Fred Dehl wrote:

" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in
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"Fred Dehl" wrote in message
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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in
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"Fred Dehl" wrote in message
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jps wrote in
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I've had one hell of a time justifying the expense of fuel and,
consequently, over the last year our boat has been out very little.

Now I come to find that Exxon, Chevron and Halliburton have made
more money this past year than at any time in history and our rate
of savings hasn't been this low since 1933.

Exxon's profit margin (net income divided by revenue) is 8.4%:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=XOM&annual

Knight-Ridder's profit margin is 10.8%:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=KRI&annual

Where is your rant against The Obscene Profits Of Big Media?

A 10.8% profit is obscene?

How about 27% for Exxon Mobil (this following a 75% increase in 2005
3rd quarter) and 51% for ConocoPhillips?

Illiterate asshole,


See ya..............PLONK


Yep, crawl back up your mother's scabaceous infected ****. You can stay
warm there without having to buy fuel from Exxon.

This gut is off the chart. I can't remember the last time I sent an
abuse complaint to an ISP...


Dan

"jps" wrote in message
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That's a nice theory.

However, as DSK pointed out, shareholders haven't been substantially
rewarded for the climb in profits.

jps

Higher profits usually produce higher stock prices. Few public companies
pay dividends anymore. It's all in the stock price.

I am not saying it's right - I am just saying it's the way it is. A CEO
that does not show bottom line growth ain't gonna be a CEO for long. And
although publicly reported quarterly, most large companies now report
monthly and even weekly, internally. That's why I don't work for one
anymore.

RCE

"Dan Krueger" wrote in message
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Fred Dehl wrote:

" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in
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"Fred Dehl" wrote in message
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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in
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"Fred Dehl" wrote in message
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jps wrote in
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I've had one hell of a time justifying the expense of fuel and,
consequently, over the last year our boat has been out very little.

Now I come to find that Exxon, Chevron and Halliburton have made
more money this past year than at any time in history and our rate
of savings hasn't been this low since 1933.

Exxon's profit margin (net income divided by revenue) is 8.4%:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=XOM&annual

Knight-Ridder's profit margin is 10.8%:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=KRI&annual

Where is your rant against The Obscene Profits Of Big Media?

A 10.8% profit is obscene?

How about 27% for Exxon Mobil (this following a 75% increase in 2005
3rd quarter) and 51% for ConocoPhillips?

Illiterate asshole,


See ya..............PLONK


Yep, crawl back up your mother's scabaceous infected ****. You can stay
warm there without having to buy fuel from Exxon.

This gut is off the chart. I can't remember the last time I sent an abuse
complaint to an ISP...


Dan


He never had a legitimate point to make. His only resort was to rely on
insults and flaming with his replies, tools only the desperate, ill
informed/ignorant and uneducated fall back on. Could he have met all 3
categories?

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:38:31 -0800, jps wrote:

In article ,
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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in
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And folks can choose to stop buying newspapers. Not true of gasoline.

Bull****, asswipe.

JohnH, are you going to step in here to calm this peckerhead down? Why
is it that you're so quick to offer the preamble to the left and not so
quick in name-callers like this.

For Christ's sake, he just called JimH a faggot treehugger. I just
about fell out my chair!!!

jps

There are a few folks beyond any and all hope. I think Mr. Dehl is one of
them. Of course, we have a few who are fast approaching.

This is what happens when politics is discussed. My guess is that you folks
like the name-calling and acerbic comments. Otherwise, why would you be so
engaged?
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'Til next time,

John H

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"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:38:31 -0800, jps wrote:

In article ,
says...
" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in
news
And folks can choose to stop buying newspapers. Not true of gasoline.

Bull****, asswipe.

JohnH, are you going to step in here to calm this peckerhead down? Why
is it that you're so quick to offer the preamble to the left and not so
quick in name-callers like this.

For Christ's sake, he just called JimH a faggot treehugger. I just
about fell out my chair!!!

jps

There are a few folks beyond any and all hope. I think Mr. Dehl is one of
them. Of course, we have a few who are fast approaching.

This is what happens when politics is discussed. My guess is that you
folks
like the name-calling and acerbic comments. Otherwise, why would you be so
engaged?
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'Til next time,

John H


Come on John.............do you have the balls to really live what you
preach here or does your badge and white hat have *selective* hearing?

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*Have a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Day****
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JohnH wrote:

There are a few folks beyond any and all hope. I think Mr. Dehl is one of
them. Of course, we have a few who are fast approaching.

This is what happens when politics is discussed. My guess is that you folks
like the name-calling and acerbic comments. Otherwise, why would you be so
engaged?

Surprised you are participating in this thread. It only facilitates the
dumbing down of the NG. Fact is, one of the participants is about as
nescient as we've *ever* seen here. Best to ignore them.

--
Skipper

"jps" wrote in message
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In article . net,
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"jps" wrote in message
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In article . net,
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"Tamaroak" wrote in message
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More people are living in cardboard boxes in this country than ever
and
these fat cats are making more and paying less taxes than ever. And
we
are
STILL cutting taxes while the deficit skyrockets. How can these
people
call themselves conservative?

The deficit fell from '04 to '05...and its expected to continue to
fall
through at least '09.

In the past 30 years we've gone from:

Biggest importer of raw materials and exporter of finished goods

to

Biggest exporter of raw materials and largest importer of finished
goods.

China and Japan own a large percentage of our currency, corporations
are
allowed to operate offshore to avoid taxation and more of our currency
is flooding into the mid-east than ever before.

I just had a meeting with some very nice folks from the mid-east who
don't mind us being in Iraq at all. Their friends are making money
hand
over fist supplying goods and services to our troops.

Not only are we sending them tankerloads of oil money, we're paying
them
seven different ways for supplying our country with goods and services.

Something wrong with this picture? Why are we so damned
near-sighted???

The biggest danger to our country is allowing jobs to escape to countries
that are not our allies. China is our biggest threat...and corporations
have bought into the Chinese government horse and pony show that paints
such
a rosy scenario over there. It's a facade...and China's recent
restrictions
placed on Google are a perfect example of how screwed up things are over
there right now.

For the first time in the last half decade, I decided to buy an American
car
again. I would hope you and every other American would consider doing
the
same. For a very long time, American car manufacturers had their
problems,
and you were right to stay away. But I can assure you that in their
latest
entries to the market, the American auto maufacturer's quality and
engineering is on par with the best of them again.

Awhile back you stated that if a car manufacturer made an all-wheel-drive
sport sedan that is comparable to what you were driving at the time (an
Audi
Quattro?), you'd buy it. So now I'm going to hold you to your word: go
drive the Cadillac STS AWD or the Chrysler 300M AWD and buy whichever you
like better. Either should fit your needs nicely. I went from an
Infiniti
G35 to a Cadillac STS and have been very happy with the choice.

Are you claiming to be a good American or a good investor?

I don't think the above suggestion would satisfy both criteria.


I leased the car. 39 months, $422/mo (includes tax), $1850 out of pocket.

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:14:20 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

I went from an Infiniti
G35 to a Cadillac STS and have been very happy with the choice.

my wife is interested in one of those.

I like the car alot. I bought the V6. The performance difference from the
V8 wasn't worth the extra $8k.

It had a helluva lease when I got it. I would be careful buying the car
unless you plan to keep it for 5+ years. Cadillacs experience severe
depreciation.

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:14:20 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

But I can assure you that in their latest
entries to the market, the American auto maufacturer's quality and
engineering is on par with the best of them again.

Let's talk again after 100,000 miles.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:14:20 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

But I can assure you that in their latest
entries to the market, the American auto maufacturer's quality and
engineering is on par with the best of them again.

Let's talk again after 100,000 miles.

I'll be out of it before 40,000 miles. ;-)