To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (22526 ) 6/10/2010 9:51:48 AM From: SliderOnTheBlack 7 Recommendations Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 49987 BP: There are no conspiracies, only coincidences... Repeat after me... There are no conspiracies, only coincidences. It's a coincidence that Goldman Sachs and BP's CEO dumped massive blocks of stock just prior to the blowout... There was no drilling manager who questioned BP's practices and told them the well "was going to blow" if they continued doing what they were doing... There was no mysterious "tampering" with the hydraulic control system which with the decisions made above by BP, led to a"when, not if" blowout call by the Transocean's Jimmy Harrell (coinciding with Goldman & BP's CEO stock dump)... Who has been at the center of virtually every crisis? Goldman Sachs Who has profited from every crisis? Goldman Sachs Who is going to profit from this crisis? Goldman Sachs Who owns a chunk of the Chicago Climate Exchange and who will be one of the world's primary beneficiaries of carbon tax trading? Goldman Sachs Who was Obama's number 2 campaign finance donor? Goldman Sachs And what is Obama using this crisis to do? Pass Lieberman & Kerry's Cap & Trade carbon taxes. Who gave Obama's Energy Secretary $500 million dollars in cash to start a foundation? BP Who is Obama's under-secretary of Energy? BP's former Chief Scientist. Who paid for Rham Emanuel's D.C. apartment? BP And lastly, repeat after me - the Trilateral Commission does not exist, the Trilateral Commission does not exist...BP Chairman is also chairman of Goldman Sachs International zerohedge.com Janine Wedel has written extensively on how the "shadow elite" rule the world and about the "flexians" - the movers and shakers of the shadow elite who glide across borders, and structure overlapping (and not fully revealed) roles in government, business, media, and think tanks to serve their own agendas. Wedel says that flexians wear many hats both within and outside of government, and use their networks of contacts to influence policy - are warping our democracy and the rule of law. Peter Sutherland is the quintessential flexian. According to his September 2009 bio: Peter Sutherland is chairman of BP plc (1997 - current). He is also chairman of Goldman Sachs International (1995 - current). He was appointed chairman of the London School of Economics in 2008.... Before these appointments, he was the founding director- general of the World Trade Organisation. He had previously served as director general of GATT since July 1993 ... Sutherland resigned as BP's chairman in 2009, but apparently still serves in various key capacities. Sutherland is managing director - as well as chairman - of Goldman Sachs International (Goldman Sachs International is the very powerful subsidiary of the Goldman Sachs Group, of which Lloyd Blankfein is CEO). Sutherland is also an Advisory Director of Goldman Sachs Group.Sutherland is also European Chairman for the Trilateral Commission. (And what does the Trilateral Commission want more than anything in the world? Carbon Taxes. How hard is it to connect the dots here?) He has, at various times, attended Bilderberg meetings . As if that is not enough, Sutherland also serves in the following capacities (click on "Read Full Background"): Mr. Sutherland served as an Attorney General of Ireland and also served as European Commissioner from 1985 to 1989 where he was responsible for competition policy.... He serves as the Chairman of British Petroleum, BP Amoco PLC and United Kingdom. From 1989 to 1993, he served as the Chairman of Allied Irish Bank. .... He serves as a Non-Executive Director of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. He serves as a Director of Goldman Sachs International. He has been Member of Supervisory Board at Allianz SE since January 2010 and serves as its Member of International Advisory Board .... Mr. Sutherland served as a Non Executive Director of BP Plc since July 1995. He serves as a Member of Foundation Board of World Economic Forum. He served as an Independent Non Executive Director of National Westminster Bank PLC since January 2001. He served as an Independent Non Executive Director of The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc (huge bailout recipient) from January 2001 to February 6, 2009.... In addition, he serves on the board of Allianz, Koc Holding A.S. and is a member of the advisory board of Eli Lilly.... He served as a Director of LM Ericsson Telephone Co since 1996, Ericsson SPA since 1996 and Investor AB since 1995. He served as a Non Executive Director of Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc from January 2001 to February 6, 2009. Sutherland is - literally - like Lloyd Blankfein and Tony Hayward rolled into one. But unlike Blankfein and Hayward, he has also held numerous powerful governmental and quasi- governmental positions. ========= The Truman Show plays on... Now get back to the Casino. SOTB