Friday, February 5, 2010

Is it true that Corsi wrote a book about oil where he said that oil should be manufactured?

I heard this last night at a forum but I've never read any of his books.Is it true that Corsi wrote a book about oil where he said that oil should be manufactured?
Who knows, he just makes things up as he goes along. Here are examples of some comments about him and his smear campaigns against the Catholic Church, John Kerry, and Barack Obama:





From an August 15 Washington Post column by Eugene Robinson:


“The ';author,'; and I use the term loosely, whose vicious lies damaged John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign has crawled back out from under his rock to spew vicious lies about Barack Obama. Right-wing radio talk-show hosts are dutifully transmitting this concocted venom. This presidential campaign has officially gotten ugly.”





From a NY Times article about Corsi's Obama book::


';In its timing, authorship and style of reporting, the book is strikingly reminiscent of the one Mr. Corsi wrote with John O’Neill about Mr. Kerry, “Unfit for Command,” which included various accusations that were ultimately undermined by news reports pointing out the contradictions. (Some critics of Mr. Kerry quoted in the book had earlier praised his bravery in incidents they were now asserting he had fabricated; one had earned a medal for bravery in a gun battle he accused Mr. Kerry of concocting.)';





From Truth Fights Back:


';Just this last week, the George Bush/Karl Rove smear machine rolled into action again, pushing another smear book by fringe author Jerome Corsi. The book was published by Dick Cheney’s old spokesperson, Mary Matalin, and placed on the bestseller lists because of bulk buys by rightwing organizations.';





Here is what Catholics United had to say :


';Catholics United today called on Senator John McCain to categorically and unequivocally denounce the bigoted and intolerant comments of author Jerome Corsi. Corsi, who recently reprised his 2004 attacks on the Democratic candidate for president with the book Obama Nation, has a history of making statements offensive to Catholics and other people of faith.





Corsi has admitted that in March 2003 he posted a comment on the Free Republic website stating, “Boy buggering in both Islam and Catholicism is okay with the Pope as long as it isn't reported by the liberal press.” In December 2002 he wrote, “So this is what the last days of the Catholic Church are going to look like. Buggering boys undermines the moral base and the laywers rip the gold off the Vatican altars. We may get one more Pope, when this senile one dies, but that's probably about it.”Is it true that Corsi wrote a book about oil where he said that oil should be manufactured?
Not exactly, but there is an article not a book. See the link below to the article he wrote if you want to read it for yourself. You can make up your own mind based on what he says, but I think this guy is definitely on the wacko fringe.
Dunno. He believes that we do not have an 'oil crisis' and that there is an infinate supply of oil in the US and off our coasts. But he also believes in MANY crazy and often racist, bigoted things too, so I would take anything he says with a grain of salt.

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