I am very thankful that the oil companies are only making nine cents a gallon

in profit. They could decide to take a lesson from the federal government
and gouge the consumber by insisting on eighteen cents a gallon.

In alt.politics.usa.republican Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

: Gasoline prices may be hurting average folks, but the oilers who
: helped put the Boy King and the Duke of Halliburton in office with
: lavish donations are enjoying record profits and breathtaking bonuses.

: The Oilmen in the Oval, incompetent in so many ways, have brilliantly
: achieved one of their main objectives: boosting the fortunes of the
: oil industry and the people who run it.

: From The New York Times, 4/27/06:
: http://select.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/opinion/26dowd.html

: A Prius in Every Pot

: By MAUREEN DOWD

: It's taken over five years, but George W. Bush finally made a
: concession speech to Al Gore.

: He conceded that America needs to conserve, by buying hybrid vehicles
: and developing new energy sources.

: Trying to calm the yips in his party and the country over exploding
: gasoline prices, the president sounded a bit like a wild-eyed Ozone
: Man himself yesterday, extolling the virtues of alternative fuel
: derived from cooking grease, sugar, grass, wood chips, soybean oil and
: corn.

: But then he got ahold of himself.

: "You just got to recognize there are limits to how much corn can be
: used for ethanol," he said, standing in front of a bucolic mural.

: "After all, we got to eat some."

: You could run a fleet of S.U.V.'s on the gas that W. was spewing about
: fuel.

: Bill Clinton would have been more likely to crack down on fast food
: than W. and ***** Cheney would be to crack down on Big Oil.

: Even the usually supportive Wall Street Journal editorial page
: chastised Republicans for putting on "Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi
: fright wigs" to shout about corporate greed and market manipulation.

: W.'s big move was to ever so slightly beef up a federal investigation
: into oil company price manipulation that's been under way since
: Katrina.

: "It's a great idea," said the Democratic leader, Senator Harry Reid.

: "So good that we passed a law last year calling for that."

: Price manipulation could explain the marginal -- why gas went from,
: say, $2.70 to $2.90 -- but not why gas went from $1.40 to $2.70.

: That's more about fundamental forces:

: Chinese and Indian demand, markets spooked by Iran's threats,
: Nigeria's unrest, Venezuela's talk of nationalizing its oil industry,
: and the Pentagon's bungling of the restoration of Iraq's
: infrastructure.

: Gasoline prices may be hurting average folks, but the oilers who
: helped put the Boy King and the Duke of Halliburton in office with
: lavish donations are enjoying record profits and breathtaking bonuses.

: The Oilmen in the Oval, incompetent in so many ways, have brilliantly
: achieved one of their main objectives: boosting the fortunes of the
: oil industry and the people who run it.

: All those secret meetings the vice president had back in 2001, letting
: the energy and oil big shots help write our energy policy -- one that
: urged more oil and gas drilling -- worked like a charm.

: In all their years in government, Mr. Cheney and the Bushes have never
: done anything to hold the oil companies' feet to the fire, or get
: Americans' feet off the gas pedal.

: As Representative James Clyburn, Democrat of South Carolina, noted,
: "The Republicans are the party with the keys to the executive
: washrooms of Halliburton, Exxon and the big oil corporations."

: Consider Lee Raymond, the recently retired chairman and chief
: executive of Exxon.

: Recently, we learned about his stunning secret compensation:

: he got more than $686 million from 1993 to 2005, according to a Times
: story, which calculated:

: "That is $144,573 for each day he spent leading Exxon's 'God pod,' as
: the executive suite at the company's headquarters in Irving, Tex., is
: known."

: The only oil baron who isn't cashing in these days is Saddam.

: We pulled up to the pump in Baghdad and plunked down $10 billion a
: month, and we're still not getting any gas out of it.

: Instead of easing our oil dependence and paying for Iraq's
: reconstruction, the bungled invasion and subsequent nuclear sparring
: with Iran have left even Republicans looking for Priuses.

: The last time W. began wringing his hands about our addiction to oil
: -- in the State of the Union address -- the vice president was
: dismissive about the notion of sacrifice afterward.

: And the energy secretary clarified the president's words, saying they
: shouldn't be taken literally and that the idea of replacing Middle
: East oil imports with alternative fuels was "purely an example."

: Even if W. shows up on TV in a gray cardigan, it's patently
: preposterous for the Republicans to make this argument, after selling
: us on the idea that it's our manifest destiny to get into giant cars
: and go to giant Wal-Marts and giant Targets and buy more giant bags of
: stuff.

: Now they're telling us to squeeze into tiny electric cars and compete
: for precious drips of oil with the Chinese and Indians who are
: swimming in enough of our dollars to afford cars.

: The U.S. could have begun developing alternative fuels 30 years ago if
: ***** Cheney hadn't helped scuttle an ambitious plan in the Ford
: administration.

: By the time these guys get gas from cooking grease, global warming
: will have us cooked.

: _____________________________________________________

: Oil thieves owe their thanks to the Boy King and the Duke of
: Halliburton

: Harry

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:14:03 GMT, Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

Gasoline prices may be hurting average folks, but the oilers who
helped put the Boy King and the Duke of Halliburton in office with
lavish donations are enjoying record profits and breathtaking bonuses.

The Oilmen in the Oval, incompetent in so many ways, have brilliantly
achieved one of their main objectives: boosting the fortunes of the
oil industry and the people who run it.

Yet gasoline prices in the US are 1/2 of what they are in most of the
rest of the industrial world. Thank you George Bush.

From The New York Times, 4/27/06:
http://select.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/opinion/26dowd.html

A Prius in Every Pot

By MAUREEN DOWD


It's taken over five years, but George W. Bush finally made a
concession speech to Al Gore.

He conceded that America needs to conserve, by buying hybrid vehicles
and developing new energy sources.

Trying to calm the yips in his party and the country over exploding
gasoline prices, the president sounded a bit like a wild-eyed Ozone
Man himself yesterday, extolling the virtues of alternative fuel
derived from cooking grease, sugar, grass, wood chips, soybean oil and
corn.

But then he got ahold of himself.

"You just got to recognize there are limits to how much corn can be
used for ethanol," he said, standing in front of a bucolic mural.

"After all, we got to eat some."

You could run a fleet of S.U.V.'s on the gas that W. was spewing about
fuel.

Bill Clinton would have been more likely to crack down on fast food
than W. and ***** Cheney would be to crack down on Big Oil.

Even the usually supportive Wall Street Journal editorial page
chastised Republicans for putting on "Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi
fright wigs" to shout about corporate greed and market manipulation.

W.'s big move was to ever so slightly beef up a federal investigation
into oil company price manipulation that's been under way since
Katrina.

"It's a great idea," said the Democratic leader, Senator Harry Reid.

"So good that we passed a law last year calling for that."

Price manipulation could explain the marginal -- why gas went from,
say, $2.70 to $2.90 -- but not why gas went from $1.40 to $2.70.

That's more about fundamental forces:

Chinese and Indian demand, markets spooked by Iran's threats,
Nigeria's unrest, Venezuela's talk of nationalizing its oil industry,
and the Pentagon's bungling of the restoration of Iraq's
infrastructure.

Gasoline prices may be hurting average folks, but the oilers who
helped put the Boy King and the Duke of Halliburton in office with
lavish donations are enjoying record profits and breathtaking bonuses.

The Oilmen in the Oval, incompetent in so many ways, have brilliantly
achieved one of their main objectives: boosting the fortunes of the
oil industry and the people who run it.

All those secret meetings the vice president had back in 2001, letting
the energy and oil big shots help write our energy policy -- one that
urged more oil and gas drilling -- worked like a charm.

In all their years in government, Mr. Cheney and the Bushes have never
done anything to hold the oil companies' feet to the fire, or get
Americans' feet off the gas pedal.

As Representative James Clyburn, Democrat of South Carolina, noted,
"The Republicans are the party with the keys to the executive
washrooms of Halliburton, Exxon and the big oil corporations."

Consider Lee Raymond, the recently retired chairman and chief
executive of Exxon.

Recently, we learned about his stunning secret compensation:

he got more than $686 million from 1993 to 2005, according to a Times
story, which calculated:

"That is $144,573 for each day he spent leading Exxon's 'God pod,' as
the executive suite at the company's headquarters in Irving, Tex., is
known."

The only oil baron who isn't cashing in these days is Saddam.

We pulled up to the pump in Baghdad and plunked down $10 billion a
month, and we're still not getting any gas out of it.

Instead of easing our oil dependence and paying for Iraq's
reconstruction, the bungled invasion and subsequent nuclear sparring
with Iran have left even Republicans looking for Priuses.

The last time W. began wringing his hands about our addiction to oil
-- in the State of the Union address -- the vice president was
dismissive about the notion of sacrifice afterward.

And the energy secretary clarified the president's words, saying they
shouldn't be taken literally and that the idea of replacing Middle
East oil imports with alternative fuels was "purely an example."

Even if W. shows up on TV in a gray cardigan, it's patently
preposterous for the Republicans to make this argument, after selling
us on the idea that it's our manifest destiny to get into giant cars
and go to giant Wal-Marts and giant Targets and buy more giant bags of
stuff.

Now they're telling us to squeeze into tiny electric cars and compete
for precious drips of oil with the Chinese and Indians who are
swimming in enough of our dollars to afford cars.

The U.S. could have begun developing alternative fuels 30 years ago if
***** Cheney hadn't helped scuttle an ambitious plan in the Ford
administration.

By the time these guys get gas from cooking grease, global warming
will have us cooked.

_____________________________________________________

Oil thieves owe their thanks to the Boy King and the Duke of
Halliburton

Harry

--
"There are no absolute certainties in this universe. A man must try to
whip order into a yelping pack of probabilities, and uniform success is
impossible." -- Jack Vance

"Civilizaton is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.

"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography" -- Ambrose Bierce

"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion

"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant

Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMverizon.net

for killing new drilling in ANWR.

"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:pvg1529sdjehojtganev2pjn00ic0vpp44@4ax.com...

Gasoline prices may be hurting average folks, but the oilers who
helped put the Boy King and the Duke of Halliburton in office with
lavish donations are enjoying record profits and breathtaking bonuses.

The Oilmen in the Oval, incompetent in so many ways, have brilliantly
achieved one of their main objectives: boosting the fortunes of the
oil industry and the people who run it.


From The New York Times, 4/27/06:
http://select.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/opinion/26dowd.html

A Prius in Every Pot

By MAUREEN DOWD


It's taken over five years, but George W. Bush finally made a
concession speech to Al Gore.

He conceded that America needs to conserve, by buying hybrid vehicles
and developing new energy sources.

Trying to calm the yips in his party and the country over exploding
gasoline prices, the president sounded a bit like a wild-eyed Ozone
Man himself yesterday, extolling the virtues of alternative fuel
derived from cooking grease, sugar, grass, wood chips, soybean oil and
corn.

But then he got ahold of himself.

"You just got to recognize there are limits to how much corn can be
used for ethanol," he said, standing in front of a bucolic mural.

"After all, we got to eat some."

You could run a fleet of S.U.V.'s on the gas that W. was spewing about
fuel.

Bill Clinton would have been more likely to crack down on fast food
than W. and ***** Cheney would be to crack down on Big Oil.

Even the usually supportive Wall Street Journal editorial page
chastised Republicans for putting on "Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi
fright wigs" to shout about corporate greed and market manipulation.

W.'s big move was to ever so slightly beef up a federal investigation
into oil company price manipulation that's been under way since
Katrina.

"It's a great idea," said the Democratic leader, Senator Harry Reid.

"So good that we passed a law last year calling for that."

Price manipulation could explain the marginal -- why gas went from,
say, $2.70 to $2.90 -- but not why gas went from $1.40 to $2.70.

That's more about fundamental forces:

Chinese and Indian demand, markets spooked by Iran's threats,
Nigeria's unrest, Venezuela's talk of nationalizing its oil industry,
and the Pentagon's bungling of the restoration of Iraq's
infrastructure.

Gasoline prices may be hurting average folks, but the oilers who
helped put the Boy King and the Duke of Halliburton in office with
lavish donations are enjoying record profits and breathtaking bonuses.

The Oilmen in the Oval, incompetent in so many ways, have brilliantly
achieved one of their main objectives: boosting the fortunes of the
oil industry and the people who run it.

All those secret meetings the vice president had back in 2001, letting
the energy and oil big shots help write our energy policy -- one that
urged more oil and gas drilling -- worked like a charm.

In all their years in government, Mr. Cheney and the Bushes have never
done anything to hold the oil companies' feet to the fire, or get
Americans' feet off the gas pedal.

As Representative James Clyburn, Democrat of South Carolina, noted,
"The Republicans are the party with the keys to the executive
washrooms of Halliburton, Exxon and the big oil corporations."

Consider Lee Raymond, the recently retired chairman and chief
executive of Exxon.

Recently, we learned about his stunning secret compensation:

he got more than $686 million from 1993 to 2005, according to a Times
story, which calculated:

"That is $144,573 for each day he spent leading Exxon's 'God pod,' as
the executive suite at the company's headquarters in Irving, Tex., is
known."

The only oil baron who isn't cashing in these days is Saddam.

We pulled up to the pump in Baghdad and plunked down $10 billion a
month, and we're still not getting any gas out of it.

Instead of easing our oil dependence and paying for Iraq's
reconstruction, the bungled invasion and subsequent nuclear sparring
with Iran have left even Republicans looking for Priuses.

The last time W. began wringing his hands about our addiction to oil
-- in the State of the Union address -- the vice president was
dismissive about the notion of sacrifice afterward.

And the energy secretary clarified the president's words, saying they
shouldn't be taken literally and that the idea of replacing Middle
East oil imports with alternative fuels was "purely an example."

Even if W. shows up on TV in a gray cardigan, it's patently
preposterous for the Republicans to make this argument, after selling
us on the idea that it's our manifest destiny to get into giant cars
and go to giant Wal-Marts and giant Targets and buy more giant bags of
stuff.

Now they're telling us to squeeze into tiny electric cars and compete
for precious drips of oil with the Chinese and Indians who are
swimming in enough of our dollars to afford cars.

The U.S. could have begun developing alternative fuels 30 years ago if
***** Cheney hadn't helped scuttle an ambitious plan in the Ford
administration.

By the time these guys get gas from cooking grease, global warming
will have us cooked.

_____________________________________________________

Oil thieves owe their thanks to the Boy King and the Duke of
Halliburton

Harry

for killing new drilling in ANWR.

"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:pvg1529sdjehojtganev2pjn00ic0vpp44@4ax.com...

Gasoline prices may be hurting average folks, but the oilers who
helped put the Boy King and the Duke of Halliburton in office with
lavish donations are enjoying record profits and breathtaking bonuses.

The Oilmen in the Oval, incompetent in so many ways, have brilliantly
achieved one of their main objectives: boosting the fortunes of the
oil industry and the people who run it.


From The New York Times, 4/27/06:
http://select.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/opinion/26dowd.html

A Prius in Every Pot

By MAUREEN DOWD


It's taken over five years, but George W. Bush finally made a
concession speech to Al Gore.

He conceded that America needs to conserve, by buying hybrid vehicles
and developing new energy sources.

Trying to calm the yips in his party and the country over exploding
gasoline prices, the president sounded a bit like a wild-eyed Ozone
Man himself yesterday, extolling the virtues of alternative fuel
derived from cooking grease, sugar, grass, wood chips, soybean oil and
corn.

But then he got ahold of himself.

"You just got to recognize there are limits to how much corn can be
used for ethanol," he said, standing in front of a bucolic mural.

"After all, we got to eat some."

You could run a fleet of S.U.V.'s on the gas that W. was spewing about
fuel.

Bill Clinton would have been more likely to crack down on fast food
than W. and ***** Cheney would be to crack down on Big Oil.

Even the usually supportive Wall Street Journal editorial page
chastised Republicans for putting on "Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi
fright wigs" to shout about corporate greed and market manipulation.

W.'s big move was to ever so slightly beef up a federal investigation
into oil company price manipulation that's been under way since
Katrina.

"It's a great idea," said the Democratic leader, Senator Harry Reid.

"So good that we passed a law last year calling for that."

Price manipulation could explain the marginal -- why gas went from,
say, $2.70 to $2.90 -- but not why gas went from $1.40 to $2.70.

That's more about fundamental forces:

Chinese and Indian demand, markets spooked by Iran's threats,
Nigeria's unrest, Venezuela's talk of nationalizing its oil industry,
and the Pentagon's bungling of the restoration of Iraq's
infrastructure.

Gasoline prices may be hurting average folks, but the oilers who
helped put the Boy King and the Duke of Halliburton in office with
lavish donations are enjoying record profits and breathtaking bonuses.

The Oilmen in the Oval, incompetent in so many ways, have brilliantly
achieved one of their main objectives: boosting the fortunes of the
oil industry and the people who run it.

All those secret meetings the vice president had back in 2001, letting
the energy and oil big shots help write our energy policy -- one that
urged more oil and gas drilling -- worked like a charm.

In all their years in government, Mr. Cheney and the Bushes have never
done anything to hold the oil companies' feet to the fire, or get
Americans' feet off the gas pedal.

As Representative James Clyburn, Democrat of South Carolina, noted,
"The Republicans are the party with the keys to the executive
washrooms of Halliburton, Exxon and the big oil corporations."

Consider Lee Raymond, the recently retired chairman and chief
executive of Exxon.

Recently, we learned about his stunning secret compensation:

he got more than $686 million from 1993 to 2005, according to a Times
story, which calculated:

"That is $144,573 for each day he spent leading Exxon's 'God pod,' as
the executive suite at the company's headquarters in Irving, Tex., is
known."

The only oil baron who isn't cashing in these days is Saddam.

We pulled up to the pump in Baghdad and plunked down $10 billion a
month, and we're still not getting any gas out of it.

Instead of easing our oil dependence and paying for Iraq's
reconstruction, the bungled invasion and subsequent nuclear sparring
with Iran have left even Republicans looking for Priuses.

The last time W. began wringing his hands about our addiction to oil
-- in the State of the Union address -- the vice president was
dismissive about the notion of sacrifice afterward.

And the energy secretary clarified the president's words, saying they
shouldn't be taken literally and that the idea of replacing Middle
East oil imports with alternative fuels was "purely an example."

Even if W. shows up on TV in a gray cardigan, it's patently
preposterous for the Republicans to make this argument, after selling
us on the idea that it's our manifest destiny to get into giant cars
and go to giant Wal-Marts and giant Targets and buy more giant bags of
stuff.

Now they're telling us to squeeze into tiny electric cars and compete
for precious drips of oil with the Chinese and Indians who are
swimming in enough of our dollars to afford cars.

The U.S. could have begun developing alternative fuels 30 years ago if
***** Cheney hadn't helped scuttle an ambitious plan in the Ford
administration.

By the time these guys get gas from cooking grease, global warming
will have us cooked.

_____________________________________________________

Oil thieves owe their thanks to the Boy King and the Duke of
Halliburton

Harry

for killing new drilling in ANWR.

"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:pvg1529sdjehojtganev2pjn00ic0vpp44@4ax.com...

Gasoline prices may be hurting average folks, but the oilers who
helped put the Boy King and the Duke of Halliburton in office with
lavish donations are enjoying record profits and breathtaking bonuses.

The Oilmen in the Oval, incompetent in so many ways, have brilliantly
achieved one of their main objectives: boosting the fortunes of the
oil industry and the people who run it.


From The New York Times, 4/27/06:
http://select.nytimes.com/2006/04/26/opinion/26dowd.html

A Prius in Every Pot

By MAUREEN DOWD


It's taken over five years, but George W. Bush finally made a
concession speech to Al Gore.

He conceded that America needs to conserve, by buying hybrid vehicles
and developing new energy sources.

Trying to calm the yips in his party and the country over exploding
gasoline prices, the president sounded a bit like a wild-eyed Ozone
Man himself yesterday, extolling the virtues of alternative fuel
derived from cooking grease, sugar, grass, wood chips, soybean oil and
corn.

But then he got ahold of himself.

"You just got to recognize there are limits to how much corn can be
used for ethanol," he said, standing in front of a bucolic mural.

"After all, we got to eat some."

You could run a fleet of S.U.V.'s on the gas that W. was spewing about
fuel.

Bill Clinton would have been more likely to crack down on fast food
than W. and ***** Cheney would be to crack down on Big Oil.

Even the usually supportive Wall Street Journal editorial page
chastised Republicans for putting on "Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi
fright wigs" to shout about corporate greed and market manipulation.

W.'s big move was to ever so slightly beef up a federal investigation
into oil company price manipulation that's been under way since
Katrina.

"It's a great idea," said the Democratic leader, Senator Harry Reid.

"So good that we passed a law last year calling for that."

Price manipulation could explain the marginal -- why gas went from,
say, $2.70 to $2.90 -- but not why gas went from $1.40 to $2.70.

That's more about fundamental forces:

Chinese and Indian demand, markets spooked by Iran's threats,
Nigeria's unrest, Venezuela's talk of nationalizing its oil industry,
and the Pentagon's bungling of the restoration of Iraq's
infrastructure.

Gasoline prices may be hurting average folks, but the oilers who
helped put the Boy King and the Duke of Halliburton in office with
lavish donations are enjoying record profits and breathtaking bonuses.

The Oilmen in the Oval, incompetent in so many ways, have brilliantly
achieved one of their main objectives: boosting the fortunes of the
oil industry and the people who run it.

All those secret meetings the vice president had back in 2001, letting
the energy and oil big shots help write our energy policy -- one that
urged more oil and gas drilling -- worked like a charm.

In all their years in government, Mr. Cheney and the Bushes have never
done anything to hold the oil companies' feet to the fire, or get
Americans' feet off the gas pedal.

As Representative James Clyburn, Democrat of South Carolina, noted,
"The Republicans are the party with the keys to the executive
washrooms of Halliburton, Exxon and the big oil corporations."

Consider Lee Raymond, the recently retired chairman and chief
executive of Exxon.

Recently, we learned about his stunning secret compensation:

he got more than $686 million from 1993 to 2005, according to a Times
story, which calculated:

"That is $144,573 for each day he spent leading Exxon's 'God pod,' as
the executive suite at the company's headquarters in Irving, Tex., is
known."

The only oil baron who isn't cashing in these days is Saddam.

We pulled up to the pump in Baghdad and plunked down $10 billion a
month, and we're still not getting any gas out of it.

Instead of easing our oil dependence and paying for Iraq's
reconstruction, the bungled invasion and subsequent nuclear sparring
with Iran have left even Republicans looking for Priuses.

The last time W. began wringing his hands about our addiction to oil
-- in the State of the Union address -- the vice president was
dismissive about the notion of sacrifice afterward.

And the energy secretary clarified the president's words, saying they
shouldn't be taken literally and that the idea of replacing Middle
East oil imports with alternative fuels was "purely an example."

Even if W. shows up on TV in a gray cardigan, it's patently
preposterous for the Republicans to make this argument, after selling
us on the idea that it's our manifest destiny to get into giant cars
and go to giant Wal-Marts and giant Targets and buy more giant bags of
stuff.

Now they're telling us to squeeze into tiny electric cars and compete
for precious drips of oil with the Chinese and Indians who are
swimming in enough of our dollars to afford cars.

The U.S. could have begun developing alternative fuels 30 years ago if
***** Cheney hadn't helped scuttle an ambitious plan in the Ford
administration.

By the time these guys get gas from cooking grease, global warming
will have us cooked.

_____________________________________________________

Oil thieves owe their thanks to the Boy King and the Duke of
Halliburton

Harry

for killing new drilling in ANWR.