Comments on THE DAILY DELAY: DeLay and Exxon

Just after the attacks of September 11, Tom Delay ...

2005-11-03T12:35:00.000-05:00

Just after the attacks of September 11, Tom Delay had the nerve to insinuate that the firefighters and police were taking advantage of the terrorist attacks to increase their wages by threatening to conduct a strike.
His statement was that "unions are a clear and present danger to the security of our troops at home and abroad"
if you agree with that, then you should be able to see that the oil companies posting record profits on the back of the world after the natural disasters in the gulf coast are certainly doing their patriotic duty to capitalize on the misery of others.
No Coment From Delay On The Patriotism of the oil companies.

I'd hardly say that oil companies are blame-free, ...

2005-10-29T22:23:00.000-05:00

I'd hardly say that oil companies are blame-free, given the fact that consolidation in the oil, gas and refining businesses have conspicuously coincided with the upward trend in prices, and there is plenty of evidence documenting that gas companies engage in price fixing.

http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Ask_this.view&askthisid=111

I live in NYC, so the gas prices don't shock so mu...

2005-10-29T11:18:00.000-05:00

I live in NYC, so the gas prices don't shock so much (unless you happen to rent a car for a weekend). But we could see it in the form of taxi surcharges. In any event, it's about time for a little windfall-profits tax. I actually saw one Exxon tool on MSNBC explaining that some of the profit was due to better management. Not.

Oh yeah, unlike you Delay he knows what the law is...

2005-10-28T17:28:00.000-05:00

Oh yeah, unlike you Delay he knows what the law is.

He doesn't write the fucking law for his cronies and conduits in other words. You deserve every bit of shit you get in jail, and you're going to get it, big time right alongside your little attorney friend and Scooter Libby plus Karl Rove.

Enjoy your arrogance while it lasts, Delay. Its over for Hammer.

My savings account just gave me an extra $1 this m...

2005-10-28T13:26:00.000-05:00

My savings account just gave me an extra $1 this month. It too posted "Record Profits." If you aren't making record profits then you have a bad business that is failing. Oil is going up and oil companies and business is good of course. So is *that* surprising they are making more money? That is like being surprised Apple is making money off the Ipod hype. Its quite obvious.

Now you would have a good point if oil companies were pushing prices higher to rip off consumers. Then you would have either racketerring charges or monopoly problems. The problem is that oil companies margins are really no different than when oil was at $15 a barrel. Nothing has changed. So oil companies are just doing business as usual.

And to note, $50,000 in XOM is a pretty small investment if you are a senator and a millionaire like most senators are today.

While you're thinking about it, consider whether y...

2005-10-27T20:08:00.000-05:00

While you're thinking about it, consider whether you like subsidizing such outstanding profits. Isn't it nice that they can make so much and have thier outstretched hand filled as well?