Posted on 02/28/2009 5:54:26 PM PST by Alouette
A little off topic, but I wonder how much stolen money Madoff gave to the Obama campaign. You know in the unlikely event he gave one cent to Republicans, there would news stories about that every day, along with demands to investigate the RNC. Since I have not run across any news stories about Madoff’s political contributions, I assume the media are covering up the fact he gave to Democrats.
Being an employer in the oil field, I've done this in tune with the price of oil and gas, which means I've done this a lot. In fact, I did it today, as my 15 working rigs have dwindled to 5 (for now).
This morning, at 5:00, I met the guys for 10 rigs. About 75 tough guys, more or less. I passed out checks for the end of February, and an extra check for half a month.
I said, “Boys, Obama has declared war on entrepreneurs, and the oil and gas business in particular, so there are no wells being drilled. The guys who are willing to put it on the line drilling a well won't take the risk with Obama’s tax plan to take all the money. You have an extra check for a half-month's pay in your envelope, even you guys that are brand new. I thank you for your hard work, and let's hope we get someone who won't be so cruel to hard workers in the White House. In the meantime, be careful.”
Then I went and talked with everyone, and they shook my hand. Some of the tough guys cried. They know the way it works -— drilling wells is risky business, and no one is going to take that kind of risk (and do that kind of hard, dangerous work) without big rewards.
The old ones joked about Jimmy Carter and how he did the same thing.
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