by Carla G.
Member since:
September 19, 2006

Skeletons in the Bush Family Closet: Nazis and Coups

January 11, 2008 11:25 PM UTC (Updated: January 14, 2008 11:07 AM UTC)
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In the United States, anyone can grow up to be President--even the son and the grandson of a man who did business with the Nazis during WWII--and who planned to overthrow the government in a coup in 1933, which has been called "the biggest peacetime threat to American democracy."

Yes, George W. Bush is the grandson of Prescott Bush, a very shady character to say the least. Here's a little history...

In 1933, Prescott Bush, along with a group of other wealthy families (owners of corporations such as Heinz, Birds Eye, Goodtea and Maxwell House) believed that the United States should adopt the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the great depression. To that end, they planned a coup to topple Franklin Delano Rooselvelt from office and to take over the country. There is a documentary which tells the story of this attempted coup. It is available on the BBC web site:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/document/document_20070723.shtmlwhich

The program also mentions Prescott Bush's directorship of the Hamburg-America Line, a company that was investigated for Nazi propaganda activities. Although this plan was foiled, Prescott Bush would go on to help the Nazis in a different way.

Six days after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, President Roosevelt signed the "Trading With the Enemies Act" after it became public that there were companies doing business with the declared enemy of the United States. About ten months later, the U.S. ordered seizure of the Union Banking Corporation for doing business with the Germans. Prescott Bush was a director and Prescott's father-in-law, George Herbert Walker, was the President. The assets of the company were held by the U.S. until the end of the war, at which time they were returned. When the company was dissolved, Prescott Bush was reimbursed $1,500,000 which was then used to fund the Bush family investments in the oil industry.

So now you have a little history of the Bush family. I encourage you to do some research yourself as there are also ties to the bin Laden family.

Comments: 21

Larry H. Jan 11, 2008, 11:48pm UTC
thanks for sharing, gas prices up because Bush own part of oil business.
Gary L. Jan 12, 2008, 7:45am UTC
How is it that such important facts can be so easily buried? Would either of the Bushes been elected to higher office if these facts had seen the light of day? I think not! And, our country would have been better if they had not been elected, either of them, but especially the latter.
Carla G. Jan 12, 2008, 8:44am UTC
Gary, my thoughts exactly. There is even more to know that there is here. We must get the word out. We must open our eyes and begin to see the truth. Things are not as they may seem.
Karen D. Jan 12, 2008, 8:44am UTC
Good article, Carla. I'd be interested iin hearing more about the ties to the Bin Laden family.
Ishbel R. Jan 12, 2008, 8:50am UTC
The murky pasts of various Bush family members were publicised again in the UK and Europe when GWB was running for President. They had also been publicised here when his father started his campaigning for the Presidency.

It's shocking to learn that so many Americans seem uninformed about the Bush family history.
Carla G. Jan 12, 2008, 10:46am UTC
I couldn't help but think of the Bush family support of the Nazis during WWII when I saw President Bush on TV at the Holocaust Memorial placing a wreath yesterday.
Bruce B. Jan 12, 2008, 11:01pm UTC
Very interesting, Carla. When did you first hear of this? It rings a faint bell, but you are right, it isn't in many (if any) history books.
Jerry Kays Jan 13, 2008, 2:05am UTC
That information has been available for a long time, that and so much more, but it just does not fit the picture that the real owners of our media (and us, this society) want to be promulgated into general knowledge. But you will damn sure hear about the things "they" do want you to know about.

There is ample information available on Google and Wikipedia alone for inquiring minds to get a start in their research ... the problem is that far too many really do not give a damn ... and then there are the Right winger apologists that come on Gather to deny everything as just Left wing lies ... what a world ...
Carla G. Jan 13, 2008, 11:00am UTC
The media is owned by large corporations and they want to protect the President that is protecting their interests. That is George W. Bush. That is why you don't see much of this type of stuff on the news. Air America radio tells the truth about this and you'll hear it on the BBC. But it's sad that for the most part, you have to get the truth about what's going on here from overseas.
Carla G. Jan 13, 2008, 11:21am UTC
Bruce just told me that he used the link and it didn't work. I tried it and found that the page had been removed. Interesting... For those of you who want to read more about Prescott Bush, you can use www.wikipedia.com or google him as Jerry mentioned. The information is out there. You just won't see it on our media.
Bruce B. Jan 13, 2008, 11:57am UTC
Removed? hmmm. I heard something the other day and wish I could remember where but it was something like, the government should fear the people, not that the people should fear the government. Of course, in an ideal world, the government would be "of the people". sigh.
Carla G. Jan 13, 2008, 5:29pm UTC
Sinclair Lewis said, "When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross." We are definitely moving in that direction now.

Please help spread this information, friends. Those who are awake and aware will help bring change and save our freedoms.
Bruce B. Jan 13, 2008, 6:59pm UTC
Clark, you make a good point about the "media muscle" of the corporations. Too much control of the media is in the hands of too few. I just finished Al Gore's book Assault on Reason, and I think he did a good job of describing this. He feels the internet, as long as it remains "neutral" can possibly save us in opening the country back up to the exchange of information and ideas.

Carla, I love that quote. I just happened to look it up to see if Lewis said anything similar and I see there is some controversy over exactly what he said and where. At
http://gcaw.blogspot.com/2007/12/sinclair-lewis-quote.html
it gives evidence that that correct quote is "When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism ... "

However, you point remains the same, I think.
Carla G. Jan 13, 2008, 10:06pm UTC
Bruce, thanks for letting me know about the quote. I'm going to check into that. Funny how quotes get changed.

Here's another one for you...
"The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public. . ."– Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace, the New York Times, April 9, 1944

In 1944, Henry A. Wallace, one of three Vice Presidents to serve under Franklin D. Roosevelt, assessed the threat of fascism in America and predicted that the time might come when the media was in collusion with the ruling power. "American fascism will not be really dangerous until there is a purposeful coalition among the cartelists, the deliberate poisoners of public information. . . ," he wrote.
Carla G. Jan 13, 2008, 10:09pm UTC
Michelle, my husband told me about that book. In fact, I was going to recommend it to K.D. who wanted more information about the Bush's ties with the Bin Laden family. You'll have to do a little "book report" for us. I'm going to read the book at some point but it may take awhile.
Bruce B. Jan 13, 2008, 10:29pm UTC
Thanks for the Henry Wallace quote, Carla. As you likely know, Henry Wallace is from my state of Iowa. I remember my father talking about him although, regretably, I didn't pay adequate attention. Wallace fell from grace with Roosevelt and so it was Truman who became Vice President and then President.

Wallace ran for president in 1948 with the Progressive Party. From Wikipedia I quote, "His platform advocated an end to segregation, full voting rights for blacks, and universal government health insurance."

Is it your fault or mine that I got off topic?
Carla G. Jan 13, 2008, 10:34pm UTC
Bruce, Truman also proposed universal health insurance at about that time too, but the Republicans were the majority in Congress. So this battle has been going on for quite awhile.
Rory M. Jan 30, 2008, 12:15pm UTC
It is hard to see what is happening when you are right in the middle of it. For this reason I think the emerging fascist state in the USA has been visible to those of us who are not Americans for some time, while Americans themselves are just starting to wake up to the reality.

Defeating Amerika, fascism and fundamentalism are the battles of this new century.

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