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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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11.68 Billion Profit Eleven billion, six hundred eighty million Is what Exxon made in ninety days One hundred thirty million in one day Are the profits that, America pays. Five and one-half million in an hour And ninety thousand for each minute Fifteen hundred for each second For that gas liquid, which we covet. That’s just profits from, one company Of the scores, that sell us gas and oil While we pay four bucks per gallon From those falling wages, of our toil. While their profits go through the roof Everything we buy, costs so much more From those toxic goods from foreign lands To Salmonella, from, the grocery store. The oil companies and our government Have us clamoring to drill for more Exactly what they want us to do So they can do ANWR and offshore. It’s just another of those great con jobs To keep us from, developing new ways To become, independent from their racket That, just pays, and pays, and pays, and pays. 07.31.2008 Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. |
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Lady Ayla Member
since 2008-07-19
Posts 84WV, United States |
That is the second poem I have read about gas prices. The first one that I read was funny, but this one kinda grinds my gears, even though I am not the one paying the prices for gasoline, it just makes me think how much it will be when I start to drive. |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo Abe, Petroleum is not an inexhaustible natural resource. I’m thinking of investing in a horse farm. Bobby |
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Gaelynsgirl Member
since 2008-07-18
Posts 175Ont. Canada |
The cost is too high... At Canadian price equivalent we are paying $4.63/gal. The cost... I can't afford to visit my kids as often. I can't afford to go to the Library which is a half hour away. These facts you have delivered are very hard on a grandmother. The one good thing? I'm not able to afford the edible treats that used to fill out my grocery basket. I just hope this all results in some wise decisions for our energy future. I rather think the oil companies are hoarding their profits because they know what's coming. Their demise! So it shall be. This economic reminder should be shared across the nations. The poets are the prophets who point to change. well done! Lynda |
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Ericc Member Elite
since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178 |
Pointed. Great write! |
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Artic Wind Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 8080Realm of Supernatural |
Enjoyed reading your thoughts Abe!  ARCTIC WIND |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Unconscionable gross profits...no other words fit the bill. |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Pretty amazing and damn sad. |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
yep...that about covers it!...well said! [it is so very sad that this "Runaway American Dream"...the greatest experiment in participatory representative 'democracy' in the history of human'kind'...is ever- slipping (devolving) into a media-hyped corporate 'mediocracy' [and likely ultimately dragging much (most?) of the world along with it]...someday there will perhaps be just one global C.E.O. (instead of national presidents, prime ministers, etc.) applause for this 'penning'! |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Exactomondo! I'm investing in alternative energy sources! How could anyone go wrong doing likewise! Surely there will be rewards both monetarily ~ and environmentally! A win-win situation, as I see it! Another fine write, Abe!  Linda |
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amusemi Senior Member
since 2001-12-08
Posts 1262A State of Disarray |
I do believe, sir, you have aptly expressed the vent of many!!!!! Great write. |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
enjoyed |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Enjoyed...I believe in using all of our natural resources...if we developed alternative forms of energy the prices would go down due to competition...so with gasoline over four dollars a gallon, whats stopping them? The President should call the Congress back into a special session, in which all of the energy options are considered and voted on...James |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
I believe that as long as we let ourselves be conned into drilling for more oil we will never develope anything else and history has proven this to be true. We should havebeen working on alternative energy sources for years now. Ida |
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