jcVA
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ill give em a kleenex, they can pay me
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maindrag
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They r not hurting. They have been ripping us off for years. No kleenex from me for the oil companies.
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judgemobile
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time for them to SPEND some of their ill gotten gains from last summer. They sure as HECK did not feel sorry for us when they raised prices day after day after day even faster than the price of the raw material went up. And now I should feel SORRY for them ???
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RLH68
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The refiners made big bucks when gas was US$4.00 a gallon, now since the big profit isn't there, they want us to feel sorry for them. NO WAY!!!
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brutus
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No sympathy from me.
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Tnerbeel
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10-4 Prodaddy, it is what it is. Gotta take the bad with the good.
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Raider44
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They made a killing on the way up, so there's no sympathy here.
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cudatim
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They can live on the billions of dollars of profit they have stored in their tresury.
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bu2erf1y
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So what did they do with all the money they made these last few years?
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WVUtailgater
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agreed
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Zygnatz
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They are still making a killing on diesel.
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Prodaddy
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I didn't hear them complain when gas was rising faster thane the price oil
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jannicattu
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ok
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wiseguywood
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Lets all cry for the POOR refiners.....not!
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Gassaver30
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BOO HOO!!! They "screwed" us for a LONGGGG time!! About time they see what it feels like!!!
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kdautobody
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I bet the ask for a bailout too!
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fightbigoil71
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Enjoy the low gasoline prices while they last. I suppose the big oil companies will start whining that they can't invest money because their profits are disappearing. But they didn't invest proportionally more when their profits were so high in recent years.
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AvantiMick
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OMG!! They may have to use some of the BILLIONS OF $$$ that they so easily took from us the last few quarters.
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hank1326
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Keep on conserving. More than ever. Be frugal with our spending as well. We need to make strong statements with our new buying habits.
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Biogen
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Geezzz...
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Hazelnut
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Then big Oil companies are the problem not the refiners.
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rylank
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poor refiners... too bad we dont care because of the way they have done business in the past...
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arvo87
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need new news
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DrakIII
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Breaks my Heart. :o)
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Hazelnut
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Duuhhh? How did they make billions of dollars in profits?
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cheapertvs
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As long as they can make a razor thin profit, it will be all right.
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Gassie1
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Oh please!
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thwadi
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Hard to believe.
If you sell the product at a loss, it is your choice.
Not many companies are in business for public service.
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MajorSteve
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Tears are falling all over!
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drunkhabib
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driver, very astute comment. I feel the same.
[Edited by: drunkhabib at 11/22/2008 9:35:27 AM EST]
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Gellin
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I t seems like I was pinched for along time with gas prices. Now it's their turn. I only have to worry about not having much in my 401k now!!!
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DriverDave
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Not oil companies, you ignorant blockheads - REFINERS. Big difference. Valero is the largest refiner in the US, and their independent. There are many other refiners that aren't affiliated with oil companies. The large oil companies either have or are getting out of refining because there is very little profit in it.
Don't celebrate REFINERS losing money on gas, because if they go under, who's going to make the gas you so desperately want? Importers? LOL.... hand over your wallet if that happens, and that money won't even stay in the US. Be careful what you wish for, all you spiteful, hate-filled jackals who despise the BIGEVILOIL companies. And get a clue - go look at Valero's financial statements before claiming they make "billions in profit" - they made $.17 per gallon of gas last year. That's it.
[Edited by: DriverDave at 11/22/2008 9:35:01 AM EST]
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amerk73
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good the gas still high
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RdHogg
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good
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ArboretumCop
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Aw, my heart pumps crunchy peanut butter for these thieves!
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pokerz
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offset losses??? wish i could have losses like that that make me rich!
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Jizme
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I just can't feel sorry for those refiners after billions of dollars in profits for so long.
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ladyjj
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Man they made money and they know it! Mean while we all went broke just trying to get to work.
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kyrunner
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If refiners start cutting back they can effect the prices very quickly. Very interesting!
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Matts_Pap
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They were also crying poor when the crude oil prices were high. I wonder if they have heard of the "Boy who cried Wolf."
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BartBuzz
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Oil companies are losing money? Now there's a good joke.
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speedraider
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so what.
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71chevelle454
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MAYBE THEY CAN USE THERE PROFITS FROM $147 A BALLEL OIL
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Sharon69
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i think it is ridiculous that diesel prices are higher than gas prices. and besides they are probably only upset right now because this interfers with a raise for themselves.
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tags610
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Seems like they always have a problem
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Tonester1
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My heart is not bleeding for them. They've made billions in the last year so they're just fine.
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Sammy63
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By "Losing Money" do they mean only $5billion in PROFIT this quarter instead of last quater's $10billion?!?!
First rule - oil never looses money! They only miss projected revenue (50% vice 500% profit).
Second rule - when a commodity (oil, real estate ...) is artificially raised beyond its value for the purposes of greed only it always crashes down below its true value in the aftermath.
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21597
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I smell a rat
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tomok
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They are still making a profit - but just not as much as before...!
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AlaRedNeck
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The falling prices aren't frre market competition at work. It's economies all over the world going in the tank. Thousands of jobs lost.
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