WarporationsIt's time for Washington D.C. to give big oil some tough love...
By Tony Soldo
04/24/06 "ICH"
-- -- The price of a barrel of oil leapt above $75.00 Friday,
April 21, setting a record for the 5th day in a row. The cause
of the latest leap (gouge), was a government report showing
shrinking US gas supplies.
Another cause for the rise in gas prices is the recent ramping
up of rhetoric from the mainstream media promoting the bombing
of Iran in the near future.
Just the fear of military intervention by the US is enough to
effect the "free market," isn't capitalism grand?
Do the math ... if gas prices are sky rocketing because of wars
and rumors of wars, and you and I must suffer the slap of the
invisible hand of the free market, then shouldn't those people
in control of the flow of oil get the same slap?
I'm not talking about sending those big-oilsters to the poor
house ... I'm just asking that they take less profits, less
quarterly bonuses and less retirement packages.
It's time for our Representatives in Washington to give big oil
some tough love. It's time to cap prices, like they do with
insurance corporations. It will hurt the politicians as much as
it hurts the oilmen, I know, but, it's for their own good.
For the rest of us people in the US ... it's time to send a
message to big oil, by totally boycotting all major oil
corporations.
All except one, CITGO.
Citgo is owned and operated by Venezuela ... and it's President,
Hugo Chavez is doing many good things with the profits derived
from selling gas throughout the Americas and abroad.
He is giving discounted heating oil to the poor people of the US
(our own government refused to step up to the plate to help our
poor, again!) ... he is providing free health care to all the
people of Venezuela (by trading oil for doctors services) ... he
is housing the homeless people in his country and ... best of
all ... he is taking a stand against the Evil Empire, the USA by
not allowing them to bully his country through threats of
terror, like they do to so many other nations.
Imagine what kind of nation the United States of America would
be if our leaders took the profits from our own resources --
like oil -- and returned them back to the American people, like
Venezuela is doing!
Imagine, even more, that our leaders, changed direction, and
withdrew all military personal throughout the world and spent
all that money (over $2 billion a week in Iraq and Afghanistan
alone) on improving conditions for the poor and needy, here in
the US and around the world.
The Military Industrial Complex is recording unbelievable record
profits since the "War on Terror" started right after
(trigger-word warning) 9/11. Not to mention, all the money to
"secure" us from the immigrants and petty criminals, I mean,
terrorists in our "Homeland."
Think of all the food, shelter, medicine and clothing that could
be had with $2 billion a week.
Of course "big oil," and the "Warporations," would react
violently to these "market corrections" ... but our leaders are
elected to serve the people ...not the corporations, right?
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