How the American "free press" toed the government line on Georgia
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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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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Paradigm Shift Environmental Alliance
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