Monday, August 07, 2006

The Invisible Hand At Work!

Dear Readers,

Today, BP's main pipeline in the U.S. was shut down because of corrosion in the pipe. Dear readers, this is truly a gift for us. As a result of supply going down, the price of oil has already jumped! And our economy is about to take off.

Dear readers, there's nothing that excites old Teddy more than a free market economy on its way up. Make sure that you diversify your portfolio asap - among ExxonMobil, Shell, and the other big oil companies. We're headed for good times; $4 per gallon gasoline = dividends beyond your wildest dreams!

Happy days are here again, dear readers! Isn't capitalism and a free market where supply and demand ALWAYS set the price curve, rather than the big oil companies setting it for unimaginable windfall profits, wonderful?

Fellow free market lovers, thank you for loving America!

-Theodore Trumblebunks, I, Esq.

6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

You are ten times crazier than the guy who stands outside in a thunderstorm with frequent lightning holding on to a metal pole. The oil companies are the biggest crooks, and while this may shatter you personally, I blame our "divinly inspired President" for the high gas prices. Here in Louisiana, before the Iraqi invasion, I never saw gas prices here go above $2, and now, I am about to say the same for $3. Of course, one "positive" aspect with this is that it is "evidence" to liberals who think that many Americans aren't making sacrifices for Iraq that their statement is fraudalent. George W. Bush may be the only president to say that during his term, the price of gas doubled or, God forbid, tripled. It makes sense, though, as some of his cabinet members, like Condolezza Rice have oil tankers named after them. They're on the side making huge profits from all this. There is something rotten in the state of Denmark, and it's not their cheese.

10:12 PM  
Blogger Theodore Trumblebunks, I, Esq. said...

Why do you hate the free market and capitalism?

-Theodore Trumblebunks, I, Esq.

10:14 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't hate free market and capitalism--I just hate "price gougers," and the oil industry has been price gouging ever since Iraq--and it was really bad after Hurricane Katrina and they try to find one issue, no matter how trivial, to make an excuse to raise gas prices. Yet, they are making record profits. There's something wrong there.

11:00 AM  
Blogger Theodore Trumblebunks, I, Esq. said...

They're not setting prices - the market is setting prices. Get that straight. The Big Oil execs show their love for America by following the free market. They have nothing to do with the price changes - it's out of their hands.

Now, the west-coast, liberal elite economists like to point out that if supply was decreasing, the price would change on its own on the supply/demand curve, but that this shouldn't lead to windfall profits. They accuse the oil companies of - get this - manipulating prices for profits! That's crazy talk.

The oil companies love America and the free market, and I won't stand by and let anyone slander these true patriots!

-Theodore Trumblebunks, I, Esq.

4:31 PM  
Blogger Franklin Willington said...

The only thing Oil Companies love about america is our money. They just can't get enough

2:13 PM  
Blogger Theodore Trumblebunks, I, Esq. said...

Willington, why do you hate capitalism?

8:33 PM  

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