Re: Black Community Is Increasingly Protective of Obama

Herb Martin wrote:
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http://www.wa****ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/09/AR2008050902638.html
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>>>>>>>> Black Community Is Increasingly Protective of Obama
>>>>>>>> By Darryl Fears
>>>>>>>> Wa****ngton Post Staff Writer
>>>>>>>> Saturday, May 10, 2008; A04
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In black America, oh, how the mighty have fallen.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bill Clinton is no longer revered as the "first black president."
>>>>>>>> Tavis Smiley's rapid-fire commentaries on a popular radio show
have
>>>>>>>> been silenced. And the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.,
self-described
>>>>>>>> defender of the black church, has been derided by many on the Web
as
>>>>>>>> an old man who needs to "step off."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> They all landed in the black community's doghouse after being
viewed
>>>>>>>> as endangering Sen. Barack Obama's chances of being elected 
>>>>>>>> president.
>>>>>>>> And the community's desire to protect the first African American 
>>>>>>>> ever
>>>>>>>> to be in this position may only grow with his win in North
Carolina
>>>>>>>> and his close loss in Indiana this week.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Senator Obama will be elected.  He has the numerical advantage of 
>>>>>>> Senator Clinton and he will trounce Senator McCain.
>>>>>> So you are an expert in electoral college maps, right?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Or do you plan on whining about "popular vote" even if McCain
whumps
>>>>>> him in electoral votes AND while Obama says he has the delegates
and
>>>>>> Hilary's "more popular vote" is irrelevant?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Republicans will be punished for the failing economy and the 
>>>>>>> failed wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
>>>>>> The economy is in good shape actually.  Amazingly good shape given
>>>>>> the price of oil which is due to Democratic foot dragging on
existing
>>>>>> supply and would be far worse if we didn't control the mid-east.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Energy is cheap at half the price.  It comes out of the ground or
out 
>>>>> of the sky for free.  The only reason that we are paying four
dollars 
>>>>> for a gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel is so that Exxon can make a 
>>>>> record number of billions. Oil comes out of the ground for free,
coal 
>>>>> comes out of the ground for free, and natural gas comes out of the 
>>>>> ground for free. Most people are too stupid to understand that.
>>>> Sorry, but exploration, exploitation, infrastructure, facilities and 
>>>> manpower to find and recover these are a significant cost. True,
Exxon 
>>>> still manages to produce extreme profits but that doesn't also mean
they 
>>>> don't have massive costs either. To ignore the costs is to ignore 
>>>> reality.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I don't think a 10% profit margin could be considered "extreme"...not 
>>> compared to Microsoft's 30% avg. profit margin...
>> It is when you consider that the average is under 8%, and when you 
>> consider the shear volume of the business they do in basically a 
>> monopolistic fa****on.
> 
> Wrong.  If there is any monolist  or monopoly involved it is the
> extreme power of OPEC since we cannot produce the oil we
> have here in America and must buy overseas on the international
> market.
> 
> 
>> At least with Microsoft you do have alternatives. With Exxon, if
> 
> And Exxon, Shell, Texaco etc buy their crude for the most part
> from OUTSIDE the US at internationally set rates.
> 
> How stupid do you have to be to blame the baker for cost
> of the WHEAT used to make the bread?
> 
> 
> 
Well said.

He's a blithering idiot.