Not Just Poppy's Crony. James Baker serves the Bush Regime

[Solly Mack]

Baker's never been too far away from the Bush Regime. Either in front of or behind the scenes, directly or indirectly through business deals – Baker has been right there for the Bush Family and the current Bush Regime.



2000

- Bush Campaign Observer/ Selection 2000

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/12/08/president.election/



2001

- Report on Energy Security Argues US Needs to Review Policy on Iraq

"A report commissioned by former US Secretary of State James Baker and the Council on Foreign Relations, titled “Strategic Energy Policy Challenges For The 21st Century,” is completed and submitted to Vice President Dick Cheney. The report was drafted by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy"

http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context.jsp?item=complete_timeline_of_the_2003_invasion_of_iraq_77

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/06/1033538848021.html





2002

Remarks by the Vice President at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/10/20031017-11.html






2003

Special Envoy to Iraq on the issue of Iraqi Debt

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/12/20031205-3.html

"But according to documents obtained by The Nation, that is precisely what has happened. Carlyle has sought to secure an extraordinary $1 billion investment from the Kuwaiti government, with Baker's influence as debt envoy being used as a crucial lever." excerpt from the below article from The Nation, "James Baker's Double Life"


Presidential Envoy James Baker to Visit Tbilisi, Georgia

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/07/20030703-15.html


2004


Still Special Envoy to Iraq on Iraqi debt

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040119.html

James Baker’s Double Life: A Special Investigation

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20041101/klein




2005


To Poland for Bush

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050824-1.html



BP Global - Former U.S. Secretary of State James A Baker, III to Chair Independent Safety Review Panel

http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7011424

Sloppy Housekeeping - from October 2006

Whether it involves a pipeline in Alaska or a refinery in Texas City, BP must improve maintenance and safety standards.

- though Baker was appointed in 2005 to review safety, BP makes it sound as if Baker just came on board to review safety. -

"BP officials have announced an operational review of all its global business in response to the recent mishaps, and former Secretary of State James A. Baker is heading a panel reviewing operations at BP refineries. The CSB is also finishing up a report on the refinery explosion."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4263852.html


2006


- Congressionally mandated Iraq Study Group. The group is co-chaired by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton

http://cisac.stanford.edu/news/congress_appoints_perry_to_iraq_study_group_20060508




The James Baker Documents

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20041101/bakerdocs


Carlyle Cover Ups

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20041115/klein

It’s a Baker Botts World

http://www.thenation.com/docprem.mhtml?i=20041011&s=bryce

[grizmaster]

1. The Carlyle Group connections are disgusting

quite the rogues gallery of war profiteers and war criminals

[Solly Mack]

2. Notice he was Iraqi "debt" envoy

and then the deals the Carlyle group was getting in the region?

"But according to documents obtained by The Nation, that is precisely what has happened. Carlyle has sought to secure an extraordinary $1 billion investment from the Kuwaiti government, with Baker's influence as debt envoy being used as a crucial lever."

from The Nation article, James Baker's Double Life

[blm]

7. Take the profit out of wars and we could end 90% of them right there.

Thanks for the ALWAYS welcome reminder, Solly Mack, that it is ALL connected with BushInc.

ALL the links matter and need constant acknowledgement because together they reveal the global fascist agenda at work.

I would guess that you are not surprised that Lee Hamilton reared his head on this, too? It's always the same Dem crew preaching bipartisanship to Dems while they play cover up for BushInc. I will be happy to see the end of his reign as a party "wiseman" once and for all.

[Solly Mack]

11. Not surprised at all. But you know that

Hamilton will tell you he does it to protect and save America but America would be far better off without that kind of protection.

I wonder what Baker and Hamilton are really up to...

Lots of money being made and interests to be protected...and it wouldn't hurt Poppy's feelings to have an out for his son as well.

[blm]

12. They never do act separate from their greater interest.

And their interests are NOT the interests of everyday Americans.

[Solly Mack]

13. A while back I opined that Bush is looking for a way out

of Iraq - even as he continued his usual rhetoric...there was a hint of something else there.

I wondered if this "Iraqi Commission" with Baker and Hamilton wasn't part of that way out

I honestly think it might be

a so-called "independent" group outlines possible "solutions"...Bush is treated as if he was fed wrong info on Iraq(the usual excuse for all those "mistakes")....and business interests of the cronies are protected...

Not saying it'll happen over night or next week...the findings of this "independent" group don't come out until after the election, though some highlight points were "leaked" (probably to check reaction to them ahead of time)...and now Bush - Mister never say you're wrong/ Iraq is going just great/I'll never withdraw ...is now publicly accepting and agreeing to a comparison of Vietnam and Iraq? That's a major public shift of position for him...

Something just doesn't smell right.

Something's up...I just don't know what

and go read this Cheney interview - even Cheney is changing his tone on Iraq
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1548061,00.html?cnn=yes

and today on the pentagon channel, Rumsfeld did some tone changing as well...saying the situation needs a different direction

[no_hypocrisy]

3. I believe the term, "Consigliere", is appropos. n/t

[Solly Mack]

5. Pretty much

[annabanana]

4. Jr.'s reaction to Baker's report will show us

EXACTLY what his current relationship with his Father is.

[Solly Mack]

9. I doubt Poppy and Shrub will ever come to a point that Poppy

would ever shame his son in any major way - to do so would shame the family and Poppy's not gonna allow that. Sometimes, a family feud is for the publics sake....sets the stage, so to speak...


So far, with Shrub agreeing that there is a "possible parallel" between violence in Iraq and Vietnam's Tet offense, I think we've seen a major shift in Shrub's public face....and that shift is for a reason. And it's not to save American lives.

[Skidmore]

6. Heard him on an NPR interview the other day.

He used to be Poppy's golfing partner when they met at the country club. AND, get this, he was a Dem at the time. Poppy convinced him to go over to the Rs.

[Solly Mack]

10. Yeah, Baker comes from a Texas Democratic family

and then he met Herbert Walker....long time ago...and the rest is misery for the rest of us

[dkofos]

8. There you go again, thinking bUSH is in charge