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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:16 AM Original message |
Why are oil company profits not considered war profiteering? |
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electropop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. The purpose of the war is to boost oil prices. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Exactly. |
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electropop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Technically, it's a war against oil, |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. Absolutely |
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Bob Dobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. Because the (oil)igarchs that "own" the oil companies also own |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. they should be |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Where does the military industrial complex begin and end? |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. Check this important article about NYMEX/ICE/Dubai Exchange |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
9. war? what war? |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The one that uses mega-gallons |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
11. They are war profiteers! |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. has ANY attention being paid to profiteering? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. Because, convenient for moron* war hasn't been declared. nt |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. America is a "War Profiteering" Nation |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
15. Do you understand that oil is a global commodity? |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. You inject the Kool Aid directly into your veins instead of drinking it? |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Wrong |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. RIGHT ON! KICK!!! |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-22-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. When did Congress declare war? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Exactly. Phony "war." And it's not war profiteering because it's "America." |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
19. because we found all those WMD in Iraq and stopped the next Hitler |
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