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Archive for January, 2009

No Country For Old Bonuses

Friday, January 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

President Barack Obama has criticized executives of failed banks and other companies that accepted bailouts of rewarding top executives with $18 billion in bonuses last year while their companies suffered ... Read more..

New Year, Same Ol’ Chavez

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Venezuelan comedian Hugo Chavez, who has tricked the world into believing that he's actually a political leader (Andy Kaufman would be so jealous) has issued a warning to President Barack ... Read more..

Hope And Change For The Oil Industry As Well

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Barack Obama has been sworn in as president of the United States, promising to bring hope and change to the office and country. A good chunk of the country wanted ... Read more..

Maybe We Can Get PeTA To Protect The Petrokittens As Well

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Animal rights group PeTA has come up with a novel way of trying to protect fish: give them a new, cuddly name! Yes, PeTA had long ago decided that fishing is ... Read more..

Oil’s Still Cruising At $38, And The World Is Waiting Out Different Events

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Well, we are T-minus one week and counting until Barack Obama is sworn in as our 44th president, and he is promising to get the economy going. One of his ... Read more..

National Security? Just Put It On The Card

Friday, January 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

"In the long run, we're all dead." -John Maynard Keynes The current credit crisis gives me pause, as it should anyone. I know most people won't learn any lesson from all this, ... Read more..

Israeli-Palestinian Conflicts Are Good For Oil Prices….

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Well, it looks like Israel and Palestine have flared up and decided to have another one of those little wars they get into every year or so. And energy traders ... Read more..