Don’t you wish sometimes they’d just opt for honesty?
“In a joint statement today, the combined CEO’s for ‘Big Oil’ acknowledged that the reason for this month’s drastic price hikes was, in the words of their spokesperson, ‘Profit, pure & simple’.”
“‘We raise prices every summer coming into the Labor Day weekend,’ the spokesperson read from a prepared statement, ‘We just decided that, after watching Enron gouge California for billions of dollars and get away with it, it was time we got a share of the pie. We opted for a more dramatic increase than in previous years, knowing the Bush administration was not inclined to meddle in our operations. It didn’t hurt that we could push the price for gas in California higher than anywhere else in the country, since we’ve seen that this administration isn’t too pleased with California these days.’
“‘Don’t worry,” the spokesperson concluded, ‘Prices will return to their normally exorbitant pre-Labor Day levels shortly after the holiday—once you all get back to work and stop driving all over the country.’ the spokesperson concluded and left the podium without taking any questions.”
Really now, isn’t that better than "a ruptured pipeline in Phoenix” and “political strife in Venezuela”? Certainly more honest.
IMNSHO, of course. ; )
“In a joint statement today, the combined CEO’s for ‘Big Oil’ acknowledged that the reason for this month’s drastic price hikes was, in the words of their spokesperson, ‘Profit, pure & simple’.”
“‘We raise prices every summer coming into the Labor Day weekend,’ the spokesperson read from a prepared statement, ‘We just decided that, after watching Enron gouge California for billions of dollars and get away with it, it was time we got a share of the pie. We opted for a more dramatic increase than in previous years, knowing the Bush administration was not inclined to meddle in our operations. It didn’t hurt that we could push the price for gas in California higher than anywhere else in the country, since we’ve seen that this administration isn’t too pleased with California these days.’
“‘Don’t worry,” the spokesperson concluded, ‘Prices will return to their normally exorbitant pre-Labor Day levels shortly after the holiday—once you all get back to work and stop driving all over the country.’ the spokesperson concluded and left the podium without taking any questions.”
Really now, isn’t that better than "a ruptured pipeline in Phoenix” and “political strife in Venezuela”? Certainly more honest.
IMNSHO, of course. ; )
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