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George W. Bush - Oilman.
Sounds like a guy who's in the pocket of Big Oil -
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GBush has alway been in the pocket of an oil sheik. I mean who bought out his oil businesses when he ran them into hte ground before he was president.
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What exactly am I looking at? And what do you mean? And why are you posting stuff about the spill in this thread? A MAJOR reason I don't post in CFPR&C and it's because people come into the threads and post nonsensical, off the topic of the thread things like this. Please either stick to the point or start a new thread. There's already a thread here about the oil spill.
My thread is GWB, this week, saying that America needs to reduce it's dependance on foreign oil and do it by means of alternative renewable energy. But if you need some links to obscure facts about the war for middle eastern oil - here's the recently uncovered Truman policy - The Persian Gulf: Understanding the American Oil Strategy - Brookings Institution The salient points as outlined by the Brookings Institute in the summer of 2002 - prior to the UN invasion after Saddam's eviction of UN nuclear inspectors: Quote:
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While not really a sheik, you might note that Harken was 30% owned by George Soros who does seem to have some questionable political connections... Bush was on the Harken board until '93 but from '89 till 94 his full time job was Managing Partner of the Texas Rangers Baseball Club. He sold that to become Governor of Texas in 1994. Given his success in both industries, he has a better chance of being in the pocket of Big Baseball, than Big Oil. |
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Carter had no choice. The "Energy Crisis" (You have to remember that in 1976 scientists had proven we were on the cusp of an impending Ice Age because of 40 years of Global Cooling and the world will run out of oil before 1994!) was his only means to show he could do anything.
Carter destroyed the economy, 52 Americans spent a year and a half wondering what the hell he was doing by the fireside in his sweater while they sat blindfolded in Tehran, and his biggest foreign affairs successes were boycotting the Olympics and the lasting peace he built in the Middle East. (underlined so the sarcasm shines through) Reagan couldn't stop Carter policies and initiatives fast enough. -------------- Back on topic - As for the maps and the interest in Iraqi oil in 2001, it goes to a small thing called the Oil for Food Scandal which nobody wants to talk about. The UN, Russia, France and many European countries where propping up Saddam in the face of the embargo on anything but humanitarian aid which could allow the exchange of Saddam's only currency - crude - for aspirin and groceries. Except he was also getting arms and hard currency and most of the other side was getting kickbacks. Those countries were also the ones blocking the way for sanctions to work and for the UN and IAEC to inspect as a condition of the end of the Gulf War. So, to know who is playing the game you have to have a map, and a list of the players and potential players. Enjoy the day off! |
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sorry if you can't keep up. I know exactly what he meant.
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Look what Bush did here. 13:55
Fmr. EPA Investigator Scott West: US Has Told BP "It Can Do Whatever It Wants and Won't Be Held Accountable" |
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