If you haven't already, you can see the teaser trailer for the Stone biopic, "W," coming this fall.

There is also a wiki about it here, with a link at the bottom to the IMDB entry. I sure hope it covers the rise of the Bush Dynasty itself to some extent, including some of their more interesting dealings, going back to Prescott. I was disappointed that the film Stone produced for cable, "The Day Reagan Was Shot," neglected to the mention the strange Bush-Hinckley connection reported by the mainstream press at the time.

This has long been a topic of interest for me -- how prison labor is farmed out to corporations. I have been especially intrigued in how the War on Drugs fits into all this. Basically, the Powers-that-Be work both sides of the WOD -- the supply side (for example Contra-Cocaine) as well as working the anti-drug side -- not just law enforcement, but also in profiting off of prison labor, especially for-profit prisons, such as those run under Bush crony George Wackenhut. Caroline Winter writes for Mother Jones,

Tens of thousands of US inmates are paid from pennies to minimum wage—minus fines and victim compensation—for everything from grunt work to firefighting to specialized labor. Here's a sampling of what they make, and for whom.

[I sent this in an email to someone, but thought it nicely summarized some things I've been thinking about for a long time. This is regarding that species of man I've encountered often in my own life -- the prophets of doom and futility who predict economic collapse, an energy cataclysm, chaos, even the end of the world. These are the same ones who argue we should just do nothing -- cause it's all for naught anyway, or only make a symbolic gesture, like vote for a third party presidential candidate.]

Okay. One more time...(actually, this is Bush on your brain): "If this were a Dictatorship it'd be a heckuva lot easier...just so long as I'm the Dictator...heh...heh...heh...heh" (1)

(Note charming laughter of White House staph and media-ho's in the background...très amusant!)