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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 05:41 AM Original message |
Smedley Butler |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. Same businessmen - JP Morgan bank and related cos. in '34 - JPMorgan-Chase own 27% of BP today |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 06:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Why am I not surprised? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. Any Marine knows who Smedley Butler is. |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. Have you read "The Plot To Sieze The White house"? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 06:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Oliver Stone had the movie rights. What ever happened to that project? |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 06:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I have no clue. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 06:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. They can make honest pictures about Rome (Gladiator, Spartacus), but the ones about America usually |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. Here you go (link to Harpers & BBC) Every American should know this: |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 06:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. My reading of this was that it was more of measure to prevent communism |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 07:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. The type of documentary that will never see the light of day in THIS country!!! |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 07:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. You beat me to it...I was going to mention Prescott Bush |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 07:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That's why it's called the BFEE. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 07:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Glad to hear you pass this knowledge never learned in history class on as well, too. |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. Watch this video: |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
11. Smedley Butler has been a hero around here for years.... |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 07:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. It's available for free download from Google books. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 07:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. thanks for that info.. |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
12. War Is A Racket |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Yes it is. |
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Yuugal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
14. K&R |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
20. Butler was a very complicated man and left the Marine Corps extremely bitter. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Really? Then I'll dismiss every word he ever wrote right there! |
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wmbrew0206 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Be ready to hear it. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I'm betting Butler's priviledged background... |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Four words: "War is a racket" says a lot, doesn't it? |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. +1 "Butler was a very complicated man" |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
25. "War is a Racket" is available in different formats through archive.org |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Thank you!!! |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Thank you for this thread |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. Prescott Bush.... |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. John Perkins |
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