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Wellstone ruled

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1. Cheney agenda was to

Reply to scottie55 (Original post)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 12:14 PM

Mar 2016

capture all the Mid East Oil Fields. Many have posted links to BBC and Guardian Stories about this. Bottom line was,there was a 6 million Barrel over supply of Oil coming into or on the open market and the big Oil Companies wanted to control this supply because it was inter fearing with their profits. Remember O.I.L. ,another neo-con idea.

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Turns Out Cheney's Energy Task Force [View all] scottie55 Mar 2016 OP

Cheney agenda was to Wellstone ruled Mar 2016 #1

Yeah, they wanted control of keeping that oil in the ground so prices wouldn't go down brush Mar 2016 #2

thus squeezing the life 2naSalit Mar 2016 #3

Yep. They don't care about the middle class here anymore. China's and India's emerging . . . brush Mar 2016 #4

Have doubts about the so called Middle Class of China and India. Wellstone ruled Mar 2016 #6

Their middle classes are emerging and China's ecomony has just edged past ours in size brush Mar 2016 #7

Agree with the premise of four fold population and the opertunities . Wellstone ruled Mar 2016 #8

Yes, very interesting times. What an eye opener that some jobs are coming back here . . . brush Mar 2016 #9

The Jack Welch effect is coming to a end. Wellstone ruled Mar 2016 #10

One could make the argument Cheney's Energy Task Force actual end game was.... Brother Buzz Mar 2016 #5