Tim Russert was showcasing Clinton as a "senior statesmen"Mon Sep 19, 2005 15:1264.140.158.29
Tim Russert was showcasing Clinton as a "senior statesmen"
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Subject: Bill Clinton, Corporate Toad
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:40:13 EDT
From: CHERDAV44@aol.com
HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN:
Bill Clinton Pledges His Corporate Allegiance
By Cheryl Seal
http://cherylsealreports.bravehost.com/billclintoncorporate.html
On Sunday's "Meet the Press," Bill Clinton, a man I once admired, revealed his true stripes. Tim Russert was showcasing Clinton as a "senior statesmen" and "voice of reason" on the topic of the Katrina disaster and reconstruction. Yet, during the week Katrina plowed toward the Gulf Coast, we heard not one peep from Mr. Clinton, even though he, as former president, had to have been quite aware of New Orleans' unique vulnerability. He had to have known how FEMA had been undermined, having himself selected people to posts there and having been quite aware of the credentials of the chiefs Bush appointed. We did not see Clinton fly down to the disaster zone during the dark days that followed - even though Harry Connick, Jr. and others easily made it in and out.
Yet now we see Clinton making the rounds of talk shows, posing as "elder statesman" and "voice of reason." And talking out of both sides of his mouth in his efforts to appear "compassionate" and "wise" while supporting the corporate interests that now help butter his and Hillary's bread.
I listened to Clinton stating his great concern for the poor of New Orleans in the wake of the storm. Yet I also heard him matter-of-factly state how thousands of people weren't going to be coming back to the city. Yet he proposed no alternative to aid these "permanent refugees." And it must not be ignored that in the past decade, thousands of the poorest in New Orleans have suffered to an untold degree from Pres. Clinton's caving into pressure to slash welfare safety nets, a move that contributed greatly to the escalating divide in the US between the very wealthy and the very poor - a gap that shocked the Pope's envoy to the disaster area last week.
I heard Clinton state the government must help rebuild - yet noticed he refused to say how much they should directly contribute, merely that it should be an "appropriate amount." Appropriate to who? Meanwhile, he called for "business" to carry most of the responsibility for reconstruction. Which businesses? Halliburton? Or maybe the Carlyle Group (which includes his new best pal George Bush, Sr.). Or maybe GE - Clinton hangs out regularly with its CEO Jeffrey Immelt. Or perhapsr BP, which has ties both to Carlyle (via Jim H. Derryberry, see below) and Clinton, via former Clinton chief of staff Thomas McLarty. Clinton certainly sang the praises of GE and BP on "Meet the Press", gushing how these companies are pioneering in alternative energy. Yeah, right. GE and BP are pioneering in alternative energy like Michael Brown is an expert on disaster management.
The most telling statement of all made by Clinton, the one that, for me, marks him out as having morphed completely into a corporate toad was this: "I don't see how anyone, with a straight face, can say that Katrina was caused by global warming."
This statement could have been taken right off the latest oil company-financed anti-climate change front site. And its timing made its corporate motivation all the more obvious. Just a few days before Clinton's appearance on "Meet the Press," the science community released findings that showed, in essence, a clear connection between the development of monsters like Katrina and global warming. While global warming does not cause hurricanes, it has most certainly given rise to more intense storms, in terms of duration, effective diameter, maximum winds and thus destructive power. Katrina only grew to category 5 status in the Gulf of Mexico because the waters there were not only abnormally warm, the water heat extended downward nearly 200 feet! This season, coming on the coat tails of a summer that ranked as the hottest on record in many regions and in the top two dozen hottest in others, is definitely connected to climatic conditions.
So Clinton's statement, coupled within a 10 minute period with praise of BP and GE was obviously a calculated blow to science in favor of protecting and pandering to the fossil fuel barons. What makes me especially sickened by this is that Clinton has set himnself up as the "science-friendly" president, the "man of the people." Yet he proved this month that he has scant regard either for science OR the people.
"Clinton is a great man."
Gee...I don't know how anyone can say THAT with a straight face.
Additional interesting info on Clinton and his "new friends"
BRITISH PETROLEUM:
BP was one of the first oil companies to be rewarded with Iraqi oil after the Bush II invasion. This is from CorpWatch:
"In the hours and days before the United States and Britain invaded Iraq, a team of British Petroleum (BP) engineers in Kuwait taught combat troops from the 516 Specialist Team Royal Engineers how to run the oil fields in southern Iraq. As soon as the troops had secured southern Iraq, Robert Spears, a Scottish manager from BP, was drafted by the British government to help direct the effort to rebuild the refineries.
In mid-July BP took possession of its reward -- one of the first tankers of oil from Southern Iraq, having won 25% of the initial sale of 8 million barrels of the existing stockpiles of Iraqi oil. The previous month California-based Chevron shipped back an equal quantity of oil from southern Iraq."
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=7989
Jim H. Derryberry, the managing director of "energy and power" for the Carlyle Group (via their "Riverstone Holdings" front) has close ties to BP. Jim H. Derryberry was a former VP of Goldman Sachs - the nations top speculator in fossil fuel (yep, that's right - the same speculators that have helped to drive gas and oil prices up, even after the Katrina disaster). Derryberry directly helped in the financing and management of various British Petroleum efforts
http://www.thecarlylegroup.com/eng/team/l5-team2837.html
Clinton chief of staff Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty is a senior advisor to the Carlyle Group. McLarty is also president of Kissinger McLarty Associates, a partnership with Henry Kissinger that "provides strategic advisory and advocacy services to U.S. and multinational businesses involved in Mexico and Latin America."
http://www.thecarlylegroup.com/eng/team/l5-team2741.html
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ILLUMINATI LINKED TO WHY WACO, LINKED TO CLINTON!
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Non-professional 90-minute audio tape tells story of the Republic of
Texas, added to this tape are cuts of information of Bill Clinton's
connection to the Illuminati. This information has never been released
because of the most certain death that will occur to those who are in
the know. This is a judge for yourself, real interviews with various
inside contacts that have told various parts of who pulled the trigger
on the Branch Davidian's and the connections. Shocking, to say the
least. In Bill Clinton's own words he thanks his friend of 25 years,
Bernard Rappoport of Waco, Texas. The reported illuminati controller
of Texas, if not the entire United States as revealed on tape.
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Justice Department investigation should target UT campus
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The Aftermath of Koresh's Waco:
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Texas Ranger Report on Waco
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/director_staff/public_information/branch_davidian/index.htm
UNNERSTALL FAX
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From: Gary Hunt at the Outpost of Freedom in Waco, Texas
Date: MARCH 24, 1993
http://www.outpost-of-freedom.com/opf0324a.htm
Sarah Bain's (jury foreperson) Letter to District Court Judge Walter S. Smith, Jr.
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Excerpts from Mt. Carmel, the Unseen Reality
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HEY DANFORTH...did you overlook something?????
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WACO: Gunshot Evidence
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FBI didn't plan to fight Waco fire
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HOW CAN YOU BE 100% CERTAIN?
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Salon.com News | "The ATF fired first"
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THE UNWARRANTED WARRANT
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"What the Waco Jury Never Heard"
http://www.cesnur.org/testi/waco112.htm
Now the real Waco tragedy begins
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Burying the Branch Davidians
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/vinson7.html
WACO AND NANCY SINATRA
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A secret military organization took part in the raid at Waco
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