I was thinking of starting a thread likening the current regime to La Cosa Nostra

[frogcycle]

and recommending we start referring to bush as Capo di Tutti Capi ("Il Cap" for short).

After all, there is a preponderance of evidence of a vast criminal enterprise having taken over our government. The behavioral similarities are everywhere.

Then I read the (speculative) thread this morning about Berlusconi having delivered the Niger forgeries directly to Il Cap and could not help thinking I was watching "The Godfather."

When do you suppose Powell found the horse's head in his bed? Why else would he still be keeping mum?

[whistle]

1. Great minds or parallel universes, I used the La Cosa Nostra reference

...to BushCo a few days ago here on DU in a post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=26543&mesg_id=26559

:applause: :rofl:

[JDPriestly]

2. Thoughts have wings. I have thought that many times.

How right you are.

[Ilsa]

3. Thank you for the links. Im a little behind on my

Crime Family/ Syndicate history, and this is interesting! You really grabbed my attention with the proverbial horse's head comment!

[luckyleftyme2]

5. HE'S NOT THE HEAD

HE'S NOT THE "GOD FATHER" MERELY A SOLDIER CARRYING OUT ORDERS.
IF YOU EVER HAVE BEEN TO BEAUMONT,PORT ARTHUR,WACO,FORT WORTH ETC. YOU KNOW ORGANIZED CRIME IS ALIVE AND WELL IN TEXAS!
PROSTITUTION,DRUGS AND ILLEGAL GAMBLING IS EVERY WHERE.

[frogcycle]

7. yes, I know

I have made that point many a time. I hesitated when I suggested the nickname. He is the titular head of the visible enterprise, but he is actually just a footsoldier. Highly replaceable, unfortunately. I think they are betting on rudy. He clearly has a record they would be proud of. Tried to get their pal bernie a nice job running homeland security, after all. Oops - I digressed; I referred to the OTHER criminal enterprise. Or maybe not...

[teamster633]

4. The most recent episode of the Sopranos is an excellent example.

Tony has always been a compulsive gambler but he has led something of a charmed life. His luck has held up until now. As he proceeds through the worst losing streak of his life, however, he is incapable of cutting his losses. Every new bad turn of luck compels him to raise the odds, but the losses continue. He keeps digging himself further and further into the hole. And, of course, his problems are everyone else's fault: the "greedy" Jew who lent him money, the "timid" wife who won't give him money to cover his bet on "a sure thing". After all, he's the boss and cannot make mistakes. The only difference I can see is that Tony is a far more interesting character than Little Boots, if only because we don't suffer the consequences of his fictional exploits.

[Nikki Stone1]

6. Any violent hierarchical structure of males will do. They're a gang, a syndicate,

Facist dictators with death squads, like the ones the CIA sets up in other countries all the time.

The difference is that the gloves are off now. They are not even pretending.

[frogcycle]

8. and much like Al Queda

there are likely to be individual "cells" with loose ties to the mothership. So La Cosa Nostra, the US Government, Big Oil, a handful of Multinational CEOs, can all work on their specific pet projects while generally respecting each other's "turf" and periodically scratching each others backs. Oh, did I leave Al Queda off the list? Sorry, my mistake.

[Nikki Stone1]

9. I think Al Qaeda is a part of whoever this larger group is. It was spawned to create havoc

in that part of the world.

[donsu]

10. I've always called them the bushmilhousegang

(milhouse was Nixon's middle name)

and they are a gang of criminals

[frogcycle]

11. I took a business trip to DC in the Watergate period

cabbie said: "know what's behind the Watergate?"
me: "no, what?"

cabbie: "The Mill House!"


To those who don't know the source of the name, "watergate" is the lock on the C&O canal where it enters the Potomac; the hotel is right next to it and named for it. Mill houses were all along the canal in its heyday.