Xerox, Merrill Lynch, and the other scandals are only the tip of the tip of the corruption iceberg.
"Making the case that our public watchdogs have become little more than obedient lap dogs, unwilling to bite the corporate hand that feeds them, Arianna Huffington turns the spotlight on the tough reforms we must demand from Washington. We need, she argues, to go way beyond the lame Corporate Responsibility Act if we are to stop the voracious corporate predators from eating away at the very foundations of our democracy.
"Devastatingly funny and powerfully indicting, PIGS AT THE TROUGH is a rousing call to arms and a must-read for all those who are outraged by the scandalous state of corporate America." -- Publisher
"The gluttony continues! Every day brings another jaw-dropping new example of precisely the kind of political and corporate outrages that prompted me to write Pigs at the Trough. As I wrote in the book, our representatives in Washington have tried to fool us with a Madison Avenue version of reform, featuring glitzy bill signing and execs-in-chains photo-ops but pitifully little substance. The president's assertion in his State of the Union address that one of the greatest accomplishments of his presidency was reforming corporate America was outrageous. The ongoing march of corporate sleazy proves otherwise.
"In just the last few weeks alone, as we prepare our own taxes, we've learned that the Wall Street firms who've agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle conflict-of-interest charges will actually be able to claim the vast majority of those payments as tax deductions. Think of that: not only do these financial flimflam artists escape criminal indictment, they get a massive write-off to boot! Then there's the astounding story of how Sprint's top two executives paid no taxes on $288 million in stock-option profits thanks to highly imaginative tax shelters dreamed up by the accounting alchemists at Ernst and Young. And you were worried about whether you could deduct that $42 dollar business lunch you had with a friend?
"PIGS AT THE TROUGH shows how and why such appalling abuses continue to happen -- and why Washington continues to turn a blind eye.
"Normally, it's satisfying to be right. But in this case, it's just plain nauseating." -- Arianna Huffington
Iglesias, David, and Davin Seay, In Justice: Inside the Scandal That Rocked the Bush [George W. Bush -- compiler] Administration, ISBN: 9780470261972 0470261978.
"Describes the author's legal career, his rise to become U.S. Attorney to try federal cases in New Mexico, and the loss of his job after his refusal to indict some high-level opposition politicians prior to the 2006 elections.
"It's quite bad enough that the Bush Administration turned out to be the most inept in the history of the republic, but when you add his corruption into the mix, you get a toxic recipe that not only adversely affects the evildoers in the executive branch, but also poisons the democratic process and those who try to make that process work honestly and ethically.
"IN JUSTICE is about a bad president gone worst, how he and his immoral political operatives and appointees ruined the honor and reputation of the Department of Justice and ruthlessly killed the careers of several honest US Attorneys. It also reveals how certain Republican members of Congress let dirty politics replace any patriotism they may have had.
"David Iglesias's story clearly demonstrates the old adage, 'Honesty is the best policy.' If Bush had demanded at least a modicum of ethical standards of not only himself, but of the men and women who worked for him, this book would never have been written and the president would not have had the distinction of being the most unpopular president in America's history." -- Reader's Comment
Johnson, Chalmers, The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic, ISBN: 0805070044 9780805070040.
"From the author of the prophetic national bestseller BLOWBACK, a startling look at militarism, American style, and its consequences abroad and at home.
"In the years after the Soviet Union imploded, the United States was described first as the globe's lone superpower, then as a reluctant sheriff, next as the indispensable nation, and now, in the wake of 9/11, as a New Rome. Here, Chalmers Johnson thoroughly explores the new militarism that is transforming America and compelling its people to pick up the burden of empire.
"Reminding us of the classic warnings against militarism -- from George Washington's farewell address to Dwight Eisenhower's denunciation of the military-industrial complex -- Johnson uncovers its roots deep in our past. Turning to the present, he maps America's expanding empire of military bases and the vast web of services that supports them. He offers a vivid look at the new caste of professional warriors who have infiltrated multiple branches of government, who classify as secret everything they do, and for whom the manipulation of the military budget is of vital interest.
"Among Johnson's provocative conclusions is that American militarism is putting an end to the age of globalization and bankrupting the United States, even as it creates the conditions for a new century of virulent blowback. The Sorrows of Empire suggests that the former American republic has already crossed its Rubicon -- with the Pentagon leading the way."
Joseph, R. Gabriel (editor), America Betrayed: Bush, Bin Laden, 9/11 . . . AIDs, Anthrax, Iraq . . . , ISBN: 0971644578 9780971644571.
"Prescott Bush and Rockefeller's Standard Oil had been in business with the Hitler regime and the Nazis since 1933, and in 1942, three Bush businesses were seized by the U.S. government, for violation of the Trading With the Enemies Act.
"Three generations of the Bush clan became members of a German secret society: the Yale chapter of the 'Order of Skull and Bones.' In Germany, the Order of Skull of Bones -- also known as 'The Brotherhood of Death' -- gave rise to Hitler and the dreaded SS. Prescott Bush, through his shipping company, became a special 'Friend' of Himmler's SS -- the same SS which, in conjunction with IG Farbin, ran the concentration and slave labor camps.
"The Bush clan and Rockefeller's standard Oil, were in business with IG Farbin, as well as with the Saudis who had also partnered with Hitler.
"At the conclusion of WWII, and Germany's defeat, thousands of high ranking Nazis and SS agents were recruited, by Bush-Rockefeller lawyer, Allen Dulles, into what would later become the CIA. Allen Dulles, and later, George Bush, would become directors of the CIA . . .
"IG Farbin, a consortium of companies that included Bayer, conducted horrible experiments on concentration camp inmates to discover an 'ethnic biological weapon' -- a deadly disease that would target specific ethnic groups . . . Drs. funded by the Rockefeller Foundation directed this research.
"In 1957, a scientist who completed his medical training in Nazi-occupied Poland, and who was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, injected 300,000 Central African men, women, and children, with an experimental polio vaccine -- a vaccine that contained a deadly AIDS-like virus, monkey HSIV. Years later, Central Africa would become 'Ground Zero' for the AIDS/HIV epidemic . . .
"Three generations of the Bush clan have been in business with governments and people who kill Americans, and on the morning of 9-11-2001, Bush Sr. was in business with the bin Ladens and other Saudis who had helped fund Osama bin Laden and the attack of 9-11-2001 . . .
"The attack of 9-11, would transform an inept, seemingly incompetent president into a war time leader who would attack not Saudi Arabia but Iraq and then steal its oil . . . as well as attack American Civil Liberties and the U.S. constitution . . .
" 'Key FBI Headquarters personnel had to be spies or moles . . . who were actually working for Osama Bin Laden . . . . Key FBI HQ personnel . . . continued to, almost inexplicably, throw up roadblocks and undermine Minneapolis' desperate efforts . . . to stop terrorists . . . .' who planned 'to take control of a plane and fly it into the World Trade Center.' -- FBI supervisor, and Coleen M. Rowley, FBI Special Agent and Chief Division Counsel . . . and it goes on and on . . ." -- Publisher
"In researching and writing this book, we relied on numerous sources, including those within the intelligence community. Prior to and after 9-11, hundreds of pages of secret documents were provided, including reports written by the FBI. However, rather than asking the reader to accept the word of "confidential sources," Dr. Joseph and his research team have sought out and he has cited corroborating evidence that is either part of the public record, or buried within government files that can only be accessed with the help of the Freedom of Information Act. Every chapter in this book is extensively referenced.
"Much of the information in this book was obtained prior to 9-11-2001. We at University Press, had been working on an academically oriented text, called: TERRORISM, FUTURE WARS AGAINST AMERICA. Based on the data collected, Dr. Joseph began predicting, in the weeks prior to 9-11, that we could expect a major terrorist attack on New York or Washington before the end of 2001.
"Because we at University Press had so much advanced information related to 9-11, we hired several New York journalists, and were able to publish, within 30 days of this tragedy, a rather extensive account of what led up to 9-11 as well as what transpired on that horrible day. Indeed, long before the mass media found out, we obtained and provided details on the Zacarias Moussaoui case and the inexplicable behavior of top FBI and CIA officials who failed to heed the warnings of lower level FBI agents. We also detailed how the CIA and FBI allowed Khalid al-Midhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi to enter and move about freely in the U.S., despite their connections to al-Qaeda. Indeed, this material appeared in our book, America Attacked, which was published on October 11, 2001 -- 30 days after 9-11. Six months later, the American mass media and the joint Congressional committee examining the so called intelligence failures leading up to 9-11, confirmed our reports.
"We beat the media again in March of 2002, when we published the book, John Walker Lindh, American Taliban, and revealed that John Walker Lindh was 'gay' and that he may have been seduced and recruited by an older man, who we named. Six months later, our observations were confirmed by Time magazine.
"Yet another source of information that found its way into this current book, was the research conducted on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. This research was for a future book, and a future documentary film, titled: Hitler's Diaries. We learned, a long time ago, that the Bush family fortune traces its roots to Hitler's Germany. Doing business with murderers, terrorists, and the enemies of America, seems to be a Bush family tradition." -- Publisher
Lewis, Charles, The Buying of the President 2004: Who's Really Bankrolling Bush and His Democratic Challengers -- and What They Expect in Return, ISBN: 0060548533 9780060548537.
"Lewis, the head of the Center for Public Integrity, relates fascinating facts about how the big money of special interests is the big stick that generates the necessary talk to achieve results. One does not even have to talk loudly, just incessantly enough to achieve the objective at hand, bolstered by the big stick of unceasing gobs of cash. He lets us know, for instance, that 40 members of the U.S. Senate are millionaires. These are people highly familiar with big money and its useful application. He also informs us that surveys indicate that the candidates raising the largest amounts of money will be the respective nominees of the Democrats and Republicans at election time. He cites an example of one candidate who pocketed money from a pharmaceuticals company and earned it by speaking on the industry's behalf while he was running for office.
"In a recent interview with Bill Moyers on PBS, Lewis conceded that it was difficult to remain optimistic in the floodtide of corporate dominance through the purse string. All the same, he noted, seeing just how outrageously the system operates energizes him to make efforts to inform the public about the calamity we face.
"Abraham Lincoln and Harry Truman have been mentioned repeatedly in civics books to demonstrate to youngsters that with hard work and application an individual from modest roots can reach the presidency. The staggering reality today is that many politicians have become no more than unblushing bag men. Such is the case with the presidency itself as George W. Bush spends a significant amount of time away from his White House desk, picking up vasts sums of money at quick stops. It was suggested recently that perhaps he can avoid the façade of speaking at a dinner where donations are given, saving time by just grabbing the money and moving on to his next stop.
"Lewis notes that there is an inverse relationship between the overpowering dominance of big money in campaigns and the participation of citizens. Many, understandably, after observing the travesty of money chases masquerading as American democracy, opt out of the system altogether. As the money influence grows, more citizens stay home on election day, a sad and tragic consequence of a system that has run amuck as quests for public office have degenerated into special interest bidding wars." -- Reader's Comment
*Lindorff, Dave, and Barbara Olshansky, The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush From Office, ISBN: 9781429906586 1429906588.
"It's time to act -- and this is the guide. Now in paperback to meet a rising public demand, here is a hard-hitting argument for the impeachment of George W. Bush -- and top members of his administration. Events since the book's hardcover release -- including court decisions regarding war crimes and violations of the FISA law on wiretapping -- have only heightened the urgency.
"Methodically detailing the Bush regime's offenses and refuting its lies and deceptions, investigative reporter Dave Lindorff and constitutional rights specialist Barbara Olshansky explain why the president and his inner circle should be removed from office for high crimes and misdemeanors. Among the most grievous harms:
*McClellan, Scott, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, ISBN: 9781586485566 1586485563.
"Scott McClellan was one of a few Bush loyalists from Texas who became part of his inner circle of trusted advisers, and remained so during one of the most challenging and contentious periods of recent history. Drawn to Bush by his commitment to compassionate conservatism and strong bipartisan leadership, McClellan served the president for more than seven years, and witnessed day-to-day exactly how the presidency veered off course.
"In this refreshingly clear-eyed book, written with no agenda other than to record his experiences and insights for the benefit of history, McClellan provides unique perspective on what happened and why it happened the way it did, including the Iraq war, Hurricane Katrina, Washington's bitter partisanship, and two hotly contested presidential campaigns. He gives readers a candid look into who George W. Bush is and what he believes, and into the personalities, strengths, and liabilities of his top aides. Finally, McClellan looks to the future, exploring the lessons this presidency offers the American people as we prepare to elect a new leader.
"Scott McClellan served as White House press secretary from 2003 to 2006. Before that he served as the principal deputy White House press secretary and as traveling press secretary for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign. Earlier in his career, Mr. McClellan served as deputy communications director in the Texas governor's office and campaign manager for three successful statewide campaigns. He is now a senior adviser to a global technology firm and communications strategist. Born in Austin, Texas, he now lives near Washington, D.C." -- Publisher
"It was as certain as heat in a Texas summer that Bush's chokehold on those who know the ugly truth about his administration would not last forever. We are finally realizing as a nation how badly Bush's criminally incompetent, arrogant, dishonest presidency has come to destroying our prosperity and our very way of life. The fact that gas will surely hit $6-$8 in the near future is only the tip of the iceberg. The price crunch was inevitable, but predictable, and Bush wasted 7 1/2 years on policies based on the assumption that oil would forever be cheap and plentiful. We've only begun to experience the consequences of this single major blunder. The biggest Bush legacies will be a trillion-dollar pointless and endless "war," and the crippling effects that two terms without a realistic energy policy has only begun to bring.
"Those who continue to ignore reality and dismiss McClellan as an opportunist need to rethink the meaning of patriotism: Country and government are NOT the same. Opposing and exposing bad government is a DUTY of patriotism. If anything, McLellan should have written the book much sooner. Yes, he'll make millions, but so what? It's the American way.
"I can't wait to see what General Colin Powell has to say about the Bush administration's inner workings. At least he had the decency to quit after one term, which is a big clue that he smelled rats all around. I bring up Powell because to those who would dismiss my comments as partisan, I can honestly say I would have loved to see Powell run for President. At this point, I'd settle for HIS version of the disaster that was the Bush administration." -- Reader's Comment
"Here are a few of his observations:
"Simply put -- Bush looted the community chest and killed thousands in the process. Convicting him of multiple felonies, rather than being a national shame, would be a first step in restoring our global credibility. -- Reader's CommentBush believes his own spin (better known as bulls**t), and demonstrates a remarkable lack of inquisitiveness.
Bush favored propaganda over honesty in selling the war, leading us down the primrose path.
Cheney steered war policy behind the scenes, leaving no fingerprints.
Bush and his team repeatedly shaded the truth, manipulated public opinion, and sold the Iraq situation in such a way that the use of force appeared to be the only feasible option.
Contradictory evidence was ignored or discarded, caveats or qualifications to arguments were downplayed or dropped, and a dubious al-Qaida connection to Iraq was played up.
The Bush administration didn't check their political maneuverings in at the door after the win -- instead, they maintained a permanent campaign mode, run largely by Rove.
Presidential initiatives from health care programs to foreign invasions were regularly devised, named, timed and launched with one eye (or both eyes), on the electoral calendar.
Operating in the campaign mode means never explaining, never apologizing, never retreating. Unfortunately, that strategy also means never reflecting, never reconsidering, never compromising.
Bush is out of touch, operates in a political bubble, and stubbornly refuses to admit mistakes.
The press is partially responsible for giving Bush soft questions and enabling the president." -- Reader's Comment
McGowan, David L., Understanding the F-Word: American Fascism and the Politics of Illusion, ISBN: 0595186408 9780595186402.
"By offering a radical review of the last one hundred years of U.S. history, this work is intended as a counterpoint to the rampant revisionism of the flurry of books glorifying the 'American Century.' Beginning with the rather bold and decidedly controversial assertion that the current political system in place in the United States at the dawn of the twenty-first century is fascism, the first part of this book attempts to justify that claim by first defining exactly what fascism is -- correcting various widely-held misconceptions -- and then analyzing how closely we as a nation conform to that definition. Also included is a review of some of the hidden history and key events of World War II.
"Part II offers a retrospective of the twentieth century American presidential administrations, to demonstrate that the steady and inexorable march towards overt fascism was a defining characteristic that remained unchanged. The final section looks at the still very much alive eugenics movement, and analyzes the role played by the psychiatric establishment in validating the fascist state. This book will surely find no shortage of detractors, but if read with an open mind, it just may change the way you view the world." -- Publisher
McGuire, D.J., Dragon in the Dark: How and why Communist China Helps our Enemies in the war on Terror, ISBN: 1414018215 9781414018218 1414018223 9781414018225 1414018231 9781414018232.
"The People's Republic has ties to the mullahs in Iran, Saddam Hussein's reign of terror, and the Stalinist dictatorship of North Korea. All three have received military technology or hardware courtesy of Communist China. However, the PRC's support of terrorism goes well beyond the axis of evil. The Taliban and al Qaeda have also been beneficiaries of Communist support, including an economic deal with the former signed mere hours before the World Trade Center fell. Meanwhile, Libya, Syria, and the Sudan have garnered Communist support for their efforts to improve their militaries, particularly in the missile field, to the detriment of America and her allies. Far from in the past, this support of terrorism continues to this very day." -- Reader's Comment
Dragon in the Dark: How and Why Communist China Helps Our Enemies in the War on Terror
http://www.dragoninthedark.com
George Jahn, China Linked to Libyan Nukes, Report Says Newspaper Cites Proof China Gave Secret Information to Pakistan, Reuters
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20040215095509990004&_ccc=2
Nace, Ted, Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy, ISBN: 1576752607 9781576752609.
"Surpassing even the state and the church, the corporation has become the core institution of the modern world, exercising might and muscle without regard to the often destructive effects on individuals, the environment, society, and the world. How did this happen? In this compelling expose, noted entrepreneur and activist Ted Nace scrutinizes the legal framework of the corporation and untangles questions about how and why the corporation evolved as it did. Nace traces the evolution of this institution through the behind-the-scenes figures who shaped it, including Thomas Scott, an obscure genius who invented the holding company; Stephen Field, the Supreme Court judge who developed corporate personhood rights; and many others. Including the latest research by historians, sociologists, political scientists, and legal scholars, this book is a dramatic narrative, an invaluable reference, and a blueprint for regaining control before it's too late." -- Publisher
Nymeyer, Frederick, Essays Against Organized Sanctimony and Legalized Coercion (Progressive Calvinism. Volume I, 1955).
"Everything stands or falls on this simple question: does a government have more authority than its citizens? If so, it must have got that authority from some greater source than the citizens. The only greater sources are God or Satan. Satan is never considered by Calvinists to be the source of governments; (govermments are manifestations of the 'common grace' of God!). Therefore Hitler had a 'peculiar inherent authority' directly from God! Now we can realize how De Starndaard came to follow the course it did during World War II." -- Reader's Comment
Palast, Greg, The Best Democracy Money can buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth About Globalization, Corporate Cons, and High Finance Fraudsters, ISBN: 0745318460 9780745318462 0452283914 9780452283916 0452285674 9780452285675.
"Among other things you get great stuff from Palast as he exposes the election fraud during the 2000 Presidential election that ultimately decided the outcome of the race, the attached strings that come with IMF "bailouts", Pat Robertsons hypocritical money making scams, the CIA/Kissinger/Corporate engineered coup in Chile, Wal-Mart using Chinese prison slave labor while at the same time promoting themselves as a squeaky clean all American entity, the Exxon Valdez oil spill and clean up, the horror of Wackenhut privatized prisons, Pfizer knowingly selling defective heart valves, etc. He also is like Michael Moore in that he does a good job at using humor in his journalistic work even while exposing some very nasty things.
"Palast is Jewish and comes from the left so while you get good exposures of corporate shenanigans you also have to put up with the typical hypocritical anti-white snipes that comes from that demographic. Like at one point Palast mocks a cab driver that is worried about too many immigrants coming into England and says he wants to preserve his English culture and heritage. Palast then equates English culture with drunken football hoologanism and says that the English should be begging to add new material to their gene pool! So for all the good work he has done Palast can't seem to shake the Jewish leftist tendency to hate working class whites. If it wasn't for that I may have given this book five stars." -- Reader's Comment
Phillips, Kevin, American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush, ISBN: 0670032646 9780670032648.
"Paraphrasing a passage from Machiavelli's THE PRINCE, Kevin Phillips writes, 'a ruler can ignore the mob and devote himself
to the interests of the ruling class, gulling the inert majority who constitute the ruled.' He then says, 'Borgia references aside, 21st-century American readers of THE PRINCE may feel that they have stumbled on a thinly disguised Bush White House political memo.' These pointed words would sting regardless of who uttered them, but coming from Phillips, a former Republican strategist, they have an added piquancy. In AMERICAN DYNASTY: ARISTOCRACY, FORTUNE, AND THE POLITICS OF DECEIT IN THE HOUSE OF BUSH, Phillips traces the rise of the Bush family from investment banking elites to political power brokers, using their Ivy League network, vast wealth, and questionable political maneuvering to obtain the White House and consequently, shake the foundation of constitutional American democracy. Citing the Bush family mainstays of finance, energy (oil), the military industrial complex, and national security and intelligence (the CIA), Phillips uses copious examples to show the dangerous alliance between the Bushes' business interests (huge corporations such as Enron and Haliburton), and the formation of national policy. No other family, Phillips says, that has fulfilled its presidential aspirations has been so involved in the ascendancy of the arms industry and of the 21st-century American imperium -- often at the expense of regional and world peace and for their personal gain.
"It is hard to tell what offends Phillips the most: the Bushes' systematic deceit and secrecy, their shady business dealings, their cronyism, or their family philosophy that privileges the very wealthy and utterly dismisses all the rest. It is clearly all of these things combined. But at the top of Phillips' list is the dynastic nature of their family power, for it is that concentration of power and influence that strikes at the heart of our democracy. Past administrations have transgressed, albeit not so egregiously, and other political families have had dynastic ambitions. But none have succeeded as thoroughly as the Bushes. Jefferson and Madison would be horrified, and according to Phillips, we should be too." -- Reader's Comment
"About the author, a former White House strategist, he is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times and NPR and writes for Harper's and Time. His books include New York Times bestsellers, THE POLITICS OF RICH AND POOR and WEALTH AND DEMOCRACY." -- Publisher
*Phillips, Kevin, Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich, ISBN: 0767905334 9780767905336.
"For more than thirty years, Kevin Phillips' insight into American politics and economics has helped to make history as well as record it. His bestselling books, including THE EMERGING REPUBLICAN MAJORITY (1969) and THE POLITICS OF RICH AND POOR (1990), have influenced presidential campaigns and changed the way America sees itself. Widely acknowledging Phillips as one of the nation's most perceptive thinkers, reviewers have called him a latter-day Nostradamus and our 'modern Thomas Paine.' Now, in the first major book of its kind since the 1930s, he turns his attention to the United States' history of great wealth and power, a sweeping cavalcade from the American Revolution to what he calls 'the Second Gilded Age' at the turn of the twenty-first century.
"The Second Gilded Age has been staggering enough in its concentration of wealth to dwarf the original Gilded Age a hundred years earlier. However, the tech crash and then the horrible events of September 11, 2001, pointed out that great riches are as vulnerable as they have ever been. In WEALTH AND DEMOCRACY, Kevin Phillips charts the ongoing American saga of great wealth -- how it has been accumulated, its shifting sources, and its ups and downs over more than two centuries. He explores how the rich and politically powerful have frequently worked together to create or perpetuate privilege, often at the expense of the national interest and usually at the expense of the middle and lower classes.
"With intriguing chapters on history and bold analysis of present-day America, Phillips illuminates the dangerous politics that go with excessive concentration of wealth. Profiling wealthy Americans -- from Astor to Carnegie and Rockefeller to contemporary wealth holders -- Phillips provides fascinating details about the peculiarly American ways of becoming and staying a multimillionaire. He exposes the subtle corruption spawned by a money culture and financial power, evident in economic philosophy, tax favoritism, and selective bailouts in the name of free enterprise, economic stimulus, and national security.
"Finally, WEALTH AND DEMOCRACY turns to the history of Britain and other leading world economic powers to examine the symptoms that signaled their declines -- speculative finance, mounting international debt, record wealth, income polarization, and disgruntled politics -- signs that we recognize in America at the start of the twenty-first century. In a time of national crisis, Phillips worries that the growing parallels suggest the tide may already be turning for us all." -- Publisher
"Most American conservatives take it as an article of faith that the less governmental involvement in affairs of the market and pocketbook the better. The rich do not, whatever they might say -- for much of their wealth comes from the 'power and preferment of government.' So writes Kevin Phillips, the accomplished historian and one-time Washington insider, in this extraordinary survey of plutocracy, excess, and reform. 'Laissez-faire is a pretense,' he argues; as the wealth of the rich has grown, so has its control over government, making politics a hostage of money. Examining cycles of economic growth and decline from the founding days of the republic to the recent collapse of technology stocks, Phillips dispels notions of trickle-down wealth creation, pricks holes in speculative bubbles, and decries the ever-increasing 'financialization' of the economy -- all of which, he argues, have served to reduce the well-being of ordinary Americans and government alike. Highly readable for all its charts and graphs, Phillips's book offers a refreshing -- and, of course, controversial -- blend of economic history and social criticism. His conclusions won't please all readers, but just about everyone who comes to his pages will feel hackles rising." -- Reader's Comment
Rampton, Sheldon, and John C. Stauber, Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq, ISBN: 1585422762 9781585422760.
"The facts and observations in this book paint a chilling picture of a Whitehouse that functions almost exclusively as the propaganda wing of the exclusive Carlyle Group by manufacturing public opinion, manufacturing a state of endless war (thus creating a market for the Carlyle Group's principle product: arms) and making legal and acceptable activities that would otherwise be unthinkable.
"This book helps cut through the rhetoric and makes it clear that we are no longer in a situation that can be defined as Republicans vs. Democrats, or Conservative vs. Liberal values. What is made clear is that the highest offices in our country have been hijacked by criminals, idealogical extremists and terrorists. It's a shame that most Republicans will dismiss this as so much 'liberal propaganda'; it's their party that's been hijacked." -- Reader's Comment
Robbins, Alexandra, Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power, ISBN: 0316720917 9780316720915.
"The president [George W. Bush], and his father are both members of Skull and Bones, and so is Senator John Kerry. They are all so called 'Bonesmen.' The author, Alexandra Robbins . . . mentions that she is a member of 'one of Skull and Bones kindred Yale secret societies . . . .' The reader will get a vivid picture of how the Society system works. . . . You get a tour of the 'Tomb' and the private island owned by Bones, as bizarre as the recent movie 'Skulls.' In an interesting chapter on the initiation ritual the author takes the reader inside this ritual . . . . The Networking of the Order is the who's who of the elites and a must read for those who like to study how power structure works.
"If you read THE WISE MEN: SIX FRIENDS AND THE WORLD THEY MADE by Isaacon and Thomas (about diplomats, Wall Street men, true insiders), you'll remember they mention Skull and Bones briefly. . . . SECRETS OF THE TOMB revels that connections still exist today. Membership reads like a who's who of the powerful. . . . Read about Skull and Bones the most infamous of all the Secret Societies." -- Reader's Comment
*Robbins, John W. (1949-2008), Ecclesiastical Megalomania: The Economic and Political Thought of the Roman Catholic Church (Unicoi, TN: The Trinity Foundation), ISBN: 0940931753 9780940931756.
"This book is a detailed examination of the official statements of the Vatican on economic and political matters. It demonstrates the collectivism and totalitarianism of the Roman Catholic Church-State. It is the only such book written by a Christian in the twentieth century.
"This book explores the conflict between Roman Catholic social thought and human freedom, relying on official pronouncements from the Vatican to show that the political and economic theory of the Roman Church-State justifies feudalism, corporativism [corporatism -- compiler], liberation theology, the welfare state, and fascism.
"Dr. John W. Robbins attended Grove City College (A.B. 1969), and The Johns Hopkins University (M.A. 1970, Ph.D. 1973). He has served as chief of staff for a Member of Congress [Ron Paul of Texas], editor of The Freeman magazine, Economist for The Heritage Foundation, and Professor of Political Philosophy in The Freedom School." -- Publisher
Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Knox, Samuel Rutherford, John Owen, Thomas Manton, The Westminster Assembly, James Renwick, Archibald Mason, Christopher Ness, Francis Turretin, The Reformed Presbytery, David Steel, James R. Willson, Alexander M'Leod, William L. Roberts, James Aiken Wylie, Andrew Wilet, Henry Wilkinson, James Wylie, Patrick Fairbairn, James Aiken, Andrew Wilet, Alexander Hislop, Francis Nigel Lee, Arthur W. Pink, and so forth, and so on, have all believed and argued in print that the seated Pope is the Antichrist of the Bible.
The Roman Church-State is "the world's oldest, largest, most powerful and most influential politico-ecclesiastical institution" and it "may also be the world's wealthiest."
Pope's Visit Means 3 White House Firsts
President says 'man of faith' and conviction deserves the special treatment, Associated Press, April 13, 2008
"Washington -- The leader of the world's 1 billion Roman Catholics has been to the White House only once in history. That changes this week, and President Bush is pulling out all the stops: driving out to a suburban military base to meet Pope Benedict XVI's plane, bringing a giant audience to the South Lawn and hosting a fancy East Room dinner.
"These are all firsts.
"A crowd of up to 12,000 is due at the White House on Wednesday morning for the pope's official, pomp-filled arrival ceremony. It will feature the U.S. and Holy See anthems, a 21-gun salute, and the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps. Both men will make remarks before their Oval Office meeting and a send-off for his Popemobile down Pennsylvania Avenue.
"The president explained the special treatment -- particularly the airport greeting.
" 'One, he speaks for millions. Two, he doesn't come as a politician; he comes as a man of faith,' Bush told the EWTN Global Catholic Network in an interview aired Friday. He added that he wanted to honor Benedict's conviction that 'there's right and wrong in life, that moral relativism has a danger of undermining the capacity to have more hopeful and free societies. . . .' "
"This week makes Bush the record-holder, with a total of five meetings with two popes. . . .
"The current pope's approach may be softer than that of John Paul, who turned from Bush's presentation to him of the Medal of Freedom in 2004 to read a statement about his 'grave concern' over events in Iraq."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24096388/
Bush Scandals
An extensive resource. Includes websites for the Savings and Loan Scandal of the 1980s, considered the largest theft in the history of the world, involving Neil Bush, a brother of George W., the Florida's Voting Scandal of 2001 in which Al Gore lost the presidential election. Jeb Bush, another brother of George W., was Governor of Florida and had promised to deliver the state for his brother. Other sites treat George W. Bush's suspected involvement in 9-11 [9-11 is, of course, analogous to Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor]. Note particularly "Bush Family Machinations, 1918-2000," a timeline of Bush Family crimes prior to Election 2000.
http://news4florida.tripod.com/index1.html
The Panic of '08. Lew Rockwell Interviews Ron Paul, September 18, 2008
A podcast.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/?p=episode&name=2008-09-18_029_ron_paul_talks_to_lew_rockwell.mp3
Stone, Roger J., Saint John Hunt, and John LeBoutillier, The Bush Crime Family: The Inside Story of an American Dynasty, ISBN: 9781510721401 1510721401.
"Smashes through the layers of lies and secrecy that have surrounded and protected our country's most successful political dynasty for nearly two centuries. New York Times bestselling author Roger Stone lashes out with a blistering indictment, exposing the true history and monumental hypocrisy of the Bushes. In Stone's usual 'go for the jugular' style, this is a no-holds-barred history of the Bush family, composed of smug, entitled autocrats who both use and hide behind their famous name. They got a long-overdue taste of defeat and public humiliation when Jeb's 2016 limp presidential bid went down in flames. Besides detailing the vast litany of Jeb's misdeeds -- including receiving a four-million-dollar taxpayer bailout when his father was vice president as well as his startlingly close alignment with supposed 'enemy' Hillary Clinton -- Stone travels back to Bush patriarchs Samuel and Prescott, right on through to presidents George H.W. and George W. Bush to weave an epic story of privilege, greed, corruption, drug profiteering, assassination, and lies. The book has been updated throughout, and includes a new chapter on the family's Machiavellian plan to propel Jeb's son George Prescott Bush forward as the family's next political contender." -- Publisher
The Bush Crime Family: Four Generations of Wall Street War-Making and War-Profiteering, Dr. Eric Karlstrom, August, 2004
http://www.communitycurrency.org/BushCrimeFamily.html
Bush Family Crime: A Short Bibliography, 2004 (broken link)
http://www.lettermen2.com/bushcri.html
Impeachment in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_States
Suskind, Ron, The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill, ISBN: 0743255453 9780743255455.
"The George W. Bush White House, as described by former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, is a world out of kilter. Policy decisions are determined not by careful weighing of an issue's complexities; rather, they're dictated by a cabal of ideologues and political advisors operating outside the view of top cabinet officials. The President is not a fully engaged administrator but an enigma who is, at best, guarded and poker-faced but at worst, uncurious, unintelligent, and a puppet of larger forces. O'Neill provided extensive documentation to journalist and author Suskind, including schedules with 7,630 entries and a set of 19,000 documents that featured memoranda to the President, thank-you notes, meeting minutes, and voluminous reports. The result, The Price of Loyalty, is a gripping look inside the meeting rooms, the in-boxes, and the minds of a famously guarded administration. Much of the book, as one might expect from the story of a Treasury Secretary, revolves around economics, but even those not normally enthused by tax code intricacies will be fascinated by the rapid-fire intellects of O'Neill and Fed chairman Alan Greenspan as they gather for regular power breakfasts. A good deal of the book is about the things that O'Neill never figures out. He knows there's something creepy going on with the administration's power structure, but he's never inside enough to know quite what it is. But while those sections are intriguing, other passages are simply revelatory: O'Neill asserts that Saddam Hussein was targeted for removal not in the 9/11 aftermath but soon after Bush took office. Paul O'Neill makes for an interesting protagonist. A vaunted economist from the days of Nixon and Ford, he returns to a Washington that's immeasurably more cutthroat. And while he appears almost naïvely academic initially, he emerges as someone determined to speak his mind even when it becomes apparent that such an approach spells his political doom." -- Reader's Comment
"Ron Suskind was The Wall Street Journal's senior national affairs reporter from 1993 to 2000 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing while working there. He has recently attracted national attention with his groundbreaking articles about the Bush White House. Suskind, who writes for Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and other national publications, appears frequently as a correspondent on PBS and network news. . . ." -- Publisher
Sutton, Antony C., America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones, ISBN: 0972020705 9780972020701.
"For 170 years they have met in secret. From out of their initiates come presidents, senators, judges, cabinet secretaries, and plenty of spooks. They are the titans of finance and industry and have now installed a third member as United States President George W. Bush. This intriguing behind-the-scenes look documents Yale's secretive society, the Order of the Skull and Bones, and its prominent members, numbering among them Tafts, Rockefellers, Pillsburys, and Bushes. Far from being a campus fraternity, the society is more concerned with the success of its members in the post-collegiate world. Included are a verified membership list, rare reprints of original Order materials revealing the interlocking power centers dominated by Bonesmen, and a peek inside the Tomb, their 140-year-old private clubhouse." -- Publisher
"This well researched and masterfully written work exposes the nature and purpose of the Order of Skull and Bones along with the names of every member inducted into this evil order from 1833 through 1985; including Kellogg, Bush, Goodyear, Murchison, Kerry, Ford and many other well known politicians, bankers, oil men, industrialists and major news personalities. The list of names is absolutely astonishing! This is definitely not a harmless college fraternity. Members remain active for life-not just their senior year. The CIA recruits agents and operatives from this order. Others appear in the revolving door between Washington and corporate America. This is but one among many secret societies determined to force upon mankind the New World Order that madmen like Adolf Hitler, the Rockefellers, and George H.W. Bush have raved about for centuries. George W. Bush has admitted that during, 'My senior year, I joined Skull and Bones, a secret society, so secret I can't say anything more.' If it has to be secret, it can't be good. -- Reader's Comment
Tonelson, Alan, The Race to the Bottom: Why a Worldwide Worker Surplus and Uncontrolled Free Trade are Sinking American Living Standards, ISBN: 0813368170 9780813368177 0813340241 9780813340241.
"Current United States government policy may celebrate the economic benefits of globalization, but Tonelson, a policy analyst with the private U.S. Business and Industry Council, counters with a skeptical 'Show me the money!' on behalf of the U.S. worker. Burrowing into statistics on employment patterns and wage trends in industries like automobiles, household appliances and textiles, Tonelson makes a forceful and engaging argument that globalization, with its attendant rush by multinational corporations to cheaper sources of labor, has been partially responsible for what he sees as a shift from high-wage to low-wage industries in the U.S. (e.g., an Economic Policy Institute study shows that between 1973 and 1998, real hourly wages fell for the bottom 60 percent of the U.S. workforce). In response to multinational corporations crowing that globalization has increased U.S. exports to emerging markets, Tonelson urges a closer examination of the patterns of trade. He points out that U.S. exports to Third World countries are dominated by manufacturing and intermediate goods that are used to build the industrial capacity that then produces goods for direct export to the United States. The net result -- lost jobs, lost factories and a growing U.S. trade deficit to question whether the current U.S. policy is anything but de facto foreign aid at the expense of U.S. workers. Though the uninspired jacket belies Tonelson's lively prose, readers of sophisticated financial journalism will appreciate this well-researched and politically savvy treatise, which goes beyond criticism to propose thoughtful economic alternatives that Tonelson hopes will enable expanded free trade without imposing more burdens on American labor." -- Publishers Weekly
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Democratic Staff, The Constitution in Crisis: The High Crimes of the Bush Administration and a Blueprint for Impeachment, ISBN: 9781441698575 1441698574 9781602390096 1602390096.
"The Republican-led Congress has been notoriously slow to investigate the current Republican administration. For that reason, Representative Conyers of Michigan commissioned his staff to put together the report that became THE CONSTITUTION IN CRISIS. It chronicles the deceptions, manipulations, and retributions of President George W. Bush and his administration. Did the President mislead the country in order to invade Iraq? Have suspected evildoers been tortured in violation of U.S. and international laws? Has the National Security Agency eaves-dropped on American citizens in violation of wire tapping laws? This report is a must-read for anyone concerned about the direction of our nation!" -- Publisher
Vidal, Gore, Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Cheney-Bush Junta, ISBN: 1560255021 9781560255024.
"Stunning selection of essays which offer a passionate critique of the Bush-Cheney coup in 2000. Vidal shows that Bush's Government represented the oil and gas industries and also incorporated some of their leading executives into the government: 'Bush Senior of the Carlyle Group, Bush Junior of Harken, Cheney of Halliburton, Condoleezza Rice of Chevron-Texaco, Rumsfeld of Occidental, Gale Norton of BP-Amoco.'
"The book shows that not only were Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld expecting the September 11th attack, but that they were actively preparing for it. Vidal provides the evidence to show that al-Qaida were virtually goaded into attacking the US.
"Another theme is the undermining of the original democratic aims of the U.S. republic by the 'oligarchy,' who control every facet of U.S. society. He argues that the founders of the republic had 'invented the Electoral College so that the popular voice of the people could be throttled, much as the Supreme Court throttled the Floridians on 12 December [2000:]. We were to be neither a democracy, subject to majoritarian tyranny, nor a dictatorship, subject to Caesarean folly.'
"There are many powerful historical and political insights which emanate from the author's comprehensive knowledge of history and from contemporary developments. Vidal makes three startling claims which he substantiates: that the U.S. forced Japan into the attack on Pearl Harbor; that the Japanese had been trying to surrender from May 1945 and that there was no good reason to drop the two atom bombs; that it was the U.S. which started the Cold War as Truman wanted a military build-up." -- Reader's Comment
See also: Treason and impeachment, Conspiracy, corruption, organized crime, The destruction of american liberty, The decline of american society, irrationality, the decline of western thought, Male role and responsibility, gender equality, suffrage, reproductive rights, and the decline of american society, Ethics, computer ethics, cyberethics, Sex ethics, sex education, Meltdown: the depression of 2008, and so forth, and so on.
911: Road to Tyranny. The Complete Movie, Alex Jones
An incredible documentary of Federal sponsorship and cooperation in terrorism. Everyone who cares about the future of America must watch this.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/9_11_the_road_to_tyranny.htm
911 Widow's Bush Treason Suit Vanishes, W. David Kubiak
12-5-3
http://www.rense.com/general45/vanishes.htm
Bush-Cheney '04 Announces Virginia Campaign Leadership
"According to the article posted Tuesday, January 13, 2004 at Bush Cheney 04, 'Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore will serve as Chair of the Bush-Cheney '04 Virginia Leadership Team. U.S. Sens. John Warner and George Allen will serve as Bush-Cheney '04 Virginia Co-Chairs along with U.S. Reps. Jo Ann Davis, Edward Schrock, Randy Forbes, Virgil Goode, Jr., Bob Goodlatte, Eric Cantor, Frank Wolf, and Tom Davis'."
"The purpose of the Virginia Commonwealth Attorney is to protect citizens of Virginia by punishing wrongdoers, including protecting citizens from the corruption of the Bush-Cheney Administration. The Virginia Commonwealth Attorney taking a role in the reelection of Bush-Cheney is an unacceptable conflict of interest.
"Governor Mark Warner, is this not a gross violation of the Commonwealth of Virginia Code of Ethics?"
http://www.georgewbush.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=2161)
Bound by Secrets, Norman Patterson
"Those who believe George W. Bush is a 'born-again' Christian face a dilemma. If you really believe he has genuine faith, how do you reconcile what the Scriptures say on the issues related to secrets? The Bible demands we confront a brother in sin and if he does not repent, we are to not stay in fellowship with him while he remains unrepentant. On the other hand, if he is deceiving the evangelical church, he is worse than a misguided sheep. The Bible has a great deal to say about deceivers and who their father is. Either way, Christians should be very concerned for George W. Bush and John Kerry."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/patterson-norman7.html
Bush Backers Believe Propaganda, Jim Lobe
"The roots of the Bush supporters' resistance to information very likely lie in the traumatic experience of 9/11 and equally into the near pitch-perfect leadership that President Bush showed in its immediate wake.
"This appears to have created a powerful bond between Bush and his supporters -- and an idealized image of the president that makes it difficult for his supporters to imagine that he could have made incorrect judgment before the war, that world public opinion would be critical of his policies or that the president could hold foreign-policy positions that are at odds with his supporters."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/ips/lobe142.html
Bush the Christian, Christopher Manion
http://www.lewrockwell.com/manion/manion53.html
Bush News Archives of Bush Treason and Treachery
http://bush-treason.blogspot.com/bush-treason_archive.html
Bush News, Bush Truth, Bush Facts, Bush Investigations
http://supak.com/bush_news.htm
BushFlash.com, Loyalty to the Country When it Deserves it
http://www.bushflash.com/animation.html
Bush Watch . . . Bush Lies
http://www.bushwatch.com/bushlies.htm
Complete 911 Timeline compiled by Paul Thompson
A extensive timeline of all aspects of 9-11 with documentation and links. Readers are sure to find information here of which they were previously unaware.
http://www.cooperativeresearch.net/project.jsp?project=911_project
The Constitution Restoration Act of 2004: The Most Important Legislation in the Last Fifty Years
"The passage of H.R. 3799 and S. 2082 should be regarded as the most important item on the conservative agenda this year! It is no hyperbole to say that the passage of this bill is significantly more important than who wins the White House this November." -- Reader's Comment
http://www.citizenreviewonline.org/feb2004/restoration.htm
Dubya's Resume: The Resume of George W. Bush
"Accomplishments:
http://pages.zdnet.com/trimb/id120.html
Ellen Mariani, 911 Widow, Lawsuit
http://www.nancho.net/911/mariani.html
Fahrenheit 9/11, DVD
"Controversy is breeding cinematic greatness this year as Michael Moore's 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' along with Mel Gibson's 'The Passion of the Christ,' pushes the envelope on intelligent and thought-provoking American film-making. This is a documentary feature (I think arguably the finest of all time) that pulls no punches as Moore dives into the George W. Bush administration head-first like a heat-seeking missile with only one objective -- find and destroy. Moore started a stir after he won the Best Documentary Feature Oscar for 'Bowling for Columbine' in 2002 as he bashed the current White House president in a wild, daring and chaotic speech that sent shockwaves even through Hollywood (not exactly Bush country to start with). 'Fahrenheit 9/11' is supposedly a justification to Moore's public views. The movie is a blazing powder keg as an unbelievable amount of research, archive footage and Moore's unchallenged brand of getting in the face of the man and the system the man represents extends throughout the picture's running time. A political nightmare in 2000 took place as the presidential election came down to Florida where wrongdoing and possible voter fraud occurred. Things went from bad to worse as President Bush's excessive vacation time in Crawford, Texas is questioned and then of course that fateful day in September of 2001 changed the nation and the world forever. Fear, in Moore's eyes, dominates the administration as they do their best to keep the general public scared with mixed signals and messages. The thin red line then comes into play as George W. Bush and Tony Blair's role in Iraq becomes skewed with that of Saddam Hussein. Why attack Iraq? What about Osama bin Laden's relatives that fled the U.S. shortly after the New York terrorist attacks? And how did they even get a flight when air transportation was supposedly shut down? Was Iraq the real threat? Can the Taliban even be tracked down? What about Middle Eastern/U.S. affairs with the oil of the world? The questions are not easily answered as Moore paints a portrait of a dizzying web network where nothing is quite as simple or clear as it seems. Is anyone in Washington, D.C. any help? Well they do not even seem able to read bills that are passed. And who suffers? Not the rich and powerful. It is those in places like Flint, Michigan, a place where the poverty rate is staggering and where unemployment is near 50 percent in some areas. Who takes advantage? Try pesky military recruiters who chase down poor white people and economically down-trodden minorities shamelessly like old time evangelists or medicine men. And as it has always been those with so little fight for those with so much. And is anyone willing to do like the Almighty and sacrifice their own offspring for something they believe in? Moore is not shy at all. The movie does its best to explain and educate all viewers, even those who do not want to hear or see. All angles are covered and all corners swept. Bush's unsuccessful business career gets a glimpse. His closest advisers (Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, Colon Powell and many others) are shown at their very worst through seemingly endless news items. The film gets emotional as Moore finds a middle-class family in his hometown who has suffered the loss of one of their children. Pro-Bush people turn on a dime as the economy and unsubstantiated war force many fence-sitters to re-think their political beliefs. 'Fahrenheit 9/11' is an anti-war picture at its finest. I always think back to the 1930 version of 'All Quiet on the Western Front' when the primary character (played by Lew Ayres) states that there is no glory in dying for your country. He believes that when your choices are to die with honor or live that the only logical choice is the latter. Moore has very similar outlooks in this day and age of international chaos. This movie could be discussed for days and days and the major points would never be touched upon. Moore, like him or not, is an amazing talent as his visions and the way he executes them are truly something remarkable to behold. To write a critical statement of 'Fahrenheit 9/11' does not really do this project justice. It is near impossible to express the brilliance of this important and intelligent movie. 5 stars out of 5." -- A registered user of
The Internet Movie Database
George W. Bush Charged with High Treason for Complicity in the Attack of 9-11
http://www.petitiononline.com/bush911/petition.html
Grand Theft America, an online video
http://www.bushflash.com/gta.html
History Debunks Bush Myth, Jim Lobe
"To the administration's neoconservative boosters, Bush represents a synthesis of the wisdom of the two presidents -- the Republican realist and the Democratic idealist -- who are among the most beloved in the generally hazy historical memory of the nation.
"But according to THE FOLLY OF EMPIRE, a book published this fall by John Judis, this interpretation of history is nonsense."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/ips/lobe170.html
Hi-tech Polygraphy as a Means of Broadscale Reform
http://www.lettermen2.com/polytech.html
Impeachment in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_in_the_United_States
Is "Big Brother" Gradually Robbing us of our Freedoms in Preparation of Turning our Society Into a Police State?
http://hometown.aol.com/GovExposed/
Is Kerry Throwing the Election? An Expert's Advice to the Ambitious Politician, Tom White
Tom White remembers the Bush 1 episode.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/white/white59.html
Known Foreign Intelligence Warnings of 9/11
http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline/main/foreignwarnings.html
The Lies of George W. Bush
http://www.bushlies.com
Making a Killing: The Business of War
http://www.publicintegrity.org/search.aspx?strSearch=making+a+killing
National ID Red Alert! Steven Yates
"The specific day most likely to live in infamy in 2004 was December 7. That was the day our ex-Trotskyite controlled Congress passed the so-called National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004 (S.2845) -- also called the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 -- another of those multi-thousand page tomes all but unread by the vast majority of those who signed it. The Intelligence Reform bill was put together ostensibly in response to recommendations by the 9/11 Commission. Its official title as introduced: 'A bill to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.' Inquiring minds want to know: what other purposes? One thing we can be sure of: this horrid bill contains things those in power have wanted for years, the things Claire Wolfe once called 'land mine legislation,' some of which were beaten back by public outrage in the pre-9/11 world."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/yates/yates99.html
The Nazi Hydra in America
"Nearly 700 pages detailing the subversion of democracy leading to the creation of a fascist state is now available in HTML format on CD. Included is a proposed amendment that will stop corporate fascism dead in its tracks."
http://www.spiritone.com/~gdy52150/noon.html
One Year After the Invasion: Baghdad and Beyond, Tom Barry
"In defiance of world opinion and the UN Security Council -- but with the support of the U.S. Congress -- the Bush administration invaded Iraq in March 2003. A year later it's still too soon to evaluate the success of the mission.
"A few quick judgments, though, certainly can be made. The liberation was not the cakewalk that Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Wolfowitz had predicted, and the promised liberation has turned into a woeful occupation. Moreover, regime change and preventive war in Iraq cannot be chalked up as victories in the administration's much-vaunted war on terrorism. Before the invasion there existed no ties between the Hussein government and the al Qaeda terrorist network, but a year of U.S. occupation has sparked a wave of anti-American Islamic militancy in Iraq. Osama bin Laden and his terrorist band were never favored or sheltered by the secular Ba'athist regime in Iraq, and bin Laden remains at large. Meanwhile, the Taliban and its ilk are resurgent in occupied Afghanistan."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/barry-tom3.html
Pigs Fighting to be First in Line at the Trough, Bill Butler
"Developments just prior to and immediately after the bailout illuminate interesting political and potentially ominous market realities. The political reality is that George W. Bush, unlike his father, is most likely a Morgan man. Press reports indicate that 'W' himself was involved in these transactions. Comparing the transactions shows that Morgan received the federal 800-pound gorilla's unbridled support whereas federal coercion in the Citi-Wachovia transaction was, by comparison, restrained. In 'facilitating' the JP Morgan -- WaMu deal, the FDIC first wrestled WaMu to ground, executing a midnight foreclosure and repossession of all its assets. The FDIC then sold WaMu's $302 billion in assets to Morgan for $1.9 billion and wiped out the WaMu equity holders, including a group that had invested $7 billion six months ago. Monday JP Morgan further announced that had no intention of hiring or retaining WaMu management. Wachovia was just the latest bone thrown to JP Morgan.
"In another federally 'facilitated' transaction, on March 17, 2008 JP Morgan acquired global securities giant Bear Stearns for $236 million, or $2 a share. After shareholders complained, JP Morgan increased its 'offer' fivefold, to $10 per share. In February of 2008, Bear Stearns stock had a market value $93 per share. Citi, by comparison, has not received the same level of government support. In the Citi-Wachovia transaction, the FDIC did not actually seize Wachovia's assets. It only threatened to seize Wachovia's assets, allowed Wachovia to survive as a legal entity and gave Wachovia until December 31 to close the deal with Citi. If 'W' is not a Morgan man, then he is not a good negotiator, because the delay has opened the door for Wachovia to negotiate a better deal."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/butler-b3.html
Pope's Visit Means 3 White House Firsts
President says 'man of faith' and conviction deserves the special treatment, Associated Press, April 13, 2008
"Washington -- The leader of the world's 1 billion Roman Catholics has been to the White House only once in history. That changes this week, and President Bush is pulling out all the stops: driving out to a suburban military base to meet Pope Benedict XVI's plane, bringing a giant audience to the South Lawn and hosting a fancy East Room dinner.
"These are all firsts.
"A crowd of up to 12,000 is due at the White House on Wednesday morning for the pope's official, pomp-filled arrival ceremony. It will feature the U.S. and Holy See anthems, a 21-gun salute, and the U.S. Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps. Both men will make remarks before their Oval Office meeting and a send-off for his Popemobile down Pennsylvania Avenue.
"The president explained the special treatment -- particularly the airport greeting.
" 'One, he speaks for millions. Two, he doesn't come as a politician; he comes as a man of faith,' Bush told the EWTN Global Catholic Network in an interview aired Friday. He added that he wanted to honor Benedict's conviction that 'there's right and wrong in life, that moral relativism has a danger of undermining the capacity to have more hopeful and free societies. . . .' "
"This week makes Bush the record-holder, with a total of five meetings with two popes. . . .
"The current pope's approach may be softer than that of John Paul, who turned from Bush's presentation to him of the Medal of Freedom in 2004 to read a statement about his 'grave concern' over events in Iraq."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24096388/
Bush Scandals
An extensive resource. Includes websites for the Savings and Loan Scandal of the 1980s, considered the largest theft in the history of the world, involving Neil Bush, a brother of George W., the Florida's Voting Scandal of 2001 in which Al Gore lost the presidential election. Jeb Bush, another brother of George W., was Governor of Florida and had promised to deliver the state for his brother. Other sites treat George W. Bush's suspected involvement in 9-11 [9-11 is, of course, analogous to Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor]. Note particularly "Bush Family Machinations, 1918-2000," a timeline of Bush Family crimes prior to Election 2000.
http://news4florida.tripod.com/index1.html
The Panic of '08. Lew Rockwell Interviews Ron Paul, September 18, 2008
A podcast.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/podcast/?p=episode&name=2008-09-18_029_ron_paul_talks_to_lew_rockwell.mp3
Questions and Answers on The Constitution Restoration Act "CRA" 2004, HR 3799 IH, 108th CONGRESS, 2d Session
"An advocate for constitutional government says activist judges could be dealt a fatal blow if Congress would follow its mandate and use the authority granted to the legislature by the Constitution to keep the courts in check. Many conservatives feel that liberal judges who make law rather than interpret the Constitution have been leading an assault on the traditional values on which America was founded. But Howard Phillips of the Conservative Caucus says that could all end if the U.S. Congress would act. 'Article Three gives Congress the power to abolish every federal court except the Supreme Court, and to limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court,' he says. He goes on to explain that this empowers Congress to prevent the courts by statute from ruling against the public display of the Ten Commandments, the inclusion of 'one nation under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance, prayer in schools, and similar religious freedom and freedom of expression issues. Phillips says these rights are guaranteed. 'You don't need a Constitutional Amendment -- it's in the Constitution.' Unfortunately, he says, Congress has been derelict in its duty to protect these rights by failing to oversee the courts more closely." -- Reader's Comment
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1077826/posts
Thanks for the Memories, an online video [DVD].
http://www.bushflash.com/thanks.html
Why Conservative Christians are Re-evaluating George W. Bush, a CD by Jim Babka
"Far from calling on Christians to vote Democrat, Babka lays out a tragic record of lies, hypocrisies, and cowardly acts by the President, including a sorry record that may most shock Bush's core constituency on issues of gay rights, abortion, and religion itself. It is an excellent resource, primarily because it is spoken with passion and moral and logical clarity. Listening to the truth is more powerful than just reading it, and Babka hits it out of the park. Babka is more persuasive in his case against Bush than most of us can be. Real conservatives and Christian libertarians should take advantage in these last days before the election to listen to, learn from, and circulate Babka's message."
http://www.culturerepair.com/
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