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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: somethingwicked who wrote (857)	9/24/2000 5:32:01 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Cheney says to heck with the environment........read on: Cheney calls for increased oil drilling in Alaska September 24, 2000 Web posted at: 3:25 p.m. EDT (1925 GMT) In this story: 'A pollution policy' 'More dependent than ever' Cheney: Clinton performed a 'charade' 'Not meant to manipulate' National energy policy WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republican vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney said Sunday the United States ought to boost its oil production by expanding drilling in Alaska and building more refineries. Cheney, who left a lucrative post with a Texas oil-services company to join the GOP ticket, suggested some environmental standards might have to be relaxed to accomplish that goal. "If you're not going to develop our domestic resources, you'd better get used to liking Iraqi oil," Cheney said on "CNN's Late Edition." "You get to the point here where you can't have it both ways," Cheney said. 'A pollution policy' Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said Republican policies would only increase dependence on oil and said Cheney's proposal of expanded drilling was not the answer to the expected heating oil shortage. "That is not an energy policy," Harkin said. "That is a pollution policy." Harkin expressed skepticism about Cheney's statement that he would not support expanded oil drilling off the environmentally sensitive California coast. "I don't trust him on the coastlines," Harkin said. Cheney said he would support legislation to "free up" anti-drilling regulations in Alaska's Arctic Natural Wildlife Refuge, which environmentalists want to keep off-limits to drilling. He also called for reducing "bureaucratic red tape" to allow more oil refineries to be built, saying a new one had not been constructed in the United States in 10 years. 'More dependent than ever' Appearing also on Fox News Sunday, Cheney was asked whether the government should relax environmental standards to allow the construction of more refineries. "I think you've got to go look at them and see whether or not that's appropriate," Cheney said. "The bottom line is, without additional crude and without additional refinery capacity, we've become more dependent than ever before on foreign sources. This administration has allowed that to happen." Cheney: Clinton performed a 'charade' Cheney also joined a host of other Republicans who have criticized the Clinton administration decision on Friday to tap into the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a supply intended for emergency use only. On Saturday Clinton defended his decision to release 30 million barrels of oil as "prudent" to guard against a projected shortage this winter of higher-priced heating oil. Cheney called Clinton's action a "charade," saying there was no guarantee the additional oil would reduce prices. He dismissed the decision as a political ploy to benefit the Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Al Gore. "They're now using it to try to buy him some relief in terms of the campaign this fall," Cheney said on "Late Edition." 'Not meant to manipulate' But Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, appearing Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," defended Clinton. Richardson explained that Clinton's reserve release was not meant to manipulate oil prices but to increase this winter's supply of heating oil. Clinton, Richardson added, might also call for more oil to be tapped from the reserve. "I think, after 30 days, an assessment will be made," he said. Stocks of home-heating oil are particularly low in the Northeast, Richardson said, down 65 percent from what they were last year. Richardson welcomed the $3 to $4 drop in the price of a barrel of oil since Friday, saying: "The main objective was to ensure we had adequate stocks this winter." National energy policy Also appearing on NBC, Gov. Tom Ridge, R-Pennsylvania, called Clinton's decision to tap the reserve "politics as usual ... The bottom line is we don't have the (refining) capacity to take it from crude." Ridge said a long-term energy policy, "which this government doesn't have," is needed to solve the problem. Sen. Joe Biden, D-Delaware, responded by accusing congressional Republicans of blocking Clinton administration efforts to legislate a national energy policy. RELATED STORIES Presidential race tightens as Bush, Gore campaign in the east September 23, 2000 RELATED SITES Democratic National Committee George W. Bush for President AlGore2000.com Republican National Committee

To: somethingwicked who wrote (857)	9/24/2000 9:21:13 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10042

If you believe in the American judicial system, then you believe in innocent until proven guilty. I also firmly believe that where there is smoke, there is fire: *** gargaro.com Below is an updated list of Clinton-related friends, colleagues, associates, and related business entities, who have been convicted of crimes, updated through April 14, 1998. Forty names, and counting. The format of the list is that the names are allocated to the various investigative categories, with each individual/entity named and accompanied by a brief description of the relevant crime(s) and a source of the information. VARIOUS ARKANSAS: 1) Roger Clinton: Bill Clinton brother; drug trafficking conviction (Wall Street Journal "The Foster Test" January 14, 1994) 2) Dan Lasater: governor Bill Clinton contributor and state contractor: drug trafficking conviction (Wall Street Journal "The Foster Test" January 14, 1994) 3) Dan Harmon: Arkansas Seventh Judicial District prosecuting attorney and Bill Clinton friend and political ally: five federal racketeering, extortion, and drug distribution convictions (Wall Street Journal "Arkansas Justice" June 13, 1997) 4) Bill McCuen: Bill Clinton political ally: former Arkansas Secretary of State; bribery, tax evasion, kickbacks convictions (Wall Street Journal: Whitewater: "The Prosecution Rests" May 7, 1996) WHITEWATER: 5) Webster Hubbell: Bill Clinton friend and political ally; Hillary Clinton Rose Law Firm partner: embezzlement; fraud; two felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Whither Whitewater?" October 18, 1995) 6) Jim Guy Tucker: fraud; three felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Second-Term Stall" February 11, 1997; Associated Press "Tucker Pleads Guilty to Cable Fraud" February 20, 1998) 7) William J. Marks Sr.: Jim Guy Tucker business partner; one conspiracy conviction (Associated Press "Whitewater Defendant Pleads Guilty" August 28, 1997) 8) Jim McDougal: Bill and Hillary Clinton friend, banker, and political ally: eighteen felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Immunize Hale" May 29, 1996) 9) Susan McDougal: Bill and Hillary Clinton friend; former wife of Jim McDougal: four felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Immunize Hale" May 29, 1996) 10) David Hale: Bill and Hillary Clinton friend, banker, and political ally: two felony convictions of conspiracy and mail fraud (Wall Street Journal "The Arkansas Machine Strikes Back" March 19, 1996) 11) Chris Wade: Whitewater real estate broker; two felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Hard Evidence From a Federal Investigator" August 10, 1995) 12) Stephen Smith: former Governor Clinton aide; one conviction (Wall Street Journal "Hard Evidence From a Federal Investigator" August 10, 1995) 13) Larry Kuca: Madison real estate agent; fraudulent loans (Wall Steet Journal "Hard Evidence From a Federal Investigator" August 10, 1995) 14) Robert Palmer: Madison appraiser; one conspiracy felony conviction (Wall Street Journal "Hale Predicts Hillary Conviction" October 21, 1996) 15) Neal Ainley: Perry County Bank president; embezzled bank funds for Clinton campaign; two misdemeanor convictions (Wall Street Journal "Arkansas Bank Shot" May 4, 1995) 16) John Latham: Madison Bank CEO; bank fraud conviction (Wall Street Journal "Smoke Without Fire" January 12, 1996) 17) John Haley: attorney for Jim Guy Tucker; misdemeanor guilty plea; tax fraud (Associated Press "Tucker Pleads Guilty to Cable Fraud" February 20, 1998) 18) Eugene Fitzhugh: Whitewater defendant, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of trying to bribe David Hale; is appealing a ten month prison sentence (The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, "Whitewater Defendants" February 22, 1998) 19) Charles Matthews: Whitewater defendant, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of bribery, served fourteen months of a sixteen month prison sentence (The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, "Whitewater Defendants" February 22, 1998) ESPY: 20) Tyson Foods: guilty plea; $6 million federal court fines and investigative costs (Washington Post "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997) 21) Sun-Diamond Growers: $1.5 million fine for illegal campaign contributions to Espy's brother (Associated Press "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 22) Richard Douglas: former Sun-Diamond Growers official; several bribery convictions and guilty pleas(Washington Post "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997; Associated Press: "Lobbyist Pleads guilty in Espy Case" March 17, 1998) 23) James H. Lake: Sun-Diamond Growers lobbyist; three convictions regarding illegal campaign contributions to Espy's brother (Associated Press "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 24) Ron Blackley: Espy's chief of staff: financial fraud conviction; twenty-seven month prison sentence (Washington Post "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997; Associated Press: "Judge Sentences Espy Aide to Jail" March 18, 1998) 25) Smith Barney: improper payments to Espy; $1 million-plus fine (Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 26) Crop Growers Corporation: $2 million fine for money laundering to Henry Espy's campaign (Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 27) Brook Keith Mitchell Sr. (with his company Five M Farming Enterprises: four counts) for fraud (Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 28) Five M Farming Enterprises (with owner Brook Keith Mitchell: four counts) for fraud (Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 29) John J. Hemmingson, former head of Crop Growers Corporation: three counts relating to illegal campaign contributions to Henry Espy (Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 30) Alvarez T. Ferrouillet, Jr., Louisiana lawyer and Henry Espy campaign finance head: ten count conviction (Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997) 31) Municipal Healthcare Cooperative: Ferrouillet-related company; perjury, bank fraud, money laundering convictions (Washington Post: "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997) 32) Ferrouillet & Ferrouillet: Ferrouillet-related company; perjury, bank fraud, money laundering convictions (Washington Post: "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997) CAMPAIGN FINANCE: 33) Michael Brown (Ron Brown's son): money laundering; misdemeanor conviction (Los Angeles Times, "Ron Brown's Son Pleads Guilty to Illegal Donation" August 29, 1997) 34) Eugene Lum: Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; felony conviction; money laundering (Los Angeles Times, "First Fund-Raising Sentences Meted Out" September 10, 1997) 35) Nora Lum: Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; felony conviction; money laundering (Los Angeles Times, "First Fund-Raising Sentences Meted Out" September 10, 1997) 36) Johnny Chung: Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; many visits to Clinton White House and Oval Office with mainland Chinese associates; several illegal campaign contributions, money laundering, tax fraud, and bank fraud guilty pleas (Associated Press: "Democrat Fund-Raiser Pleads Guilty" March 17, 1998) 37) Roger Tamraz: Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; many visits to Clinton White House and Oval Office; fugitive from Lebanon embezzlement convictions; target of French government financial investigation; BCCI connections (The Wall Street Journal: "Integrity of the Institutions" March 20, 1997, et. al.) CISNEROS: 38) Linda Jones: Henry Cisneros mistress; conspiracy, bank fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice federal felony guilty pleas; sentenced to three and one-half years in prison (Associated Press: "Cisneros Ex-Mistress Sentenced" March 25, 1998) 39) Patsy Jo Wooten: Linda Jones sister; one conspiracy guilty plea (Associated Press: "Cisneros Ex-Mistress Sentenced" March 25, 1998) 40) Allen Wooten: Linda Jones brother-in-law; one conspiracy guilty plea (Associated Press: "Cisneros Ex-Mistress Sentenced" March 25, 1998