Not too close to the end of his term, but no doubt later than the oil men who helped put him in office would have liked, George Bush has paid back his family’s industry friends by trying to give them their own country.
The equation could not be more clear: we spend 4,100 lives, the health of another 30,000 soldiers, and over $500 billion, much of it funneled to companies tied to the Bush family and their friends, and in return Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP get four no-bid contracts to control the second-largest pool of oil in the world. The only surprising detail is the inclusion of Total, a French company, as one of the Big Four over Chevron and Conoco, the other U.S. supermajors ... but those guys are in there too, in a smaller role.
Why are these contracts no-bid? The article doesn’t say -- doesn’t even speculate -- but it seems as likely to me as the reason for Halliburton’s no-bid contracts to help run the war: Bush wants to help his friends as ...
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Fear and Loathing on Capitol HillSource:
http://theamericansentinel.com/2008/10/05/fear-and...Post Date: 2008-10-05 18:04:56
Would you buy a used economy from this woman?
Are you wondering why Nancy Pelosi broke into an inane anti-Bush rant during consideration of the Bailout Bill? Does it puzzle you that Barney Frank went on The Factor and tried to put one over on Bill O’Reilly? And why are the Democrats insisting that George Bush is the one to blame, despite conclusive evidence to the contrary? The answer is fear.
The Democrats on Capitol Hill - - including the one running for President - - are in a race a...
Beatty Asks State to Investigate Ogonowski Voter FraudSource:
http://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=...Post Date: 2008-05-23 13:24:43
Jeff Beatty issued a press release that a letter was hand delivered to Bill Galvin to investigate voter fraud by the Ogonowski campaign. As to the letter, (which is listed under the press release with affidavit) states:
The letter points to an affidavit signed by a registered Republican voter in Chelmsford, MA stating that his signature was fraudulently placed on nomination papers for Mr. Ogonowski’s campaign. This voter was also told that, in addition to his faked ...
Chance To Get Off Your Butts...Commonwealth Corps - with pollSource:
http://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=...Post Date: 2008-05-23 12:31:15
I know, I know. Why get off our butts? We like sitting there. It’s the perfect position to try to turn EB3’s latest bulletin on State House wives into a screenplay (Eva Longoria as Ms. Petro?)
But you, yes you, can start a Commonwealth Corps operation. Even Republicans! Well, I’m not sure about that, but probably.
I’m not in any way affiliated with CC, but it’s modeled on AmeriCorps, and I am involved with an Amer...
How to bring Democracy to the US of ASource:
http://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=...Post Date: 2008-05-23 13:22:15
Why do so few people vote? Is this because people don’t take personal responsibility? Or is this because of how our elections are structured?
One clear cut example of how to remove barriers to participation was in North Carolina’s primary just a few weeks ago
From a recent Demos study:
North Carolina’s new "Same Day Registration" (SDR) law allowed 22,293 new voters to participate in the state’s high-turnout, May 6 primary election
States that allow...
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