13-10-2013, 03:56 PM
Seamus, I don't think we can categorically say that Bush was not involved in any way, even on the fringes. He's not on my list of top suspects. As with LBJ and Hoover, they were not the masterminds of the plot, but they were in bed with the people who were, so we don't know to what extent they kept quiet and allowed things to happen.
I have mixed feelings about Tarpley. I've read a few of his books and mostly I think he's brilliant. But he has an overly romanticized view of FDR and the New Deal, and despite his "Deep State" analysis, he still believes in the paternalistic State, he thinks that Technology will solve all problems, and he doesn't believe in Peak Oil/resource depletion. He reminds me of many economists who think that monetary/political policy can actually create more energy, or replace the depleted topsoil of our farmland, fill up depleted aquifers, or restore our dying oceans.
I have mixed feelings about Tarpley. I've read a few of his books and mostly I think he's brilliant. But he has an overly romanticized view of FDR and the New Deal, and despite his "Deep State" analysis, he still believes in the paternalistic State, he thinks that Technology will solve all problems, and he doesn't believe in Peak Oil/resource depletion. He reminds me of many economists who think that monetary/political policy can actually create more energy, or replace the depleted topsoil of our farmland, fill up depleted aquifers, or restore our dying oceans.