C’mon, Dug. You’ve seen ‘em. Here’s one. There was also a movie about it.

Basic plot: maverick genius wants to build revolutionary cars but the evil corporations conspire to crush his dreams.

Is honesty always the best policy?

eg. when significant other asks “Do I look fat in this?”

Well I could have Googled and then pretended I knew.

Dugger, Lazy but Honest ?

Second, Exxon is not just “making a profit.” They leverage their lobbying muscle to win numerous tax breaks, subsidies, and other government perks. They also directly control the price of gas right down to the city block (yes, it’s true, Exxon can pressure individual gas stations if they wish thanks to computer controlled supply chains). It’s also well known that major oil producers deliberately put the squeeze on oil supplies to drive up cost. On top of all that, here in the U.S., oil companies are given practically free reign to drill on public lands at well below their market value (and by “well” I mean practically free). Now ANWAR is in the cross hairs, too, despite being public land and projected to yield only 6 months worth of crude, but taking decades to do it.

Don’t even get me started on the cost in human lives and an environment literally melting under the strain (btw, some 2/3 of U.S. greenhouse gases come from vehicles, so simply jacking up the CAFE standards to something approaching the 21st century could actually save the Earth…but that would mean having a fuel efficient Hummer and that’s un-American…because…err…uhh…it means smaller profits for avaricious multi-nationals who would rather drop phosphorus bombs on children then give up the green? Nah, it’s gotta be those liberals trying to force me to breathe clean air and guard against an environmental catastrophe so monumental that gambling against it would seem to require brain damage so severe that doing mercury shooters for a year couldn’t match it.)

Government sanctioned price fixing

The Lasalle quote was from Archie Bunkers theme song (referring to my sometimes old fashion-sounding pronouncements). And I am sorry to say I’m ignorant of the Tucker. What?

Dugger

Dugger;

Really, do you think it’s that simple? Don’t you remember what the
Big Three and the Government did to the Tucker? (If you remember the
LaSalle, you gotta know about the Tucker)

Dugger, the real World, Like it or Leave it

I don’t think we’re slaves, I think we’re the abused wife. We know the shit he’s doing, but everytime we try to leave… we just can’t. He goes before Congress and swears he’s a changed man and would never profit out of a natural disaster. Then goes and hits us in the face with a tire iron. Oh sure, we’ll leave him… maybe… If he doesn’t kill us first.

“The basic problem with most republicans is that they lack the faith to believe that public policy can be used for the common good, and that corporations are always going to provide for us in a way that government can not, even though government has, in the past, intervened in very meaningful and positive ways.”

Actually, I view government like a big fat hippo. Invite him into your house to fix a broken lamp and he destroys the TV, sofa and washing machine. Now I will acknowledge ther are a few times and things where we want that hippo (defense, etc) to be in action but, in general, the less he is used the better. I would say liberals knee jerk government program/hand out at every hiccup in life.

Dugger, Gee My Old LaSalle Ran Great

Why don’t you try to find out how much of your income tax goes towards supporting “small businesses” and “family farms”, which are actually just extensions of large corporations– McDonald’s franchises, for example. Where’s the republican outrage when it comes to corporate, rather than personal welfare? Givemefugginbreak.

Also, maybe you should try to walk away from Exxon without paying for $5 worth of gas– you’ll see who’s pointing a gun in your face then.

Thanks for paying your taxes. If you don’t like them, you can leave.

After all, it’s a matter of national security!

Until they let go of this cynical attitude we’re not going to see much change. How big do the income and trade gaps have to become before they realize there is a problem? I’m inclined to think it’s when they personally have no job, no health care, and no safety net to catch them on their way down.

Bush’s energy plan was pathetic, and does little to relieve our “addiction” to foreign oil, so in that sense, this quotation is not far off the mark.

Dugger, sheesh

Isn’t it un-American to contradict the president? I forget.

Oil = gasoline, plastics, polyester, solvents, pesticides, food containers, appliances…do I need to go on?

We need more supplies and refining capability. If Bush had any balls he’d issue an executive order to begin drilling in ANWR now.