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John Clune and Lin Wood, (click title to entry - thank you) attorneys for Kobe Bryant's accuser, said Tuesday there have been no talks about settling the civil case.
As Ms. Allred knows when women come forward to report a wrong doing against them in a sexual content, it is usually the woman that suffers regardless of the truth in the circumstances.
There have been many women that have come forward in years and decades past to report their facts to the media as public offices carry a great deal of brevity.
It is they that suffer in the long run while men do not. It is that unavoidable suffering some of the women are trying to avoid by remaining anonymous.
I wish Ms. Allred could find a way to bring the four together in a panel, even if they have to remain behind screens, to discuss openly their encounters with Mr. Cain and the course they took and why. There are four women. They can't all be wrong. And every person, especially women, know that payments for resignation or ending employment is often the best they can do for themselves and still keep their dignity and potential employment for the future.
This is hardly over and I hope the women find a way to resolve this topic to the satisfaction of the people.
To understand the devastating effect of the media on a woman's career, Ms. Sherrod was the victim of baseless complaints, too. Her career was ended viciously and iwthout casue; even though she was offered her position back in the government. I don't blame her, she would have been harassed and second guessed at every turn.
Yet, Mr. Cain claims to be the victim of baseless complaints, but, he is mostly uneffected in the face of four women stating the same facts about their experience with him. As a matter of fact his campaign treasury has vastly increased since the first woman came forward.
...The association (click title to entry - thank you) told the woman’s attorney it is willing to waive the confidentiality agreement signed by the parties involved — although not by Cain himself — but her lawyer, Joel P. Bennett, said in his own statement Friday that the woman wishes to remain a private citizen and would not be revealing further details regarding her story....
To say there are many women working for members of this association as a career and as a method of self-support and family support through episodes of college or otherwise is an understatement. It is a relief to realize the leadership of the National Restaurant Association is sensitive to this topic and willing to be a partner to the truth.
The National Rifle Association (click here) has close ties to Texas Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (below left) and John Cornyn (below right)–and it is doing whatever it can to prevent the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Cornyn is trying to exonerate the Bush White House from the failed program of "Wide Receiver" (gun walking) by stating the Mexican government was aware of the program. If I follow the assessment of the ATF in regard to "Fast and Furious," the 'idea' of an autonomous program without Mexican government knowledge may have been appropriate.
Perhaps what Cornyn should be asking is for the assessment of "Wide Receiver" that lead to the decisions regarding "Fast and Furious" by the ATF.
Cornyn is obviously doing the business of the RNC in trying to 'pin' the outcomes of "Fast and Furious" on upper levels of government in an attempt to reach the AG and the President. This entire line of questioning is inappropriate and political in its ambitions.
Cornyn, himself, doesn't understand the facts as he attempted to confuse memos, phone calls and meeting with the two programs. If that was deliberate on Cornyn's part than his "Oath of Office" is in jeopardy for abuse of power and creating political rhetoric from facts.
November 01, 2011 3:02 pm ET — Matt Gertz
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) (click title to entry - thank you) is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He was previously the Attorney General of Texas. And he's apparently unaware that when law enforcement finishes investigating one group of criminals, they don't just stop; they move on to a new investigation....
In the video at this article Cornyn, on FOX News with Bill Hemmer, lies about the knowledge of the Mexican government about "Fast and Furious." On this blog it was noted that in a speech within Mexico AG Holder spoke about the gun programs. So, Cornyn is simply lying for the sake of lying and trying to exonerate the Bush program as a superior program regardless of its failue.
The BLAMING that is the POSTURE of the Republicans is to distract from the profound problem in the USA and its Gun Cartel. The fact there is no ban on Assault Weapons is the problem NOT the failed attempts to prove the migration of guns to Mexico or the inability of the USA to stop this disaster of a legislative nightmare when Bush allowed The Assault Weapons Ban to expire.
The Gun Programs of the Clinton Administration PROVED to work, among them The Assault Weapons Ban.
Common sense gun safety laws bring down gun crime by 40 percent.President Clinton fought the gun lobby and won common sense gun safety laws including the Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban. Under the Clinton-Gore Administration, overall gun crime has declined 40 percent, and firearms related homicides committed by juveniles have dropped by nearly 50 percent. There were 227,000 fewer gun crimes in 1999 than 1992, and 1,246 fewer children were killed by guns than in 1992.
Background checks performed under the Brady Law have prevented more than 611,000 felons, fugitives and domestic abusers from buying a gun.
The Assault Weapons Ban, passed as part of the 1994 Crime Bill, banned the manufacture, sale and importation of 19 of the deadliest assault weapons.
The Clinton-Gore Administration has worked with state and local governments to increase prosecution of gun crime. Since 1992, the number of federal firearms cases has increased 16 percent, and as a result of this Administration’s unprecedented partnership with states and localities, overall gun prosecutions - federal, state, and local combined — are up 22 percent. In addition, federal gun offenders are serving sentences that are about two years longer than in 1992 and the number of serious gun offenders sent to federal prison for more than five years is up more than 41 percent.
Clinton-Gore Administration U.S. Attorneys in Richmond (Project Exile) and Boston (Operation Ceasefire) were instrumental in innovative efforts to crack down on armed drug traffickers, violent criminals, gang members and violent youth which has helped to reduce crime in these cities. The Clinton-Gore Administration has also implemented a comprehensive crime gun tracing initiative — the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative — in 38 cities to trace crime guns and identify and arrest illegal gun traffickers.
Finally, to combat violence in schools, the Clinton-Gore Administration enacted the Gun Free Schools Act, which requires schools to adopt zero-tolerance policies toward guns in schools and expel students bringing firearms to school. Over the 1996-98 school years, nearly 10,000 students were expelled from public schools for bringing a firearm to school.
The fact of the matter is, the less guns on the street in the USA, the less the gun crimes.
...As shown in exhibit 6, (click here) law enforcement agency requests for BATF assault weapons traces in the 1993–95 period declined 20 percent in the first calendar year after the ban took effect, dropping from 4,077 in 1994 to 3,268 in 1995. Some of this decrease may reflect an overall decrease in gun crimes; total trace requests dropped 11 percent from 1994 to 1995, and gun murders declined 10 percent over the same period. Nevertheless, these trends suggest a 9- to 10-percent additional decrease (labeled with a triangle in exhibit 6) due to substitution of other guns for the banned assault weapons in 1995 gun crimes15... The line of questioning of AG Holder proves the RNC is sitting at the committee meetings and not the people these Republicans are suppose to represent. They use every opportunity, from inflammatory rhetoric in statements during legislative sessions to oversight of their perspective committees to obstructing necessary legislation to promote their politics and not the business of the nation! Instead of taking care of the majority of Americans they ONLY want to care about 1% of the wealthy in America.
The COPS (click here) Hiring Program is a competitive grant program that provides funding directly to state,local and tribal law enforcement agencies to hire police officers dedicated to addressing specific crime and disorder challenges confronting communities, overseen by the COPS Office, a federal agency responsible for advancing community policing nationwide.
This program is not only proven to be vital to American communities, but, provides a strong basis for the spending in The American Jobs Act.
Nearly $9 billion of the $30 billion of expenditures (click title to entry - thank you) authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Crime Act) was allocated to the law’s Title I, the legislative basis of what soon became known as the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.Title I listed four specific goals intended to change both the level and practice of policing in the United States:
1. To increase the number of officers deployed in American communities.
2. To foster problem solving and interaction with communities by police officers.
3. To encourage innovation in policing.
4. To develop new technologies for assisting officers in reducing
Is Graham okay? His eyes rolled back in his head far enough to believe there was something sincerely wrong with his ability to question the issue of Gitmo.
If indeed, Graham was not under stress enough to cause him health issues, he asked AG Holder to reconsider the administration policy to closing Gitmo.
What Graham stated (my words, not his) is that in the nation's longest wars since September 11, 2001 there are no adequate prison facilities FOR THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINALS in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The history of the USA on prisons and prisoners in Iraq is hardly admirable. GITMO and its torture standards under the previous administration aligns with those antics. GITMO, under President Obama, is considered a humane facility, but, to expect the USA to 'house' international criminals from other sovereign nations is simply outrageous. GITMO has an extremely tainted past. It needs to be closed to prevent a repeat of the Human Rights and the breaking of the Geneva Accords. The CORRECT method for any sovereign nation to house the Most Dangerous Criminals in the World is to seek trials of these human beings through the World Courts where they can be housed for trial.
More and more of Grassley's RHETORIC is nothing but inflammatory for 'old world' politics that victimize the voter and does NOT educate them to THE TRUTH. This is exacly how Americans are victimized by the RNC, hence, compromising the country's democracy. In this example, Grassley doesn't care if there are ACTUAL Americans dying because of the policies and lack of regulation of the HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY, but, seems to think fear mongering is the answer to political succes
...should not result in more gun control laws. (click title to entry - thank you)
While in office, Senator Grassley (click here) has voted both in favor of, and against a bill to protect manufacturers from lawsuits when their firearms are used in a crime. He voted against an assault weapons ban. During the confirmation of Eric Holder to the Attorney General position, Senator Grassley expressed concern for Holder's position on the second amendment.
Catering to the NRA is more than obvious in the motives of Grassley.
The 'campaign' to call Attorney General Holder a liar is to raise monies and memberships in an attempt to instill fear mongering through the appearance of incompetency. Attorney General Holder has not been found to be culpable in any of the problems with the ATF program.
Watch the video (click here) and see how Eric Holder's lies are destroying freedom and costing lives. Please make a donation to help NRA-ILA air this video across America. And please, forward this video to family and friends! The Right Wing Political Machine has been AFRAID of President Obama since was elected. Not only that but they have been gunning for him ever since. I want an investigation into the Bush Administrations reasons for this program. Do I dare allude to a conspiracy against the new administration? If LaPierre's two faced statement is a conclusion to that fact than let it be said they started the hate campaign of the new administration as soon as the results were in.
NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre speaks to the press Friday night prior to a public talk at the Bristol Library.
NRA CEO predicts Obama will Break Campaign Promises on Protecting Second Amendment (click title to entry - thank you)
By: Amy Hunter Published: November 08, 2008
BRISTOL, Va. – National Rifle Association, CEO Wayne La Pierre said President-elect Barack Obama’s vows to protect the Second Amendment might be little more than a wave of empty promises.
“I predict he’ll break his campaign promises,” LaPierre said Friday, just before speaking to a packed auditorium at the Bristol Public Library.
“Based on his voting record, his administration would be the most anti-gun in United States history,” LaPierre said of Obama.
Visiting as the final guest in the library’s inaugural Discovery Lecture series, LaPierre addressed the importance of gun rights, the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that supports the individual’s right to carry a gun, and Obama’s record on gun rights....
Newsmax TV? Really? Is the NRA sequested into a corner or what? Can't get more Right Wing Extremist than Newsmax.
Attorney General Holder needs to address this issue.
The program "Fast and Furious" was begun under George Walker Bush. Oddly, while there was a death where the recorded guns turned up, there is nothing to say the death would not have occurred anyway. It happened on one of the most dangerous and war-like crossing areas for the drug cartel. The Border Agent knew the dangers and was prepared from them when he went into the region with a team of agents. He was not alone, nor was he unprepared for what was to follow. Did he give his life for his country? Absolutely. But, so have many other Border Agents. He is not alone. It is unfortunate, but, true.
The program is extreme, but, the pentation of guns into Mexico because they flow like water and in criminal content of the Gun Control Laws that do exist in the USA, especially near the Mexican-American Border, resulted in extreme measures to find the extent to the way guns from the USA actually made it to the Mexican gun cartels. I am fairly confident the program was conceived under the Bush White House because the NRA and gun pundits were stating there is no proof of the final destination of the guns from the USA actually making it to the cartels. The 'idea' that the 'drug network' was loose and too entrepenurial
The government-sanctioned gunrunning (click here) operation Fast and Furious was a plot to undermine Second Amendment rights in the United States, National Rifle Association officerWayne LaPierre charged on Friday in an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV.
The program, Fast and Furious has accomplished what it was set up to accomplish and that was to identify the FACT guns from the USA were getting into the hands of drug cartels PRIMARILY. Was there a better way of doing this? Maybe. Maybe not. The quandry in this matter was to find a way to actually PROVE the guns were being bought by drug cartels without alerting the purchases to the fact the guns were 'marked' for tracing by the ATF. It was an impossible task right from the beginning. The recorded guns involved in this program were found in places where many other guns were found and in the possession of illegal operations where laws were being broken in order for the drug cartels to be successful.
The USA Justice Department needs to at least publish the etiology of the program, its deployment and its results including the death of a Border Agent. They have to do this because the NRA is continuing a campaign of hate regardless of THE TRUTH of the circumstances in realtion to the problems the USA has at its border with Mexico.
The fact this was a Bush Program indicates a lot about its outcomes. Rather than regulating ASSAULT WEAPONS as they should have been, the Bush White House turned the mess loose for their political base. In my opinion, the Fast and Furious Program was created because of the lack of 'spine' the Bush./Cheney White House had in relation to gun control and elections for the Right Wing. The entire gun sales to transport south of the USA border is a no brainer. GUN CONTROL. I am sure those in Mexico would agree.
The fact there was not far tighter gun control over these highly dangerous weapons in the face of the drug war in Mexico facilitated by loose USA gun laws proves there was no WILL by the Bush/Cheney Administration to actually stop the practice and hence stop the cartels. The Republicans literally dropped in the lap of the next administration to carry out.
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, November 8, 3:17 AM
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder says an investigation of arms traffickers called Operation Fast and Furious was flawed in concept as well as in execution, never should have happened and “it must never happen again.” Facing tough questioning by Senate Republicans, the attorney general said in remarks prepared for a hearing Tuesday that he wants to know why and how firearms that should have been under surveillance could wind up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels....
...In the years since 9/11, Congress and the Justice Department have granted the FBI “ever-greater powers to investigate Americans with less basis for suspicion and less oversight,” said Elizabeth Goitein, co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice....
...On Monday, the committee’s chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., asked whether the Justice Department’s inspector general has expanded its probe of Operation Fast and Furious to include earlier Bush-era arms trafficking probes that relied on gun-walking.
The Associated Press reported on Friday that a briefing paper prepared for then-Attorney General Michael Mukasey during the Bush administration in 2007 outlined failed attempts by federal agents to track illicitly purchased guns across the border into Mexico. Those failed attempts involved an earlier gun-walking probe run out of the same ATF office in Phoenix that later handled Operation Fast and Furious.
A month ago, the AP also disclosed that several hundred weapons wound up in the hands of arms traffickers in a second Bush-era gun-walking probe beginning in 2006. It was called Operation Wide Receiver and was run out of the ATF’s office in Tucson, Ariz.
The IG’s office says in a semiannual report that it is reviewing Operation Fast and Furious “and other investigations with similar objectives, methods and strategies.” A spokesman for the IG’s office, Jay Lerner, declined to comment on whether the investigation has been expanded to cover Wide Receiver and the probe that the briefing paper to Mukasey referenced.
The problem with the USA gun market is that it supports the LARGEST GUN CARTEL in the world.
The report by Ms.Bialek was not subtle, it was not a misunderstood gesture or comment. It was quite frankly sexual assault and not harassment. Attempting to cause a woman's upper torso to move in the direction of a man's genitials is not harassment, that is assault.
There was no consentual relationship between Mr. Cain and Ms. Bialek. No history, no advances. He considered himself priviledged and 'in control' without anyone questioning him in regard to his actions. Her perspective employment was on the line. That's sincerely hostile stuff. That was a lot more than groping.
...Sharon Bialek (click title to entry - thank you) said Cain made the unwanted advance after dinner in Washington when she asked for help finding a job after she was laid off by the National Restaurant Association, which he then headed.
Bialek, who identified herself as a registered Republican and single mother from Chicago, put a public face on a growing problem for Cain's campaign. The 65-year-old candidate quickly denied her account, saying all allegations of sexual harassment against him were "completely false."...
Seems as though vulnerable women are more challenged to find gainful employment than they ever expected.
The only nearest geological fault to Oklahoma is The New Madrid fault. The map to the left is a quake that occurred because of the fault in 1995 The fault had a large 'felt' area but the damage area didn't come close to Oklahoma. The epicenter if the Oklahoma Seimic Activity was due to slippage anywhere at the New Madrid Fault would not have been beneath Oklahoma.
The New Madrid fault system, (click here) or the New Madrid seismic zone, is a series of faults beneath the continental crust in a weak spot known as the Reelfoot Rift. It cannot be seen on the surface.The fault system extends 150 miles southward from Cairo, Illinois through New Madrid and Caruthersville, Missouri, down through Blytheville, Arkansas to Marked Tree, Arkansas. It dips into Kentucky near Fulton and into Tennessee near Reelfoot Lake, and extends southeast to Dyersburg, Tennessee. It crosses five state lines, and crosses the Mississippi River in at least three places.
The New Madrid fault come nowhere near Oklahoma at all. This is the fault most geologists become concerned with when there are major quakes like the one in Haiti. Additionally, the seimic activity in Oklahoma has skyrocketed in the number of quakes since 2009. There was absolutely NO NATURAL DISTRUBANCE to cause such an escalation in seimic activity. The Petroleum Industry is guilty on all counts. Just that simple. A region cannot sustain the kind of subterranian activity with such frequent activity without disruption of the area. So, in Oklahoma yesterday, the combined distrubances in such a short period of time of hydraulic fracturing came to roost. Denial won't do anyone any good.
...In the past, earthquakes have been linked to energy exploration and production, including from injections of enormous amounts of drilling wastewater or injections of water for geothermal power, experts said. They point to recent earthquakes in the magnitude 3 and 4 range -- not big enough to cause much damage, but big enough to be felt -- in Arkansas, Texas, California, England, Germany and Switzerland. And back in the 1960s, two Denver quakes in the 5.0 range were traced to deep injection of wastewater.
Still, scientists would like to know if human activity can trigger a larger event. The National Academy of Sciences is studying the seismic effects of energy drilling and mining and will issue a report next spring.
"This is an area of active research," said Rowena Lohman, a Cornell University seismologist. "We're all concerned about this."...
So, let's see a 5.0 quake in Denver was due to hydraulic injection, BUT, the 5.6 in Okalhoma City is far too powerful to be from hydraulic fracturing. It is possible for the gallon of milk to leap into the air IF the land was rolling enough in a verticle direction. It would be possible for a gallon of milk to vibrate off the counter if the land was moving in a horizontal direction.
Liars.
But, some Stanford Geophysist that has done absolutely no validation decides he is qualified to close the books on the seimic activity in Oklahoma City as natural.
Right.
To his credit he does say thin though:
So, he admits there is seimic activity from hydraulic fracturing, but, only enough to knock a milk bottle off a counter. That as is a lot of shaking to knock a gallon of milk from a counter, but, hey it is a gallon of milk and I am sure everyone in the nation at some time or another has knocked a gallon of milk off a counter without any seimic activity. In order for a gallon of milk to fall from a counter, it first has to be vibrated to the end of the counter and then falls off OR it has to be literally jolted into the air to be displaced from the counter and over the floor to land there. Either way, that is not minor seimic activity and a gallon of milk weighs over 9 pounds.
...The typical energy released in tremors triggered by fracking, "is the equivalent to a gallon of milk falling off the kitchen counter," said Stanford University geophysicist Mark Zoback...
That was "We the people..." NOT "We the people of the corporations..." and it continues "...in order to form a more perfect union..." NOT "...a more oppressive regime..."
The extremist Republicans believe deeply The Tenth Amendment actually RESTRICTS the federal government to innumerated powers ONLY under this amendment. It is a regime belief, not sincerely a political party. Policital Parties are not as contracted in their views as the RNC has become. I sincerely believe it is a regime and not a political party in the context of its growing extremism. They want to restrict freedoms of citizens, not expand them. That is not a democracy whereby everyone is treated equally. It is a regime.
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
It is where the Commerce Clause lives. It is also viewed by the Republicans as the most important amendment to the Constitution. The Republicans believe it is the one place they can covet as a righteousness to their view of the world. The Tenth Amendment has been USED on many occassion to extert financial prowess over the federal government. The Robert's Court enjoys this amendment far more than they should. The Tenth Amendment was never intended to 'weigh' the federal powers in less capacity than state powers, but, it has been used that way especially with this court. I sincerely believe the Democrats need to be well versed in the PROPER application of this amendment and seek to legislate to faciliate the effectiveness of it. I believe its powers have been abused by The Robert's Court.
"...There is nothing in the history (click title to entry - thank you) of its adoption to suggest that it was more than declaratory of the relationship between the national and state governments as it had been established by the Constitution before the amendment or that its purpose was other than to allay fears that the new national government might seek to exercise powers not granted, and that the states might not be able to exercise fully their reserved powers...."
This evening has been a bit different, but, seimic activity doesn't happen everyday in relation to hydraulic fracturing.
...In an Internal Revenue Service filing (click title to entry - thank you) dated Oct. 26, Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform reported receiving $12.39 million in contributions last year. That was three times the amount that Americans for Tax Reform raised in 2009, and more than Norquist's organization reported rising in the three prior years combined.
Why care about Norquist ? He's one of the nation's most influential conservatives. But while his influence rises, the law allows him to shield basic details about his operation.
Now, a year after the 2010 election, Norquist's tax return shows that Americans for Tax Reform's biggest single vendor last year was Mentzer Media Services, a political advertising firm in Maryland. Norquist paid Mentzer $3.6 million to run ads attacking Democrats and supporting Republicans in last year's congressional races.
Mentzer is a go-to firm for conservative politicos, having waged many high-profile campaigns, taking a hand in the 2004 Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads smearing Sen. John Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran. Mentzer has been involved in several California campaigns, too, among them the California Chamber of Commerce's ad last year that swung wildly at candidate Brown, seeking to tie him to job losses and tax increases over the past 35 years....
Demonstrators (click title to entry - thank you) hold up a banner in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., November 6, 2011. Thousands joined hands and circled the White House in protest against the Keystone XL pipeline.
(Credit: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)
Amazing. Absolutely Amazing. The Canadian Oil Sands project is simply "W"rong. It received exceptional backing from Cheney when he was Vice President. You know, I didn't look recently to see if it was in the "Energy Report" the Bush Administration published at the time of the Enron scandal. I need to check it out. If it is still online, but, I have two print copies of the report.
Cheney started this committee within two weeks of taking office and the proceedings are still closed to the citizens of this country.
The OLD WORLD idea about the Canadian Tar Sands is that it provides better petroleum options than Mid-East oil because it reduces the threat of terrorists. Al Qaeda had nothing to do with the petroleum industry or its supply of Mid-East oil. It is about the worst PR propaganda ever stated. The nations of the Middle East, primarily Saudi Arabia, have their oil supplies under control. Even when Saddam was in Iraq the oil fields were intact regardless of their productivity or lack thereof. Terrorism is not about the petroleum industry, quite the contrary. The petroleum industry is more of a threat to citizens of foreign lands than the people ever could be: Nigeria, Equador and Iraq to name just a few. I never thought I'd see the day the USA would become an aggressor nation over petroleum reserves.
Chapter Seven : America's Energy Infrastucture, A Comprehensive Delivery System
- The NEPD Group recommends that the President direct the Secretary of the Interior to work with Congress and the State of Alaska to put in place the most expeditious process for renewal of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System lease to ensure that Alaskan oil continues to flow uninterrupted to the West Coast of the United States.
- The NEPD Group recommends that the President direct the Secretaries of Energy and State, coordinating with the Secretary of the Interior and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, to work closely with Canada, the State of Alaska, and all other interested parties to expedite the construction of a pipeline to deliver natural gas to the lower 48 states. This should include proposing to Congress any changes or
waivers of law pursuant to the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976 that
may be required.
The Caspian Sea was coveted as well on page 8-12. The map on that page includes Russia, Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Then the USA wonders why it is regarded with suspicion of intent and interest when official documents such as this include sovereign nations as a source of USA oil and the invation into Iraq was so obviously propagandized from its sincere purpose as Halliburton profits prove.
The PIPELINE "Pipe Dreams" starts on 7-9. These plans have been 'on the books' for over a decade. The oil sands is the worst form of oil production ever conceived. It is a huge insult to the planet. I am surprised at Canada, however, at the time of September 11, 2001 the entire globe was sympathetic to the USA and its 'ideas' of preventing attacks on this country and their own. The oil sands and the pipelines are more exploitation of the planet out of fear. Alternatives are the future. Not 'peaked' fossil fuel.
Every measure needs to take place to be sure 'The Infrastructure Investments and The Infrastructure Bank" do not service fossil fuels.
(NATIONAL) -- From El Paso to Seattle (click title to entry - thank you) to small towns in the Midwest to big cities in the east, an estimated 650,000 Americans by one count came out for “bank transfer day” Saturday to close their accounts at big corporate banks and open new ones at local credit unions.
Saturday was the day when anyone who is fed up with their big corporate bank and bank fees was supposed to take their money and head to a credit union.
According to a national credit union trade group, some 650,000 people across the U.S. have switched to a credit union since Sept. 29.
In Seattle on Saturday some 659 people opened new accounts at 45 branches of the Boeing Employees Credit Union (BECU) according to the Seattle Times. That was a record number of new accounts opened for a Saturday....
They all did themselves proud. I am more proud of this movement as every day goes by. It is the largest CONSUMER movement in the USA. It was not only an important statement to make, but, also a wise financial move for everyone that particiapted. Federal Credit Unions are member owned. They are sound ways of securing finances. They have all the conveniences without any of the dangers. The more people seek credit unions to safe guard their financial 'HEALTH,' the more the credit unions will be the venue of investment in communities and citizens. Congratulations. It is a historic movement. I proud of everyone, without exception. I heard the number 650,000 before the dedicated day of "Bank Transfer Day." Many people were carrying out a change to their banking needs before the exact day of the movement's goal. I am fairly confident there are more than 650,000 that have found security with community banks and credit unions. It will keep growing. It is a good thing. These institutions were safe from the collapse of 2008. They were and are nowhere neer AIG.
I have to laugh when I hear the Right Political Wing of the USA blame Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the collapse of 2008. It wasn't those institutions that were responsible. The Right Wing conveniently forgets the banks like BOA and Goldman drove AIG over the brink and that is what caused the collapse and the need for the USA to bailout them out. AIG's 'rescue insurance' should have never existed.
NEW YORK—Despite a series of developments at American International Group Inc. last week that included a $4.11 billion third-quarter loss, analysts remain cautiously optimistic about the future of the company and expect it to continue on its path away from government ownership....
If the banks didn't have FAUX assurance in their 'rescue insurance' they would have pursued a far different path then the CLIFF they rode off. It is amazing to realize that huge investment banks, the people that are suppose to know what they are doing, the CEOs with the know-how; actually found it necessary to pay for 'rescue insurance' in the first place. Isn't that a bit of an oxymoron? Yes, it is. Nothing like A LIVE EXPERIMENT with unpredictable security mechanisms like Credit Default Swaps. Amazing it the EXPERIMENT existed in the first place.
President Bush shakes hands with Abramoff client, Raul Garza (photo: White House)\
The entire title is:
Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America's Most Notorious Lobbyist [Hardcover]
It is an interesting title because there is rarely anyone that admits Washington, DC was CORRUPT under the Bush/Cheney Administration. The word never surfaces. .
He goes on to say in newsprint that there is still plenty of corruption to go around even today. Who would ever guess, huh?
...He says plenty of corrupt lobbying practices are still perfectly legal. (click here) Term limits, he suggests, would prevent lawmakers from getting too close to special interests. He also says lawmakers and their staff should be banned for life from working for any organization that lobbies. Abramoff, 52, spent 31/2 years in federal prison and is now out of the lobbying business. He has returned to the home he shares with his wife in Silver Spring, Md., and is promoting the book. Authorities have said they may seek the book proceeds to help pay a $23 million restitution order....
First published Nov 05 2011 08:44PM Updated Nov 5, 2011 11:15PM
...Abramoff is now out of the lobbying business, but the father of five has returned to the home he shares with his wife in the Washington suburb of Silver Spring, Md., and is promoting the book, including an interview airing Sunday on CBS’ "60 Minutes." Authorities have said in court filings they are looking into using the book proceeds to help repay a $23 million restitution order to his victims....
...The Washington Post in 2004 began a Pulitzer Prize-winning series investigating the tens of millions of dollars that American Indian tribal clients were paying Abramoff and his business partner, former DeLay spokesman Michael Scanlon, who provided grassroots organizing services.
It eventually was revealed that the two men were secretly kicking back profits to one another worth more than $20 million, and the Justice Department pursued felony charges.
Both pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with an investigation that would lead to the conviction of other lobbyists on Abramoff’s team, congressional figures including Ohio Republican Rep. Bob Ney and officials in the Bush administration....
There have been multiple aftershocks in Oklahoma City. That brings danger in that damage caused by each quake is compounded by subsequent quakes. The 'rattle and shake damage' aspect is cummulative.
...Oklahoma typically (click title to entry - thank you) had about 50 earthquakes a year until 2009. Then the number spiked, and 1,047 quakes shook the state last year, prompting researchers to install seismographs in the area. Still, most of the earthquakes have been small....
This one is an easy one to guess, isn't it? No different than the sinking of New Orleans. The Petroleum Industry. The PR campaign for 'One Oak' can tip anyone off to what is going to happen next. What will complete this picture is to realize how muich more fracking has gone on since 2009 in the same region of the increased incidence of SEIMIC ACTIVITY. Not earthquakes. This seimic activity is not due to the movement of the Earth's crust, it is due to the destruction of the craton and the solid rock structures under foot. It is my estimate the reporting of the spike in seimic activity in the public rhelm is a cry for help.
It is amazing how the petroleum industry likes to blame 'acts of god' for all the trouble they create. I think the residents of Oklahoma need to sue the fracking companies responsible for this damage. It wasn't got this time or many times before. There is no reason for the USA to have to open up the US Treasury to pay for damage caused by companies making a profit off adversity.
...This is not a natural earthquake. (click here) This is due to fracking operations going on in the area. Sorry for the folks making excuses for the oil and gas operations. This one is theirs at 5 km (3.1miles, 16,500 Feet). Its depth is square in the region affected by their drilling. It may in fact be exactly at their drill depth....
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SDWA amended to regulate over 100 specic drinking water contaminants; hydraulic fracturing, in practice at this point for nearly 40 years, never considered for SDWA regulation.
The problem with the Oklahoma Hydraulic Fracturing State Review is that it isn't a STATE ONLY review. It has devolved into a MITIGATION non-profit organization with petroleum industry member-stakeholders involved.
A mitigation group is NOT a "STRONGER" method of protecting citizens. These guys are getting away with effective regulation and review.
Unlike shallow projects, such as shallow coalbed methane (CBM), the producible portions of deep shale natural gas and oil formations exist many thousands of feet below the surface. Across the U.S. the average depth of a Chesapeake well is 7,700 feet (almost 1.5 miles below the earth’s surface and many thousands of feet below freshwater formations). This number varies depending on the development area. Chesapeake does not conduct any production or fracking activities in fresh groundwater aquifers. In fact, across its deep shale gas operations, groundwater aquifers and producing formations are separated by thousands of feet of protective rock barriers.
How Deep Is 7,700 Feet?
More than six Empire State Buildings stacked end to end
1½ times deeper than the deepest part of the Grand Canyon
More than 25 football fields laid out goalpost to goalpost
That information should relay the understanding that the spike in SEIMIC ACTIVITY affiliated with hydraulic fracturing is real and corrupt to the core when it comes to regulation and oversight. The problem with the PR from the petroleum industry relates to the deception and frank lying they engage in to 'sell' their exploitation of American lands. There is no such thing as PROTECTIVE rock layers once a hole has been punched in them. There is no such thing as a 'methane leak free' fracturing operation. There is no such thing as a 'safe method' of fracturing that provides standards to prevent methane leaks to the atmosphere and/or protections of ground water. It is not possible to place concrete and pipe into a deep hole either in the water or on land that is 'self contained.' It is all PR that has no basis in fact. These sites should be regulated and inspected the same as deep water sites.
How long should the fertilized embryo be allowed to exist as an embryo before it is harvested by the state as a PERSONHOOD in need of a surrogate?
Whom then are the surrogates, adoptiver parents or others?
Whom then qualifies as a surrogate, a single person or married persons?
What is meant by marriage? Same sex or heterosecual only?
What then happens to children of single parents and homosexual parents when it is determined that surrogates can only be married and the marriage is between a man and woman? \ This is a slippery slope that will dismantle democracy in the USA and it needs to be identified as such!
The proposed amendment to the constitution of the state of Mississippi seeks to covet every fertilized embryo, whether in vitro or in vivo and make it a ward of the state. That is not a democracy. Citizens no longer have control over the outcomes of their reproductive function and places the state at a higher priority than its citizens.
Absolutely no more coveting faux issues in political elections in the USA should be tolerated.. If coveting a topic that is unconstitutional comes up in an election strategy it is fraud and has to be considered criminal in its intent. The Burger Court was most correct in its approach to constitutional law. The laws of the federal, state or local govenrment are to serve 'the individual citizen' and not 'the state.' This is a representative democracy and not a representiative dictatorship. The Burger Court also fostered 'tolerance of diversity' in that individuals can be different than the religious majority in the country and be guaranteed all the rights as anyone else in carryout their life.
The right to bear children or not is inalienable to women. It is the responsiblilty of the government to be sure all measures are availaible to uphold the rights of the individual as well as insuring a citizen is safe from malpractice and/or negligence.
This attempt to remove children from parents to ensure every embryo becomes a pregnancy and then born is an outrage. Because that is what will happen when embryos are no longer wanted to reach personhood at the time of birth. It will become a crime to use embryos of any kind for research including genetic research and the state will OWN LIFE and define it. It is not based in democracy! It is based in fanatical religious dogma!
The fact that IVF clinics and abortion clinics and abortion hospitals are not found in all states requires a look at the interference of commerce across state lines. Additionally, the 'idea' that a government can dictate a physician's practice is out of the question. If an IVF phyisican needs to fertilize all the ovums obtained from a consenting woman for THE BEST outcome for a fertilized ovum leading to a pregnancy than that is the PROCEDURE the physician has to follow and what he is paid for. To impurdently place all the ovums in a women seeking to give birth or a surrogate mother to give birth for another person is simply malpractice while endangering the women and the perspective 'term' pregnancy. That has already been determined by peer review of a physican that allowed fanaticism by his patient into his practice, ie: Octomom.
The issue has to be removed from 'the religious rhelm' in the USA because there is no and there never shall be an official religion of the USA. Additionally, the relationship between physician and persepctive parent or one of abortion where the 'opportunity' to parent is terminated is a FINANCIAL CONTRACT. The USA first and foremost has defined itself as a democracy whereby contract law exists freely between citizens. If a contract for services is engaged between a physician and a woman or person, the state has no right to interfere with that contract. IVF is a very expensive contract. Abortion less so. But, none the less each PROCEDURE is a contract between individuals that requires an exchange of money and/or an understanding of exchange of services if there is any research being conducted. Either way this is directly related to The Commerce Clause. It would get really interesting if the IVF Clinic were on a floating barge in USA waters as the court already applied the Commerce Clause to that capacity.
One might want to look beyond the inflammatory political PROGRAM of the Anti-Abortionists and look at the candidates willing to compromise the rights of Americans as the cause of such nonsense as this.
That is the craziest mess I have ever witnessed to date. IVF results in fertilized eggs that THE OWNER at some point in time will decide to bring to a pregnancy. In every state in the country Frozen Embryos (a multiple cell cluster without definition) has an OWNER or two owners. The owner of the embryos were transformed into an owner through a contract with a physician that faciliated that ownership. The Mississippi Insanity over microscopic cell clusters assaults the 'idea' of parenthood and places it in limbo at the very least. More over it places the embryos in a potential to lose their sanctity of potential parenthood demanding every embryo be brought to pregnancy and birth and ultimately PERSONHOOD as demanded by the constitutional rights of same as practiced today. It is crazy and will unlease hardship and heartache to potential parents that do not need any more violations of their biological rights, privacy and EXCLUSIVITY to parent a UNIQUE child. The Anti-Abortion Movement is dangerous and wades into waters of ugenics (click here) at the very least. It is time political candidates that harness this energy to win elections be held responsible on the same podium of destroying the basic human rights endeared in the US Constitution which states a person is a citizen at birth!
Personhood (click here) supporters gather at a prayer rally at the Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi. Photo: Reuters
