Bush family reportedly buys almost 100,000 acres in Paraguay.....

[marmar]

...are they planning to flee war crimes prosecution?:shrug:

We Hate To Bring Up the Nazis, But They Fled To South America, Too
Our paranoid friends over at Bring It On have put together a story that hasn’t exactly made Washington Whispers. It’s real short and real simple:

The Cuban news service reports that George W. Bush has purchased 98,840 acres in Paraguay, near the Bolivian/Brazilian border.
Jenna Bush paid a secret diplomatic visit to Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte and U.S. Ambassador James Cason. There were no press conferences, no public sightings and no official confirmation of her 10-day trip which apparently ended this week.
The Paraguayan Senate voted last summer to “grant U.S. troops immunity from national and International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction.”
Immediately afterwards, 500 heavily armed U.S. troops arrived with various planes, choppers and land vehicles at Mariscal Estigarribia air base, which happens to be at the northern tip of Paraguay near the Bolivian/Brazilian border. More have reportedly arrived since then.
What the hell, after the jump. Plus a BREAKING UPDATE involving, of course, The Moonies!

Now, Prensa Latina is a Cuban-government operation that is not exactly friendly toward Washington, what with Washington trying to kill Castro for 50 years and all.

But Prensa Latina didn’t invent the story. It’s all over the South American press — and not just Venezuela and Bolivia.

Here’s a version from Brazil.

Here’s one from Argentina.

And here’s one from Paraguay itself.

As far as we can understand, all the paperwork and deeds and such are secret. But somehow the news leaked that a new “land trust” created for Bush had purchased nearly 100,000 acres near the town of Chaco.

http://www.wonkette.com/politics/george-w.-bush/we-hate-to-bring-up-the-nazis-but-they-fled-to-south-america-too-208549.php

[aquart]

1. Could we get up a fund to buy them phony passports?

Airline tickets? Bus passes?

[marmar]

2. If they'll leave right now....

I'm all for that!

[Webster Green]

3. Ken Lay is down there caretaking the place..(n/t)

[marmar]

15. Teehee....

:) I laugh, but who knows? :shrug:

[CharmCity]

4. I told my South American husband about this..

and he said, "Just like the Nazis! He doesn't want to go down like Hitler!" heh.

[marmar]

5. If the jackboots fit....

Welcome to DU, CharmCity! :hi:

[Democrats_win]

6. Money for the land: from "selling short" scheme on 9/11.

[dflprincess]

7. Moving the family compound from Kennebunkport?

n/t

[madmax]

8. Strange it hasn't been reported

in the US Liberal Media. (sarcasm)

[marmar]

13. Yup. Honestly the first I'd heard of it is when Mike Malloy mentioned it Thursday.

:think:

[TheBaldyMan]

9. Does Paraguay have an extradition treaty with the US ?

maybe Crawford has run out of brush :shrug:

[Old and In the Way]

10. This reminds me of the 11Ton cocaine bust in the DC-9 with the DHS

decals....AP or UPI reported the original story, then....media blackout.

[johnnypneumatic]

11. too bad, theres wmd in paraguay, and we have to nuke them

payback is a bitch George

[KayLaw]

27. Actually . . .

Someone on another site suggested it might be to avoid nuclear fallout, but I know nothing about these things.

[Coexist]

12. interesting

very interesting.

[Skidmore]

14. He's planning to take over South America.

Gonna start his own country. 98,000 acres. Who the hell needs that much land? I'm satisfied with my little 3/4 acre.

Somehow, Jenna Bush and diplomatic mission don't quite go together in a sentence.

[lpbk2713]

16. It was highly recommended to Poppy by Dr Mengele

Expected moving date, Jan 21, 2009.

[marmar]

20. I forgot about the ghoulish Dr. Mengele...

Maybe Bush is establishing a retirement community for fugitive fascists.

[lpbk2713]

21. The 'Angel of Death'

Since Monkey-Boy likes nicknames so much,

maybe the locals will call him the 'Angel of Stupid'.

[Greyhound]

17. Bushes are not the only ones, there has been a virtual exodus of

the uber wealthy buying huge estates in (mostly) South American countries whos governments tolerate large private military forces operating within their borders.

They know something is coming and are going to be unreachable when it hits.

[Bridget Burke]

18. It's true that some Nazis did flee to South America....

But they weren't the only ones who sought refuge there in those days. Students of the tango hear of the Jewish & Gypsy musicians who went to Argentina before the war.

"Up North"--Mexico was receiving refugees when the USA was had slammed the Golden Door shut in their faces.

Not to excuse the Bushistas from anything, but I just wanted add details to the story.

Let's not forget Operation Paper Clip!

[Bethany Rockafella]

19. Interesting....

[barb162]

22. is there oil there?

[ronnykmarshall]

23. Well he and Laura ...

do speak "Mexican".

[smoogatz]

24. This again?

So far it's just rumor. Creepy, but rumor nonetheless. And the last time this story got posted, I thought it was 200,000 acres--no?

[Phrogman]

25. Ken Lay is in Paraguay already

they're going to be neighbors.

Hey Kenny Boy, them papayas looking pretty good.

[OneBlueSky]

26. maybe they just wanna raise llamas? . . . n/t

.

[B Calm]

28. or maybe grow mango's...

[rman]

29. at least we know where he'll be at

when we need him to attend hearings and stuff.