~e; .US Vice President and current EM issues
From
brian carroll <human@electronetwork.org>
Date
Thu, 24 Jun 2004 20:17:04 -0500
This was going to be added to a future newsletter
but there is so much going on, and I believe it is a
proper forum to bring these many threads together
as they can be seen as a whole entity rather than in
discreet, divided parts - of an event that starts to take
on a recognizable shape which has long been held
as a hypothesis: that cultural decisions are, at their
base, electromagnetic in some fundamental sense
of the policies being forged in economics, social,
and political representation (such as the use of a
media campaign or the internet in a representing
of ideas). It may be a temporary view, in otherwise
multiply complex scenarios, and yet when it is to
involve oil, war, energy policy, WMD, nuclear war-
weapons- and terrorism, WMD inspections, forged
uranium documents as a pre-text for war, profiteers
in energy, secret energy policy held up for four years
of public inquiry in a strange non-recusal by Supreme
Court Justice who just happens to be duckhunting with
the VP on oil-land, Enron, destruction and looting of
Iraqi oil and infrastructures by all, the death of people
as all of this is held up by bureaucracies in some kind
of formalistic vacant proceduralism that is costing lives,
the risking of national and international security, the
involvement of potential treasonous actions from the
highest levels of elected and non-elected government,
and atop this the threat of an attack 'hit and hit hard'
in such a context in which power has free unchecked
reign, and to revert to some funny notion of 'trust me'
government while the President is doing Q&A for over
one hour on potential connections to the leaker, the
same day the VP goes on swearing rampage, well...
It's all too operatic, electromagnetically so, to let go...
VP) EM issues and the .US Vice President
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00) --commentary--
This newsletter is being pre-empted to address myriad stories
that link the .US vice president with electromagnetic issues
in the news, spanning from the successful judicial blocking of
releasing the Energy Task Force documents (VP & Judge Scalia
went out duck hunting ethics), the outing of a WMD expert in
retaliation for debunking claims of uranium, a cause used for
launching the war in Iraq, and mention of kickbacks setup for
Halliburton, speculated by most all, responded to by the VP
with swearing in the Senate, language described as a result
of 'having a bad day' when, in fact, it would seem he would
be happy to not release the Energy Task Force Records, said
to be a BIG Victory. Oh, forget to mention-- President Bush
was questioned on this very same day about the leaking of a
CIA agent's name to the press, it's a bad day for someone...
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VP) --EM and the VP--
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// surprising or not, this may be the quietism before a perfunctionist
storm...
Court Won't Order Cheney Papers Released // a threat to international
security.
<http://apnews.myway.com/article/20040624/D83DE86G0.html>
'The Supreme Court refused Thursday to order the Bush administration
to make public secret details of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy
task force, but kept the case alive by sending it back to a lower
court.' .. 'Justices said 7-2 that a lower court should consider
whether a federal open government law could be used to get documents of
the task force.'
[and] Cheney Gets New Hearing on Energy Task Force Records (Update2) //
quackery
<http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/
news?pid=10000087&sid=aWIKBDUvHJ8Y&refer=home>
'The U.S. Supreme Court gave Vice President Dick Cheney a new chance
to argue against turning over records from his energy task force to
advocacy groups that say the panel was influenced by corporations.'
.... 'Cheney argued that having to disclose who attended the meetings
would violate the U.S. Constitution's separation of powers between the
executive and judicial branches of government...'
// people are dying every hour now. four years and this has not been
dealt with,
// using the courts to stall public transparency of public legislation
that can
// and is threatening the basic energy (read: cultural) security as a
result. if
// the judges cannot recognize public privelege of a state's right to
exist and
// its sovereignty to self-determinination over that of a presidential
advisor,
// there is little or no difference to deference given to dictatorial
leaders
// when making decisions that gravely effect the non-democratic
outcomes and it
// is the courts invalidity of the legal system that is called into
question.
// this energy legislation was on the agenda for four years, it has not
passed
// and has repeatedly been brought up, for four years -- and the world
has gone
// down a sinkhole and executive privelege is given over to the most
corrupted
// of the corrupt, on the basis of some arcane legality to protect
those who
// may serve the public interest -- but this is not serving the public
interest,
// it is serving halliburton, enron, and Vice President Cheney over the
.US ...
[and] Supreme Court Refuses to Order Cheney to Release Energy Papers //
hideous.
<http://nytimes.com/2004/06/24/politics/24CND-CHEN.html>
'The Supreme Court handed a major political victory to the Bush
administration today, ruling 7 to 2 that Vice President Dick Cheney is
not obligated, at least for now, to release secret details of his
energy task force.' .... 'By sending the case back to the lower federal
courts, the majority removed a significant political headache for
President Bush and Vice President Cheney. As a practical matter, the
outcome today means that the final resolution will not come until well
after the November elections.'
// one would think that on the same day as the Energy Task Force files
are given
// supreme judicial coverup, that this would be a 'good day' for the
VP, though
// maybe not. also, President Bush was questioned for over an hour on
the outing
// of a CIA agent on this very day. the story below says Cheney had a
'bad day.'
// drudge- "VP to Sen. Leahy: 'F**k You'...Nearly a dozen senators
witnessed..."
[and] Cheney curses senator over Halliburton criticism // via
drudgereport.com
<http://cnn.allpolitics.printthis.clickability.com/pt/
cpt?action=cpt&title=CNN.com+-
+Cheney+curses+senator+over+Halliburton+criticism+-
+Jun+24%2C+2004&expire=-
1&urlID=10825391&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2004%2FALLPOLITICS%
2F06%2F24%2Fcheney.leahy%2F&partnerID=2001>
'Cheney, who as president of the Senate was present for the picture
day, turned to Leahy and scolded the senator over his recent criticism
of the vice president for Halliburton's alleged war profiteering.' ....
'"I think he was just having a bad day," said [Vermont Sen.] Leahy,...'
[related] Bush questioned over CIA leak // nuclear, WMD, forgery, cause
for war.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3837553.stm>
'A week after Mr Wilson's article appeared, Ms Plame was exposed by
journalist Robert Novak, who said he based his report on two
unidentified senior administration officials.'
// search for 'all documents related to middle-east oil' and all
representatives
// including why the Dept. of Commerce had Iraqi Oil Field maps in the
meetings.
// including timelines, prior to inauguration, and the outline of each
meeting
// in terms of the agenda, and selective subpoenas of minutes based on
findings.
// and doing so based on protecting .US national security and a 'need
to know.'
// for instance, if Halliburton were involved in the Energy Task Force
and in
// the corruption of Iraqi Oil contracts, it would then make sense that
the maps
// and documents discovered prior to and after Paul O'Neill's (Sec. of
Commerce)
// disclosure of oilfield maps of Iraq and Saudi Arabia on day #1 of
the newly
// re-minted administration would be an actual LINK between overlapping
agendas.
// it would need to be disproved by documents to show Halliburton was
not on the
// Energy Task Force, so too with Halliburton and the California Energy
Crisis,
// and the corporate extortion scheme, these links already exist in the
public.
// % of trillion dollars vanish, a bankrupted and crippled nation is
not enough?
Cheney's win: More than legal -- He and Bush score a political victory,
also
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5287655/>
'The justices assailed the sweeping request for documents by the
Sierra Club and Judicial Watch, calling it “unbounded in scope” and
“anything but appropriate.”' .. 'Cheney’s adversaries, the court said,
had asked for “everything under the sky.”' .... 'That harsh language is
a telling indication that the appeals court, when it re-hears the case,
will not allow Cheney’s foes many of the documents they want.' ....
'Duffy called the court’s scathing description of the request for
documents “extraordinary.”'
[OR]
Cheney Wins Supreme Court Round on Secrecy of Energy Task Force Records
Thu Jun 24, 2004 12:30 PM EDT CNN-World
MSNBC Bush interviewed in CIA leak case
Thu Jun 24, 2004 12:50 PM EDT Bloomberg
CHENEY Utters 'F-Word' in Senate - Aides
Reuters - USA
SLATE'S Jurisprudence: Cheney's Secrets Stay Safe, for Now
NPR (audio) - USA
// one problem: the Energy Task Force occured prior to inauguration, in
part,
// and in the first days of the administration-- how much sensitive
information
// would be jeopardized in learning about who was in the Task Force
during such
// a time, pre-9/11 no less? The Presidential powers _could be used by
the VP to
// shield public inquiry from a lesser government
official/representative, and,
// it is entirely possible so too, with language, that private industry
could
// legally have been described as government officials, acting on
behalf of the
// public, and represenative of the public, even if a private industry
lobbyist,
// or Chief Executive Officer. Benefit of the doubt should not be given
to the
// 'trust' or public 'good will' and 'benign oversight' by public
officials at
// the same time the 'officials' are the very example of corrupted .gov
policy.
// this is using the public constitution to protect private legislative
agendas.
Excerpts from Cheney ruling --The Associated Press
Originally published June 24, 2004, 3:02 PM EDT
WASHINGTON -- Excerpts from Thursday's Supreme Court ruling on Vice
President Dick Cheney's private energy task force meetings.
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-scotus-
excerpts0624,0,5249018.story?coll=bal-home-headlines>
Statement of Kerry Spokesperson on Cheney Supreme Court Decision
<http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=145-06242004>
CHENEY Utters 'F-Word' in Senate - Aides. Reuters - USA // charged
crystal dove.
<http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5509471>
'Vice President Dick Cheney blurted out the "F word" at Democratic
Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont during a heated exchange on the Senate
floor, congressional aides said on Thursday.' .. 'The incident
occurred on Tuesday in a terse discussion between the two that touched
on politics, religion and money, with Cheney finally telling Leahy to
"f--- off" or "go f--- yourself," the aides said.' .... 'During their
exchange, Leahy noted that Republicans had accused Democrats of being
anti-Catholic because they are opposed to some of President Bush's
anti-abortion judges, the aides said.' .. 'That's when Cheney unloaded
with the "F-bomb," aides said.'
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01) --top stories--
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Electricity Goes Wild. Did the Devil Make It Do It? // Sicily, Evil
Power ***
<http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/24/international/europe/24devil.html>
'There are many ways for evil to arrive but perhaps only one way to
get rid of it: exorcism.' .... 'Fuse boxes then blew in houses all
along the Via Mare. Air-conditioners erupted even when unplugged. Fires
started spontaneously. Kitchen appliances went up in smoke. A roomful
of wedding gifts was crisped. Computers jammed. Cellphones rang when no
one was calling, and electronic door locks in empty cars went
demonically up and down.' .. 'Before long, the mainly Roman Catholic
populace professed to see the hand of the Devil at work, turning their
postcard-perfect paradise into a place possessed of evil, embers and
ash.' .. 'As Mr. Pezzino put it, "Whoever believes in the good believes
in the bad."' .. 'He paused, wiped his brow and added: "I'm Catholic. I
believe in the Devil. I don't know why the Devil is here."'
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