May

22

Is Our Government in Bed With the Oil Companies?

Category: Big Oil, Government Legislation, Oil Prices | 3 Comments

How much influence does Big Oil have over our Government? The House of Representatives, The Senate, The judicial system and of course, the Vice President and President?
How much money are they receiving from lobbyists?
How much stock in oil companies do they own?
These factors affect how the government reacts to issues involving not only oil, but [...]

Dec

10

Take Action Against the Enron Loophole

Category: Big Oil | Leave a Comment

Have you heard of the Enron Loophole (see end of post)? 
Up to now I hadn’t. I’ve been introduced to it by a good friend of mine, Harry Van Twistern, and the next morning I heard an ad on the radio. 
It seems that oil futures have fallen under manipulation using the guise of deregulation. Don’t get [...]