Thursday, January 26, 2012

Sheldon Adelson and Newt Gingrich and American Solutions for Winning the Future

Ron Paul names Neo Cons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNb_610L0GE

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sheldon_Adelson
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This series of ads isn't his only propagandistic foray: the Vegas casino king has also gone into the newspaper business – in Israel.[12] Yisrael Hayom is a new daily paper closely tied to the ultra-nationalist wing of the Likud party, and Benjamin Netanyahu's political aspirations

http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/sheldon-adelson-and-newt-gingrich-one-gained-clout-from-friendship-the-other-funding/2012/01/11/gIQACvSrBQ_story.html
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Perhaps no other major presidential candidate in recent times has had his fortunes based so squarely on the contributions of a single donor, as Gingrich has on Adelson, who has spent millions in support of Gingrich and his causes over the past five years. In a primary season dominated by the mega-spending of super PACs, Adelson’s efforts on Gingrich’s behalf provide a window into the expanding influence of the super-rich on American politics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sands_Macao
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http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Solutions_for_Winning_the_Future
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Funding

In August 2010, Salon.com released their findings on who is funding Newt Gingrich's American Solutions. Salon found a significant chunk of the group's funding comes from oil and gas and coal companies, according to the its IRS filings. American Solutions has run national TV ads opposing cap-and-trade bills.[6]
According to Salon, American Solutions has taken in over $20 million as of the 2010 election cycle. Here are some of the group's biggest funders:[6]
American Electric Power: CEO Michael Morris of the Ohio-based power company gave $100,000 in 2009. Along with electricity, the company operates the nation's largest power transmission network, operating over much of the East Coast and Midwest.
Arch Coal: Based in St. Louis, Arch boasts it provides 16 percent of America's coal supply from 11 mining complexes around the country, making it the second largest coal producer in the country. It gave Gingrich $100,000.
Devon Energy: An Oklahoma-based oil and gas production company that gave American Solutions $250,000.
Plains Exploration and Production: A Houston-based oil and gas company that operates in the Gulf gave $100,000.
Workforce Fairness Institute: A Washington, D.C.-based anti-union pressure group that gave $150,000 to Gingrich's organization this cycle. Its website says it is "funded by and advocates on behalf of business owners who enjoy good working relationships with their employees, and would like to maintain those good relationships without the unfair interference of government bureaucrats, union organizers and special interests." Mark McKinnon, longtime GOP operative and Bush aide, has been a spokesman for the institute.
Hubbard Broadcasting: Stanley Hubbard, a billionaire GOP donor from Minnesota, gave Gingrich's group $100,000. He owns radio and TV stations in several states.
Sheldon Adelson: ranked #6 of the world's billionaires in 2007, gave $1 million back in 2006.


http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Electric_Power
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American Electric Power (AEP) is a major investor-owner electric utility operating in various parts of the United States. It is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. It serves parts of 11 states, and is currently the largest electricity generating utility in the United States.

http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arch_Coal
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Arch Coal is a United States coal mining and processing company. The company mines, processes, and markets bituminous and sub-bituminous coal with low sulfur content in the United States. Arch Coal is the second largest supplier of coal in the U.S.,[1] second only to Peabody Energy[2]. Arch Coal claims to supply 16% of the domestic market[3]. Demand comes mainly from generators of electricity.[4] Arch Coal states that it supplies coal to "148 U.S. power plants in 33 states" and has "customers in more than a dozen countries worldwide. Through its national network of mines, Arch Coal provides 6 percent of the electricity generated in the United States."[5]
On June 15, 2011, Arch Coal completed its $3.4B acquisition of West Virginia coal producer International Coal Group. The deal will expand Arch's coal reserves in Appalachia, and the company said it will rank as the nation’s second largest supplier of metallurgical coal.[6] Arch reported $3,186 million in revenues in 2010, the company’s most profitable year in history

http://sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=International_Coal_Group
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Note: On June 15, 2011, International Coal Group was acquired by Arch Coal.

International Coal Group (ICG) operates 12 mining complexes in Appalachia and one in Illinois.[1] The company is owner of the Sago Mine in West Virginia, in which twelve miners died in January 2006 following an underground explosion. It is a member of the National Mining Association, the national trade organization which represents mining interests in all branches of government and in the media. [1] and [2]
In early May 2011, Arch Coal announced that it would take over the International Coal Group in a cash transaction worth $3.4 billion. Arch stated that the combined company would be "the second largest U.S. metallurgical coal supplier and a top-five overall global coal producer and marketer."[2] On June 15, 2011, Arch Coal completed the acquisition

http://247wallst.com/2012/01/04/new-crude-oil-pipeline-system-to-be-built-in-gulf-of-mexico-epd-gel-apc-apa-xom-e-pbr-pxp-bp-mro-rds-a-cvx-cop/
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http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_C._Snyder  (Devon)

http://www.linkedin.com/title/account+executive/at-hubbard+broadcasting/
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  1. Kristi Holte

  2. Title
  3. Account Executive at myTalk107.1
  4. Demographic info
  5. Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area | Marketing and Advertising
  6. Current:
  7. Senior Account Executive for myTalk107.1 at Hubbard Broadcasting
  8. Past:
  9. Senior Account Executive at Clear Channel
  10. Education:
  11. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
  12. Kristi Holte

  1. Jennifer Dunbar Cichacki

  2. Title
  3. Account Executive at 97.1 The Drive
  4. Demographic info
  5. Greater Chicago Area | Marketing and Advertising
  6. Current:
  7. Account Executive at Hubbard Broadcasting
  8. Past:
  9. Account Executive at ESPN Radio, Account Executive at Westwood One Metro Networks, Account Executive at Clear Channel Traffic Chicago, Account Ex...

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