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Gothmog

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15. Juanita Jean had some fun with this story
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 04:08 PM
Feb 2014
http://www.juanitajean.com/2014/02/18/yeah-because-we-love-pizza-more-than-life-itself/

Let’s take a visit to Bobtown, Pennsylvania, where Chevron Corporation’s fracking operation blew a gasket. Literally.

After an explosion that “sounded like a jet engine going five feet over your house,” flames from the explosion issued a challenge to the sun even 12 hours later.

The heat from the blaze — which caused a tanker truck on site that was full of propane gas to explode — was so intense that first responders from local fire departments had to pull back rather than risk injury.


The fire burned for five days, putting God only knows what into the air all around the area. As of today, one worker is injured and another is missing and presumed dead.

Being a responsible corporation, Chevron wanted to make things right to the community after killing one of them, injuring another, putting something awful in the air, and expecting a small local fire department to clean up their mess.

So, free pizzas! A pizza for you. A pizza for you! A pizza for you! Everybody gets a pizza!

...Notice how they made the coupon expire on May 1st because, let’s face it, you might not live that long. But, hey, they just went all out and even threw in a 2-liter drink!

The pizza place says that Chevron bought 100 of these gift certificates. That’s nice. Maybe it’s all they could afford.

The nation’s second-largest oil company saw another strong year on better performance from its refining business. Chevron’s 2012 earnings of $26.2 billion are the second highest result in company history, behind $26.9 billion in 2011.

Screw it. Elizabeth Warren for President!

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