Personman - Latest Comments on Gas Boycott http://personman.com/?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Dan [Visitor] in response to: Gas Boycott Thu, 17 May 2007 07:47:11 +0000 Dan [Visitor] c44402@http://personman.com/ <p>This notion of boycotting gas in a perennial embarrassment to our constituency. It&#8217;s just plain silly. For more on this and other silly practices we engage in (and politicians fuel), feel free to visit my site and leave comments. </p> <p><a href="http://www.everydayfinance.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow ugc">www.everydayfinance.blogspot.com</a></p> This notion of boycotting gas in a perennial embarrassment to our constituency. It’s just plain silly. For more on this and other silly practices we engage in (and politicians fuel), feel free to visit my site and leave comments.

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]]> http://personman.com/gas_boycott#c44402 jksterup [Member] in response to: Gas Boycott Thu, 10 May 2007 03:56:43 +0000 [Member] c44353@http://personman.com/ <p>That seems like an utterly cynical view: if the gas companies are ripping people off, then I should just buy their stock, so I can profit from ripping people off too!</p> <p>But wait&#8230;what if I don&#8217;t want to make money by exploiting people? Hmm&#8230;</p> That seems like an utterly cynical view: if the gas companies are ripping people off, then I should just buy their stock, so I can profit from ripping people off too!

But wait…what if I don’t want to make money by exploiting people? Hmm…

]]> http://personman.com/gas_boycott#c44353 Scott Kimler [Visitor] in response to: Gas Boycott Thu, 10 May 2007 02:17:06 +0000 Scott Kimler [Visitor] c44351@http://personman.com/ <p>And I&#8217;ll add (because as a geophysicist, who worked for oil companies, I&#8217;ve heard a zillion time that &#8216;oil companies are ripping us off and getting rich&#8217;) &#8230; </p> <p>1/ the cost of exploring for oil is huge (you have no idea)</p> <p>2/ if you really think oil companies are getting rich, then BUY THEIR COMPANY STOCK.</p> <p>Common sense, eh? (an oxymoron, it seems)</p> And I’ll add (because as a geophysicist, who worked for oil companies, I’ve heard a zillion time that ‘oil companies are ripping us off and getting rich’) …

1/ the cost of exploring for oil is huge (you have no idea)

2/ if you really think oil companies are getting rich, then BUY THEIR COMPANY STOCK.

Common sense, eh? (an oxymoron, it seems)

]]> http://personman.com/gas_boycott#c44351 Henry [Visitor] in response to: Gas Boycott Sun, 06 May 2007 09:37:00 +0000 Henry [Visitor] c44328@http://personman.com/ <p>A the men.</p> A the men.

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