Comments on: Bush helping Big Oil http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/25/bush-helping-big-oil/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:37:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Niklaus Pfirsig http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/25/bush-helping-big-oil/#comment-17921 Niklaus Pfirsig Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:31:52 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2509#comment-17921 The main reason that oil prices stayed low until recently was oil production in Iraq. Most people are unaware of the fact that the Iraqi oil fields were operated by the Iraqi government for many decades. The cost of operating the Iraqi government was financed through oil and not by taxes. Most other countries signed profit sharing agreements that gave a small slice ot the profites of the oil companies to the leaders of the countries. This little bit of info dovetails nicely with the multitude of attempts to place former oil company employees into high positions in the new Iraqi governement. The main reason that oil prices stayed low until recently was oil production in Iraq. Most people are unaware of the fact that the Iraqi oil fields were operated by the Iraqi government for many decades. The cost of operating the Iraqi government was financed through oil and not by taxes. Most other countries signed profit sharing agreements that gave a small slice ot the profites of the oil companies to the leaders of the countries.
This little bit of info dovetails nicely with the multitude of attempts to place former oil company employees into high positions in the new Iraqi governement.

]]> By: Ben http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/25/bush-helping-big-oil/#comment-17907 Ben Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:04:06 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2509#comment-17907 "The Pentagon Invades Your Life" In fact, the Pentagon payroll is a veritable who's who of the top companies in the world: IBM; Time-Warner; Ford and General Motors; Microsoft; NBC and its parent company, General Electric; Hilton and Marriott; Columbia TriStar Films and its parent company, Sony; Pfizer; Sara Lee; Procter & Gamble; M&M Mars and Hershey; Nestlé; ESPN and its parent company, Walt Disney; Bank of America; and Johnson & Johnson among many other big-name firms. But the difference between now and then isn't only in scale. As this list suggests, Pentagon spending is reaching into previously neglected areas of American life: entertainment, popular consumer brands, sports. http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174923/turse_a_pentagon_s_who_s_who_of_your_life “The Pentagon Invades Your Life”

In fact, the Pentagon payroll is a veritable who’s who of the top companies in the world: IBM; Time-Warner; Ford and General Motors; Microsoft; NBC and its parent company, General Electric; Hilton and Marriott; Columbia TriStar Films and its parent company, Sony; Pfizer; Sara Lee; Procter & Gamble; M&M Mars and Hershey; Nestlé; ESPN and its parent company, Walt Disney; Bank of America; and Johnson & Johnson among many other big-name firms. But the difference between now and then isn’t only in scale. As this list suggests, Pentagon spending is reaching into previously neglected areas of American life: entertainment, popular consumer brands, sports.

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174923/turse_a_pentagon_s_who_s_who_of_your_life

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