Kevin Phillips, author of the book, "American Dynasty (Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush)" spoke on April 24, 2004 at the City Club of San Diego, which was rebroadcast tonight on UCSD's cable channel. (UCSD stands for University of California, San Diego.)
He discussed the history of the Bush family, from the turn of the century, their connection to Standard Oil, the intelligence community, the military-intelligence complex, the CIA in particular, and its involvement since before WWII in Russian and Saudi oil interests, the creation of the CIA, Iran, GHW Bush's involvement with the CIA, the Shah of Iran, the Saudi Royal Family, the buildup of Iraq's armaments in the 1980's, the Iran-Contra scandal, the "October surprise" (his connection to the group which convinced the Iranian hostage takers not to release the hostages until Reagan had won the election over Carter, and been sworn in as President), his and his dim-son's involvement in the Carlisle Group along with numerous Saudi Royal Family members and the Bin Laden family, his and his dim-son's obsession with Iraq and disinterest in pursuing Bin Laden, etc., etc.
Some of this more recent material appears in very condensed form in Michael Moore's Farenheit 911.
Searching the 'net, I found some good links. I'm going out to buy the book tomorrow, as it goes into great deal about the Bush family for the past century. The links are:
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1595494http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/04/01/int04001.htmlhttp://www.americandynasty.net/kp.htmhttp://www.americandynasty.net/excerpts.htmhttp://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Kevin_Phillips/American_Dynasty.htmlhttp://pekingduck.org/archives/001491.phphttp://community.democrats.com/store/details.cfm?item=10063http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0670032646/102-5091549-2104919?v=glanceI urge everyone on DU to at least read the above links, and if possible, buy the book and read it in its entirety. You want to know our common enemy, Dubya's about? You have to know where he came from, and this book spells it out in great detail.