You know, I once heard that some wanker from Microsoft said that Linux was "Un-American." I promptly re-christened every linux machine in my possession, naming each one after a communist, or terrorist leader. I'm writing this comment on Yassir (which tells you something about how long ago this was), though Yassir has a pop-out hard drive and can run Windows when it has to. We NEED to show these clowns a little ATTITUDE!
Though we'd all love for those subsidies to go away, at the present moment it's unrealistic without serious consequences for other programs the Democrats love (i.e. Medicare, Medicaid, the EPA). I'm really just pissed off at the actions of the Republicans on climate change; though they claim that their policy is a realistic "all-of-the above," in practice, it's always deny, deny, deny.
@eefree89 You do realize that we're paying he oil companies to drill for oil at the level it was when oil was $20 a barrel and it's now $80 dollars a barrel.
Oil companies get subsidies? Tax return is not a subsidy off course. It's just less theft by a criminal organisation. Also Markfiore's life is totally depending on oil. If these cigar smoking oil barons amid wads of cash would be gone tomorrow, Mark Fiori would have starved to death 20 days later in front of an empty supermarket. It's so void of rational thought and just emotional appeal, but nice graphics I must say. A bit tiresome repetition, Goebbels style 'convincing'.
If the Republican Party actually practiced the "libertarian" ideals it's been preaching lately, government oil subsidies would be the first thing to go.
@wolfthewulfman Repubs don't just parrot phony Libertarian arguments lately. A lot of it derives from the writings of Ludwig Von Misses and the Austrian school of Economics. Despite the fact that these have been THOROUGHLY debunked, we still have Libertarian think tanks like the CATO institute and the Von Misses institute (misses.org) that trumpet their "triumphs." It's hard to get a word in edgewise. This is what happens when you've got the Koch brothers funding you.
Aren't 70 percent of the stocks of these oil companies owned by mutual funds? Thus those being owned by 401K's and IRA's and such? Focus on the corporate higher ups taking millions each year in compensation. That can be any fortune 500 company, who also happens to be on the free .004 percent bernake fed funds list?
Who cares if something is "unAmerican" it should only matter if it is right. I remember the 2008 election and John McCain used the term, "job creators" I facepalmed so hard because of the obvious transparency of the euphemism. Entrenched megacorporations may technically be job creators, but he wanted people to think of smaller businesses. (the system is rigged against them via regulatory practices and taxation)
@whatukno1975 Simply put buses don't run everywhere. The reason why oil is so profitable is the fact that people have moved further and further away from cities. Public transportation just doesn't reach many people. And if you work in the city and live in the suburbs you may be able to use public transportation when you get into the city, but you'd have to pay to park then pay for the bus or train and you still had to drive from your home to the city in the 1st place. Not easy dude.
@raventakayama I have been using public transportation for years, I haven't owned a car in over 5 years. But you are right, buses don't run everywhere, it's a shame.
@raventakayama Actually, in a lot of places buses do run everywhere. In Hawaii, on Oahu, on can catch a city bus and ride it from Waikiki all the way to North Shore and back without ever transferring. Up here in Alaska, one can catch a bus in Anchorage and ride it to Eagle River with only one transfer. And buses aren't the only form of mass transit. Just because you can't catch a bus in the suburbs doesn't mean you have to drive into the city. There's trains and car/van pools as well.
@aestevalis Well in Atlanta, Macon and Savannah, GA that's not the case. Same goes for Miami, Dallas, Norfolk, St. Louis and I'm sure other places as well. These are just places I've either lived or visited and I know about personally. Outside of car pooling, which happens quite often where I live, there's not much in the way of public transportation for the skirts. Its a scheme for the ages. There's few ways around oil and gas usage.
@raventakayama I really feel like you're dis-counting rail service in your conclusions. I don't know how it's been since you've lived in Atlanta, but according to Google Map, the MARTA runs pretty far out. And I know for a fact that you can catch mass transit from Miami to pretty much any other city in southern Florida. i wouldn't expect to find good mass transit in Macon or Savannah, as those are historic tourist destinations.
@aestevalis0 Well think about it. There's soooo many surrounding counties around Atlanta. Marta doesn't run through Clayton county which is the north most county closest to downtown Atlanta. That means that Griffen, Jonesboro and a host of other places south of Clayton don't receive those services. You'd have to go as far north as the Airport to catch Marta. Same goes for parts of north Atlanta and the Stone Mountain area. There's lots of places that are considered Atlanta without MARTA.
@615Deathdealer Considering accelerated change solar should hypothetically be mainstream by now. If Ronald Reagan removed solar panels from the White House's roof one can infer how old the technology actually is. Three decades is more than enough time for it, but entrenched oil and coal want to keep their monopoly because they fear change and competition. The fear of competition in turn leads them to influence their friends in congress, some of whom they went to prep school and college with.
@jaymthegenius Of course, oil compaines have always tried to hamstring new energy. Insted of giving money to renewable energy research and give it to giant oil compaines. Dosen't make sense
You know, I once heard that some wanker from Microsoft said that Linux was "Un-American." I promptly re-christened every linux machine in my possession, naming each one after a communist, or terrorist leader. I'm writing this comment on Yassir (which tells you something about how long ago this was), though Yassir has a pop-out hard drive and can run Windows when it has to. We NEED to show these clowns a little ATTITUDE!
cpuwrite 6 months ago
Go Green!!!
Kidcosmosuno 7 months ago
it sounded like
"... and the home of the gay"
i was like- "WHAT!"
skaterboyof2009 7 months ago
We aren't just a Plutocracy; we are a Plutarchy(a mix of Oligarchy and Plutocracy)
ComradeMr 8 months ago
Though we'd all love for those subsidies to go away, at the present moment it's unrealistic without serious consequences for other programs the Democrats love (i.e. Medicare, Medicaid, the EPA). I'm really just pissed off at the actions of the Republicans on climate change; though they claim that their policy is a realistic "all-of-the above," in practice, it's always deny, deny, deny.
eefree89 8 months ago
@eefree89 You do realize that we're paying he oil companies to drill for oil at the level it was when oil was $20 a barrel and it's now $80 dollars a barrel.
ferky12 7 months ago
JEEZ, the Tea Party/Republicans are only giving $4,000,000,000 a year in tax subsidies to the Oil Industry.
Look what they get in return from BP, et al - X $MILLIONS in secret campaign contributions.
That's how America works now. Predatory corporations get deregulation, tax subsidies, short term profits & BIG BONUSES!
Politicians each get $Millions in secret campaign contributions & perks.
"Of the corporations, by the corporations, and for the corporations."
It's the new American Plutocracy.
goog2k 8 months ago
"Now sing along, you traitorous f***s!" XD
GarlicPudding 8 months ago
Oil companies get subsidies? Tax return is not a subsidy off course. It's just less theft by a criminal organisation. Also Markfiore's life is totally depending on oil. If these cigar smoking oil barons amid wads of cash would be gone tomorrow, Mark Fiori would have starved to death 20 days later in front of an empty supermarket. It's so void of rational thought and just emotional appeal, but nice graphics I must say. A bit tiresome repetition, Goebbels style 'convincing'.
modelmark 8 months ago
If the Republican Party actually practiced the "libertarian" ideals it's been preaching lately, government oil subsidies would be the first thing to go.
wolfthewulfman 8 months ago 19
@wolfthewulfman the two faced ideology of the republicans is a strange thing really but then republicans are bank rolled on oil
dancthegr 8 months ago
@wolfthewulfman Repubs don't just parrot phony Libertarian arguments lately. A lot of it derives from the writings of Ludwig Von Misses and the Austrian school of Economics. Despite the fact that these have been THOROUGHLY debunked, we still have Libertarian think tanks like the CATO institute and the Von Misses institute (misses.org) that trumpet their "triumphs." It's hard to get a word in edgewise. This is what happens when you've got the Koch brothers funding you.
cpuwrite 6 months ago
Aren't 70 percent of the stocks of these oil companies owned by mutual funds? Thus those being owned by 401K's and IRA's and such? Focus on the corporate higher ups taking millions each year in compensation. That can be any fortune 500 company, who also happens to be on the free .004 percent bernake fed funds list?
bohemianh 8 months ago
Who cares if something is "unAmerican" it should only matter if it is right. I remember the 2008 election and John McCain used the term, "job creators" I facepalmed so hard because of the obvious transparency of the euphemism. Entrenched megacorporations may technically be job creators, but he wanted people to think of smaller businesses. (the system is rigged against them via regulatory practices and taxation)
jaymthegenius 8 months ago
People should stop buying gas, take the bus, ride a bike, tell the oil companies where to fucking stick their shit.
But that won't happen will it?
whatukno1975 8 months ago
@whatukno1975 Simply put buses don't run everywhere. The reason why oil is so profitable is the fact that people have moved further and further away from cities. Public transportation just doesn't reach many people. And if you work in the city and live in the suburbs you may be able to use public transportation when you get into the city, but you'd have to pay to park then pay for the bus or train and you still had to drive from your home to the city in the 1st place. Not easy dude.
raventakayama 8 months ago
@raventakayama I have been using public transportation for years, I haven't owned a car in over 5 years. But you are right, buses don't run everywhere, it's a shame.
whatukno1975 8 months ago
@raventakayama Actually, in a lot of places buses do run everywhere. In Hawaii, on Oahu, on can catch a city bus and ride it from Waikiki all the way to North Shore and back without ever transferring. Up here in Alaska, one can catch a bus in Anchorage and ride it to Eagle River with only one transfer. And buses aren't the only form of mass transit. Just because you can't catch a bus in the suburbs doesn't mean you have to drive into the city. There's trains and car/van pools as well.
aestevalis0 8 months ago
@aestevalis Well in Atlanta, Macon and Savannah, GA that's not the case. Same goes for Miami, Dallas, Norfolk, St. Louis and I'm sure other places as well. These are just places I've either lived or visited and I know about personally. Outside of car pooling, which happens quite often where I live, there's not much in the way of public transportation for the skirts. Its a scheme for the ages. There's few ways around oil and gas usage.
raventakayama 8 months ago
@raventakayama I really feel like you're dis-counting rail service in your conclusions. I don't know how it's been since you've lived in Atlanta, but according to Google Map, the MARTA runs pretty far out. And I know for a fact that you can catch mass transit from Miami to pretty much any other city in southern Florida. i wouldn't expect to find good mass transit in Macon or Savannah, as those are historic tourist destinations.
aestevalis0 8 months ago
@aestevalis0 Well think about it. There's soooo many surrounding counties around Atlanta. Marta doesn't run through Clayton county which is the north most county closest to downtown Atlanta. That means that Griffen, Jonesboro and a host of other places south of Clayton don't receive those services. You'd have to go as far north as the Airport to catch Marta. Same goes for parts of north Atlanta and the Stone Mountain area. There's lots of places that are considered Atlanta without MARTA.
raventakayama 8 months ago
Fuck oil, it hurts our planet and costs us some much fucking money
615Deathdealer 8 months ago 15
@615Deathdealer Considering accelerated change solar should hypothetically be mainstream by now. If Ronald Reagan removed solar panels from the White House's roof one can infer how old the technology actually is. Three decades is more than enough time for it, but entrenched oil and coal want to keep their monopoly because they fear change and competition. The fear of competition in turn leads them to influence their friends in congress, some of whom they went to prep school and college with.
jaymthegenius 8 months ago
@jaymthegenius Of course, oil compaines have always tried to hamstring new energy. Insted of giving money to renewable energy research and give it to giant oil compaines. Dosen't make sense
615Deathdealer 8 months ago
it brought tears to me eyes.
thesageofohio 8 months ago