Tuesday, June 10, 2008

OIL SLICKS DRILLED AND PUMPED BY CONGRESS

The CEOs of Exxon Mobil and other giant oil corporations stood unbowed under verbal assaults from Democrat Senators on Tuesday. The Republicans blocked all moves that would add taxes to the oil companies which make some $50 billion per. They also stopped efforts to take away government subsidies and tax breaks.

We hear from the leading GOP congressmen and their radio army and writers that oil companies make only 8% return on investment. We can't argue with these creative accountants, but we can be skeptical. Also, we remain cognizant that the commodity these monster corporations sell is produced by nature and taken out of the earth needing only to be refined.

Oil slicks, indeed.

It's all so simple.

Thoughts While Line Dancing

How are we going to get out of this one? We have a failing currency, the national debt is somewhere between $10 trillion and $40 trillion, depending on how many bills you want to count, we have occupying forces in five major nations, two of which are still hostile to us, an illegal immigrant invasion is underway, and our legislative process resembles a bribery system.

Meetings & Events

St. George, Utah Mayor Dan McArthur will speak to the League of Cities in Chicago this coming Monday. His topic will be: How To Tell a Snowbird from an Illegal Alien.

Twenty-Years-From-Now News

- Elian Gonzales - now a cell phone salesman in Havana - is shown on television visiting Fidel Castro in Castro's assisted living facility. Both men are smiling and waving Chinese flags.

- Now that the legal voting age has been reduced to 10, a citizen can be elected to Congress or the Presidency at age 12. You've come a long way, America, from racism, genderism, classism, and age discrimination.

- Former President George W. Bush spoke with Foxy News by phone yesterday. Long-discredited for starting wars, approving of torture, and burning our currency - he has not been seen in public since 2009.

Overheard At Slippery Slope Saloon

"When will solar power and wind energy replace coal and oil?"

"When your brother-in-law pays you back."









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