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NOW tense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:40 PM Original message |
Pickens says U.S. firms 'entitled' to Iraqi oil |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Blood oil... |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Fuck you, Pickens. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
62. The Head Financier of the Swift Boat Veterans = a POS |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. typical mindset of the tycoon |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. Which means, the more soldiers that die, the more oil you can have. n/t |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. I wonder what the proper ratio should be |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sure, it's ours. We stole it fair and square. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. Let's ask the Iraqi people about that and see what they say . . . |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sounds like he needs some shoes thrown in his general direction. |
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tazkcmo (668 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. Typical. n/t |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Fuck that asshole. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. If entitlement is based on lives sacrificed |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. LOL! nt |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I'd say they owe us |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. 2 mil in Vietnam, mil in Iraq |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
50. I guess we're effective |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Don't include me in your we |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. The first two wars were "TRUE" wars. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Korea isn't as clear-cut. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-23-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
67. LOL if basing your argument on body counts dictates what a nation should get |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-23-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #22 |
69. Plus the money we send to countries, food, et al... and 'government subsidy' to corporations that |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
41. I was groping for the right phrase, but I'll settle for yours. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
54. wouldn't the Native Americans have a claim on two continents |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. If anybody was entitled, it would be the families of those killed |
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Johnyawl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. thanks Chemisse... |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. + 1000 |
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The Second Stone (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. Pickens thinks he is entitled to the lives of American |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. Entitled to the resources of another nation... where have I heard this before... |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. what else are they entitled too, pick? |
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Erebus67 (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
16. If the oil companies agreed to give the families of fallen soldiers free oil products for life... |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Please tell me your joking. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. well, they did ask us to invade their country and kill all those folks, after all.... |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes, America deserves a reward for its efforts |
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Brother Buzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. The Fat Cat plan for all ventures |
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livingonearth (451 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. what the _%#@___! |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. I heard this one awhile back... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hanging's too good for the SOB. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. During the run-up to the invasion of Iraq |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. The US illegally invaded Iraq, a sovereign nation, ALL based on lies & greed..... |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Velkor says Pickens 'entitled' to dine on feces and expire |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. Invaders are "entitled"? Hitler would be happy to hear this. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. Considering that after the violent denationalization of Hussein's |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. So, Boonie hasn't really switched from oil to natural gas despite what he says |
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skoalyman (751 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. there entitled to it in there company coffee pots |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. Sounds to me like he has more gas than most. nt |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
33. Heartless |
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Paladin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. Get Lost, Boone..... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. Why Not Be Honest? The Spoils Of War |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. t-bone.... |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
39. maybe we should just give him the dead bodies of the fallen, instead of the dead dinosaurs? |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. THE TROOPS ARE ENTITLED, NOT THE CORPS |
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Mythbuster (269 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
42. So I'm guessing that translates to... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. And to think . . . |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
46. Wonder how many in Congress agreed.... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
47. how many oil company execs risked their lives on the battlefield...? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
48. So its not the troops that lost their lives that are entitled to compensation, but CorpAmerica. |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
52. In return, are the orphans of Iraq entitled to you Mr. Pickens? Hows about we |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
53. I heard an interview yesterday with the CEO of a company building... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
55. This is a huge improvement on Christians entitled to Pagan continents |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
57. Pickens says U.S. firms 'entitled' to Iraqi oil |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 06:48 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Surprise. Pickens has not changed after all. (not that I am surprised, but so many people here |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 06:48 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. No doubt that the oil is what they were after |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
60. Uh, wrong! nt |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
61. US soldiers died and US taxpayers funded the whole thing, so naturally, the US OIL COMPANIES |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
63. Yeah, like German firms were entitled to Poland's oil after Germany conquered |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
64. Say goodbye to the little bit of credibility you had with your massive wind farm plans, T Boon. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-22-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
65. so, our soldier's were dying for private interests, and you think that's just fine |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-23-09 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
66. Read my sig line. nt |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-23-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
68. How many oil comany execs lost their lives there? What makes THEM entitled? |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-23-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
70. US troops killed more Iraqis than anyone else did, so US oil companies should get the oil. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-23-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
71. that's pretty damn evil nt |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-23-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
72. Jeeez... |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
73. Form a platoon of oil company CEOs |
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