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Council on Foreign Relations member, Matt Simmons, was quoted on June 23rd in the Washington Post, “We’re going to have to evacuate the gulf states. Can you imagine evacuating 20 million people? . . . This story is 80 times worse than I thought.”
And to add to the growing speculation that evacuations were being planned, Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen in a Gulf oil spill press conference on June 25th suggested that evacuation plans were underway. He even discussed some of the logistics: ...
Originally posted by muse7
Alright
but why the sensationalized topic title with all caps?
Originally posted by muse7
Alright
but why the sensationalized topic title with all caps?
Originally posted by SonicInfinity
reply to post by JJBB22
Alex Jones is (a):
· Jew-hater
· Jew-lover
· Disinfo Agent
· Scam Artist
· Money Lover
· Idiotic Redneck
· Not a credible news source
· Not in his right state-of-mind
· Troll
· Fear-mongering tool
· Fat and smelly
There, now that I got all the childish insults out of the way, can we please not turn this into another 20-page "I hate Alex Jones" thread? I'm sick of seeing threads completely derailed just because the source is Infowars and personal vendettas running wild. I'm not accusing you specifically, but I know a lot of people who would use this opportunity to spiral this thread downward.
I will admit, I'm a bit curious as to why the media is talking about Tropical Depression Alex so much. It started out as a small storm with little possibility of becoming a major hurricane. It's almost as if the media wants it to be major, veer off-course, hit the oil spill, and spread it all over the Gulf states.
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
It may be fear-mongering but how much truth is in it. How serious are they that these plans really go forward?
Here's a tip. if you have a laptop.. create a survival dvd and fill it with everything you need to know just in case the SHTF.
Originally posted by JJBB22
Truth is truth, and no-one is turning this thread into childish insults
Originally posted by JJBB22
It's Alex Jesuit Jones
Originally posted by SonicInfinity
reply to post by JJBB22
Alex Jones is (a):
· Jew-hater
· Jew-lover
· Disinfo Agent
· Scam Artist
· Money Lover
· Idiotic Redneck
· Not a credible news source
· Not in his right state-of-mind
· Troll
· Fear-mongering tool
· Fat and smelly
[edit on 6/29/2010 by SonicInfinity]
Source
Matthew Simmons, founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons & Company International, is a prominent oil-industry insider and one of the world's leading experts on the topic of peak oil. Simmons was motivated by the 1973 energy crisis to create an investment banking firm catering to oil companies. In his previous capacity, he served as energy adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush.
Matthew Simmons believes the Club of Rome predictions are more accurate than usually acknowledged [1]. Simmons is an adviser to the Oil Depletion Analysis Centre. He is a member of the National Petroleum Council and the Council on Foreign Relations. He believes a careful assessment of Saudi Arabian oil reserves is the most significant issue shaping petroleum politics.
Simmons is the author of the book Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy. His examination of oil reserve decline rates helped raise awareness of the unreliability of Middle East oil reserves as the published reports have never been verified.
Originally posted by twitchy
Alex Jones or not, if Matt Simmons really said this then there's probably something to it.
Source
Matthew Simmons, founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons & Company International, is a prominent oil-industry insider and one of the world's leading experts on the topic of peak oil. Simmons was motivated by the 1973 energy crisis to create an investment banking firm catering to oil companies. In his previous capacity, he served as energy adviser to U.S. President George W. Bush.
Matthew Simmons believes the Club of Rome predictions are more accurate than usually acknowledged [1]. Simmons is an adviser to the Oil Depletion Analysis Centre. He is a member of the National Petroleum Council and the Council on Foreign Relations. He believes a careful assessment of Saudi Arabian oil reserves is the most significant issue shaping petroleum politics.
Simmons is the author of the book Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy. His examination of oil reserve decline rates helped raise awareness of the unreliability of Middle East oil reserves as the published reports have never been verified.
I have to agree with SonicInfinity here (majic is that you? ), can we get past the Alex Jones bashing session long enough to find out what the hell Matt Simmons is on about, this guy isn't just any fear mongering nut case, the man is a CFR member and Bush Croney. It's highly possible he's on to something here and he'd be one to know about this sort of thing.