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Ouster of BP Chairman Tony Hayward May Be Linked To Lockerbie Terrorist Release

July 26, 2010

The release of  convicted Lockerbie terrorist Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi’s last year on humanitarian grounds may be more invested.  The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is looking into the possible connection between the favorable BP contract with Libya’s Muammar al-Gaddafi to provide BP access to Libyan oil reserves in exchange for Mohmed al-Megrahi’s  release.  Since 2007 BP had been [...]

Tagged as: BP, BP and Libya, BP Spill, Lockerbie terroritst, Terrorism and Oil, Tony Hayward

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BP=Bill Please!

June 23, 2010

According to Obama, BP has stepped up to the plate and created an escrow account of $5 billion a year to reimburse those directly affected by the BP Gulf oil spill.  Even given the best scenario, it is doubtful that figure will begin to resurrect the Gulf region, or to make whole the area prior [...]

Tagged as: Air quality in the Gulf, BP, ButAsForMe, Endangered species in the Gulf, Gulf Oil Spill, Loss of habitat in the Gulf, Obama, Oil dispersants, Reformed Liberal

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U.S. Marine Scientist: “BIG Bomb Could Seal Gulf Oil Leak”

June 11, 2010

As of now 87 million gallons of oil have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, and we are still counting.  Reportedly that’s 40,000 barrels a day.  Compare that with BP’s estimate of 1000 barrels.  Independent scientists, accused of “fear mongering,” by members within the Obama Administration, have had their earlier estimates, that contradicted  BP’s, vindicated, [...]

Tagged as: Blowout fix, BP, Environmental Disaster in the Gulf, oil spill, Solutions to stop oil well leak, Use of explosives to seal oil well

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Google & Yahoo Get Cozy With BP

June 8, 2010

Where can you find a free press?  Well, it’s apparent from their lack of investigative reporting of the connection between Goldman Sachs, Soros, Buffett, friends of the Obama Administration and BP, that you won’t get it from the national news networks.  The hold out has been the internet by blogs such as ours; however now [...]

Tagged as: BP, Buffet, ButAsForMe, free press bought by BP and other entities, Goldman-Sachs, google and BP, google cozy with BP, Gulf Oil Spill, internet, Obama, oil spill, Reformed Liberal

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Nature of the Beast

June 5, 2010

ShareWhen you are an investment bank and you have huge government influence, what’s stopping you from wielding your political capital to influence events and policy that are beneficial to the bottom-line? When governments are corrupt and secret societies abound, power and influence prevail in the markets — but little organic value or useful service is added to the exchange [...]

Tagged as: Al Gore, BP, BP CEO, Conflict of Interest, Financial Industrial Complex, Goldman-Sachs, oil spill, Warren Buffett

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