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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: Borges

Good point by Cavuto.


21 posted on 04/17/2006 6:12:14 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
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To: speed_addiction

I think Cavuto also has multiple sclerosis, so O'Reilly could use that to his advantage also.


22 posted on 04/17/2006 6:13:50 PM PDT by metalcor
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To: oceanview
Dobbs is one of the biggest buffoons out there - Cavuto is the class of the MSM -
23 posted on 04/17/2006 6:14:18 PM PDT by SevenMinusOne
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To: Borges
Cavuto is the smartest of the whole bunch. O'reilly is smart, but not always wise. I think they like going head to head. Just as long as each of them thinks they got their shots in.
24 posted on 04/17/2006 6:14:55 PM PDT by Revolutionary
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To: KoRn
On principle I had more sympathy with O'Rielly's position

Me too.

I'm rather surprised that everyone who has responded so far on this thread gives the retiring Exxon CEO a pass.

I mean $400 million to leave the company? And that was an optional severance that they gave him? Can any one person be worth that much? Does any one really NEED that much money? On the surface it sounds obscene. Is it a comparable severance package for other CEO's? Sounds like America needs to look at the distribution of wealth at the top if you ask me. Some accountability seems in order.

And FWIW, I like O'Reilly and he has done more for me than the Exxon CEO, by far.

25 posted on 04/17/2006 6:16:03 PM PDT by ThirstyMan (hysteria: the elixir of the Left that trumps all reason)
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To: ThirstyMan
"America needs to look at the distribution of wealth at the top if you ask me."

That's a very dangerous thought process. Be careful what you wish for.

26 posted on 04/17/2006 6:18:21 PM PDT by KoRn
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To: speed_addiction

Perhaps you are not aware that Mr. Cavuto has multiple sclerosis although he rarely mentions it. I highly doubt even O'Reilly would stoop as low as you mightlike.


27 posted on 04/17/2006 6:18:56 PM PDT by miele man
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To: Common Tator
I agree.

Bill O'Reilly earns his pay. He can easily justify it because his program is rated Number One, the most watched show on TV right now.

28 posted on 04/17/2006 6:19:50 PM PDT by ThirstyMan (hysteria: the elixir of the Left that trumps all reason)
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To: miele man
Perhaps you are not aware that Mr. Cavuto has multiple sclerosis although he rarely mentions it. I highly doubt even O'Reilly would stoop as low as you mightlike.

I was not aware of this. I was not wishing for this to happen just making a statement on who I would place my money on should it happen. O'Rielly is a big guy. I honestly like Cavuto better than I do O'Rielly as commentators.

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29 posted on 04/17/2006 6:23:14 PM PDT by speed_addiction (And the Lord said, "Who shall I send? Who will stand for us?" Said I, "Here I am...Send me.")
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To: KoRn
Well if I'm not mistaken Japan has a cap on top executives' salaries. And their companies seem to be doing quite well. I think their execs can't earn more than ten times the salary of the worker. I could be wrong but that's what I heard.

Americans don't want that but when bonuses and severance packages are doled out willy nilly then the adversarial model is fed and the company's workers get snubbed.

If there was $400 million kicking around to benefit the company what good did it do to give it to one retiring man like that?.

30 posted on 04/17/2006 6:25:44 PM PDT by ThirstyMan (hysteria: the elixir of the Left that trumps all reason)
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To: Hildy

Cavuto has MS...hidden disability, but disability.

I recently heard an interview with him on the NMSS site called Face of MS. It's at http://www.faceofms.org

He has three short statements on the site (you have to search the "tiles" to find his) and in one he explains that some days, he can't even get out of bed. Other times, he says, he does great, and occasionally he'll be doing his show, everything going along great, and come back from a break only to have his eyes affected by the MS and find that he's lost much of his sight.

He also has one interview on the site that talks about his disability in relationship to his life...and he tells a very interesting story about what happened to him on 9/10, the day before 9/11. His story puts "life" in perspective.


31 posted on 04/17/2006 6:26:53 PM PDT by dawn53
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To: ThirstyMan
I tend to disagree with you to the extent that, if the CEO started the company, I couldn't possibly care less what he makes.  Even if he drives the company into the ground to satisfy his desire for wealth:  I'll think he's a dumbass but I won't care how much he or she is making.

But this bizarre class of corporate management that's cropped-up - CEOs who've been brought into the company and showered with obscenely lavish pay by a board of directors who are playing the "I'll scratch your back" game - pisses me off.  

I'm no socialist but, come on...it's ridiculous. 

It's out of control. 

32 posted on 04/17/2006 6:27:17 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (The MSM is a hate group and we are the object of their disdain.)
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To: Common Tator

Hi Tator!

Yes, I know. Still don't think he's worth it though.


33 posted on 04/17/2006 6:27:56 PM PDT by Columbine
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To: miele man
Perhaps you are not aware that Mr. Cavuto has multiple sclerosis although he rarely mentions it.

I know that he does, but you are right, he rarely mentions it. I always cringe when he reads e-mails from people in the audience who accuse him of never knowing a day of suffering.

34 posted on 04/17/2006 6:28:32 PM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: Columbine
Well, that phone sex thingy did set him back a few bucks.
35 posted on 04/17/2006 6:30:55 PM PDT by Ursus arctos horribilis
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To: Psycho_Bunny

You've identified a serious problem with Board of Directors doling out large sums of the company's money. It may be as you suggest, a scratch each other's back ploy, which does nobody but the BOD members any good.


36 posted on 04/17/2006 6:31:58 PM PDT by ThirstyMan (hysteria: the elixir of the Left that trumps all reason)
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To: ThirstyMan
Can any one person be worth that much? Does any one really NEED that much money? On the surface it sounds obscene.

Are these your feelings on wealth, in general? Ever given much thought to how much Bill Gates is worth? Money is never obscene. What is obscene is that people chose to use it unwisely. Money should not end with shame. The people who have it, generally have earned it. Capitalism at its best.

37 posted on 04/17/2006 6:32:41 PM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife ("Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. "--Aeschylus)
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To: Borges

My respect for Neil grows a little more each day.


38 posted on 04/17/2006 6:34:16 PM PDT by 7mmMag@LeftCoast (The DNC and Rino's: they put the CON into congress everyday.)
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To: oceanview; All

Dobbs is an asshole.

I hate that SOB.

He is not conservative at all, but rips Bush all the time on issues a conservative would agree with him on, not just immigration.

However, that does seem to be all he can ever talk about. That, or China.


39 posted on 04/17/2006 6:35:14 PM PDT by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: oceanview

Your Kidding, Lou Dobbs is a dyed in the wool socialist if there ever was one. He is a joke as a 'business analyst'.


40 posted on 04/17/2006 6:35:26 PM PDT by 7mmMag@LeftCoast (The DNC and Rino's: they put the CON into congress everyday.)
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