Yeah, ol' Exxon-Mobil made 10 or 11 billion in the first quarter of 2008, BUT!
Exxon-Mobil Paid $3 in Taxes for Every $1 of Profit
Apparently the tax thieves in Congress ain't satisfied with "one for you, three for me".
Maybe they want "one for you, five or six for me", while the taxpayers take it in the shorts with $4 plus gasoline and diesel...
Another economic ignorant.
Put up or shut up, and don't blame me since I voted for Mike Bouchard.
The problem is we have no Republicans with a set of balls who will stand up and tell the truth. They are too busy making global warming commercials with the Democrats. The environmentalist are killing this country. I see the USA as a third world country within 10 to 15 years.
Have no fear...the spinelessrepublicans will bow down
How anyone could believe that drilling for more oil could cause the price to increase is astounding. I know this old hag Democrat doesn’t believe it but how many idiotic voters out there actually think drilling for oil, building more refineries and having more gas is going to increase the price? Unbelievable.
Debbie Stabenow, like all moonbats, is delusional. The energy problems we face are due exclusively to the antics of the Dims and their radical environmentalist friends. It was the Dims that banned drilling in ANWAR and off the California and Florida coasts; restricted it as to be meaningless in the Gulf of Mexico; refused to allow the mining and refining of Colorado shale; have banned any new refineries and have pretty much killed the coal indusrty. On top of that, they will not allow any new nuclear power plants and they support the bankrupting fraud of ocrn processing into fuel. Finally, they embrace wind-generated power systems but not anywhere where they can see them, lest their pristine views of harbors and beaches and colorful vistas be compromised.
Foul frauds, the lot of them.
This is from the Onion, right?
What hypocrites these liberals are. Tehy tell us higher gs prices would be the nomr (after all, tehy pay $5 per gallon in Europe, yu know) and then when the price shoots up due to their own actions, they whine, cry, and blame their opponents (whom they view as enemies and probably criminals), in order to increase their own power, which is the ONLY thing liberals care about.
"The public must pressure Republicans in the White House and Congress to change directions in the country's energy policies, which have pushed oil and gas prices to record highs, a Democratic lawmaker said Saturday." --Democratic Sen. Debbie StabenowOkay, I give up.
Given that Dems got control of Congress in the 2006 elections, why are Dems now saying that the public must pressure Republican minority members of Congress to address oil and gas prices which have skyrocketed under a Democratic-controlled Congress? What's wrong with this picture?
But before anybody says anything, as far as I'm concerned, Republicans and Democrats alike have fallen flat on their faces with respect to leading the country to energy independence since the 1973 oil embargo. That is why I am keeping tabs on energy-related developments in the private sector. In fact, you may be interested in the following private sector happenings concerning energy.
There's now evidence that people might get as much, or more, bang per buck for their gas dollars with gas / ethanol mixtures.
Gas-competitive gas / ethanol mixturesAlso, I was surprised by the introduction of a machine for making home-made ethanol.
EFUEL100But watch out for fines for violating biofuel regulations.
Fines for violating biofuel regulationsIn the meanwhile, I'm keeping an eye on the following development in non-corn ethanol production.
Non-corn ethanolFinally, on the down side of ethanol, I've heard that ethanol fires are harder to put out than gasoline fires. Can anybody shed some light on this?
I was hoping that the voters of Michigan would change direction.
btw, what changes have the Democrats made in energy policy since taking control of Congress?
Debbie Stupidnow, ultra moron.
TROY -- The co-founder and former CEO of the liberal-progressive Democracy Radio and husband of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow was caught in February by a Troy police sting aimed at catching prostitutes, according to a police report.
Thomas L. Athans was stopped Feb. 26 by undercover officers investigating a possible prostitution ring in a room at the Residence Inn near Big Beaver and Interstate 75. Athans paid a 20-year-old prostitute $150 for sex in a Troy hotel...
A free country does not have an “energy policy.”
That sounds like a Soviet five-year plan sort of thing.
If government would get out of the way, stop meddling with markets, and generally keep to itself, these things would work themselves out.