Let's hear it for Exxon!!! They just reported a 17% rise in first-quarter net income!

[zulchzulu]

Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) posted a 17% rise in first-quarter net income, driven by surging crude oil prices, which also led the company's margins to continue shrinking as the oil giant also dealt with lower production volumes.

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200805010848DOWJONESDJONLINE000514_FORTUNE5.htm

Check this out:
http://www.campaignmoney.com/exxon_mobil.asp

[defendandprotect]

1. And they're "disappointed" it wasn't more! Nationalize the Oil Industry!!!

Electric cars ---

[cliffordu]

5. NATIONALIZE NOW!!!

Is anyone else mad that they are getting rich through the deaths of over 4000 of our troops and God only knows how many Iraqis??

[Red Zelda]

6. Nationalize the oil industry

Lock up their corporate buzzards in very small cells.
Freeze gas prices.
Use the profits for universal health care.

Yeah, like this rancid country of fucking morons would ever do anything like that.

[defendandprotect]

10. Someone in Congress --- and I may have read it here --- is trying to

say that the nation is facing such an EMERGENCY because of gas prices -- such a threat to
stability of the nation -- that Congress should declare an "emergency" and nationalize the
oil industry.

Trust that's fairly accurate . . . and isn't that posted here at DU somewhere???

[Ilsa]

2. Yet their stock is falling because earnings didn't meet expectations. nt

[tridim]

3. Oh how I love our corporate masters.

Raise our prices more please! Steal all our disposable income so your CEO can buy another yacht.

[H2O Man]

4. Oh, thank goodney!

With groceries so expensive, I was worried they may have to go without.

[americanstranger]

7. RICO the bastards. n/t

- as

[Scurrilous]

8. Mission Accomplished!

:thumbsup:

[zulchzulu]

9. Today is the 5th anniversary!

Mi$$ion Accompli$hed indeed...

[killbotfactory]

11. It's like they profit the more oil prices go up. Crazy!

What luck that Bush destabilized the middle east and drove oil prices up!

[barack the house]

12. That saber rattling on Iran went down a treat I guess.

[jsamuel]

13. and why is it bad that Clinton wants a windfall profits tax on them?

[JimGinPA]

14. Nothing To See Here...

Move along.


Damn I hate these bastards!

K&R

[Vinca]

15. MSNBC reported that their stockholders were pissed because

they thought it would be more. I swear it's true.

[zulchzulu]

16. Never enough when you're a greedy, fat member of the Oilygarchy

More!!!