CNN headline story this AM

[DHayden]

My 1st post joined in on putting the oil Co , but the thing I'm thinking about seeing thiis all over the media is do not get caught up in the media B. S... ... . a factoid with out any relivance is just obvious mannipulation , just think about it for a moment , a co that big is going to have big profits , what were there profits this qt. the last few yrs , I think they are well worth bashing but I want my bashing to be base in truth that I can acktully back up with real info , than maybe it will have an improving effect not just polerization.

That's easy to see with reading in this and other threads and an internet search.

Exxon PROFITS are up 75% compared to the same quarter last year. Other oil companies profits are up 89% from the same quarter last year.

The taxes we have paid to the government is more than triple what the oil companies all of them combined have reported in profits for the same period of time.

This really has nothing to do with tax or oil profits over the last 10 years. It is a matter of what has happened over the last year and especially the last 6 months. Your comparison would not come close.



Just for reference, it costs Saudi Arabia $1. 25 to pump out 1 barrel of crude. A barrel is not a gallon, not hitting on anyone but is suprising alot of people dont know that.

 

[amsoilman]

Hey Wayne, I've been meaning to ask you if Amsoil gets any of its raw materials from the big oil companies. If not, that's about all I need to put Amsoil in every engine we have. I know, I know, I oughta be doing that anyway but you get my drift, right?

I E-mailed you a message.





Wayne

amsoilman

 

[JasonCzerak]

How about taking them 200 miles into the 120° desert with a gas guzzeling vehicle with no fuel and offer to sell them some gas at $1M / gallon? If they don't want to pay it, they can just adjust their lifestyle.

HA!!!! PERFECT

 

[KDillard]

senate investigation

If we havent already wasted enough money on congressional investigations. Just sit and wonder how much money the US government is wasting. Look at IRAQ. Look at how long the congressional investigation on 9-11 has been going on. Look at the clinton extra marital case. Also we have the one with the CIA lady going on. These investigations are costing millions and we are paying it. Also we pay our senators to sit there and soak up the oil money campaign contributions. We kicked IRAQs butt only to give it back to them. I see Iraq as another Japan in 50 years. Look at what Japans tiny country is doing to the american economy. We basically owned Japan and gave it back. We didnt attack them first so we should have kept that country. Should have taken cuba over when Kennedy was in office. We should own france and germany too. We go and save their tales or kick their tales and then rebuild them for free on the american tax payers tab. I dont even think Iraq is part of OPEC. As far as I am concerned we should be able to pump all the oil we want from Iraq and Kuwait for free in trade of other goods such as food and military services.





If we dont watch out we will be like saudi arabia, the people that live there are very poor and almost live in poverty where their crown prince and his familiy lives in great palaces like Sadam did. Our economy would also get alot better if the government would kill the imigration issues we have now. Our unemployment would go way down and more americans that need a decent job would have one. We are basically giving educations away to foreigners only for them to turn around and fly planes into our biggest trade central and central military command center. Boy Im glad im not a president.



To me if you want to come into this country to live and work you should have to speak fluent english and buy your way in. Also if your Illegal you would have 2 weeks to gtf out of this country or risk being tried for criminal trespassing using national security laws in place now which I believe have a max federal punishment of death. I bet if you tried to cross another countries border illegally in say Isreal or another middle east area you would be shot dead on the spot.



As for the oil companies I say charge them all with price gouging and make them pay a huge fine to the federal government to put toward the rebuilding of our country like our inner city ghettos. Also make the fuel prices a set standard that is controlled by the government like the do with local utilities. I know some say if you do that then there will be shortages, but you never hear about natural gas shortage do you? This crap of diesel being 0. 80 cheaper just 12 miles from one station is rediculous. And so is the instantaneous price spikes over things like a hurricane. If we run out of fuel we run out why charge the crap out of us if we are going to run out in some areas anyhow???????? Oh I'll answer that for you to cover the missed sales during the outages. Why we do not have more refineries? Let me answer that one for you too... ..... It would be an un necesary expense when you can make over 9 billion with what you already have. Why upsize your company when the new coporate way is to downsize and run at bare minimum cost, that would be bad for business. Its going to take a bunch of angry Voters to get these schmucks out of office and get some of the good ole un educated boys in office. Who cares if you have a Harvard degree in politics? Thats not doing anything but saying you know how to smile in ones face lying to them just to get what you want, then do whats going to fatten your pocket. I wish some TRUE men would get into office and whip this country into shape and stop pouring what we had down the drain. Everything is so complicated, lets rid ourselves of the red tape and get down to business. Sorry for the rant but im kinda ticked.



Keith

 

[RGardner]

I believe that the big oil companies used every accounting trick to keep these profits as low as possible! They are nobodies fools, they know how bad these numbers look but I bet they are actually larger than what they are reporting!

 

[Ereynolds72]

As for the oil companies I say charge them all with price gouging and make them pay a huge fine to the federal government to put toward the rebuilding of our country like our inner city ghettos. Also make the fuel prices a set standard that is controlled by the government like the do with local utilities.



Keith

Yeah! What we need in this country is COMMUNISM.

 

[KDillard]

Yea Im sure those profit numbers dont include all the big wigs bonuses either or the campaign contributions either.

 

[rbattelle]

So Exxon's record profits are the direct result of overcharging Americans at the pump?



-Ryan