Skull and bones

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

New York Observer, 04/23/01

At Skull and Bones, Bush's Secret Club Initiates Ream Gore

by Ron Rosenbaum

It's the primal scene of American power, of Bush family values. For two
centuries, the initiation rite of Skull and Bones has shaped the character
of the men who have shaped the American character, including two Presidents
named Bush.

And last Saturday, April 14, for the first time ever-that long-secret rite
was witnessed by a team of outsiders, including this writer.

Using high-tech night-vision video equipment able to peer through the gloom
into the inner courtyard of the Skull and Bones "Tomb" in New Haven, The
Observer team witnessed:

--The George W. effect: intoxicated by renewed proximity to Presidential
power, a robed Bonesman posing as George W. harangued initiates in an
eerily accurate Texas drawl: "I'm gonna ream you like I reamed Al Gore" and
"I'm gonna kill you like I killed Al Gore."

--Privileged Skull and Bones members mocked the assault on Abner Louima by
crying out repeatedly, "Take that plunger out of my ass!"

--Skull and Bones members hurled obscene sexual insults ("lick my bumhole")
at initiates as they were forced to kneel and kiss a skull at the feet of
the initiators.

--Other members acted out the tableau of a throat-cutting ritual murder.

It's important to remember this is not some fraternity initiation. It is an
initiation far more secret-and far more significant, in terms of real power
in the United States-than that of the Cosa Nostra. If the Bushes are "the
WASP Corleones"-as the ever more stingingly waspish Maureen Dowd has
suggested-this is how their "made men" (and women) are made. It's an
initiation ceremony that has bonded diplomats, media moguls, bankers and
spies into a lifelong, multi-generational fellowship far more influential
than any fraternity. It was-and still remains-the heart of the heart of the
American establishment.

Full article: http://www.nyobserver.com/pages/story.asp?ID=4136


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