It has been proposed that oil from the BTC pipeline be transported to eastern Asia via the Israeli oil terminals at Ashkelon and Eilat, the overland trans-Israel sector being bridged by the Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline owned by the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company (EAPC).
On Dec 9, 5:35 pm, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > There was a planned oil pipeline that crossed the full length of > Georgia..with rights across Azerbaijan secured......Caspian to Black > sea..... what was in doubt was the autonomous area the Turkish border > that was part of Georgia but Soviet/Russia leaning. This would have > screwed the line that Russia was building through Turkey. > > On Dec 9, 3:36 pm, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Perry, Fabrizio, Brazile; the hypocrisy of the gay and "liberal" media; and > > GoProud's itchy trigger finger > > <http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qf90KSPkSzQ/TuFCJdZru_I/AAAAAAAAAr4/X3bxVvL...> > > > A long time Republican pollster and strategist, Tony Fabrizio, was "outed" > > this week, it is said, by tweets from GOProud organizers Jimmy LaSalvia and > > Chris Barron. They tweeted their disgust at his "profiting" from his work > > on Gov. Rick Perry's campaign, given Perry's recent TV ad that juxtaposes > > the issues of (allowing) gays in the military with that of (forbidding) > > Christmas in the schools. Mr. Fabrizio is well known in the DC > > center-right world; his offices are or were in the same Old Town Alexandria > > building as the National Taxpayer's Union, and he runs the straw polls at > > events like the annual Conservative Political Action Committee. > > > It was a somewhat incoherent ad (I attacked it in the blog below before > > LaSalvia tweeted about it), in that it was clearly an appeal to > > fundamentalist voters in Iowa (though it was running on national cable > > channels and aired in DC), but it did not imply that one could not be both > > for gays in the military AND Christmas in the schools (as I am, to the > > degree I think either are important issues given our debt tsunami). I > > think the point of the ad was that "liberal" cultural elites/the tax > > predator ruling class are parochially "liberal," allowing gays in the > > military because it is a value important to them, while practicing a double > > standard by imposing their values (a secularist drive to eradicate any > > holiday symbol of which they disapprove) from domains of life, like > > education, they control after having the State take them over. > > > GOProud sums up its view in the following press release: > > > GOProud Statement on Tony Fabrizio – Pollster and Strategist for Governor > > Rick Perry’s Presidential CampaignFor Immediate ReleaseDecember 9, > > 2011GOProud > > Statement on Tony Fabrizio – Pollster and Strategist for Governor Rick > > Perry’s Presidential Campaign > > *Joint Statement of Jimmy LaSalvia, Executive Director & Christopher R. > > Barron, Chairman of the Board* > > (Washington, D.C.) – “From the time this organization was founded we have > > been clear in our opposition to outing. We would never intentionally out > > anyone. However, in the case of Tony Fabrizio, top pollster and chief > > strategist for the Presidential campaign of Texas Governor Rick Perry, we > > did not believe there was any question about his sexual orientation – nor > > did the reporters who called us to ask about his involvement in Perry’s > > anti-gay campaign strategy. Questions about an individual’s sexual > > orientation should obviously be answered by that individual. > > > “Let us be crystal clear, however, Tony Fabrizio is not the victim here. > > Tony Fabrizio has lined his pockets for years with money from gay groups > > and is now one of the chief architects of a campaign strategy – not just an > > isolated television ad – intended to demonize gay people in order to score > > political points. Fabrizio claims he opposed the latest anti-gay Perry > > television ad. If Fabrizio really does oppose the ad and the broader > > strategy then the honorable and decent thing to do would be to resign from > > the campaign. Tony Fabrizio is no junior staffer he is one of the top > > campaign pollsters and strategists in the country. > > > “It is obvious that the campaign of Rick Perry is desperate, and in a > > desperate last ditch effort to become relevant in the GOP Presidential race > > he and his campaign have decided to employ a strategy that plays to the > > cheap seats and appeals to the worst in people. Rick Perry should be > > embarrassed and the people around him who are the architects of this > > strategy, particularly people like Tony Fabrizio, should be ashamed.” > > > Now one of the three funny things about this press release is that anyone > > working in the private sector takes on customers of whom one does not fully > > approve. LaSalvia and Barron accept my minor financial donations to > > GOProud and they know that (though we all seem to like Gary Johnson this > > year) my politics are far more libertarian and less GOP than theirs. I > > deal almost exclusively, in my day job, with people who work at the World > > Bank, the IMF, the Justice Department, Homeland Security, the EPA, the CIA, > > are married to Congresspeople, are political appointees, etc. I am sure if > > I were President way over half of their jobs would be abolished > > permanently. (They are mainly lovely people with impressive brains and > > graduate degrees -- they'd just have to go into some other line of > > business.) > > > Second, one of those clients was even in a long-term, and unhidden, > > relationship with Tony Fabrizio, including cohabitation and looking at > > homes together. So who Mr. Fabrizio is or is not living with was never in > > anyway hidden. > > > But third Mr. Fabrizio seems to have counseled against this dumb ad, if we > > are to believe the*New York Times* (caveat emptor there kids -- Oppel is > > basically stupid or a liar since the ad doesn't say it is wrong that there > > are gays in the military, it just says it is ironic that the State is > > forbidding Christmas while allowing gays in the military, i.e. it is about > > Christmas and statist secularism): > > > Perry’s Anti-Gay Rights Focus Is Divisive Even to Staff > > By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. > > Published: December 8, 2011 > > OKATIE, S.C. — Gov. Rick Perry of Texas’ hard turn the past two days > > on gay issues, in which he has suggested that gay rights are > > inconsistent with both American and Christian values, has generated > > enormous criticism from lesbian and gay organizations and some > > religious groups, and has even helped split Mr. Perry’s top campaign > > aides over a new ad. > > > In that campaign ad, released on Wednesday, Mr. Perry says “you don’t > > need to be in the pew every Sunday” to know it is wrong that gay men > > and lesbians openly serve in the military at a time when there is no > > organized prayer in public schools. > > Internally, a top Perry campaign adviser, Tony Fabrizio, was critical > > of the ad. A Perry aide did not deny division inside the campaign over > > the commercial — a split first reported by The Huffington Post — but > > chalked it up to the “occasionally salty” and robust interchanges > > between advisers. > > > The ad came a day after Mr. Perry stood out in attacking as “silly” a > > new Obama administration initiative using diplomatic efforts and > > foreign aid to promote gay rights around the world and beat back > > efforts in other nations to criminalize homosexual conduct and > > persecute gays. This policy, Mr. Perry contended, was an “example of > > an administration at war with people of faith in this country.” > > Perry aides said neither the criticism of Mr. Obama nor the new ad > > were intended to be anti-gay, nor were they coordinated; they said > > that the ad had been in the works for weeks and that they had no > > advance notice of the administration’s new policy. > > > Either way, Mr. Perry, who once was atop polls of the Republican > > presidential field, is running out of time to find a means to connect > > with the sort of social conservatives who have long been an important > > part of his base in Texas. Some social conservatives have abandoned > > Mr. Perry over his support for granting lower-cost in-state college > > tuition to some children of illegal immigrants. Iowa’s first > > in-the-nation Republican caucuses, which social conservatives > > dominate, are Jan. 3. > > > Mr. Perry’s decision to seize on gay issues appears to be an effort > > tap into the sentiment that led Iowa voters to remove three Supreme > > Court justices one year ago after they voted to legalize same-sex > > marriage. But this year, economic issues — which had initially > > dominated the focus of Mr. Perry’s campaign — remain the overwhelming > > concern for voters. > > > In Iowa, where Mr. Perry is expected to campaign nearly nonstop for > > the three weeks before the caucuses, economic issues are weighing > > heavier on the minds of likely Republican caucusgoers than social > > issues like abortion or same-sex marriage, according to the latest New > > York Times/CBS News poll of these voters. A majority of evangelical > > voters also shared that view. > > > And another finding stood out: Nearly three out of five respondents > > said that they support legal recognition in one form or another for > > same-sex couples. The poll found that 22 percent said same-sex couples > > should be allowed to marry, while 36 percent said they supported civil > > unions. Only 38 percent said they supported no legal recognition for > > same-sex couples, though a majority of evangelical Christians > > responded that way. > > > Nor is it clear whether Mr. Perry’s attacks on the Obama > > administration’s repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for gay > > men, lesbians and bisexuals in the military will help him. One poll of > > Iraq and Afghanistan veterans found about three out of four were > > comfortable around gay service members, and the nation’s two most > > senior military officials during the debate over repeal — who had both > > served under President George W. Bush — backed the change in policy. > > But even if most voters do not have a problem with the issues Mr. > > Perry is focusing on, his approach might still succeed. Analysts say > > even a narrow issue — but one that gives some voters a reason to turn > > out for him — might improve his single-digit standing in most polls. > > “This might > > ... > > read more » -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
