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Sins of the Fathers

By Christopher Hayes

Several weeks ago a curious title popped up on Amazon.com. Good People Beget Good People: A Genealogy of the Frist Family. The Frists are aristocratic Southerners whose favorite son, Dr. Bill, is a senator from Tennessee and the Republican Majority Leader. While the book’s title has provided fodder for left-wing satire, it speaks volumes about our times that the senator… return to article

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    I grew up watching ww2 movies and the tv series Hogan’s Heroes. I did not realize that the Hitler war machine was financed by the Bush family. My fault. I should have been paying attention. Contrary to the pride I felt as a citizen, I am now embarrassed when realizing that The president is the mother of all liars.

    United States Posted by tom Rogers on Feb 15, 2004 at 9:29 AM

    Un most read.  A ver si puedes conseguir el libro y luego me lo fotocopias
    Mar

    Mexico Posted by G Soler on Feb 16, 2004 at 8:02 PM

    And the family favors just go on and on: Hardly anyone appears to have noted that George Herbert Walker III, of St. Louis, was last fall named U.S. ambassador to Hungary. Right, a Walker family direct descendant and cousin of some sort of GHW. This Walker once was chairman of the board at G.H. Walker, Laird, the successor to G.H. Walker & Co., which was founded by George Herbert Walker in about 1900 at St. Louis.

    United States Posted by rdh on Feb 17, 2004 at 1:28 PM

    Crony Capitalism is bankrupting this
    nation and destroying our relations with the rest of the world. It can be defeated by informed, aware citizens who will resist corporate crime and who work for ethnic and racial unity and economic equality.

    United States Posted by A. J. Travland on Feb 17, 2004 at 8:53 PM

    “Crony Capitalism is bankrupting this nation “

    Are you sure?  Have you any examples?

    “Crony capitalism” sounds bad, but isn’t it the way we all work?  If there’s an opening where you work, do you suggest to a friend or family member they should try to get the job?  CC.

    If you have 2 beers, do you share them with a friend or a stranger? CC.

    Ever get a loan from a friend?  That’s right - CC.

    “work for ethnic and racial unity “

    Uh, what?  What does this have to do with the above article?

    United States Posted by Nus on Feb 18, 2004 at 4:48 PM

    NUS,

    Read the following link if you doubt whether crony capitalism is bankrupting our nation:

    http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040216fa_fact

    United States Posted by Stephen Dedalus on Feb 19, 2004 at 5:11 PM
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