OVER $40 billion in profits. These guys are laughing to whole way to the bank. I am not upset over the whole gas price thing either. Almost 20 years later and they still won't pay a red cent to the people that lost everything from the Valdez spill. BASTARDS.

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

Tell me how you really feel.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

I'm glad to hear people still buy newspapers. Gives me a sense of job security.

As for Exxon, I have no problem with them making profits, and neither does my car ... it thunders down the highway on immoral fuel the same way it does on other fuel.

Exxon still a publicly traded company, by the way ... anyone who wants a piece can have it. Or you could just complain about them. Or both. It's a world of choices.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

Almost anyone who has investments with hedge funds gets a piece of the Exxon action too. Would you buy a newspaper from them if they were committed to losing money? Not sound economic advice for a company to lose money...that's why we have federal, state and local governments.

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2009 E320 Bluetec 117,000
1995 E300D 306,000 Sold
1996 Ford Taurus LX 130,000 Sold
1985 300TD Still 225,000 Sold
2016 Ford Fusion 24,900

Since I own at least a tiny fraction of the company, I am quite pleased that they are making money.

vwbuge - would you prefer that US companies be run so as NOT to make money? *puzzled*

i'm guessing he would prefer that us companies were held accountable for the accidents that happen in the pursuit of making the money. i would love to be able to make billions, f-up 900 miles of coast-line and just walk away when it became too costly for me to clean up. especiallty if i was allowed to just go back about my business of making huge profits (even in times of national emergency-btw-isn't that illegal for small businesses to do? e.g. jacking up milk prices after a natual disaster). scum of the earth

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James 4:8

"...let us put aside the blindness of mind of those who can conceive of nothing higher than what is known through the senses"
-Saint Gregory Palamas, ---Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ


Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

Yeah, buying shares in these companies certainly takes the sting out of all those "immoral profits," eh?

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

you guys just aren't seeing the bigger picture here are you?

Take a look, this is a pretty thorough piece. Look under "litigation"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

I don't get it. If you are mad at Exxon, how could you not be madder at (1. The US Constitution, (2. The 9th Cir., and (3. The US Supreme Court?

Exxon is stonewalling. Just because our system makes it possible for a stable full of lawyers to pull that off does not exonerate Exxon from their stinginess at paying up for their damage.

I hadn't realized that there was this much stonewalling, still in progress. Those bastards don't care about the natural world, at least the part of it beyond their ranches and estates.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

When you buy stocks and shares, do you ask how they get the profit for you? Most don't. Most shareholders only give one directive. Make as much money as possible.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

For some strange reason, I feel better about huge conglomerates making buckets of money, rather than the Vanderbilts, Melons, or Rockefellers owning an industry and keeping it all in their family empires. As mentioned above, you can buy into the action if you so choose. The only other option is price controls, and we saw where that ended up.

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

In light of your view on oil companies, was wondering if you want to give away any of these in your sig. to a good home?

Wait a minute. You don't think they'remaking all that money off of newspapers, do you?

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles