http://www.npr.org/2012/04/11/150444802/where-does-america-get-oil-you-may-be-surprised
________________________________ From: "doctordumb...@rocketmail.com" <doctordumb...@rocketmail.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 11:56 AM Subject: RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Rep. Grayson: the military industrial complex wants the Syrian strike I had a sneaking suspicion about it, maybe a month ago. I looked up US oil production, and consumption, and saw that they matched. Then, recently, I read about the 86% domestic energy production for 2012 (that includes oil and natural gas). The oil companies don't want to mention it, because they get huge tax breaks, for continuing exploitation of a supposedly non-renewable resource. Yeah, it is crazy. --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote: Doc, are you sure about this? I'm shocked! Did other people know this?! Are people really this greedy?! It's very alarming actually but I'm glad to know about it so thanks. From: "doctordumbass@..." <doctordumbass@...> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:53 AM Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Rep. Grayson: the military industrial complex wants the Syrian strike The US produced enough oil and natural gas for 86% of its energy needs last year. The thing is, we sell a .lot of the oil overseas, leaving us to continuously kill in the Middle East, to protect our overseas oil markets. It is a crazy scheme, designed to put a few more bucks in the oil producers' pockets. We as a country have already met the goal of being energy self-sufficient. You would never know it, though. --- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <arhataworldfreespeech@...> wrote: Obama has little more final say than you do over an earthquake. Military Industrial Complex, yes.. The American public #1! Take 'oil' out of the equation and replace it with 'creative' positive solutions and there is no war or whatever you call it. A concerted effort by Americans in every community to ration their gas intake and use alternate forms of transportation would send us in another direction. I'm an activist in my community to do this - results? Just started at beginning of Summer. Big job - people are habitual and apathetic, but that's what Hitler loved. Essentially, the country is comatose except for a small minority which needs to quickly, steadily increase in size. BTW, the UN will do nothing. Russia and China will veto anything anybody wants to do against Assad. I just think Obama has made the US look very weak with his blurred lines and other foreign policies leading up to this. He'll probably end up lobbing a few cruise missiles and saying *taught them a lesson* and make us look even weaker. Assad won't be harmed and Al Qaeda knows he is weak and nothing to fear as does Iran. The next three years are going to be disastrous. He's nothing but a community organizer(agitator) that has gone global. From: Bhairitu <noozguru@...> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Rep. Grayson: the military industrial complex wants the Syrian strike On 08/30/2013 04:11 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: >It's looking as if the country is split just about 50/50 as to whether we >should get involved. Where you reading that? On Crackle? If you are reading in on MSM then it is because they are afraid of the administration and of losing ad dollars from the MIC. How corrupt! This and previous administrations have burned their bridges behind them. The American public, right, left and center is no longer buying their lies. We don't like chemical warfare but a lot of the public is wondering if it is BS or staged. We are not the world's policemen and it is not our job to be clean up there. Let the UN do it and the US can have some limited involvement that way. Except that won't make the MIC happy. However, it's very clear an overwhelming majority, 75-80%, want congress to be involved with any decision. Seems Obama administration is talking about *punishing* Assad. Didn't M say something about the uselessness of *punishing*? > > >From: Bhairitu mailto:noozguru@... >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 2:46 PM >Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Rep. Grayson: the military industrial complex >wants the Syrian strike > > >The only Americans who want the strike are the military contractors. Does >that tell you something? On 08/30/2013 01:59 PM, Mike Dixon wrote: > >>Kind of damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. Nobody wants to help him. >>Wasn't that what he was all about when elected, getting international >>cooperation on these kinds of *projects*? Bush had coalition of the willing, >>about 50 nations, Obama 0. Must be *racism* on a world stage. >> >> >>From: Richard J. Williams mailto:punditster@... >>To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >>Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 12:50 PM >>Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Rep. Grayson: the military industrial >>complex wants the Syrian strike >> >> >>On 8/30/2013 1:13 PM, jr_esq@... wrote: >> >> >>>It doesn't look like the rest of the world community wants another war >>>either. This is a question that has to be settled at the UN. If Assad is >>>guilty of violating the international law, he should be tried at the Hague >>>for crimes against humanity. In the meantime, the UN will more likely >>>impose some kind of sanction against Syria. It's obvious what we need to do - we've got to send in the troops and put a stop to this massacre. We need to band together the allied free nations and go in and stop these people from killing each other - we need to take over the whole Middle East and put a legitimate government in place - one based on human rights. These WMD are an outrage to all humanity! For God's sake, people!!! Don't just sit by and watch this killing on TV! Somebody go in there and help these poor women and children and old people! Bill Clinton didn't need no stinkin' UN to go and help the people in Bosnia and Srebrinika! And, while we're at it, we should go into North Korea, Russia and China and free those people too! >> >>> >>>Obama might still decide to aid the rebels with weapons and >>>ammunition--perhaps even impose a "no fly" zone for Assad's air force. But >>>putting American troops on the ground would be a fatal mistake for Obama. >>>He will ruin the already weak but recovering US economy. >>>--- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, mailto:noozguru@... wrote: >>>The dummies at the White House are still trying to sell a damn attack this >>>morning despite the fact that Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to it. On >>>08/30/2013 08:16 AM, s3raphita@... wrote: >>> >>>>Re "The UK Parliament has rejected an attack.": >>>> >>>>A lot of the feedback on UK newspaper sites - and the BBC news site - is >>>>from Americans saying how pleased they are with the UK Parliament's >>>>decision. >>>> >>>>Re "If Obama goes ahead I think we should demand his impeachment and trial >>>>for war crimes.": >>>>Ain't going to happen. He's the first black president so it's inconceivable >>>>he could end his stint under such ignominy. >>>>--- In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote: >>>>The progressive Democrat told CNN he was opposed to a U.S. military strike >>>>against Syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons. “The administration >>>>would have to explain why this affects some vital American interest,” >>>>Grayson said. “I haven’t heard any discussion of that at all. I think the >>>>only people who really want in to happen are the military industrial >>>>complex. I just don’t understand how this involves us, Americans.” >>>>http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/29/rep-grayson-on-syria-strike-military-industrial-complex-wants-it-americans-dont/ >>>> I heard Grayson this afternoon interviewed by Nicole Sandler. He mentioned >>>>that Raytheon stock has been on the rise. Just follow the money, people. >>>>The UK Parliament has rejected an attacked. Obama seems to think he is a >>>>dictator. Ain't it handy that Congress is on recess and probably why he is >>>>anxious to attack ASAP .... before they come back. Obviously given public >>>>opinion, Congress won't authorize it. If he goes ahead I think we should demand his impeachment and trial for war crimes.
