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OklahomaTuba
6/11/2009, 03:03 PM
So, Less refining capacity and even fewer good paying blue collar jobs. This bill will hit Oklahoma rather hard as well.


WASHINGTON - If climate-change legislation passes Congress in its current form, Lion Oil Co., an El Dorado refinery, will have to shutter operations within a year and lay off 1,200 workers, a company executive told a congressional panel Tuesday.

Passage of the bill "will make our survival impossible," Steve Cousins, vice president of refining, testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/261671/
Sooner_Havok
6/11/2009, 03:08 PM
eh, the market will sort it out
OklahomaTuba
6/11/2009, 03:14 PM
Yeah, I am thinking Mexico will be refining most of our gasoline should this thing happen.

And in case you were wondering, Mexico has nearly no environmental regulations, and what ones they do can be easily ignored.

So that should help the environment A LOT, while making our gas more expensive.

But at least the Urf will be saved.
Lott's Bandana
6/11/2009, 03:15 PM
How the hell are they going to tax my air?

I'm moving to LA...
yermom
6/11/2009, 03:28 PM
so moving away from oil as an energy source will cause some people to have to get new jobs? huh. never would have thought of that.
OklahomaTuba
6/11/2009, 03:33 PM
so moving away from oil as an energy source will cause some people to have to get new jobs? huh. never would have thought of that.
So, you're one of those looking forward to double digit unemployment and $5.00+ a gallon gas??
Sooner_Havok
6/11/2009, 03:36 PM
so moving away from oil as an energy source will cause some people to have to get new jobs? huh. never would have thought of that.

Yeah, you know who else didn't think about a new technology displacing countless workers? Henry ****ing Ford! You know how many horse and buggy manufactures that bastard helped put under?
yermom
6/11/2009, 04:01 PM
So, you're one of those looking forward to double digit unemployment and $5.00+ a gallon gas??

yeah. i guess i left that part out.
OklahomaTuba
6/11/2009, 05:09 PM
Well, not sure what you think will happen once the refiners start shutting down their plants and energy prices start going up again.

Basically this is a recipe for disaster to our economy, as if the reckless squandering by The One wasn't enough to crater the economy already...
LosAngelesSooner
6/11/2009, 05:37 PM
In other news: New Obama endorsed law against murder causing MASSIVE layoffs in the "Hired Hit Man" field.

:les:OBAMA'S BAD FER JERBS!!!!!!!!
olevetonahill
6/11/2009, 06:20 PM
In other news: New Obama endorsed law against murder causing MASSIVE layoffs in the "Hired Hit Man" field.

:les:OBAMA'S BAD FER JERBS!!!!!!!!

Now THAT pisses me off , How I posed to supplement my income ??????:mad:
Harry Beanbag
6/11/2009, 06:43 PM
In other news: New Obama endorsed law against murder causing MASSIVE layoffs in the "Hired Hit Man" field.

:les:OBAMA'S BAD FER JERBS!!!!!!!!


Unfortunately, too late for George Tiller.
Sooner_Havok
6/11/2009, 06:50 PM
I imagined Tube to look something like this

http://evilbender.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/farnsworth.gif

with his "Good News" thread title
LosAngelesSooner
6/11/2009, 07:56 PM
Unfortunately, too late for George Tiller.Nope. Just in time.

We're gonna FRY the guy who murdered poor Doctor Tiller.
olevetonahill
6/11/2009, 08:33 PM
Nope. Just in time.

We're gonna FRY the guy who murdered poor Doctor Tiller.

Is that Deep fried ? or skillet fried ?
Sooner_Havok
6/11/2009, 08:34 PM
Is that Deep fried ? or skillet fried ?

I like my domestic terrorists to be lightly pan seared.
olevetonahill
6/11/2009, 08:43 PM
I like my domestic terrorists to be lightly pan seared.

With butter and onions ?
Sooner_Havok
6/11/2009, 08:45 PM
With butter and onions ?

No onions, I prefer the more subtle flavor of shallots

Maybe throw in some pine nuts.

De glaze with a little cognac.

Now I'm just getting fancey

:D
olevetonahill
6/11/2009, 09:03 PM
No onions, I prefer the more subtle flavor of shallots

Maybe throw in some pine nuts.

De glaze with a little cognac.

Now I'm just getting fancey

:D

See how you ****in Libs are ?
always tryin to complicate shat .:pop:
soonerboomer93
6/11/2009, 09:20 PM
interesting considering there's atleast 3 refineries undergoing expansion right now, and several undergoing refurbishment/upgrades.
Harry Beanbag
6/12/2009, 08:35 AM
Nope. Just in time.

We're gonna FRY the guy who murdered poor Doctor Tiller.


That's fine, but poor Doctor Tiller was the murderer in my scenario.
LosAngelesSooner
6/12/2009, 03:48 PM
Nooooo...you don't say...

I never would have guessed...:rolleyes:

And the fact that what he was doing was completely legal has no influence on whether you see it as legal or not. Gotcha. ;)
OklahomaTuba
6/12/2009, 03:52 PM
Waterboarding is legal too.

And no one was murdered being waterboarded, like in an abortion.
yermom
6/12/2009, 04:12 PM
except for that the people that were
Whet
6/12/2009, 04:22 PM
we don't need no stinkin' refineries - we are going to live off of the wind, the sun, and great blessings from our Great Leader. North Korea would be a good example to follow!!
LosAngelesSooner
6/12/2009, 06:54 PM
Uhm...waterboarding IS illegal.
Sooner_Havok
6/12/2009, 07:07 PM
Uhm...waterboarding IS illegal.

ejvyDn1TPr8
Harry Beanbag
6/13/2009, 10:49 AM
Nooooo...you don't say...

I never would have guessed...:rolleyes:

And the fact that what he was doing was completely legal has no influence on whether you see it as legal or not. Gotcha. ;)


Silly me, sometimes I forget that it's legal to cut up babies into pieces in this country.
yermom
6/13/2009, 11:02 AM
but that makes it ok. it's fine
Harry Beanbag
6/13/2009, 11:31 AM
That's what people tell me anyway.
Fraggle145
6/13/2009, 11:34 AM
Now pan-seared baby... that is something else

Specially with some garlic and peppers.
yermom
6/13/2009, 11:38 AM
that's too much trouble. just throw it on the grill. a couple of minutes each side

i mean, baby meat is the sweetest of all meats. it doesn't need much
Fraggle145
6/13/2009, 11:41 AM
true... How about slow cooking it on a spit roaster?
JohnnyMack
6/13/2009, 12:57 PM
Tuba the one trick pony. Take a look folks! The finest in partisan hacks appearing live and in person!
mdklatt
6/13/2009, 04:58 PM
So, Less refining capacity and even fewer good paying blue collar jobs. This bill will hit Oklahoma rather hard as well.


The wind industry begs to differ.

It's about time we started paying the true cost of gasoline instead of having the government subsidize those pesky externalities that pseudo-capitalist Republicans always like to make somebody else pay for.