OIL/Gas prices drop a few Pennies!

Now those Exxon suits can take out the ol' Lamborgini this weekend!!

Yep, as the ever popular question to 'when will the cost of Gas ever shrink' maintains regular public discussion, or heated complaint as it were- the Feds finally decide to 'act' on behalf of the people to question the major Oil manufacturers. What's the catch you say? Why the sudden compassion after years of unjustified increasing costs? "Too good to be true" you say?

Well of course you are right. The only thing that seems to hurt the government more than not making a profit, is making even less of a profit by the unwanted backfire of slowing the economy due to lack of people...well, driving. That's right folks-high gas prices = no drive to Old Navy to buy silk boxers or fuzzy sweaters = a mild economic recession.
The following are two articles that show the cause/effect.

Link to Oregon Live article

then read:

Link to CNN article

Coincidence? So the response to Fed Heat on their profiteering amounts to ...a couple pennies per Gallon!

YEAH! don't worry ma' - i won't spend it all in one place!

And the Winner is......Blu-Ray !

WHOOO HOO!!! Now i can finally go out and get a dvd player with the new format and not waste my money on something that will go the way of the dodo....oh wait, how much are they again? $200....$350?

I guess this is Sony's triumphant come-back for that whole 'BetaMax' fiasco...heh

Read the Comcast article here:

Comcast News

--> or for you 'business intellectuals'-Wall Street Journal online:

Wall Street

I will now officially stop buying those old-timey 4 gb Dvd's and start saving my dollars for the enevitable upgrade. High-Definition Star Wars and Lord of the Rings here we come! I can't wait.

WARNING: Enter Facebook At Your Own Risk!

Be careful with that fine print folks. Though my guess is that only 5% of all people [creating online profiles] actually read EULA and contractual agreements for membership, it can be a dangerous gamble indeed to not do so. In the age where information is power, company's poke, prod and syphon as much info about you as possible-and fight like crazy badgers before they will give that up. Remember the days when you could simply call a phone number to take your 'name off the list'? Well those days are long gone. Now you must first venture back to the website, search through pages designed to hide their contact information and mis-direct you back to enticing services and products, before you crack the hidden code of links to actually find the cancel buttons. Once you do this, you must play email-tag with first a computer auto-response system, then a lower level-drone tech processer trained to retain you, then an actual confirmation of cancelled services and memberships. And if you are lucky, they may even stop taking money out of your account.

It seems with the buzz site 'Facebook' however, there is no absolute way to actually pull your info and leave, if you so desire...

Read the article here in the New York Times for fair warning:

The New York Times

Microsoft-Yahoo Merger Means Dwindling Options for AOL

Read the article here at wired online:

WIRED

Exxon Mobil posts $40.6 billion annual profit !

Why oh why is there no interest by the government to take a look at this recurring trend?? Whilst the struggling middle class scrape and scrounge to feed the mouths of our vehicles? Well, naturally the governments stake in this lucritive business is easily demonstrated by our current overseas military operations. The Blue Suits profit, the government profits, the average american gets to fight their battle and secure the profit for them. Then pay a car payment in Gas at the pump every month...Sounds like a good deal to me!


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