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Iraq?S Oil Finds Itself In The Hands Of International Petroleum …

webmaster — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:16:37 +0000

Iraq recently signed its first agreement with a group of Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell to exploit the West Qurna field, and the other with a consortium led by ENI of Occidental Oil and Gas of Korea Zubair oil field. Under the agreement ratified, companies have much to gain from a profit of only $ 2 per barrel added to production because the Iraqi government wants to send “will not allow oil companies to take over,” said Robert Ebel, an adviser to the Energy and …

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Thursday Open Thread – Jack & Jill Politics

webmaster — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:16:35 +0000

FREE is a think-tank that promotes free-market environmentalism rather than environmental regulation and is funded largely by corporations like ExxonMobil and conservative foundations. FREE hosts industry-funded seminars for ….. The same “fact” checking site that failed to mention obama’s crucial broken promises like the iraq war withdrawal, the whaling ban, and corporate profit tax. Come on man, even you’re better than this drivel. Your acting as if politifact is the …

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The Revolutionary Communist Progressive Labor Party – Challenge …

webmaster — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:16:29 +0000

The demonstrators held up anti-war signs and chanted “Occupation Is A Crime, From Iraq to Palestine!” and “Exxon-Mobil, BP, Shell, Take Your War and Go to Hell!” as they marched across campus, giving out flyers and talking to students. … against dozens of Latin American countries, in Vietnam, in Iraq and throughout Africa and Asia. Millions have demonstrated against these wars. But they won’t end for good until the profit system that causes them — capitalism — is …

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Stimulus v. Cuts: Krugman and More | WBUR and NPR – On Point with …

webmaster — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:16:29 +0000

I served in Iraq as an Infantryman in the Army in 2005. I don’t understand why none of you are speaking seriously about the financial costs of the wars we are waging in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the extremely numerous military bases, ……Exxon-Mobil is the largest most profitable corporation in the world. They have had a net income of over $10 Billion every 3 months for a long time, and that’s after the corporate manager have spent as much as they can think of (and get …

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IDAHO'S HIGHWAY 12 AND EXXON-MOBIL'S MEGA-LOADS – - Politics

webmaster — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:16:28 +0000

Obama could insist that we cut back on oil in Afghanistan and Iraq, etc. use the money we save and the oil to mass produce wind and solar energy, a new rail system, and get serious about purchasing oil contracts in the world. Asia is becoming stronger by the day, and if the oil being produced in Iran starts flowing to the East instead of the west, we’re really going to war. War won’t prepare this country for the coming oil decline, however. Boy Scout Motto: Be prepared. …

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Ed Koch: If We Wait for Afghan Forces to Take Over, We Are Waiting …

webmaster — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:16:31 +0000

Since we invaded Iraq, hundreds of thousands of Shiite and Sunni civilians have been blown up by one another as a result of their 1300-year-old religious war. Are we to sacrifice our young soldiers in a fruitless effort to … According to Fortune magazine, the most profitable company in 2009 was Exxon Mobil with a profit of $45 billion. We also know, as mentioned in The Times, that “[t]he oil and natural gas industry has spent $340 million on lobbyists since 2008.” …

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Muslim India: SO IT WAS ALL ABOUT OIL IN IRAQ, after all …

webmaster — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:16:24 +0000

By the end of the month, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Exxon Mobil and Total will sign agreements with the Baghdad government, Iraq’s first with big Western oil firms since the US-led invasion in 2003. … Several of the small oil companies who have signed contracts in Kurdistan are hoping that in the long term there will be an agreement between the Kurds and the central government and they will then sell out to the majors at a large profit. The technical support agreements, …

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Ed Koch Commentary: Afghan Forces; Elena Kagan; Mobile Trailers …

webmaster — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:16:24 +0000

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Adam Ash: Government Isn't The Problem, Private Enterprise Is: The …

webmaster — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:16:24 +0000

Then they might break up the company and sell the pieces, or fire enough workers to jack up the share price, and then sell it — all for a tidy profit. Basically what they do is put the company in debt, and pay a good slice of that … they did with Detroit) when they had the chance, and fired the management, but instead they chose to shower them with money with no strings attached, just like Bush-Cheney showered Bin-Laden with recruits when they started the Iraq War. …

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Is McCain working for the oil companies or the American peoples ?

webmaster — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:16:24 +0000

As a result, instead of powering millions of homes with clean energy and building next-generation solar technology, we’re giving ExxonMobil and other companies billions in tax breaks at a time when they’re already making record profits. …. Consider this, which of our politicians gets checks from the company running the war in Iraq? Oil profit greed is seriously harming our ability to move ahead with green technologies. That’s too bad since, 13.5 billion could have gone …

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