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For eight years the United States had a government that was bought, paid for and owned by the oil industry. And the oil industry thought that this was a very go
by GiraffeNecktie 16y ago
For eight years the United States had a government that was bought, paid for and owned by the oil industry. And the oil industry thought that this was a very good thing. Then the law of unintended consequences kicks in and the result will be that things will be much more difficult for the oil industry, or at least offshore drilling, for the foreseeable future.
- mml 16y ago8 years? I think you dropped a zero, or are woefully ignorant of the history of this great nation.
- GiraffeNecktie 16y agoThe oil industry has always been immensely influential but I'm only aware of one point in US history when the Executive Branch was actually populated from the top down by oil industry insiders.