Regnery Publishing (Swiftboat Liars) owned by a WHITE SUPREMACIST?

[MallRat]

Connecting the dots, folks.

First, I came across this rather disturbing blurb in last week's edition of Newsweek:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5560784/site/newsweek/

"Aug. 9 issue - It's hard for white separatists to get a date. And not just for the reasons that you think. Part of the problem is that there are no whites-only dating services, says William Regnery, publisher of The Occidental Quarterly, a magazine that espouses white nationalism and whose statement of principles calls for limiting immigration to 'selected people of European ancestry.'

Regnery's now preparing to enter the market— he recently announced the idea of a racially exclusive dating Web site in a letter to subscribers. He says he's worried about the declining percentage of whites in the population and hopes a dating site would increase the number of white families, 'since the survival of our race depends upon our people marrying, reproducing and parenting.'

Such fears tap into the 'common paranoid fantasy' of white separatists, says Mark Potok of the watchdog Southern Poverty Law Center.

But Regnery defends the whites-only matchmaking idea, insisting that it is no different from sites run for Jewish singles. 'I'm sure you're familiar with JDate,' he says, naming one Jewish-dating site. 'It's huge, and there are a variety of other ones for ethnic, religious special-interest groups.' For now, Regnery's project has no domain name and no start date. 'This is still a gleam in the eye of the beholder,' he says."


William Regnery (to be accurate, he's William Regnery II, I believe) is the very same Regnery of Regnery Publishing, the house which printed, released, and pimped the Swiftboat Liars' book, "Unfit for Command."

This man, who espouses racial hatred and separatism, and his publishing company are also the proud publishers of Dennis Hastert's new book, "Speaker," Michelle Malkin's angry screed, "In Defense of Internment," Ann Coulter's "High Crimes and Misdemeanors," and Laura Ingraham's "Shut Up and Sing."

THIS HAS TO BREAK IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, FOLKS. If your average American learns that A WHITE SUPREMACIST IS OPERATING THE LEVERS OF THE REPUBLICAN ATTACK MACHINE, the backlash against * could be irreparable.

Spread the word.

-MR

[LittleApple81]

1. OK. So how do we break to the media? I can only think of Olbermann,

and Stewart... isn't that sad? OTOH, Matthews tried last night...

[MallRat]

2. Really? What'd he say? n/t

[LittleApple81]

4. He called the repug spokepiece (Dawd???) he was lying and that

the repugs had taken a Kerry quote from Tweety's program totally out of context and requested that the RNC should correct it. (When Bush called Kerry the "antiwar" candidate). He said he was going to put Kerry's complete statement (video?) on his page for easier reference by the repugs. This among other things where he caught the repugs cherry picking (sensitive). He even got the repug to say that Clinton had served the presidency with distinction! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[yellowcanine]

3. Well it's the same name - seems quite likely - I am sure Bush will

denounce the swifties when this is pointed out to him. Heh.

[kentuck]

5. What are some of the other "great" books Regnery has published?

The name sounds very familiar... :)

[Warpy]

10. Cripes, do a Google of them

All their books are smear books.

Regenery is the price we pay for freedom of the press.

[kentuck]

25. Sorry Warpy...

I know about their books and assumed everyone else did also...I was making the comment just for any lurker that might be reading...hoping to arouse their curiosity. :)

[HFishbine]

21. Here' one of Regnery's latest

[wtmusic]

27. Oh man

Maybe we should get some swiftboat vets "of color" to contribute their thoughts on the situation...

[sundancekid]

59. the same white supremacist underbelly is now pushing smears on Rev. Alston

as one of the REAL DEAL swift boat mates of John Kerry's "band of brothers" who spoke so powerfully at the Dem Convention ...

[DeepModem Mom]

34. PARTIAL LIST OF REGNERY'S POLITICAL OFFERINGS;

New releases: Madame Hillary by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. with Mark Davis; War Stories: Operation Iraqi Freedom by Oliver North; Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years by Rich Lowry; Shut Up & Sing by Laura Ingraham; Losing bin Laden (Clinton) by Richard Miniter; Persecution: How Liberals Are Waging War Against Christianity by David Limbaugh; Ain't No Rag: Freedom, Family, and the Flag by Charlie Daniels; Dereliction of Duty (Clinton) by Lt. Col. Robert “Buzz” Patterson; Useful Idiots: How Liberals Got it Wrong in the Cold War and Still Blame America First, by Mona Charen; Why We Fight by William J. Bennett

2002 releases:

When I Was a Kid, This Was a Free Country
By G. Gordon Liddy

Fighting Back (Bush)
By Bill Sammon

Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson
by Kenneth R. Timmerman

Bias
by Bernard Goldberg

The Final Days
by Barbara Olson


Earlier releases:

Absolute Power, by David Limbaugh, 2001

At Any Cost: How Gore Tried to Steal the Election, Bill Sammon, 2001

Backfire: A Reporter’s Look at Affirmative Action, Bob Zelnick, 1996, 0-89526-455-2, hardcover, $27.50, “Zelnick traces how affirmative action was first sold as a short-term program designed to expand employer awareness of qualified minority job applicants, but has become a coercive network of racist laws, quotas, and entitlement programs”

Betrayal: How the Clinton Administration Undermined American Security, Bill Gertz, 1999

Boy Clinton: The Political Biography, “R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.”, 1996

Brighter than the Baghdad Sun: Saddam Hussein's Nuclear Threat to United States, Shyam Bhatia & Dan McGrory, 2000

God and Man at Yale, “William F. Buckley, Jr.”, 1986

God, Guns & Rock and Roll, Ted Nugent, 2000

Gore: A Political Life, Bob Zelnick, 2000

The Hand of God: A Journey from Death to Life by the Abortion Doctor Who Changed His Mind, Bernard Nathanson, 1996

Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barbara Olson, 2000

The Heterodoxy Handbook: How to Survive the PC Campus, David Horowitz and Peter Collier, 1994

High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton, Ann Coulter, 1998

Icons of Evolution: Science or Myth?, Jonathan Wells, 2000

The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton, “R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.”, 1997

Inquisition, Carlton Sherwood, 1991, 0-89526-532-X, hardcover, $29.95, “This is an astounding expose of the false prosecustion of Reverend Sun Myung Moon of the Unification Church and an urgent warning about the ever-present potential for abuse in our justice system”

Inventing the AIDS Virus, Peter Duesberg, 1996, 0-89526-470-6, hardcover, $29.95, “Peter Duesberg, M.D., an eminent scientist anda pioneer in the discovery of retroviruses (such as HIV), challenges the widely accepted belief that HIV is the cause of AIDS”

Making Government Work: A Conservative Agenda for the States, Tex Lezar, 1994

My Dear Alex: Letters from the KGB, Dinesh D’Souza and Gregory Fossedal, 1987, 0-89526-576-1, hardcover, $14.95, “This fictional account on how to manipulate the American media has been called the best “political satire since Orwell” by former President Nixon”

The Myth of Heterosexual Aids, Michael Fumento, 1993

The New Color Line: How Quotas and Privilege Destroy Democracy, Paul Craig Roberts and Lawrence Stratton, 1995

Opus Dei: Leadership and Vision in Today’s Catholic Church, Vittorio Messori, 1997

Partners in Power: The Clintons and Their America, Roger Morris, 1999

Power Grab: How the National Education Association is Betraying Our Children, G. Gregory Moo, 1999

The Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, 1997

Sellout: The Inside Story of President Clinton’s Impeachment, David Schippers, 2000

Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House, Gary Aldrich, 1996

A Washington Tragedy: How the Death of Vince Foster Ignited a Political Firestorm, Dan Moldea, 1998

Year Of The Rat: How Bill Clinton Compromised U.S. Security for Chinese Cash, Edward Timperlake and William C. Triplett II, 1998

[tcdv5]

108. Thanks

for posting this list! Frightening only begins to describe this guy.

[_NorCal_D_]

110. Wow

That's quite a foul collection. :puke:

[thebigidea]

6. boy, think of all the GREAT PEOPLE that would be on a whites-only service

So howzabout it, dollface? What say we have dinner, a movie, and go over my Nazi stamp collection?

[slappypan]

7. Regnery started out as a publisher of anti-Semetic screeds.

They also publish books promoting the idea that AIDS is not caused by a virus.

[progressivebydesign]

47. Why is Amazon doing business with them?????

I don't mean to sound like a Rush Limbaugh dittohead.. but why aren't we threatening a boycott of Amazon, for their part in promoting and profiting from this publishing company???

[jwirr]

98. Boycott of Amazon

Good idea, especially since they are refused to sell Unger's book "House of Saud, House of Bush".

[bowens43]

8. Are you sure you are right on this?

I haven't been able to find anything that links William Regnery to Regnery Publishing. All of my searchs have shown Alfred Regnery to be the one associated with Regnery Publishing.

[Skinner]

11. I also would like to know.

If this is true, then it's huge. Is this a slam-dunk?

[MallRat]

12. Here's confirmation from the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Found this reference at the Southern Poverty Law Center, by way of Oliver Willis' blog:

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=479

White Supremacists
Reclusive publishing heir to start all-white dating service

William Regnery II, an heir to the Regnery publishing fortune who's a prime mover and shaker in white nationalism publishing, is moving into a new line of business: match-making for "heterosexual whites of Christian cultural heritage."

In an appeal to potential investors titled "Population is Destiny," the famously reclusive Regnery wrote this March that the Caucasian dating service would be no ordinary money-making opportunity, but a chance to ensure "the survival of our race," which "depends upon our people marrying, reproducing and parenting."

(snip)

Promoting white nationalism is nothing new for Regnery — or his family. His grandfather, William I, signed incorporation papers for the America First Committee, an organization that opposed fighting Nazi Germany in World War II. His father, Henry, created Regnery Publishing, one of the major purveyors of books by right-wing attack dogs like Anne Coulter and G. Gordon Liddy.

Check out Oliver Willis' blog entry on this story as well. I guess I'm not the first to make this connection.
http://www.oliverwillis.com/node/view/281

-MR

[bowens43]

16. Thanks !

[Skinner]

29. Nice.

I have added this to our homepage.

This is what makes DU so amazing. Great job.

[Caution]

13. he's right

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=479

[bowens43]

23. Thanks!

[Caution]

9. Post this to the Kerry forum on his website immediately

[nostamj]

14. see post #8 first... n/t

[Caution]

15. MallRat: send this info (along with the SPLC link) along to the big blogs

Kos, Atrios, TPM, and Michael Moore

This is a big one and if we can get some media attention onto it the SBVT are finished and we can put that slur to bed.

[Keirsey]

17. Amazon, too

When verified, we need to get this posted under Readers' Comments for "Unfit for Command".

[0rganism]

104. Send to MediaMatters, as well

Brock gets some decent coverage, and being a former rightwing hitman might even be able to put a few more pieces into the puzzle.

[EST]

18. Looks like the rabid conspiracy theorists

were much too optimistic. Pollyanna did not get nearly the kicking around she deserved.

[w13rd0]

19. Wow...

...the wheels, they keep on turnin, and the oil keeps on burning...

This would be interesting information to get out there. It pulls the rug away to reveal alot of dirt under there...

[myrna minx]

20. Let me guess...he was just kidding...just like Corsi.

All of his books are taken out of context. :eyes: Good lord, I hope this makes it into the main stream press. Wonderful catch! :toast:

[wtmusic]

22. Kick...kick...kick

Great work MallRat. :thumbsup:

[Rockholm]

24. Just sent this SPLC link to Hardball

EVERY media outlet MUST hear this!!!!

[Caution]

26. Warning note.

I see nothing associating William Regnery II to Eagle Press specifically. (at least not on their website). It appears that while he may be a stock holder that he has no obvious role int he company itself. Tread carefully but definitely a relationship to explore.

[SidDithers]

40. I agree....

I'm not finding anything that directly ties William Regnery to publishing / Eagle other than the fact he's an heir.

Sid

[Caution]

44. I can't find the exact relation

As near as I can figure out the company was founded by William Regnery (one of the founders the America First movement, a pro-german group dedicated to keeping the US out of WWII - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First),

From the wikipedia entry on Fasciscm:

Prominent proponents of fascism in pre-WWII America included the publisher Seward Collins, whose periodical The American Review (1933-1937) featured essays by Collins and others that praised Mussolini and Hitler. The America First movement, funded by William Regnery, among others, took a pro-German view of the world during the 1930s and fought to keep America neutral after Britain entered the war in 1939. Father Charles E. Coughlin's Depression-era radio broadcasts extolled the virtues of fascism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

William's son Henry replaced him in the America First movement. William started the publishing company who's first two books were critical of the Nuremburg Tribunals. The third book was also pro-nazi and criticized the Allied bombing campaign. they then published some John Birch society books.

The company has ended up in the hands of Alfred Regnery, though I cannot determine if he is the son of William or Henry, so William II could be either his uncle, his father or his brother. The Church of LDS ancestor search has no records on this family (which is actually really weird).

Always glad to see that the Republicans are so supportive of family businesses.

[peacetalksforall]

28. Another interesting morning irony...Michelle Malkin the author

of the only book that is pictured here - sheis black, unless there are two right wing Michelle Malkins. Next time she appears someone should ask her how she feels about her publisher being a white only lover.

[HFishbine]

37. Malkin

is black? I think she is an Asian-American.

[Nickster]

38. I believe you are correct

I saw her on Bill Maher.

[Name removed]

39. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[SidDithers]

30. Good Background article in The American Prospect...

http://www.prospect.org/print/V11/5/confessore-n.html

Lots about Alfred Regnery, but not about William.

Sid

[kentuck]

31. Nominated for front page.

I think it is deserving.

[ck4829]

32. I second that nomination

[grasswire]

33. Wm and Alfred are two different people

Lord, I despise Regnery as much as anyone. But William Regnery II and Alfred S. Regnery are two different people. Alfred S. is the publisher.

If anyone knows anything about this, it's Joe Conason. I'm emailing him.

Oh, also David Brock (now of Media Matters). His book on Anita Hill was published by Regnery.

[MallRat]

36. Alfred is son of Henry, so is William II... confirm please?

Can anyone confirm this? Are Alfred and William II brothers?

Alfred seems to be more in the public eye. William II, from the accounts I've read, is more reclusive.

-MR

[Caution]

46. Repost of my research so far

As near as I can figure out the company was founded by William Regnery (one of the founders the America First movement, a pro-german group dedicated to keeping the US out of WWII - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First ),

From the wikipedia entry on Fasciscm:

Prominent proponents of fascism in pre-WWII America included the publisher Seward Collins, whose periodical The American Review (1933-1937) featured essays by Collins and others that praised Mussolini and Hitler. The America First movement, funded by William Regnery, among others, took a pro-German view of the world during the 1930s and fought to keep America neutral after Britain entered the war in 1939. Father Charles E. Coughlin's Depression-era radio broadcasts extolled the virtues of fascism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

William's son Henry replaced him in the America First movement. William started the publishing company who's first two books were critical of the Nuremburg Tribunals. The third book was also pro-nazi and criticized the Allied bombing campaign. they then published some John Birch society books.

The company has ended up in the hands of Alfred Regnery, though I cannot determine if Alfred is the son of William, William II or Henry, so William II could be either his uncle, his father or his brother. The Church of LDS ancestor search has no records on this family (which is actually really weird).

Always glad to see that the Republicans are so supportive of family businesses.

Other sources:
http://www.bopnews.com/archives/001225.html
http://www.bizasia.com/forum/read.php?f=1&i=612&t=84

Still hunting.

[starroute]

62. Regnery connections to General Robert E. Wood

General Robert E. Wood, head of Sears Roebuck, was the president of the America First Committee, of which William Regnery was another founder. Wood's daughter Mary was married to William Stamps Farish, Jr. -- son of the William Stamps Farish who was president of Standard Oil and got into trouble for continuing to trade with the Nazis after the outbreak of World War II.

The Bushes were friendly with the Farishes, and George H.W. and Barbara Bush had a particularly close relationship with Mary. Her son, William Stamps Farish III, is said to be George H.W. Bush's closest friend and was until recently George W. Bush's ambassador to Great Britain.

After World War II, Robert E. Wood became deeply involved in extreme right-wing circles. There is a collection of his correspondence at the Hoover Institute, and the online summary of its contents includes many exchanges of letters with McCarthyites and revisionist historians. One entry reads:

"Regnery, Henry, 1950-53, Leftist domination of publishing business as reason for formation of his company. Details of Company organization, financing, profits and losses, Publication of Freda Utley's books and books of other authors scheduled for publication. Ford Foundation subversion by leftists."

http://www.ecommcode2.com/hoover/research/historicalmaterials/other/wood.htm


Regnery's first two successes with his new publishing company came in 1950 with William Buckley's "God and Man at Yale" and Freda Utley's "The China Story." "The China Story" was apparently the original source of claims that the Democrats had handed China over to the Communists and was drawn extensively on by Senator McCarthy.

More recently, Regnery was deeply associated with the attempt to undermine Bill Clinton's presidency.

[starroute]

65. Here are some biographical details from Henry Regnery's obit

http://www.goodbyemag.com/may/regnery.htm

"Henry Regnery was a true conservative, the kind of guy who swallowed the lies in order to save the blackest pearls. He founded a publishing house devoted to the propagation of conservatism in the unfruitful year 1947–right at the start of the nation's second great period of experiments with social programs.

<snip>

"Because it published mainly 'serious' books, the company never made much money and Regnery finally sold it in 1977. Its name was changed to Contemporary Books, and it specialized in auto repair manuals and sports books. Regnery remained a true believer and his gospel became reality with the election of Reagan.

"Regnery started a second conservative publishing house, which recently published Gary Aldrich's screed Unlimited Access: An F.B.I. Agent Inside the Clinton White House. The book is full of the First Family's dirty laundry (and lack underwear). Regnery's son Alfred once served in the Reagan Justice Department where he helped produce Attorney General Edwin Meese's notorious report on pornography. He resigned from government shortly before it was revealed that police in the 70s, while investigating a rape claim in his house, uncovered a cache of hardcore porn. Alfred returned to his father's firm, apparently to pursue conservative philosophical consistency, including bringing out Aldrich's book.

[Caution]

70. these people never cease to amaze me

just when i think i'm totally jaded, boom along comes another one and I shake my head in disbelief

[kentuck]

71. Perfect spokesmen for morality in America....

Pornographers, snake-handlers, and rumor-mongerers....

[SidDithers]

76. Confimed...

(Talking about William II) Promoting white nationalism is nothing new for Regnery — or his family. His grandfather, William I, signed incorporation papers for the America First Committee, an organization that opposed fighting Nazi Germany in World War II. His father, Henry, created Regnery Publishing, one of the major purveyors of books by right-wing attack dogs like Anne Coulter and G. Gordon Liddy.

From http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=479

And we know Arthur is also Henry's son.

Sid

[in_cog_ni_to]

35. Listen to "UNFILTERED" right now! on Air America!!!!

They are talking about Regnery! :bounce:

[wtmusic]

43. YESS!!

Love "Not-so-Swift Boat Veterans" :D

[in_cog_ni_to]

49. Man, THAT was funny!

I just LOVE "Unfiltered".

[DeepModem Mom]

41. See post #34 for a list of Regnery's political books --

nt

[ck4829]

42. If you doubt MallRat, than read this

http://www.oliverwillis.com/node/view/281

It looks like this has been confirmed by another source.

[MallRat]

45. IMPORTANT- can we confirm that William II is an owner, or just an heir?

It's splitting hairs, but it's a very important hair.

Or heir, as the case may be.

[MallRat]

48. I'm worried about "plausible deniability."

We have to be sure that William II actually CURRENTLY OWNS part of Regnery publishing. Otherwise, the spinmeisters can cast him as the black sheep of the family, who has nothing to do with the publishing company.

I'm still digging. Can't find much so far.

-MR

[Caution]

51. I find nothing showoing him to be an owner of the company

It looks a lot more like he is closely related and followed in his name sake's footsteps regarding racism and bigotry. Alfred is clearly the more "respectable" of the two and is the public face of the publishing company.

Does anyone have an account at ancestry.com? they have some family records which could give us more insight into the relationship at least. There really is surprisingly little information about these two out there.

[wndycty]

54. Sort of like Osama and the rest of the Bin Ladens

How come they always can spin the bad apple as falling far far far from the tree.

[SidDithers]

50. Think I got something....

Bill II and Alfred are brothers.

According to this Blog:
http://macaronies.blogspot.com/2003_04_20_macaronies_archive.html

The post is down near the bottom, Friends of John Lott. Search page for Bill Regnery, second find has the post.

Bill Regnery's brother, Alfred, is in charge of the operation of Regnery Publishing, Inc. Though he is less loose with his tongue, he does not appear to be less Right Wing. Regnery publishes a collection of far Right voices. John Lott. Jr., fits right in. I would not be surprised to learn that his contacts with other reactionaries, perhaps Robert Stacy McCain or Ann Coulter, led to his relationship with Regnery.

Not sure where he gets his info, so handle with care.

Sid

Edit: Sorry, should have been up higher, in the thread about the relationship. Still nothing to indicate Bill II is involved with the publishing house.

[Caution]

52. Great find...searching on "Bill Regnery" leads to a lot more

I didnt try Bill because I assumed since he is William II that he didnt use the nickname. Duh.

[SidDithers]

56. "William H Regnery" gets even more...

The Occidental Quarterly, a journal similar to American Renaissance that is bankrolled by William H. Regnery II, the reclusive far-right Chicago millionaire who is an heir to a publishing fortune.
from: http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=210

I really think he's only an heir, not involved in Eagle or Regnery Publishing. His outlet for hate seems to be The Occidental Quarterly.
http://theoccidentalquarterly.com/

Just make sure you shower after going there.

Sid

[MallRat]

57. William Regnery I was the grandfather.

And his pro-Nazi credentials are quite stunning. From "Blogging of the President," regarding the publication of Malkin's book:

http://www.bopnews.com/archives/001225.html

The Backers

So if Malkin is doing bad history to advance an extreme and partisan political agenda, who is paying for her to make a controversial and easily debunked splash? All I have to say is, well, get ready for crazy city.

Regnery Publishing is the publisher of her books. The publishing house has John Birch society ties, the Birch society of course being the 1950s group so extreme in their right-wing ideology that they thought Eisenhower was a communist stooge. Alfred Regnery, the owner of the publishing house, is close friends with both Ken Starr and Lucianne Goldberg. There are rumors the CIA helped subsidize the publishing house, which would not be surprising considering the strongly pro-German interests of the founders of the CIA (documented extensively by Kevin Phillips in American Dynasty) and their ties to the right-wing. The following passage is the best summary of Regnery I have found, though the details are quite freely available around the web elsewhere:

William Regnery was also one of the founders of the American Security Council - he was later replaced by his son Henry. Regnery and two other isolationists began broadcasting Human Events and in 1947 started the Regnery publishing business. Interestingly enough, the first two titles published by Regnery were critical of the Nuremberg Trials. The third book Regnery published was another pro-Nazi book attacking the allied air campaign. In 1954, Regnery published two books for the John Birch Society. He was also the publisher behind Buckley's God and Man at Yale. In light of the publishing of the pro-Nazi books it is interesting to note that Regnery Publishing was subsidized by the CIA, according to Howard Hunt. The reader is reminded to remember this point in a later chapter concerning the CIA and its involvement with Nazi war criminals. Henry Regnery along with Bunker Hunt funded Western Goals, an organization that is now dead. Western Goals was another group that reportedly compiled list of people they deemed subversive. In 1986, Reagan appointed Alfred Regnery to help dismantle the Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice. In the 1990s, the Regnery publishing house has been the publisher of numerous venomous smears attacking President Clinton.

One of the first books published by Regnery was The Nuremberg Trials, a 'detailed critical examination of trials by the U.S., including problems with procedure, jurisdiction, punishability, substantive law, etc.'. The publishing house also put out books stating that Clinton would put a blanket over himself and drive downtown while President to go whoring, and that Clinton was a cocaine addict. Regnery's appointment by Reagan, the vicious anti-Clinton tracts, and his family's ties to right-wing extremism and WWII era pro-Nazi isolationism lead naturally to the institutional support of Malkin's 'In Defense of Internment'. She literally couldn't have found a better publisher, and Regnery couldn't have found a more fitting book to put out.

[SidDithers]

64. Yup...So I think we've got

William I - America Firster and Nazi Sympathizer

Henry - Son of William I, Founder of Regnery Press, published Bill Buckley's God and Man at Yale, and other early conservative books.

Arthur - Son of Henry - appointed by Reagon for Anti-Porn work with Meese, resigned and took over family publishing business.

William II - Also Son of Henry - not involved with Regenry publishing, publisher of The Occidental Quarterly, one heir to Regenry publishing wealth.

That about right?

Sid

[Rich Hunt]

78. that is correct n/t

eom

[starroute]

91. Nelson Bunker Hunt leads in all sorts of fun directions

http://www.antipasministries.com/oldnews/obunk.html

"In his investigation of private spies, author Jim Hougan learned that Nelson Bunker Hunt, the close confidant and fund raiser for such Religious Right luminaries as Tim LaHaye and Pat Robertson, once organized a para-military force called the 'American Volunteer Group' which - Hogan alleges - Hunt intended to use, death squad style, against political opponents.<1> Hunt is also a member of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, a racist 'brotherhood' modeled after the Hospitalers."


http://watch.pair.com/database1.html

"Herbert William Hunt- CNP Board of Governors (1982). Multimillionaire and brother to Nelson Bunker Hunt. In 1981, William Herbert and Nelson Bunker Hunt provided the start-up money for the Council for National Policy.

"A subsidiary of the pro-Nazi German American National Congress {DANK}, the council is headed by Karol Sitko...Sitko was also the organizer for the West German branch of the Western Goals Foundation, a far-right political organizing and research group which, until the death of its founder, Congressman Larry MacDonald, was essentially a front for the John Birch Society's private intelligence network. In Germany, Sitko organized rallies in Nuremberg and Hanover drawing 240,000 people. He was supported by billionaire H.L. Hunt and General John Singlaub. His activities were conducted in concert with the Anti-Bolshevik Block of Nations.

<snip>

"In 1951, Nelson Bunker Hunt and Wallace Johnson, founder of Holiday Inns, worked with and funded Bill Bright's Campus Crusade for Christ to the tune of $15.5 million. In 1967, formed Christian World Liberation Front (CWLF) as a covert front for Campus Crusade, which split off and became a leading ministry in the Jesus People movement. Bunker Hunt arranged a retreat for more than 500 millionaires who pledged $20 to Campus Crusade. Once organized a paramilitary force called 'Americans Volunteer Group' which he intended to use as death squad against political opponents.


http://www.321gold.com/editorials/laborde/laborde012904.html

"By the late 1970's the Hunt first family's fortune was estimated to be in the range of 6 to 8 billion dollars. In 1978 John Connally introduced Bunker to a Saudi sheik at the Mayflower hotel in Washington. A year later International Metal Investment was incorporated in Bermuda between Bunker, Herbert and two Saudi sheiks. It was speculated that the two sheiks were fronting for members of the Saudi royal family.


http://www.gigdig.com/~conspiracy/bcci-1.txt

"In the late '70s, Connally owned a Texas bank with BCCI front man Pharaon, according to Stephen Fay's book, "Beyond Greed: The Hunt Family's Bold Attempt to Corner the Silver Market." Connally introduced the bin Mafouze family, BCCI's second-largest shareholder, to the Hunt brothers, the infamous oil barons who lost their $10 billion fortune trying to illegally manipulate the world's silver market. The bin Mafouze family and Pharaon invested in the Hunt scam and suffered huge losses."

[starroute]

93. And here's a strange and interesting site

PAT ROBERTSON, ILLUMINISM, AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER

http://www.antipasministries.com/oldnews/illuminism.html

I can't quite figure it out -- it seems to be the site of a group of left-wing endtime Christians who despise the religious right. (I never knew there was such a thing.) But there is an awful lot of information here about the John Birch Society, covert anti-Semitism, right-wing conspiracy theories -- and also Regnery, Hunt, and the American Security Council


I also found a page on Western Goals at http://rightweb.irc-online.org/groupwatch/wg.php . That one's a little hard to follow, but a lot of the usual suspects seem to come into the story. Here's a sample:

"The German affiliate is Western Goals Europe E. V. (5) This German branch is also known as the AmericanEuropean Strategy Institute. It acknowledges working with Reinhard Gehlen, a former Nazi who has been honored by the elite lay Catholic organization, the Knights of Malta (SMOM). (8) SMOM gave its highest award of honor, the Gran Croci Al Merito Conplacca, to Gehlen in 1948. Gehlen, who was not a Catholic, was awarded the honor because of his efforts in the 'crusade against godless Communism.' Gehlen headed Adolf Hitler's spy operations against the Soviet Union during World War II. After the war, he and his spy apparatus--staffed mostly by former Nazis--were recruited by the CIA. He became the first director of the BND, West Germany's intelligence agency. (19,26)

"According to investigative reporter Elton Manzione, J. Peter Grace was instrumental in getting John Rees into Western Goals. Grace is chairman of the Knights of Malta in the United States. (19) Grace, head of the W. R. Grace Co. , has (or had) Western Goals funder Roger Milliken on his board of directors. (8)

"A diagram found in Oliver North's safe showed Linda Guell's name written above the words "Western Goals." The note on the diagram said that Guell worked with CAUSA (a political arm of the Unification Church) and its head, Bo Hi Pak, and made trips to Germany and South Korea. The word 'money' was written over Guell's name, with an arrow pointing to Rob Owen, North's courier to the contras. Arrows were also drawn from Owen's name to Guell's and from Andy Messing--a private contra supporter and head of the National Defense Council Foundation--to Western Goals. The diagram was drawn at the bottom of a letter from Fawn Hall to "Phil and Randy," dated April 18, 1985. (4,20) Guell is now working with John Singlaub at the Singlaub Freedom Foundation. (29)"


I'm starting to get the feeling that we've all been a little too mesmerized by the BFEE. The real heart of the vast right-wing conspiracy is where it's always been -- in the crypto-fascist and white supremacy groups that emerged in the late forties and fifties and their direct allies and offshoots.

[jwirr]

99. Origins of the real conspiracy

Back up a bit. These good old boys (and girls) are very active in the late 1890s up to WWII. They were actively working to create the master race in the United States through the Eugenics Movement. Read Edwin Black's book "War Against the Weak" one of the best documented books I have ever seen. We are up against it today.

[starroute]

102. Tying the extreme right back to the fascists is essential

Through the 1930's, fascism in America was obvious and overt. People like the du Ponts or Henry Ford weren't shy about indicating their support of fascist goals and leaders.

But there was a great watershed around 1937-41, as America got more populist. The right had to reinvent itself under the pretense that it was merely anti-Roosevelt, anti-New Deal, or anti-Communist. The America First Committee was a significant part of this process. In an effort to cast itself as all-American rather than pro-German, it kept the most extreme fascists sympathizers on the sidelines and even welcomed in some members of the anti-war left.

Attitudes remained fluid through the 40's, as shown by the fact that several of Regnery's earliest publications represented an attempt to rehabilitate the Nazis. But by then the US wasn't prepared to tolerate anything with even a hint of fascism. For example, Prescott Bush lost his first campaign for the Senate when his interest in eugenics came out.

So the fascist connection was carefully hidden from view. People like Prescott Bush, the Dulles brothers, and Averell Harriman covered over their pre-war associations and got into government office. Others, like Henry Regnery and his circle, protected themselves from scrutiny by screaming about communist subversion and accusing anyone who questioned them of being anti-American.

But the basic fascist impulse -- to overturn democracy and restore elite rule -- has never gone away. And every so often, its true nature is revealed, as in William H. Regnery's white supremacist dating service or that Tennessee candidate with the eugenics platform.

[Caution]

53. The more I find on William II (Bill) the more disgusted I become.

This dude is really sick. He does appear to be the brother of Alfred Regnery.

[Viking12]

55. Damn Scary!!!!

Check out "The Occidental Quarterly" site, they actually print articles defending eugenics among other frightening supremicist shit :scared:

[wicket]

58. This is HUGE!!!!

Excellent find!!!! :D

[MallRat]

61. But I agree with "Caution." We need to confirm Bill Regnery's role.

If William II is just an heir, rather than an active member of the company Board (like Alfred), the argument lacks some punch.

It's the difference between a single and a grand slam. We need to be certain.

-MR

[wicket]

63. Absolutely

That is definitely what needs to be focused on, should be interesting!

[ck4829]

60. If you think this post is important...

Or if you want a way to oppose the Swift Liars right in your own home, than Nominate this page so all who come to this site see the truth about the ones who are attacking John Kerry.

[starroute]

66. More on Regnery connections

http://www.ajweberman.com/monica.htm

CIA, Richard Mellon Scaife, Ken Starr, Hillary's "vast right-wing conspiracy," all the good stuff.

"Henry Regnery was a blond-haired Midwesterner of German-Catholic extraction, the son of a wealthy textile manufacturer, who displayed at an early age far more interest in ideas than in making money. After receiving an engineering degree from MIT, he studied philosophy at the University of Bonn and economics at Harvard.

<snip>

"In 1947, with his father's help, he founded Henry Regnery Company. The first two books he published were pro-German attacks on the Nuremberg Trials. The company's third book was In Darkest Germany (1947) which reported that bombing raids in Germany's industrial North had left civilians starving and homeless. Neither of these nor the subsequent books Regnery had published made money, and by the time Buckley sent God and Man at Yale to Regnery in April 1951 the firm was barely solvent. In 1954 Regnery published two of Birch Society leader Robert Welch's books.

"In the 1950's, Regnery Publishing was subsidized by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to Howard Hunt, as was Fredrick Praeger Publishing and Fodor's travel guides."


(Note: I assume that "ajweberman.com" is the same A.J. Weberman who was going through Bob Dylan's garbage back in the 1970's and was considered a low-level rumor-monger. But the stuff I quoted seems straightforward enough.)

[Caution]

67. The Occidental Quarterly needs to be examined

Who is the parent publisher? Who prints it? Who is involved in it. If a link can be established there then this is a story, otherwise it looks like Bill and Alfred don't have any business ties.

[MallRat]

69. I agree. Still need to look for a smoking gun.

That said, the Regnery family history with regards to Nazi sympathizing and fringe ultra right-wing philosophy is pretty compelling material to further undermine the Swiftboat Liars.

Like I said, in baseball terminology, this story is a single: ownership or not, Bill II is an heir.

A direct link between Bill II and the publishing company makes it a grand slam.

-MR

[Keirsey]

72. LexisNexis

Anyone have access to this database?

LexisNexis® provides authoritative legal, news, public records and business information; including tax and regulatory publications in online, print or CD-ROM formats.

http://www.lexisnexis.com/

[Viking12]

92. I do, what am i looking for?

[MallRat]

94. William Regnery II and Regnery Publishing

You'll find plenty about Alfred Regnery, but we want to know if there's anything about William Regnery II, who is an avowed white supremacist and (we think) is Alfred's brother.

Look under Eagle Publishing as well- I think they're the parent company of Regnery.

Any direct link between William II and Regnery Publishing sounds the death knell for the Swiftboat Liars (as if they weren't already floundering), and probably much of the RW hate machine could go under along with them.

So far, we've only been able to establish that William II is an heir to the family publishing fortune. Is he a stockholder? Part-owner? On their Board of Directors? Did he make coffee and deliver mail for Alfred?

Anything would be helpful.

-MR

[SidDithers]

73. They have a forum too...

www.theoccidentalherald.com

anyone wanna take the plunge and register?

Sid

[Caution]

81. Unless you want to guarantee a spot on an FBI watch list

I wouldn't bother. These are some scary, screwed up people. I've never understood racists and racism and when it is propped up as science like it is by these people I get really leery of going anywhere near it.

We should be more interested in the business ties between this piece of filth and regnery publishing. If a definite connection can be established it would really go a long way towards destroying the credibility of them and would badly embarass their authors (other than Coulter who clearly has no shame).

[SidDithers]

83. I agree...

but I don't think we're going to find that link. Everything I've been able to find has Alfred as the only connection to Regnery Publishing. And when Regnery was purchased by Eagle (Phillips), and then spun off by itself, I think publishing company got further away from the family.

This needs someone with more resources than I've got.

Good Work in this thread!

:toast:

Sid

[noiretextatique]

90. i didn't register...just read...and you can literally feel the hate

and resentment in every article :scared: i need a drink.

[Rich Hunt]

75. publisher

...published by the "Charles Martel Society", contact info listed is exactly the same as William H. Regnery II - same family, but I get the feeling that this is entirely Jr.'s pet project and not Regnery's.

[Caution]

68. It appears that Alfred Regnery is no longer in control and that Marji Ross

now runs the show.

[Killarney]

74. kick

[qanda]

77. And why exactly does it take a mall rat to figure this out?

Where is our liberal media when we need them?

No offense to mallrat.

[MallRat]

79. No offense taken.

:-)

Seems to me that the moment that Newsweek reporter learned about a white supremacist named Regnery hawking a whites-only dating service, he should have done a quick background check on him.

Is it laziness? Ignorance? A reluctance to look too one-sided?

It did not take long to find out this information on the Internet. But the final steps- trying to directly link William Regnery II to actual editorial control of Regnery Publishing- will take a far more concerted effort.

Attention to any reporters lurking here: please feel free to pick up my ball and run with it.

-MR

[masshole]

80. call him and ask!

From Worldnet Daily's own People search (Worldnet Daily has some kind of alliance with Eagle Publishing)

Regnery, William H
Boca Grande, FL 33921-1369
[phone]

Chicago maybe?

Regnery, William
20 N Clay St
Hinsdale, IL 60521-3206
[phone]

[w13rd0]

87. Wonder if he has any connection to the Keyes campaign...

...wouldn't THAT be a hoot.

[starroute]

96. Boca Grande sure rings a bell

It's where Bush Sr. went to lick his wounds after he lost the 1992 election:

http://www.mit.edu/afs/net/dev/user/tytso/usenet/americast/wpost/1173

Sun, 15 Nov 92 08:24:29 EST
Bush Casts in Warm Waters for Snook - and Solitude <BOCA GRANDE, Fla.>

"In baggy Bermuda shorts and a baseball cap, carrying a fishing pole, President Bush blends right in with the other comfortably rumpled, affluent old folks who populate this Gulf Coast barrier island.

<snip>

"The village of Boca Grande, about 45 miles south of Sarasota, is the social core of a seven-mile-long barrier island rimmed with white sand beaches, long a low-profile lure for escape-minded celebrities. Natives tool around the narrow, banyan-shaded lanes in golf carts instead of cars. Major-league sport fishermen come here for the tarpon - but tarpon season is over.

"Access to the island is by a causeway with a tollgate, where all visitors must pay $3.20 to enter.

"The First Couple is staying at the Spanish-style villa of du Pont family member Bayard Sharp, a Bush friend who seems to own much of the island."


Bayard Sharp was the father of Sarah Sharp, wife of William Stamps Fashish III. Farish's grandfather, Robert E. Wood, was a cofounder of the America First Committee along with William Regnery and was an early supporter of Regnery Publishing. Bayard Sharp's uncles were Pierre, Irenee, and Lammot du Pont -- the notorious brothers who supported Hitler, funded fascist organizations in the US (to one of which, Clark's Crusaders, William Stamps Farish, Sr. donated $200), and attempted to overthrow Franklin Roosevelt in 1934.

So it does seem interesting and possibly significant that William H. Regnery would be located there as well.

[MallRat]

82. 82 replies? What more do I have to do to earn a visit from Grovelbot?

As a DUer, that's when you know you've finally arrived.

:-)

[Rich Hunt]

84. this is very funny

....when you do a search on "America First" and Regnery, you get a million hits for Mona Charen's book.

[Cleita]

85. Haha!

It could be that the reason they have a hard time getting a date is that they treat their dogs only a little better than they do their women. Gee guys, imagine women not rushing to become the one who keeps the bed warm, does all the work, makes the beer runs and is told to keep her mouth shut except when spoken to. Wow, imagine girls not beating down the door of the camper to date a prize like that.

[SidDithers]

86. LMAO - Pat Sajak is on the Board of Eagle with Alf Regnery...

http://www.regnery.com/eagle/eagle_management.html

Sid

[Ganja Ninja]

88. This is really a great thread.

I am always amazed how whenever you dig down for the dirty truth about republicans just how dirty it is.

[masshole]

89. Is this group still around?

The America First Group

The America First group is underwritten by business leaders. William H. Regnery, whose son will found Regnery Publishing, is one of the signers of incorporation. Special counsel to the Nazis John Foster Dulles writes the charter. Eight business leaders, among them H. Smith Richardson, supply over $100,000.
(NOTE: Both the Regnery Publishing Company and the Smith Richardson Foundation will play prominent roles in the effort to derail the Clinton administration many years hence}

http://www.winterboy.com/dejavu5.html

[Rich Hunt]

97. long gone

....and long dead, no doubt.

Officially, the earlier Regnery publisher is distinct from the current Regnery, which was founded in 1979, according to Lexis-Nexis.

[jwirr]

100. John Foster Dulles

If I am not mistaken the Dulles brothers were involved with Mrs. Harriman, the Carnegie Institute and others (possibly Prescott Bush) in "super race" eugenics in the early 1900s. There are records - under the Harriman Papers at the National Archives. However with Bush's new archivist in control it could be they are no longer open to the public.

[ck4829]

95. The Evils of Regnery Publishing

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2227221

[Mortos]

101. Do you think the conservatives

would be trying to verify a link between the two? Or would they just say white supremecist and Regnery and Swift Boat Vets over and over and over and over and over until the three were permanently linked in people's minds?

[MallRat]

109. That's what makes us better than them. We uphold the truth.

We don't go levelling accusations unless we've got facts on our side.

Like I said- the fact that William II is an heir to the Regnery Publishing fortune is pretty compelling on its own. I'm sure we could make a ruckus with this alone.

But if we can establish that William actually has direct involvement in the company, this story has the potential to utterly destroy the credibility and mainstream reputation of every right-wing author who has ever published with them: the Swiftboat Liars, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Speaker Dennis Hastert, Laura Ingraham, David Limbaugh... the list goes on.

-MR

[RandomKoolzip]

103. Yep...all this info and more is in "The Republican Noise MAchine"

by David Brock. Most of my posts recently mention this book; it's THAT important.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

105. I'm reading Brock's book right now; it's GREAT!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

106. SOMEONE EMAIL THIS TO MIKE MALLOY!

[tcdv5]

107. Nice job!

Great work on this investigation. Thanks for doing the work that big media can't or won't do.:toast:

[mahatmakanejeeves]

111. William, or Alfred?

One small nit to pick. The Regnery who runs Regnery Publishing is Alfred Regnery, not William Regnery.

from 1997:

Red-hot reads

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"It's been our best year by far, and we're making a nice profit," says publisher Alfred Regnery, who runs the company from a small office in Washington with a staff of 25.
Mr. Regnery's father, Henry, founded the publishing company as a home for sober books that suited his conservative outlook. One of its earliest successes: "God and Man at Yale" by William F. Buckley Jr. in 1951.
Alfred took over in 1986 and quickly started seeking more controversial authors.
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Alfred Regnery lives a couple miles from me. William II is Alfred's brother:

Reclusive publishing heir to start all-white dating service

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Promoting white nationalism is nothing new for Regnery — or his family. His grandfather, William I, signed incorporation papers for the America First Committee, an organization that opposed fighting Nazi Germany in World War II. His father, Henry, created Regnery Publishing, one of the major purveyors of books by right-wing attack dogs like Anne Coulter and G. Gordon Liddy.
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