Bush Rumor of the Moment
All right, everybody. Put on your tin foil hats and run with John Perkins for a spell:
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George W. Bush’s cocaine habit and womanizing ways caused the invasion of Panama in 1989. According to the book [  The Secret History of the American Empire  ], Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega installed cameras on Contadora Island, which was a safe haven where American politicians and businessmen could schmooze with, and bribe, Latin American politicos. There were “rumors that George W. was photographed doing coke and having kinky sex during the time his father was president,” Jose, a top adviser to Brazilian president Lula da Silva, tells Perkins. “There was a theory in Latin America that Noriega had used incriminating photos of the younger Bush and his cronies to convince the older Bush, then president, to side with the Panamanian administration on key issues. In retaliation, H.W. invaded Panama and hustled Noriega off to a Miami prison. The building housing Noriega’s confidential files had been incinerated by bombs.”
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There’s a slippery slope with John Perkins which is summed up with the fact that my only retort is “If you say so.”  Confessions of an Economic Hitman preys a little too easily on people’s biases and beliefs — takes what a lot of people believe and goes one step further — I suppose I think of that particular conspiracy as a little bit more unstated that John Perkins has it. The problem with the Bush – Cocaine – Noriega spriacy is that it personalizes the politics onto George Bush and George Bush, the CIA Head and the rich son. I guess it may well be a type of spurious tabloid rumor-mongering, though a little bit meatier in terms of things I’d particularly care about than if Bush was having an affair with Condelezza Rice.
In other news of this sort, Angelina Jolie has joined the evil Council of Foreign Relations. I wish I had more thoughts on that matter than I do, but I do not.