Do yourself a favor and check out Ben Stein's recent editorial.
Exxon-Mobil Needs a Hug
Some quotes to pique your interest...
"As usual, Senator Obama gave a fine oration, with thunderous applause from the audience as his reward. But then I was beguiled by a series of gifts he was going to give the American people (of course, with their own money): universal health care, antipoverty programs, large grants to college students in return for community service (a darned good idea) and other goodies....
Mr. Obama is clearly an intelligent man. So it may not be too early to start a small process of education about Exxon Mobil and other oil companies and why attacking them is not smart...
Exxon Mobil, in fact, is owned mostly by ordinary Americans. Mutual funds, index funds and pension funds (including union pension funds) own about 52 percent of Exxon Mobil’s shares. Individual shareholders, about two million or so, own almost all the rest. The pooh-bahs who run Exxon own less than 1 percent of the company."
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I think that ExxonMobil's has a big problem because of it's "research funding" on global warming but having said that:
I agree with Walker/Stein and want to add that:
Obama did exactly what conventional politician do: attack Exxon to win votes. Meanwhile, Hillary went to the big oil and energy conference at GR Brown to make her case. One point for Hillary. No points for Barack.
A challenge to Makers Mark: consider posting my sister's detailed response that she emailed the Obama campaign to set the record straight. Of course, now she just gets loads of emails from the campaign assuming her support.
Alison Fairfield
sister of a red-hot Exxon employee
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