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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pompsander who wrote (11922)	4/28/2009 7:41:45 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Iraq's oil production in big trouble.... (Reserves also most likely greatly OVER-stated... OPEC members lied about reserves to get and keep larger quotas within the cartel. There is not any reduction in declared 'reserves' to account for normal depletion of the fields... it is a game of 'liar's poker'. <g>) Political agreement over division of oil income remains illusive... resources law not close to being passed. Iraq now rated as one of the most CORRUPTION RIDDEN nations on Earth (on close par with Burma).... =========================================================== Iraqi Oil: Black Gold or Black Hole? 3 comments by: Nawar Alsaadi April 26, 2009 \| about stocks: E / OIL / RDS.A / TOT / USO / XOM seekingalpha.com

To: pompsander who wrote (11922)	4/28/2009 11:02:50 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

A 'Classified' Photo Op Turns Into a Soaring Blunder for the White House By SUZANNE SATALINE, JONATHAN D. ROCKOFF and CHRISTOPHER CONKEY As secret missions go, this one was a flop. On Monday morning, one of the 747s used to ferry around the U.S. president was dispatched to the Statue of Liberty, escorted by a fighter jet. Assignment: Get some fresh glamour shots of the plane. The Air Force said the flight needed to remain confidential. So while New York police knew about it, as did at least one person in the mayor's office, regular New Yorkers remained in the dark. As a result, to onlookers Monday all across downtown Manhattan -- where the World Trade Center once stood -- the photo shoot looked like a terrorist attack. People watched in horror as a massive aircraft, trailed closely by an F-16 fighter jet, banked and roared low near the city, in a frightening echo of the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Fearing the worst, thousands of people streamed out of the skyscrapers and into the streets. Some buildings ordered evacuations. "Oh God, it was mayhem in here, just mayhem," says Rubin Shimon, manager of Styling Haircutters, a barbershop near Ground Zero. Many people took shelter in the shop to call loved ones on their cellphones. It was all over in a half-hour or so. Then the finger-pointing began. "I'm annoyed -- furious is a better word -- that I wasn't told," said New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a news conference. He'd been scheduled to talk about a swine-flu outbreak at a Queens school, but also sounded off at the federal government for its "badly conceived" flyover plan. He chastised his own office for its role in keeping the flyover secret. On Thursday night, city officials say, a junior mayoral aide had been alerted to the flyover by the Federal Aviation Administration, which requested that it be kept secret. Someone in City Hall alerted the New York Police Department, but no public announcement was made. Marc Mugnos was reprimanded for not apprising the mayor, and a disciplinary letter was placed in his file, a spokesman said. Mr. Mugnos couldn't be reached for comment. video Low-Flying Plane Causes Scare in Manhattan 1:44 A low-flying airplane escorted by military jets sent worried workers fleeing offices in the New York City area. The FAA said it was a "photo op" conducted by a unit of the Air Force. The email sent to City Hall describes a "flying photo op" -- government-speak for a publicity photo -- to include two or possibly three passes over the area. The email, sent by an FAA official and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, lists flight patterns and specifies a photo-op altitude of 1,000 to 1,500 feet. The email specifies that the information "only be shared with persons with a need to know" and "shall not be released to the public." It also says that, "Due to the possibility of public concern regarding [Department of Defense] aircraft flying at low levels, coordination with Federal, State and Local law enforcement agencies...has been accomplished." The email's author, James J. Johnston, of FAA air traffic, declined to comment.