Big Oil & Big Lies!

Since the days of John D. Rockefeller the Oil industry has always been about monopolies and manipulation. That's why I did not expect too much contrition from the Oil Industry executives in defending their mergers and huge profits last year at yesterday's Senate hearings. They don't want new refineries built because the would increase supply and lower prices for consumers that's why none have been built not because of "environmental" regulations as they so often claim. Then there was the excuse that they used the extra profits to put back into the business. Yeah right! More likely they need to spend more money on TV ads and full page ads in the newspapers a blatant attempt to try to sway the American public opinion about how real good people they are. While this consumer does not expect anything to change for the better until the two Oil Industry men (Bush & Cheney) are out of the White House. The one good thing about the hearing was that the Oil Executives were sworn in under oath this time unlike the last time on November 9th 2005. At that time when they were asked if they had participated in Vice President Dick Cheney's secret Energy meetings they said they had not or did not know. Yeah Right! It seems big Oil creates big liars!