$3.00 and up Gas... Here Again

[WRESTLINGFAN]

<p>And its going to go up again, even without any potential hurricanes. Its already over $3.00 here in suburban NYC</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1831192&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312&business=true">http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=1831192&amp;CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312&amp;business=true</a></p>

[Bulldogcakes]

This time the market's driving up the price over fears about Iran, and the repercussions of a strike againsty their nuke facility. They threatened to not only stop exports from their country, but to blockade other countries exports which travel through their area. Not pretty.&nbsp; <br />

[FUNKMAN]

<p>i heard some fucking analyst the other day say the prices are going up due to 'uncertainty' in the middle east.</p><p>well how about every fucking 'late spring or just before summer rolls around'&nbsp;for as long as i can remember?</p><p>another fucking analyst &nbsp;i heard the other day said &quot;the market doesn't care about oil prices, ONLY interest rates&quot; then you see this headline today</p>&nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>Stocks post third down day in four</strong> * /&gt;&nbsp;<strong>Major gauges stumble on a new round of pricing pressure concerns, led by Iran, oil, gold and rates.</strong> * /&gt; <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;these analyst should just <strong>SHUT THE FUCK UP!</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;peace be with you&nbsp; </p><p>and also with you </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by FUNKMAN on 4-11-06 @ 9:07 PM</span>

[WhistlePig]

I filled my gas tank today and it cost me $40 bucks! It sure does bite.

[Don Stugots]

I am going to have to get rid of my truck, which I use for work and side jobs. It just isnt worth it anymore. I would rather not make the extra $$$ that I am making than pay $100.00 in gas over the coarse of the week. I think I will get a VW bug convert. or the new GTi.

Looking past my needs, with Iran flexing its muscles, I think we are all in trouble.

[TooCute]

I sold my jeep and got a volvo station wagon at the end of last summer.
Over the winter, driving up to the adirondacks instead of it taking 3 1/2
tanks of gas to get there and back, it took me only about 2.25. With a tank
of gas costing around $45-50, that's pretty good given that I was driving up
nearly ever weekend. Now, I can also make it to New Paltz and back nearly
twice on a tank of gas, instead of once... awesome!

[furie]

i've given up on driving to work. i take the railroad now.

[FezPaul]

<strong>TooCute</strong> wrote:<br />I sold my jeep and got a volvo station wagon at the end of last summer. Over the winter, driving up to the adirondacks instead of it taking 3 1/2 tanks of gas to get there and back, it took me only about 2.25. With a tank of gas costing around $45-50, that's pretty good given that I was driving up nearly ever weekend. Now, I can also make it to <strong>New</strong> <strong>Paltz</strong> and back nearly twice on a tank of gas, instead of once... awesome! <p>The &quot;Gunks&quot;?</p>

[reeshy]

<img width="358" height="339" border="0" src="http://www.moderatelyspicy.com/directory/sneakers.jpg" />

[Don Stugots]

<hr color="cococo" align="left"></font><strong>TooCute</strong> wrote:<br>I sold my jeep and got a volvo station wagon at the end of last summer.
Over the winter, driving up to the adirondacks instead of it taking 3 1/2
tanks of gas to get there and back, it took me only about 2.25. With a tank
of gas costing around $45-50, that's pretty good given that I was driving up
nearly ever weekend. Now, I can also make it to New Paltz and back nearly
twice on a tank of gas, instead of once... awesome!

<hr color="cococo" align="left"><p></p>

NEW PALTZ? do you do the cooking school up there?

Starting on Monday I will walking 1 mile to the train, and taking the subway to and from work. I hate the train. It smells and take 2x as long to get home. But the $$$ for gas is killing me more. After the wedding in Sept. I am tossing the truck for sure.

[FezPaul]

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f281/FezPaul/oldbike.jpg

[FUNKMAN]

<p><font size="3"><strong><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060416/ap_on_bi_ge/exxon_pay" target="_self">Ex-Exxon CEO's Massive Pension Draws Fire</a></strong></font>&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p>A $69.7 million compensation package and $98 million pension payout to Exxon Mobil Corp.'s former chief executive and chairman Lee R. Raymond has some shareholders and economists asking, &quot;how much is enough?&quot; <p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060416/capt.ny11304160537.exxon_riches_ny113.jpg?x=180&y=270&sig=rQx1z2_SEzXoGeu0D6Kuhg--" border="0" /></p><p>Get Your Teeth Fixed Mother Fucker And How About Hitting The Gym Once In A While. You're Fucking Chin Is Resting On Your Fucking Stomach.</p><p>Hopefully Everyone Is Happy That They Contributed To Help Feed That Massive Fucking Chin!</p><p>GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK WITH THIS SHIT!</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by FUNKMAN on 4-17-06 @ 8:52 AM</span>

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="3"><strong><a target="_self" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060416/ap_on_bi_ge/exxon_pay">Ex-Exxon CEO's Massive Pension Draws Fire</a></strong></font> </p><p> </p>A $69.7 million compensation package and $98 million pension payout to Exxon Mobil Corp.'s former chief executive and chairman Lee R. Raymond has some shareholders and economists asking, &quot;how much is enough?&quot; <p> </p><p><img border="0" src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060416/capt.ny11304160537.exxon_riches_ny113.jpg?x=180&y=270&sig=rQx1z2_SEzXoGeu0D6Kuhg--" /></p><p>Get Your Teeth Fixed Mother Fucker And How About Hitting The Gym Once In A While. You're Fucking Chin Is Resting On Your Fucking Stomach.</p><p>Hopefully Everyone Is Happy That They Contributed To Help Feed That Massive Fucking Chin!</p><p>GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK WITH THIS SHIT!</p>

<span class="post_edited">This message was edited by FUNKMAN on 4-17-06 @ 8:52 AM</span><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Exxon doesn't set the price of oil. The commodities market does, and thats millions of people deciding where supply meets demand.&nbsp; If they were smart enough to take advantage of it, thats just being a smart businessman. Which is who I'd want running any company I'd hold stock in. Instead of complaining about it, I'd get in the game and buy some of their stock. All signs are high gas prices are here to stay for quite a while. There's nothing stopping you, me or anyone else from buying their stock and profiting along with them. Its a free market, you can buy as much as you can afford to. &nbsp;</p><p>BTW-When the price of oil was $15 a barrel in the early 90's, I dont remember anyone complaining about how much money Exxon was LOSING back then, or how underpriced oil was. God forbid someone is successful in this country. <br /></p><blockquote /><p>&nbsp;</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>Bulldogcakes</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="3"><strong><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060416/ap_on_bi_ge/exxon_pay" target="_self">Ex-Exxon CEO's Massive Pension Draws Fire</a></strong></font> </p><p>&nbsp;</p>A $69.7 million compensation package and $98 million pension payout to Exxon Mobil Corp.'s former chief executive and chairman Lee R. Raymond has some shareholders and economists asking, &quot;how much is enough?&quot; <p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060416/capt.ny11304160537.exxon_riches_ny113.jpg?x=180&y=270&sig=rQx1z2_SEzXoGeu0D6Kuhg--" border="0" /></p><p>Get Your Teeth Fixed Mother Fucker And How About Hitting The Gym Once In A While. You're Fucking Chin Is Resting On Your Fucking Stomach.</p><p>Hopefully Everyone Is Happy That They Contributed To Help Feed That Massive Fucking Chin!</p><p>GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK WITH THIS SHIT!</p><span class="post_edited">This message was edited by FUNKMAN on 4-17-06 @ 8:52 AM</span> <p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Exxon doesn't set the price of oil. The commodities market does, and thats millions of people deciding where supply meets demand.&nbsp; If they were smart enough to take advantage of it, thats just being a smart businessman. Which is who I'd want running any company I'd hold stock in. Instead of complaining about it, I'd get in the game and buy some of their stock. All signs are high gas prices are here to stay for quite a while. There's nothing stopping you, me or anyone else from buying their stock and profiting along with them. Its a free market, you can buy as much as you can afford to. &nbsp;</p><p>BTW-When the price of oil was $15 a barrel in the early 90's, I dont remember anyone complaining about how much money Exxon was LOSING back then, or how underpriced oil was. God forbid someone is successful in this country. <br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>there are two sides to every story. i'm looking at the side of the 20 million people in poverty and a vast number of low income people that instead of purchasing Exxon stock are purchasing food, healthcare, paying these high prices for gas to get them to the two or three jobs they are working to make ends meet. people who are put out on the street for the sole reason of a bottom line on a budget sheet.</p><p>you say nobody complained when they were losing money. well i guarantee you the executives didn't go hungry at that time either.</p><p>even if i was a stockholder i would still think this guy walking away with 170 million dollars is excessive to say the least.&nbsp;he's an employee like everyone else. 170 million to one executive, consider how many executives are probably in that company.</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>Exxon doesn't set the price of oil. The commodities market does</p><p>if this is the case then what did this guy have to do with the success of the company or the profits made from the rise in the price of oil and why does he deserve such a big payout?</p><p>it's like all the mutual fund managers during the bubble burst of 2000. the funds lost trillions of dollars and they did nothing about it. it rang clear to me that these 7 figure salary earners have little to do with the success of a fund or the failure of a fund. </p>

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>Put it in some context, Funk. He runs a multi BILLION dollar company. A big CEO package might represent a tenth of one percent of the sales they garnered under his leadership. Think of it like a salesperson, you bring in business, you get a piece of it. Same concept. <br /></p><p>Also, often these guys take stock options throughout their career, which makes sense for both them and the firm tax-wise. It also gives a CEO the incentive to grow the stock price, which makes the shareholders happy. Then when they retire, they cash it out all at once, so a multi million dollar package actually accrued over the tenure of his career. Which in some cases is 20, 30, 40+ years.</p><p>I agree that when companies do poorly and CEO's cash out big, it looks bad. Sometimes a company offers some hotshot CEO a big deal to turn around their business (which is already doing poorly), and if they dont succeed they still have to pay out. Sort of like what happens with free agents in baseball. If they dont hit, you still have to pay them.&nbsp;</p><p>As far as all the people who aren't in the market, I loved the idea of privatizing Social Security. Which would have given everyone a stake in the system. But it failed, and thats another discussion. &nbsp;</p><p>Peace bro. &nbsp;</p>

[WRESTLINGFAN]

<strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="3"><strong><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060416/ap_on_bi_ge/exxon_pay" target="_self">Ex-Exxon CEO's Massive Pension Draws Fire</a></strong></font>&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p>A $69.7 million compensation package and $98 million pension payout to Exxon Mobil Corp.'s former chief executive and chairman Lee R. Raymond has some shareholders and economists asking, &quot;how much is enough?&quot; <p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060416/capt.ny11304160537.exxon_riches_ny113.jpg?x=180&y=270&sig=rQx1z2_SEzXoGeu0D6Kuhg--" border="0" /></p><p>Get Your Teeth Fixed Mother Fucker And How About Hitting The Gym Once In A While. You're Fucking Chin Is Resting On Your Fucking Stomach.</p><p>Hopefully Everyone Is Happy That They Contributed To Help Feed That Massive Fucking Chin!</p><p>GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK WITH THIS SHIT!</p><span class="post_edited">This message was edited by FUNKMAN on 4-17-06 @ 8:52 AM</span> <p>These guys would do a number on him</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img title="em" height="252" alt="em" src="http://us.tv1.yimg.com/tv.yahoo.com/images/he/photo/tv_pix/bravo/queer_eye_for_the_straight_guy/_group_photos/carson_kressley8.jpg" width="360" border="0" /></p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="3"><strong><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060416/ap_on_bi_ge/exxon_pay" target="_self">Ex-Exxon CEO's Massive Pension Draws Fire</a></strong></font>&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p>A $69.7 million compensation package and $98 million pension payout to Exxon Mobil Corp.'s former chief executive and chairman Lee R. Raymond has some shareholders and economists asking, &quot;how much is enough?&quot; <p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060416/capt.ny11304160537.exxon_riches_ny113.jpg?x=180&y=270&sig=rQx1z2_SEzXoGeu0D6Kuhg--" border="0" /></p><p>Get Your Teeth Fixed Mother Fucker And How About Hitting The Gym Once In A While. You're Fucking Chin Is Resting On Your Fucking Stomach.</p><p>Hopefully Everyone Is Happy That They Contributed To Help Feed That Massive Fucking Chin!</p><p>GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK WITH THIS SHIT!</p><span class="post_edited">This message was edited by FUNKMAN on 4-17-06 @ 8:52 AM</span> <p>guess i was a little heated <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/innocent.gif" border="0" />&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>for me there are too many people being left with little or nothing and others that get too much. they're being forced to work two or three jobs basically killing themselves with very little quality of life.</p><p>just at face value this man is most likely a millionaire to begin with 'just from salary'. now he is being given 170 million dollars, it is just excessive to me. and think about the interest he'll be earning on that money whereas you have people at the bottom paying 21% interest on a car loan.&nbsp; </p><p>it's not hard to figure out why the amount of people in poverty are growing</p>

[FezPaul]

<p>http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f281/FezPaul/wallstreet20.jpg<br /></p><p>&quot;.....and how much of his $170 million does he invest in Exxon...........NOTHING, MANAGEMENT HAS NO STAKE IN THE COMPANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

[SatCam]

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060416/capt.ny11304160537.exxon_riches_ny113.jpg?x=180&y=270&sig=rQx1z2_SEzXoGeu0D6Kuhg--

I think this dude deserves that much money provided he keeps the look. I laughed for a good two minutes

[Don Stugots]

<hr color="cococo" align="left"></font><strong>SatCam</strong> wrote:<br><img src='http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060416/capt.ny11304160537.exxon_riches_ny113.jpg?x=180&y=270&sig=rQx1z2_SEzXoGeu0D6Kuhg--' border=0>

I think this dude deserves that much money provided he keeps the look. I laughed for a good two minutes<hr color="cococo" align="left"><p></p>

I hope that he takes some of that money and gets that face fixed. He could pass for James Bradey, the guy that got shot alongside of Reagan, not a long last Brady Bunch relative.