Is it a surprise to anyone that the most successful U.S. company in history over any three month span is the 4th quater Exxon-Mobile of 2005? Record gas prices coupled with the coming of the cold season has catapulted Exxon-Mobile to the greatest take home of any U.S. company in any quarter in history. For all of my conservative buddies who are reading this blog and not the voice of the democratic part, Al Franken (???), I offer this:
Political party that received the most amount of money from "big oil" in 2004?
...and the winner is...The Republicans!!!! A not-so-shocking 4-to-1 margin over the Democratic Party.
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.asp?Ind=E01
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060130/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_exxon_mobil;_ylt=AkDTkzfc7TYmgonRwXRAx5Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3bGI2aDNqBHNlYwM3NDk
Who's got your back? We know who has Exxon's back
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hahaha, alright...I'll put down The Truth (With Jokes) and give you a listen!
I'm not sure Exxon-Mobile's huge quarter had as much to do with politics as it had to do with Katrina. For instance, before Katrina they produced oil at its normal price per barrel. After Katrina, the oil prices jumped because of the devastation of the hurricane...therefore they were selling oil for post-Katrina prices that they produced at pre-Katrina prices. It makes sense that they had an amazing quarter.
And if I was a company in a free-market society, I would put my money behind the party that is going to encourage business in that free-market society and not have a government decide who can produce how much of what and where. Again, just makes sense.
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