If the Bush administration imposed mandatory reductions on carbon
dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels, the nation's struggling oil
companies could face financial ruin.
Take Exxon-Mobil, for example, which last week posted an annual profit
of just $39.5 billion.
http://www.dailymail.com/story/Business/%2B/2007020226/Exxons-profit-biggest-ever-in-U.S./
Now, you might say to yourself, "Hey, isn't that the largest profit
ever posted by any company in the history of the world?"
And you'd be right.
But think about it.
First, it's nice to know that last year's record gas prices didn't go
to waste.
And second, Exxon-Mobil's profit is still less than half of what
George W. Bush wants to spend on sending more troops to Iraq.
So it's not that much money really.
And if Exxon Mobil had to settle for an annual profit of, say, $20
billion, well then where would we be?
I'll tell you where - Commie Town.
No, it's quite simple.
Climate change is already here, we didn't do anything about it until
it was too late, and now it is too late, well, why bother?
I mean, talk about closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Sheesh.
So we might as well just enjoy the time we have left by giving our
hard-earned taxes to George W. Bush so that he can keep sending troops
to Iraq so that we can protect the interests of the Oil Barons who
bring that sweet, sweet crude back to the homeland.
Then we can jump in our Hummers and crawl through rush hour to work so
that we can give more money to George W. Bush so he can send more
troops to Iraq, and so on.
It's the circle of life, my friends.
By EarlG
Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
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