First of all... I am extremely fucking angry right now. As most Americans should be. I just spent $75.00 filling up my wife's Jeep with 18 gallons of wonderful gasoline.
I dont want to hear a fucking word from you (reader) or anyone else regarding the fact that it's an SUV and a gas guzzler. It was aquired for about $5000 5 years ago, and its a 1998 Jeep... we didn't just buy it... it's 10 years old. I personally drive a 20 year old Volvo 240. Know why? Because we cant afford new vehicles.
The people that say "sell your gas guzzler and buy a Green Car" are the ones that have expendable cash and big mouths and they can bend over so that I can stick my entire leg up their ass. Fuck you Hippie. Join the real world.
So... after that rant... Meet Stephen Simon. He is the man in the above photo, and he made 12.5 Million Dollars last year. Let me spell that out for you.
STEPHEN SIMON MADE TWELVE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS LAST YEAR
Stephen Simon is the senior VP for Exxon Mobil. Want to learn more about him?Follow this link
ASSHOLE Ill give to him, that he seems to have worked really hard to get where he is. Joining the company back in 1967, and then after a short stint in the military (thank you) returned to the company and has been with them almost ever since (Esso Italiana which is mentioned in his Bio is owned by Exxon).
This makes me want to give him some leeway... hard working guy makes his way to the top... feel good story of the week. But... because this man has worked this hard, because this man has spent time in the military.. he should KNOW what its like to be you and me or someone with even less. Im fucking lucky to have a computer to type my opinions out on. Im lucky to have a home and a wife and two cars, and my first child on the way, and this guy makes 12.5 million last year. He was in Operations Manager at Exxon's Baton Rouge refineries in the 1980's! Remember what happened there in 2005? If not you live in a cave (thankfully sheltered from the news and their crap) but hurricane Katrina happened then.
Stephen Simon... Please help us with the gas prices. You are helping kill this country.
So... now I have lost steam... Im just mad that Oil Companies like Exxon are showing record profits and guys like Mr. Simon are pulling in cash like 12 Mil. and I can barely afford to go to work right now.
Oh... why is the gas so hard on me? Its not the driving... its the lack of it. It takes me as much as two hours for me to drive 30 Miles. While I sit in traffic on Route 95 sucking fumes every morning on my way to work because people haven't figured out the gas pedal is the one on the right. PAY THE FUCK ATTENTION AND DRIVE YOUR CARS DAMMIT!
So here is my parting note. My moment of Zen ala' The Daily Show.
By Associated Press .
Published: Wed, May 21, 2008 - 10:54 pm Pennsylvania Republican Arlen Specter says he can see no
explanation for why Exxon Mobil's annual profits have increased
from 11.5 billion dollars to more than 40 billion in the past five
years.
Exxon and the four other oil companies earned 36 billion dollars
in the first three months of this year.
First of all... I am extremely fucking angry right now. As most Americans should be. I just spent $75.00 filling up my wife's Jeep with 18 gallons of wonderful gasoline.
Photo: SIPA PRESS/REX FEATURES
