George H.W. Bush

Libertarian Institute, April 13, 2020

FDR, Demagogue Champion of Leviathan and War
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Many comparisons have been made between Russiagate and the earlier scandals of Watergate and Iran-Contra, but the similarities are at best superficial, explained Robert Parry on June 28, 2017. On CNN last week Carl Bernstein astonishingly said that the Mueller…Read more →

In a recent media alert, we presented a few rules that journalists must follow if they are to be regarded as a safe pair of hands by editors and corporate media owners. One of these rules is that ‘we’ in the West are assumed to be ‘the good guys’. This seriously damaging narrative, flying in the face of historical evidence and endlessly crushing state policies, ensures that the public is kept ignorant and pacified.

The avalanche of funeral hagiography drowned any possible discussion of what Bush did to the Middle East. As’ad AbuKhalil writes that he rallied despots against Iraq and established a new, tyrannical security order in the region.   Sequel to ‘British…Read more →

by NoahYou can bet that if that casket held the body of a Russian oligarch and was draped with a Russian flag, Trump's right hand would be over his heart. The allegiances of Putin's Fist Puppet are clear.

by NoahA president walks into a church... Aw, forget the jokes. The president is the joke, the gift that keeps on giving, kinda like gonorrhea.When Daddy Bush finally did the world a favor and croaked, there was some speculation as to whether or not Traitor Don would be asked to stay away from his funeral like he had been asked to stay away from Barbara Bush's. Imagine how repulsive to the core you have to be to be too toxic for a Bush funeral.

In its article, “How ‘lonely little’ George H.W. Bush changed the US-Israel relationship,” the Times of Israel reports: “The 41st president beat AIPAC, but lost 24% of his Jewish backing after confronting Israel over the settlements; it’s a lesson US leaders since have taken to heart.”

At the close of the first Gulf War, Saddam Hussein was denounced as a ferocious villain for ordering his retreating troops to destroy Kuwaiti oil fields, clotting the air with poisonous clouds of black smoke and saturating the ground with swamps of crude. It was justly called an environmental war crime.

The Sound of Music by Nancy OhanianFox News' Chris Wallace came up with the "a hill had descended" line in the station's coverage of George H.W. Bush’s funeral on Wednesday when Trump awkwardly joined the legitimately elected presidents in the front row. He didn't belong-- and it was obvious, even at Fox. "You had seen a lot of chatty talk between the Clintons and the Obamas, the Carters," said Wallace.

George H.W. Bush was laid to rest on Wednesday but some of his murderous policies lived on through his son’s administration and until this day, as Robert Parry reported on January 11, 2005. How George W. Bush Learned From His…Read more →