Oil executives march on DC

[robbedvoter]

Oil Executives March On D.C.
'We Just Want Our Voices Heard'
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/48458
May 17, 2006 | Issue 42•20

WASHINGTON, DC—More than 1,000 majority shareholders and executive officers from the nation's largest oil companies gathered in the National Mall and marched to Capitol Hill Monday in a mass demonstration for petrochemical corporations' rights and, according to several of those who attended, "to let our voices be heard at last."
Enlarge ImageProtesters

Dozens of the executives, sheikhs, and oil barons who marched to demand an end to their oppression

"We're American citizens, and we demand to be part of the national dialogue," said John S. Watson, vice president of international exploration and production for Chevron Corporation, the world's second-largest oil company. "Many people in our industry think nobody in Washington cares about us, and that our opinions don't matter. We're here today to change that."

[tridim]

1. Used motor oil + Super Soaker + fascist oil fat cats = FUN!

[LiberalVoice]

2. "Many people in our industry think nobody in Washington cares about us"

Are you fucking kidding me? That has to be the single most bullshit statement uttered in DC ever. :puke:

[meganmonkey]

3. You may want to check the source

and then you can :rofl: instead of :puke:

:)

[I_Will]

8. isn't it amazing...

that things are so :crazy: these days that an Onion satire/parody piece doesn't immediately feel like satire/parody piece anymore.

[renate]

9. couldn't agree more

and welcome to DU!
:hi:

[IntravenousDemilo]

4. It's the Onion. Heard of it? n/m

[babylonsister]

7. I do believe that's what's known as a 'gotcha'!

Don't feel like the lone ranger; I've been similarly outraged, and then realized I'd been had! ;-)

[LiberalVoice]

17. I certainly have been gotten.

lol

[cliss]

10. Here's a surprise:

it's been done before. Yes, by none other than

Arthur Anderson. When the walls of the fortress started crumbling, Enron's auditors were waist-high in crap. They all put on funny red T-shirts, and marched on Washington.

We all know how that went.

= a snowball + Hell.

[lectrobyte]

15. It's from the onion. Where's the URL for their "our national nightmare

of peace and prosperity has finally ended" from 2000? They were scarily right on the money with that one.

[lectrobyte]

16. the onion, from January 17, 2001

WASHINGTON, DC–Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that "our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over."

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784

[Rainscents]

5. Oh, brother...

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

[robbedvoter]

6. "Executive Americans have rights" - my fav!

Executive Americans....

[TahitiNut]

11. I wonder how many are 'undocumented' ...

:evilgrin:

[Initech]

12. Durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Should have realized it's The Onion!

:rofl:

[lies and propaganda]

13. thank God i saw that onion link...

i easily could have gotten flamed on this one, hahaha. Thanks for posting!

[libodem]

14. But ...this sounds so plausible