You are very right. It beggars belief that there are still people who buy what they're sold by the politicians and even find excuses for them. I guess the alternative of admitting they were wrong in trusting politicians is too horrible to contemplate.
As a proud retiree of the O&G industry, I can say that our industry is used to being called names. So used to it, that we are immune. Like water off a duck's back. Back in the late 70's & early 80's there was a great bumper sticker that said, "Don't tell my family I work in O&G, they think I'm a piano player in a whore house." Another great article Irina. Eventually all of the peasants will notice that the emperor isn't wearing any clothes. I hope the EU elections go your way this week.
I was tempted to read this book, but it sounded like it would be a little much about stories and not enough about the oil and gas industry. Maybe I should read it.
I remember the John Birch Society. Among their crazy right wing extremist ideas was to get the US out of the UN. I was a liberal hippie then and they were just crazy old people. I was wrong. They were and still are right.
The UN has stopped air conditioning some meeting halls because they can't afford the electric bill. Meanwhile they call for unlimited funding of UNRWA, the only agency dedicated to "supporting "Palestinian refugees" of which there were maybe 800k in 1949, there are now 5.9 million (!). Who knew that such old geezers could multiply so fast while being "Genocided?" Sorry for the digression. It is a morally and financially bankrupt organization, and the only reason we keep it here is that the delegates love NYC, and the cookers, blow, and booze they can't get in their own countries. Plus we can spy in them.
Is "a civilisational laxative" the appropriate cure for the profound cranial-rectal impaction manifest in so many, or is an application of the Come Along of physics indicated first... ?
Good One Irina - love your civilizational laxative - for the immune system... it's time to expel some of these people..
How about stopping drug advertising... lord help me - I watched 1 hour of regular TV the other day, it was painful - I needed a drug for something I might think I have after that - but the side affects were the sad part, who takes this stuff .... or rooftop solar advertising - or how about just stop advertising all together!!!!
Ok, now I sound like Guterres... WE do have to be careful don't we!!
All those drug commercials remind me of Roseanne Roseanadanna describing Richard Feder, of Ft. Lee NJ's experiences with the Great American Smoke out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hYGtXIqDa0
Bravo. The UN has been a socialist controlled institution for 50 years and an envoy for global,social sepuku. And Nadler and buddies are pirouetting on a column of hypocrisy. God bless Texas!
The last quarterly profits of Exxon were 8 billion.
The last quarterly profits of Amazon were 10 billion.
Microsoft? 21 billion.
Google? 24 billion.
And now Invidia????? heaven help us but the stock of the company, in only the past 12 months, has gained over 2 trillion (which, for the mathematically impaired, which seems to include almost all Democrats and liberals, is equivalent to 2,000 billion) ......
Numbers, economics way too difficult for ‘legislators’.
“Exxon revenue for the twelve months ending March 31, 2024 was $341.101B, a 16.75% decline year-over-year.” And… “Exxon annual revenue for 2023 was $344.582B, a 16.7% decline from 2022.” Its earnings in 2023 were $36.010B (Down $19.730B on previous year) so its costs in 2023 were over $300B. Oil companies spend a lot of money finding oil and getting it out of the ground as well as refining and shipping. They work on a 20 year investment cycle. As is common with many companies, profits are reinvested in whole or part. And they pay tax on those profits at corporate level, then shareholders pay tax on the dividends.
You stumbled on the thing here. You see, the thing these D's either don't realize, or just won't acknowledge out loud, is that the oil companies profits are higher temporarily because Brandon and the D's are blocking them from exploring and creating more production. The oil companies have wisely pulled back on Capex given the asinine political environment (including Blackrock/ESG, etc).
It's going to take a decade for us to feel the pain of what these policies have wrought, but if they think the energy producers are making large profits now, just wait...
It was not that long ago (at least in my frame of reference) that Exxon was then largest corporation in the world. My great grandaddy bought shares of Standard Oil and passed them down, and its kept the whole family going....Exxon did not get smaller, just some upstarts came along and got to be a whole lot larger and wealthy, primarily through predatory monopolistic practices which have never come under proper control.....
Give it a decade and let's see where the relative market caps of Exxon and Chevron stand compared to Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla and Amazon. I have a hunch...
“…a group of ten legislators…” A species who get paid out of other people’s money to do something which produces no profit. Who said irony was dead? Since they think the oily companies should work for nothing, perhaps these parasites should lead by example and work (I use the word figuratively not literally) for nothing.
All your articles are brilliant, but this one is in a special category of brilliance. So many 'thought gems' in this one; it's hard to decide which is my favorite. Perhaps the one at the end where you call for climate alarmists to become "even more absurd" than they already are. Indeed, we only need to sit back and enjoy the show as they self-destruct in their fits of madness and absurdity.
Thank you so much, John. I can't take all the credit -- without the abundant inspiration pouring over me on a daily basis there wouldn't have been anything to try and be witty about.
And yes, I am firmly convinced we should just let them destroy themselves with absurdity.
Why not join them and assist in bringing the absurdity to its logical conclusion more quickly so that we can get back to getting on with life without these nonsense distractions?
That's pretty good: characterizing viral outbursts from eco-freaks as "strengthening the immune system of society." The more ridiculous they get, the more narrow their influence will be until, finally, they are just yelling into their fishbowl. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.
You are very right. It beggars belief that there are still people who buy what they're sold by the politicians and even find excuses for them. I guess the alternative of admitting they were wrong in trusting politicians is too horrible to contemplate.
As a proud retiree of the O&G industry, I can say that our industry is used to being called names. So used to it, that we are immune. Like water off a duck's back. Back in the late 70's & early 80's there was a great bumper sticker that said, "Don't tell my family I work in O&G, they think I'm a piano player in a whore house." Another great article Irina. Eventually all of the peasants will notice that the emperor isn't wearing any clothes. I hope the EU elections go your way this week.
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You need to bring those bumper stickers back!!! - Love it!
This is great to hear, Karloff. You're a tough breed of human and I have all the respect for you!
And thanks, I sure hope they do!
I was tempted to read this book, but it sounded like it would be a little much about stories and not enough about the oil and gas industry. Maybe I should read it.
https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Tell-Mom-Work-Rigs/dp/1600940250
Sounds like crazy stories about people that work in the industry. Trust me, there are an abundance of those. 😂
I remember the John Birch Society. Among their crazy right wing extremist ideas was to get the US out of the UN. I was a liberal hippie then and they were just crazy old people. I was wrong. They were and still are right.
Perhaps someone should inform Mr. Guterres that without hydrocarbon based energy, the world would be a pretty miserable place to live.
I'm sure many have but in vain.
The UN has stopped air conditioning some meeting halls because they can't afford the electric bill. Meanwhile they call for unlimited funding of UNRWA, the only agency dedicated to "supporting "Palestinian refugees" of which there were maybe 800k in 1949, there are now 5.9 million (!). Who knew that such old geezers could multiply so fast while being "Genocided?" Sorry for the digression. It is a morally and financially bankrupt organization, and the only reason we keep it here is that the delegates love NYC, and the cookers, blow, and booze they can't get in their own countries. Plus we can spy in them.
Sorry hookers not cookers, but there's good chow as well.
LOOOOL!
I wonder how much the UN has as unpaid bills to the USA? In the past they’ve been a poorly behaving credit risk.
Unpaid traffic tickets tickets? Millions..
You wrote: "Because, you know, we’re not nearly as stupid as the rule-makers believe us to be."
It brought to mind the Bob Dylan line "The masters make the rules for the wise men and the fools."
The greatest threat today is climate ideologues who ignore reality, reason, facts and economics while foisting their idiocy on the masses.
Dylan's Nobel was one of the few actually deserved ones.
Is "a civilisational laxative" the appropriate cure for the profound cranial-rectal impaction manifest in so many, or is an application of the Come Along of physics indicated first... ?
I dare not make any treatment recommendations but what you propose sounds good.
Good One Irina - love your civilizational laxative - for the immune system... it's time to expel some of these people..
How about stopping drug advertising... lord help me - I watched 1 hour of regular TV the other day, it was painful - I needed a drug for something I might think I have after that - but the side affects were the sad part, who takes this stuff .... or rooftop solar advertising - or how about just stop advertising all together!!!!
Ok, now I sound like Guterres... WE do have to be careful don't we!!
Well, at least if we stopped ALL advertising, it would no longer be a dbl standard.
Well, everything's got some form of petroleum in it, so... yes, we should ban all advertising. I, for one, have zero problem with this.
All those drug commercials remind me of Roseanne Roseanadanna describing Richard Feder, of Ft. Lee NJ's experiences with the Great American Smoke out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hYGtXIqDa0
Great piece. Though-provoking. Thanks.
Thank you!
Bravo. The UN has been a socialist controlled institution for 50 years and an envoy for global,social sepuku. And Nadler and buddies are pirouetting on a column of hypocrisy. God bless Texas!
It was built on the failure of the League of Nations - building on failure is never wise.
So, about that secession -- when? :D
Lets go get some numbers, just for fun.
The last quarterly profits of Exxon were 8 billion.
The last quarterly profits of Amazon were 10 billion.
Microsoft? 21 billion.
Google? 24 billion.
And now Invidia????? heaven help us but the stock of the company, in only the past 12 months, has gained over 2 trillion (which, for the mathematically impaired, which seems to include almost all Democrats and liberals, is equivalent to 2,000 billion) ......
Numbers, economics way too difficult for ‘legislators’.
“Exxon revenue for the twelve months ending March 31, 2024 was $341.101B, a 16.75% decline year-over-year.” And… “Exxon annual revenue for 2023 was $344.582B, a 16.7% decline from 2022.” Its earnings in 2023 were $36.010B (Down $19.730B on previous year) so its costs in 2023 were over $300B. Oil companies spend a lot of money finding oil and getting it out of the ground as well as refining and shipping. They work on a 20 year investment cycle. As is common with many companies, profits are reinvested in whole or part. And they pay tax on those profits at corporate level, then shareholders pay tax on the dividends.
You stumbled on the thing here. You see, the thing these D's either don't realize, or just won't acknowledge out loud, is that the oil companies profits are higher temporarily because Brandon and the D's are blocking them from exploring and creating more production. The oil companies have wisely pulled back on Capex given the asinine political environment (including Blackrock/ESG, etc).
It's going to take a decade for us to feel the pain of what these policies have wrought, but if they think the energy producers are making large profits now, just wait...
"This is different".
It was not that long ago (at least in my frame of reference) that Exxon was then largest corporation in the world. My great grandaddy bought shares of Standard Oil and passed them down, and its kept the whole family going....Exxon did not get smaller, just some upstarts came along and got to be a whole lot larger and wealthy, primarily through predatory monopolistic practices which have never come under proper control.....
Give it a decade and let's see where the relative market caps of Exxon and Chevron stand compared to Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla and Amazon. I have a hunch...
Congress won’t bash NVDA because Nancy Pelosi is an investor/trader in its shares.
“…a group of ten legislators…” A species who get paid out of other people’s money to do something which produces no profit. Who said irony was dead? Since they think the oily companies should work for nothing, perhaps these parasites should lead by example and work (I use the word figuratively not literally) for nothing.
““Climate change is the mother of all stealth taxes…” Gasp! Those poor dinosaurs all those years ago taxed into extinction.
All your articles are brilliant, but this one is in a special category of brilliance. So many 'thought gems' in this one; it's hard to decide which is my favorite. Perhaps the one at the end where you call for climate alarmists to become "even more absurd" than they already are. Indeed, we only need to sit back and enjoy the show as they self-destruct in their fits of madness and absurdity.
Thank you so much, John. I can't take all the credit -- without the abundant inspiration pouring over me on a daily basis there wouldn't have been anything to try and be witty about.
And yes, I am firmly convinced we should just let them destroy themselves with absurdity.
Why not join them and assist in bringing the absurdity to its logical conclusion more quickly so that we can get back to getting on with life without these nonsense distractions?
Arrogance and hubris indeed. Pride goeth before the fall. Of the 7 deadly sins.
That's pretty good: characterizing viral outbursts from eco-freaks as "strengthening the immune system of society." The more ridiculous they get, the more narrow their influence will be until, finally, they are just yelling into their fishbowl. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.