Setting aside ignorance and apathy, the Military-Industrial-Petrochemical Complex (MIPC) is our greatest impediment to the continuation of our great nation, and the emotional and physical health of our people. Due to fact that the “MIPC” has its tentacles of financial and political influence so deeply entrenched in our government at many levels, and most specifically the federal level, it has been very difficult to enact an energy and peace policy that is beneficial to the whole of America. In the following article I will specifically cite how the “MIPC” has so insidiously undermined public policy that would take us off of fossil based fuels, oil imports, and greatly reduce defense spending. I will also outline ways that we as individual Americans we can divorce ourselves from this cancerous “MIPC” enemy of our nation.
In 1981 the world reached peak oil production and reserves, with a steady decline since. The US consumes 25% of the world’s usage, but only has 2% of the world’s reserves. We consume 3 times as much oil as the Chinese, but only have a fraction of their population. Our military, the largest single user, consumes 6% to 8% of our national usage at 335,000 barrels per day. 80% of the world’s oil reserves lie within OPEC nations. Compared to Europe and other developed nations we have one of the most regressive energy and environmental policies
The major oil companies are large contributors to presidential and congressional political campaigns. In the last few years the oil companies contributed approximately $420 million per year to political PAC’s and politicians. Exxon contributed $60 million, Chevron $40 million, and BP $30 million. Is it any wonder that government policies greatly favor the oil companies, as opposed to what is best for our national energy policy, the environment, and our citizenry? The game is obviously rigged to favor the needs of the oil companies and not our nation as a whole.
Weeks before “9/11”, Dick Cheney held 40 secret meetings with the major oil producers to discuss and carve out who would be taking over what oil production in Iraq. Senate hearings were held to uncover this fraud, but Republican senators refused to allow oil exec’s to be questioned under oath. Another coincidence, the US Military has most of its military bases in Iraq proximate to the oil production and processing. Does anyone still have a question about the invasion of Iraq being primarily about oil and US Petro Dollars, or do they still subscribe to the myth that we invaded Iraq for WMD’s, ties to bin Laden, or that we wanted to deliver “Freedom and Liberation” to the Iraqi people?
As I have noted in previous articles our real defense costs, both direct and indirect, amount to $1.2 to $1.4 Trillion per year, or approximately 8 to 10% of our GDP. The primary purpose of our military is to support imperialistic operations that secure natural resources and assets for bankers and major corporations. In addition, there is a great deal of money to be made by military and engineering contractors, and bankers who finance the debt created by our excessive military spending. The US spends more for defense than all the combined military budgets of the developed nations. China spends approximately one twentieth of our defense budget on military expenditures.
Defense is not a “Sacred Cow”, do not be intimidated by “False Flag” events such as “9/11”, The Gulf of Tonkin, or Pearl Harbor, Do not act emotionally, but ask serious questions such as who is benefitting financially from any war. We go to war so “Fat Cat” special interests can benefit at the expense of the masses do to corporate greed.
Another issue that we are facing is an escalating trade imbalance which requires the “Fed” to print more and more money, and for us to become a large debtor nation to countries such as China. We have two choices to deal with this excessive debt, we can default and declare bankruptcy, or we can proceed as we have done on many fronts and send our military in to heist and plunder natural resources from other countries through our “Crony Capitalism” corporatocracy. Afghanistan is a perfect example of nation we can occupy and plunder for Lithium, Opium, and land to install a major trans-country gas pipeline. Other nations do not hate us for our freedoms, they actually like most Americans, but they loathe the barbaric imperialistic policies of our corrupt government and run away military. Imports from China are not the only culprit contributing to our trade deficits, oil imports contribute to 38% of our total trade imbalances.
European countries such as France, Germany, Sweden, and Norway have put in place long term sustainable energy plans that benefit the entire society, not just special interest groups. These countries reward, through tax incentives, sustainable energy usage. When Jimmy Carter came into office he installed solar panels on the White House roof, and put together a plan to reduce our energy usage by 25%. Carter was no big friend to the oil companies. When Reagan came into office he arrogantly removed Carter’s positive symbol of solar panels. In addition, Reagan encouraged less fuel efficiency, purchases of larger gas consuming vehicles, and gave tax breaks to anyone buying a vehicle weighing more than 6,000 pounds. People were economically encouraged to buy Hummers and other large SUV type vehicles.
John D. Rockefeller was one of the proponents of Prohibition because it would also outlaw Ethanol, which was a cleaner and renewable alternative to gasoline. Ford had engineered cars that were Ethanol friendly during the early mid-1900, but there was no fuel available due to Prohibition. Ethanol requires as much energy to produce as it can give off, not an efficient energy choice.
On the other hand Bio-Diesel is renewable, it only takes about one third as much energy to produce it as it provides, is renewable, non-polluting, and fuel efficient. Bio-Diesel can be made from waste water, garbage, bio-mass, certain weeds, and special “Macroflora” trees, and other renewable sources.
Scientists have been developing fast growing algae strains that will and are starting to become a major raw ingredient for Bio-Diesel. Algae fields can be installed next to many sewage treatment plants, and will feed on the waste water and carbon dioxide. Oil from algae may be also used in the manufacture of biodegradable plastics and less toxic fertilizers and pesticides.
The following are ten proactive things that we can do as a responsible citizen to reduce our dependency on non-renewable fossil fuels:
1. Take public transportation, ride a bike, walk, buy a hybrid, electric car, diesel car, and use sustainable fuels.
2. Lobby your governments to switch their vehicles over to sustainable and renewable fuels.
3. Buy wind generators or use wind energy providers.
4. Install solar or switch over to solar energy providers.
5. Invest in and encourage the use of sustainable solar, wind, and algae/biodiesel fuel providers.
6. Grow your own fruits and vegetables, or purchase locally grown produce.
7. Try to be carbon neutral. Stop using petroleum products. Eat lower on the food chain; meat is a very inefficient use of energy.
8. Turn off lights, HVAC, and appliances that are not in use.
9. Dig beneath the headlines, fact check, question mass media, corporate, and government propaganda.
10. Vote for “Non-Fossil Fuel” politicians who do not support oil and coal producers. Don’t be scared off by people saying it will cut employment.
Together we can reduce our dependency on the Military-Industrial-Petrochemical Complex.
You may visit Harvey’s Blog and leave comments at: http://harveysrantsraves.blogspot.com/
Monday, November 22, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
9/11 an Enriching Business Plan
Putting aside the great loss and devastation to lives and families, one with no moral compass may easily see “9/11” as a tremendous business opportunity. “Corporate Cronyism” has created opportunities for men of means and political connections to high levels of government to conspire to create enriching opportunities for many stakeholders.
When the great banker Baron Rothschild said in the 18th century, "Buy when there's blood in the streets," he merely meant that anyone who had the means could snap up some big bargains in times of revolution and turmoil. Elevated profit opportunities are available when people are motivated by fear.
Through the following specific circumstances I will show how certain stakeholders profited from 9/11, and why 9/11 was a winning formula for a chosen few.
Twin Towers – WTC1 was 93% vacant, while WTC2 was 8% vacant, or an average of 50.5% vacancy for both towers on 9/11. Typically office buildings need to be 95% occupied to be relatively profitable. In addition, both towers had considerable asbestos fireproofing on the structural steel columns, beams, and decking undersides which necessitated removal. The previous owner of the WTC Towers was the Port Authority of NY. The “Port” conducted studies to remove the asbestos and demolish the two 110 story buildings that came in between 10 to 12 billion dollars. In conclusion the buildings had very poor occupancy, antiquated communications infrastructure, serious asbestos abatement issues which made them a perfect candidate for demolition.
Iraq Oil Reserves – Iraq has approximately 115 billion barrels of oil reserves making it 3nd only to Saudi Arabia and Iran in Middle East oil reserves. When Saddam Hussein nationalized the oil fields in 1972 and over 12 Trillion dollars in potential oil sales was taken out of the hands of major players such as BP and Shell. The UK’s Tony Blair with pressure from BP strongly supported taking back the nationalized oil fields. Today major oil companies are back in control thanks to the help of US military forces. Most of the US military bases are proximate to the oil fields.
Scrap Metal & Demolition Contractors - According to FEMA, more than 350,000 tons of scrap steel were extracted from Ground Zero and were hastily barged, or trucked to salvage yards where it was cut up for recycling. Four salvage yards were contracted to process the steel, sold for $120 ton instead of the going rate of $160.
Mass Media –Due to the drama, fear, and hysteria of this cataclysmic event, newspaper, magazine, television, and radio viewership increased, thereby increasing corporate sales of advertising. The major media are owned by General Electric, Viacom, Disney, Fox, AOL Time Warner, Cox, NY Times, Hearst, Gannett, and Scripps.
Propping Up the Dollar - In 2000 Saddam Hussein threatened to start selling oil for Euro Dollars instead of US Petro Dollars. This threat by Hussein was one of the major events that triggered the “9/11 invade Iraq” scenario. Other countries such as Iran and Venezuela would surely have followed suit with a change-over to trading in Euro Dollars that would have decimated the value of the American Dollar and caused untold economic hardships on the US.
Short Sale Options – One week prior to 9/11 there was an inordinate amount of Short Selling of AA, UAL, J.P. Morgan Co. stock. “Short Selling” is taking an option on a stock price falling, while having contracts in hand to sell at a higher price. The FBI did not disclose what hidden investors were involved in this very profitable economic move.
Major Insurance Proceeds – Larry Silverstein the major owner/lessee of the 3 WTC buildings received $500 million in net insurance proceeds from the Controlled Demolition of the buildings after paying off his obligations to “Port” and other stakeholders. The “Port” got back their original development investment of $370 million dollars approximately 10 times from their share of the insurance proceeds. Obviously netting approximately $3.4 billion was far better than having to pay out over $10 billion to demolish the two WTC “White Elephants”.
Homeland Security – There has been a tremendous increase in the sale of body scanners, CCTV systems, security service contracts, primarily in airports due to the alleged fears of potential terrorist activity. Some high level officials in government and related entities have been found to have heavily invested in security related companies.
Private War Contractors in the Middle East – The US has spent over $100 billion on mostly “No Bid, Cost Plus” contracts since 2003 in Iraq. The report, by the Congressional Budget Office, according to people with knowledge of its contents, will say that one out of every five dollars spent on the war in Iraq has gone to contractors for the United States military and other government agencies, in a war zone where employees of private contractors now outnumber American troops.
Unocal Gas Pipeline – The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline being built from Turkmenistan to Pakistan and India is being led by Unocal a Chevron subsidiary formed by a merger of the two companies. It is necessary that the US military has hegemony in the region to secure the route of 1,084 mile, $7.6 billion venture.
Capture of Afghan Poppy Fields – It is now common knowledge that the CIA has been a yearly world trafficker of illegal drugs such as Heroin that is derived from the largest grower of poppies, Afghanistan. It has been estimated that the clandestine drug market run by the CIA, and laundered through major US banks such as Citibank, J.P. Morgan, Chase, etc. is in the neighborhood of $500 billion to $1.5 trillion. This movement of cash helps to stabilize the U Dollar while providing large fees to offshore corporations, banks, and Wall Street.
Increased Debt & Sale of Treasury Notes – A large quantity of treasury notes and debt goes through major international banks. Wars create an opportunity for the banking community to profit on any debt and monetary flow that results from increased expenditures.
Profit on Defense Stocks - Defense and security stocks have become more popular and more valuable. Examples: Lockheed Martin Corp., General Dynamics Corp., Boeing Co., BEA Systems, Raytheon, etc. have all nearly doubled since 2001, while the S&P 500 only gained 25%
Gold Speculation - Gold prices spiked upwards, from $215.50 to $287 an ounce, or 33% on London trading the day of 9/11.
Oil Price Speculation – Gas prices have risen approximately 48% since 2001. Some economists conservatively attribute $10 per barrel premium on oil prices as a result of 9/11. The top oil companies have recorded over $100 billion in profits as a result of increased oil values and the recapture of nationalized oil reserves.
Currency Arbitrage – The value of the US Dollar took a temporary plunge on 9/11, giving holders of foreign currencies such as the Pound Sterling, Euro, Yen, Saudi Riyal, Rupee, and Yuan a perfect opportunity to buy US Dollars at a discount and then resell them at an appreciated rate at a near later date.
Evidence of Corporate Fraud Destroyed – With the Controlled Demolition of WTC7, tenants such as the SEC and FBI had all the important records relating to the investigations of such fraudulent corporate players such as Enron, Worldcom, Tyco, etc. destroyed so that further investigation was brought to a virtual standstill.
In conclusion 9/11 may have been an economic and human loss for some, but in the big picture, the “Fat Cats” laughed all the way to the bank. Do you know any investors, devoid of a moral compass, who would be willing to invest in the next “False Flag” event?
You may visit Harvey’s Blog and leave comments at: http://harveysrantsraves.blogspot.com/
When the great banker Baron Rothschild said in the 18th century, "Buy when there's blood in the streets," he merely meant that anyone who had the means could snap up some big bargains in times of revolution and turmoil. Elevated profit opportunities are available when people are motivated by fear.
Through the following specific circumstances I will show how certain stakeholders profited from 9/11, and why 9/11 was a winning formula for a chosen few.
Twin Towers – WTC1 was 93% vacant, while WTC2 was 8% vacant, or an average of 50.5% vacancy for both towers on 9/11. Typically office buildings need to be 95% occupied to be relatively profitable. In addition, both towers had considerable asbestos fireproofing on the structural steel columns, beams, and decking undersides which necessitated removal. The previous owner of the WTC Towers was the Port Authority of NY. The “Port” conducted studies to remove the asbestos and demolish the two 110 story buildings that came in between 10 to 12 billion dollars. In conclusion the buildings had very poor occupancy, antiquated communications infrastructure, serious asbestos abatement issues which made them a perfect candidate for demolition.
Iraq Oil Reserves – Iraq has approximately 115 billion barrels of oil reserves making it 3nd only to Saudi Arabia and Iran in Middle East oil reserves. When Saddam Hussein nationalized the oil fields in 1972 and over 12 Trillion dollars in potential oil sales was taken out of the hands of major players such as BP and Shell. The UK’s Tony Blair with pressure from BP strongly supported taking back the nationalized oil fields. Today major oil companies are back in control thanks to the help of US military forces. Most of the US military bases are proximate to the oil fields.
Scrap Metal & Demolition Contractors - According to FEMA, more than 350,000 tons of scrap steel were extracted from Ground Zero and were hastily barged, or trucked to salvage yards where it was cut up for recycling. Four salvage yards were contracted to process the steel, sold for $120 ton instead of the going rate of $160.
Mass Media –Due to the drama, fear, and hysteria of this cataclysmic event, newspaper, magazine, television, and radio viewership increased, thereby increasing corporate sales of advertising. The major media are owned by General Electric, Viacom, Disney, Fox, AOL Time Warner, Cox, NY Times, Hearst, Gannett, and Scripps.
Propping Up the Dollar - In 2000 Saddam Hussein threatened to start selling oil for Euro Dollars instead of US Petro Dollars. This threat by Hussein was one of the major events that triggered the “9/11 invade Iraq” scenario. Other countries such as Iran and Venezuela would surely have followed suit with a change-over to trading in Euro Dollars that would have decimated the value of the American Dollar and caused untold economic hardships on the US.
Short Sale Options – One week prior to 9/11 there was an inordinate amount of Short Selling of AA, UAL, J.P. Morgan Co. stock. “Short Selling” is taking an option on a stock price falling, while having contracts in hand to sell at a higher price. The FBI did not disclose what hidden investors were involved in this very profitable economic move.
Major Insurance Proceeds – Larry Silverstein the major owner/lessee of the 3 WTC buildings received $500 million in net insurance proceeds from the Controlled Demolition of the buildings after paying off his obligations to “Port” and other stakeholders. The “Port” got back their original development investment of $370 million dollars approximately 10 times from their share of the insurance proceeds. Obviously netting approximately $3.4 billion was far better than having to pay out over $10 billion to demolish the two WTC “White Elephants”.
Homeland Security – There has been a tremendous increase in the sale of body scanners, CCTV systems, security service contracts, primarily in airports due to the alleged fears of potential terrorist activity. Some high level officials in government and related entities have been found to have heavily invested in security related companies.
Private War Contractors in the Middle East – The US has spent over $100 billion on mostly “No Bid, Cost Plus” contracts since 2003 in Iraq. The report, by the Congressional Budget Office, according to people with knowledge of its contents, will say that one out of every five dollars spent on the war in Iraq has gone to contractors for the United States military and other government agencies, in a war zone where employees of private contractors now outnumber American troops.
Unocal Gas Pipeline – The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline being built from Turkmenistan to Pakistan and India is being led by Unocal a Chevron subsidiary formed by a merger of the two companies. It is necessary that the US military has hegemony in the region to secure the route of 1,084 mile, $7.6 billion venture.
Capture of Afghan Poppy Fields – It is now common knowledge that the CIA has been a yearly world trafficker of illegal drugs such as Heroin that is derived from the largest grower of poppies, Afghanistan. It has been estimated that the clandestine drug market run by the CIA, and laundered through major US banks such as Citibank, J.P. Morgan, Chase, etc. is in the neighborhood of $500 billion to $1.5 trillion. This movement of cash helps to stabilize the U Dollar while providing large fees to offshore corporations, banks, and Wall Street.
Increased Debt & Sale of Treasury Notes – A large quantity of treasury notes and debt goes through major international banks. Wars create an opportunity for the banking community to profit on any debt and monetary flow that results from increased expenditures.
Profit on Defense Stocks - Defense and security stocks have become more popular and more valuable. Examples: Lockheed Martin Corp., General Dynamics Corp., Boeing Co., BEA Systems, Raytheon, etc. have all nearly doubled since 2001, while the S&P 500 only gained 25%
Gold Speculation - Gold prices spiked upwards, from $215.50 to $287 an ounce, or 33% on London trading the day of 9/11.
Oil Price Speculation – Gas prices have risen approximately 48% since 2001. Some economists conservatively attribute $10 per barrel premium on oil prices as a result of 9/11. The top oil companies have recorded over $100 billion in profits as a result of increased oil values and the recapture of nationalized oil reserves.
Currency Arbitrage – The value of the US Dollar took a temporary plunge on 9/11, giving holders of foreign currencies such as the Pound Sterling, Euro, Yen, Saudi Riyal, Rupee, and Yuan a perfect opportunity to buy US Dollars at a discount and then resell them at an appreciated rate at a near later date.
Evidence of Corporate Fraud Destroyed – With the Controlled Demolition of WTC7, tenants such as the SEC and FBI had all the important records relating to the investigations of such fraudulent corporate players such as Enron, Worldcom, Tyco, etc. destroyed so that further investigation was brought to a virtual standstill.
In conclusion 9/11 may have been an economic and human loss for some, but in the big picture, the “Fat Cats” laughed all the way to the bank. Do you know any investors, devoid of a moral compass, who would be willing to invest in the next “False Flag” event?
You may visit Harvey’s Blog and leave comments at: http://harveysrantsraves.blogspot.com/
Sunday, November 7, 2010
God II- A product you can't live without
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“ A new and improved product that no one can live without”
We are very excited about this new amazing product that we have been given an exclusive North American franchise on from Whimsical Enterprises!
“The first 1 million lucky buyers will get this exclusive Real Believers package”
(please use the code word “Real Believer” to save hundreds on this offer)
Many of our buyers are touting this “New and Improved God II Version” over the previous “God Version” that people have been spending thousands of dollars for, for over 5,000 years
The New and Improved GOD II version has the following benefits:
• No more guilt over responsible sexual behavior before marriage
• No need to waste time sitting on hard cold seats in houses of worship listening to the same old boring sermons. Just login on your computer with your exclusive password and enjoy a wonderful cyber connection with GOD II, whenever you want 24/7.
• No more large yearly membership fees or tithing (Mormons really like this special feature)
• GOD II has no gender, the ladies and transgender people will really like this feature.
• One size fits all, no more feeling rejected, judged, or left out because you don’t believe in the correct god
• No more exposure of you or your family to sexual religious predators
• No more having to give up an “eye for an eye, or tooth for a tooth”
• Prayer time is cut by 50% giving you more time for fun sex and outdoor experiences in nature.
• Gay people really like this because they are considered normal and equal to everyone else.
• You receive a genuine embossed certificate signed by Mr. Madeup Ethereal, CEO of the Universe, with a 24 ct. gold embossed stamp and exclusive membership number, wallet membership card.
• No more cumbersome inflammable bibles, prayer books, or Torah scrolls, just down load to your I-Pad, Droid, or Kindle.
• GOD II encourages and mentors “Critical Thinking” skills.
Don’t be without this valuable and rewarding product, just go to: WWW.GODII.COM. Purchase online with a credit card, Paypal, bank wire transfer, or mail in a Cashier’s check for only $250 for a one year exclusive membership. After trying this product for the first 30 days you will be entitled to an exclusive lifetime membership for only $1,000. (10 day hold on personal checks before we can process your order). Also visit our Ebay Store: GODII for all.
Quantity discounts for groups, students, brain washed, and seniors.
Try our very popular add on product called: “Heavenly Delight’s”
Purchased separately “Heavenly Delights” is $100 for the year, or $500 for a lifetime membership.
Heavenly Delight’s exclusive benefits:
• Lifetime guarantee that how much you swear, steal, cheat, defraud, have kinky sex, murder, and oppress you will be entered into the Gates of Heaven upon your demise.
• You will receive our exclusive “No entry into Purgatory Shield” that is rated for fires up to 100,000 degrees Centigrade.
• A free Devil inhibitor Laser Gun (batteries not included).
Buy GODII and Heavenly Delights in the next 7 days, and receive an amazing value of $300 for both wonderful tried and proven products.
We have infinite ratings on Ebay and are proud members of the Better Business Bureau and Open Thinkers Foundation.
“If you loved the original product you will find GODII immensely improved”
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