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A seventh-grader in Central California made headlines today [Salinas, CA -- Oct 23] with the announcement about her discoveries into President Obama's past.
BridgeAnne d'Avignon, a seventh-grader at Monte Vista Christian School in Watsonville, with the guidance of her eighty-year-old grandfather, has researched the ancestry of all the U.S. presidents. She discovered that all the presidents but one are cousins, with a common ancestor in King John "Lackland"Plantagenet, signer of the Magna Carta. The odd president out is Martin van Buren, whose Dutch ancestry did not link into every other presidents' English lines, although he is a cousin to a few presidents through different ancestors.
BridgeAnne spent her summer compiling the information and collaborating on creating a chart to display it. She hopes to deliver a signed and framed version to President Obama in person. The chart will be officially unveiled on October 28 at Monte Vista Christian School.
If this story peaked your interest, you should find a library copy of Dave McGowan's interesting work, "Understanding the F-Word: American Fascism and the Politics of Illusion."
A seventh-grader in Central California made headlines today [Salinas, CA -- Oct 23] with the announcement about her discoveries into President Obama's past.
BridgeAnne d'Avignon, a seventh-grader at Monte Vista Christian School in Watsonville, with the guidance of her eighty-year-old grandfather, has researched the ancestry of all the U.S. presidents. She discovered that all the presidents but one are cousins, with a common ancestor in King John "Lackland"Plantagenet, signer of the Magna Carta. The odd president out is Martin van Buren, whose Dutch ancestry did not link into every other presidents' English lines, although he is a cousin to a few presidents through different ancestors.
BridgeAnne spent her summer compiling the information and collaborating on creating a chart to display it. She hopes to deliver a signed and framed version to President Obama in person. The chart will be officially unveiled on October 28 at Monte Vista Christian School.
If this story peaked your interest, you should find a library copy of Dave McGowan's interesting work, "Understanding the F-Word: American Fascism and the Politics of Illusion."
Steve - A Must Read! I discovered this book, when reading articles on the David McGowan's web site, The Center for an Informed America. Chapters 3, 7, 10, 28 and 29 from this book are available there as well as the author's regular newsletters offering alternative viewpoints on current events.
This book is not going to be popular, given the controversial title with many Americans. It is sure to draw criticism (or be ignored) by "the Right", the Republicans and Democrats alike. But within the pages, the author makes a compelling case that what we have in America today - looks, smells and feels an awful lot like fascism.
The release of the book couldn't possibly have been better timed, on the eve of the 9-11 attacks. When one considers that this book was actually written on the verge of the 2000 Presidential debacle, one gets the feeling that author David McGowan is somehow clairvoyant. Indeed, the post 9-11 flag-waving (bellicose nationalism), and the infinite "war on terrorism" (overt militarism), along with the USA Patriot and Homeland Security Acts (forcible suppression of opposition), fulfill a major part of the fascist definition, making this book even more apropos than it would otherwise have been.
Part of the book covers the history, in brief, of the last hundred years of U.S. Presidents, beginning with Teddy Roosevelt. This time capsule review reveals some major events and some largely suppressed "hidden events" detailing US imperialism that has been largely ignored in the history books. Presidential agendas are apparently neither Democratic nor Republican (though the Republican agenda would be a much closer approximation), but are simply "The Agenda". And apparently crooked politics, corruption and scandals have been much more prevalent than most people have been led to believe in carrying out this (corporate) agenda.
If you find yourself incredulous at the non-stop deluge of media drivel, this book will help explain why the media has become what it is, a propaganda arm of the government.
If the pre-emptive attack mentality of the current administration seems "a little" un-American to you, this book will offer some insight as to how and why things "are as they are" and perhaps offer a glimpse as to where it is we are heading.
As a bonus, the author has included some fascinating information on the human genome project, along with various other scientific experiments, including psychological warfare and the new and improved hybrid (seedless) crops and their potential use in future wars and (quite possibly) population control.
For further reading, I also recommend David C. Korten's "When Corporations Rule the World", Jim Marrs, "Rule by Secrecy", as well as David McGowan's, "Derailing Democracy". And of course who could do without George Orwell's, "1984" in times like these.
Publisher - By offering a radical review of the last one hundred years of US history, this work is intended as a counterpoint to the rampant revisionism of the flurry of books glorifying the "American Century". Beginning with the rather bold and decidedly controversial assertion that the current political system in place in the United States at the dawn of the twenty-first century is fascism, the first part of this book attempts to justify that claim by first defining exactly what fascism is - correcting various widely-held misconceptions - and then analyzing how closely we as a nation conform to that definition. Also included is a review of some of the hidden history and key events of World War II.
Part II offers a retrospective of the twentieth century American presidential administrations, to demonstrate that the steady and inexorable march towards overt fascism was a defining characteristic that remained unchanged. The final section looks at the still very much alive eugenics movement, and analyzes the role played by the psychiatric establishment in validating the fascist state. This book will surely find no shortage of detractors, but if read with an open mind, it just may change the way you view the world.
CHAPTER 12
Young Teddy went missing for awhile beginning in 1872, a fairly common occurrence with future presidents in their early years and nothing to be concerned about. He is said to have stayed with a family in - of all places - Germany. Teddy was back in time though to attend Harvard University, from where he graduated in 1880.
Just one year after graduation, Teddy won his first election - to the New York state assembly - and was immediately made the Republican minority leader. He was twenty-three years old. By 1884, however, Teddy had had enough of politics and declined to run for a second term, opting instead to spend some time as a cowboy and rancher.
Five years later, President Benjamin Harrison plucked young Theo off the ranch (or wherever he really was) and appointed him the U.S. Civil Service Commissioner. In 1895, he became the president of the New York City police board, where he waged a very public - but largely illusory - war on police corruption.
In 1897, at the ripe old age of thirty-eight, Teddy became the Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President William McKinley. This raises the obvious question of what exactly a cowboy knows about running the U.S. Navy. Apparently quite a bit, as it turns out, and Teddy wouldn’t wait long to prove the prowess of American naval power.
On February 25th, 1898 - performing in the capacity of Acting Secretary of the Navy while the boss was out of town - Teddy cabled Commodore George Dewey and instructed him to sail for Hong Kong to prepare to take actions against Spain. McKinley shortly thereafter asked Congress to appropriate $50 million for the U.S. military to prepare for war.
On April 30th, Dewey began offensive operations by attacking the Spanish Fleet in Manila Bay, thus beginning the so-called Spanish-American War, though this is largely a misnomer given that Americans actually did very little fighting against the Spanish.
The war had its origins in a Cuban uprising against Spanish rule that began in February of 1895, provoked largely by Cubans who had been living in America. By late 1897, the Cuban insurgents were close to defeating the Spanish, overthrowing some four hundred years of colonial rule. In December of that year, the battleship Maine was sent to the port of Havana, allegedly to protect U.S. interests.
By that time, the newspapers of William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were shamelessly propagandizing for America to enter the war, allegedly to end Spanish barbarism and liberate her colonies. By January 24th, the Maine had dropped anchor at Havana; three weeks later, it exploded, killing at least 260 American servicemen. The sinking of the ship was immediately blamed on Spanish saboteurs, though decades later it would be acknowledged that the explosion was internal in origin.
At McKinley’s request, Congress drafted a resolution calling for Spain’s withdrawal from Cuba, which the president approved on April 20th. Two days later, McKinley ordered a naval blockade of Cuba, prompting a declaration of war from Spain. The U.S. Congress followed suit the next day, declaring war on Spain.
The much lauded Spanish fleet was quickly dispatched by Dewey’s naval assault. Within twenty-four hours, the fleet was in tatters and control of Manila Bay had transferred to the Americans, with no loss of life and only seven men wounded. By August, the Spanish had been driven completely out of the Philippines.
In May, Roosevelt resigned his post and organized a ‘civilian’ army known in American mythology as the Rough Riders, allegedly made up of other ‘cowboys,’ though the group was in fact largely composed of Ivy League aristocrats, the forerunners of the pre-OSS ‘Old Boys’ network. Teddy served with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
On June 14th, Teddy’s ‘civilian’ troops departed for Cuba from a staging area in Tampa, Florida, along with thousands of non-civilian troops. Many of these were regiments of African-American and other dark-skinned ethnic peoples, dubbed ‘Immunes’ because it was said that they were more resistant to yellow fever and malaria, which were likely to be encountered.
A more accurate name for these divisions would have been ‘expendables.’ They were used by Teddy as cannon-fodder to lead the charge, including the fabled ascent of San Juan Hill, with explicit warnings having been given the men that cowards and deserters would be summarily executed.
The fighting was over in less than a month, the formal surrender of Santiago coming on July 17th. The Stars and Stripes ceremoniously replaced the Spanish flag which had flown for centuries; the Cuban flag, as well as representatives of the insurgency, were nowhere to be seen.
Prior to this time, Roosevelt had been known by the more formal ‘Theodore,’ but now he began to be regularly referred to as ‘Teddy’ in newspaper articles and cartoons, his exploits shamelessly romanticized by Hearst and others.
One of these was famed author Stephen Crane, who accompanied the Rough Riders as a ‘journalist’ to document their adventures. Thomas Edison sent camera crews to film the war, though the teams only filmed the troops preparing for battle. The actual battles were shot as ‘reenactments’ back home in New Jersey.
When Teddy returned to the states as the conquering hero, he quickly became the governor of New York. That didn’t last long though, as the very next year he became the vice-presidential running-mate of President McKinley, who was facing a re-election campaign.
McKinley had opted to replace his first vice-president, Garret Hobart, a move that has been known to shorten the life expectancy of sitting presidents. McKinley was re-elected, and in March of 1901 Teddy became the new vice-president. That was to be a temporary position, however.
On September 6, McKinley was shot in Buffalo, New York, allegedly by an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz. One bullet grazed the president’s ribs and another struck his abdomen, though neither proved to be fatal. Nevertheless, McKinley died eight days later, allegedly of gangrene, and the boy-king became the 26th President of the United States. Within two months, Czolgosz was permanently silenced, having been tried, convicted, sentenced and executed.
Roosevelt’s administration actively encouraged and incited a revolt on November 3rd, 1903, in the state of Panama, at the time a part of the nation of Columbia. American naval power prevented a suppression of the revolt, and just three days later, on November 6th, the United States formally recognized the new nation of Panama. Work was immediately begun on constructing the Panama Canal.
In 1904, vying for a second term, Roosevelt was opposed for the Republican nomination by Mark Hanna of Ohio, who had been McKinley’s principal backer and financier during his gubernatorial and presidential campaigns. This could have posed a problem for Teddy, but luckily Hanna died before the Republican National Convention and Roosevelt clinched the nomination.
During his second term, Teddy ordered the ‘Great White Fleet’ on a world tour as a show of U.S. naval superiority -- and American belligerence. Around this same time, he sent John Watson Foster, who had served as Secretary of State under President Harrison, to the Hague Conference to represent a Chinese government badly fractured by the Boxer Rebellion and the Russo-Japanese War. Foster brought along his young grandson, John Foster Dulles, who served as the delegation’s recording secretary.
John Watson Foster had previously distinguished himself by encouraging an uprising against Queen Liliuokalani in Hawaii in 1893. American businessmen - with an assist from U.S. troops - overthrew the Queen, setting the stage for the annexation of the islands. More U.S. troops were deployed to support the illegitimate provisional government of Sanford B. Dole.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was born on October 27th, 1858, from the union of two extremely wealthy and politically prominent families. His mother was Martha Bulloch (you may have heard of their stores) and his father was Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., a descendant of Claes Martenssen van Rosenvelt, who had come to America from Holland in 1649. Teddy, Sr. served as an ‘advisor’ to Union troops on missions to the front lines during the Civil War.
Young Teddy went missing for awhile beginning in 1872, a fairly common occurrence with future presidents in their early years and nothing to be concerned about. He is said to have stayed with a family in - of all places - Germany. Teddy was back in time though to attend Harvard University, from where he graduated in 1880.
Just one year after graduation, Teddy won his first election - to the New York state assembly - and was immediately made the Republican minority leader. He was twenty-three years old. By 1884, however, Teddy had had enough of politics and declined to run for a second term, opting instead to spend some time as a cowboy and rancher.
Five years later, President Benjamin Harrison plucked young Theo off the ranch (or wherever he really was) and appointed him the U.S. Civil Service Commissioner. In 1895, he became the president of the New York City police board, where he waged a very public - but largely illusory - war on police corruption.
In 1897, at the ripe old age of thirty-eight, Teddy became the Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President William McKinley. This raises the obvious question of what exactly a cowboy knows about running the U.S. Navy. Apparently quite a bit, as it turns out, and Teddy wouldn’t wait long to prove the prowess of American naval power.
On February 25th, 1898 - performing in the capacity of Acting Secretary of the Navy while the boss was out of town - Teddy cabled Commodore George Dewey and instructed him to sail for Hong Kong to prepare to take actions against Spain. McKinley shortly thereafter asked Congress to appropriate $50 million for the U.S. military to prepare for war.
On April 30th, Dewey began offensive operations by attacking the Spanish Fleet in Manila Bay, thus beginning the so-called Spanish-American War, though this is largely a misnomer given that Americans actually did very little fighting against the Spanish.
The war had its origins in a Cuban uprising against Spanish rule that began in February of 1895, provoked largely by Cubans who had been living in America. By late 1897, the Cuban insurgents were close to defeating the Spanish, overthrowing some four hundred years of colonial rule. In December of that year, the battleship Maine was sent to the port of Havana, allegedly to protect U.S. interests.
By that time, the newspapers of William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were shamelessly propagandizing for America to enter the war, allegedly to end Spanish barbarism and liberate her colonies. By January 24th, the Maine had dropped anchor at Havana; three weeks later, it exploded, killing at least 260 American servicemen. The sinking of the ship was immediately blamed on Spanish saboteurs, though decades later it would be acknowledged that the explosion was internal in origin.
At McKinley’s request, Congress drafted a resolution calling for Spain’s withdrawal from Cuba, which the president approved on April 20th. Two days later, McKinley ordered a naval blockade of Cuba, prompting a declaration of war from Spain. The U.S. Congress followed suit the next day, declaring war on Spain.
The much lauded Spanish fleet was quickly dispatched by Dewey’s naval assault. Within twenty-four hours, the fleet was in tatters and control of Manila Bay had transferred to the Americans, with no loss of life and only seven men wounded. By August, the Spanish had been driven completely out of the Philippines.
In May, Roosevelt resigned his post and organized a ‘civilian’ army known in American mythology as the Rough Riders, allegedly made up of other ‘cowboys,’ though the group was in fact largely composed of Ivy League aristocrats, the forerunners of the pre-OSS ‘Old Boys’ network. Teddy served with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
On June 14th, Teddy’s ‘civilian’ troops departed for Cuba from a staging area in Tampa, Florida, along with thousands of non-civilian troops. Many of these were regiments of African-American and other dark-skinned ethnic peoples, dubbed ‘Immunes’ because it was said that they were more resistant to yellow fever and malaria, which were likely to be encountered.
A more accurate name for these divisions would have been ‘expendables.’ They were used by Teddy as cannon-fodder to lead the charge, including the fabled ascent of San Juan Hill, with explicit warnings having been given the men that cowards and deserters would be summarily executed.
The fighting was over in less than a month, the formal surrender of Santiago coming on July 17th. The Stars and Stripes ceremoniously replaced the Spanish flag which had flown for centuries; the Cuban flag, as well as representatives of the insurgency, were nowhere to be seen.
Prior to this time, Roosevelt had been known by the more formal ‘Theodore,’ but now he began to be regularly referred to as ‘Teddy’ in newspaper articles and cartoons, his exploits shamelessly romanticized by Hearst and others.
One of these was famed author Stephen Crane, who accompanied the Rough Riders as a ‘journalist’ to document their adventures. Thomas Edison sent camera crews to film the war, though the teams only filmed the troops preparing for battle. The actual battles were shot as ‘reenactments’ back home in New Jersey.
When Teddy returned to the states as the conquering hero, he quickly became the governor of New York. That didn’t last long though, as the very next year he became the vice-presidential running-mate of President McKinley, who was facing a re-election campaign.
McKinley had opted to replace his first vice-president, Garret Hobart, a move that has been known to shorten the life expectancy of sitting presidents. McKinley was re-elected, and in March of 1901 Teddy became the new vice-president. That was to be a temporary position, however.
On September 6, McKinley was shot in Buffalo, New York, allegedly by an anarchist named Leon Czolgosz. One bullet grazed the president’s ribs and another struck his abdomen, though neither proved to be fatal. Nevertheless, McKinley died eight days later, allegedly of gangrene, and the boy-king became the 26th President of the United States. Within two months, Czolgosz was permanently silenced, having been tried, convicted, sentenced and executed.
Roosevelt’s administration actively encouraged and incited a revolt on November 3rd, 1903, in the state of Panama, at the time a part of the nation of Columbia. American naval power prevented a suppression of the revolt, and just three days later, on November 6th, the United States formally recognized the new nation of Panama. Work was immediately begun on constructing the Panama Canal.
In 1904, vying for a second term, Roosevelt was opposed for the Republican nomination by Mark Hanna of Ohio, who had been McKinley’s principal backer and financier during his gubernatorial and presidential campaigns. This could have posed a problem for Teddy, but luckily Hanna died before the Republican National Convention and Roosevelt clinched the nomination.
During his second term, Teddy ordered the ‘Great White Fleet’ on a world tour as a show of U.S. naval superiority -- and American belligerence. Around this same time, he sent John Watson Foster, who had served as Secretary of State under President Harrison, to the Hague Conference to represent a Chinese government badly fractured by the Boxer Rebellion and the Russo-Japanese War. Foster brought along his young grandson, John Foster Dulles, who served as the delegation’s recording secretary.
John Watson Foster had previously distinguished himself by encouraging an uprising against Queen Liliuokalani in Hawaii in 1893. American businessmen - with an assist from U.S. troops - overthrew the Queen, setting the stage for the annexation of the islands. More U.S. troops were deployed to support the illegitimate provisional government of Sanford B. Dole.
