i know it was about $.20 more than last week (here in the hartford area). how much higher will it go? putting THAT aside, did you know YOUR king george is ALLOWING THE OIL COMPANIES TO DECIDE THE POLICIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA? those that deal with countries who have committed act of terror against us (and our allies). do you care? are you outraged?
i sure as shite am
ESPECIALLY us having dealings with that scum of the earth, kaddafi, qaddafi or however the f**k he's spelling it
Libya Seeks Exemption for Its Debt to Victims
By ERIC LIPTON
WASHINGTON — One by one, top executives of American oil companies met privately over the last year with Libya’s leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, often in his signature Bedouin tent, as they lined up contracts allowing them to tap into the country’s oil reserves. But now, the new allies are working Capitol Hill, trying to weaken a law that threatens those deals. The Libyan government, once a pariah, and the American oil industry have hired high-profile lobbyists, buttonholed lawmakers and enlisted help from the Bush administration, all in an effort to win an exemption from a law that Congress passed in January that is intended to ensure that victims of terrorist attacks are compensated.
The law allows victims of state-sponsored terrorism to collect court judgments by seizing foreign assets in the United States or money from those governments held by American companies doing business with them. If Libya loses a half-dozen court cases still pending, $3 billion to $6 billion could be at stake, according to lawyers’ estimates.....
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You know I'm full of stories and I seem to know people involved in all facets of, well, of everything . . .
But . . .
I know the man who arranged to bring Libyan oil to the U.S. despite an embargo against Libya as a terrorist state. . . . Long story short - the company he represented built a refinery in Liberia and gifted it to the Liberian government - then Liberia imported the oil from Libya, refined it from crude into useful products like gasoline and heating oil. See . . . U.S. Law considers refined oil a totally different product and the government doesn't care where the crude came from.
So, the oil companies may be lining up to cut out the middle man (Liberia), but they've always been getting the oil regardless what the law says. The corporations are way to smart and much too powerful to be stopped by silly things like laws.
nothing you say to me anymore surprises me. i'm so laughing
laughing at your connections not at the story.
big bid-nez didn't get that way (in MOST cases) by playing nice and sharing the toys in the sandbox.
i suspect most executives have little trouble sleeping at night. that, i don't understand
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