Black Gold and the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund

As U.S. military troops swarmed in large numbers into Haiti after the January 12, 2010 earthquake one had to wonder if more was going on.. Supplies and medicines sat on runways and were slow to get to the needy Haitian people and several countries accused the U.S. military of holding up the planes. Good ole’ [...]

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Famine – True or False?

You should be reading a lot about biofuels and famine issues these days… If not, please do. These are subjects that you should become familiar with. From Online Journal Analysis Global famine? Blame the Fed By Mike Whitney Online Journal Contributing Writer Apr 29, 2008, 00:19 The stakes couldn’t be higher for Ben Bernanke. If [...]

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Exxon Mobil Finds Out Payback is a Bitch

This may not be the best news for Americans needing gasoline and oil but Venezuelan oil supplier, Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), is slapping back at the overly aggressive Exxon Mobil corporation. As you’ll recall a couple of days ago, Exxon Mobil stomped on PDVSA by getting a British court to freeze $12 billion of [...]

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Chavez Stands His Ground…

In March 2006 Chavez asked Exxon Mobil to give more of their profits back to the country or get out. Today Exxon Mobil has gotten a British court injunction to freeze $12 billion in assets in a move to take over Petroleos de Venezuela SA. President Chavez is rightly incensed: Chavez Threatens US Oil Cutoff [...]

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George Bush in the Middle East: Shadowplay

Barry Lando http://barrylando.com Much of the reporting of President Bush’s trip to the Middle East is shadow play, an incredible con game. The suckers are the American public. Today’s headline, for instance, has Bush telling Saudi King Abdullah that the high price of oil is hurting the U.S. economy. This, the White House press people, [...]

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Why is Iran Still in the Cross-Hairs? Clues from the Project of a New American Century

By Dr. Ellen Hodgson Brown Global Research, January 12, 2008 webofdebt.com In the latest escalation of tensions with Iran, on January 5, 2008 five Iranian patrol boats surrounded three U.S. ships in the Strait of Hormuz, coming within a “threatening” 200 meters. A voice with a thick accent then said in English, “I am coming [...]

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