Bob, are you saying I am wrong? Can you think of a better way for the oil companies to sabotage the Kyoto agreement on "greenhouse" gas emissions, than to force governments to lower taxes and then blame it on consumers? I thought you liked conspiracy theories? Richard Edwards >From: bob scheetz <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine > <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: samizdat >Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 22:04:09 -0400 > >richard, > o'course, "the view over here" yer parroting >is also the gov't line, no? > >bob > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Richard Edwards <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 11:15 AM >Subject: Re: samizdat > > > > Bob, I didn't know you were such a supporter of big business. The view >here > > is that the oil companies colluded with the protesters. If taxes on fuel > > come down, demand will rise and so will the net price. Since the >protests >at > > the refinery gates were on the whole peaceful and non-obstructive - not > > really a blockade at all - the oil companies could have continued to >deliver > > fuel if they had wanted to. Instead, the theory is that they decided it >was > > in their better interests to sit by whilst schools closed, hospitals > > cancelled operations, and nearly everyone suffered interference to >varying > > degrees in their ordinary family lives, work and leisure. > > > > Richard Edwards (boojwa kitch culture swindler?) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.