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McCain Administration Spring 2010
Spring 2010
"The Huatree militia is a dangerous example of the real terrorists America has to face..."
"What the hell BP?! Only two years in and the Republicans have let this happen?!"
"It's getting violent in Thailand. I get the feeling it's the beginning..."
The early months of Spring were relatively quiet all things considered at first. The efforts in helping Haiti and later Chile continued, the Honduran Restoration was finalized with Zelaya being restored as Presidency on the conditions of not running for next terms and new elections being held over in 2011. In the meanwhile, interim officials were given emergancy elections to put in. Due to the gridlock caused by the two dominant parties so opposed, the preferences were those of the lesser known parties such as PINU, the Liberals and the Anti-Corruption, done hopefully to mix up the pot. Granted, they were put in temporarily until the elections of 2011. The third parties got some changes to shine, especially after the Zelaya reign and coup left a sour taste for both parties. The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, burned in a fire of unknown cause, a travesty of the age. Within back home though, the big disruptuon within the United States was a terrorist attack. That of the Hutaree Militia movement. While they were under observation for a while with the assistance of far-right wing radio talk host Hal Turner, Turner would turn against the FBI as he disagreed with the US stance on firearms and used FBI intel instead to assist the Hutaree movement in their attack against law enforcement. Killing a police officer, attacking the funeral held by them and then also luring several FBI agents into a trap to attack them, they would end up being captured after a delayed stand-off with the assistance of another FBI informant, a Muslim militiaman named Matt Savino, who grew mroe disturbed at the behavior. While the Michigan Militia assisted the FBI in the stand-off against the Hutaree Militia, it also served as aroundabout final nail in the coffin. The death along with the disturbing similarities ended with the Michigan Militia being disbanded. Eventually, a successor group was made. It also saw the notion swinging as militia groups began swinging more leftward in the political spectrum. Partly out of the ecological and environmental leanings within survivalist groups that grown in the Gore era, but now accelerated in reaction to frustrations at conservative politics and the distrubing realizations at comparisons between them and the Hutatree. Additionally, coverage by the media showed a perplexing note in how they were unwilling to address the militia as "terrorists", despite htier modus operandi. In fact, it served to some people as an example of the inherent biased in how the mainstream media and other outlets treated white criminals in comparison to minorities. This further served to grow the popularity of certain news outlets while others suffered in part of their views.
Suspected members of the Hutaree Militia; not included (Hal Turner)
While the nation recovered from the deaths occurred from the domestic terrorist attack and the aftermath that ensued, a new problem came afront that brought environmentalism back onto the table. An explosion occurs on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig, killing 11 workers, causing the rig to sink two days later and initiating a massive offshore oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It spreads for several months, damaging the waters and the United States coastline and the entire disaster starts an international debate and doubt about the practice and procedures of offshore drilling. To say it was a colossal clusterfuck was an understatement. The Deepwater Horizon rig was put in beyond Gore's reach back in his early years, and now it seems his criticisms and warnings about the entire ordeal was now vindicated. While the McCain Administration condemned the entire thing as the worst environmental disaster in US history, the initial lackluster attempts in dealing with BP infuriated a growing number of the populace and House reps and Senators were pressured extensively to resolve the issue. This included working to convince the President to accept outside help offered by other nations in the clean-up duty, The environmentally-minded factions of both parites united to begin pushing legislation to deal with the debacle. Meanwhile, many donors and volunteers went over to assist in the clean up as well while scientists went to survey and expect the damage. Protestors began boycotting BP oil while others went so far as to the same for petroleum in general. Former President Gore spoke on the subject matter, detailing the economic and environmental hazards risk offshore oils along with fracking was. Lawsuits and charges were being lobbied with BP. Lax safety standards and environmental concerns further united labor and environmental groups into cooperation as a result.
NOLA BP Oil Flood Protest Take Tar From Feathers
Meanwhile, across the world, more protests were going on in response to the declining economy and the frustrations over at governments. Protestors of BP would end up sometimes joining up with protestors at the growing economic disparity and problems. One of the largest examples of this was going over in Thailand at the rulign Democratic party. The entire debacle started from a "judicial coup" over regarding a certain political party and led to the formation of a coalition by the Democratic party. Protests were beginning in March and were continiuing on throughout the spring, resulting in violent clashes in April between the protestors and the government. There was a thick atmosphere of tension in the air, as if it was the precipce to something greater. The peaceful protests turned violent in response to the involvement of attempred inference by the government. Violent clashes occurred once more in May and while there was some notice, it just seemed like a backdrop of what was to come. Other problems included plane crashes and the 2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, which killed 94 people during Friday prayers at two mosques. It seemed as if the world kept crawling toward a chasm from pent-up frustration and anger at the elites that have disregarded them.
11 April: lit candles commemorating the casualties suffered by the protesters on 10 April 2010
"The Huatree militia is a dangerous example of the real terrorists America has to face..."
"What the hell BP?! Only two years in and the Republicans have let this happen?!"
"It's getting violent in Thailand. I get the feeling it's the beginning..."
The early months of Spring were relatively quiet all things considered at first. The efforts in helping Haiti and later Chile continued, the Honduran Restoration was finalized with Zelaya being restored as Presidency on the conditions of not running for next terms and new elections being held over in 2011. In the meanwhile, interim officials were given emergancy elections to put in. Due to the gridlock caused by the two dominant parties so opposed, the preferences were those of the lesser known parties such as PINU, the Liberals and the Anti-Corruption, done hopefully to mix up the pot. Granted, they were put in temporarily until the elections of 2011. The third parties got some changes to shine, especially after the Zelaya reign and coup left a sour taste for both parties. The Kasubi Tombs, Uganda's only cultural World Heritage Site, burned in a fire of unknown cause, a travesty of the age. Within back home though, the big disruptuon within the United States was a terrorist attack. That of the Hutaree Militia movement. While they were under observation for a while with the assistance of far-right wing radio talk host Hal Turner, Turner would turn against the FBI as he disagreed with the US stance on firearms and used FBI intel instead to assist the Hutaree movement in their attack against law enforcement. Killing a police officer, attacking the funeral held by them and then also luring several FBI agents into a trap to attack them, they would end up being captured after a delayed stand-off with the assistance of another FBI informant, a Muslim militiaman named Matt Savino, who grew mroe disturbed at the behavior. While the Michigan Militia assisted the FBI in the stand-off against the Hutaree Militia, it also served as aroundabout final nail in the coffin. The death along with the disturbing similarities ended with the Michigan Militia being disbanded. Eventually, a successor group was made. It also saw the notion swinging as militia groups began swinging more leftward in the political spectrum. Partly out of the ecological and environmental leanings within survivalist groups that grown in the Gore era, but now accelerated in reaction to frustrations at conservative politics and the distrubing realizations at comparisons between them and the Hutatree. Additionally, coverage by the media showed a perplexing note in how they were unwilling to address the militia as "terrorists", despite htier modus operandi. In fact, it served to some people as an example of the inherent biased in how the mainstream media and other outlets treated white criminals in comparison to minorities. This further served to grow the popularity of certain news outlets while others suffered in part of their views.
Suspected members of the Hutaree Militia; not included (Hal Turner)
While the nation recovered from the deaths occurred from the domestic terrorist attack and the aftermath that ensued, a new problem came afront that brought environmentalism back onto the table. An explosion occurs on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig, killing 11 workers, causing the rig to sink two days later and initiating a massive offshore oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It spreads for several months, damaging the waters and the United States coastline and the entire disaster starts an international debate and doubt about the practice and procedures of offshore drilling. To say it was a colossal clusterfuck was an understatement. The Deepwater Horizon rig was put in beyond Gore's reach back in his early years, and now it seems his criticisms and warnings about the entire ordeal was now vindicated. While the McCain Administration condemned the entire thing as the worst environmental disaster in US history, the initial lackluster attempts in dealing with BP infuriated a growing number of the populace and House reps and Senators were pressured extensively to resolve the issue. This included working to convince the President to accept outside help offered by other nations in the clean-up duty, The environmentally-minded factions of both parites united to begin pushing legislation to deal with the debacle. Meanwhile, many donors and volunteers went over to assist in the clean up as well while scientists went to survey and expect the damage. Protestors began boycotting BP oil while others went so far as to the same for petroleum in general. Former President Gore spoke on the subject matter, detailing the economic and environmental hazards risk offshore oils along with fracking was. Lawsuits and charges were being lobbied with BP. Lax safety standards and environmental concerns further united labor and environmental groups into cooperation as a result.
NOLA BP Oil Flood Protest Take Tar From Feathers
Meanwhile, across the world, more protests were going on in response to the declining economy and the frustrations over at governments. Protestors of BP would end up sometimes joining up with protestors at the growing economic disparity and problems. One of the largest examples of this was going over in Thailand at the rulign Democratic party. The entire debacle started from a "judicial coup" over regarding a certain political party and led to the formation of a coalition by the Democratic party. Protests were beginning in March and were continiuing on throughout the spring, resulting in violent clashes in April between the protestors and the government. There was a thick atmosphere of tension in the air, as if it was the precipce to something greater. The peaceful protests turned violent in response to the involvement of attempred inference by the government. Violent clashes occurred once more in May and while there was some notice, it just seemed like a backdrop of what was to come. Other problems included plane crashes and the 2010 Ahmadiyya mosques massacre in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, which killed 94 people during Friday prayers at two mosques. It seemed as if the world kept crawling toward a chasm from pent-up frustration and anger at the elites that have disregarded them.
11 April: lit candles commemorating the casualties suffered by the protesters on 10 April 2010
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