Beeman;
I don't recall "thumping the Bible' in this discussion......where did you see that ? .
Some folks speak of "ad hominem" attacks; you wouldn't be trying that, would you ?
I am fully cognizant that for most here, Bible verses are not recognized as pearls..so why waste them ?
If you will review my posts, I believe you will see that I normally use Bible verses only to counter those who MISuse them..or for someone
that honestly wants to find a given reference..
I also do not recall questioning your consumption of "adult beverages", I deal every day with preople who do use them.
" thou protesteth a bit much, methinks". I did, tongue in cheek, chide Beers a bit..but I expect we can all take a bit of a play on words.
..No malice intended, if there was real hurt..I apologize.
I haven't "ragged" on any of the companies that raise their prices more than the fuel costs justify, for two reasons;
1) Fuel costs are not the only thing that has gone up..their suppliers are charging more for everything.
2) I figure if a business gets too greedy and unjustifiably raises it's prices, supply & demand along with competition, will settle matters.
Beyond that, I haven't given it a lot of thought..
TM;
"Big Oil" is nothing more than a convenient, liberal invented word to curse certain industries with ! You know very well the oil companies are
owned by stockholders, and there are plenty of "watchdogs" protecting the small investor.
I suppose, if the libs took offense, they could apply the "Big" label to any industry that is a corporation (stockholder owned)..How about..Big Furniture,
Big spaghetti, Big flower pots. Each of these corporations have a CEO and board of directors, and as Beeman pointed out concerning elected officials,
be they governmental or corporate..the voters can vote them in or vote them out !
I think a more menacing "big" we have to b e concerned with is "Big Green"..Big Green is the environmentalist whacko industry. These highly paid,
professional operatives affect our lives in very costly and crippling ways.
They have a voice way out of proportion to their rightful place. They are generally self appointed (e.g. Gore)..not elected, and not getting paid by
the public, but by wealthy special interests..such a G. Soros and move-on.org .
Big Green affects us negatively many times every day, but we cannot vote them out of their self-appointed, dictatorial positions. Due to lemming-like
attitudes prevalent today, they thrive !