Tag: Barack Obama

Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Control the Information, Oil Spill

Yeah, and no one anticipated the breach of the levees, either

In hearings yesterday on Capitol Hill, Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior under Bush, said no one anticipated such a large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Accompanied by Dirk Kempthorne, who succeeded Norton when she resigned in ’06, he affirmed that nobody did, not Congress, not the President, not the oil companies, no one. Okay…so, don’t blame it all on Bush, it’s Obama’s … Continue reading Yeah, and no one anticipated the breach of the levees, either

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Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill, Thad Allen

Obama Wrote Me An E-mail, Yes, I’m That Important

That’s right, yours truly got an E-mail from Barack Obama. I knew some people were reading this blog, but not even I considered it all that important, it was just something to do with all the anger I was feeling about the Gulf, all the powerlessness. I mean, had to be able to do something, right? Some place to vent this all out, let it … Continue reading Obama Wrote Me An E-mail, Yes, I’m That Important

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Headlines for the day…

Please click on the following, collection of news stories from various sites around the web: More cops taken into custody today in Danziger Bridge Shootings, cover-up – Times Picayune Federal government’s stance on dispersants questioned – Times Picayune Public Confidence Hits New Low For President Obama – Huffington Post Gingrich Says He’s seriously Considering White House Run – Chicago Tribune Meet the Man Who Made … Continue reading Headlines for the day…

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British Petroleum, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Gulf Coast, Oil Spill

Johnnie Burton, GW’s MMS Director Doesn’t Understand What The Fuss Is About

Johnnie Burton emerges: She was the Mineral and Management Services Director for GW from 2000-2007 and she doesn’t seem to understand what all the hub-bub is about over at the MMS these days. “When I was there, it seemed to work so well,” she says. True, when you give the oil companies whatever they want, and deplete the means of your own agency to enforce … Continue reading Johnnie Burton, GW’s MMS Director Doesn’t Understand What The Fuss Is About

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British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Democracy, Disenfranchised, Oil Spill, Thad Allen

Obama, Coast Guard Criminalize Free Access to the Gulf Spill, Reporters Must Now Get Permission

Ed. Note: Since this story broke, the Coast Guard has been trying to deny the evidence, then admitting the rule is in effect, then producing false photographs to show vandalism of boom as reasons why, then saying the photographs were a mistake…many of these corrections done by a woman named Rachel Polish who works PR for a company that has BP as a client, while … Continue reading Obama, Coast Guard Criminalize Free Access to the Gulf Spill, Reporters Must Now Get Permission

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Anarchism, Democracy, Disenfranchised, LIVE YOUR LIFE, Police

Hillary Clinton is concerned about activists everywhere, except America.

So Hillary goes to Poland and worries that “the walls are closing in” on organizations like unions, advocacy groups and activist groups that are an essential part of forming democracies and she expresses surprise that the countries where suppression occurs still claim to be “democracies.” She goes on to say “We must be wary of the steel vise in which governments around the world are … Continue reading Hillary Clinton is concerned about activists everywhere, except America.

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British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Disenfranchised, Oil Spill, Thad Allen, Tony Hayward

A Rogues Gallery in Oil, but Then a Leader Emerges…Kindra Arnesen

Let’s review, shall we? Thad Allen: National Incident Commander of the Unified Command for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill…or as I like to call it, The British Petroleum Gulf Oil Explosion Catastrophe. Since the beginning, he has claimed he is in charge but in truth merely serves as BP’s errand boy. He colludes with BP and the government to keep the oil estimates low and to … Continue reading A Rogues Gallery in Oil, but Then a Leader Emerges…Kindra Arnesen

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