All Posts Tagged With: "Big Oil"

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Obama’s Big Oil Ad

I only took two courses in Economics in college – so I am no authority. But my 9 year old grandson understands the value of a nickel, some economic concepts are just plain old common sense. Barack Obama has a new television advertisement challenging the profits of Big Oil. My notion is that the advertisement [...]

29Mar2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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Big Oil holds Delta hostage

The oil industry is holding all of us hostage. Delta Air Lines is a recent example. The Associated Press reports Delta is offering ‘…voluntary severance payouts to roughly 30,000 employees…’ Delta hopes to cut 2,000 jobs. Why?
Let’s define a scenario that makes our math easier to understand. For the sake of argument, let’s say that [...]

19Mar2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued