gatt wrote:

At what point do we say "It's not the oil company's job to keep oil
prices as low as possible, but it's America's job to protect its own
economy instead of letting Exxon make record profits while the entire
US economy suffers?"

The economy is suffering? The DJIA is in record territory.

Hey, how about you quit sucking the gub'mint peepee and have them give up
their 45 cents a gallon for sitting there and doing nothing (and, yes, half
of fuel taxes goes into the general toilet...I mean general fund; the vast
majority otherwise goes to prok-barrel projects, such as freeways to no
where in Wet Virginia, or bridges to no where in Alaska)



If you guys want to get Draconian about it, I think it's perfectly
fair for Uncle Sam to push back. Don't Tread on Me, et al.

Thug!