I never thought I would have a soft spot for ole Forty-One. When I look at the gene pool he was swimming in though he was a fairly decent American. He was at least more subtle then his progenitor or his get. I have often wondered if Prescott 'hauled-before-Congress-to-answer-for-war-profiteering-and-business-deals-with-Nazis' Bush had a hand in the attempted fascist overthrow of our democracy. Uncle Mike was good enough to report on an article that says 'Yes, your not paranoid (they are still after you) this family has an evil gene'. In other words yes Prescott was one of the money men backing a fascist coup to over throw FDR. Poppy put on his dress whites and fought the axis, it must have been a real blow to his dad.
George the First, having once been made the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, has a healthy respect for our intelligence apparatus and its uses beyond creating right wing death squads. It's hard to imagine his reaction to his own child's complicity in the outing of Nonofficial Cover Agent (AKA NOC Agent). NOC's not only volunteer to serve under cover they do so without the benefit of a traditional diplomatic cover meaning if they are caught they are disavowed. They volunteer to be ignored by the Government they serve should they be caught engaged in that service. They accept the fact that they can be tortured and executed by our enemies and our Government will do NOTHING to save them. They accept this level of disregard for their efforts by our Government because it is necessary to serve the country they love. I don't think any of them volunteered to have their safety and the safety of every foreign source that worked with them sacrificed for a political smear campaign. Forty-One said the compromising of the identity of any undercover CIA agent should be considered treason. Of course Forty-One was also smart enough to know the last time an executive undermined a major CIA operation was Bay of Pigs. People wonder why Cheney prefers the safety of his bunker; I don't.
Now the days of Forty-One are long gone. Corporations have armies and ours is being used to break countries in order to build better colonies. Last time the fascists industrialist war mongers tried to crush democracy they failed to count on the integrity, loyalty, and love of country that lay in the heart of a USMC Colonel (Semper Fi) They have learned their lesson well. Forty-Three's coup will rely on a military made up of everyone who would take the training provided for them by the taxpayers of this land and offer it to the highest bidder. They won't have to worry about a warrior's integrity getting in their way this time because the warrior's they plan to use have proved they have none. (Yes that is challenge of honor to any man who serves in Blackwater's forces and I will meet anyone wishing to take up that challenge honorably)
The Forty-three Administration has treated our Constitution almost worse then they have treated those who are sworn to sacrifice everything in its service. If this is a family tradition then for all his other faults I must say Forty-One was at least a little more reserved in his fascist contempt for democracy and our fighting forces. So tonight I drink to George Herbert Walker Bush, less crazy then his Dad and smarter then his son.
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