Elaine Meinel Supkis
Oil shoots up right after Obama declares fealty first and foremost to Israel's Jews. Thanks, buddy. Now we have all wars, all the time running for President, Israel today announced they will definitely attack Iran! This is a very dangerous situation. Even if there is no attack, this talk has slammed into the US underbelly like a Nazi torpedo slamming into a Lend Lease ship. I wonder if Americans will ever put 2X2 together to see how wars=high oil prices. Even if the media which is extremely Zionist, refuses to mention this dire duality. But no one can escape the reality of wars=high oil prices! Unless you are walking all the time and don't use any oil or gas to heat or cool your house via electricity or fossil fuel systems. Time to buy solar energy panels!
Stocks, Dollar Fall, Bonds Rise as U.S. Jobless Rate, Oil Surge
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell the most in 15 months, the dollar slid to a one-week low and Treasuries rallied after unemployment and fuel prices surged, heightening speculation the U.S. faces a protracted recession.U.S. equities declined, led by a 395-point drop in the Dow, as crude jumped more than $10 a barrel. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index decreased 3.1, the steepest sell-off in three months, and Europe's Dow Jones Stoxx 600 slid 2 percent to the lowest since April 15.
The dollar lost 0.9 percent against a basket of six currencies including the euro, against which it weakened 1.1 percent to $1.5775, as investors pared bets the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year. Yields on 10-year U.S. Treasury securities and European government bonds declined as the price of fixed-rate investments climbed.
Well! After being warned to not drive up commodity prices, the politicians then rush over to AIPAC to join in a Seig Heilathon yell fest demanding WWIII. People sensibly hoard oil, food, gold and build up cave hiding holes whenever the political classes openly talk about starting major wars. Especially when talking about bombing the world's #2 oil reserves!
Iran is not Iraq. Iran is a democracy. Perhaps more so than the US. Here, we see in polls that only 9% of Americans support war with Iran! Yet all our politicians rush off to AIPAC to promise war with Iran! So, are we a democracy or are we in a vast conspiracy to deny us even the slightest say in our own national affairs? Both the ethnic cleansing Übermenschen Jews in Israel and the 'We are #1' American fanatics claim to be democracies even as both deny their own citizens or captive populations even the slightest say in how affairs are arranged. The dire poll clearly showing American citizens...INCLUDING MANY JEWS IN AMERICA...want the US to negotiate with Iran, not attack Iran....AIPAC and our 'leaders' talk only about crushing Iran, not negotiating at all.
Obama knows that he has zero chance of entering the White House if he doesn't obey the owners of the US media who are nearly all Zionists or if not, then Jewish Americans who dare not say a peep about Zionist right wing fascists controlling our entire foreign policies. But the average American, already reeling from the amazing war tax on energy, if it climbs another 50% this summer so gasoline is going for over $6 a gallon---even if the Jewish owners of most of our media remain silent about this as they jerk Obama around on a short leash, certainly Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate, will be very loud about all this.
All my life, since I was Mrs. Levy, I begged the Jewish community here in America to not support this toxic form of Zionism. Silencing talk about cause and effect will only cause people, once even trusting people who believe in the media, if they figure out they are being misled and lied to by the media in order to allow Israel to attack our oil suppliers, the obvious connection between our last three huge oil spikes/economic collapses were ALL caused by various wars. Some of which were Muslim sect versus Muslim sect like the Iran/Iraq war, for example. Let's go back in time to last year where Obama tried to sweet talk with AIPAC and convince him he would negotiate in such a way, Israel's interests would be considered be mere American interest:
Obama's speech to AIPAC in 2007: In AIPAC speech, Obama repeats support for Israel, peace talks
In what may have been a veiled reference to reports of American opposition to Israeli negotations with Syria, Obama said: "We should never seek to dictate what is best for the Israelis and their security interests. No Israeli prime minister should ever feel dragged to or blocked from the negotiating table by the United States."The Illinois senator also called for continued American military assistance to Israel. "We must preserve our total commitment to our unique defense relationship with Israel by fully funding military assistance and continuing work on the Arrow and related missile defense programs," he said.
Obama added that he was concerned about the Palestinian unity government accord.
Turning to Iran, the presidential hopeful called for direct engagement with the Islamic republic over its nuclear program.
"We need the United States to lead tough-minded diplomacy," he said. "This includes direct engagement with Iran similar to the meetings we conducted with the Soviets at the height of the Cold War."
"Tough-minded diplomacy would include real leverage through stronger sanctions," Obama continued. "It would mean more determined U.S diplomacy at the United Nations. It would mean a cooperative strategy with Gulf States who supply Iran with much of the energy resources it needs. It would mean full implementation of U.S. sanctions laws."
Obama blamed what he called the Administration's failed strategy in Iraq for strengthening the Iranian position, placing "Israel and other nations friendly to the United States in greater peril."
Both Hillary and McCain were not so mamby pamby as to suggest any negotiations at all, just threats of annihilation. So Obama struggled hard to gain an advantage against Hillary. Even after she suggested that 'hard working white voters' could not vote for him and the media did not shame her from the race when it became racist, she could then talk about the possibility of assassination hitting Obama as well as openly lie about vote counting, her promises, and nearly anything she wished. If Obama struck back the media howled at him for attacking that fine white woman, Miz Hillary.
Despite all this, he barely won. I will note that he lost most of the races after Hillary talked about obliterating Iran. Suddenly, he was the bad guy and she was the innocent Southern Belle. When he did finally win, many top Democrats still refused to endorse him until he crawled to AIPAC and begged them for support. 'Sing, Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran,' they ordered. He hopped up and down and pumped his arms and waved his Kali Skull Necklace. Hillary then said she would support him. 'You are now one of us: a bloody war criminal,' she crowed. Bush wiped his forehead. 'Now I can sleep in peace and not worry about being arrested,' he gloated.
Obama's AIPAC speech shocks Arabs
Palestinian and Arab hopes were dashed by a speech that U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama gave to a pro-Israeli lobby, in which he promised his full support to Israel and went further by adopting Israeli policy that sees Jerusalem as the "undivided capital" of the Jewish state.
After having discreetly vouched for Obama since the party race to the White House began last year, his speech – just hours after he won his party's backing on Wednesday – has prompted second thoughts about what changes the African-American could bring to Washington's Middle East foreign policy.
*snip*
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said his group, "does not differentiate between the two presidential candidates, Obama and McCain, because their policies regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict are the same and are hostile to us…. Obama's comments have confirmed there will be no change in the U.S. administration's policy."Arab commentators also blasted what they called Obama's "appeasement" speech, saying while the Jewish votes and the pro-Israeli lobby's strength were important in U.S. elections, his remarks on the Middle East conflict were not very different from U.S. President George W. Bush's policies, and risks harming U.S. relations with dozens of Muslim countries.
"This cheap way of throwing himself at the feet of this lobby harms American interests … and encourages violence and terrorism by giving justification to extremist groups, such as al-Qaida," said Al-Quds al-Arabi's editorial Thursday, which added that foreign policy was for the first time an important element in U.S. elections.
"Obama is gambling with his image and the widespread hopes that many had placed on him to change the face of America, its relations with the world, and getting out of its economic crises stemming from its failed and immoral wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," the pan-Arab independent Palestinian-owned daily wrote.
Also this week the Democrats, hyped to the hilt by their love fest with the Real Rulers in Jerusalem, all began to demand more boycotts, more restrictions and more crushing isolation for Iran. This means no one should buy their OIL. And on top of this, right after Bush went on a weasel crawl to the Saudi Royals for oil, the AIPAC creatures in Congress voted nearly unanimously to cut weapons sales to Saudi Arabia. Who will now go to China and Russia for these things. Five days ago, the King of SA offered to boost oil pumping by 300,000 barrels. Guess what?
He ain't gonna do it. Nor should he. If we insist on slapping him in the face every time he tries to help us out of our own foolish pits, he will eventually start dumping dirt on top of us instead. We think today's oil hike was big?
HAR. Wait until he turns the taps off even more firmly. $200 a barrel oil is not in the far future.
Israel to attack Iran unless enrichment stops-minister
An Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites looks "unavoidable" given the apparent failure of sanctions to deny Tehran technology with bomb-making potential, one of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's deputies said on Friday."If Iran continues with its programme for developing nuclear weapons, we will attack it. The sanctions are ineffective," Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz told the mass-circulation Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper."Attacking Iran, in order to stop its nuclear plans, will be unavoidable," said the former army chief who has also been defence minister.
It was the most explicit threat yet against Iran from a member of Olmert's government, which, like the Bush administration, has preferred to hint at force as a last resort should U.N. Security Council sanctions be deemed a dead end.
And here it is today! Israel is definitely going to attack Iran. The negotiations over the secret treaty with the puppet government of Bagdad is probably all about getting some method for allowing Israeli jets to fly over Iraq to attack Iran. The US will definitely escort the Israelis or turn off the radars when Israel begins to fly. The problem here is, what if the Chinese, smoldering in fury over the Tibet coup attempt, might let Iran know what THEIR own satellites pick up. Then there is Russia: we parked missiles in Poland facing the Kremlin. Russia warned us to not do this. Russia has excellent satellites as well as a gigantic nuclear arsenal. Hell, so does China.
WWIII can happen in a flash. This is why the US should avoid setting up things that will cause this. This means kicking AIPAC out of DC.
Below are a bunch of charts showing that up until the war talk against Iran, there were NO OIL SHORTAGES.
Mexico Crude Oil Production by Year
Iran, Islamic Republic Of Crude Oil Production by Year
Saudi Arabia Crude Oil Production by Year
Iran oil production chart from Mises Institute:
The United States in 2002 was responsible for 2% of world crude oil reserves, 9% of petroleum production, and 25% of petroleum consumption. The Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) nations have 80% of the world crude oil reserves and 41% of world petroleum production.
Household net worth drops by $1.7 trillion
Americans saw their net worth decline by $1.7 trillion in the first quarter, as declines in home values and the stock market ravaged their holdings.
The net worth of U.S. households fell 3% to $56 trillion at the end of March, according to the Federal Reserve's flow of funds report, which was released Thursday.The drop marks the second straight decline in net worth, which fell by more than $500 billion in the fourth quarter of 2007. Until then, net worth had risen steadily since 2003, climbing nearly 31% over those five years. During the bear market of 2000 through 2002, household's net worth dropped 6.2%
During the last 50 years, economists have strained an entire swamp's gnat population through their teeth trying to convince each other and us that oil wars have nothing to do with our several banking collapses/loss of wealth/gross inflation cycles. This was pure hogwash. This round shows clearly how oil prices and wars both precede the raging inflation and the collapse of equity values! The coming price hikes associated with the talk about war with Iran should wipe out all doubt, the connection between war talk and oil prices is absolute and terrifyingly swift.
Interesting the confidence of Israel. Just like they were sure they'd defeat Hezbollah in three days, back in 2006. It seems Israelis are so filled with hatred for their Muslim enemies they fail to see evolution at work. Armies evolve, enemies study you, adapt and learn. The extensive article about the '06 Lebanon campaign at Asia Times is very enlightening in that matter. A guerrilla with surveillance drone planes? They've come a long way since the 80's. And Iranians are a sophisticated lot. Naturally they do not want to be bullied into not building nuclear stations like any other nation, but their stubbornness probably hides a comprehensive defense and retaliation plan that can only strengthen their image in the Middle East and the wider Islamic world as the only active opponent of the hated Zionist foe. Which they will cash in on. Or do Americans really think Ahmadinejad is just a suicidal fool with a big mouth? Look at his audience and watch his influence grow.
Is anybody putting themselves in their opponents shoes? If I were Iran, would I just passively wait, after years of warning, for an attack, of would I use my international contacts, my oil and my war experience to prepare a comprehensive response? Who would I hit hardest, fearsome Israel or vulnerable US? How is the US vulnerable?
Still, the best laid out plans cannot stop things from getting out of control, specially when the long term Israel plan is the taming or destruction of Iraq, Iran and Syria.
Posted by: B.A. | June 06, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Final act: Fat lady is about to sing!! BRICS is getting ready to step onto stage:
'The Shrinking US global reach'
http://www.321gold.com/editorials/buckler/buckler060208.html
'The US Economic Recession - an update'
http://www.321gold.com/editorials/buckler/buckler060408.html
China and Russia are not going to interrupt US from making THE fatal mistake if this act goes green - this will turn US into the pariah country like Nazi Germany!!
Posted by: OC | June 07, 2008 at 03:25 AM
"Iran is a democracy. Perhaps more so than the US."
And perhaps not - candidates for election in Iran are vetted by the (unelected) Council of Guardians, to make sure they're Islamic enough.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Council
That groups ensures that douchebags like President Ahmadidgeridoo get elected and reasonable sorts like Khatami don't.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Khatami
"Or do Americans really think Ahmadinejad is just a suicidal fool with a big mouth?"
I don't think he's especially _suicidal_...
Posted by: JSmith | June 07, 2008 at 11:23 AM
The $2.4 billion B2 stealth bomber crash on take-off from Guam on 2-23-08 illustrates that our high-tech war machines are at the point of sacrificing reliability for efficiency.
First of all, regardless of the (claimed) fact that the crash was due to water lodged in two of several sensor units, the truth is that this crash is squarely the result of faulty programming. The pilots do not ordinarily fly this machine much at all; its computers control the takeoff. It has been said that the computers were "fooled" by faulty sensor data. This is total bullshit. All critical (even consumer) software is expected to incorporate "reasonableness checking." This "reasonableness checking" operates to identify gross errors and unreasonable results in computations. For example, if you go to an ATM to ask for you balance, and the machine finds that you suddenly have $1,000,000 in your account with no prior notification, it should not just mechanically inform you that you can now withdraw $1,000,000! Once the plane deviated from level flight at an altitude that would smash a wing, the on-board supercomputer should have "thrown an exception" to override that fatal maneuver! So this is a case of high ($2.4B) stupidity.
Beyond all that, I am convinced that the concept of stealth aircraft is now obsolete. The Russians are said to possess systems that can easily track "stealth aircraft." A laser searchlight would probably suffice, as a painted aircraft would warm up and thus pop right up on an infrared camera; this is so obvious. And it is well known that there is now "stealth radar," and it works fine! Every non-transparent (electrically) thing above absolute zero temperature radiates "passive microwaves," which can now be detected and tracked quite efficiently. This stealth radar is itself practically invisible, as it does not emit any illuminating signal.
These are just the most obvious methods. The Russians can detect these planes, and if they do so on behalf of the Iranians, we could lose about 1/3 or so of the B2 fleet. The Russians could also provide state-of- the-art command and control information to their Iranian friends.
The real military experts know what iran could do. Iran may also possess Chinese stealth submarines that can launch Russian Sunburn supersonic, surface-hugging stealth cruise missiles. Those could very possibly destroy about six of our eleven nuclear carrier naval battle groups.
Americans should assume that if Iran is attacked by anyone, world oil production would come to a virtual complete halt in about three days. I would also assume that Iraq would be flooded with perhaps 50,000 heavily armed Iranian troops, coordinated with Russian and Chinese intelligence.
Posted by: blues | June 07, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Not 50,000; make that up to 50,000,000 troops.
Posted by: blues | June 07, 2008 at 11:38 AM
I'm beginning to think that our national character, our national
personality itself, is deeply screwed up. We Americans are such
a bunch of anal-retentive, self righteous, control freaks.
Remember; The Puritans came here first. John Winthrop beat out
Benjamin Franklin by a hundred year. The Puritans were looking for religious freedom and ended up burning witches. Since then we've had wave after wave of religious "awakenings". Thankfully all of them have ended in farce but this one now is different for reasons above. We have the unholy marriage of "Christian" fundamentalism with Jewish fundamentaism with elements of the military (esp the AirForce), with the media, and into the deeper
parts of our psyches.
Besides the obviousness of it all from seeing the news, I see evidence of it walking down the street with my dogs. We have
incredibly anal-retentive looking yards along with monster mansions with incredibly sterile interiors. Most of the dogs in
my hood never go in the houses. They sit in their little restricted
spaces in a funk as they are too "messy" when they go inside.
I could understand this on a farm (or people with allergies) but most of us live in the burbies. And often the allergies are from
living in houses that are too sterile that immune systems of kids
dont form properly from some contact with dirt and messiness
in gerneral.
When I spent a month in Ireland a few years back. Dogs could go everywhere but restaurants, public bldgs, gardens,and playgrounds. You could buy your dog a seat on the DART. And just about every pub had a dog or two in it. As long as the dogs didnt bite or chase stock it was no big deal where the hell they went. Life is messy. Stepping in shit is part of life.
I'm getting winded here but all this is symptomatic of our
national character. We've finally left the attempts of rationalism
by the founding fathers behind. We burnt the constitution. We
wiped our arses on the Bill of Rights, and now all we have left
is our self righteous finger wagging.
Posted by: Gary | June 07, 2008 at 11:41 AM
"I am convinced that the concept of stealth aircraft is now obsolete."
Actually... the concept of manned aircraft is now all but obsolete.
"As long as the dogs didnt bite or chase stock it was no big deal where the hell they went. Life is messy. Stepping in shit is part of life."
I hate dogs almost as much as I hate dog owners. Especially if I step in a nice fresh pile when I'm running in the park.
Posted by: JSmith | June 07, 2008 at 11:58 AM
"When I spent a month in Ireland a few years back. Dogs could go everywhere but restaurants, public bldgs, gardens and playgrounds."
My quote above.
Geez, arent the above enough places where you cant take a dog?
Are Americans that much different physically than the Irish?
Maybe so.
I do NOT let my dogs shit on others lawns (they cant anyhow as
I have a fence) And I do NOT take them to grassy parks where kids are playing. I do not take them to maintained beaches where people swim. And I do NOT let them get near the neighbors llamas and sheep.
Jogging trails thru fields and woods are a different matter, as well as trails in Nat'l/State Forests--but not Natl Parks.. I'm very wiling to compromise here.
On behalf of the dog owners of Amerika, I extend my deepest
apologies for the soiling of your $200 slave labor made jogging
shoes. Tut tut tut. How shocking.
It aint no fun
livin in the kingdom
of anal-retention
Posted by: Gary | June 07, 2008 at 01:32 PM
I have to agree with Gary about America. I don't see anyone out reading the constitution or even giving a shit as to what's in it. Instead, they come out of their churches and temples and yell "we are right and you are wrong!"
Fortunately, they seem to do this on just one day of the week, but when there is no more oil, it could extend to 24/7.
Posted by: DeVaul | June 07, 2008 at 02:17 PM
Elaine,
There are some interesting things going on today (Saturday) about these political tensions.
Article:
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/june2008/060708_media_blackout.htm
Attendee list:
http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=9770
From the article:
"Ben Bernanke, Condoleezza Rice, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton amongst a host of other global power brokers have all convened in Chantilly Virginia to secretly discuss the future of the world - yet not one mainstream U.S. corporate media outlet has uttered a single word about the 2008 Bilderberg conference.
Bilderbergers seem to enjoy visiting the U.S. because they can be assured that in the "land of the free," the American "free press" are certain to follow orders and not print even a puff piece about a confab of over 125 of the globe's most influential movers and shakers."
Posted by: hIGHcastle | June 07, 2008 at 03:44 PM
Wow! You are completely vindicated, Elaine, by this secret meeting of the world's top leaders right under our noses.
Anyone who now believes there is no conspiracy to control the media needs to have an immmediate lobotomy so that their intelligence level can shoot upwards fast.
Whenever these criminals "get together", something bad usually follows. At least they are not meeting outside a bomb shelter like they did right before 9/11.
Posted by: DeVaul | June 07, 2008 at 04:10 PM
Elaine, here is an excellent analysis of Obama's speech:
http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=1621&updaterx=2008-06-06+18%3A18%3A26
The Real News was started by Kennedy family I believe and has been one of the best new network out there.
Posted by: Fetung | June 07, 2008 at 04:48 PM
I have both dogs and cats. They don't go out with me, they have work to do at home guarding it from invaders like field mice, hawks, coyotes, bears, humans, etc. They do a pretty good job, too.
But then, they have an entire mountain to themselves! But I did this in New Jersey and NYC: the dogs, of course, must be walked in the city. They visit each other and love to go out. It is a social thing. As a human, I loved walking the pooches. Every kid in the world wanted to play with them or pet them,being friendly, loving dogs.
Bilderberger: they love to tell us to shut up. They don't have these stupid secret meetings. Then they have stupid, secret meetings. I am NEVER invited. They do invite usurpers and newcomers. But if the Queen of the Netherlands or England get invited, why not me? After all, we are related. Rats.
It is all my fault, doing the wrong things, yapping about the wrong things. But then, if I came, I would be there with charts, graphs, studies and history books, yelling nonstop. They hate yelling. They want agreement.
Posted by: Elaine Meinel Supkis | June 07, 2008 at 08:59 PM
The worst affliction of humans must be the group think mentality.
Liberals are cursed with this as much as conservatives. Truth is usually to be found on the outskirts of the hive. Out in the
boonies. With the "lowlifes". Cabdrivers often have a better grip on
how the real world works even if they dont have sophisticated
vocabularies or syntax. Sometimes these people may go over
the brink with conspiracies, but thats really not their fault as the
biggest conspiracy in this nation is the keep the educational system for the average Joe's and Janes only barely good enough so that they can push buttons with pictographs on them or make them some money another way. Smarter people can come from either the towers of Yale or be imported from 3rd world countries whose economies have been wrecked by the IMF or the wars of
GenDynamics and Northrup.
Posted by: Gary | June 08, 2008 at 09:13 AM
The worst affliction of humans must be the group think mentality.
Liberals are cursed with this as much as conservatives. Truth is usually to be found on the outskirts of the hive. Out in the
boonies. With the "lowlifes". Cabdrivers often have a better grip on
how the real world works even if they dont have sophisticated
vocabularies or syntax. Sometimes these people may go over
the brink with conspiracies, but thats really not their fault as the
biggest conspiracy in this nation is the keep the educational system for the average Joe's and Janes only barely good enough so that they can push buttons with pictographs on them or make them some money another way. Smarter people can come from either the towers of Yale or be imported from 3rd world countries whose economies have been wrecked by the IMF or the wars of
GenDynamics and Northrup.
Posted by: Gary | June 08, 2008 at 09:14 AM
"On behalf of the dog owners of Amerika, I extend my deepest
apologies for the soiling of your $200 slave labor made jogging
shoes. Tut tut tut. How shocking."
If y'all would just clean up after the dog instead of saying "shit happens" you wouldn't have to apologize!
Posted by: JSmith | June 08, 2008 at 10:30 AM
The charts you show for oil production stop in 2005. World oil production likely peaked in 2005. Mexican oil production in particular is falling off a cliff, down 24% year-over-year this last month.
But the real story isn't production, it is net exports. Great Britain produces a lot of oil, but it doesn't matter to oil prices, because they import oil on the global market. Since last November, Mexico & Venezuela's net exports are down nearly 40% on an annualized basis.
In any case, global oil production has been essentially flat since 2005, with peaks and valleys along the way. Demand has been increasing expoentially throughout that period. Infinite growth of consumption cannot occur against a finite resource. The means of curbing the growth will either be rationing or high prices, or both.
That's not to say political factors don't influence oil prices. If we attack Iran, it will take 4 million barrels a day off the world market. That alone will produce instant chaos and shortages around the world. There is no swing producer left who can make up even a fraction of that (if there is any extra capacity at all).
Even worse, Iran will surely retaliate by sabotaging oil production, storage, and transport facilities. The actual loss of production will be far more than 4 million barrels a day.
Note that I leave aside the issue of the monstrous evil of an unprovoked attack on a country that is doing what it is allowed to do under internation treaties signed by both Iran & the US. There are far too many people who have lost their moral compass, and for them only the practical agruments against an attack will hold sway. There are others, of course, such as the neocons, that have become unhinged from reality, and no agruments will work with them.
P.S. You have an unclosed HTML tag after you bolded parts of Obama's speech.
Posted by: shargash | June 08, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Searching for the sanity of salvation on the road less traveled lined with yellow fiduciary bricks to Damascus, we tread this path with rage mixed with attention deficit anemia, stumbling along disguised as dancing we go over landmines of toxic piles of the poop from Bilderberg hell-hounds. Yuck!
Even now, crouched in the recessionary martial arts pose of "Starving Pig", with a restricted diet, shedding carbon like a smoldering rain forest, employing the time honored technique of holding oneself up by means of mental props from the past, we pause.
Checking our moral compass spinning like a windmill, while the technological will of corporate/consumer society is rocketing to planets that resemble a end-result of our own continued violation of this planet, I personally, unfortunately must get back to my neglected cyberspace farm chores.
First chore on the list....canning the corn.
Posted by: Jojo | June 08, 2008 at 03:56 PM
J. Smith, you need to learn the difference between love and hate. J. Smith, prepare to meet your dog. J. Smith, I momentarily hated in your specific direction. How's the chest?
Posted by: CCQ | June 08, 2008 at 05:13 PM
J. Smith, you need to learn the difference between love and hate. J. Smith, prepare to meet your dog. J. Smith, I momentarily hated in your specific direction. How's the chest?
Posted by: CCQ | June 08, 2008 at 05:24 PM
How funny to imagine the Queen of the Netherlands meeting with the CEO of Google.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=708_1212766386
Bilderberg Attendee List 2008
Chantilly, Virginia, USA
5-8 June 2008
CURRENT LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Honorary Chairman
BEL Davignon, Etienne Vice Chairman, Suez-Tractebel
DEU Ackermann, Josef Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG
CAN Adams, John Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chief of the Communications Security Establishment Canada
USA Ajami, Fouad Director, Middle East Studies Program, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University
USA Alexander, Keith B. Director, National Security Agency
INT Almunia, Joaquín Commissioner, European Commission
GRC Alogoskoufis, George Minister of Economy and Finance
USA Altman, Roger C. Chairman, Evercore Partners Inc.
TUR Babacan, Ali Minister of Foreign Affairs
NLD Balkenende, Jan Peter Prime Minister
PRT Balsemão, Francisco Pinto Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister
FRA Baverez, Nicolas Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
ITA Bernabè, Franco CEO, Telecom Italia Spa
USA Bernanke, Ben S. Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
SWE Bildt, Carl Minister of Foreign Affairs
FIN Blåfield, Antti Senior Editorial Writer, Helsingin Sanomat
DNK Bosse, Stine CEO, TrygVesta
CAN Brodie, Ian Chief of Staff, Prime Minister's Office
AUT Bronner, Oscar Publisher and Editor, Der Standard
FRA Castries, Henri de Chairman of the Management Board and CEO, AXA
ESP Cebrián, Juan Luis CEO, PRISA
CAN Clark, Edmund President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group
GBR Clarke, Kenneth Member of Parliament
NOR Clemet, Kristin Managing Director, Civita
USA Collins, Timothy C. Senior Managing Director and CEO, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
FRA Collomb, Bertrand Honorary Chairman, Lafarge
PRT Costa, António Mayor of Lisbon
USA Crocker, Chester A. James R. Schlesinger Professor of Strategic Studies
USA Daschle, Thomas A. Former US Senator and Senate Majority Leader
CAN Desmarais, Jr., Paul Chairman and co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada
GRC Diamantopoulou, Anna Member of Parliament
USA Donilon, Thomas E. Partner, O'Melveny & Myers
ITA Draghi, Mario Governor, Banca d'Italia
AUT Ederer, Brigitte CEO, Siemens AG Österreich
CAN Edwards, N. Murray Vice Chairman, Candian Natural Resources Limited
DNK Eldrup, Anders President, DONG A/S
ITA Elkann, John Vice Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.
USA Farah, Martha J. Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience;
Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the Natural Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
USA Feldstein, Martin S. President and CEO, National Bureau of Economic Research
DEU Fischer, Joschka Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
USA Ford, Jr., Harold E. Vice Chairman, Merill Lynch & Co., Inc.
CHE Forstmoser, Peter Professor for Civil, Corporation and Capital Markets Law, University of Zürich
IRL Gallagher, Paul Attorney General
USA Geithner, Timothy F. President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
USA Gigot, Paul Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal
IRL Gleeson, Dermot Chairman, AIB Group
NLD Goddijn, Harold CEO, TomTom
TUR Gö?ü?, Zeynep Journalist; Founder, EurActiv.com.tr
USA Graham, Donald E. Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company
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USA Holbrooke, Richard C. Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC
FIN Honkapohja, Seppo Member of the Board, Bank of Finland
INT Hoop Scheffer, Jaap G. de Secretary General, NATO
USA Hubbard, Allan B. Chairman, E & A Industries, Inc.
BEL Huyghebaert, Jan Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group
DEU Ischinger, Wolfgang Former Ambassador to the UK and US
USA Jacobs, Kenneth Deputy Chairman, Head of Lazard U.S., Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
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SWE Johnstone, Tom President and CEO, AB SKF
USA Jordan, Jr., Vernon E. Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
FRA Jouyet, Jean-Pierre Minister of European Affairs
GBR Kerr, John Member, House of Lords; Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc.
USA Kissinger, Henry A. Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
DEU Klaeden, Eckart von Foreign Policy Spokesman, CDU/CSU
USA Kleinfeld, Klaus President and COO, Alcoa
TUR Koç, Mustafa Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
FRA Kodmani, Bassma Director, Arab Reform Initiative
USA Kravis, Henry R. Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
USA Kravis, Marie-Josée Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc.
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CAN Martin, Roger Dean, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
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CAN McKenna, Frank Deputy Chair, TD Bank Financial Group
GBR McKillop, Tom Chairman, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
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ITA Monti, Mario President, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
USA Mundie, Craig J. Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation
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DEU Nass, Matthias Deputy Editor, Die Zeit
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TUR Öztrak, Faik Member of Parliament
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GRC Papalexopoulos, Dimitris CEO, Titan Cement Co. S.A.
USA Paulson, Jr., Henry M. Secretary of the Treasury
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BEL Philippe, H.R.H. Prince
CAN Prichard, J. Robert S. President and CEO, Torstar Corporation
CAN Reisman, Heather M. Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
USA Rice, Condoleezza Secretary of State
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USA Ross, Dennis B. Counselor and Ziegler Distinguished Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
USA Rubin, Barnett R. Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, Center for International Cooperation, New York University
TUR ?ahenk, Ferit Chairman, Do?u? Holding A.?.
USA Sanford, Mark Governor of South Carolina
USA Schmidt, Eric Chairman of the Executive Committee and CEO, Google
AUT Scholten, Rudolf Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
DNK Schur, Fritz H. Fritz Schur Gruppen
CZE Schwarzenberg, Karel Minister of Foreign Affairs
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USA Shultz, George P. Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
ESP Spain, H.M. the Queen of
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USA Summers, Lawrence H. Charles W. Eliot Professor, Harvard University
GBR Taylor, J. Martin Chairman, Syngenta International AG
USA Thiel, Peter A. President, Clarium Capital Management, LLC
NLD Timmermans, Frans Minister of European Affairs
RUS Trenin, Dmitri V. Deputy Director and Senior Associate, Carnegie Moscow Center
INT Trichet, Jean-Claude President, European Central Bank
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FRA Valls, Manuel Member of Parliament
GRC Varvitsiotis, Thomas Co-Founder and President, V + O Communication
CHE Vasella, Daniel L. Chairman and CEO, Novartis AG
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USA Wolfensohn, James D. Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC
USA Wolfowitz, Paul Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
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GBR Bredow, Vendeline von Business Correspondent, The Economist
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Posted by: GK | June 08, 2008 at 07:16 PM
"J. Smith, I momentarily hated in your specific direction. How's the chest?"
Never better! (Why do you ask?)
Posted by: JSmith | June 09, 2008 at 08:49 AM
Wow! Has anyone else heard about the press corp that follows Obama everywhere getting locked on a flight to Illinois (supposedly to fly with him) while he slipped off to Bilderberg?
http://americangoy.blogspot.com/2008/06/bilderberg-2008-aipac-2008-obama-and.html
"Minutes later, communications director Robert Gibbs casually informed the press that Obama had stayed behind in Washington for “meetings”, without specifying who the meetings were with. As we began to frantically call our assignment desks to alert them that the presumptive Democratic nominee was running free in Washington, the plane took off for Chicago, leaving us trapped on a plane. "
"Look at the location Obama was in.
Obama's operatives duping the press happened June 5 / June 6, at the Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
During the ongoing Bilderberg conference, which was taking place in Chantilly, Virginia."
Posted by: GK | June 10, 2008 at 05:14 AM
The Jews want Christians and Muslims to slaughter each other in a collective Crusade/Jihad, so they can have Jerusalem to themselves.
Posted by: Muslim | June 10, 2008 at 10:52 AM