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Did anyone just watch Cavuto clean Oreilly's clock?
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Posted on 04/17/2006 5:53:30 PM PDT by Borges

Bill Oreilly was complaining about the outgoing CEO of Exxon Mobil making too much money and Cavuto pointed out that Oil Company CEOs provide a much bigger service to society then talk show hosts who also make millions...Bill was speechless.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cavuto; exxonmobil; oreilly
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To: billbears
You know that Citgo is Venezuelan national oil company owned, right? So that money goes to Chavez...
121 posted on 04/17/2006 7:39:46 PM PDT by JasonC
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To: Borges
Re: The efficiency of Exxon's chairman. My brother is in the energy industry. He said that Exxon-Mobil now has fewer employees than either Exxon or Mobil had when they merged. If you can bring in twice as much money with fewer employees, you are going to make unbelievable profits. That's what CEOs get paid for.

It was nauseating to see (c)BS blaiming the high cost of gas, in part, on this guy's retirement package. They just spent millions to have a complete airhead read us the news, replacing the fossilized dinosaur that supplanted the forgery-meister. If there's anywhere people get market rates rather than paid for contribution to society, it's the entertainment industry. The "news" divisions are no exceptions.

122 posted on 04/17/2006 7:40:28 PM PDT by Dilbert56
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To: Borges

Let's take that CEO's golden parachute and split it up in gas. Should be good for a buck or two off our next fill up.


123 posted on 04/17/2006 7:41:20 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: oceanview

See what happens when the goobermint takes the lead in controlling salaries? And you want more.

No thanks.
It's not the goobermints job to start second-guessing the BODs.

I'm sticking with capitalism and the market.
It works EVERY time it's tried.


124 posted on 04/17/2006 7:41:59 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: speed_addiction

No way. Cavuto could just headbutt him once with that big head and it would all be over.

I love Neil, he's so cool.


125 posted on 04/17/2006 7:45:34 PM PDT by Shimmer128
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To: fish hawk

Too bad, we're not obligated to like Bill O'Reilly.

But I'm getting a good laugh out of your post. Thanks! :D


126 posted on 04/17/2006 7:46:54 PM PDT by Shimmer128
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To: DevSix

He does..


127 posted on 04/17/2006 7:55:03 PM PDT by OregonTide
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To: Borges

I have little regard for either O'Reilly or Cavuto. I can somewhat agree with O'Reilly about the extremely high pay for the executives. It really has gotten out of hand and gone to embarassing levels - and believe me - I do respect the free market aspects of the economy.

But, to hear those high paid bubble head tv talkers complian is a joke. How many jobs and salaries are the directly responsible for? Their dresser and make up person.

I remember when Katie Bubbles got here last deal. the union was on strike for higher pay. Katie's deal is announced just when the strike was settled. Coincidentally, she got a $5,000,000 raise - 50 production people lost their jobs in the settlement.

I don't have the solution to it and don't believe that there should be any legislation over it. Somewhere I read that the average CEO pay was about $11,000,000 - I suppose for the top 1,000 companies. So, they are getting about what katie Bubbles gets for grinning and giggling foolishly. Comparatively, only about 25% of what they should get if her's is fair.


128 posted on 04/17/2006 7:55:19 PM PDT by aaCharley
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To: SJSAMPLE
My salary is an agreement between what my company is willing to pay and what I'm willing to work for. What anybody else things is irrelevant.

Some years ago, when Mr. Raymond reached mandatory retirement age, the board and shareholders begged him to stay on ... and he did for several more years. No one is glad to see him go.

129 posted on 04/17/2006 7:59:26 PM PDT by caryatid (Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait ...)
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To: golfisnr1; All

The total oil reserves of the top 10 countries (largest estimated reserves) is about 1,100 billion barrels. If all 52 gallons were oil products we used, then we'd go through that in about 435 years on
our own. So who's worried?


130 posted on 04/17/2006 8:01:30 PM PDT by jbp1 (be nice now)
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To: oceanview
Fox should hire Dobbs, and fire Cavuto.

Thankfully, that will never happen.

131 posted on 04/17/2006 8:03:36 PM PDT by NewLand (Posting against liberalism since the 20th century!)
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To: Borges

This man ran a successful oil company for 45 years and got 400mil at retirement. Gosh Oprah has talked on TV for less than that and is worth a billion. Imagine that.


132 posted on 04/17/2006 8:28:07 PM PDT by therut
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To: jmq

"Buying more Exxon tomorrow.'

Really. FReepers have good intentions but when it comes to economics this is not the place to learn.


133 posted on 04/17/2006 8:37:13 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida ((Elections Matter)
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To: billbears
"Not going to change where I get my gas from, the local Citgo has the lowest prices for me currently..."

Do you know who owns CITGO? Perhaps you should rethink...
134 posted on 04/17/2006 8:37:21 PM PDT by RavenATB (Patton was right...)
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To: ThirstyMan

"Sounds like America needs to look at the distribution of wealth at the top if you ask me'

Commie


135 posted on 04/17/2006 8:39:16 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida ((Elections Matter)
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To: ThirstyMan

Seriously. If you want a say in the pay of the Exxon CEO then buy 51% of the voting shares. Otherwise, and until you are the owner, pound sand. Owners of the company should be the ONLY people that sets pay scales. PERIOD.


136 posted on 04/17/2006 8:41:57 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida ((Elections Matter)
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To: potlatch

Yeah, I'm with you. I like both of those guys, and Dobbs too.


137 posted on 04/17/2006 8:42:28 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

Sounds like Dobbs is making quite an impression on people on the illegal issue. O'Reilly has been calling for Reserves on the border for ages!


138 posted on 04/17/2006 8:47:17 PM PDT by potlatch (Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
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To: therut

Careful, therut...you will be labeled racists by some liberals here. Apparently, writing the word "Negro", as I did,is considered "racist" by the PCers here.


139 posted on 04/17/2006 8:47:57 PM PDT by clooney4824
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To: Chunga

Could it be that when people here complain about the bloated paychecks of the Oprahs and O'Reillys (O"Reilies? har) of the world, they are really complaining about all the people who watch them rather than the people who wrote their contracts?

In that light, the phrase "Is Bill O worth X million dollars?" takes on a whole new meaning. :)


140 posted on 04/17/2006 8:49:32 PM PDT by Constantine XIII
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