And, yes, I DO take it personally: Oil prices go up and down from year to year...

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Oil prices go up and down from year to year...

HOW ABOUT $10 FUCKING BILLION DOLLARS OF PURE PROFIT IN THE 3D QUARTER OF THIS YEAR FOR EXXONMOBIL ALONE...!! GREAT JUMPING JEEBUS ON A CRACKER...!!

(thanks for the expression, atrios... i haven't used it in a while...!)

Lee Raymond, chairman of Exxon Mobil Corp., said he recognizes that high gasoline prices "have put a strain on Americans' household budgets" but he defended his company's huge profits, saying petroleum earnings "go up and down" from year to year.

ExxonMobil, the worlds' largest publicly trade oil company, earned nearly $10 billion in the third quarter. Raymond was joined at the witness table by the chief executives of Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips, BPAmerica Inc., and Shell Oil Company.