Welcome to 1984

[Molly]

I'm not able to confirm this story on the Los Zetas drug cartel, so I'm going to remove it for now.

[jabcat]

My revised/completed list;

1.  pray
2.  trust God
3.  do whatever God leads and empowers each individual to do - or not (one plants, another waters)


"Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit", says the Lord (Zech. 4:6)

[WhiteWings]

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/frontline-video/
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/

[WhiteWings]

Johann Hari: How Goldman gambled on starvation

[peacemaker]

"And a fourth beast came up from the sea."

Having many different shapes and forms throughout time.

[Cardinal]

 :cloud9: This thread has kinda become the "catch all" for our society's ills.......here's more about the border problems and the lawsuit......

DC Declares War On States
By Chuck Baldwin
July 20, 2010


This column is archived at
http://chuckbaldwin live.com/ home/?p=1898


Among the limited duties of the US Government enumerated in the federal
Constitution is Article. IV. Section. 4. "The United States shall guarantee
to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall
protect each of them against Invasion." However, for several decades now,
the federal government in Washington, D.C., has shown great ambition and
propensity to engage in activities to which it was never authorized, and to
ignore those responsibilities with which it is specifically charged. The
responsibility of the federal government to protect each State against
invasion is a classic example of the latter.

Can anyone deny that the states on the US southern border (California,
Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) are being invaded by an ongoing onslaught of
illegal aliens (many of whom are violent and dangerous criminals)? Somewhere
between 12 and 30 million illegals now reside in the US. The entire country
is feeling the effects of this invasion, but the Border States are literally
under siege. And not only does the federal government do nothing to protect
the states against this invasion, it actively wars against states such as
Arizona when they attempt to protect themselves. Yes, I am saying it: the
Washington, D.C., lawsuit against the State of Arizona's immigration laws
should be regarded as an act of war against the State of Arizona in
particular, and against the states general in principle.

Please consider what Arizona and the other Border States are dealing with.
According to published reports:

*In Los Angeles, 95% of all outstanding warrants for homicide in the first
half of 2004 (which totaled 1,200 to 1,500) targeted illegal aliens. Up to
two-thirds of all fugitive felony warrants (17,000) were for illegal aliens.

*Some private reports state that 83% of warrants for murder in Phoenix and
86% of warrants for murder in Albuquerque, New Mexico, are for illegal
aliens. These reports cannot be verified, of course, because the feds
discourage law enforcement agencies from releasing such statistics.

*At any given time, up to 75% of those on the most wanted list in Los
Angeles, Phoenix, and Albuquerque are illegal aliens.

*23% of all inmates in LA County detention centers are "deportable."

*LA police estimate that violent gangs, such as MS-13 and 18th Street Gang,
are "overwhelmingly" composed of illegal aliens.

To read one very enlightening testimony given before Congress by an expert
on illegal immigration containing some of the above information (and much
more), go here:

http://www.manhatta n-institute.org/ html/mac_ donald04- 13-05.htm

In addition, the Pew Hispanic Center (an organization friendly to all things
Hispanic) reports that by 2007, "nearly one-quarter (24%) of all federal
convictions" involve illegal aliens. And "among those sentenced for
immigration offenses in 2007, 80% were Hispanic." The PHC went on to report
that illegal Hispanics "represented 29% of all federal offenders."

See the report at:

http://pewhispanic. org/reports/ report.php? ReportID= 104

Remember, too, that illegal aliens murder (on average) 12 American citizens
EVERY DAY in the United States. That means illegals murder more Americans
EVERY YEAR than in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan COMBINED, TO DATE. Plus,
illegal aliens who drive drunk kill an additional 13 Americans EVERY DAY.

See the following report:

http://www.wnd. com/news/ article.asp? ARTICLE_ID= 53103

At this point, I will not again chronicle the financial costs and job losses
exacted upon the American taxpayers by these invading illegals, but I
encourage you to read a previous column I wrote on this subject. See it
here:

http://chuckbaldwin live.com/ home/?p=1490

Plus, my web site contains an exhaustive page dealing with the problems and
costs of the ongoing invasion by illegal aliens against this country. See it
at:

http://chuckbaldwin live.com/ home/?page_ id=123

Add to the above the blatant rhetoric and public statements of activists
within radical Hispanic revolutionary groups such as La Raza that
incessantly call for the "reconquista" of the southwestern United States,
and one can easily discern that the invasion by (mostly) Mexicans in the US
is much more than "poor people trying to find a better life." There is some
of that going on, of course, but the invasion also includes violent criminal
gang members, drug dealers, human traffickers, rogue government troops, and
covert provocateurs who are attempting to destabilize US cities and states,
promote crime and violence, disrupt honest elections, and even facilitate
revolution against the American citizenry.

And what does the Barack Obama administration do? Instead of obeying the
Constitution and helping to protect the State of Arizona (and the other
Border States), it sues the State of Arizona for trying to protect itself.
Again, by this action, has not Washington, D.C., declared war against the
State of Arizona (and, by implication, the other 49 independent, sovereign
states)?

Please understand: Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and her allies in the Arizona
legislature are not only defending their State, they are working to protect
every State in the Union. Very obviously, the line is being drawn in the
sand against a federal leviathan that increasingly shows blatant disregard
for not only its own responsibilities and duties, but for the rights and
freedoms of the individual sovereign states, and for the American citizenry
as a whole.

And for those misguided Christians and pastors out there who are prone to
defend and facilitate this invasion of illegal aliens in the name of
Christian compassion, I would like to remind them of the words of our Lord,
who said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door
into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and
a robber." (John 10:1 KJV) Thus, our Savior plainly categorizes illegal
aliens (or anyone who refuses to enter through a door--or across a
border--honestly) as thieves and robbers. Unfortunately, many are also
rapists, murderers, violent drug dealers, and slave merchants.

If Barack Obama had even a smidgen of honesty and integrity, instead of
attacking the people of the State of Arizona for simply trying to defend
themselves against a very real and dangerous foreign invasion, he would take
seriously his responsibility to help protect them against this invasion,
which Article IV. Section. 4. of the US Constitution clearly requires him to
do.

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[WhiteWings]

Burn the quran day.
Islam is of the devil.

9/11 festival  :icon_flower:

[Molly]

Boat Crashes Into Oil Well, Creating New Spill in Gulf of Mexico

Published July 27, 2010

| FoxNews.com

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/27/boat-crashes-oil-creating-new-spill-gulf-mexico/

[Molly]

Now we see why the Obamites were in such a hurry to pass the health care bill--England has just announced 'astonishingly brutal' rationing of health care.   Not good publicity for universal healthcare but just about what everyone predicted...But, it's not over until the fat lady sings in November.




Axe falls on NHS services
NHS bosses have drawn up secret plans for sweeping cuts to services, with restrictions on the most basic treatments for the sick and injured.

By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent
Published: 9:19PM BST 24 Jul 2010

Some of the most common operations — including hip replacements and cataract surgery — will be rationed as part of attempts to save billions of pounds, despite government promises that front-line services would be protected.

Patients' groups have described the measures as "astonishingly brutal".

More at...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/7908742/Axe-falls-on-NHS-services.html

[jabcat]

Washington (CNSNews.com) – Speaking at a Congressional Health Caucus event, Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) expressed concerns over health care rationing with the recess confirmation of Dr. Donald Berwick by President Barack Obama as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services, saying that Berwick was "not entitled to that job," and should have had a confirmation hearing.

"I also believe, as a part of those confirmation hearings, Dr. Berwick would certainly have an opportunity to explain why he referred to the British socialist health care system as 'a global treasure,'" said Pence.

As CNSNews.com previously reported, Dr. Berwick praised Britain's National Health Service in a July 2008 speech at Wembley Stadium, saying he was "a romantic about the National Health Service," and that "any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must – must -- redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate."

In that same speech, Berwick said, "Excellent health care is by definition redistributional. Britain, you chose well."

"On the subject of rationing, Obamacare actually adds $2.5 billion for comparative effectiveness research with the Comparative Effectiveness Research Board," Pence said. "This board will determine the type and quantity of medical care coverage Americans will get. It's modeled after the British system that rations health care."

[Cardinal]

 :sigh: Just when you think you've heard it all pertaining the evil men do.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNsAK7jS0WY&feature=related

[WhiteWings]

War on the Weak: Eugenics in America.

END GAME: Official Movie Eugenics pt1
END GAME: Official Movie Eugenics pt2

[Molly]

Unbelievable.  But I guess we better believe it unless we don't believe the nose on our face.

Anyone know anything about Mike Pence?  He seems to me like a possible good guy for pres 2012.

[WhiteWings]

Obama will be the next prez because he's an obedient string puppet.

[Molly]

Obama will be the next prez because he's an obedient string puppet.

I don't know what will happen.  But I know this.  The kids are catching on to him.  He will not be elected again.

[Cardinal]

 :cloud9: He's from my State, and he seems to be fairly sane as far as the rest of them go. I've written him several letters and it takes a couple of weeks to get a reply, but "someone" replies, not sure it's him or an improvised more personalized form letter.

[WhiteWings]

And who is going to finance his campaign?

[Nathan]

I think it's kind of telling that there are rumors flying around now that the dems are looking to Hilary to run against Obama . . .

[Molly]

And who is going to finance his campaign?

I don't think actual finance is as important as the free media.

The media really picks the president in this country.  Or, they are told who to pick and facilitate it.

They gave Obama a free pass.

Ron Paul and Chuck Baldwin, for instance, were given either no media or laughed at.   The controlled media is the real power in terms of introducing the people to the candidates, and they lie their heads off.

Now if people would just do a little digging on their own...

ps the media is currently pushing sarah palin and newt gingrich. :mblush:

[WhiteWings]

I agree. Media is important. But why they always favor one candidate? Not sying it's a US thing because here Ron Paul was virtually unknown. McCain got minimum coverage too.

But that doesn't take away my point.
Say the 3 candidates are financed by Oil, defence industry, wallstreet.
Then whoever is going to win will push one of the mentioned agenda's. And none of them is there for the people to benefit from.

[Cardinal]

 :cloud9: The media is owned almost exclusively now by a select few, who like all the other moguls, probably is connected in some way to the already established but apparently invisible, one world government.  :sigh:

[WhiteWings]

I know. Personally I think the whole election circus should be ignored by the voters.
Look what the candidates did in the past.
And with that I mean how they voted. I think we all know examples of politicians saying something popular in public; but when they have to vote for the new law they "secretly" vote the opposite.

[Molly]

National Ocean Council
By Cassandra Anderson
July 28, 2010

Thirty states will be encroached upon by Obama's Executive Order establishing the National Ocean Council for control over America's oceans, coastlines and the Great Lakes. Under this new council, states' coastal jurisdictions will be subject to the United Nations' Law Of Sea Treaty (LOST) in this UN Agenda 21 program. America'a oceans and coastlines will be broken into 9 regions that include the North East, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, the Gulf Coast, West Coast, the Great Lakes, Alaska, the Pacific Islands (including Hawaii) and the Caribbean.



Because of the decades of difficulty that the collectivists have had trying to ratify the Law Of Sea Treaty (LOST), Obama is sneaking it in through the back door, by way of this Executive Order establishing the Council. Because LOST is a treaty, Obama's Executive Order is not Constitutional as treaty ratification requires 2/3 approval from the Senate. Michael Shaw said that the Agenda 21 Convention on Biodiversity treaty of 1992 failed to pass Congress so it was executed through soft law and administratively on local levels, and Obama's Executive Order is a similar soft law tactic to enact the LOST treaty.

In fact, our Constitutional form of government is being completely destroyed because buried in the CLEAR Act (HR 3534) there is a provision for a new council to oversee the outer continental shelf- it appears that this Regional Outer Shelf Council will be part of the National Ocean Council. This means that if Congress makes the CLEAR Act into law, then the implementation of the UN Law Of Sea Treaty, as part of the National Ocean Council's agenda, will be "ratified" in a convoluted and stealth manner, in full opposition to the Constitution and its intent.

The excuse for this extreme action is because of the emergency in the Gulf of Mexico. Obama and Congress have always had the legal and military power to force BP Oil to take all necessary action to stop the gusher and clean the oil spew. While there is evidence that the problems in the Gulf have been a result of collusion and planned incompetence, it begs the question, why in world should America's oceans and resources be controlled by Obama appointees?

NATIONAL OCEAN COUNCIL MEMBERS:

John Holdren, Obama's science and technology advisor, is the co-chairman of this new council. He is also a depopulation enthusiast and advocates sterilization by way of using infertility drugs in water and food as well as forced abortions which he describes in his book "Ecoscience".

Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Department of Interior, and its subagency, MMS (Minerals Management Service) has authority over offshore drilling and responsibility for enforcing spill prevention measures. The Department of Interior's BLM (Bureau of Land Management) is the entity that controls federally managed land extending across 30% of America in 11 western states. Last week, Congressman Louie Gohmert said that Ken Salazar personally prevented drilling on land in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, thereby also preventing energy independence. In addition, the federal lands have been grossly mismanaged and present fire dangers. The federal government is $3.7 billion in arrears for maintenance of the federally managed lands.

US Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, by way of the US Forestry Service and US Fish & Wildlife Service, has been complicit in the decline of our country's food independence. For example, US Fish & Wildlife (along with the Department of Commerce) shut the water off in California using Endangered Species Act; it was later proven that partially treated sewage was the primary culprit in killing the salmon and delta smelt that was previously blamed on farmers. This is phony environmentalism. The US Forestry Service has also misused the Endangered Species Act to limit farmers and ranchers. Remember that the USDA co-owns the Terminator Gene patent with Monsanto that makes seeds sterile.

Lisa Jackson is the EPA administrator who has threatened to impose 18,000 pages of new regulations to curb global warming which is based on lies, claiming that carbon dioxide is a danger to human health.

Department of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano: it is unclear how these two federal appointees will enhance environmental 'sustainability' over oceans and coasts. Traditionally, national security threats (like the War on Terror) have been used by the federal government to take control of resources. For example, many years ago when the interstate highway systems were first being built, the Feds got in on the action by claiming that they were building a defense highway system, and they encroached into an area that belonged to the states. Interestingly, there were no overhead structures on highways originally because of the Feds' claim that large missiles would be transported on these "defense" highway systems.

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, a leading globalist, is likely to plunge our country into international entanglements and subjugation, based on her past performance; an example is her support of the UN Small Arms Treaty, which is contrary to the Constitution.

Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke are logical choices for this destructive council as some of the planned funding for this program will come from permits and leases (oil drilling leases, for example). These agencies will limit America's energy independence.

Click here to see the full list of the 24 member council.

THE SMOKING GUN:

Agenda 21 Sustainable Development is the overarching blueprint for depopulationa and total control, and the National Ocean Council is clearly an Agenda 21 program:

The National Ocean Council is headed by John Holdren, an avowed eugenicist which is selective breeding through brutal means like forced abortion.

The National Ocean Counci's own report (Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning, pg. 8) incorporates a section of the 1992 Rio Declaration which is an original UN Agenda 21 document!

In fact, the report says that it will be guided by the Rio Declaration in cases "Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reasonfor postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation." (pg. 8) This means that regulations will be imposed even if the science is not understood or if the science is based on global warming manipulated data.

The 3 primary tools of Agenda 21's phony environmentalism are global warming, water shortages and the Endangered Species Act; the National Ocean Council intends to exploit all of these tools to their full extent.

The National Ocean Council's main objective is to sink American sovereignty through the United Nations Law Of Sea Treaty (LOST) with the intended result of domination by the UN over our coasts and the Great Lakes. LOST originated in the 1970s as a wealth redistribution plan to benefit Third World countries. LOST sets rules for commercial activity beneath the high seas and establishes new international bureaucracies and a tribunal to interpret and apply rules to sea activity. And LOST can proceed with those rules, even against US objections! LOST threatens to complicate deep sea mining. LOST sets a precedent that US rights are dependent upon the approval of international entities. LOST also extends to ocean flowing rivers.

REGIONALISM:

Michael Shaw pointed out that non-elected councils are increasingly expanding their jurisdiction through air quality boards, water quality boards, sewer systems, transportation districts, metropolitan planning, etc. to gain control over resources. Often, large corporations and financial interests form Public- Private Partnerships with the government within these councils.

Breaking areas into regions and placing authority with non-elected councils is a Communist trick used to hijack resources, thereby usurping local and state power by re-zoning the areas that do have Constitutional authority. Appointed bureaucrats are untouchable because their jobs are not dependent upon serving the voting population. And they are usually inaccessible to the public and do not have to face those who are affected by their "insider" decisions. When state and local governments become corrupt, the public is able to confront them eye to eye, but distant bureaucrats can avoid accountability. Regionalism is used as a psychological tactic to intimidate state legislatures into creating the system for a new political and economic order.

Obama's Executive Order that has created the 9 new regions amounts to re-zoning, and his appointed bureaucrats are answerable only to him. In David Horton's testimony in 1978 on regionalism, he said that the State of Indiana made this declaration, "Neither the states nor Congress have ever granted authority to any branch or agency of the federal government to exercise regional control over the states." Horton further stated that Congress holds all legislative power that is granted in the Constitution, as opposed to Executive Orders that are not legislative. Therefore, Obama's Executive Order for re-zoning and appointing a governing body to usurp state and local power is Constitutionally invalid.

The public must become aware of state sovereignty and the Tenth Amendment to demand that state and local governments assert these Constitutional laws and principles.

COASTAL AND MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING REPORT:

This is a general overview of the new National Ocean Council's goals based on its 32-page report that uses indirect language and acronyms in order to confuse the public and local lawmakers. Depopulation advocates, globalists and collectivists, like John Holdren, faced opposition a few decades ago when they clearly expressed their objectives, so now documents are written in complicated and clouded language to fool those they wish to control.

This report states that the Council's jurisdiction will extend from the continental shelf to the coast AND additional inland areas will be involved. The National Ocean Council identifies "partners" as members of each regional planning body that will include federal, state, local and tribal authorities, with a top-down hierarchy of control.

The intentions of the Council are stated on page 8 of the report that include implementing LOST and other international treaties.  The report also states that the Counci's plans shall be implemented by Executive Orders, in addition to federal and state laws.  This section mentions 'global climate change' which is a new term used as a substitute for 'man made global warming' after manipulated data and lies were exposed in numerous global warming scandals.  'Climate change' is blamed for sea level rise and acidification of oceans; evidence exists that these are more global warming deceptions.

The stated goals of the Council include regulating investments, collaborating with unidentified international agencies, controlling public access to oceans and "protecting" ecosystems. This means that commerce and trade will be controlled by the Council, the UN will gain power over American oceans and the Great Lakes through UN subagencies, public access will be limited and the Endangered Species Act will be unleashed, with heavy regulations. Incidentally, the Endangered Species Act is based on 5 international treaties. It has never had a successful result: of the 60 species that have been de-listed, not a single species was saved as a result of any restrictions stemming from the Endangered Species Act!

The targeted areas for Endangered Species Act regulations are the the Great Lakes, the Gulf Coast, Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound, South Florida and the San Francisco Bay (the Bay Delta is where the irrigation water for farmers was was cut off using the Endangered Species Act, causing food shortages, an increase in food imports and massive economic devastation).

While this report does not clearly outline how the National Ocean Council's schemes will be financed, regulatory permits for all activity on the water and mining (oil) leases will play a part, along with tax increases. The report does indicate that grants and assistance programs will be available so that state, local and tribal authorities will support the Council's "efforts". In other words, the Council will try to buy off the state and local governments to "collectively use" them for a base of support and influence. (pg. 28) Strings are always attached to federal money. The federal government and the Council are reliant on state and local governments for implementation through state and local legal authority, which means that state and local authorities hold the power to implement or refuse the Council's directives, especially under the Tenth Amendment.

However, the report does state that disputes will be settled by consensus, if consensus fails, then the decisions will ultimately be made by the President. He is Commander in Chief of the Navy and has the power of the military behind him. Further, the report indicates that legislative changes and more Executive Orders may be necessary to achieve control.

An important point is made on page 5, which states, "Strong partnerships among Federal, State, tribal and local authorities, and regional governance structures would be essential to a truly forward-looking, comprehensive CMSP effort." This means that the states, local governments and tribes have power. Our collectivist government needs the consent of the state, local and tribal authorities, to implement this scheme, otherwise, the feds wouldn't bother to include these Constitutional authorities. If the state, local and tribal authorities are aware of, and willing to act on their Constitutional authority, then they can limit this federal power grab through the Tenth Amendment.

The report further states that signing onto the Council's plan would be an "express commitment by the partners to act in accordance with the plan..." (pg. 20) Therefore, it is imperative that all of the states be aware of the Council's intended usurpation and carefully protect their Constitutional jurisdictions and sovereignty. There are 30 states that will be affected by this new council. (pg. 12)

The Council's strategy plan will go into effect immediately, fully developing Agenda 21 objectives and undue UN influence within 5 years. Interestingly, one article said that if state, local and tribal authorities choose not to participate in in writing the plans, the plans would be written without them. Therefore, it bears repeating that state and local governments must protect their Constitutional authority when dealing with the Council. The Constitutional authority that states and local governments have can only be taken if the power is given away.

SAVING OUR COUNTRY:

If your freedom is important to you, the most effective action that you can take is to e-mail this article and Michael Shaw's "Understanding Agenda 21 Sustainable Development" booklet to all of your State Legislators, County Commissioners/ Superintendents and City Council members.

Tell all of your friends, co-workers and neighbors about Agenda 21 Sustainable Development and how it is destroying our country. The National Ocean Council is detrimental on so many levels and the time to act is now. If state and local officials refuse to stand up against this federal incursion, they must be thrown out of office in favor of representatives who support the Constitution and the Tenth Amendment.

Be sure to check back with www.MorphCity.com on July 30th to watch a special video presentation about how a local official stood up against encroachment by the federal government.

http://www.morphcity.com/home/79-national-ocean-council

[Molly]

The MYTH of Peak Oil


Ever since the world's first commercial oil wells opened in the US and Russia in the 1850s, the question of future oil supply has been controversial.

Today many people take for granted that oil production has peaked and that no substantial new amounts of oil are even possible to develop.

These pages present a contrary view based on the idea that oil reserve figures have not been presented honestly by the US and European oil industry. This is not to say that oil won't run out some day, but rather that the usually uncounted reserves are far larger than are generally known.

To begin with, one of the most revealing speeches about world oil reserves went unremarked in 2006. The head of the world's largest oil company, Saudi Aramco, said:

"We are looking at more than four and a half trillion barrels of potentially recoverable oil. That number translates into 140 years of oil at current rates of consumption, or to put it anther way, the world has only consumed about 18 percent of its conventional oil potential. That fact alone should discredit the argument that peak oil is imminent and put our minds at ease concerning future petrol supplies."  

--"The Impact of Upstream Technological Advances on Future Oil Supply" - Mr. Abdallah S. Jum'ah, President & Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Aramco, address to OPEC, Vienna, Austria, Sept. 13, 2006.



Probably most important for world oil policy, the Middle East does not have two thirds of all world oil reserves, as has long been claimed by the Saudis, the oil companies and the US Dept. of Energy. It only has two thirds of "proven" oil reserves which are far smaller than the potential reserves Jum'ah describes.


As Standard Oil executive Wallace Pratt said in 1944, it is a "fallacy ... [to] cite proved reserves as a measure of available future supplies." Yet this is exactly what has animated US policy in the Middle East.

The news media nearly always use the proven reserve figures and omit other categories because the Department of Energy and the oil industry publish reports that include only "proven" oil reserves -- as if that is all there is. Most people do not realize that other petroleum geologists -- most notably those at the USGS -- take a different view.

http://www.radford.edu/wkovarik/oil/

As we have seen, there is far more oil in the rest of the world than there is in Middle East. If the Veneuelans are right, there is enough oil in Venezuela alone to power the world for 44 years (at 27.3 billion barrels of world consuption per year). Similar or greater reserves exist in the Athabasca tar sands and other unconventional reserves that push actual world reserve life well out into the 22nd century

Third, misinformation about future oil supply is something the media and the government have a responsibility to correct. Although the oil industry only publishes proven reserves, and this is misleading, the oil industry is also attempting to maximize protifs. It is up to the public service entities to correct this problem in the marketplace.

[Cardinal]

 :sigh: I don't think there's any question we're sold down the river. I just wonder if we'll survive another 2 years of Obama.....