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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 09:43 PM
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The Bush Family Buys Land In PARAGUAY?
Edited on Sun Oct-15-06 09:46 PM by kpete
A source privately tells me that the elder Bush appears to have made the purchase through an organization called Fundación Patria, a group based in the Dominican Republic which claims as its goal the improvement of life for impoverished students in the third world. The same correspondent says that the ranch will be administered by W's former abassador to Paraguay, Timothy Towell.

I cannot verify this information at this time.
http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2006/10/bush-family-buys-intoparaguay.html


Bush Buys Land in Northern Paraguay



Buenos Aires, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) An Argentine official regarded the intention of the George W. Bush family to settle on the Acuifero Guarani (Paraguay) as surprising, besides being a bad signal for the governments of the region.

Luis D Elia, undersecretary for the Social Habitat in the Argentine Federal Planning Ministry, issued a memo partially reproduced by digital INFOBAE.com, in which he spoke of the purchase by Bush of a 98,842-acre farm in northern Paraguay, between Brazil and Bolivia.

The news circulated Thursday in non-official sources in Asuncion, Paraguay.

D Elia considered this Bush step counterproductive for the regional power expressed by Presidents Nestor Kirchner, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Evo Morales, Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro.

more at:
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7bEBA55617-2676-4091-ABBC-20650EB6FEE1%7d&language=EN
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 09:48 PM
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1. Isn't that where a bunch of Nazis hid out after WWII?
Like Dr. Mengele?

Such a coinkydink.
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sce56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 09:53 PM
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7. Yep must be going to the new fatherland and join other Nazi supporters
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 09:49 PM
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2. Out of the reach of the world court???
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Monkeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 09:58 PM
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11. Yep
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:00 PM
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12. They got bananas there, right?
monkey like banana
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AntiFascist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 11:02 PM
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29. I heard Rev. Moon doesn't like the gays....

too bad for Jeff Gannon.
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Submariner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 09:49 PM
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3. I was hoping to deport Dubya to Pitcairn Island, but Paraguay will do
Anything to get rid of him.. Just GO!!
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klook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:02 PM
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14. I think he should have to sail the seven seas forever,
unable to land anywhere in the world without being arrested--a man without a country.
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Lautremont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:05 PM
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16. ...on a mattress.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:18 PM
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21. A Man Without A Country.....How fitting for George Jr!
Love it!
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spag68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 09:49 PM
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4. good riddance
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 09:52 PM
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5. He must be having a really hard time trying to shake those war crime laws
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 09:52 PM
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6. If we don't already have an extradition treaty with Paraguay,
I think that should be a top priority as soon as we wrest control from these fascists.
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Sal Minella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 09:53 PM
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8. Where I come from, that would be equal to 277 farms.
Maybe the whole P.N.A.C. contingent is going to move to Paraguay, like so many Nazis moved to Argentina. Wonder what the Paraguayian extradition laws are.
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Jcrowley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 09:54 PM
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9. Could be
Edited on Sun Oct-15-06 09:58 PM by Jcrowley
Escape to Paraguay? Rumors of Bush Land Deal

By truthista
10/14/2006 01:19:26 AM EST
At least two sources, including Upsidedownworld and Prensa Latina, report rumors of a Bush family purchase of land in northern Paraguay.

Upsidedownworld writes, on October 11:

The Governor of Alto Paraguay, Erasmo Rodríguez Acosta has admitted to hearing that George Bush Sr. owns land in the Chaco region of Paraguay, in Paso de Patria. Acosta says that rumor has it that Bush owns near to 70 thousand hectares (173,000 acres) as part of an ecological reserve and/or ranch. However, the governor said he had no documents to prove the rumor.

Prensa Latina, writing on October 13, gives a similar story but names  George W. Bush rather than his father:

An Argentine official regarded the intention of the George W. Bush family to settle on the Acuifero Guarani (Paraguay) as surprising, besides being a bad signal for the governments of the region...Luis D Elia, undersecretary for the Social Habitat in the Argentine Federal Planning Ministry, issued a memo partially reproduced by digital INFOBAE.com, in which he spoke of the purchase by Bush of a 98,842-acre farm in northern Paraguay, between Brazil and Bolivia.

A visit by Jenna Bush on behalf of Unicef may have triggered speculation, as Upsidedownworld also suggests. But, could there be truth to the rumors? As calls increase for his impeachment, the President could well be thinking that South America would make a fine place to retire.
Another rumored land deal, this one involving the U.S. military, attracted the attention of Project Censored, which listed "U.S. Military in Paraguay" as one of its top 25 censored stories of 2007.
Five hundred U.S. troops arrived in Paraguay with planes, weapons, and ammunition in July 2005, shortly after the Paraguayan Senate granted U.S. troops immunity from national and International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction. Neighboring countries and human rights organizations are concerned that the massive air base at Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay is potential real estate for the U.S. military.

http://www.politicalcortex.com/print/2006/10/14/11926/843

Wonder what Mr. Moon thinks of that?
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 09:56 PM
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10. I hear that there are feelers out for the McClennan County property.
The "ranch".

Seriously.

We have properties nearby.
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Brundle_Fly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:02 PM
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13. And all of you reporting
Bush as no plan after the dems take congress & the senate
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 11:47 PM
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33. Ha. Good one. What sickens me is that he and Cheney did a good
job of sucking this country dry of its resources, before they took off. There just seems something incredibly obscene about that.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:02 PM
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15. that's been the Nazi homeland
since they got kicked out of Europe
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cosmicdot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:10 PM
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17. isn't that where Poppy's friend, Rev. Moon, has property?
and, where US has based troops? and, where Jenna Bu$h visited?
and, known for its water resources??

internet search:

Bush Buys Land in Northern Paraguay
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=5324

U.S. base in Paraguay established to protect Sun Myung Moon's water and land resources
http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=3447

Troops in Paraguay
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11409.htm

Jenna in Paraguay
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061010/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/paraguay_jenna_bush_1

Fresh Water
http://pame.arctic-council.org/geo2000/english/0088.htm

wouldn't surprise me if they self-exiled themselves after destroying
this country (their ultimate revenge, retaliation and retribution for Granddaddy Bu$h's trading with the enemy penalties)

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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:15 PM
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19. Yep and me neither. Poor Paraguay. Unless of course they revolt.
In which case, Viva Paraguay!
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diamidue Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 11:30 PM
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30. But, why in Bush's name?
Surely, if this is a military or political pursuit, or a Paraguay resources grab, there are ways to secretly acquire this land without attaching Bush's name to it. That's the part I don't understand. Maybe he just wants to put his money there as a safe haven because he knows the US economy is going down. ?? I wonder how much a 100,000 acre ranch costs there.
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Dover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:11 PM
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18. Yeah, Kennyboy is there already.......nesting in the trees
Edited on Sun Oct-15-06 10:21 PM by Dover
and practicing his best Tarzan imitation (his cover)....heeheeheeheeheeeeeeeee!}(

He will call Bushie by his pet name....Chetah. Actually they are BOTH cheetahs!
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:21 PM
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23. reminds me....I wasn't paying attention.
open casket?
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Dover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:22 PM
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24. ...what do YOU think? n/t
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stillcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:31 PM
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25. John Travolta and Nicholas Cage...
Face off..
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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:16 PM
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20. Probably not the smartest move,
since Paraguay has lots of residents from the Middle East.
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demwing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:18 PM
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22. OMG, They're going to clone Bush
Edited on Sun Oct-15-06 10:20 PM by demwing


On edit, despite the film's title, the opening scenes take place in Paraguay.
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Dover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:37 PM
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26. Yep.....and their very own herd of sheep.
The sheep in the States are turning on them. Cloning is best.
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:50 PM
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27. "The Boys From Brazillion" nt
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 10:51 PM
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28. The US has an extradiction treaty with Paraguay
so this doesn't make sense.

The treaty is here: http://www.oas.org/juridico/mla/en/traites/en_traites-ext-usa-pry.pdf

pdf reader required.
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-16-06 12:45 AM
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38. Unless Bush knows something we don't
about the quality of government there.
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 11:43 PM
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31. 2005: "US Establishes Military Base in Paraguay"
http://dominionpaper.ca/accounts/2005/09/23/us_militar.html

Anyone remember this story?
Probably not, none the less...

BHN
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Festivito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-16-06 06:39 AM
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40. Water, natural gas, food, underclass, drugs, US airbase 4 insurrectability
Edited on Mon Oct-16-06 06:46 AM by Festivito
(Estigarribia airbase)Great place for a family business of creating insurection around the world in order to create wars for profiteering. Oh, could that be the Bush family who helped support WWI(train parts) and WWII(banking)? Hmmm? Not to mention recent connections to the middle east problems. Oops. Did I say that? Korea. ...

Country accustomed to a dictator. Largest fresh water supply(Acuifero Guarani) centrally located and ready for pipes installed by Halliburton. Next to lots of natural gas and coca plants in Bolivia where you can buy a fun new identity for few bucks.

ASIDE: Paraguay cast the deciding vote creating the state of Israel.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-15-06 11:45 PM
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32. Not surprised, not surprised at all. There they will find the cheap
labor and lifestyle that they were trying to create in the U.S. Plenty of people there that will gladly shine their shoes for 25 cents. I'm not exaggerating.
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hsher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-16-06 12:21 AM
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34. Good! Does this mean they're about to flee?
"As it taxied down the runway,
I could hear the people shout,
They said 'Don't come back here, Yanqui'
But if I ever do
I'll bring more money,
Cos all she wants to do is dance, and make..."

Whoops.
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Rocknrule Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-16-06 12:25 AM
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35. Good, I hope they stay there permanently
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Raydawg1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-16-06 12:25 AM
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36. Maybe they are expecting something bad to happen in the U.S.
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susanna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-16-06 12:38 AM
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37. From "Evita" by Andrew Lloyd Weber...
...forgive me if I am mistaken, this is from memory alone. :-)

"There again we could be foolish, not to quit while we're ahead
For distance lends enchantment, and that is why
Our exiles are distinguished, more important, they're not dead
I could find job satisfaction in Paraguay."
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Phrogman Donating Member (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-16-06 01:21 AM
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39. They're building a camp out in the jungle, calling it "Georgetown"
Thats where the chimpking and his followers are going to run to after November.

For the final kool-aid party.
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