Wonkette reports a bizarre story. The Bush Family has purchased a 98,840 acre ranch through a secretive land trust in Paraguay. The ranch, which is close to the Brazillian and Bolivean border is also located in proximity to natural gas reserves and a large water reserve.
I wonder why the Bushes are quietly purchasing land in Paraguay...where Simon Weisenthal famously hunted down Nazi fugitives? But the story gets wierder.
Read on.
According to Wonkette, this story is being covered by papers in Cuba, Venezuela and Argentina, but has not yet hit the American presses.
The Paraguayan Senate voted last summer to "grant U.S. troops immunity from national and International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction."
Immediately afterwards, 500 heavily armed U.S. troops arrived with various planes, choppers and land vehicles at Mariscal Estigarribia air base, which happens to be at the northern tip of Paraguay near the Bolivian/Brazilian border. More have reportedly arrived since then.
Perhaps our government continuity plan is to be carried out in Paraguay?
Wonkette also reports that Jenna Bush has just returned from an announced ten-day secret diplomatic mission to Paraguay where she met with the President and the US Ambassador, a former military man stationed in countries such as Honduras and El Salvador where the US ran covert operations. The link to the confirmation led to a blank page, so I don't know what to make of it.
Sun Myung Moon also owns a huge ranch in the same neighborhood, according to Wonkette.
Just sayin', food for thought on a sleepless night.