The world according to Bush- CBC

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The Passionate Eye-
The World According to Bush aired in Canada on CBC network last night.

http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeyesunday/

If you're not yet having nightmares about the world being in the hands of a circle of crazed zealots, this should do it. The World According to Bush, a two-hour documentary about the inner-workings of the Bush administration, will frighten even the most hardened Washington-watchers. Fans and critics of the acclaimed Fahrenheit 9/11 will want to see this thoughtful and damning investigation of the U.S. administration.

Who are the Bushes? Apparently, they're the "quiet dynasty" of modern America-but in reality, their "dynasty" is one of inconceivable family secrets, painstakingly concealed. The current president's grandfather, Prescott Bush, made his fortune by managing Nazi companies after Hitler seized power. In 1942, his companies were confiscated for collaboration with the enemy. George Bush Sr., president from 1988 to 1992, armed and financed Saddam Hussein. He approved the shipping of germ warfare strains to Iraq, enabling the country to launch a chemical attack against Iranian troops and the Kurdish population.

The World According to Bush aims to show how the Bushes, father and son, have not only dined with the devil, but have often invited themselves to his table. The bin Ladens and the Bushes have been longtime business partners, and the family of the future terrorist chief indirectly financed George W. Bush's political career. This unnatural alliance has continued since the Sept. 11 attacks: Bush Sr. is a top official in one of the biggest private investment funds in the USA, Carlyle, a group that has invested heavily in the arms industry. The Bradley tanks and the missiles used in the latest war against Iraq are made by firms controlled by Carlyle…and the bin Ladens. For the latter are Bush's associates within this investment fund.

Much of The World According to Bush takes the form of one-on-one interviews and includes Bush's speech writer David Frum; former weapons inspectors Hans Blix and David Kay; presidential adviser Richard Perle; Secretary of State Colin Powell; former CIA director James Woolsey; and former UN secretary-general Javier Perez de Cuellar.

The World According to Bush is directed by award-winning French director William Karel (Dark Side of the Moon), and produced by Agnès Vicariot Jean-François Lepetit. It is a Flach Film Production in association with France 2.

http://www.iofilm.co.uk/...ccording_to_bush.php

The documentary has earned praise from a number of quarters for offering the most coherent exposition of the slide into war through high calibre interviews with the likes of author Norman Mailer, weapons inspector Hans Blix, Secretary of State Colin Powell and Pentagon advisor Richard Perle. However, there has been little U.S. media interest.

“Either they don’t know or they don’t care,” said Karel, speaking through a interpreter. Karel said that Michael Moore had omitted some important parts in George Bush's story. “There is hardly anything about the religious right and its relationship with the Bush family and also the dangerous liaisons between Israel and the Bush family.”
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Anyone see this 2 hr. program about the inner-workings of the Bush administration? Did you feel that it was the most coherent exposition of the slide into war???

SMiles

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They should air that here in this country as well. After all, its not news, right? Therefore it doesn't deserve equal time.

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However, there has been little U.S. media interest.

“Either they don’t know or they don’t care,” said Karel, speaking through a interpreter.

Or they know it's total Bullshit made to capitalize on the paranoid conspiracy theorists.

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Or they know it's total Bullshit made to capitalize on the paranoid conspiracy theorists.

I was stuck to my seat for 2 hours watching "total Bullshit" ?? 80% of footage was interviews one on one....can you enlighten me on which one of these interviews was total Bullshit??
http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeyesunday/feature_171004.html

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Or they know it's total Bullshit made to capitalize on the paranoid conspiracy theorists.

I was stuck to my seat for 2 hours watching "total Bullshit" ?? 80% of footage was interviews one on one....can you enlighten me on which one of these interviews was total Bullshit??
http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeyesunday/feature_171004.html

SMiles

Total Rag is more like it. Here are some other "insights from this left-wing rag:

TERROR IN MOSCOW - airs Oct. 23
Never-before seen video from inside the Moscow Theatre and the dramatic testimony of survivors offer a chilling account of last years deadly hostage taking and bungled rescue.

BUILD ME UP, BREAK ME DOWN - airs Oct. 30
What does it take to transform a dancer, a stock broker and an unemplyed Puerto Rican from the Bronx into members of the most sophisticated killing machine in the world - the U.S. Army

CONFESSIONS OF A CAD: THE JAMES HEWITT STORY - airs Nov. 6
Princess Di's former lover not only tries to sell her letters, he reveals a sordid side to life in the British upper class

TRANSPLANT TOURISM - airs Nov. 20
Filmmaker David Paperny tracks the illegal trade in human body parts and the desperate choice facing many Canadians

TOTAL RECALL - airs Dec 4
Political satire that explores the 'circus' surrounding Arnold Schwarzenegger's successful campaign to become governor of California.


Surely you aren't gullible enought to not recognise these types of "documentarys" are always released during an election cycle for profit motives. They play on the weak minded and make big bucks for the producers.

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WHAT KIND OF STORIES DO WE LOOK FOR?

Wanted: a point-of-view!
Provocative, character driven stories that probe contemporary political or social issues.
Stories that are going to both entertain and upset Canadians because the people in them, or the issues being dealt with have an impact on our lives, and the way we live them.
The point-of-view may be that of the characters or the filmmaker.

How much more obvious could their motives be?

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Apparently they've got some fact checking to do.

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George Bush Sr., president from 1988 to 1992, armed and financed Saddam Hussein.

Desert Storm took place in 1991, so I doubt there was money coming in from the US right about then. Also, they fought us with Russian and French weapons, so we probably weren't arming them in that timeframe either.

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Surely you aren't gullible enought to not recognise these types of "documentarys" are always released during an election cycle for profit motives. They play on the weak minded and make big bucks for the producers.

Thank you for your "point of view"...I have so much less to be paranoid about- I am so gullible--- as a Canadian I am starting to feel- America has "made" it's own terrorists.

I am gullible enough to watch these types of documentaries.....in fact haven't watched Fahrenheit 9/11 and will make sure I rent it today.

Hey, President Bush has repeatedly shown that he will do anything to win. With the debates over, the candidates are left to their campaigns, largely targeting their own partisans. Only a serious gaffe by one of the candidates could change the dynamic of the campaign. If an October surprise happens, it won't come from the campaign itself. It would have to be external - from terror alerts, to (God forbid) another incident on U.S. soil, to a new development in the Iraq war or perhaps a U.S. action against some other target in the president's "axis of evil." You can bet that efforts to find, capture or kill Osama bin Laden will reach a new fever pitch every time Bush's poll numbers fall.

SMiles