On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:32:40 -0400, Wayne B
wrote:

On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:55:18 -0700, wrote:

You read it right... Big Oil made $18B in three months and nearly $1T
in 10 years

Next time you fill up your car/truck/boat/whatever, you should thank
them for investing countless billions of dollars in exploration and
drilling.

that would drive prices down, not up


It's a high stakes, very risky business and expensive oil is a lot
better than no oil at all. Think about it. After you get done
complaining about prices here, do some traveling in Europe.

and they get 4B from US taxpayers every year while we're talking about
cutting food stamps, military pay and medicare