Sunday, May 27, 2007
Al Gore --Shameless self-promoting wimp!
- michael jordan May 25th, 2007 2:21 am
Albert Gore:
I just don’t know how to parse your refusal to stand up for the obvious electoral fraud in the 2000 election which trashed the world forever. Your thoroughly gutless response to Bush and his henchmen lead me only to conclude that you did not have the stones to be running for President to begin with.
Why Oh why did you waste all of our collective energy and skills on such a completely wimpy and ultimately devastating abandonment of the people’s faith and trust by not fighting the power?
Was there some sort of a back room deal involving Clinton which prevented you from being a MAN? Life is transitory Al, maybe the best of us leaves no mark upon the earth; and even in the light of your cause of global warming and your professed commitment to cooling it why did you chicken out when the chips were down? I have always wondered if you had a rational reason like maybe “George W. Bush’s men were threatening to kill my family if I didn’t concede the election…” That would have been the only reason which would have been valid for me and I would have supported you for it. But I didn’t hear a peep in that direction, instead I heard the whiny comment that you had to give up in the face of their calumny for the good of the country, to show unity, with the ?”Victor?”.
You let James Baker bully you like he had your balls in his hands and was squeezing the manhood from you. What did James Baker have on you that prevented you from being the kind of man that we Americans had thought we had obviously elected? Why did you fail us, -you miserable slut? Your lack of guts and the lack of guts of John Kerry could not even fill a small crack in the cosmic egg of history.
What in the cotton pickin’ world ever led either one of you punks to think you could lead the world to sanity when you were so gutless and slavering when confronted by the mad dogs of the Republican Party?
Let me tell you one thing that you need to take to heart to your grave and that is that you owned the moment and you let it slip away. By comfortable comparison for your tormented soul John Kerry too, had it and threw it away as well but he being a much weaker man threw it away through the bad example that you provided him.
You Sir are a complete and total disgrace and a mockery of the authoritarian class which wields political power without wisdom and responsibility to those citizens who offer it to you. We are only a year different in age and I also an Episcopalian might have actually been classmate with you at St. Albans and Episcopal in D.C. I certainly wonder sometimes if I had decided to go there if I could have made a difference in the forming of your maturity. With the world trashed now as it is my regrets come much too late…
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Stick a fork in him! Larry Bensky is DONE!!
So much can be accomplished by impatiently and continually praying that Larry Bensky would finally leave Pacifica and KPFA could regain a sense of disconnect from the government handler who has been feeding Larry his lines of inquiry all these years.
Just think:
1. No more dissembling of Iran Contra to destroy Daniel Sheehan and protect black-ops.
2. No more de-legitimizing of real journalists like Gary Webb who succesfully linked the CIA with gun/drug trafficking in Los Angeles and Oakland using Southern Air Transport, which led to Gary Webb's suicide.
3. No more defusing of evidence of conspiracy of the right wing and misusing his position of commentator to swell the ranks of the uncertain regarding slam-dunk realities.
4. No more carefully constructed distractions of the most venal denial of dark motives to those who are called to make a better world.
So a happy day is here today but due to Larry's work as an undercover provocateur there are so few of us left to celebrate that our long Berkeley night is finally over;
but the fight needs to be maintained until we have won back the way home.
Just think:
1. No more dissembling of Iran Contra to destroy Daniel Sheehan and protect black-ops.
2. No more de-legitimizing of real journalists like Gary Webb who succesfully linked the CIA with gun/drug trafficking in Los Angeles and Oakland using Southern Air Transport, which led to Gary Webb's suicide.
3. No more defusing of evidence of conspiracy of the right wing and misusing his position of commentator to swell the ranks of the uncertain regarding slam-dunk realities.
4. No more carefully constructed distractions of the most venal denial of dark motives to those who are called to make a better world.
So a happy day is here today but due to Larry's work as an undercover provocateur there are so few of us left to celebrate that our long Berkeley night is finally over;
but the fight needs to be maintained until we have won back the way home.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
9/11/2001 A Genuine Hoax
Experts Claim Official 9/11 Story is a Hoax
Scholars for 9/11 Truth call for verification and publication by an international consortium.
Duluth, MN (PRWEB) January 30, 2006 -- A group of distinguished experts and scholars, including Robert M. Bowman, James H. Fetzer, Wayne Madsen, John McMurtry, Morgan Reynolds, and Andreas von Buelow, have concluded that senior government officials have covered up crucial facts about what really happened on 9/11.
They have joined with others in common cause as members of "Scholars for 9/11 Truth" (S9/11T), because they are convinced, based on their own research, that the administration has been deceiving the nation about critical events in New York and Washington, D.C.
These experts suggest these events may have been orchestrated by elements within the administration to manipulate Americans into supporting policies at home and abroad they would never have condoned absent "another Pearl Harbor."
They believe that this White House is incapable of investigating itself and hope the possibility that Congress might hold an unaccountable administration accountable is not merely naive or wishful thinking.
They are encouraging news services around the world to secure scientific advice by taking advantage of university resources to verify or to falsify their discoveries. Extraordinary situations, they believe, require extraordinary measures.
If this were done, they contend, one of the great hoaxes of history would stand naked before the eyes of the world and its perpetrators would be clearly exposed, which may be the only hope for saving this nation from ever greater abuse.
They hope this might include The New York Times, which, in their opinion, has repeatedly failed to exercise the leadership expecedt from our nation's newspaper of record by a series of inexplicable lapses. It has failed to vigorously investigate tainted elections, lies leading to the war in Iraq, or illegal NSA spying on the American people, major unconstitutional events. In their view, The Times might compensate for its loss of stature by helping to reveal the truth about one of the great turning-point events of modern history.
Stunning as it may be to acknowledge, they observe, the government has brought but one indictment against anyone and, to the best of their knowledge, has not even reprimanded anyone for incompetence or dereliction of duty. The official conspiracy theory--that nineteen Arab hijackers under control of one man in the wilds of Afghanistan brought this about--is unsupportable by the evidential data, which they have studied. They even believe there are good reasons for suspecting that video tapes officially attributed to Osama bin Laden are not genuine.
They have found the government's own investigiation to be severely flawed. The 9/11 Commission, designated to investigate the attack, was directed by Philip Zelikow, part of the Bush transition team in the NSA sector and the co-author of a book with Condoleezza Rice. A Bush supporter and director of national security affairs, he could hardly be expected to conduct an objective and impartial investigation.
They have discovered that The 9/11 Commission Report is replete with omissions, distortions, and factual errors, which David Ray Griffin has documented in his book, The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions. The official report, for example, entirely ignores the collapse of WTC7, a 47-story building, which was hit by no airplanes, was only damaged by a few small fires, and fell seven hours after the attack.
Here are some of the kinds of considerations that these experts and scholar find profoundly troubling:
* In the history of structural engineering, steel-frame high-rise buildings have never been brought down due to fires either before or since 9/11, so how can fires have brought down three in one day? How is this possible?
* The BBC has reported that at least five of the nineteen alleged "hijackers" have turned up alive and well living in Saudi Arabia, yet according to the FBI, they were among those killed in the attacks. How is this possible?
* Frank DeMartini, a project manager for the WTC, said the buildings were designed with load redistribution capabilities to withstand the impact of airliners, whose effects would be like "puncturing mosquito netting with a pencil." Yet they completely collapsed. How is this possible?
* Since the melting point of steel is about 2,700*F, the temperature of jet fuel fires does not exceed 1,800*F under optimal conditions, and UL certified the steel used to 2,000*F for six hours, the buildings cannot have collapsed due to heat from the fires. How is this possible?
* Flight 77, which allegedly hit the building, left the radar screen in the vicinity of the Ohio/Kentucky border, only to "reappear" in very close proximity to the Pentagon shortly before impact. How is this possible?
* Foreign "terrorists" who were clever enough to coordinate hijacking four commercial airliners seemingly did not know that the least damage to the Pentagon would be done by hitting its west wing. How is this possible?
* Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, in an underground bunker at the White House, watched Vice President Cheney castigate a young officer for asking, as the plane drew closer and closer to the Pentagon, "Do the orders still stand?" The order cannot have been to shoot it down, but must have been the opposite. How is this possible?
* A former Inspector General for the Air Force has observed that Flight 93, which allegedly crashed in Pennsylvania, should have left debris scattered over an area less than the size of a city block; but it is scattered over an area of about eight square miles. How is this possible?
* A tape recording of interviews with air traffic controllers on duty on 9/11 was deliberately crushed, cut into very small pieces, and distributed in assorted places to insure its total destruction. How is this possible?
* The Pentagon conducted a training exercise called "MASCAL" simulating the crash of a Boeing 757 into the building on 24 October 2000, and yet Condoleezza Rice, among others, has repeatedly asserted that "no one ever imagined" a domestic airplane could be used as a weapon. How is this possible?
Their own physics research has established that only controlled demolitions are consistent with the near-gravity speed of fall and virtually symmetrical collapse of all three of the WTC buildings. While turning concrete into very fine dust, they fell straight-down into their own footprints.
These experts and scholars have found themselves obliged to conclude that the 9/11 atrocity represents an instance of the approach--which has been identified by Karl Rove, the President's closest adviser--of "creating our own reality."
# # #
Scholars for 9/11 Truth call for verification and publication by an international consortium.
Duluth, MN (PRWEB) January 30, 2006 -- A group of distinguished experts and scholars, including Robert M. Bowman, James H. Fetzer, Wayne Madsen, John McMurtry, Morgan Reynolds, and Andreas von Buelow, have concluded that senior government officials have covered up crucial facts about what really happened on 9/11.
They have joined with others in common cause as members of "Scholars for 9/11 Truth" (S9/11T), because they are convinced, based on their own research, that the administration has been deceiving the nation about critical events in New York and Washington, D.C.
These experts suggest these events may have been orchestrated by elements within the administration to manipulate Americans into supporting policies at home and abroad they would never have condoned absent "another Pearl Harbor."
They believe that this White House is incapable of investigating itself and hope the possibility that Congress might hold an unaccountable administration accountable is not merely naive or wishful thinking.
They are encouraging news services around the world to secure scientific advice by taking advantage of university resources to verify or to falsify their discoveries. Extraordinary situations, they believe, require extraordinary measures.
If this were done, they contend, one of the great hoaxes of history would stand naked before the eyes of the world and its perpetrators would be clearly exposed, which may be the only hope for saving this nation from ever greater abuse.
They hope this might include The New York Times, which, in their opinion, has repeatedly failed to exercise the leadership expecedt from our nation's newspaper of record by a series of inexplicable lapses. It has failed to vigorously investigate tainted elections, lies leading to the war in Iraq, or illegal NSA spying on the American people, major unconstitutional events. In their view, The Times might compensate for its loss of stature by helping to reveal the truth about one of the great turning-point events of modern history.
Stunning as it may be to acknowledge, they observe, the government has brought but one indictment against anyone and, to the best of their knowledge, has not even reprimanded anyone for incompetence or dereliction of duty. The official conspiracy theory--that nineteen Arab hijackers under control of one man in the wilds of Afghanistan brought this about--is unsupportable by the evidential data, which they have studied. They even believe there are good reasons for suspecting that video tapes officially attributed to Osama bin Laden are not genuine.
They have found the government's own investigiation to be severely flawed. The 9/11 Commission, designated to investigate the attack, was directed by Philip Zelikow, part of the Bush transition team in the NSA sector and the co-author of a book with Condoleezza Rice. A Bush supporter and director of national security affairs, he could hardly be expected to conduct an objective and impartial investigation.
They have discovered that The 9/11 Commission Report is replete with omissions, distortions, and factual errors, which David Ray Griffin has documented in his book, The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions. The official report, for example, entirely ignores the collapse of WTC7, a 47-story building, which was hit by no airplanes, was only damaged by a few small fires, and fell seven hours after the attack.
Here are some of the kinds of considerations that these experts and scholar find profoundly troubling:
* In the history of structural engineering, steel-frame high-rise buildings have never been brought down due to fires either before or since 9/11, so how can fires have brought down three in one day? How is this possible?
* The BBC has reported that at least five of the nineteen alleged "hijackers" have turned up alive and well living in Saudi Arabia, yet according to the FBI, they were among those killed in the attacks. How is this possible?
* Frank DeMartini, a project manager for the WTC, said the buildings were designed with load redistribution capabilities to withstand the impact of airliners, whose effects would be like "puncturing mosquito netting with a pencil." Yet they completely collapsed. How is this possible?
* Since the melting point of steel is about 2,700*F, the temperature of jet fuel fires does not exceed 1,800*F under optimal conditions, and UL certified the steel used to 2,000*F for six hours, the buildings cannot have collapsed due to heat from the fires. How is this possible?
* Flight 77, which allegedly hit the building, left the radar screen in the vicinity of the Ohio/Kentucky border, only to "reappear" in very close proximity to the Pentagon shortly before impact. How is this possible?
* Foreign "terrorists" who were clever enough to coordinate hijacking four commercial airliners seemingly did not know that the least damage to the Pentagon would be done by hitting its west wing. How is this possible?
* Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, in an underground bunker at the White House, watched Vice President Cheney castigate a young officer for asking, as the plane drew closer and closer to the Pentagon, "Do the orders still stand?" The order cannot have been to shoot it down, but must have been the opposite. How is this possible?
* A former Inspector General for the Air Force has observed that Flight 93, which allegedly crashed in Pennsylvania, should have left debris scattered over an area less than the size of a city block; but it is scattered over an area of about eight square miles. How is this possible?
* A tape recording of interviews with air traffic controllers on duty on 9/11 was deliberately crushed, cut into very small pieces, and distributed in assorted places to insure its total destruction. How is this possible?
* The Pentagon conducted a training exercise called "MASCAL" simulating the crash of a Boeing 757 into the building on 24 October 2000, and yet Condoleezza Rice, among others, has repeatedly asserted that "no one ever imagined" a domestic airplane could be used as a weapon. How is this possible?
Their own physics research has established that only controlled demolitions are consistent with the near-gravity speed of fall and virtually symmetrical collapse of all three of the WTC buildings. While turning concrete into very fine dust, they fell straight-down into their own footprints.
These experts and scholars have found themselves obliged to conclude that the 9/11 atrocity represents an instance of the approach--which has been identified by Karl Rove, the President's closest adviser--of "creating our own reality."
# # #
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Arapahoe Buys Xoil
Trouble at the India Pakistan Border a
s Bush-CIA-Carlyle connected oil company
starts explorations in Rajasthan
Arapaho Announces Signing of Letter of Intent to Acquire XOil
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - Dec. 23, 2005) -
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Arapaho Capital Corp. ("Arapaho") (TSX VENTURE:AHO) announced today that it has entered into a letter of intent dated December 23, 2005 with Gynia Holdings Ltd., a private company incorporated in British Virgin Islands ("Gynia"), pursuant to which Arapaho will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of INXOil (Cyprus) Ltd., a private company being incorporated in Cyprus ("XOil") by way of a share exchange with the shareholders of XOil that will result in the shareholders of XOil receiving shares of Arapaho (the "Acquisition"). Pursuant to the terms of the letter of intent, Arapaho has agreed to issue approximately 42.4 million common shares of Arapaho for all of the common shares of XOil, which will represent approximately 68.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of Arapaho post Acquisition, but prior to the financing described below.
XOil is being established to acquire, from Focus Energy Ltd., a private company incorporated in India and beneficially owned by Gynia ("Gynia"), a 50% participation interest in a production sharing contract with the Government of India dated September 23, 2005 relating to an oil and gas exploration property located in India and identified as Block RJ-ONN-2003/2 ("block"), covering an area of approximately 3,260,550 acres, located in North West Rajasthan state. Virtually no exploration, apart from 127 km of 2D seismic and a low resolution gravity survey, has been undertaken in the block so far.
Pursuant to the terms of the letter of intent, it will be a condition of closing that Arapaho or a subsidiary enter into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of XOil II Holdings Ltd., a private company being incorporated in Mauritius ("XOil2") in exchange for approximately 33.9 million common shares of Arapaho which, when exercised, will result in Gynia and its affiliates holding approximately 80% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Arapaho. XOil2 is being established to acquire from Birkbeck Investments Ltd., a private company incorporated in Mauritius and beneficially owned by Gynia, a 40% participation interest in the said block from Birkbeck.
The block is located adjacent to and north of Block RJ-ON-90/1, in which Cairn Energy, PLC, a UK oil explorer, has drilled 84 wells. Cairn has announced a discovery named as "Mangla", located approximately 50 km from the southern boundary of Block RJ-ONN-2003/2. As per independent technical consultant estimates, Mangla has in place 2P reserves of 1,067 mmbbls of oil as of March 2005. Cairn has had an average exploration success ratio of 32.4% in Block RJ-ON-90/1 with wells in the northern part having encountered reservoirs with excellent oil flow rates.
No production has yet been established in Block RJ-ONN-2003/2 so far and no reserves are claimed as of this date.
Chapman Petroleum Engineering Ltd. of Calgary, Alberta has been retained by Arapaho to provide an independent oil and gas report on Block RJ-ONN-2003/2. A more detailed press release containing a summary of the Chapman report and an audited opening balance sheet of XOil will be forthcoming shortly.
It is anticipated that the following directors and management of XOil, who have extensive technical, operational and commercial experience in India, will serve as directors of Arapaho upon completion of the Acquisition. Mr. Anil Aggarwal is also the controlling shareholder of Gynia:
Mr. Anil Aggarwal, New Delhi, India. Mr. Aggarwal has owned and managed a diverse range of businesses during the past 22 years, including businesses engaged in business process outsourcing, footwear marketing, hospitality and commodities trading.
Mr. Ajay Kalsi, New Delhi, India. Mr. Kalsi has managed several businesses engaged in a diverse range of industries including oil and gas exploration and footwear manufacturing. He is the key individual responsible for negotiating and acquiring the production sharing contract for the block on behalf of Gynia's affiliates. Mr. Kalsi holds a M. Phil in Business Economics from Cambridge University and a Bachelor of Science (Economics) from the University of London.
The board will be suitably expanded to incorporate independent directors and other directors in line with the requirements of Arapaho.
Pursuant to an engagement letter dated December 23, 2005, Jones, Gable & Company Limited has agreed to act as agent on a "best efforts" basis in connection with a proposed financing (the "Pre-Acquisition Financing") of subscription receipts of Arapaho at a minimum price of Cdn. $2.00 per subscription receipt (the "Issue Price") to raise gross proceeds of not less than Cdn. $25 million. Each subscription receipt will entitle the holder to receive one unit (a "Unit") of Arapaho without payment of any additional consideration, subject to adjustment in certain events. The gross proceeds of the offering less the agent's estimated out-of-pocket expenses will be held in escrow and will be released to Arapaho upon satisfaction of certain escrow release conditions and the subscription receipts will be automatically exercised upon the satisfaction of the escrow release conditions. If the escrow release conditions are not satisfied prior to March 31, 2006, the escrowed proceeds will be used by Arapaho, together with other funds on hand, to repurchase the subscription receipts. Each Unit will consist of one common share of Arapaho and one-half of one common share purchase warrant. Each whole common share purchase warrant will entitle the holder thereof to acquire one common share of Arapaho for a period of two years at an exercise price of Cdn. $3.00; provided that if the common shares of Arapaho close at Cdn. $4.00 or higher for 20 consecutive days at any time after four months following the Closing Date (the "Forced Acceleration Event"), the expiry date of the common share purchase warrants will occur 30 days after the dissemination of a press release announcing the accelerated expiry date (the "Force Acceleration Expiry Date"). In connection therewith, Jones, Gable will receive a cash commission of 5% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised and that number of broker warrants that is equal to 5% of the number of subscription receipts sold exercisable at the Issue Price into Units until the earlier of one year after the Closing Date and the Forced Acceleration Expiry Date if the Forced Acceleration Event occurs. The net proceeds of the Pre-Acquisition Financing will be used for exploration of the block and for general corporate purposes.
Jones, Gable has also agreed, if required and subject to completion of satisfactory due diligence, to act as sponsor in connection with TSX Venture Exchange listing matters. An agreement to sponsor should not be construed as any assurance with respect to the merits of the Acquisition or the likelihood of completion.
The Acquisition is subject to several conditions that must be satisfied or waived by the parties before the Acquisition can be completed. In addition to the usual conditions, the Acquisition is conditional upon the completion of the Pre-Acquisition Financing substantially on the basis described above, XOil, XOil2 and Arapaho not having any material liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than XOil and XOil2's commitments under its agreement with the Government of India with respect to the block, receipt of the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and any other required regulatory approvals and the approval of the shareholders of Arapaho and of XOil.
Upon completion of the Acquisition and the Acquisition Financing, Arapaho will have issued and outstanding approximately 61,483,333 common shares distributed as follows:
Number of Common Shares Holders
----------------------- -------------------------------------------
6,600,000 the current shareholders of Arapaho
42,383,333 the former shareholders of XOil
12,500,000 common shares issued in the Pre-Acquisition
Financing
Arapaho will continue to have approximately 6,250,000 common shares issuable upon the exercise of common share purchase warrants issued in the Pre-Acquisition Financing. In addition, options will be issued to officers and directors of Arapaho to acquire common shares of Arapaho. An additional 33,906,667 common shares of Arapaho would be issued on completion of the purchase of all of the issued and outstanding shares of XOil2.
Completion of the Acquisition is subject to a number of conditions, including TSX Venture Exchange acceptance and disinterested shareholder approval. The Acquisition cannot close until required shareholder approval is obtained. There can be no assurance that the transaction will be completed as proposed or at all.
Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the management information circular to be prepared in connection with the Acquisition, any information released or received with respect to the Acquisition may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon. Trading in the securities of Arapaho should be considered highly speculative.
The TSX Venture Exchange has in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed Acquisition and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
The shares of Arapaho have been halted from trading and will remain halted until the TSX Venture Exchange has had an opportunity to review additional documentation.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Arapaho Capital Corp.
Brian E. Bayley
(604) 689-1428
(604) 681-4692 (FAX)
or
Focus Energy Ltd.
Vikas Agarwal
General Manager
91 98112 91643 or 91 11515 00515
s Bush-CIA-Carlyle connected oil company
starts explorations in Rajasthan
Arapaho Announces Signing of Letter of Intent to Acquire XOil
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - Dec. 23, 2005) -
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES
Arapaho Capital Corp. ("Arapaho") (TSX VENTURE:AHO) announced today that it has entered into a letter of intent dated December 23, 2005 with Gynia Holdings Ltd., a private company incorporated in British Virgin Islands ("Gynia"), pursuant to which Arapaho will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of INXOil (Cyprus) Ltd., a private company being incorporated in Cyprus ("XOil") by way of a share exchange with the shareholders of XOil that will result in the shareholders of XOil receiving shares of Arapaho (the "Acquisition"). Pursuant to the terms of the letter of intent, Arapaho has agreed to issue approximately 42.4 million common shares of Arapaho for all of the common shares of XOil, which will represent approximately 68.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of Arapaho post Acquisition, but prior to the financing described below.
XOil is being established to acquire, from Focus Energy Ltd., a private company incorporated in India and beneficially owned by Gynia ("Gynia"), a 50% participation interest in a production sharing contract with the Government of India dated September 23, 2005 relating to an oil and gas exploration property located in India and identified as Block RJ-ONN-2003/2 ("block"), covering an area of approximately 3,260,550 acres, located in North West Rajasthan state. Virtually no exploration, apart from 127 km of 2D seismic and a low resolution gravity survey, has been undertaken in the block so far.
Pursuant to the terms of the letter of intent, it will be a condition of closing that Arapaho or a subsidiary enter into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of XOil II Holdings Ltd., a private company being incorporated in Mauritius ("XOil2") in exchange for approximately 33.9 million common shares of Arapaho which, when exercised, will result in Gynia and its affiliates holding approximately 80% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Arapaho. XOil2 is being established to acquire from Birkbeck Investments Ltd., a private company incorporated in Mauritius and beneficially owned by Gynia, a 40% participation interest in the said block from Birkbeck.
The block is located adjacent to and north of Block RJ-ON-90/1, in which Cairn Energy, PLC, a UK oil explorer, has drilled 84 wells. Cairn has announced a discovery named as "Mangla", located approximately 50 km from the southern boundary of Block RJ-ONN-2003/2. As per independent technical consultant estimates, Mangla has in place 2P reserves of 1,067 mmbbls of oil as of March 2005. Cairn has had an average exploration success ratio of 32.4% in Block RJ-ON-90/1 with wells in the northern part having encountered reservoirs with excellent oil flow rates.
No production has yet been established in Block RJ-ONN-2003/2 so far and no reserves are claimed as of this date.
Chapman Petroleum Engineering Ltd. of Calgary, Alberta has been retained by Arapaho to provide an independent oil and gas report on Block RJ-ONN-2003/2. A more detailed press release containing a summary of the Chapman report and an audited opening balance sheet of XOil will be forthcoming shortly.
It is anticipated that the following directors and management of XOil, who have extensive technical, operational and commercial experience in India, will serve as directors of Arapaho upon completion of the Acquisition. Mr. Anil Aggarwal is also the controlling shareholder of Gynia:
Mr. Anil Aggarwal, New Delhi, India. Mr. Aggarwal has owned and managed a diverse range of businesses during the past 22 years, including businesses engaged in business process outsourcing, footwear marketing, hospitality and commodities trading.
Mr. Ajay Kalsi, New Delhi, India. Mr. Kalsi has managed several businesses engaged in a diverse range of industries including oil and gas exploration and footwear manufacturing. He is the key individual responsible for negotiating and acquiring the production sharing contract for the block on behalf of Gynia's affiliates. Mr. Kalsi holds a M. Phil in Business Economics from Cambridge University and a Bachelor of Science (Economics) from the University of London.
The board will be suitably expanded to incorporate independent directors and other directors in line with the requirements of Arapaho.
Pursuant to an engagement letter dated December 23, 2005, Jones, Gable & Company Limited has agreed to act as agent on a "best efforts" basis in connection with a proposed financing (the "Pre-Acquisition Financing") of subscription receipts of Arapaho at a minimum price of Cdn. $2.00 per subscription receipt (the "Issue Price") to raise gross proceeds of not less than Cdn. $25 million. Each subscription receipt will entitle the holder to receive one unit (a "Unit") of Arapaho without payment of any additional consideration, subject to adjustment in certain events. The gross proceeds of the offering less the agent's estimated out-of-pocket expenses will be held in escrow and will be released to Arapaho upon satisfaction of certain escrow release conditions and the subscription receipts will be automatically exercised upon the satisfaction of the escrow release conditions. If the escrow release conditions are not satisfied prior to March 31, 2006, the escrowed proceeds will be used by Arapaho, together with other funds on hand, to repurchase the subscription receipts. Each Unit will consist of one common share of Arapaho and one-half of one common share purchase warrant. Each whole common share purchase warrant will entitle the holder thereof to acquire one common share of Arapaho for a period of two years at an exercise price of Cdn. $3.00; provided that if the common shares of Arapaho close at Cdn. $4.00 or higher for 20 consecutive days at any time after four months following the Closing Date (the "Forced Acceleration Event"), the expiry date of the common share purchase warrants will occur 30 days after the dissemination of a press release announcing the accelerated expiry date (the "Force Acceleration Expiry Date"). In connection therewith, Jones, Gable will receive a cash commission of 5% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised and that number of broker warrants that is equal to 5% of the number of subscription receipts sold exercisable at the Issue Price into Units until the earlier of one year after the Closing Date and the Forced Acceleration Expiry Date if the Forced Acceleration Event occurs. The net proceeds of the Pre-Acquisition Financing will be used for exploration of the block and for general corporate purposes.
Jones, Gable has also agreed, if required and subject to completion of satisfactory due diligence, to act as sponsor in connection with TSX Venture Exchange listing matters. An agreement to sponsor should not be construed as any assurance with respect to the merits of the Acquisition or the likelihood of completion.
The Acquisition is subject to several conditions that must be satisfied or waived by the parties before the Acquisition can be completed. In addition to the usual conditions, the Acquisition is conditional upon the completion of the Pre-Acquisition Financing substantially on the basis described above, XOil, XOil2 and Arapaho not having any material liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than XOil and XOil2's commitments under its agreement with the Government of India with respect to the block, receipt of the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and any other required regulatory approvals and the approval of the shareholders of Arapaho and of XOil.
Upon completion of the Acquisition and the Acquisition Financing, Arapaho will have issued and outstanding approximately 61,483,333 common shares distributed as follows:
Number of Common Shares Holders
----------------------- -------------------------------------------
6,600,000 the current shareholders of Arapaho
42,383,333 the former shareholders of XOil
12,500,000 common shares issued in the Pre-Acquisition
Financing
Arapaho will continue to have approximately 6,250,000 common shares issuable upon the exercise of common share purchase warrants issued in the Pre-Acquisition Financing. In addition, options will be issued to officers and directors of Arapaho to acquire common shares of Arapaho. An additional 33,906,667 common shares of Arapaho would be issued on completion of the purchase of all of the issued and outstanding shares of XOil2.
Completion of the Acquisition is subject to a number of conditions, including TSX Venture Exchange acceptance and disinterested shareholder approval. The Acquisition cannot close until required shareholder approval is obtained. There can be no assurance that the transaction will be completed as proposed or at all.
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Friday, December 16, 2005
Christmas Predictions for Bush
Is the Hammer tapping on George?
Just after Bush:
1. Vice President of the United States - Dick Cheney, not looking too strong nowadays,
2. Speaker of the House - Denny Hastert (out if he gets indicted; and if Delay skates he moves here). Hence the (p)resident makes a statement on the 15th of December 2005 that Tom DeLay is innocent of any wrongdoing in the redistricting of Texas and the laundering of campaign fund contributions. Thanks for clearing that up George, was he actually taking orders from you? Lemme see now, you pardon Tom if he can't get out on his own and then after you throw Cheney to the lions with the help of Henry Gonzales, Tom takes Dick's number two post and then if you get indicted George then Tom returns the favor by pardoning you! Will Tom save you from the guillotine? Should he? Talk about a gamble...
Next year's future:
madman at the helm ! Hell bent strongman Bush steers mankind toward the Rapture!
It is not a light wieght year, but certainly most interesting times. An in-depth understanding of evil awaits us as George W. Bush and Tony Blair take the world’s citizens on a tour of the hell they blithely create to sell small arms and nuclear armaments through their Carlyle Group. We find that The President is more determined than ever to stay the course fueling resistance to empire by means of low intensity and all-out war which is the front end of the family business for the last 300 years.
C ontent in the illusive world of religious idealism feigning innocence, and thumping a Bible Bush lectures that “People will suffer and die... Armageddon approaches... none of us will be alive after the Rapture... sinners will fall to the Devil and I’ll be in heaven with my Lord. I’m a facilitator of the Judgement Day. Nuke them all and let God sort them out.”
Very interesting to note the character and circumstance of the opening winter solstice angle of Pluto 2 Hades starting the year with a deepening depression from the (P)resident on down. A desperate White House resident, Bush swings madly from arrogance to insipid morbidity. This year marks the 299th anniversary of the British Isles. In 1707, England and Scotland merged together to become Great Britain in The Act Of Union. That year was marked by the last conjunction of Pluto and Hades. The cycle is a rather long one with the next ocurring on 30 July 2471. So having missed the last but having a ringside seat for this opposition, I am looking to the English Empire having its defining moment and that we shall witness a truly remarkable event as the English speaking world gets to experience real deep divisive destructive dissolution in the crisis of ideals where there are no compromises. The dangerous, destructive, and despicable actions of the British and US governments under the direction of the arms dealing ‘3 Musketeers’ Bush, Bush, and Blair to whip -up an evil immoral war to grease the coffers of the trans-global arms manufacturing which the three actively and aggressively represent; well, who’d a thunk? The last time that Pluto and Hades had an opposition was in 1247 the year of the death of Robin Hood and also the year Jerusalem (under the rule of the 5th Crusade) fell to the Khorezmians from the modern Uzbekistan area. Interesting that this was the date that the Christians were chased out of Jerusalem.
Winter
12/21/2005 Pluto Hades
An evil change. Increasing poverty. Growing sorrow. Decadence. Unreliable. Failure to act. Dishonesty. On the decline. The situation or condition worsens.
12/25/2005 Mars Cupido
Establishing married life. Active in a community. Artistic activities. Marriage intentions. Working artist. Work partnership.
1/8/2006 Zeus S/R
Leadership. Direction. Irresistible force. Compulsive behavior. Nearness, the immediate present. Directed energy, targets and goals, ambition, creation, projection. Aim. The king of the gods and husband of Hera. Fire, reproduction, creation, fiery, creative.
1/15/2006 Mars Jupiter
Joy of work. Fortunate acts or accomplishments. Lucky Deed. Joyous happenings. Betrothal. Fortunate deed. Creating something. Production. Propagation. Pregnancy. Generation. Children. Fruits and births.
1/20/2006 Mars Hades Pluto
Worthless plans, which cannot be brought about, and are out of date. Sinking into a serving condition. Failure caused by heavy duties. Slackening of service caused by overwork. Corrupt and degenerate and devilish plans and manipulations.
1/22/2006 Apollon S/R
Experience. Success. Glory. Peace. Trade. Commerce. Science. Expansion. Far and wide. Expansiveness, width, many, spreading out, multiplication, specialization. Apollo is the Greek and Roman god of sunlight, prophecy, music and poetry. "lots of", progressive, abundance.
1/31/2006 Jupiter Poseidon
Wisdom. Intelligence. Reason. Right. Understanding. Common sense. Instinct. Insight. Intelligence. Conscience. Mental happiness. Justice.
2/1-3/2006 Mars Admetos Poseidon
Courses of instruction with only a few participants, part of it, active or passive. Activity connected with education or training. Culture or education in a special field. Mental submission. Mental suppression. Suppression of spiritual liberty.
2/4-5/2006 Mars Kronos Admetos
Receiving an unusual order. Decrease of work and duties to carry out a special commission. Leading activity in a small circle or special work. Acting independently under limited circumstances and physical space. Restricted independence. The state says "cease and desist". Heavy pressure applied by the state. Tyranny.
3/4-7/2006 Jupiter Hades
Clouded happiness. Lack of money or money losses. Poverty. Baseness. Dirty financial transactions. Bargaining. Saddened, disturbed or hidden happiness. Lucky with raw materials, old materials, junk, or black market.
3/13-14/2006 Mars Cupido
Establishing married life. Active in a community. Artistic activities. Marriage intentions. Working artist. Work partnership.
3/16/2006 Pluto Hades Kronos
The incompetent chief or boss. Failure of leadership. Incompetent government. Growing dissatisfaction with the government. A bad relationship with the chief or with the government. Meanness and treachery usher in evil changes. Immense wicked deeds are developed. The growing gigantic evil. Large failure.
--Michael Jordan copyright 12-16-2005
Just after Bush:
1. Vice President of the United States - Dick Cheney, not looking too strong nowadays,
2. Speaker of the House - Denny Hastert (out if he gets indicted; and if Delay skates he moves here). Hence the (p)resident makes a statement on the 15th of December 2005 that Tom DeLay is innocent of any wrongdoing in the redistricting of Texas and the laundering of campaign fund contributions. Thanks for clearing that up George, was he actually taking orders from you? Lemme see now, you pardon Tom if he can't get out on his own and then after you throw Cheney to the lions with the help of Henry Gonzales, Tom takes Dick's number two post and then if you get indicted George then Tom returns the favor by pardoning you! Will Tom save you from the guillotine? Should he? Talk about a gamble...
Next year's future:
madman at the helm ! Hell bent strongman Bush steers mankind toward the Rapture!
It is not a light wieght year, but certainly most interesting times. An in-depth understanding of evil awaits us as George W. Bush and Tony Blair take the world’s citizens on a tour of the hell they blithely create to sell small arms and nuclear armaments through their Carlyle Group. We find that The President is more determined than ever to stay the course fueling resistance to empire by means of low intensity and all-out war which is the front end of the family business for the last 300 years.
C ontent in the illusive world of religious idealism feigning innocence, and thumping a Bible Bush lectures that “People will suffer and die... Armageddon approaches... none of us will be alive after the Rapture... sinners will fall to the Devil and I’ll be in heaven with my Lord. I’m a facilitator of the Judgement Day. Nuke them all and let God sort them out.”
Very interesting to note the character and circumstance of the opening winter solstice angle of Pluto 2 Hades starting the year with a deepening depression from the (P)resident on down. A desperate White House resident, Bush swings madly from arrogance to insipid morbidity. This year marks the 299th anniversary of the British Isles. In 1707, England and Scotland merged together to become Great Britain in The Act Of Union. That year was marked by the last conjunction of Pluto and Hades. The cycle is a rather long one with the next ocurring on 30 July 2471. So having missed the last but having a ringside seat for this opposition, I am looking to the English Empire having its defining moment and that we shall witness a truly remarkable event as the English speaking world gets to experience real deep divisive destructive dissolution in the crisis of ideals where there are no compromises. The dangerous, destructive, and despicable actions of the British and US governments under the direction of the arms dealing ‘3 Musketeers’ Bush, Bush, and Blair to whip -up an evil immoral war to grease the coffers of the trans-global arms manufacturing which the three actively and aggressively represent; well, who’d a thunk? The last time that Pluto and Hades had an opposition was in 1247 the year of the death of Robin Hood and also the year Jerusalem (under the rule of the 5th Crusade) fell to the Khorezmians from the modern Uzbekistan area. Interesting that this was the date that the Christians were chased out of Jerusalem.
Winter
12/21/2005 Pluto Hades
An evil change. Increasing poverty. Growing sorrow. Decadence. Unreliable. Failure to act. Dishonesty. On the decline. The situation or condition worsens.
12/25/2005 Mars Cupido
Establishing married life. Active in a community. Artistic activities. Marriage intentions. Working artist. Work partnership.
1/8/2006 Zeus S/R
Leadership. Direction. Irresistible force. Compulsive behavior. Nearness, the immediate present. Directed energy, targets and goals, ambition, creation, projection. Aim. The king of the gods and husband of Hera. Fire, reproduction, creation, fiery, creative.
1/15/2006 Mars Jupiter
Joy of work. Fortunate acts or accomplishments. Lucky Deed. Joyous happenings. Betrothal. Fortunate deed. Creating something. Production. Propagation. Pregnancy. Generation. Children. Fruits and births.
1/20/2006 Mars Hades Pluto
Worthless plans, which cannot be brought about, and are out of date. Sinking into a serving condition. Failure caused by heavy duties. Slackening of service caused by overwork. Corrupt and degenerate and devilish plans and manipulations.
1/22/2006 Apollon S/R
Experience. Success. Glory. Peace. Trade. Commerce. Science. Expansion. Far and wide. Expansiveness, width, many, spreading out, multiplication, specialization. Apollo is the Greek and Roman god of sunlight, prophecy, music and poetry. "lots of", progressive, abundance.
1/31/2006 Jupiter Poseidon
Wisdom. Intelligence. Reason. Right. Understanding. Common sense. Instinct. Insight. Intelligence. Conscience. Mental happiness. Justice.
2/1-3/2006 Mars Admetos Poseidon
Courses of instruction with only a few participants, part of it, active or passive. Activity connected with education or training. Culture or education in a special field. Mental submission. Mental suppression. Suppression of spiritual liberty.
2/4-5/2006 Mars Kronos Admetos
Receiving an unusual order. Decrease of work and duties to carry out a special commission. Leading activity in a small circle or special work. Acting independently under limited circumstances and physical space. Restricted independence. The state says "cease and desist". Heavy pressure applied by the state. Tyranny.
3/4-7/2006 Jupiter Hades
Clouded happiness. Lack of money or money losses. Poverty. Baseness. Dirty financial transactions. Bargaining. Saddened, disturbed or hidden happiness. Lucky with raw materials, old materials, junk, or black market.
3/13-14/2006 Mars Cupido
Establishing married life. Active in a community. Artistic activities. Marriage intentions. Working artist. Work partnership.
3/16/2006 Pluto Hades Kronos
The incompetent chief or boss. Failure of leadership. Incompetent government. Growing dissatisfaction with the government. A bad relationship with the chief or with the government. Meanness and treachery usher in evil changes. Immense wicked deeds are developed. The growing gigantic evil. Large failure.
--Michael Jordan copyright 12-16-2005
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Scenarios In The Stars
Bush sacrifices Cheney to Fitzgerald and asks for the indictment from Gonzales while Rumsfeld Resigns/Retires to Taos, NM/St.Michael's, MD. Cheney gets a pardon from Bush and retires to GUESS! Where? St. Michael's, MD!!!! Meanwhile who's VP? Tom "the Hammer" DeLay as the Speaker of the House beats the rap in Texas and returns as the next in line for the Presidency as the Vice President while Joe Lieberman becomes the new Secretary of Defense in a cross party lines switch just as the William Cohen move in the Clinton Administration and what a deal because you get two Israeli Arms dealing demons either way!! Condoleeza becomes the continuity and being the most easily controlled she Brays On!
Monday, October 31, 2005
guest
Prosecutor Should Dig Deeper
By Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
The Baltimore Sun
Sunday 30 October 2005
Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald's investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's name has reaffirmed the basic American principle that even the highest government officials are subject to the rule of law. His charges represent the start of a revitalization of the institutions designed to maintain government under law. But that revitalization still has a long way to go.
As a prosecutor, Mr. Fitzgerald rightly brought charges where the law was clearest and the evidence most compelling. But the alleged crimes he is investigating are in essence the apparent cover-up operation for another possible set of crimes against national and international law. Why would I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby commit perjury and lie to FBI agents, as he is accused of doing?
The letters from Acting Attorney General James B. Comey appointing Mr. Fitzgerald delegated to him "all the authority of the attorney general" to investigate and prosecute "violations of any federal criminal laws related to the underlying alleged unauthorized disclosure."
We would argue that Mr. Comey's charge, based on the evidence Mr. Fitzgerald has uncovered, authorizes the special prosecutor to investigate the following:
Did top Bush administration officials deceive Congress? Several federal statutes make it a crime to lie to Congress. As Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York recently put it, "If, as mounting evidence is tending to show, administration officials deliberately deceived Congress and the American people, this would constitute a criminal conspiracy against the entire country."
Did top administration officials violate the U.S. Anti-Torture Act? The law makes torture and conspiracy to commit torture a crime. The former commander at Abu Ghraib prison, Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, has stated that abusive techniques were "delivered with full authority and knowledge of the secretary of defense and probably [Vice President Dick] Cheney."
Did top administration officials violate the War Crimes Act? Passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, the law makes it a federal crime for any U.S. national to commit a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions.
In a 2002 memo, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, who was then White House counsel, urged that the United States "opt out" of the Geneva Conventions for the Afghan war on the grounds that opting out "substantially reduces the likelihood of prosecution under the War Crimes Act."
What was he worrying about? Did the special prosecutor find evidence that top Bush administration officials ordered or condoned the string of Geneva Conventions violations that run from Abu Ghraib to Guantanamo Bay and from the leveling of Fallujah to attacks on medical facilities?
Did top administration officials violate the War Powers Act? The law requires the president to present to Congress the basis for proposed U.S. military action. If the administration provided false information, is it guilty of violating the War Powers Act and, in effect, usurping the war powers given to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution?
Did top administration officials violate the U.N. Charter? U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said the U.S. attack on Iraq was "illegal." The conduct of the war has involved many breaches of internationally guaranteed protections of civilians. Did the special prosecutor find evidence of deliberate violation of U.S. treaty obligations, which under Article VI of the Constitution are the law of the land?
If the special prosecutor found evidence of violation of "any criminal laws," he is obliged to investigate and prosecute. Where the abuses he finds are not covered by existing federal law, they must be addressed by Congress, either by new laws or through the impeachment process.
The Bush administration's alleged abuses of national and international law are closely linked. The Valerie Plame affair was not just a random incident, but rather an effort to silence critics attempting to halt an aggressive war whose initiation and conduct appear to have violated both national and international law. Indeed, aggressive war, illegal conduct of war and torture are nothing less than war crimes.
Investigation and, if warranted, prosecution of such crimes is crucial for the revitalization of democratic government in our country. To let such flagrant flouting of the rule of law go unpunished would be to invite government officials to subvert our Constitution again.
Repudiating war crimes committed by high U.S. officials is also an essential starting point for repairing the damage done to our country's international relationships and reputation. There is no way to take the taint off our country for the abuses symbolized by Abu Ghraib without holding those responsible for them accountable.
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Brendan Smith, a legal scholar, and Jeremy Brecher, a historian, are editors of In the Name of Democracy: American War Crimes in Iraq and Beyond. Mr. Smith's e-mail address is smithb@lawnet.ucla.edu, and Mr. Brecher's e-mail address is jbrecher@igc.org.
By Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
The Baltimore Sun
Sunday 30 October 2005
Prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald's investigation into the leak of a CIA operative's name has reaffirmed the basic American principle that even the highest government officials are subject to the rule of law. His charges represent the start of a revitalization of the institutions designed to maintain government under law. But that revitalization still has a long way to go.
As a prosecutor, Mr. Fitzgerald rightly brought charges where the law was clearest and the evidence most compelling. But the alleged crimes he is investigating are in essence the apparent cover-up operation for another possible set of crimes against national and international law. Why would I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby commit perjury and lie to FBI agents, as he is accused of doing?
The letters from Acting Attorney General James B. Comey appointing Mr. Fitzgerald delegated to him "all the authority of the attorney general" to investigate and prosecute "violations of any federal criminal laws related to the underlying alleged unauthorized disclosure."
We would argue that Mr. Comey's charge, based on the evidence Mr. Fitzgerald has uncovered, authorizes the special prosecutor to investigate the following:
Did top Bush administration officials deceive Congress? Several federal statutes make it a crime to lie to Congress. As Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York recently put it, "If, as mounting evidence is tending to show, administration officials deliberately deceived Congress and the American people, this would constitute a criminal conspiracy against the entire country."
Did top administration officials violate the U.S. Anti-Torture Act? The law makes torture and conspiracy to commit torture a crime. The former commander at Abu Ghraib prison, Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, has stated that abusive techniques were "delivered with full authority and knowledge of the secretary of defense and probably [Vice President Dick] Cheney."
Did top administration officials violate the War Crimes Act? Passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, the law makes it a federal crime for any U.S. national to commit a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions.
In a 2002 memo, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, who was then White House counsel, urged that the United States "opt out" of the Geneva Conventions for the Afghan war on the grounds that opting out "substantially reduces the likelihood of prosecution under the War Crimes Act."
What was he worrying about? Did the special prosecutor find evidence that top Bush administration officials ordered or condoned the string of Geneva Conventions violations that run from Abu Ghraib to Guantanamo Bay and from the leveling of Fallujah to attacks on medical facilities?
Did top administration officials violate the War Powers Act? The law requires the president to present to Congress the basis for proposed U.S. military action. If the administration provided false information, is it guilty of violating the War Powers Act and, in effect, usurping the war powers given to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution?
Did top administration officials violate the U.N. Charter? U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said the U.S. attack on Iraq was "illegal." The conduct of the war has involved many breaches of internationally guaranteed protections of civilians. Did the special prosecutor find evidence of deliberate violation of U.S. treaty obligations, which under Article VI of the Constitution are the law of the land?
If the special prosecutor found evidence of violation of "any criminal laws," he is obliged to investigate and prosecute. Where the abuses he finds are not covered by existing federal law, they must be addressed by Congress, either by new laws or through the impeachment process.
The Bush administration's alleged abuses of national and international law are closely linked. The Valerie Plame affair was not just a random incident, but rather an effort to silence critics attempting to halt an aggressive war whose initiation and conduct appear to have violated both national and international law. Indeed, aggressive war, illegal conduct of war and torture are nothing less than war crimes.
Investigation and, if warranted, prosecution of such crimes is crucial for the revitalization of democratic government in our country. To let such flagrant flouting of the rule of law go unpunished would be to invite government officials to subvert our Constitution again.
Repudiating war crimes committed by high U.S. officials is also an essential starting point for repairing the damage done to our country's international relationships and reputation. There is no way to take the taint off our country for the abuses symbolized by Abu Ghraib without holding those responsible for them accountable.
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Brendan Smith, a legal scholar, and Jeremy Brecher, a historian, are editors of In the Name of Democracy: American War Crimes in Iraq and Beyond. Mr. Smith's e-mail address is smithb@lawnet.ucla.edu, and Mr. Brecher's e-mail address is jbrecher@igc.org.
Monday, July 11, 2005
Londoners Pay Heavy Price for Blair's Deception
Londoners Pay Heavy Price for Blair's Deception
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
Do you feel safer now that George Bush's and Tony Blair's barbaric attacks on Iraq have brought barbaric attacks to London?
Coordinated attacks on London's transport system have apparently killed 38 and injured 700. It is a terrible thing but hardly surprising. Did Londoners really think that the British people would not be held accountable for electing and reelecting Tony Blair--a war criminal under the Nuremberg standard--who aided and abetted George Bush's illegal invasion of Iraq on false pretenses?
Did Londoners really believe that Muslims would have no response to the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and the slaughter, torture, and detention of Muslims?
Blair and Bush are on their high horses claiming the morality of "civilized nations" and denouncing the retaliation they have provoked as "barbarism."
Their hypocrisy plays poorly in the world. Far more innocent Iraqi civilians, especially women and children, have been slaughtered than British and Americans. Why do Bush and Blair believe they should be praised for slaughtering civilians and only Muslims denounced?
Why do Americans think it is heroic and honorable for our troops to massacre Iraqis with bombs, missiles, gunships, tanks, and heavy machine guns, but cowardly and barbaric when our victims fight back in the only way they can?
The US and Britain started this fight, not Iraq. We should be ashamed that Bush and Blair deceived us, tricked us into a pointless and unjust war, and that innocent people on both sides are paying with their lives and limbs for Bush's and Blair's lies. Our real anger should be directed at Bush and Blair who are responsible for the deaths and destruction.
The American and British people had better wake up, depose their immoral leaders, and put a halt to this war.
There are 1.3 billion Muslims. The Iraqi insurgency has proved that Muslims are not intimidated by a "superpower." Unless the American and British people want a 30-year or a 100-year war with domestic police states for "security" reasons and a draft that will bleed their populations dry, this war needs to be wound up quickly with due apologies and reparations.
No more bluster and heroic talk from the two war criminals. The war is breeding terrorism and cannot be won. Only an even-handed diplomacy that breeds trust and ceases to rule Muslims with puppet governments can isolate and reduce terrorist acts. Muslims are not a few scattered Indian tribes with no place to hide who can be exterminated. America has no chance of imposing its will on the Muslim world. Muslims have their own will.
As long as Bush continues to operate with Mao's belief that power comes out of the barrel of a gun, terrorism will prosper and people will die for no reason except their refusal to hold corrupt leaders accountable.
Paul Craig Roberts has held a number of academic appointments and has contributed to numerous scholarly publications. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. His graduate economics education was at the University of Virginia, the University of California at Berkeley, and Oxford University. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions. He can be reached at: paulcraigroberts@yahoo.com
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
Do you feel safer now that George Bush's and Tony Blair's barbaric attacks on Iraq have brought barbaric attacks to London?
Coordinated attacks on London's transport system have apparently killed 38 and injured 700. It is a terrible thing but hardly surprising. Did Londoners really think that the British people would not be held accountable for electing and reelecting Tony Blair--a war criminal under the Nuremberg standard--who aided and abetted George Bush's illegal invasion of Iraq on false pretenses?
Did Londoners really believe that Muslims would have no response to the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and the slaughter, torture, and detention of Muslims?
Blair and Bush are on their high horses claiming the morality of "civilized nations" and denouncing the retaliation they have provoked as "barbarism."
Their hypocrisy plays poorly in the world. Far more innocent Iraqi civilians, especially women and children, have been slaughtered than British and Americans. Why do Bush and Blair believe they should be praised for slaughtering civilians and only Muslims denounced?
Why do Americans think it is heroic and honorable for our troops to massacre Iraqis with bombs, missiles, gunships, tanks, and heavy machine guns, but cowardly and barbaric when our victims fight back in the only way they can?
The US and Britain started this fight, not Iraq. We should be ashamed that Bush and Blair deceived us, tricked us into a pointless and unjust war, and that innocent people on both sides are paying with their lives and limbs for Bush's and Blair's lies. Our real anger should be directed at Bush and Blair who are responsible for the deaths and destruction.
The American and British people had better wake up, depose their immoral leaders, and put a halt to this war.
There are 1.3 billion Muslims. The Iraqi insurgency has proved that Muslims are not intimidated by a "superpower." Unless the American and British people want a 30-year or a 100-year war with domestic police states for "security" reasons and a draft that will bleed their populations dry, this war needs to be wound up quickly with due apologies and reparations.
No more bluster and heroic talk from the two war criminals. The war is breeding terrorism and cannot be won. Only an even-handed diplomacy that breeds trust and ceases to rule Muslims with puppet governments can isolate and reduce terrorist acts. Muslims are not a few scattered Indian tribes with no place to hide who can be exterminated. America has no chance of imposing its will on the Muslim world. Muslims have their own will.
As long as Bush continues to operate with Mao's belief that power comes out of the barrel of a gun, terrorism will prosper and people will die for no reason except their refusal to hold corrupt leaders accountable.
Paul Craig Roberts has held a number of academic appointments and has contributed to numerous scholarly publications. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. His graduate economics education was at the University of Virginia, the University of California at Berkeley, and Oxford University. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions. He can be reached at: paulcraigroberts@yahoo.com
Thursday, July 07, 2005
What's Behind the London Attacks?
The bombing of the London Underground was a false-flag operation designed to keep the West mired in war. Don't believe otherwise.
By Matt Hutaff Jul 7, 2005
Only one word sprang to mind when I heard about the bombings that claimed the lives of dozens of Londoners today – convenient.
Is there anything convenient in death, or in thousands of lives destroyed from catastrophe? No – and words cannot express the sorrow I feel for the men and women changed by today's events. But governments with skeletons in their closets have a great deal to gain from a national tragedy bolstered by "terrorism."
As I sit in my office today, I hear the whispers of co-workers now utterly convinced our war on terror must continue. Despite American and British involvement in the Middle East birthing wave after wave of rebel forces, the Bush doctrine is now justified in the minds of millions. Petty grievances such as the Downing Street Minutes, the President's flagging support and Karl Rove's treasonous outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame are unimportant. A shadowy conglomeration is out to kill us.
Sound familiar? It should – the same emotional ploy was used to great effect on Americans in the wake of September 11th. Question nothing, particularly your cries for vengeance or that nagging feeling in the back of your head. Justice delayed is justice denied.
Unlike four years ago, however, I refuse to accept that the attack on London was anything less than a false-flag operation designed to enrage Western "civilization" against the Middle East. Why? Because there is no reason for "terrorist" groups to attack England. As recently as this week, the Ministry of Defense announced that plans were being drafted that would pull British armed forces from the quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan. With the British effectively admitting they're throwing in the towel, the only motivation to stay could come from an attack that compels the forces to stay and fight "global terrorism."
Think about it. The attack only benefits empires desperate to maintain a foothold in the Middle East without further eroding public opinion. Will Parliament shrug their shoulders and push their soldiers into longer tours of duty because of this? Obviously it's too early to tell, but if that happens, insurgents and rebels will have lost more than they could have ever possibly gained in destroying part of the Underground.
Brian Kilmeade of Fox News agrees, claiming the sabotage "works to ... [the] Western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together." It doesn't just make "terrorism" an American problem. It makes it a worldwide problem. The Number One problem.
No longer do we need to concern ourselves with two world leaders (who have spawned more worldwide terrorism than any fanatical religious organization) going unquestioned in their lies that started a war. We can cast off our sluggish economies, lack of freedoms and pitiful descent into draconian law. Terror is on the rise.
I feel like I'm sitting in my apartment watching the World Trade Center collapse all over again.
Everything is the same, right down to the previously unheard of Islamic group (The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe? Are you kidding me?) taking credit – even though the translation falls apart under scrutiny and the Q'uran is improperly cited. Considering the only Al Qaeda cell to ever be uncovered was a front for the Mossad, you'd think the perpetrators could at least come up with a clever new booga-booga name to grab headlines. Their arrogance is startling.
As is the ever-present Israeli connection, a staple among false flag operations. Before today's attack, the Israeli Embassy in London was notified an attack was forthcoming. As a result, former Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu remained in his hotel room rather than head towards a nearby hotel where he was to address an economic summit.
The embassy denies it had any prior knowledge, of course, but the story has changed dramatically in the process. If, as they say, Netanyahu was not warned, how did he know to stay in his room? How did he know the danger was so severe that he dare not venture out of the hotel?
Oops! The story's changed again – here Netanyahu says that British police had warned the Israelis (but not the rest of the city?) of a pending attack. Scotland Yard denies this; Israel's reply was to say Netanyahu received his warning after the first blast. How? It was initially reported as a power surge for hours. What is being hidden here? And why isn't there an investigation into these obvious discrepancies?
It's enough to make your head spin and your eyes cross with rage.
Regardless, I am making an appeal to Britons who are understandably wracked with grief at the moment – don't buy into the hatred the way we Americans did. Don't ignore the obvious evidence that this whole affair was orchestrated by your own government. Most importantly, don't let the deaths of the few, however tragic, plunge your nation into another fit of war and civic clampdowns.
Toying with your emotions is expected. Don't fall prey to ignorance. See the attack on your home for what it really is – a distraction that will keep your money, resources and troops mired in ceaseless battle for an ideology that betrays your democratic and civilized tenets.
Honor your dead with tears, not a cry for war or praise for a disgraced leader.
The bombing of the London Underground was a false-flag operation designed to keep the West mired in war. Don't believe otherwise.
By Matt Hutaff Jul 7, 2005
Only one word sprang to mind when I heard about the bombings that claimed the lives of dozens of Londoners today – convenient.
Is there anything convenient in death, or in thousands of lives destroyed from catastrophe? No – and words cannot express the sorrow I feel for the men and women changed by today's events. But governments with skeletons in their closets have a great deal to gain from a national tragedy bolstered by "terrorism."
As I sit in my office today, I hear the whispers of co-workers now utterly convinced our war on terror must continue. Despite American and British involvement in the Middle East birthing wave after wave of rebel forces, the Bush doctrine is now justified in the minds of millions. Petty grievances such as the Downing Street Minutes, the President's flagging support and Karl Rove's treasonous outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame are unimportant. A shadowy conglomeration is out to kill us.
Sound familiar? It should – the same emotional ploy was used to great effect on Americans in the wake of September 11th. Question nothing, particularly your cries for vengeance or that nagging feeling in the back of your head. Justice delayed is justice denied.
Unlike four years ago, however, I refuse to accept that the attack on London was anything less than a false-flag operation designed to enrage Western "civilization" against the Middle East. Why? Because there is no reason for "terrorist" groups to attack England. As recently as this week, the Ministry of Defense announced that plans were being drafted that would pull British armed forces from the quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan. With the British effectively admitting they're throwing in the towel, the only motivation to stay could come from an attack that compels the forces to stay and fight "global terrorism."
Think about it. The attack only benefits empires desperate to maintain a foothold in the Middle East without further eroding public opinion. Will Parliament shrug their shoulders and push their soldiers into longer tours of duty because of this? Obviously it's too early to tell, but if that happens, insurgents and rebels will have lost more than they could have ever possibly gained in destroying part of the Underground.
Brian Kilmeade of Fox News agrees, claiming the sabotage "works to ... [the] Western world's advantage, for people to experience something like this together." It doesn't just make "terrorism" an American problem. It makes it a worldwide problem. The Number One problem.
No longer do we need to concern ourselves with two world leaders (who have spawned more worldwide terrorism than any fanatical religious organization) going unquestioned in their lies that started a war. We can cast off our sluggish economies, lack of freedoms and pitiful descent into draconian law. Terror is on the rise.
I feel like I'm sitting in my apartment watching the World Trade Center collapse all over again.
Everything is the same, right down to the previously unheard of Islamic group (The Secret Organization of al-Qaida in Europe? Are you kidding me?) taking credit – even though the translation falls apart under scrutiny and the Q'uran is improperly cited. Considering the only Al Qaeda cell to ever be uncovered was a front for the Mossad, you'd think the perpetrators could at least come up with a clever new booga-booga name to grab headlines. Their arrogance is startling.
As is the ever-present Israeli connection, a staple among false flag operations. Before today's attack, the Israeli Embassy in London was notified an attack was forthcoming. As a result, former Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu remained in his hotel room rather than head towards a nearby hotel where he was to address an economic summit.
The embassy denies it had any prior knowledge, of course, but the story has changed dramatically in the process. If, as they say, Netanyahu was not warned, how did he know to stay in his room? How did he know the danger was so severe that he dare not venture out of the hotel?
Oops! The story's changed again – here Netanyahu says that British police had warned the Israelis (but not the rest of the city?) of a pending attack. Scotland Yard denies this; Israel's reply was to say Netanyahu received his warning after the first blast. How? It was initially reported as a power surge for hours. What is being hidden here? And why isn't there an investigation into these obvious discrepancies?
It's enough to make your head spin and your eyes cross with rage.
Regardless, I am making an appeal to Britons who are understandably wracked with grief at the moment – don't buy into the hatred the way we Americans did. Don't ignore the obvious evidence that this whole affair was orchestrated by your own government. Most importantly, don't let the deaths of the few, however tragic, plunge your nation into another fit of war and civic clampdowns.
Toying with your emotions is expected. Don't fall prey to ignorance. See the attack on your home for what it really is – a distraction that will keep your money, resources and troops mired in ceaseless battle for an ideology that betrays your democratic and civilized tenets.
Honor your dead with tears, not a cry for war or praise for a disgraced leader.
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The Hippie era extended from 1966 until the collapse of Richard M. Nixon. At Dick’s resignation the tenseness subsided somewhat and people relaxed too much and the Justice Department started going after soft drugs such as acid and pot and started allowing hard drugs to become more available. The plan of the Justice Department was that the hippies would be unable to differentiate between the benefits of enlightenment afforded users of pot and acid and the highly destructive consequences of cocaine, speed, and opiates. I remember that in D.C. pot and acid busts were increased and Owsley had to disappear, and Leary had to leave the country; while cocaine was starting to be pushed as a cheap alternative to psychedelics. Increasingly, in the early 70’s, pot and hash were being mixed with opium and people were being truly drugged. To get out of the stupor of short term hard drug withdrawal they were offered speed.
Good psychedelics were increasingly hard to find and became increasingly hard to afford. Decent pot could be had for $10 (ten) dollars a lid (ounce) in 1966 and by 1973 it went to $40 to $50 dollars an ounce. Now it is $80 or more an 1/8 of an ounce. Acid which was relatively easy to make; was $1 a hit in a sheet of $100 and it sold for $3. a hit. But a bust involving a $3. hit of acid to the wrong customer could get you a life sentence. It was legal to take it in 1966. Judges, lawmakers, and presidents felt that enlightenment of a large number of people which had been going on for 7 years or so was costing them. The corrupt president and Justice Department were afraid that they would no longer be able to control the free-thinkers. People were thinking for themselves and coming up with solutions which were socialistic and all inclusive. Birth control was working and labor wages were stabilizing. People were thinking. This was considered dangerous for the prospects of the status quo authoritarian class so they primed those who were happy with being told how to think and increased their access to guns all the while pouring cheap cocaine and opium and heroin into the streets. This is how the same group of people and their identical selfish interests conquered the Chinese. The British forbears of Tony Blair and George Bush and Dick Cheney got the Chinese hooked on opiates in order to conquer them
It is not as if these things are difficult to comprehend but it is to our everlasting peril to assume that these tactics are not at the top of the motivations of the authoritarians in government today. Ask yourself why poppy fields are NEVER bombed, while benign pot farmers are perennially harassed even in California and other places where the people want it. The uncomfortable truth is that the government will go out of its way to bring opiates and cocaine into the country to weaken the foolish just as they recently were seen to do in L.A. Ask Maxine Watters, or Gary Webb, or Daniel Sheehan about this one. They were stonewalled because there really is a right wing stranglehold on the world’s citizens and it keeps it’s grip by making more addicts; diluting labor movements by discouraging birth control and family planning; de-funding education so that people can’t think straight, and placing more guns into the world and baiting fights, and using bizarre immigration policy to increase hostility between workers. And progressives lap up the conservative swill like it was nectar from the gods.
The last thing any of these authoritarians want is peace. The hippies came from a very tuned-out historical legacy and developed positive awareness in spite of centuries of cultural programming solely because of the mass enlightenments of the acid tests in New York, San Francisco and Berkeley. People could travel easily and work was plentiful. The U.S. borders were relatively secure from diluting immigration and the power of Acid was making a difference in the way people interacted with the world. Art and music flourished to a degree not seen since the early 1800’s. Even Catholics were seen to be practicing birth control. Science was looking toward sustainable sensibility and management of the Earth’s resources. Solar power was birthed. The first microprocessors were made. Human genetic research blossomed.
All of those elements were seen to endanger the Oil and Coal based business model. The authoritarians could not figure how to control the population if they were able to harness free energy and didn’t need to send money to PG&E and Con Ed. “We’ll keep destroying the solar energy movement until we can figure out how to put a meter on the Sun.”
A plan for war was developed by Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld back in the early days of the Nixon Administration and the main thrust was to shut the Hippies up, because from their view they had no worth which was not measured with money. So they proceeded to kill Hippies, drug Hippies, jail Hippies, had the media grossly misrepresent Hippies. They shot John Lennon, overdosed Janice, Jimi, and others. They had earlier killed MLK RFK, JFK, & Malcom. And it continues today with the jailing of Democratic fundraiser Martha Stewart, the threatened jailing of Michael Moore, etc. They have us on the ropes and hope that we will try and escape so that they can shoot us in the street just like at Kent State.
Acid showed Hippies how to think when the authoritarians wanted to tell us what to think. There will always be eras where people need to get their collective heads in sync and Acid was the key. In 1649 there were the Diggers who maintained that all land be held in common for the common good. They were slaughtered. In 1969, 320 years later there were the Hippies. They are a dying breed who valiantly tried to take the wheel of history with peace as a guiding ethic, but with the increased burden of completely unchecked population growth in the “South” and with it; migration to the “North” in search of food which is in short supply, the pressures of competition for sustenance are going to bring the planet to a state of horrible war which will last for hundreds of years. Within 20 years this nation is going to be a complete military dictatorship and as the spirits wither and the souls long for release the dream will be over and the nightmare will own the planet.
We need to do much more than we are doing right now and the first thing on the agenda is to stop having children after 1. Without Zero Population Growth being worldwide law in the next five years the scenario outlined above will be unavoidable. The doors of perception only open up about every hundred years so the next opening will start about 2062. Even if you don’t plan to be around then help guide those who will be around. And as anyone who has been to the “Other Side” knows You never come back and so you don’t need drugs to get you where you already are. So stay sane, care for others and don’t add to the misery around you by having more children.
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