2 posts tagged “big oil”
The news media is whinging that unemployment is "surging' as are oil prices. (unemployment is 5.5%) John McCain is whinging that Barack Obama wants to go backwards, and that he (McCain) will save the country.
It is ironic that a new bill for more money ($183.7 billion) for the Iraq war (which also has a withdrawal date) has a tidbit tacked onto it that says unemployment benefits will be extended after the normal cutoff date of 26 weeks, for an added 13 weeks. John McCain approved the current budget for the military, at over 500 billion dollars. John McCain reminds me of Dr. Evil from Austin Powers films. He even laughs like him. (Hee hee hee heeeeee)
Newsflash for John McCain: You are a Republican. It is your greedy administration that got this country on to this sinking ship. Only a leader with astoundingly good ideas and the energy level of a blossoming nebula could save us. Step aside, Old School. Your walls are crumbling and we can see inside.
It is also the big corporations---mostly Big Oil--- that got us into this mess we're in, and we all know, the white house is in bed with them. How is it possible, that the oil companies are the richest corps in the country, possibly the world, and the people of this planet are suffering in their economies because of high fuel prices, and the oil companies have gotten away with it? Yes, those of us with vision bought smaller cars, and/or live close to work, but we still have to buy food, and the price of food has risen alarmingly and is continuing to rise. And let's not leave out, what they have done to the planet by lobbying for bigger vehicles, the hampering of alternative energy development, and the devastating power plays in other countries (like the Congo).
At a recent hearing by the Senate, Big Oil execs were questioned about price gouging (Note from photo below, they are all white males: couldn't they squeeze Condaleeza in there for flavor? What a bunch of chumps). They answered with whines of they would "lose money" if they lowered prices. They also insisted (whingingly) that they be allowed to drill for oil in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge. (Send lawyers, guns and money; Dad, get me out of this. The fratty brothers at Duke did not teach me how to handle this!)
Dubya says he will veto the bill because of the Iraq withdrawal stipulation.
Drop an don't copy yo, don't call this a co-opt
Terror rains drenchin', quenchin' tha thirst of tha power dons
That five sided fist-a-gon
Tha rotten sore on tha face of mother earth gets bigger
Tha triggers cold now empty ya purse
They rally round the family! with a pocket full of shells
(Rage Against the Machine)
Nuttier than a Snickers Bar. They are all nutters. I am talking about, the people campaigning for president of the U.S. of A. this year. Here is why: John McCain is simple. He is so obviously insane, there is no denying it. You can see it in his eyes. They glow with an inner light fueled by misfiring synapses that flap around in the dark like bats in a bellfry. They shimmer like the gas planet Saturn, methane and CO2 from all the greenhouse gas spewed by his party's homies, churning around in a soup. And anyone who would run for this position for the Republican party after the oil company dictatorship that has reigned supreme in this country for the past seven and a half years, would have to be. Plus, he says wacky things that contradict themselves. Hillary Clinton was driven nuts by her husband. He may have been a good president, but he was a shyte hubby. He believes receiving oral sex from other women is not cheating. And she remained married to him all these years. Also, she is not right in the head if she thinks taking away the gas tax for a season will improve the economy. I don’t know about you, but saving one dollar eight cents a week (18 cents times ten) is not going to inspire me to suddenly run out to Macy’s department store and buy a pair of $100 sandals (If you want to improve the economy, punish the oil companies, whose record profits will enable their executives’ great-great-great-etc grandchildren to inherit more cash than Anna Nicole Smith’s baby. Gas tax pays for many things, and does not punish them. In fact, people might buy MORE of their product if it is cheaper, so it could actually REWARD them). Now she is putting on her Blue Collar hat, portraying herself as the champion of the working class. Really? When was the last time she had to forgo dining out for a month in order to get both the electric bill and the water bill paid (never)? And why exactly, when she was a big-wig for Wal-mart in the ‘80s and ‘90s, did she do nothing when the retail giant fought against labor unions? (we all know what a great employer the company has been) But apparently, many Democrats are nutters too, cause they believe her when she says she represents the working people. Barak Obama is a nutter. He thinks telling the truth and having really good ideas that will cause actual improvement, will get him elected president of this country. He believes he will be able to get this government to pull away from corporate lobbyists like Big Oil. The people of North Carolina are nutters. They voted him in 56%. (1% picked "no preference". Is that a choice?) They are inspired by someone who seems honest and intelligent. When was that ever a factor in electing a president? (With sarcasm, I speak, said Yoda)
Giuliani and the rest, well…
