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MoonWatcher on January 31, 2009 - 9:19pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

If some fraction of our refineries idle due to a strike...wait an hour then tune in to Faux Noise to hear the strident, breathless calls to crush the unions with the National Guard...heck, what was I thinking, those reactionary bozos will call for the first use of active duty U.S. military commanded by USNORTHCOM. They will say anything for ratings, and to dare the weak-kneed Dems to one-up them or else appear to 'hate America' and appease the 'socialists'.

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BOP on February 1, 2009 - 5:16am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Couldn't the government just give several trillion dollars to Exxon, Conoco, and Chevron, pay all their executive bonuses, and then create a "bad refinery" and staff it with all of the basket cases from each of the other refineries?

I understand this same general approach has been utilized in other sectors with some success.

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