"7-Eleven is dropping Citgo as the gasoline supplier to its 2,100 stations around the country..
The companies' contract was already set to expire, but 7-Eleven has been uneasy with its close ties to Citgo,
a subsidiary of Venezuela's national oil company.
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez attacked President Bush repeatedly in a recent speech to the United Nations, calling him
"the devil" and a dangerous imperialist.
https://www.npr.org/2006/09/27/6154806/7-11-drops-citgo-citing-ties-to-venezuelas-chavez
Based in Houston, Texas, Citgo has provided gas to 7-Eleven for two decades.
So when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez crudely condemned President Bush on the floor of the United Nations last week,
7-Eleven drew a pretty big gulp."
___
Countries
(OPEC
/ˈoʊpɛk/ OH-pek)
is an organization enabling the co-operation
of leading oil-producing and oil-dependent countries in order to
collectively influence the global oil market and
maximize profit.
It was founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members:
Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,
and Venezuela. " (Tulsa)
____
'In 1949, Venezuela initiated the move towards the establishment of what would become OPEC, by inviting Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to exchange views and explore avenues for more regular and closer communication among petroleum-exporting nations as the world recovered from World War II.
At the time, some of the world's largest oil fields were just entering production in the Middle East.
The United States had established the
Interstate Oil Compact Commission to join the Texas Railroad Commission
in limiting overproduction.
The US was simultaneously the world's largest producer and consumer of oil;
the world market was dominated by a group of multinational companies known as the "Seven Sisters",
five of which were headquartered in the US following the breakup of John D.
Rockefeller's original Standard Oil"
___
"The 1973–1974 oil embargo had lasting effects on the United States and other industrialized nations,
which established the International Energy Agency in response, as well as national emergency stockpiles
designed to withstand months of future supply disruptions.
Oil conservation efforts included lower speed limits on highways, smaller and more energy-efficient cars and appliances, year-round daylight saving time, reduced usage of heating and air-conditioning, better building insulation, increased support of mass transit, and
greater emphasis on coal, natural gas, ethanol, nuclear and other alternative energy sources.
These long-term efforts became effective enough that US oil consumption rose only 11 percent during 1980–2014, while real GDP rose 150 perce
the years after 1973, as an example of so-called "checkbook diplomacy", certain Arab nations have been among the world's largest providers of foreign aid"
On 21 December 1975, Saudi Arabia's Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Iran's Jamshid Amuzegar, and the other OPEC oil ministers were taken hostage at their semi-annual conference in Vienna, Austria.
The attack, which killed three non-ministers, was orchestrated by a six-person team led by Venezuelan terrorist "Carlos the Jackal "
The self-named "Arm of the Arab Revolution" group declared its goal to be the liberation of Palestine.
Carlos planned to take over the conference by force and hold for ransom all eleven attending oil ministers, except for Yamani and Amuzegar who were to be executed.[73]
Carlos arranged bus and plane travel for his team and 42 of the original 63 hostages, with stops in Algiers and Tripoli, planning to fly eventually to Baghdad, where Yamani and Amuzegar were to be killed.
All 30 non-Arab hostages were released in Algiers, excluding Amuzegar
Sometime after the attack, Carlos's accomplices revealed that the operation was commanded by Wadie Haddad, a founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
They also claimed that the idea and funding came from an Arab president, widely thought to be Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, itself an OPEC member.
Fellow militants Bassam Abu Sharif and Klein claimed that Carlos received and kept a ransom between 20 million and US$50 million from "an Arab president".
Carlos claimed that Saudi Arabia paid ransom on behalf of Iran, but that the money was "diverted en route and lost by the Revolution".
He was finally captured in 1994 and is serving life sentences for at least 16 other murders."
one oil analyst summarized succinctly: "When the price of something as essential as oil spikes, humanity does two things: finds more of it and finds ways to use less
Faced with increasing economic hardship
(which ultimately contributed to the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989),
The September 2001 Al Qaeda attacks on the US and
the March 2003 US invasion of Iraq
had even milder short-term impacts on oil prices,
as Saudi Arabia and other exporters again cooperated to keep the world adequately supplied.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPEC
____
"Bush did not attribute the phrase to either Burroughs or Lewis.
It has been speculated Bush avoided all mention of William S. Burroughs in his first two major speeches
because he did not wish to associate his candidacy or incipient presidency with Burroughs' controversial works and personal escapades."
___
"1991 article in The New York Times noted that the phrase had inspired "a host of caustic political satires, including cartoons of devastated communities as
'a thousand points of blight.'
U.S. President Donald Trump mocked the phrase at a rally in Montana on July 5, 2018, asking .
"What does that mean? I know one thing:
Make America Great Again we understand.
Putting America first we understand. Thousand points of light, I never quite got that one.
What the hell is that? Has anyone ever figured that one out? "
"The first known instance of the phrase "a thousand points of light" appears in Arthur C. Clarke's short story
"Rescue Party," initially published in Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1946:"
***
"The day after the 1984 presidential election, Atwater became a senior partner at
the political consulting firm of Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly.
During his years in Washington, Atwater became aligned with
Vice President George H. W. Bush, who chose Atwater to manage his 1988 presidential campaign."
____
"Isn't It a Pity" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison from his 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass.
Harrison wrote the song in 1966,
In many countries around the world, the song was also issued on a double A-side single with "My Sweet Lord".
Duster on Max used the song in episode 8.
I found the quote by Kissinger and used it here at bloggod, in reference to Iran and Iraq or was it reference to Atrocity and Capitalism's Crimes.
Look it up, kitten.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isn%27t_It_a_Pity
"In 2019, financial commentator J. Mulraj of The Hindu wrote that, in an international climate of distrust fostered by the Military–industrial complex, oil prices and irresponsible banking practices,
"World leaders should listen to George Harrison's song"
"as encapsulated in a remark by American diplomat Henry Kissinger that "
Isn't it....
"It's a pity they both can't lose."
No comments:
Post a Comment