Bush family cleaning up on transfer of public lands to private hands

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http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3748.shtml


WMR has learned from a senior Democratic congressional source that the Bush family, most notably former President George H. W. Bush, is reaping windfall profits from the transfer of title of public federal and state lands to private hands. The elder Bush, according to our sources, has a vested financial interest in land title companies that specialize in the transfer of public lands to private interests.

The revelations represent the first evidence that the elder Bush has benefited from the transfer of public lands to private hands in a giant scheme to defraud federal and state governments, as well as the American taxpayers and Native Americans.

The land-grabbing scheme primarily involves the transfer of federal lands, including Native American lands and national forest system lands, in the Rocky Mountain West, state lands in Texas, and both federal and state lands in California, Mississippi, and Florida to private entities. The scheme is also at the center of the scandal surrounding jailed GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff who conspired to privatize federal lands and assets around the country to benefit his corporate clients.

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In Florida, under both Governors Jeb Bush and Charlie Crist, the St. Joe Company, a firm that has close financial ties to both Jeb and George H. W. Bush, has steadily encroached on lands adjacent to state and federal wildlife management preserves, state forests and parks, and national forests.
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selling and buying for themselves our country from right under our feet.

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[Submariner]

2. Slimy fucking thief

As a former submariner I'm sorry a WWII submariner saw Bush's sorry ass floating in the ocean off a Japanese held island. I'm sure if the sailor could see what has happened to the U.S. from Prescott Bush's traitorous business with Hitler, to the reign of W's corrupt regime, he would have looked the other way and let the sleazy prick drown.

I know I would look the other way.

[ellenfl]

3. this article is by wayne madsen. how is his credibility?

i remember the name but not his bona fides. i want to believe. :tinfoilhat:

ellen fl

[Vinnie From Indy]

4. Madsen is a bit of a kook!

I remember his tales of being chased by black SUV's and his allegation that his dog was shot by BushCo to shut him up.

[starroute]

6. Madsen has a mixed record

He made some claims after the 2004 election that were pretty wild and probably untrue -- stuff about election stealing via huge Bush slush funds.

But I've been following what he's written lately on the Gulf Coast land deals and related corruption and have a feeling it may be more solidly sourced. At any rate, the suggestion that Abramoff and the Interior Department are also part of this was enough to make me want to know more.

[ellenfl]

7. thanks. eom

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. In Florida, abusing your power to usurp lands that don't belong to you...

...is a native pastime for connected anglo-american Floridians. The newspapers here don't even blink when a whopping story comes their way on the subject.