Exxon Mobil is evil. I just saw an ad that they put out, with no real purpose whatsoever except to spew propaganda about how valuable and exciting their oil drilling technology is. They actually had the gall to film all the beautiful places where they stick their disgusting fucking oil rigs and brag in their ad about how fantastic it is that they're building newer and more technologically sound oil rigs all over the world every single day. As if this is something to be proud of.
I have personal beef with Exxon Mobil. When I was a little kid my parents both worked vigilantly (my father an attorney and my mom a paralegal) on a class action lawsuit against Mobil. This lawsuit had hundreds of plaintiffs in Orange County, California, alone, where their company had spilled thousands of gallons of toxic oil and caused hundreds of people to have life threatening illnesses and horrendous cancerous ailments. They operated their business day after day, polluting everything around them, dismissing claims with a flick of the wrist and flagrantly ignoring the outrage of the people who they had victimized.
And these same disgusting motherfuckers have the nerve to be proud about what they do. Planting oil refineries in some of the most serene and untouched landscapes in the world, devastating wildlife and the environment, literally destroying everything they touch and simultaneously siphoning millions of dollars out of people with outrageous oil prices. What the hell do they have to be proud of, those evil sons of bitches?
Posted by Maria at October 20, 2003 09:51 PM | TrackBackTruly sad....money makes the world go 'round. I wonder how the CEO's of these companies sleep at night. How do they say that they love their own families when they conduct business in this way. It just makes my heart hurt.
Posted by: sandy at October 21, 2003 07:46 AMYeah, I don't know if it's true or not, but I have been told that the guy who invented margarine wouldn't let his own family eat it. I honestly don't know how these people live with themselves. I understand that sometimes it's just a job, because I have a job where sometimes I say to myself "we represent these bastards?" I have worked in criminal law and also tobacco litigation, so I do understand, sometimes you have to do what you have to do to bring home the bacon, but it is those that are really proud of the scuzzbucket shit that they do that really amaze me and those who completely dismiss the harm that they are wreaking on civilization. To think that Exxon Mobil would actually advertise the PROGRESS and GOOD that they believe they are achieving in the world just strikes me as highly demented. Just as demented as Coca Cola acting like they are doing some big favor to schools by donating money, when the truth is that they are just using schools as one more money making venture and advertising outlet that eventually results in kids rotting their teeth out and bouncing off the walls from drinking way too many goddamn soft drinks at school. Corporations are out of control. No doubt about it.
Posted by: Maria at October 21, 2003 06:36 PMFunny you should mention Coca Cola..my kid is elementary and I just learned this year they can buy cans of soda at lunchtime. I don't let her have soda w/any meal here at home. Anyway, if you're a scumbag, admit you're a scumbag. Yell at the top of your lungs that you do dirty work, it won't make it better, but being honest is a start.
Posted by: sandy at October 21, 2003 09:21 PM