BARN BURNER - "The Bush Empire"

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THE BUSH EMPIRE
by Charles Shaw

How four generations of arms, oil, fascism, and US Govt. defiance made America's First Family

"Almost everybody knows that George W. is the son of the 41st President. But fewer know that the family has wielded power in corporate boardrooms and capital corridors for a century and a half. On his mom's side, he's related to Franklin Pierce, the 14th President (1853-57). His dad's paternal grandfather, Samuel P. Bush, was an Ohio steel executive and the first president of the National Association of Manufacturers. Samuel's son, Prescott, became a Connecticut senator. Prescott's wife, Dorothy, was the daughter of George Herbert Walker, a co-founder of Brown Brothers Harriman, the oldest and largest private investment house on Wall Street. The Walker family helped finance the construction of Madison Square Garden and the Belmont Park racetrack--and later owned a big chunk of the New York Mets"


--Business Week, Nov 15, 1999



The previous quote embodies the public face of the Bush family, one of the richest and most influential American political dynasties in all our history. But it is almost shocking how little people actually know about the Bush family, particularly the history of the Bush men. I thought we might look beneath the veneer at the true face of America's political dynasty.


READ THE FULL ARTICLE: http://www.newtopiamagazine.net/content/issue12/features/bushempire.php

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1. a long read but a good one, thanks! n/t

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2. And with the links

it's even longer. Sorry. ;)