Los Angeles: Removing your rights in the name of kindness

[Me]

and start spending the money on the people for the people not taking taking taking greedy oil companys

Fact check time. Any idea what Exxon-Mobil's profit margin is on a gallon of gasoline? It's a mere 9 cents. Out of the three bucks I spend on a gallon, Exxon-Mobile profits 9 whole cents. And they did all that work to get it to where I can conveniently put it in my tank. And they provide thousands of American jobs to boot. I just don't see the greed or villainy in that.

On the other hand, the government did nothing to get the gas to you and me, but they take something like 50 cents or more from each gallon purchased. THAT's where the greed lies. Not in private enterprise.

Then why the heck do we pay taxes ... that's not crude coming out of them thar hills, that's blood brother, blood!

[YYZ30]

I got it wrong! It's not nine cents a gallon. It's nine cents per dollar of sales.

Washington Post in 2005:

Rayola Dougher, manager of energy market issues for the American Petroleum Institute, a District-based industry group, said oil companies' earnings per dollar of sales are below, or in line with, those of other industries. She said Irving, Tex.-based Exxon Mobil made about 9.8 cents on every dollar of sales. In comparison, she said, McDonald's Corp. earned 13.8 cents and Coca-Cola Co. earned 21.2 cents on every dollar of sales.

Still... that's nothing for anyone to whine about.

Then please expalin to me how they ended up with $32B in profit in one quarter?

[CygnusX1]

[Then please expalin to me how they ended up with $32B in profit in one quarter?

Well, for one, you're not gonna see someone from the
PETROLEUM INSTITUTE give ya the straight poop ANYWHO.

You don't take a cash cow to the slaughterhouse.

Something smells like ENRON here.

[ElfDude]

I got it wrong! It's not nine cents a gallon. It's nine cents per dollar of sales.

Washington Post in 2005:

Rayola Dougher, manager of energy market issues for the American Petroleum Institute, a District-based industry group, said oil companies' earnings per dollar of sales are below, or in line with, those of other industries. She said Irving, Tex.-based Exxon Mobil made about 9.8 cents on every dollar of sales. In comparison, she said, McDonald's Corp. earned 13.8 cents and Coca-Cola Co. earned 21.2 cents on every dollar of sales.

Still... that's nothing for anyone to whine about.

Then please expalin to me how they ended up with $32B in profit in one quarter?

There's nothing fishy about it. The world runs on oil. We consume huge amounts of it daily, not only in transportation but in manufacturing. Tons of products are made in part of an oil-based product.

Consider the Wal-Mart model. They sell stuff at a lower price than anyone else. Consequently, they have narrow profit margins. But also, they sell in much larger quantities than anyone else. Therefore, they rake in a lot of dough. While Exxon doesn't have a huge profit margin, they do tons of sales because we want their product.

It's just supply and demand.

As a side note, profit is not a dirty word.

[Me]

Just a quick lazy post.
Sounds like someone listens to too much Rush limburger cheese? At any rate is this a tribute to the late Bob Barker ... ruff, ruff? Perhaps it's all well and good for a large metropolitan are such as LA ...but there's always going to be your suboptimal brain chemistry that likes the taste of mail men in shorts> Are we stepping on evolution or are we nothing more than our long ago ancient relatives the clever monkeys replicating happily in banana trees? As it is with the strange weather probably contributing to the bacterial porn and the flu out break, but that's another story for another thread. (I slipped a bit forgive me) I'll have to hem and haw over this snip, snip of mutts for the sake of reducing a possible food source.

I say lets get this back to Dawns topic subject and move the oil/gas thread someplace else that's to good of a topic to share with pets yet that is serious stuff too.

Some cultures I understand eat dogs but not sure which one or ones I'll have to google it. I wouldn't unless I was going to die of starvation. I don't know if I was in such a position, I'd eat another human though?

[Soup4Rush]

Hey, who died and left him in command??

[Me]

Hey, who died and left him in command??

I know I digress and return power to our president the one and only ... funny soup Beside after sleeping on last evenings reply I decided better change that this morning before a storm brews. Not only that I was the one that started to slip off topic subject so where were we? Madly dashing in the jungle orgy were the dollar was once superman or was we suffocating our dreams on climate change perhaps it's clouds of gray and another ice age earths a voracious little creature. Perhaps it's comics chaos talcum powder were old fashioned junk is back in vogue? I don't know lost the F*&^ing poem I wrote last night, dam sleep walking! What is going, what is gone, nothing complete my mind wanders, words concentrate to the page it seems complete but insightful eyes knows other wise, nothing but self-punishing miscalculation in past bread boxes of our hearts ... anyway if I find it later I will surely share, now where were we? Oh' I am sorry soup man cyber ***HUG*** your my funny brother. I'll just leave and not come back I understand it's my lifes story everyones ego gets in the way and I can't even find mine I lost it long ago I am just me.

[CygnusX1]

Consider the Wal-Mart model. They sell stuff at a lower price than anyone else. Consequently, they have narrow profit margins. But also, they sell in much larger quantities than anyone else. Therefore, they rake in a lot of dough.

Wal-Mart is a JUGGERNAUT.

If they went bankrupt, the U.S. economy would totally collapse.

Oh it's true. It's DAMN true.

Wal-Mart is the "800-pound-gorilla-in-the-room" of U.S. economics.

Hillary helped Wal-Mart crush the union trying to organize there,
(remember-she served on the board) but she's ALL ABOUT union workers...yeah, right.

Bull-shit she is.

She's got 100 million voters to buffalo before November.....

.....but that's another thread.

Rant over.

As you were and carry on. ***salutes***

[Me]

Ride a bike and stop the blood.

Can't help myself I live in the 60's

Hey Cyg what's up, got your gun lubed for action?

Snows reunion on the way and I am home warm and comfy waiting for tomorrows OT going to chew it up good too.

I found it I was sleeping on it...
the stars echo of long ago without a sound collecting time watching nothing new or silent a song from yesterdays today tomorrow watching truths burning death.
You all probably won't understand no problem yet it's about how things don't really change history seems to stay the same even with a new president it's really not going to change not in the big picture of things we'll all have to face lost, we'll all lose someone, a face of fact lifes a circle and were in the shawdow of our minds hopefully we'll step out into the light someday and things will be differnt but I think a lot of dirt is going to cover a lot of graves before that happens.

So what are we really on, snipping nuts or tying pussy's or is it oil, or by-tor's what evers on your mind sort of thing?

[CygnusX1]

Hey Cyg what's up, got your gun lubed for action?

locked, loaded and watchin' 3-6-0 degrees my dog.

Hey, hope you hit the OT lotto if it snows Bro!

We're supposed to get somethin' nasty next week, but the
weatherpeople are hush-hush about it now.

They're just covering their asses. They blew it the last time.

We got ice from HELLLLLLLL.....LOL

[Me]

3 to 6" on the way late afternoon into the evning looks favorable, I'd rather have spring but cash flow is draining backwards. Starting my tomatoes and peppers and taking care of house plants today, then off to fix bath tub and work on some art. You like deep sea fishing I am setting up an over night fishing trip for Cod on cashes ledge/bank your welcome to come memorial day my son brother cosin friend an I so far lots of Cod
potatoes of the sea doesn't get much better than that. Paces wait for the excuses to come

[CygnusX1]

3 to 6" on the way late afternoon into the evning looks favorable, I'd rather have spring but cash flow is draining backwards. Starting my tomatoes and peppers and taking care of house plants today, then off to fix bath tub and work on some art. You like deep sea fishing I am setting up an over night fishing trip for Cod on cashes ledge/bank your welcome to come memorial day my son brother cosin friend an I so far lots of Cod
potatoes of the sea doesn't get much better than that. Paces wait for the excuses to come

Rain here...SO they SAY. LOL

Turning my garden over this weekend.

Cod? That's what we call arrogant assholes here. LOL

I'm a freshwater fisherman. Got trout?

[Me]

3 to 6" on the way late afternoon into the evning looks favorable, I'd rather have spring but cash flow is draining backwards. Starting my tomatoes and peppers and taking care of house plants today, then off to fix bath tub and work on some art. You like deep sea fishing I am setting up an over night fishing trip for Cod on cashes ledge/bank your welcome to come memorial day my son brother cosin friend an I so far lots of Cod
potatoes of the sea doesn't get much better than that. Paces wait for the excuses to come

Rain here...SO they SAY. LOL

Turning my garden over this weekend.

Cod? That's what we call arrogant assholes here.

I'll just have to tell you why don't grease that big ole gun you have there stick it up your ass and blow your brains out.

I'm a freshwater fisherman. Got trout?

Trout is trash fish and fresh water fishing is for pussy's

[CygnusX1]

Trout is trash fish and fresh water fishing is for pussy's

Bwa-Bwa-BWHAT?

Well, I guess ya are what ya eat.

I hear ya.

well, if ya ever get done blowin' oats over the side....

Meet me on Cedar Creek in Shenandoah and let's rock a
10 pound Brookie "breeder" on 6 pound test.

Good times.

[awip2062]

Me n Siggs...you two made me laugh! Thanks.