BBC: The Original White House Coup - All In The (BUSH) Family [View All]

Document uncovers details of a planned coup in the USA in 1933 by right-wing American businessmen

The coup was aimed at toppling President Franklin D Roosevelt with the help of half-a-million war veterans. The plotters, who were alleged to involve some of the most famous families in America, (owners of Heinz, Birds Eye, Goodtea, Maxwell Hse & George Bush’s Grandfather, Prescott) believed that their country should adopt the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the great depression.

Mike Thomson investigates why so little is known about this biggest ever peacetime threat to American democracy

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


The Sins of the Fathers: Fascism, A Coup and Thou -- History, Repeated and Improved
by GreyHawk
Tue Jul 24, 2007

George W. Bush may not be much of a student. He's certainly not much of a "President" or even a leader, whether in politics or business.

He is, however, one of a long line of Bush war profiteers -- a direct descendant in a family that has a history of war, treason, sedition and unpatriotic behavior.

The BBC just had a very interesting program about The Whitehouse Coup -- the original one, circa 1933; I strongly suggest folks go listen to it and replay it often, everywhere.

What he and others in the current BushCheney Administration have done with their stonewalling, illegal wiretapping, secret prisons, US Attorney firings, Department of Justice politicalization, betrayal of a CIA agent and rampant cronyism is nothing short of miraculous: they have succeeded where Prescott S. Bush failed. They have staged a successful, bloodless coup. Now, let's see how long they can hold it.

more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/7/25/081/34142