O’Reilly Rejects Right-Wing Defense Of Big Oil’s Massive Profits: Go Tell That To ‘Some Old Lady In Minnesota’
O’Reilly Rejects Right-Wing Defense Of Big Oil’s Massive Profits: Go Tell That To ‘Some Old Lady In Minnesota’
In the past week, conservatives have jumped to the defense of Big Oil in order to justify their own push for more offshore drilling. On Sunday, House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) backed up Exxon Mobil, saying that the company’s critics should be overjoyed that an “American company made money.” On Laura Ingraham’s radio show on Friday, former senator Rick Santorum said that Exxon’s record-setting quarterly profit of $11.7 billion was not “a huge profit.”
Last night on The O’Reilly Factor, Karl Rove joined in, declaring that oil companies “pay a lot in taxes.” But this new right-wing meme was too much even for Bill O’Reilly, who said that Big Oil should “donate 2 percent of their profits for the last four quarters to a fund that would help struggling Americans pay their heating bills.” O’Reilly also contacted the top five corporations, who were only “lukewarm” to his idea:
O’REILLY: Now we contacted the five big oil corporations. And to say the response to my idea was lukewarm is to be kind. Exxon and Chevron pointed out they pay a huge amount of taxes to the government, which is true. But what about directly helping those in need? Not much enthusiasm so far.
Watch it:
Throughout the segment, Rove acted as Big Oil’s top lobbyist. He said that O’Reilly’s proposal was unnecessary because of the federal LIHEAP grant, which provides home energy assistance to low-income families. Rove said that this funding was “probably adequate to help with most of the problem that we face this fall.”
However, President Bush and his conservative allies in Congress have repeatedly blocked funding to the program. Last November, Bush vetoed LIHEAP. Just last week, Senate Republicans successfully blocked renewed funding for the program.
Transcript:
O’REILLY: So here is my proposal. I am asking the five major American oil companies, Chevron, Occidental, Conoco Phillips, ExxonMobil and Hess to donate 2 percent of their profits for the last four quarters to a fund that would help struggling Americans pay their heating bills. In that way, the oil companies could pay back their country, a nation that has allowed them to prosper more than any other concern in the history of civilization. A 2 percent charitable disbursement would alleviate the suffering of tens of millions of Americans and not hurt the oil companies much at all.
Last year, they made a combined $80 billion in profit, a record amount for any industry at any time. Now we contacted the five big oil corporations. And to say the response to my idea was lukewarm is to be kind. Exxon and Chevron pointed out they pay a huge amount of taxes to the government, which is true. But what about directly helping those in need? Not much enthusiasm so far. If just one of the oil companies would establish such a charitable fund, the goodwill that corporation would receive would more than make up for the money spent, as millions of Americans would buy that company’s oil over the others. [...]
O’REILLY: All right, with us now, Fox News analyst Karl Rove. All right. I don’t know where — you begin where you want to begin here. I got - I want the oil companies to help out. Is that stupid? Am I naive?
KARL ROVE, FORMER BUSH ADVISOR: Well, look, they pay a lot in taxes. And we actually do have a program, the federal taxpayers pay for, call LIHEAP, for Low Income Housing Assistance, which pays for assistance to people who live in cold parts of the country during the winter, and lower income families who live in hot parts of the country during the summer. And those moneys are probably, you know, have been plussed up the last couple of years and probably adequate to help with most of the problem that we face this fall.
O’REILLY: OK, but there’s nothing wrong with the American oil companies kicking in, if they would, this money.
ROVE: Yes.
O’REILLY: — and saying, look, if you have a problem, we’re going to help you because we love America and we want Americans to be warm. I think that would be a good PR thing. I think it’s a noble thing to do. Am I wrong?
ROVE: Well, look, the companies have a responsibility to their shareholders.
O’REILLY: Oh, come on. How much money are you going to make? [...]
O’REILLY: In the banking industry, it’s competitive. In the oil industry, they operate on the largesse of the government. They and the government are partners, as you know.
ROVE: I disagree with that. I think it’s very competitive in the oil business. Who can find it and get it out of the ground at the cheapest price possible?
O’REILLY: All right, well, in my town, the four gas stations on each corner charge the same. [...]
O’REILLY: A couple of pennies for every shareholders. And you’re going to be stingy about that so some old lady in Minnesota.
ROVE: Yes, couple of pennies on - they make 8 cents on a dollar. So you’re asking them to give up probably about a quarter of that.
O’REILLY: I’m telling you, Teddy Roosevelt would be on my side. Teddy Roosevelt.
ROVE: He wouldn’t be in favor of (INAUDIBLE).
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August 5th, 2008 at 11:54 amSometimes, the kool-aid gets to be too much for even the most synchophantic....
August 5th, 2008 at 11:56 amWHAT THE HELL?!?!
Bilbo had an epiphany!
August 5th, 2008 at 11:57 amHowever, President Bush and his conservative allies in Congress have repeatedly blocked funding to the program. Last November, Bush vetoed LIHEAP. Just last week, Senate Republicans successfully blocked renewed funding for the program.
Could it be any clearer who the Republicans really represent? Certainly not the ones who voted for them.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
August 5th, 2008 at 11:59 amIf the God of the Bible were still around, Karl Rove would've been struck by lightning as he spoke to Bill O.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:00 pm"...Big Oil should 'donate 2 percent of their profits for the last four quarters to a fund that would help struggling Americans pay their heating bills.'"
Before the Government takes 90% as excess profiit tax!
What ever happened to the anti-trust provisions of our law?
I know, they have been bushco'd.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:02 pmBildo hasn't has any epiphany. He's merely identified an even bigger Goliath for his "me against the world" persecution complex of a TV show.
But the question remains... why does Bildo think the Big Oil companies ought to help out people who smoke reefer 24/7?
August 5th, 2008 at 12:08 pmDaryll Says:
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s called a free market.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
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The free market is a fairytale. Just like Islamofascism and the tooth fairy.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:10 pmBrillo had an epiphany?
I'm shocked, I tell you.
Shocked.
snark
August 5th, 2008 at 12:12 pmWhile Republican leaders fall over themselves praising profits, Americans park their vehicles and give up the keys to their home.
There's no free market, just an oil oligarpy priming the profit pump in an inelastic market.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:13 pmO'Reilly is only motivated by one thing and one thing only....
August 5th, 2008 at 12:17 pmwhat's in it for Bill O'Reilly.
He is a con-man who will say or do anything to further his career.
New York City used to have a 3 card monte dealer on every block around Times Square...they're all gone now,
but we still have O'Reilly and Hannity to carry on that old New York tradition of conning the gullible, like that "old lady in Minnnesota" (Bill knows his audience)
Daryll Says:
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s called a free market.
Why do these big oil companies and other large companies getting huge tax breaks but when it comes to small business, the government seems not to care?
Im all for free trade. But this isnt just.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:18 pmDaryll Says:
Don’t blame the Oil companies, blame yourselves for being gas hogs.
Blame yourself for being a gas bag.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:18 pmPlanning on saving some gas by cancelling your trip to the GOP convention? No? Hypocrite.
Lets test Darylls Google skills. How much in subsidies does big oil get from the government Daryll?
August 5th, 2008 at 12:18 pmHey Daryll,how come the SHRUB vetoed the LIHEAP bill,doen`t he want help the old lady in Minnesota?And to think that Hugo Chavez donates heating oil to the folks of New England and our own Gov`t veto`s a bill and the big oil companies won`t donate any funds to help the people they are screwing,go figure..... You would think that true Americans help each other in a time of need,but all the REICH can do or say is we pay our taxes and that should be enough,well it s not enough when people can`t afford heating oil or gas to go to work or afford to put food on the table.You people on the Reich and your zealousnees for religion are who claim to walk in the paths of rightousness are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:19 pmAs for Darylls 'free market' swash I would like him to explain how bailing out Bear Stearns is free market.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:22 pmDarlyy, what do you drive, a pedal car?
August 5th, 2008 at 12:23 pmIf I start up an oil company, will the government bail me out of my college loans?
August 5th, 2008 at 12:25 pmThe rethugs are just impossible. I follow the US political scene very closely, but I didn't realize that the subsidy program existed in theory and that the funding was consistently blocked by them. This is more "support the troops" talk; say it out loud but quietly prevent the support from happening.
I also have my doubts about the percentage of profit that rove says that oil companies make on a dollar. I'm not sure what he really means. If one company made $11+ billion, then the number of dollars flowing through their hands is nearly uncountable.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:25 pm> Daryll Says: Ladies and gentlemen,
> it’s called a free market.
So tell me ParoDaryll the christhumper, do you therefore condemn acts of government market intervention like, say the Bailout of bear stearns, and do you also condemn market intervention like the FDIC insuring bank customers deposits up to 100,000 ?
August 5th, 2008 at 12:25 pmC'est vraiment incroyable!
August 5th, 2008 at 12:26 pmi've said this a million times, and i'll say it again.
try reducing the amount of oil/gas you consume by 60% by the end of the year.
just try it.
let's get together and stick it to these guys! it is possible, you just have to get off your lazy arse and try.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:27 pm>blame yourselves for being gas hogs.
blame the redneck white trash you consort with for being gas hogs. some people need to drive to work, not go "mudding" in their monster trucks like the nascar fans you undoubtedly call friends..
August 5th, 2008 at 12:27 pmHey Daryll, if Exxon can hog money then why is it wrong to hog gas? You do realize that you undermine your own argument thru your illogical logic, right?
Gas prices are not high because people are hogging gas, gas prices are high because big oil is hogging money and I can point to gas demand being down because people ARE driving less, not more, silly sow.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:28 pmRUCerious Says:
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Darlyy, what do you drive, a pedal car?
It doesn't matter. With all of his "bubbling inside", Daryll produces massive amounts of greenhouse gases himself.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:30 pmWo, cabbintroller has to win some kind of award for trying to use Clinton Did It Too™ in a Bildo'Reilly thread.
Perhaps the Presidential Medal of Trolldom?
August 5th, 2008 at 12:33 pmMaybe his Irish-Catholic middle-class roots . . . or guilt took hold. Maybe something about helping the less fortunate that the Brothers of Mary taught him stuck?
August 5th, 2008 at 12:34 pmGimme ~ His fourth grade teacher phoned him and threatened to give him the F he actually earned.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:36 pmI resemble that remark...
My 84 yr old Mother here in MN will be just fine this Winter.
Not because of Bush or Billdo, mind you, but because her family will see her needs are taken care of. You know; family values?
People that used to pay $400-$600 / yr in heating oil will be looking at $3,000-$4,000 this year. That's impossible to adjust to on a fixed income.
I know Billdo spews pure bullshit, but in this case I agree with him.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:38 pmcabbinbagger Says:
If you still think either the Democrats or the Republicans are looking out for you, you are sorely mistaken.
Democrat or Republican, we only get more of the same: Lies, obfuscation, stalemate, inaction, and very little that’s good for the people of the United States.
I agree. I believe both parties serve the same corporate masters.
These are the financial powers that fund their campaigns and put them into office, so it should be surprising.
I wonder if it would clean things up if campaigns were not allowed to take money from companies and could only accept donations from individuals, and only in small amounts. And then we get rid lobbying. Just a thought...
August 5th, 2008 at 12:38 pmThe current price of gas is inflated by at least 35% due to the speculators and the rigged markets they operate in. The cost of oil is not in the $3.00-$4.00 per gallon range. Speculators will drive up the price to maximize their profits - up today, down tomorrow. They make their money on the movement of the bids, day in and day out.
BTW, most speculators are wealthy themselves, so they don't care what the price of gas is in your neighborhood. Keep that in mind whenever a pundit speaks about gas prices. If the pundit is wealthy, they don't care what the price is. And if they don't care about the price, why are you listening to them?
August 5th, 2008 at 12:40 pmOff topic- but does anyone know of a listing of DNC events that is out there?
The best list for events during the DNC I've run across so far is at
http://www.metrohikers.com/dnc_sign_up.html
you need to do the free registration for the site, but the event list looks pretty decent and apparently it's updated daily.
if there's anything else out there...please share!
August 5th, 2008 at 12:41 pmDaryll Says:
There is no crime for a company making a significantly huge profit.
Yes, there is. It's called PRICE GOUGING.
Demand is down 4% over the last few years. Yet prices are up. Utter the "free market" term when actual supply-and-demand is duly noted, not perceived. Get yourself a good economics text on Amazon if you need help.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:42 pmAt least O'Reilly isn't in the tank for big oil. That's saying something. And it shows how out of touch the wingnuts who are kissing their collective rears really are.
http://www.political-buzz.com/
August 5th, 2008 at 12:45 pmI'll credit a few dollars to O'Reilly's piling deficit. Kudos.
I'm afraid for the those facing a 30% rise in their heating bills this winter.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:45 pmI still really dislike Bill O'Reilly.
He doesn't give a shit about the little old lady in Minnesota, he's tired of paying through the nose when he gasses up his Hummer.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:46 pmDaryll Says:
There is no crime for a company making a significantly huge profit.
Weren't those money changers in the temple making some pretty huge profits.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:50 pmBill O'Reilly: Another very good reason to never watch fox.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:53 pmDaryll says: blah, blah, blah, blah.
Free Market?
Just how is government bail-out(your tax dollars) of Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the S & L "free market'
You are subsidizing these institutions with your money. Some $18 BILLION (if memory serves) in subsidies to the oil companies. How can you possibly justify that?
i.e.,
government bailouts/subsidies = socialism for the rich.
in other words, privatize the profits, and John Q. Citizen pays for the risks.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:54 pmOK stupid Americans (though I know stupid Americans can't and don't read and they are in a majority). These corporations are multi-national. If you think that the oil drilled here somehow stays here you probably believe Jesus is coming in the eyar 2000.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:56 pmdarladooner Says:
Dumb troll, we're the party speaking of conservation. I don't own an SUV, neither will I ever care to. I don't need a ten speed car. You idiots are the party of 'consume more, go faster, build it bigger and keep it plugged in.'
Self-serving tough talk is not a policy challenge, it's an attempt to make people imagine you to be leaner than the pasty dude in the tanktop sitting behind the computer.
You want people to conserve, yet your party has fitted our economy around massive consumption. You follow up with no proposals for widespread alternative fuels.
You know what else is a fallacy I get tired of reading? That conservatives are the better employees around our nation, hence your "lazy arse" comment. Cons are too occupied with gossip, racism, nepotism, cronyism and knocking out employees with ethical values in the workplace to be good, productive employees.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:56 pmDemand is down because of high prices Daryll, there are no lines around gas stations because of lack of supply.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:01 pmPrice gouging does not follow the rules of supply and demand.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:02 pmDaryll, if oil prices are about "supply and demand" then why have prices risen while demand has dropped and supply has stayed relatively constant over the past two years?
(By the way, if you promise to stick around for a little while, I'll promise to not bring up the "esidentpray-ectelay" thing. You know what i mean.)
August 5th, 2008 at 1:02 pmAnd that's why I refuse to buy gas from Exxon, mobil, or shell. I don't conside them American companies, I consider them American rapers.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:03 pmDaryll's right.. Most of these firms try to refuse these tax breaks.They protest, they even give massive campaign contributions to candidates in an effort to get them to stop these tax breaks. But the government insists, so what can the companies do?
August 5th, 2008 at 1:06 pmDidn't someone say something about blaming ourselves for being "gas hogs"?
I coulda sworn someone said that...
August 5th, 2008 at 1:07 pmLemme see a Tahoe gets about 20 mpg on the highway and 13-14 city.
My Mitsubishi gets 24 city and 30+ on the highway. Seems to me, Daryll, your a much bigger gas hog than I.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:10 pmDaryll Says:
Also, I drive a 2007 Chevy Tahoe.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
So you and darlaloon expect the little guy to curb his already meager consumption so you can enjoy a little more on top of your already massive consumption on the cheap?
August 5th, 2008 at 1:11 pmThis whole argument about imported oil is a gross over-simplification. Exxon doesn't care where it gets it's oil, as long as they get it as cheaply as possible. The only reason they want federal leases is to lock up as much US puclic land, and off-shore areas as they can for future use. They pay very little in royalties, get huge tax breaks, and the executives squirrel away their incomes in the Cayman Islands. So, the US is a very profitable place for them to do business. But, that domestic production does almost nothing for the American public.
The transfer of wealth is not so much from the US to foreign governments, but from US consumers to multi-national corporations. Imported or domestic, oil production will not go to benefit the American public.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:12 pmHowcome, Daryll, you as a 'conservative' arent as conservative as I am?
August 5th, 2008 at 1:14 pm2007 Chevy Tahoe?
Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly give you:
PARODYLL!
Now come over here and give me some faux brown sugar!
August 5th, 2008 at 1:15 pm...And read me the president-elect Huckabee fairly tale again.
I never grow tired of that one.
Xisithrus Says:
Great point, X. I was thinking the same. Those bulky vehicles rarely achieve the best estimate of mpg.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:15 pmNot sure what your point is, D -- are you disputing my contention that oil companies have no interest in tax breaks that the government hands out?
By the way, you might want to check out the real numbers behind the "Democratic Congress" and its low approval ratings.
Latest from pollingReport had Congress at 22%, that is true. But it showed Democrats in Congress polling at 36% and Republicans at 18%.
So it seems that it's the Republican Congress that's dragging down the approval rating of the entire body.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:15 pmSo, by Darylls own admission and logic, he is the cause of high fuel prices.
Thanks alot Daryll.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:15 pmThey also rarely have more than one occupant going to work and back.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:18 pmDaryll Says:
Also, I drive a 2007 Chevy Tahoe.
22 mpg. This is a necessity to me.
Funny. That's what everyone driving a gas hog says. "Oh, I need that giant vehicle to drive out to the suburbs."
If you're going to drive a gas hog, Daryll, you're in no position to criticize others for driving gas hogs. That's what we call "hypocrisy."
August 5th, 2008 at 1:18 pmBullshit. According to fueleconomy-dot-gov, '07 Chevy Tahoe clocks in at 16mpg combined.
19 highway, 14 city. Even lower on E85.
Don't try to sell falsehoods here, Daryll. We know how to use The Google.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:19 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
Don’t try to sell falsehoods here, Daryll. We know how to use The Google.
Now you've done it. Nothing chases the "daryll" away like facts.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:21 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
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So it seems that it’s the Republican Congress that’s dragging down the approval rating of the entire body.
That is part of their overall strategy to win the election. First the filibuster every bill, and obstruct everything the Democrats were elected to do, then they blame the Democrats for presiding over a do nothing Congress.
Then, when the Republican's subterranean poll numbers shrink overall approval numbers for Congress, they crow about the unpopularity of the Democratic controlled Congress.
Seems like a weird strategy, but they've got nothing else.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:23 pmIf you get that gas milage you don't have 4 wheel drive. And you don't have kids so you don't need the space. What's the necessity gas hog?
August 5th, 2008 at 1:23 pmWhy is it every time I post "gimme some faux brown sugar", Parodyll disappears?
Hey! Maybe I should start each thread with that phrase, to ward off any Parodyll infestation.
Of course, it may just be ralph's audacious claim of facts that ascared him away!
August 5th, 2008 at 1:23 pmYou might want to not put so much stock in the manufacturer's vehicle guide.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:24 pmWhoops. Our little white nerd posting as a religious black man is back.
Darn it all to heck!
August 5th, 2008 at 1:25 pmWell, DRxJ, it does seem like a mention of a certain ex-candidate's prospects chases Daryll away.
But i promised him I wouldn't mention any specifics.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:26 pmDaryll Says:
My vehicle guide says 22mpg on the highway.
My vehicle guide say not to worry about gas prices, because every night, gas gnomes will sneak into my driveway and fill the tank for me.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:27 pmWhat IS the necessity Daryll, I'm waiting. Maybe you could use Viagra and park the SUV since obviously the necessity is to make you feel like a big man at work.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:31 pmI feel like there's a small voice whispering "President Elect Huckabee" in my ear.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:32 pmShayne Says:
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Daryll Says:
22 mpg. This is a necessity to me.
If you get that gas milage you don’t have 4 wheel drive. And you don’t have kids so you don’t need the space. What’s the necessity gas hog?
He's always carrying water for the Republicans and their corporate masters.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:33 pmAccording to the government's website, your SUV isn't among them.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:33 pmI have a 2007 Yukon XL AWD that I keep parked unless I really need it and drive a Saturn Hybrid. But then again I'm not an impotent mail Daryll.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:33 pmNO SHAYNE!
DON'T SAY THOSE WORDS!
NEVER SAY THOSE WORDS IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE DARYLL AGAIN!!!
August 5th, 2008 at 1:34 pm(By, "THOSE WORDS" I meant, of course "esident-pray-ectelay uckabeehay".
Or the English-language equivalent.)
August 5th, 2008 at 1:35 pmWell with all that extra water weight he's getting even less miles. And of course he won't keep his tires properly inflated because that would be listening to Obama.
Daryll, there's an information system that tells you how many MPG you're getting on that vehicle. Read the owner's manual and learn how to operate the buttons. Then come back and tell us how you're not a gas hog.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:36 pmDaryll Says:
-------------------------------------------------------------I only use my SUV for work
Are you a lumberjack?
August 5th, 2008 at 1:37 pmAnd you work, what? five days a week? So you use your SUV "for work". What duties does your work for an D0D contractor entail that require the space of an SUV?
August 5th, 2008 at 1:37 pmWishful thinking on your part ralph. Only a wreath of garlic and a wooden stake will chase him away.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:38 pmhttp://www.internetautoguide.com/car-specifications/09-int/2007/chevrolet/tahoe/index.html
This here says the EPA of the 2007 Tahoe is 15 hwy and 11 city.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:38 pmDaryll Says:
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My vehicle guide says 22mpg on the highway.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
That's our Daryll, he'll believe anything someone else tells him or puts in writing.
Oy...I wonder if he's actually worked out the mileage for himself?
August 5th, 2008 at 1:39 pmDaryll, do you fill your blowup doll with the methane you spew so you can drive in the carpool lane?
August 5th, 2008 at 1:39 pmAnd city? What does it say?
You can't just take the outlying number of the most favorable circumstance and claim that it represents the mileage you get.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:39 pmDaryll's a gas hog!! Daryll's a gas hog!!
Jebus is really gonna be pissed at you, D. You better hide.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:40 pmDaryll, I agree that it is natural for corporations to seek maximum profits. That's why capitalism doesn't give us the life God wants for us. God=Love=Notcapitalism
August 5th, 2008 at 1:41 pmFor Daryll:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zey8567bcg
August 5th, 2008 at 1:41 pmYou dont know what your vehicle gets?
Get a gas can, fill it up. Fill up your truck, write down the mileage. Drive till you run out. recheck mileage and divide by gallons [26 gallon tank in Tahoe]
August 5th, 2008 at 1:41 pmDaryll if you can't figure out how to use the features on your truck why do you bother to buy it. Press the button and find out what kind of mileage you get. And what kind of an idiot buys a 2WD Tahoe because that's the only vehicle that would come close to that mileage. And I hate to step on your masculinity, or lack of it as the case may be, but everybody who knows anything can tell it's not 4wd just looking at it, wuss.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:43 pmAnd Daryll, I'm still waiting to hear what happened to "President Elect Huckabee"? (sorry ralph) Do you understand that little voice you think is God is actually your own schizophrenia or do you think God got it wrong? And if he's wrong about that how can you believe you'll have a place in heaven. Maybe God lies to you.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:46 pmDarryl, God wants us to dream of and plan for a better life for all of the children on the planet. What is your dream for the children?
August 5th, 2008 at 1:47 pmX, he can't figure out how to press the button that will flash MPGs on his truck and you think he can figure it out manually? You are too kind to the idiot.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:48 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
And you work, what? five days a week? So you use your SUV “for work”. What duties does your work for an D0D contractor entail that require the space of an SUV?
Uh oh. You've got Parodyll reeling as he tries to remember all his fabrications.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:49 pmThis could get very interesting, if he doesn't disappear.
Ouch, looks like I touched a nerve. Don't let that stop you from seeking help though. Most physicians have plenty of free sample of Viagra and Cialis.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:49 pmDaryll, you are one sick motherfu(ker.
That wasn't "Jesus" you idiot -- it was just some guy with long hair and a beard who saw you hanging out in the park.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:50 pmStop letting satan use you. -Daryll
There was no Satan ever preached in early christianity, so your using that to demonize others is false.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:52 pmDaryll Says:
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Jesus has already deemed me a male.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Lordy, Daryll didn't even know he was a boy until Jeebus told him so...
August 5th, 2008 at 1:53 pmDarryl, You think life on Earth will end before our children grow up?
August 5th, 2008 at 1:54 pmHey Daryll, when that happens, can I have your Tahoe?
... I wonder if when preparing for the White Throne of Judgment, we'll have access to all the evidence against us so we can prepare a valid defense? Do you think God adheres to rules of discovery?
August 5th, 2008 at 1:55 pmParodyll Says:
Ownership of my SUV has nothing to do with masculinity.
Yes it does when you're trying to overcompensate for an inferiority complex, or are just plain "small"
Jesus has already deemed me a male.
Wrong again. You're father's XY chromosone had something to do with it. The fella below the belt buckle is what deemed me a male. And I don't have to move my gut to try and find it!
I think our Lord Jesus has more important things to do then "deem" a sexual characteristic.
I use my vehicle to do God’s bidding (church sports leagues for kids, picking up those who need a ride to our sanctuary, etc.).
If my bidding, you mean toe tapping, don't ya, faux brown sugar lover.
Stop letting satan use you.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:56 pmStop being lead by satan's false prophits!
Darlyy really needs that Big Manly Chevy Tahoe to run down defenseless baby deer.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:56 pmBy then, we’ll be caught up to meet him the air while those who chose not to serve him will be preparing for the White Throne of Judgement on earth or will already be in hell.
And Little Red Riding Hood said, "Why grandma, you have such big sharp teeth!"
August 5th, 2008 at 1:58 pmWhen you demonizing others you are judging and by judging others you become a sinner Daryll.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:58 pmDRxJ Says:
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And I don’t have to move my gut to try and find it!
August 5th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
That's hot. ;)
August 5th, 2008 at 1:58 pmI apologize for my horrendous spelling in post 112. Work can be such a hinder to proper bloggin'.
Darn it all to heck!
August 5th, 2008 at 1:59 pmSo what's the big deal if you just tell me where you'll be leaving the keys to your Tahoe? You're not gonna be needing it.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:59 pmDaryll, Do you believe, as the Bible says, that God is love?
August 5th, 2008 at 2:01 pmWTF?! Did Hell drop a degree?
August 5th, 2008 at 2:02 pmI suppose you can prove this opinion of yours? Fact is you cant.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:04 pmTK 7, Do you agree that capitalism fails to provide the life God wants all of us to have, and that it is unsustainable and therefor doomed?
August 5th, 2008 at 2:06 pmGeez, krippledick, your projection is disturbing.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:06 pmWhile you're getting that Viagra maybe you could get a littl thorazine. It will help get rid of those voices spewing all that "rapture" crap. Heck, it might even cure your erectile dysfunction.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:06 pmX, asking TK to prove his opinion is unfair.
TK doesn't work in the medium of "fact". TK mainly works in the medium of "unsupportable allegations" and "crazy talk".
It's his niche.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:06 pmHey Parodyll!
August 5th, 2008 at 2:06 pmIs Satan real?
So does TK's appearance mean that Daryll is off duty now?
August 5th, 2008 at 2:07 pmDaryll Says:
Jesus has already deemed me a male.
So, that's what Jesus and those other 12 guys were doing out in the desert all night. And I thought they were just drinking wine.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:08 pmLast I heard demand for oil had decreased but the OPEC had not yet decided to cut production...yet. Wouldn't want too much oil out there bringing the price down now would you?
Nice racket, when demand goes down they can just crank down production to keep prices "stable".
August 5th, 2008 at 2:08 pmHey ralph, you get over here and clean the coffee from my keyboard. I can't stop laughing to clean it up.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:09 pmI thought he had mad Google skills!!
August 5th, 2008 at 2:09 pmHussein McCain Says:
Darryl, You think life on Earth will end before our children grow up?
He and his ilk are working on it.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:10 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
Hey Daryll, when that happens, can I have your Tahoe?
Won't do you any good then ralph. Daryll and his kind aren't leaving until they burn up all the oil.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:12 pmTriplehick, could you go away and send Daryll back. You lack a certain panache that Daryll possesses.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:14 pmHelloooo?
August 5th, 2008 at 2:16 pmParodyll?
One simple question:
Is satan real?
TripleKick 7 Says:
Ah TP is so obsessed with O’Reilly and clearly jealous of his success. Your weird, persistent erection for Bill is very boring.
I'll reduce my already low energy consumption if you reduce your high consumption of paint chips. Sherwin-Williams will then be jealous of your success, to be reflected in next quarter's earning loss.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:17 pmHow is a thread agreeing with O'Lielly considered "irrational, hating obsession"?
August 5th, 2008 at 2:24 pmDribbleDick 7.
Did you actually read the thread?
Or are you just hatin' to be hatin'?
TK 7, Wasn't it nice to see someone on Fox dispute Rove, and for whatever reason, stick up for poor people?
August 5th, 2008 at 2:24 pmDoing a quick TP search, I count seven during the month of July. So if by "practically every day" TK means "once every four to five days" then he's got a point.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:26 pmTripplekick:
He’s also much more entertaining than you TP bloggers, so just accept it and get over it.
Says the troll who's here every frikkin' day.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:26 pmTripleKick 7 Says:
boohoohoo. Tell us triplehick how you can run interference for Daryll and be on your knees under Billo's desk at the same time?
August 5th, 2008 at 2:27 pmTripleKick 7 Says:
Ah TP is so obsessed with O’Reilly and clearly jealous of his success. Your weird, persistent erection for Bill is very boring.
Do you think TP chooses topics to keep you entertained? I'm pretty sure that if you're bored, all you have to do is find another blog to visit. Or read a book, that might be a change (and a challenge).
I see you're all the way up to 7 now with the login. Maybe someone is trying to send you a message.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:29 pmSo I guess if Daryll's under fire for non-biblical reasons, they don't bother to summon bitblt. They figure TK can handle middle relief in that case.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:32 pmMcWars, 3K's paint chip consumption won't hurt Sherwin Williams' bottom line. He only eats those vintage lead filled paint chips. He's an elitist.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:33 pmLadies and gentlemen, it’s called a free market. There is no crime for a company making a significantly huge profit. Don’t blame the Oil companies, blame yourselves for being gas hogs.
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Well, I haven't driven a car since 86, but i'm paying for it at the supermarket.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:37 pmseems like transporting goods effects everyone.
Your boy bush certainly has messed this country up
tony and lido
Oil companies are not part of a "free market". They are part of a monopoly, a cartel. We, the consumers, have no option for alternative options.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:39 pmThey are so neocon that they left O'Reilley in the dust ?????
Dumb Question: Oil pays a lot of taxes. However, what PERCENTAGE of their income do they pay ? And what is the amount they get in tax breaks ? And do they pay a "market rate" for drilling on federally owned land ?
August 5th, 2008 at 2:51 pmMapleStreet Says:
-------------------------------------------------------------And do they pay a “market rate” for drilling on federally owned land ?
No. Just like lumber and mining companies, when drilling on federal land, they pay about 10% of the royalties charged by most states and private landowners. That is why they love to gobbel up federal land.
Also, they spend huge amounts of money to avoid paying even those small royalties. And, the Bush administration has done little to fight for the money owed to the American people from multi-national oil companies.
In essence, they are stealing natural resources from our federal lands, and charging us an arm and a leg to sell it back to us. That is the reason for the fight over off-shore drilling. Those areas are federally owned, and they have no intention of reimbursing the government for taking our oil.
August 5th, 2008 at 3:09 pmWhile you are all busy yanking Darryl's little hoohoo, you've missed the Big Lie in the story. Mr."If I'm talkin', I'm lyin" Rove said everything will be OK because of LIHEAP funding for the poor. News today in Maine says that LIHEAP this winter will pay $400 for a family that qualifies. Last year the northern part of the state had just under 200 inches of snow, the last of which melted in late May. People are going to die this coming winter, with price-cap plans for heating oil being quoted at $4.89 per gallon. Karl and his buddies are committing slow-motion murder.
August 5th, 2008 at 3:52 pmBillO to oil companies: "Donate 2 percent of their profits for the last four quarters to a fund that would help struggling Americans pay their heating bills."
Blowhard BillO is simply looking to pimp off of a piece of 2% of the oil campanies to pay off his sexual harrassment lawsuit. Always looking for a buck for him. And for Tubby McTreason to say that oil companies “pay a lot in taxes” is a bunch a bull when clearly the oil companies had so many expenses written off their taxes which lowered their income bracket enough that they pay less in taxes. And what Tubby is not saying is that many of them have much of their money and assets overseas. So, to say that the oil companies pay a lot of taxes in the U.S. is simply a crock.
August 5th, 2008 at 3:54 pmTripleDick 7 Says:
"Your weird, persistent erection for Bill is very boring."
I see. A connoisseur of erections! That explains your name. So, what kind of erections do you find interesting then?
August 5th, 2008 at 6:13 pm