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I'm not defending these other countries nor am I a tree-hugger but if they are sticking it to us so bad then how come ExxonMobil, an American company, posts record profits every year? In 2007 they posted a new annual record of 40.61 billion dollars, that's nearly 1,300 dollars a second. I repeat, 1,300 a second. 
That's partly because their markup is tied to production costs. The rest has to do with the fact that Exxon is the corporate equivalent to the uncle in the classic book 'Kidnapped', thoroughly rotten and greedy.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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