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Iraq is the big oil prospect...
In the run-up to the Iraq war – British Prime Minister Tony Blair called theories that the war was motivated by oil interests, “the most absurd.” But according to memos recently released by the UK newspaper the Independent – Blair’s denial is the only thing that’s absurd. The memos show that the British Trade Minister assured BP and other energy firms that they would be given generous shares of Iraq’s vast oil and gas reserves. One memo reads - "Iraq is the big oil prospect. BP is desperate to get in there and anxious that political deals should not deny them the opportunity." Another reads, “We were determined to get a fair slice of the action for UK [oil] companies in a post-Saddam Iraq.” Sure enough – after the invasion – BP got a 20 year contract for oil production in Iraq – the largest ever contract in the history of oil production.
So now that it’s clear the UK went to Iraq for oil – are there any doubt that oil baron Dick Cheney did the same thing??
-Thom
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The Big Picture - no live show tonight due to RT maintenance.
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Read Thom's Book for Free!
Now you can read all of Thom Hartmann's " Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' and How You Can Fight Back" for free online. Truthout is publishing weekly installments over the coming weeks. Read the Chapter Five: Jefferson Versus the Corporate Aristocracy today. |
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The Daily Stack 
Quote: "The growing wealth acquired by them [corporations] never fails to be a source of abuses." -- President James Madison .
Hour One: Atlas Shrugged - bizarre philosophy at work.
Clip: " Iraq sits on top of 10 percent of the world’s oil reserves, very significant reserves, second only to Saudi Arabia." Vice President Dick Cheney, Meet the Press, September 14, 2003.
Hour Two: "TRUMPing the Election"... Was Donald Trump born in the United States? With Dr. Charles Dunn, Regent University Distinguished Professor of Government.
Hour Three: The Koch funded Tea Party and the Christian Right are forging an unholy alliance to win in 2012... what's it like to sell your soul to win at any cost?? Thom will confront Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute (Twitter: @theMRC)...
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Coming up Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program
Hour Three: It's the one year anniversary of the BP/Transocean/Halliburton catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico...how's that recovery going? Thom talks with independent investigative reporter Dahr Jamail about the people and the environment one year later...
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
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Full Show - 4/18/11. Deadline to Tax Day
Thom explains how the nation's wealthiest receive the lowest tax break percentages, while middle class Americans pick up the bulk. Later in the show, Thom shares his thoughts on the movie, "Atlas Shrugged" based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.
Thom Hartmann on the News - April 19, 2011
Thom Harmann: Selling Your Soul to Win at any Cost?
Thom Hartmann: TRUMPing the Election
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