Watching History Channel talk about this confirmed "Military Coup" Plot in the 1930s involving Banks, Big Businesses, and a few important figures trying to recruit military to take out FDR and take over our government.

"The Plan:
In 1933, group of wealthy businessmen that allegedly included the heads of Chase Bank, GM, Goodyear, Standard Oil, the DuPont family and Senator Prescott Bush tried to recruit Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler to lead a military coup against President FDR and install a fascist dictatorship in the United States. And yes, we're talking about the same Prescott Bush who fathered one US President and grandfathered another one.

http://shop.history.com/detail.php?p=68850&SESSID=788624b616f01ac6670ccbf3557e4d7e

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot

http://www.cracked.com/article_15974_7-insane-conspiracies-that-actually-happened.html

Questions I'm confused about this show (if true):

1) How do you define a terrorist?

2) Does anyone think that this (if it did happen) is it just some special case that could or could not happen again?

3) Is it odd the George Bush senior's father is on this list? Again, in a plot to put a military government in control of our country - attempt to end democracy.

4) That same logic - Barack Obama was blasted for associating with Ayers - but 2 Bush's had a Dad & Grandfather involved in this widely known plot and there was no blow back. Even if disputed, you'd still pose the questions of "could you vote for a man who's father was apart of this?"

5) If YOUR dad was involved in the same type of story - how do you think people would define him?

Bush saw FDR's fascist dictatorship and was jealous, that's all. The only reason it didn't happen is because the bankers were already being taken care of, so they focused on starting wars elsewhere.

So FDR was a socialist and old man Bush was a fascist. What a great time to live.

I guess history isn't very entertaining, so the History channel (much like Discovery and some others) seems to have really blurred the lines between fact and fiction to attract viewers.

gut;1369903 wrote:I guess history isn't very entertaining, so the History channel (much like Discovery and some others) seems to have really blurred the lines between fact and fiction to attract viewers.

Spot on as usual.

Smedley Butler told ole Prescott to go shove the plan up his ass. But yes, there was such a plan....didn't come to fruition.