My bad, wrong link.
h
ttp://www.thenation.com/doc/20000522/silverstein/2
Here's a tidbit:
Occidental's investment in Gore has paid rich dividends. In
late 1997
the Vice President championed the Administration's $3.65
billion sale
to the company of the government's interest in the Elk Hills
oilfield
in Bakersfield, California, the largest privatization of
federal
property in US history. On the very day the deal was sealed
Gore gave
a speech lamenting the growing threat of global warming.
Gore also
maintains a close friendship with Occidental CEO Ray Irani.
In 1996
the latter spent the night in the Lincoln Bedroom. Two days
later his
company donated $100,000 to the DNC. In 1994 Irani traveled
with
Commerce Secretary Ron Brown on a trade junket to Russia.
Four years
later, Irani was invited to a state dinner at the White
House for
Colombian President Pastrana
On 2/28/07, Dana <dana.tierney gmail.com> wrote:
> I am correct am I? About what? This link seems to have
been posted in
> a sarcastic attempt to show that Gore is a bad person,
but I don't see
> anything here about waiving enforcement. It says that
Gore's dad owned
> stock in Occidental, that Occidental gave Gore Jr
campaign
> contributions and that the Clinton administration's
policies toward
> Columbia may have made it easier for Occidental to
drill there. Am I
> missing something? It's interesting if true, which I
will take for
> granted for the moment given the source, but the dots
aren't exactly
> connected.
>
> On 2/28/07, Sam <sammycodegmail.com> wrote:
> > You are correct
> > ht
tp://www.thenation.com/doc/20000522/silverstein/
> >
> >
> > On 2/28/07, Dana <dana.tierneygmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > My answer however is that I don't know. If he
is though, he is a
> > > hypocrite in a relatively small way,
especially when compared to
> > > people who claim to represent the people of
the United States of
> > > America yet sign legal documents essentially
giving an oil company
> > > half a billion dollars. I guess record
profits aren't enough any more.
> >
> >
>
>
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