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February 08, 2006
Dog Bites Man
When even George W. Bush gets that reliance on foreign oil is a threat to the stability and safety of the United States, you know that the big oiil companies have to realize that the trough they slop at is in danger of drying up. So it's not surprising to see Big Oil fighting back -- not to do the right thing by its customers, but to protect its gravy train.
Exxon's Senior Vice President, Stuart McGill, in essence threw down the gauntlet to even his loyal ally Bush yesterday in a speech in which he proclaimed that the US will always be dependent on foreign oil, and that we'd better get used to it and stop even trying to become energy independent.
“No combination of conservation measures, alternative energy sources and technological advances could realistically and economically provide a way to completely replace those imports in the short or medium term.”
In other words: come and get us, W. You want to wean the US off of foreign oil? Not gonna happen -- we're not going to let you. See, we like the stranglehold we have on the throat of the American people, the one that allows us to price gouge our way, during natural disasters and times of war, to record profits. We like making American consumers squeal like a pig. They have purty mouths. And if you think, George, that just because we and Dick Cheney's friends installed you in office that you actually have any power to curtail us, think again. We're not going to let you. Understand?
In Big Oil, America has our very own set of classic villians -- Dickensian in their disdain for the public they serve, and Ludlum-esque in their arrogance and shadowy control. And with this speech, McGill and Exxon were sending a message that Big Oil will not allow even their hand-picked president to affect the system they've spent decades perfecting -- not even when even the president knows it's in the best interest of the country. Come and get us, Big Oil just said. You can't do anything about it. Don't even try.
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