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[Edited on May 3, 2008 at 8:09 PM. Reason : .]

5/3/2008 8:09:21 PM

http://www.suburra.com/

5/3/2008 8:11:24 PM

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"No, I realize that no one with half a brain believes any of that shit."

Ok, I'll play.

1st quarter 2008 (January-March), Exxon-Mobile had revenues of $116.89-billion, with profits of $10.89-billion.

10.89/116.89 = 9.3% profit margin.

5/3/2008 8:13:02 PM

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"if Obama (and his party workers) were so great and as smart as you idiots think, then they would have looked at my voter registration"

They probably are hoping beyond reason that you're more than a blind sheep that just lets a word on a paper dictate your opinions.

5/3/2008 8:13:56 PM

The only reason I have any hope for some of you liberals is that many young adults often become more liberal in college (or during that age) because they have hopes for this "save the world" ideal, aren't settled into a career, don't have a family, etc., and once all these things are in place, and you see the world as it really is, and as a parent/spouse, you will realize that people such as Obama, are not who this country needs.

I've seen it happen. True story.


and for you stupid assumption liberals, I didn't say all and I don't necessarily mean "you" as a specific indicator. This is a general statement.

5/3/2008 8:16:26 PM

No, I never said oil companies are THE WORST KIND OF FAGGOTS!

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"NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Exxon Mobil made history on Friday by reporting the highest quarterly and annual profits ever for a U.S. company, boosted in large part by soaring crude prices. Exxon, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, said fourth-quarter net income rose 14% to $11.66 billion, or $2.13 per share. The company earned $10.25 billion, or $1.76 per share, in the year-ago period. The profit topped Exxon's previous quarterly record of $10.7 billion, set in the fourth quarter of 2005, which also was an all-time high for a U.S. corporation. "Exxon can put out some amazing numbers and this is one of those cases," said Jason Gammel, senior analyst at Macquarie Securities in New York. Exxon also set an annual profit record by earning $40.61 billion last year - or nearly $1,300 per second in 2007. That exceeded its previous record of $39.5 billion in 2006. In the fourth quarter, the company said revenue rose 29.5% from a year ago to $116.64 billion. Analysts were looking for the company to report quarterly profit of $10.36 billion on revenue of $114.9 billion, according to earnings tracker Thomson Financial. Despite topping Wall Street's estimates, Exxon (XOM, Fortune 500) shares slipped in afternoon trading. The company reported strong results in its worldwide exploration and production, or "upstream," business. Profit rose 32% to $8.2 billion during the quarter, offsetting some weakness earlier in the year. Income in Exxon's refining, or "downstream," business rose 15.7% during the quarter to $2.27 billion. Exxon attributed its impressive results to strong performance across its divisions, but a large part of the profit surge was underpinned by climbing oil prices. Crude prices skyrocketed nearly 60% last year. The surge helped prices break through the $100 a barrel mark for the first time ever early last month. Since crossing that milestone, prices have eased to around $90 a barrel. Natural gas prices also jumped last year, albeit marginally. But costs have also increased for the oil companies, which is why profits haven't risen as rapidly as crude prices. Big oil companies that both pump oil and refine crude into gasoline have to spend more for crude but are unable to pass on all the extra cost to consumers, which eats in to gasoline profit margins. The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline hit an all-time high of $3.23 in May, according to the motorist organization AAA. The high prices were blamed on strong demand and a series of accidents that shut down refineries in the U.S. But slack demand for gasoline in the latter half of last year kept gas prices from rising as dramatically as crude prices. "

5/3/2008 8:16:51 PM

i like DiamondAce's contributions to the thread as the resident Obama supporter

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"You're a fucking douche! OBAMA ALL THE WAY BABY"

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"Please to kill yourself now."

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"Stop talking."

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"generalization, fabrication, lie, complete bs. Please, let's not argue over semantics."

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"Yeah, you should just stop talking."

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"I'm not even going to say it."

5/3/2008 8:18:18 PM

the typical liberal response - personal attacks and no real information

5/3/2008 8:18:44 PM

Hey, you cherry picked my comments and I still don't look bad.

5/3/2008 8:19:22 PM

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"No, I never said oil companies are THE WORST KIND OF FAGGOTS!"

Wow, let's punish oil companies for somehow being profitable on a 9% profit margin.

DOWN WITH CAPITALISM!

5/3/2008 8:19:33 PM

^

5/3/2008 8:20:52 PM

i've actually looked around his site a bit on some issues, and a lot of his changes don't make much sense.

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"Hey, you cherry picked my comments and I still don't look bad. "

Well, if you were just a commentator, then no, you don't. I also left out a bunch that wouldn't make sense without including the rest of the post and would make my resulting post too long for what I was going for.

5/3/2008 8:23:14 PM

4 dollar gas!

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"Average Americans are struggling to keep up with persistently high gas prices, now approaching $3 a gallon. Testifying before Congress last November, Exxon CEO Lee Raymond blamed the problem on “global supply and demand” and assured the public that “we’re all in this together.” Last year, Raymond made do with “a total compensation package” of just $69.7 million or $190,915 a day, including weekends. After his haul in 2005, Raymond has decided to retire. It’s seems that, for Raymond, not working is even more lucrative than working: Exxon is giving Lee Raymond one of the most generous retirement packages in history, nearly $400 million, including pension, stock options and other perks, such as a $1 million consulting deal, two years of home security, personal security, a car and driver, and use of a corporate jet for professional purposes. Exxon is now facing several “shareholder resolutions this year that criticize the company’s level of executive pay and seek to rein it in.”"

CharlesHF: If I vote against my interests, maybe some day I too will be obscenely rich.

5/3/2008 8:24:03 PM

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"Well, if you were just a commentator, then no, you don't. I also left out a bunch that wouldn't make sense without including the rest of the post and would make my resulting post too long for what I was going for."

So, you're still a cherry picking bastard?

And most of those comments were in response to you, someone I don't think deserves a post with much more effort put into it.



[Edited on May 3, 2008 at 8:28 PM. Reason : .]

5/3/2008 8:25:46 PM

I'll also make note that OIL COMPANIES DO NOT SET THE PRICE OF OIL!.

Oil is a publicly traded commodity, just like anything else on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Its price is set by people in the trading rooms, not oil companies.

[Edited on May 3, 2008 at 8:26 PM. Reason : ]

5/3/2008 8:26:23 PM

CARL FUCKING FACE

5/3/2008 8:32:48 PM

listen, the bottom line is gas would still be $1.00/gal if a democrat were in charge.

5/3/2008 8:33:04 PM

Oh, I'm a bastard now. Cool. Seems like you're a typical Obama supporter after all.

5/3/2008 8:33:33 PM

politics are awesome!!1

5/3/2008 8:33:54 PM

^^^source?

5/3/2008 8:36:12 PM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

(i'm joking)

5/3/2008 8:39:12 PM

I always get a chuckle out of being told how "the world really is" by a 22 year old. . .

How does having a career and a family make you less likely to want to live in harmony with the natural world?

5/3/2008 8:44:01 PM

I can say that because I did not fall into the trap of the "save the world" ideal, etc.

and I'd love to stay and explain more, but I'm leaving now. have fun kiddies.

[Edited on May 3, 2008 at 8:46 PM. Reason : .]

5/3/2008 8:45:44 PM

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"I always get a chuckle out of being told how "the world really is" by a 22 year old. . . How does having a career and a family make you less likely to want to live in harmony with the natural world? "

It's typical Republican delusionism. They presume the world is how they think it is, despite reality:

As you get older, you're more likely to see more Democrats.

As your income rises between 50 and $100k, you are more likely to see more Republicans, but above $100k, the Democrats start to become more prevalent.

So your middle class young person is more likely to be a republican, but your older wealthier person is more likely to be a democrat.

People voting for congress:

5/3/2008 9:00:20 PM

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"None of today's candidates will "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States" except for Ron Paul. http://www.ronpaul2008.com/"

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

5/3/2008 9:04:47 PM

Obama is the MAN!!! Obama in 2008!!! Woo-hoooo!!

5/3/2008 9:39:49 PM

New York Times stats




























omfg lol kill urself

5/3/2008 9:42:15 PM

I got a call from Clinton, Obama, and Mike Easley this weekend.

5/3/2008 9:46:31 PM

if you're going to post stats, do it from a media group that isn't run by howard deans ex gf

5/3/2008 9:47:44 PM

more fun for that piece of shit moron to chew at for a while tonight





oh, and plz grab stats that aren't 4 weeks 8 months old either terd burglar


[Edited on May 3, 2008 at 10:16 PM. Reason : 8 months old. lol]

5/3/2008 9:49:08 PM

Obama won by 7 votes in Guam

5/3/2008 9:50:29 PM

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"more fun for that piece of shit moron to chew at for a while tonight "

What you posted has absolutely no bearing on what I posted.

I'm wondering at this point if you can even read.

5/3/2008 9:53:38 PM

no i addressed that issue in my first post. the following posts were simply added as literature to the thread

anyways. whatever, it's sat night.

[Edited on May 3, 2008 at 9:58 PM. Reason : .]

5/3/2008 9:57:13 PM

The first graph is not NY Times, plus that's CBS news too, and it's a poll.

The subsequent trends for obama follow closely with primary wins, and also show obamas drop leveling off, and will probably go back up after his NC win.

[Edited on May 3, 2008 at 10:01 PM. Reason : ]

5/3/2008 10:00:34 PM

awesome dude. awesome.

5/3/2008 10:02:17 PM

hey moron, you neglected to mention the best stat of all:

the higher the education level, the more likely the person was to be a republican. hmmm...

5/4/2008 12:53:38 AM

^ As of 04 by that survey, that was true, but as the trend their shows, they were shifting the other way, and as 2006, the more educated you were, it was significantly more likely you were democrat:
http://sda.berkeley.edu/quicktables/quickoptions.do



Of college educated people, 43% are dem vs 38 repub

with the graduate level people having the biggest gulf with 53% to 30% being dem/repub

in 2006


[Edited on May 4, 2008 at 1:45 AM. Reason : ]

5/4/2008 1:28:58 AM