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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 09:27 AM Original message |
Just listening to the CEO of Chevron talking on CNBC.... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. They don't care. They don't care. They don't care. They don't care. nt |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. and they go to church on Sunday.... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Chuch doesn't care. Church doesn't care. Chuch doesn't care. Church doesn't care. nt |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yeah, it does |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. And building megachurches to spread the word of the fascists. That's big and real. nt |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Yeah, I'm waiting for one of them to just name themselves, "Church of the Fascists," or |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. And, they want it all. They want it all. They want it all. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It's the begining of a nightmarish future if we don't step up now... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Bingo! nt |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. It's like driving in traffic and the guy behind you is tailgating you really badly, but |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. I've always felt in my lifetime we will see tanks rolling in the streets of |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. That, I guess, is the ultimate capitalism wet dream.... |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. One in five is employed, protecting the rich from us. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. I think that's the plan. The middle class experiment is over. nt |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. As many have said on DU and other places it was one of the most successful |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. I have an old bumper sticker sticker that reads: |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Paychecks have been flat in this country for I think about 20 years. Yet the |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. I sometimes really wonder what their ultimate end game is. |
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CrossChris (641 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I think post #4 hits it pretty spot on. Tanks did roll through New Orleans. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. I think this is what they want. Just a feel good thing for them to see others as this. |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
10. Raising taxes on profits would force them to use them instead of sitting on them |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Exactly.... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. To sit on their money or invest it globally... Most would prefer not to have to |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. I have democratic friends |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. It's a veil they hide behind that encourages bad behavior... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. IMO we really do have a shadow gov. of sorts doing all of this because politicians |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. They don't understand micro-economics |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. And yet the WH will throw us all under the bus for Chevron |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Bingo! |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. This caring about citizens is a bunch of BS rhetoric IMO. I'm sure some do, but if |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. Psychopathic greed. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. They're not just "willing to watch." |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
23. Here's the video (w/transcript to the right of video) |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. And more chances to screw up the environment... |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. This is called a Capital Strike |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Indeed as the other poster pointed out |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. i believe it's called extortion |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
30. Obama should try to convince him he's not "anti-business" |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Obama should tax their asses off and hire folks to work on infrastructure |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Yep... |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
39. The French revolutionaries knew what to do with |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. He's also painfully full of shit. |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. +1 |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
44. The corporate cash hoard was a cool $1.93 TRILLION last December and it's probably grown even larger |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-16-11 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
45. Nothing drastic will come from any of our current politicians |
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