And, yes, I DO take it personally: Prescott Bush and the attempted overthrow of the United States government

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Prescott Bush and the attempted overthrow of the United States government

i would be doing everyone, including myself, a disservice if i neglected to post on this bbc radio documentary on the infamous - and too-little-known - attempted overthrow of the united states government and president roosevelt in 1933, engineered by, among others, george w. bush's grandfather, senator prescott bush...

it's both interesting and timely that this should come out now, given the increasing cry for impeachment... it's also coincidental because the story of the attempted coup is included in the documentary, the corporation, a film that i used in two of my graduate classes this summer... the segment in the movie, however, did not mention the involvement of prescott bush...