How Rotten Are These Guys?

How Rotten Are These Guys?
By Robert Parry; October 5, 2005


  The separation of the Bush political machine from organized crime is often like the thin layer of rock between a seemingly ordinary surface and volcanic activity rumbling below. Sometimes, the lava spews forth and the illusion of normalcy is shattered.
  In the weeks ahead, a dangerous eruption is again threatening to shake the Bush family’s image of legitimacy, as the pressure from intersecting scandals builds.

MUDDY MIX: OIL, POLITICS

MUDDY MIX: OIL, POLITICS
Critics say Bush's interest in Iraq has more to do with its vast petroleum reserves than with its arsenal.
January 26, 2003


  Iraq has the world's second-largest proven oil reserves.
  The United States has the world's greatest thirst for oil.
  And that, say some critics, is the true driving force behind President Bush's Iraq policy.

Oil Crises and You

Oil Crises


  Oil consumption in the United States is at 20.7 million barrels per day, most people do not realize that a barrel of oil equals 42 gallons. This would convert our 20.7 million barrels per day usage to 869,400,000 gallons per day, or almost 3 gallons per man woman and child in the USA.