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Things to Contemplate Besides the Lint in Your Navel

By Aaron Cantor

These items were forwarded to me by a friend who lives in the gulf area, and I have included intact the URL addresses so you can check them for yourself, that is if you are interested in what is going on down there, AND WHAT THE ELITES AND BIGWIGS ARE UP TO.

1.  Barack Obama received more money from BP Oil than ANY OTHER politician in the last 20 years – Republican or Democrat. (Reuters, http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64420A20100505)

2.  Rahm Emanuel, chief of staff to Barack Obama, lives in a luxury Washington D.C. apartment given to him by a high-level BP Oil Staffer (L.A. Times, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/06/rahm-emanuel-bp-gul-oil-spill.html)

3.  Goldman Sachs, a part owner of BP, was the second highest contributor to Barack Obama, giving him just a little over $1 million (CNN, http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/20/obama.goldman.donations/index.html)

4.  The current chairman of Goldman Sachs was also the chairman of BP oil. He stepped down from BP in 2009 ( Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sutherland)

5.  Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, BP gave more money to Obama (Washington Independent, http://washingtonindependent.com/226/does-exxon-mobil-support-obama)

6.  George Soros, Who Helped Bankroll Obama’s 2008 campaign, is an aggressive investor in oil, and he is instrumental and is influential in Brazilian Oil Company Petrobras. (The Guru Focus, http://www.gurufocus.com/news.php?id=33828)

7.  Curiously, CEO of BP, Tony Hayward dumped 1/3 of his BP stock holdings($2.1 million dollars) weeks before the oil rig explosion (The UK Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7804922/BP-chief-Tony-Hayward-sold-shares-weeks-before-oil-spill.html)

8.  Coincidentally, Goldman Sachs dumped 44% – 4,680,822 shares – of its stock in BP Oil weeks before the spill – no other oil company, just BP. This also represented an unusual transaction, being two times the size of any normal stock trade for an institution its size. (Raw Story, http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0602/month-oil-spill-goldman-sachs-sold-250-million-bp-stock/)

9.  Weeks before the oil spill, Haliburton acquired Boots & Coots, a Houston-based oil well intervention/oil safety/oil spill cleanup company, an investment criticized by many as an “unwise” investment at the time (Houston Chronicle, http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/6952547.html)

1. It has also now been learned that President Obama stands to make over $85 Million over the next 10 years due to this “accident.” It seems as though Vanguard, Pres. Obama’s asset holdings company, dumped all of his shares of BP oil stocks in the weeks before the “accident.” http://www.twawki.com/?p=6768
2. On March 31st, Obama lifted a 20 year moratorium on offshore drilling, opening the Gulf of Mexico to new exploration and new competition amongst oil companies (Bellona, http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2010/US_drilling_moratorium_lifted)
3. As early as February 2010, BP engineer referred to this particular rig as a “nightmare rig.” (AOL News, http://www.aolnews.com/gulf-oil-spill/article/bp-engineer-brian-morel-called-deepwater-horizon-rig-a-nightmare-well-before-explosion/19516105)
4. Jimmy Harrell, chief operator for Transocean who owned the rig was well aware of problems and warned of such a disaster. Harrell is quoted is telling an unknown person on the phone, “”Are you f****g happy? Are you f****g happy? The rig’s on fire! I told you this was gonna happen.” ( Mother Jones http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/06/rigs-fire-i-told-you-was-gonna-happen)
5. BP representatives knowingly and willfully gave the wrong orders on how to prevent an explosion on the rig. In order to control the pressure, cement(known as mud in the industry), is normally thrown down to seal of leaks. Instead, BP reps overruled the opinions of the workers and ordered sea water to be thrown down. This is clear evidence of criminal negligence, ineptitude, or criminal sabbotage. (NOLA.com, http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/hearings_bp_representative_ove.html)
6. The United States Coast Guard, an arm of the US Military under the control of the commander-in-chief, President Obama, has become severely compromised. It has now been “rented out” to BP, who is using it as a private security detail/bully force in the region, using intimidation, cover-ups, lies, as weapons, and not allowing media to remotely come close to any BP workers in the region. The Coast Guard is also directly and indirectly involved in turning away foreign aid, as well as PRIVATE and STATE entities which are proven to help more effectively in preventing damage to their coastlines. http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0617/expert-bp-running-gulf-prison-warden/
7. There has been LITTLE TO NO response on the part of environmental groups and agencies regarding the damage that is being done to the ecosystem and environment in the region. This can only be regarded as suspicious. One can only wonder why they have not only remained silent, but they have praised the Obama administration’s actions.
8. We know that there are three poisonous gasses being released from the oil rig area. These 3 gasses are: Methane, Benzene, Hydrogen Sulfide. This does not include the byproducts of the dispersants which are also being released in the air. It is feared by many scientists and experts that benzene has the capability of igniting itself when it chemically reacts with the right concentration of gasses already present in the region.
9. With the Obama administration’s prolonging, knuckle-dragging, and delays in turning away help and aid, their actions only cause the scenario mentioned above all the more frightening. In a worst case scenario, according to scientists and other experts, the ignition of benzene would result in something akin to napalm, burning everything in its path.

The US Coast Guard is following unlawful orders from President Obama in enforcing the denial of the 10th amendment to the states affected by this disaster. The Federal Government has NO AUTHORITY to tell a state how it will clean up or prevent damage to its coastline.

It is also imperative that the governors of all states affected convene an emergency, joint session of their state’s respective legislatures and declare their 10th amendment rights to use whatever means necessary to protect their coastlines.

The states should then mobilize their respective National Guard units to protect and preserve all authorized activities and entities which are being used to protect their coastlines. Any intervention from ANYONE will be considered a threat against progress and will be resisted by any means necessary – this includes detainment up to and including force if necessary. If the US Coast Guard tries to inhibit or block any efforts by the states, this is a criminal act and should be considered high treason. Surely, the Obama administration would not want this to ruin their PR – Obama would have to accept that the states do indeed have their own respective rights.

These are the details of what seems to be a complete cooperation between BP and Pres. Obama in prolonging and exploiting this disaster for their own benefits – notably the enactment of the Cap & Trade ponzi scheme – which amounts to an unconstitutional and morally deficient tax on breathing. http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/24305

If these matters are not looked into, it is a signal that all of Congress and the Senate is complicit in these actions, is in collusion, and approves of them – both Republican and Democrat.

We, the people, have a good idea that we KNOW what is going on and WHY it is happening. We are letting YOU know, our congressmen and senators, that WE know, and WE will be considering this when we go to the polls in November.

It would also be expedient that the mainstream media begin to investigate these matters as well, and inform the public, as there has been an abject refusal to do so. As you may already know, there is a blackout on media in the region, in regards to approaching BP. There has also suspiciously been a blackout on reporting the fact that there is a blackout in the mainstream media. Alternative media outlets are doing their best to reveal these facts, but much more help is needed. YOU can help make that difference.

I do understand that when these situations are looked into, that we will most likely hear the terms “executive privilege” come up in regards to President Obama’s response. However, these stock trades, which indicate insider trades at the least, are a matter of public record – it speaks for itself, and “executive privilege” will not excuse Pres. Obama’s responses, whatever they may be.

It is way past time for all of these bozos to be called to account, and where necessary, slam the cell door and throw away the key and let them have a taste of the “not so good life” they so richly deserve.

WAKE UP AMERICA!!!

Aaroncantor 2003@yahoo.com

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