[cia-drugs] WorkingFamiliesTonight(1)dcinstIraqoil(2)W.CLarkhowtoleave(3)baghdad(4)

[Quechick Barnyard]

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:05:35 GMT 
From: "Working Families e-Activist Network" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
To: "Theresa J. Steed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
Subject: Feel the Excitement 
  
 Dear Theresa J.,
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  See what happens tonight at the forum on MSNBC television and XM Radio at
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  Tonight, tune in to watch the candidates discuss issues important to working 
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great response. Here’s what he told the AFL-CIO Now blog:
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From: "Institute for Public Accuracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
To: "Institute for Public Accuracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
Subject: Iraqi Oil Law Impasse: Good News for Democracy? 
Institute for Public Accuracy
915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045
(202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  
 Tuesday, August 7, 2007
   Iraqi Oil Law Impasse: Good News for Democracy?
  Iraqis oppose plans to open the country's oilfields to foreign
investment by a ratio of two to one, according to a poll released
 yesterday.
  ANTONIA JUHASZ, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
http://www.PriceOfOil.org, http://www.TheBushAgenda.net
Juhasz is the author of "The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One 
Economy at a Time" and a fellow with Oil Change International. She said
 
today: "For the first time, individual Iraqis have been asked to give 
their opinion of the transformation of their oil industry driven
 largely 
by the Bush administration. Their response is revelatory: Iraqis 
strongly oppose privatization and feel completely uninformed about the 
oil laws [legislation] set by the U.S. Congress as benchmarks for the 
Iraqi government even though they are virtually unknown to the Iraqi 
people."
  ERIK LEAVER, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Leaver is a research fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. He 
said today: "Violating the very notions of freedom and democracy Bush 
invokes in nearly every speech on Iraq, the U.S. government has
 actively 
intervened in the restructuring of Iraq's oil industry since at least 
2002. This poll shows that Iraqis want the U.S. and private oil 
companies to stop pushing the Iraqi government to accept widespread 
privatization of Iraq's oil development."
  TRINA ZAHLLER, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Zahller is a campaign associate with Oil Change International. She 
said today: "While critics suspect the U.S.'s real motivation is the 
contracts for American and international companies, U.S. officials have
 stated that they see the law as a reconciliation measure, designed to 
unite Iraq's ethnic and sectarian groups in a common vision of how to 
develop their oil. Ironically, the law has indeed united Iraqis -- in 
opposition to the privatization proposals."
Zahller added: "The Bush administration and Congress need to 
recognize that virtually all sectors of Iraqi society are opposed to
 the 
proposed oil law, and immediately cease pressure on the Iraqi
 government 
to pass it. Passage of the current draft law will only serve to fuel 
strong suspicions that access to and control of Iraqi oil was the
 reason 
for the wa

[cia-drugs] Re: Bush Confirms He Will Seek More Dictatorial Power

[muckblit]

The word "independence" comes near the top. Now we're back under the
monarchy and its pointless self-perpetuating war colonialism.

-Bob

--- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, "Vigilius Haufniensis"
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> Subject: [infowarsnews] Bush Confirms He Will Seek More Dictatorial
Power
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> 
> 
> Bush Confirms He Will Seek More Dictatorial Power
> After securing supreme status for his office and a six month window
to implement whatever surveillance methods he wishes, Bush says his
work is not yet complete
> 
> Steve Watson
> Infowars.net
> Tuesday, August 7, 2007
> 
> While Constitutional experts and even sectors of the corporate
mainstream media have denounced the latest power grab by the Bush
administration as "unnecessary and highly dangerous", the President
himself has confirmed that he will seek even more authority from
Congress and will attempt to pass more legislation aimed at granting
the government unquestionable power over the people. 
> 
> http://infowars.net/articles/august2007/070807Power.htm
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[cia-drugs] Re: Will Peak Oil short-circuit China's rise?

[muckblit]

The Chinese are play acting the script on HIV drug genocide via
killing red blood cells, avian flu hoax to confiscate non-factory
poultry, and so they will probably play Peak Oil for Ruppertfeller
standardized oil scenario.

The Russians are playing, too, with part of their arctic show last
week being to mention how much oil is under the polar ice cap at
ridiculous depths.

-Bob

--- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, "mark urban" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think the amazing thing is that a society like China's can maintain 
> rule while letting something like this go like wild fire through its 
> industrial base.
> 
> oil at best will remain a source for plastics and fertilizer; 
> however, the energy stranglehold is a canard.
> 
> The boys will just have to figure another way to keep the serfs 
> working on the manor. 
> 
> --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, "Vigilius Haufniensis" 
>  wrote:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=heavy+watergate
> > 
> > i sent that article, NOT because "believe in peak oil," but because 
> the emerging economic threat of china is one part of the "peak oil" 
> scam.  on the one hand it will be "blamed" for high prices, vis a 
> vis "increased demand" and also fake oil "shortages" will be an 
> economic weapon against china.  
> > there are free enegy sources that are well known, but suppressed.
> > 
> >   - Original Message - 
> >   From: mark urban 
> >   To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com 
> >   Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 10:05 AM
> >   Subject: [cia-drugs] Re: Will Peak Oil short-circuit China's rise?
> > 
> > 
> >   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcy3JbGjQwo
> >   --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, "Vigilius Haufniensis" 
>  wrote:
> >   >
> >   > http://www.dailyreckoning.us/blog/?p=465
> >   > Will Peak Oil short-circuit China's rise?
> >   > August 6th, 2007 
> >   > My colleagues and I at the Daily Reckoning talk frequently 
> about two big themes: The reality of Peak Oil, and the rise of China. 
> But what happens when those two big themes intersect? A question I 
> put recently to DR Australia editor Dan Denning. He writes:
> >   > 
> >   > You see all these trajectories of China's growth. But it 
> assumes the energy will
> >   > magically appear to make that happen. Cheap energy must be the 
> limit
> >   > on growth.you'd think so anyway.
> >   > 
> >   > That's why China is racing ahead with all sorts of energy 
> projects.
> >   > But even those may not be enough.in which case I'd guess China's
> >   > breakneck growth will accelerate the depletion ofresources.and 
> lead
> >   > to higher energy prices faster. Sort of a positive feedback 
> loop that
> >   > ends..with a contraction in global growth.a massive energy shock
> >   > lasting many years.
> >   > 
> >   > The wild card is how quickly other sources of transportation 
> fuel or
> >   > base load for the electric grid can come on line and be scaled
> >   > up.biofuels.renewables.nuclear.this whole portfolio of
> >   > alternatives needs to get moving. But it IS moving.we just don't
> >   > know if it's fast enough or robust enough to support a massively
> >   > urbanized population.
> >   > 
> >   > I sure wouldn't want to live in Shanghai for more than a few 
> weeks.
> >   > 
> >   > So the race is on. In a sense, the question is: Will China grow 
> quickly enough to fully industrialize before energy becomes so 
> expensive that the phenomenon of rising energy prices itself will 
> short-circuit industrialization? Sorta like the question of whether 
> China can grow rich before it grows old - and have enough resourcs on 
> hand to care for an aging population.
> >   > 
> >   > Last 5 posts by dave
> >   > a.. Divided government reconsidered - August 6th, 2007 
> >   > b.. What's driving $78 oil - August 3rd, 2007 
> >   > c.. The yuan's turning point -- and the dollar's - August 3rd, 
> 2007 
> >   > d.. Never mind - August 2nd, 2007 
> >   > e.. Iraqi oil to Israeli port? - August 1st, 2007
> >   >
> >
> > 
> > 
> > 
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[cia-drugs] Re: Will Peak Oil short-circuit China's rise?

[mark urban]

I think the amazing thing is that a society like China's can maintain 
rule while letting something like this go like wild fire through its 
industrial base.

oil at best will remain a source for plastics and fertilizer; 
however, the energy stranglehold is a canard.

The boys will just have to figure another way to keep the serfs 
working on the manor. 

--- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, "Vigilius Haufniensis" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=heavy+watergate
> 
> i sent that article, NOT because "believe in peak oil," but because 
the emerging economic threat of china is one part of the "peak oil" 
scam.  on the one hand it will be "blamed" for high prices, vis a 
vis "increased demand" and also fake oil "shortages" will be an 
economic weapon against china.  
> there are free enegy sources that are well known, but suppressed.
> 
>   - Original Message - 
>   From: mark urban 
>   To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 10:05 AM
>   Subject: [cia-drugs] Re: Will Peak Oil short-circuit China's rise?
> 
> 
>   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcy3JbGjQwo
>   --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, "Vigilius Haufniensis" 
 wrote:
>   >
>   > http://www.dailyreckoning.us/blog/?p=465
>   > Will Peak Oil short-circuit China's rise?
>   > August 6th, 2007 
>   > My colleagues and I at the Daily Reckoning talk frequently 
about two big themes: The reality of Peak Oil, and the rise of China. 
But what happens when those two big themes intersect? A question I 
put recently to DR Australia editor Dan Denning. He writes:
>   > 
>   > You see all these trajectories of China's growth. But it 
assumes the energy will
>   > magically appear to make that happen. Cheap energy must be the 
limit
>   > on growth.you'd think so anyway.
>   > 
>   > That's why China is racing ahead with all sorts of energy 
projects.
>   > But even those may not be enough.in which case I'd guess China's
>   > breakneck growth will accelerate the depletion ofresources.and 
lead
>   > to higher energy prices faster. Sort of a positive feedback 
loop that
>   > ends..with a contraction in global growth.a massive energy shock
>   > lasting many years.
>   > 
>   > The wild card is how quickly other sources of transportation 
fuel or
>   > base load for the electric grid can come on line and be scaled
>   > up.biofuels.renewables.nuclear.this whole portfolio of
>   > alternatives needs to get moving. But it IS moving.we just don't
>   > know if it's fast enough or robust enough to support a massively
>   > urbanized population.
>   > 
>   > I sure wouldn't want to live in Shanghai for more than a few 
weeks.
>   > 
>   > So the race is on. In a sense, the question is: Will China grow 
quickly enough to fully industrialize before energy becomes so 
expensive that the phenomenon of rising energy prices itself will 
short-circuit industrialization? Sorta like the question of whether 
China can grow rich before it grows old - and have enough resourcs on 
hand to care for an aging population.
>   > 
>   > Last 5 posts by dave
>   > a.. Divided government reconsidered - August 6th, 2007 
>   > b.. What's driving $78 oil - August 3rd, 2007 
>   > c.. The yuan's turning point -- and the dollar's - August 3rd, 
2007 
>   > d.. Never mind - August 2nd, 2007 
>   > e.. Iraqi oil to Israeli port? - August 1st, 2007
>   >
>
> 
> 
> 
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[cia-drugs] The House of Death

[Vigilius Haufniensis]

http://www.narconews.com/houseofdeath/
The House of Death
U.S. Law Enforcement Complicity with Murder in Ciudad Juárez


House of Death Case Continues to Haunt Bush Administration
US Citizen Languished Three Years in Mexican Prison, Now Cleared of Wrongdoing
By Bill Conroy
Via The Narcosphere
August 6, 2007




The Real Scandal Surrounding US Attorney Johnny Sutton
By Their Silence Today, US Senators Condone House of Death Murders
By Bill Conroy
Via The Narcosphere
July 18, 2007




Welcome to the Drug War ... pick a card, any card
The Narco-Trafficking Shadow Lands: Complicity and Corruption
By Bill Conroy
Via The Narcosphere
June 25, 2007




A Muse in the State of the Drug War
"Our Own Government's Insane Drug Policy... Seems to Reward, even Encourage, 
the Corruption and Death, From the Top Levels of Power Down to the Street"
By Bill Conroy
Via The Narcosphere
June 22, 2007




DEA Testimony Shows: DOJ, DHS Top Brass Implicated in House of Death Cover-Up
Court Transcripts and More Documents Surface, and Are Posted on Narco News
By Bill Conroy
Via The Narcosphere
May 31, 2007




Questions Linger About the 'House of Death'
"The most extensive reports have been online in The Narco News Bulletin"
By Dave Montgomery
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Washington Bureau
May 21, 2007




Border Patrol Agents' Case, House of Death Cover-Up Go to the Heart of Justice 
Department Scandal
Political Ambition Mixed with Double-Standards Add to the Woes of Embattled 
Department
By Bill Conroy
Via the Narcosphere
April 13, 2007




House of Death Informant Further Exposes U.S. Role in Juárez Mass Murder
Previously Unpublished Interview Chock-full of Claims of U.S. Law Enforcement 
Knowledge of Murders; High-Level Mexican Corruption
By Bill Conroy
Via the Narcosphere
April 2, 2007




ICE Refuses to Release Records of Agents' Intimidation of Narco News
Two Years After Filing FOIA Request with U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, Narco News Receives a Response that Reinforces the Ongoing House 
of Death Cover-Up
By Bill Conroy
Via the Narcosphere
March 22, 2007




House of Death Case Takes Another Turn After Federal Court Ruling
Order to Return the Suit to the Board of Immigration Appeals Creates a No-Win 
Situation for U.S. Government
By Bill Conroy
Via the Narcosphere
March 1, 2007




U.S. Attorney Sutton's Media Pitch on Border Patrol Agents' Conviction May be a 
Spitball
Holding a Mirror to the House of Death: Two Cases, Two Standards, ".If we are 
to demand that the laws be followed. we must be prepared to apply them to our 
own agents." 
By Bill Conroy
Via The Narcosphere
January 21, 2007




House of Death Live
US Government and Its Ex-Informant Present Their Arguments in Federal Court in 
St. Louis
By Bill Conroy
Via The Narcosphere
January 13, 2007




DEA Botches Cover-Up of House of Death Documents
Portion of 'Classified' Agency Report Obtained by Narco News Shows 
Embarrassment Is Behind Government's Secrecy Claim
By Bill Conroy
Via the Narcosphere
January 7, 2007




The Ghost of Christmas Past Returns to the House of Death
Documents From Pending Lawsuit Filed by the Families of Victims Expose ICE's 
Beforehand Knowledge that Murders Would Take Place
By Bill Conroy
Via the Narcosphere
December 20, 2006




Another Body Turns Up in the House of Death Case
Business Cards of DEA and ICE Agents Taped to Forehead of Latest Corpse Found 
in Ciudad Juárez
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Via the Narcosphere
December 15, 2006




DEA Chief Karen Tandy Avoids a Scheduled Trip to the Witness Stand in Miami 
Whistleblower Case
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By Bill Conroy
Via the Narcosphere
December 10, 2006




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Giovanni Gaudioso Receives Slap on the Wrist and Pay Increase as Punishment for 
His Mishandling of the Ciudad Juárez Operation
By Bill Conroy
Via the NarcoSphere
December 7, 2006




Government Reform Committee of US Congress Readies for "House of Death" Case 
Investigation
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has Been Attempting to Suppress Evidence from 
Public View
By Alex Gabor
OpEd News
December 6, 2006




House of Theft
London Observer Plays Carpetbagger on House of Death Story
By Bill Conroy
via the Narcosphere
December 3, 2006




FOIA Lawsuit Seeks to Force DEA, DOJ to Come Clean on the House of Death
Department of Justice Appears Willing to Defy Federal Law to Assure that 
Certain Documents Never Become Public
By Bill Conroy
Via the Narcosphere
November 18, 2006




DEA Veteran Claims House of Death Informant had License to Murder
New Document Points the Finger Squarely at the U.S. Government, with Specific 
Detail, in Terms of its Complicity in the Mass Murder
By Bill Conroy
Via The Narcosphere
November 6, 2006




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Why are High-Level Officials so Desparate to Hide Contents of ICE and DEA's Own 
Report on the Drug War Murder Case?
By Bill Conroy
V

Re: [cia-drugs] Re: Will Peak Oil short-circuit China's rise?

[Vigilius Haufniensis]

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=heavy+watergate

i sent that article, NOT because "believe in peak oil," but because the 
emerging economic threat of china is one part of the "peak oil" scam.  on the 
one hand it will be "blamed" for high prices, vis a vis "increased demand" and 
also fake oil "shortages" will be an economic weapon against china.  
there are free enegy sources that are well known, but suppressed.

  - Original Message - 
  From: mark urban 
  To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 10:05 AM
  Subject: [cia-drugs] Re: Will Peak Oil short-circuit China's rise?


  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcy3JbGjQwo
  --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, "Vigilius Haufniensis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
  >
  > http://www.dailyreckoning.us/blog/?p=465
  > Will Peak Oil short-circuit China's rise?
  > August 6th, 2007 
  > My colleagues and I at the Daily Reckoning talk frequently about two big 
themes: The reality of Peak Oil, and the rise of China. But what happens when 
those two big themes intersect? A question I put recently to DR Australia 
editor Dan Denning. He writes:
  > 
  > You see all these trajectories of China's growth. But it assumes the energy 
will
  > magically appear to make that happen. Cheap energy must be the limit
  > on growth.you'd think so anyway.
  > 
  > That's why China is racing ahead with all sorts of energy projects.
  > But even those may not be enough.in which case I'd guess China's
  > breakneck growth will accelerate the depletion ofresources.and lead
  > to higher energy prices faster. Sort of a positive feedback loop that
  > ends..with a contraction in global growth.a massive energy shock
  > lasting many years.
  > 
  > The wild card is how quickly other sources of transportation fuel or
  > base load for the electric grid can come on line and be scaled
  > up.biofuels.renewables.nuclear.this whole portfolio of
  > alternatives needs to get moving. But it IS moving.we just don't
  > know if it's fast enough or robust enough to support a massively
  > urbanized population.
  > 
  > I sure wouldn't want to live in Shanghai for more than a few weeks.
  > 
  > So the race is on. In a sense, the question is: Will China grow quickly 
enough to fully industrialize before energy becomes so expensive that the 
phenomenon of rising energy prices itself will short-circuit industrialization? 
Sorta like the question of whether China can grow rich before it grows old - 
and have enough resourcs on hand to care for an aging population.
  > 
  > Last 5 posts by dave
  > a.. Divided government reconsidered - August 6th, 2007 
  > b.. What's driving $78 oil - August 3rd, 2007 
  > c.. The yuan's turning point -- and the dollar's - August 3rd, 2007 
  > d.. Never mind - August 2nd, 2007 
  > e.. Iraqi oil to Israeli port? - August 1st, 2007
  >
   


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[Quechick Barnyard]

 President Bush Signs Bill Expanding Warrantless Wiretapping--What do you 
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   Gore: Polluters manipulate climate info By GILLIAN WONG, Associated Press 
Writer 
Tue Aug 7, 10:28 AM ET
 
  
SINGAPORE - Research aimed at disputing the scientific consensus on global 
warming is part of a huge public misinformation campaign funded by some of the 
world's largest carbon polluters, former Vice President Al Gore said Tuesday. 
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[cia-drugs] Re: Will Peak Oil short-circuit China's rise?

[mark urban]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcy3JbGjQwo

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> http://www.dailyreckoning.us/blog/?p=465
> Will Peak Oil short-circuit China's rise?
> August 6th, 2007
> My colleagues and I at the Daily Reckoning talk frequently about two
big themes: The reality of Peak Oil, and the rise of China. But what
happens when those two big themes intersect? A question I put recently
to DR Australia editor Dan Denning. He writes:
>
> You see all these trajectories of China's growth. But it assumes the
energy will
> magically appear to make that happen. Cheap energy must be the limit
> on growth.you'd think so anyway.
>
> That's why China is racing ahead with all sorts of energy projects.
> But even those may not be enough.in which case I'd guess China's
> breakneck growth will accelerate the depletion of resources.and lead
> to higher energy prices faster. Sort of a positive feedback loop that
> ends..with a contraction in global growth.a massive energy shock
> lasting many years.
>
> The wild card is how quickly other sources of transportation fuel or
> base load for the electric grid can come on line and be scaled
> up.biofuels.renewables.nuclear.this whole portfolio of
> alternatives needs to get moving. But it IS moving.we just don't
> know if it's fast enough or robust enough to support a massively
> urbanized population.
>
> I sure wouldn't want to live in Shanghai for more than a few weeks.
>
> So the race is on. In a sense, the question is: Will China grow
quickly enough to fully industrialize before energy becomes so expensive
that the phenomenon of rising energy prices itself will short-circuit
industrialization? Sorta like the question of whether China can grow
rich before it grows old - and have enough resources on hand to care for
an aging population.
>
> Last 5 posts by dave
> a.. Divided government reconsidered - August 6th, 2007
> b.. What's driving $78 oil - August 3rd, 2007
> c.. The yuan's turning point -- and the dollar's - August 3rd, 2007
> d.. Never mind - August 2nd, 2007
> e.. Iraqi oil to Israeli port? - August 1st, 2007
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