Friday, November 11, 2005

Why Bother?

I noticed the Senate hauled in the heads of all the major oil companies to quiz them about record profits (ExxonMobil reported $9 billion in the last quarter- which is a new world record).
I also noticed the presiding fat bastard from Alaska refused to have them sworn in.
That being the case, why did they bother?

We know why they recorded record profits- it's called price gouging.
And we know who allowed it: Bush and the neo-cons.

Would I swear to it? Hell, yes.
Did I cut up my ExxonMobil card?
Yep.

3 comments:

Karen Zipdrive said...

That's absolutely correct.
You just have to wonder when people will say 'enough.'

I am not certain of this, but I believe I read some time ago that Citgo was one of the few oil companies not dependent on Middle East Oil.

I wish some enterprising person would create a list of corporations we lefties should support.

So far I have heard Progressive car insurance is one of them. Then I strongly suspect Macintosh is another.
Any others?

The Educated Eclectic said...

I think there is such a list somewhere...I don't know where I saw it, but there is a list of such companies. Might try searching through The Nation archives....

JimBob said...

Here is a comprehensive list of American corporations you can trust:

1.