@mattyglesias The Grand Strategy of the Bush Dynasty going back to GHW Bush's illegal oil operations in Mexico c. 1960 was to open Mexico to American business (e.g., NAFTA) in return for opening America to Mexican immigrants.
This strategy solidified with Jeb's marriage to a Mexican.
@mattyglesias The Bush Dynasty's multigenerational grand strategy of
Invade Mexico (with American Corporations) / Invite Mexicans / Elect George P. Bush first mestizo President
is actually rather impressive in scale & elegance.
Weirdly, almost nobody ever noticed what they were intending.
@mattyglesias In 1938, Mexico nationalized foreign oil holdings and banned Americans from owning oil operations in Mexico. Texas oilmen like George HW and George W Bush have long wanted to reverse that decision to get access to Mexico.
@mattyglesias Mexico's nationalized oil monopoly Pemex is the El Dorado for Texas oil men.
During the NAFTA opening of the Mexican economy to US corporations, GHW Bush's friend and Commerce Secretary Bob Mosbacher mused that his goal was to be the first American CEO of a privatized Pemex.
@mattyglesias George HW Bush named his oil firm Zapata and GWB named his Arbusto.
GHWB illegally operated offshore drilling in Mexico in the 1960s with his Mexican frontman Jorge Diaz Serrano, later head of Pemex, then sent to prison under De La Madrid.
@mattyglesias US businesses made a fortune in Mexico under dictator Porfirio Diaz, but then lost during the Mexican Revolution of the 1910s. In 1938, Mexican President Cardenas nationalized American oil assets and blocked US oil from Mexico. NAFTA opened up Mexico, but Pemex is still ~closed.
@mattyglesias The Bush Dynasty has been fascinated by opportunities regarding Mexico since the 1950.s Jeb's 1974 marriage to a Mexican lady opened up remarkable long-term political possibilities. E.g., here's George P. Bush leading the Pledge of Allegiance at the 1988 Republican convention:
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Britain finds its long-needed Great White Defendant.
As Ayaan Hirsi Ali notes in "Prey: Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women’s Rights," European women have been steadily losing their right to walk the streets of their cities unharassed or worse. takimag.com/article/catcal…
But the women of Northern Europe weren’t supposed to talk about the increase in street crime and catcalls, because most of the men bothering them were immigrants or of immigrant ancestry. Instead, they were supposed to man up and not mention it.
But now, a pretty blonde woman professional class woman named Sarah Everard has been murdered and — mirabile dictu — for once the man arrested turns out to be white. And a policeman! A middle-aged English family man, the Great White Defendant.
I am back from Twitter Gulag after 2 weeks. On 1/25/21, Twitter told me I must delete 2 "hateful" tweets (click below) to be allowed on Twitter, unless I appealed, to which they promised to "respond as soon as possible."
I appealed, but 2 weeks later: no response.
My first "hateful" tweet pointed out the fact that only 14 unarmed blacks were shot dead by cops in 2020, according to the Washington Post's database. (The WP's count has since gone up to 15). Try it for yourself at:
My banned Tweet then went on to mention three famous BLM martyrs (Michael Brown, Ahmaud Arbery, and Rayshard Brooks) who were unarmed at the start of their confrontations but who then grabbed for weapons, after which they were shot dead.
Few have noticed, but the current crackdown on civil liberties following the attack on the Capitol is strikingly analogous in some ways to the crackdown on civil liberties that followed the 1933 attack on the Reichstag in Berlin.
Hitler was not one to let a crisis go to waste, so he moved rapidly after the Reichstag fire to crush political opposition.
Two days later, the Reichstag Fire Decree "suspended ... habeas corpus, ... secrecy of the post and telephone, freedom of expression and of the press, the right to public assembly, and the right of free association, as well as the protection of property and the home."
Mainstream media incitement of black rage after death of George Floyd appears to have led to the incremental murders of several thousand extra Americans after Memorial Day as urban murders were up 38% in 2020.
We stereotype mass shootings as being in the Columbine mode with a white guy with a scary rifle sticking around to finish off the wounded because he expects to die or spend the rest of his life in prison.
Those type are horrifically memorable but statistically rare.
The opening days of deer hunting season are one of my favorite childhood memories. Our whole Tamil Brahmin subcaste would gather around across multiple generations and shoot a 12-point buck.
Whether you’re stalking this year with those you live with or over Zoom, happy hunting!
As your VP-Elect, Gay Pride Month is one of my favorite childhood memories. Grandpa P.V. Gopalan had a huge smile on his face all June in anticipation of the big parade thru Chennai.
Whether you’re fisting this year with those you live with or over Zoom, happy Gay Pride Month!
Our Ramadan feasts are one of my favorite childhood memories. Grandma Gopalan would cook the pork roast in wine sauce and we'd gather around across multiple generations and gorge all afternoon. Whether you’re fasting this year with those you live with or over Zoom, happy Ramadan!