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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_agencies_of_the_United_States_government
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Independent agencies of the United States federal government are those agencies that exist outside of the federal executive departments (those headed by a Cabinet secretary). More specifically, the term is used to describe agencies that, while constitutionally part of the executive branch, are independent of presidential control, usually because the president's power to dismiss the agency head or a member is limited.
Established through separate statutes passed by the Congress, each respective statutory grant of authority defines the goals the agency must work towards, as well as what substantive areas, if any, over which it may have the power of rulemaking. These agency rules (or regulations), while in force, have the power of federal law.

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http://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs10/10402/marijuan.htm
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Law enforcement reporting indicates that cannabis cultivation sites have been discovered on NFS and DOI lands throughout the United States. However, most cannabis cultivation on federal lands appears to be occurring in California and Kentucky, where a large number of plants have been eradicated in recent years. Marijuana producers cultivate cannabis on federal lands in plots that vary in size from a few plants, cultivated by independent marijuana producers for personal use, to tens of thousands of plants cultivated by organized criminal groups for wholesale-level distribution.

http://www.slate.com/id/72920/
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Levin is being overlooked again, and he is surely enjoying it. He has turned being underestimated and misunderstood into a career strategy. He has always seemed the dreariest of moguls. He may control the largest media company in the world, but he is gray next to the vivid crimsons of Rupert Murdoch,

Edgar Bronfman Jr., and Sumner Redstone. He hardly rates a mention in Ken Auletta's infoworld chronicles. Levin seems to have given himself a "charisma bypass," as a Time Warner executive quipped to the New York Times. He is willfully invisible: He eschews limos and luxuries, avoids the press, and makes the most mundane of public statements.

http://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs1/1540/marijuan.htm 
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tional Drug Intelligence Center
Kentucky Drug Threat Assessment
July 2002

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Marijuana

Marijuana is the most widely available and frequently abused illicit drug in Kentucky; it remains the foremost cash crop throughout the state. Growers are increasingly using violence to protect themselves and their crop in the state. Nearly 50 percent of all drug treatment admissions in Kentucky from fiscal year 1998 through fiscal year 2000 were marijuana-related--more than for any other drug--and the number of treatment admissions for marijuana abuse increased 27 percent from fiscal year 1998 through fiscal year 2000. Cannabis is more commonly cultivated outdoors in Kentucky, but the number of indoor cannabis grows is increasing. Kentucky ranked among the top three states in the nation for the number of cannabis plants eradicated each year from 1998 through 2000. In 2000 over 460,000 cannabis plants were eradicated in Kentucky, ranking it third behind California and Hawaii, respectively. Local independent Caucasian producers cultivate most of the marijuana available in the state and are the dominant wholesale distributors of locally produced marijuana. Local independent producers also distribute Mexico-produced marijuana, often using it as filler for their product. Mexican criminal groups--the primary transporters of Mexico-produced marijuana into Kentucky--usually sell wholesale quantities to local independent Caucasian dealers, who are the dominant retail distributors of Mexico-produced marijuana. Local independent Caucasian dealers also are the dominant retail distributors of locally produced marijuana. Retail marijuana sales usually occur in private residences, bars, and restaurants in the state.

http://isp1.us/satellite/kentucky/
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http://www.cabledeals.org/hopkinsville-ky-timewarner.html

http://www.mojavedesertblog.com/2011/06/destruction-of-ivanpah-valley.html
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ay, June 7, 2011

Destruction of Ivanpah Valley

Bechtel, one of the investors in BrightSource Energy LLC's Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating System, released photos of the project construction.  Remember, the photographs so far only show about a fraction of the total proposed project since phases 2 and 3 were halted by the Bureau of Land Management since the project's impact on the endangered desert tortoise are much higher than expected.  A revised biological assessment indicates that as many as 162 adult tortoises may be displaced or killed, and hundreds of smaller juvenile tortoises could be killed.

This photo was obtained by GreentechSolar from Becthel's website:

Photo from Becthel and BrightSource Ivanpah website. Photo shows just a fraction of Phase 1.  Less than one-third of the total destruction this project will cause.

Becthel is partnering with BrightSource and energy firm "NRG" to build the Ivanpah Solar site.  Ironically, Bechtel was also a partner in the construction of the Hoover Dam, which submerged 247 square miles of America's southwest in 1936 to quench our energy thirst.  What a shame that we have the opportunity to avoid destroying public land by choosing rooftop solar instead of ecosystem-destroying projects like Ivanpah.

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2011/june/CASO-05.html
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Release Date: 06/10/11
Contacts: Erin Curtis , (916) 978-4622	News Release No. CASO-05
BLM Lifts Suspension of Activities Order for Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System
The Bureau of Land Management has issued a notice today allowing construction to resume on parts of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. An immediate temporary suspension of activities decision was issued April 15 and has now been lifted since the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a new Biological Opinion concluding the project will not jeopardize the threatened desert tortoise. The BLM reinitiated consultation with the FWS in March after the project proponent BrightSource Energy reported finding more tortoise in the project area than originally anticipated. The BLM issued an Immediate Temporary Suspension of Activities decision for the project in April when project biologists reported reaching the limit of number of tortoises handled under the original Biological Opinion. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bechtel_Group,_Inc. Excerpt: Bechtel Group, Inc. is the largest contractor in the U.S. The company does construction projects worldwide. It has been involved in such projects as the cleanup at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the construction of Hoover Dam. The company makes most of its money from oil, gas & chemicals and from government contracts. With Chairman and CEO Riley P. Bechtel at the head, the Bechtel family is in its fourth generation of leadership of the company. [1] Bechtel is a defense contractor with very strong political ties and a long history of doing business in Iraq, including an unsuccessful pipeline deal that at one point involved a meeting between Donald H. Rumsfeld, former secretary of defense, and Saddam Hussein. That project later drew scrutiny from a special prosecutor looking into allegations of impropriety involving Edwin A. Meese III, the former White House counsel and attorney general in the Reagan administration. [1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_J._Connelly
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Ross J. Connelly (b. April 25, 1952) is the former Executive Vice President and COO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.^[1] Prior to OPIC, Connelly worked for Bechtel Corporation; he was an executive (1977) and later a senior principal with Bechtel Investments (1982 - 1991) (which later became the Fremont Group) and the President of Bechtel Energy Resources, Inc. (1991 - 1993). In 1993, Connelly was elected President of Northgas, a Bechtel joint-venture dedicated to developing natural gas resources in northern Russia. He held this position until he left Bechtel in 1995.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Private_Investment_Corporation
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The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is an independent agency of the United States Government that mobilizes U.S. private sector investment in new and emerging markets overseas in order to support both the sustainable economic development of those markets and the creation of American jobs at home. OPIC operates on a self-sustaining basis at no net cost to the American taxpayer; the agency has recorded a positive net income for every year of operation, with reserves (consisting of U.S. Treasury securities) totaling approximately $5 billion. Since its establishment in 1971, OPIC has financed more than 4,000 projects providing $188 billion of investment in emerging markets. OPIC-supported transactions are estimated to have generated $74 billion in U.S. exports and to have supported more than 274,000 U.S. jobs. OPIC manages a $13 billion portfolio of projects in more than 150 countries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_agency
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A government agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of agency types. Although usage differs, a government agency is normally distinct both from a Department or Ministry, and other types of public body established by government. The functions of an agency are normally executive in character, since different types of organisation (such as commissions) are normally used for advisory functions, but this distinction is often blurred in practice.
A government agency may be established by either a national government or a state government within a federal system. (The term is not normally used for an organization created by the powers of a local government body.) Agencies can be established by legislation or by executive powers. The autonomy, independence and accountability of government agencies also vary widely.

http://truthsurvival.com/2011/04/18/tavistock-institute-an-institution-for-your-mind/
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“The plan to ‘create’ public opinion began in 1913 as a propaganda factory centered at Wellington House in London. Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary at the time, installed Lord Northcliffe (Britain’s most influential newspaper magnate) as its director. Lord Northcliffe’s position was over sighted by Lord Rothmere on behalf of the British Crown. The operational staff of Wellington House consisted of Lord Northcliffe, Arnold Toynbee (future director of studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs), and the Americans, Walter Lippmann and Edward Benays (nephew to Signund Freud).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinery_of_government
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The Machinery of Government (sometimes MOG) means the interconnected structures and processes of government, such as the functions and accountability of departments in the executive branch of government. The term is used particularly in the context of changes to established systems of public administration where different elements of machinery^[1] are created.
The phrase “machinery of government” is thought to have originated with John Stuart Mill in Considerations on Representative Government^[2] (1861). It was notably used to a public audience by President FD Roosevelt in a radio broadcast^[3] in 1934, commenting on the role of the National Recovery Administration (NRA) in delivering the New Deal. A number of national governments including those of Australia, Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom have adopted the term in official usage.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Government-industry_revolving_door
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture
Look at the first four letters of Culture