Where the ruling elite go to socialiseRick Lyman and Anne Kornblut in the NYT
describe how the current ruling elite of the US use ranches like the Armstong's
in Texas to socialise while they are away from Washington DC. Here, in the
privacy of a trusted family friend's property, deals can be made, issues of the
day discussed, and strategies for staying in power and rewarding the interests
of one's friends can be made. George W.'s father preferred the old north eastern
family properties in Kennebunkport. The son prefers the ranching and oil money
families of Texas. In the words of Bruce Buchanan, a professor of political
science at the University of Texas at Austin, the greasing of the wheels of
power and privilege must go on, only how it is done is different: "Here in Texas
they just happen to use ranches. Up on the East Coast they use
boats."
See also Tom Englehardt on the Armstrong connections to the Bush regime. none
Posted: Sun - February 26, 2006 at 08:10 PM |
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I was born and raised in Sydney, Australia and now work for a non-profit educational foundation in the US. Before moving to the US with my family I taught modern European history at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. I have studied at universities in Australia, Germany, the US, and Britain and consider myself a citizen of the world and a supporter of no particular nation state. [More]
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