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How the American "free press" toed the government line on Georgia

by wsws (reposted)
Friday, August 22, 2008 :During the first several days of the war between Georgia and Russia, the US medias readers and viewers could find in the nations newspapers and on its airwaves a degree of ambiguity and even rare moments of objectivity. Though vaguely anti-Russian, a good share of the initial coverage tended not to lay the blame for the war fully at the feet of Moscow and provided some insight into the Georgian militarys devastation of the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali.
Then, between August 11 and 12, a sharp change occurred in the way the US media presented the war. The initial response to the war gave way to what can only be described as a tidal wave of anti-Russian propaganda. Now there was only one side to the story. What had happened?

The change in the media line corresponded to a sharpening of the anti-Russian posture of the Bush administration. For the first few days of the conflict, when no clear line had been laid down by the government, the mainstream media was somewhat at sea. But once the official line had been clearly established, the corporate-controlled media snapped to attention and marshaled all of its considerable resources to perform its customary service of vetting the news and manipulating public opinion to suit the aims and requirements of the state.

The media presentation of the Georgia crisis is a textbook example of the way in which the free press in America functions as little more than a semi-official propaganda agency of the government.

The first response of US media on August the 9 was to shrink before a complex story. The Wall Street Journal editorial page, a reliable mouthpiece for the most right-wing sections of the political establishment, published an editorial noting that it was unclear at this stage which side is more at fault for the current fighting, adding that the two countries have seemed to want [war] for some time.

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by Paradigm Shift Environmental Alliance (psea4earth [at] gmail.com)

STOP RUSSIA GAZPROM RABASKA LNG FACILITY IN CANADA



STOP RUSSIA GAZPROM RABASKA LNG FACILITY IN CANADA

August 13, 2008

This document given to global politicians,energy stakeholders, investment banks and houses etc.

http://floodiceorfire.wordpress.com/stop-russia-gazprom-rabaska-lng-faci...

There has been grievous outsized naked aggression and intimidation of the former Soviet republic and free, Democratically elected Republic of Georgia. President Dmitry Medvedev has unofficially called off all hostilities.

1) We demand the permanent full cessations of hostilities in The Georgian region.

2) We demand the unpartisan protection, safety and welfare of all civilians

3a) We demand that Canada immediately halts Rabaska Gazprom Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) facility in Quebec

3b) This facility effectively establishes a Russian Energy Beachhead in North America and in a time of crisis would endanger Central Canada and help destabilize North America.

A full LNG tanker from Russia, if it should "accidentally" explode, has been proven to have an impact of 55 Hiroshima Nuclear Bombs. The Rabaska LNG facility itself located just across from Quebec City, opposed by local citizens, would itself have the effect of heavier impact nuclear bombs.

http://timrileylaw.com/LNG_TANKERS.htm

Enbridge Inc. and their partners Gaz Metro and Gaz de France announced last month(June 2008) that the company has signed a Letter of Intent with Gazprom Marketing & Trading USA, Inc., which outlines the terms under which Gazprom will become an equity partner in the proposed Rabaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification project.

Under the agreement Gazprom has agreed to supply 500 million cubic feet per day to the $840-million terminal east of Quebec City.

The Rabaska terminal is expected to introduce a new source of natural gas supply to the Quebec and eastern Ontario markets.

"The Rabaska LNG project will deliver the critical infrastructure needed to bring an important new source of natural gas supply to Ontario and Quebec," said Stephen J.J. Letwin, executive vice president, gas transportation and international for Enbridge.

"This new supply will benefit the two provinces' growing number of natural gas consumers, many of whom are customers of Enbridge Gas Distribution, as well as support Ontario's increasing emphasis on natural gas to fuel environmentally responsible power generation. Gazprom's involvement in the Rabaska LNG project gives strong momentum to advancing this project and meeting those needs."

Using the Rabaska terminal, Gazprom, which is a subsidiary of OAO Gazprom, expects to import Russian LNG supplied from the Shtokman liquefaction project.

The Shtokman gas and condensate field, discovered in 1988, is located in the central part of the Barents Sea, about 450 kilometers northeast of the city of Murmansk, Russia.

http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id28110

Mr. Medvedev, born in 1965, is a lawyer and former law professor who worked in politics and business in St. Petersburg after the collapse of the Soviet Union, bringing him into close contact with Mr. Putin and the other reformers in that city's government. He followed Mr. Putin to Moscow in 1999 and, despite his relative youth, rose influence and prominence. In 2000, Mr. Medvedev became chairman of Gazprom, the energy giant, which has increasingly become a wealthy corporation and instrument of Kremlin foreign and domestic policy.

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/dmitri_a_me...

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flew from Beijing just north of South Ossetia to meet with Russian generals – like Julius Caesar at the Rubicon – (CAESER NON SUPRA LOGOS GRAMMATICOS) – yet the Russian Constitution states that President Dmitry Medvedev is Commander in Chief.

To be fair, the Republican Bush-McCain administration has been stoking and provoking this crisis by insisting on Georgia's inclusion in the Cold War NATO alliance, even against the advice of its European allies.

Senator John McCain's top foreign policy advisor Randall Scheunemann, as pointed out by Governor Bill Richardson (New Mexico) has professionally lobbied for Georgia's inclusion into NATO. Senator McCain himself as chairman of the International Republican Institute has long sought for inclusion of Georgia into NATO.

The Republican Bush-McCain administration has also long sought and are imminently attempting to implement "Missile Shield" in former Eastern Bloc countries notably Poland and Czech Republic - Remember the Cuban 1962 October Missile Crisis? No Redux.

Sen. John McCain has been accused by Judicial-Watch of Accepting improper Donations from
Lord Jacob Rothschild.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2008/apr/judicial-watch-calls-fec-inv...

Lord Jacob Rothschild is heavily involved with Russian Oil Giant Yukos and Oligarch Mikhail
Khodorkovsky-the article(Washington Times and BBC) states Khodorkovsky gave Lord Rothschild all his controlling shares.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2003/nov/02/20031102-111400-3720r/

Senator McCain in a well known statement has said when he looked into Vladimir's
Putin's eyes all he saw was 3 letters K,G and B., fair enough, but we suggest when we look
into Sen. John McCain's eyes we see 3 letters, M.I.A..

America and the World we ask you can you Trust John McCain with his finger on the
Nuclear button?

The Georgians and other Eastern Europeans and indeed the World with friends like the Republican Bush-McCain administration who are the representative of King Coal, Big Oil and Gas, Nuclear power and Weapons, who needs enemies like Putin, who also represents King Coal, Big Oil and Gas, Nuclear power and Weapons? The world needs to know that America and Europe stand for something more. The solution is before our Eyes - Humanity is at grave risk. We must turn to a 100% Renewable Energy World immediately

(GAZPROM IS THE NATURAL EVOLUTION OF THE CORPORATION-IT IS THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL CORPORATION CAPABLE OF OUT MUSCLING EXXONMOBIL, BP WHOLE COUNTRIES ETC., IT IS TO USE AN ANALOGY A MONSTROUS HYBRID-THE MOST TERRORIFYING FIRE-BREATHING DRAGON THE EARTH HAS EVER SEEN., IT IS TERRORIZING THE ENTIRE CONTINENT OF EUROPE AND BEYOND...IT STANDS IN THE WAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF EARTH TO MOVE TOWARDS 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY.)

Where were you when they crucified Georgia?

By George Pitcher the Telegraph UK

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/08/12/do...

(Article asking about the whereabouts of Western leaders and World Religious leaders)

Bush Administration Launches "Sneak Attack" On Endangered Species Act

Suemedha Sood 08/12/2008 the Washington Independent

Abolition King Coal, Fossil fuels, Nuclear power and Weapons

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