econnexus™ » George W Bush http://econnexus.org Water Connects Us™ Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:24:59 +0000 en hourly 1 marty marty Save gas - Save money - Save the Planet! No No T. Boone Pickens on Lack of Leadership and Oil Prices http://econnexus.org/boone-pickens-on-lack-of-leadership-and-oil-prices/ http://econnexus.org/boone-pickens-on-lack-of-leadership-and-oil-prices/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:47:15 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=199 In an interview on CNBC this morning Texas oil billionaire and wind energy advocate T. Boone Pickens blamed "lack of leadership" from George W. Bush and "that speech" from Nancy Pelosi for the vote against the Bail-Out plan in the House yesterday:

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]]> http://econnexus.org/boone-pickens-on-lack-of-leadership-and-oil-prices/feed/ 0 The Financial Crisis Goes Global – European Banks Need a Bail-Out Too http://econnexus.org/global-financial-crisis-european-banks-need-bail-out/ http://econnexus.org/global-financial-crisis-european-banks-need-bail-out/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:01:29 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=186 Another day dawns, and the list of failed banks grows ever longer.  Congress has renamed the Bail-Out as The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.  The House has just rejected the latest draft by 228 votes to 205. George W. Bush said he was "very disappointed". Whilst Congress were extending the new act to a total of 109 pages over the weekend, banks around the world were dropping like flies as the virus spread.

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]]> http://econnexus.org/global-financial-crisis-european-banks-need-bail-out/feed/ 8 An Irony of the Financial Crisis – Action on Poverty Looks Utterly Achievable http://econnexus.org/financial-irony-action-on-poverty-achievable/ http://econnexus.org/financial-irony-action-on-poverty-achievable/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:42:07 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=173 Just over a week ago I found myself once again on EasyJet flight EZY6167 heading from Bristol to Amsterdam.  I asked the head of the cabin crew if he knew Dawn, who operated the camera on one of our previous internet videos.  He said he did.  I showed him one of our "Water Connects Us" leaflets, and I asked him if it would be OK if I handed some out to his passengers.  He said that would be fine as long as I didn't get in the way of the cabin crew as they went about their duties.

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]]> http://econnexus.org/financial-irony-action-on-poverty-achievable/feed/ 4 Thousands of Innocents Died Yesterday – So It Goes http://econnexus.org/thousands-of-innocents-died-yesterday-so-it-goes/ http://econnexus.org/thousands-of-innocents-died-yesterday-so-it-goes/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:09:32 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=57 Vladimir Putin left China yesterday, and arrived in Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia:

Mr. Putin said he:

Wanted to discuss the influx of refugees. Russia's actions in South Ossetia are legally totally legitimate.

In an interview with the BBC Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said that:

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]]> http://econnexus.org/thousands-of-innocents-died-yesterday-so-it-goes/feed/ 0 Solzhenitsyn Dies – Putin Invades Georgia http://econnexus.org/solzhenitsyn-dies-putin-invades-georgia/ http://econnexus.org/solzhenitsyn-dies-putin-invades-georgia/#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:19:43 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=54 We didn't intend that this would be our headline for today, but shit happens.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn died last week. So it goes.

War has broken out on the border between East and West…. again.

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]]> http://econnexus.org/solzhenitsyn-dies-putin-invades-georgia/feed/ 0 T. Boone Pickens on Al Gore for Energy Czar http://econnexus.org/t-boone-pickens-al-gore-energy-czar/ http://econnexus.org/t-boone-pickens-al-gore-energy-czar/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:47:08 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=26 In a podcast by Tammy Haddad for National Journal On Air T. Boone Pickens spoke about his "Pickens Plan" and his ideas to solve the "energy issue". It seems the state of Texas has agreed to a $4.9 billion plan to build new transmission lines into the "wind corridor" where he intends to build enormous wind farms. Mr. Pickens said that:

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]]> http://econnexus.org/t-boone-pickens-al-gore-energy-czar/feed/ 0 Bush Pushes Oil Rigs off California – Arnie Disagrees. http://econnexus.org/bush-arnie-california-oil-rigs/ http://econnexus.org/bush-arnie-california-oil-rigs/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:28:04 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=22 Yesterday afternoon United States President George W. Bush lifted the executive ban on drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf, which was signed by the first President Bush in 1990. Here's the video:

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]]> http://econnexus.org/bush-arnie-california-oil-rigs/feed/ 1 The Hokkaido G8 Summit – More Word Games http://econnexus.org/hokkaido-g8-word-games/ http://econnexus.org/hokkaido-g8-word-games/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:08:31 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=21 This week's issue of the Economist magazine contains their verdict on the G8 summit in Japan – They came, they jawed, they failed to conquer.

On the positive side the Japanese hosts managed to get most of the world's greenhouse-gas emitters around a table together. The attendees included the G8, plus the so called G5 which consists of Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa. Also present were Australia, Indonesia and South Korea.

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]]> http://econnexus.org/hokkaido-g8-word-games/feed/ 0 High Fuel Prices – Get Used To It! http://econnexus.org/high-fuel-prices-get-used-to-it/ http://econnexus.org/high-fuel-prices-get-used-to-it/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:02:54 +0000 SoulSurfer http://econnexus.org/?p=10 The latest edition of New Scientist magazine just landed on my desk. The cover shows a barrel of oil morphed into a bomb and proclaims "Oil Shock – You ain't seen nothing yet". This issue includes three articles about peak oil.

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