Loyal to Big Oil, a consortium of oil barons, oil company CEOs and giddy traders on the energy futures market is taking to the streets to ask American consumers to take an oath of loyalty to Big Oil. On a Saturday day of action, Loyal Americans nationwide declared:
“I pledge to support Big Oil, whatever the cost to everyday Americans like me. I will cheerfully pay at the pump, no matter how high the price goes, because I want the oil industry to make record-breaking profits at my expense. I want my representatives in Congress to give billions to Big Oil while passing laws that undermine our economy and the environment. I pledge to defeat Separate Oil and State and will work to keep Oil Money in politics, where it belongs. I am Loyal to Big Oil.”
Check out this alarming countereffort and their preposterous propaganda (their slogans include “What have the caribou done for you lately?”) at www.loyaltobigoil.com …and prepare to fight back!
Meg……..
You had me SO close to fooled… haha.
I LOVE the campaign. So GREAT!!!!
love, zo
This is the funniest thing I have seen in a while. How can you keep a straight face/blog while speaking this hilarity?! I had to see the “Seriously Though” part of the website before I was convinced of the sarcasm and could rest in peace.
“Seriously though…
Loyal to Big Oil —a partnership between the Separation of Oil and State campaign and Billionaires for Bush—is a strategic street theater and media campaign using humor to highlight the negative impact of oil industry lobbying on our economy, environment and foreign policy.”
I really enjoyed this. I knew a lot of oil companies have been putting together bogus “environmental” and “responsible taxation” groups for years, in an effort to confuse the American public. I thought this was another one of those…
Wow…I was fooled. I thought, “this country has gotten so bad that these fools are out in broad daylight with blatantly ridiculous claims, and people are probably following blindly.” I love the “billionares for Bush” slogan almost as much as Al Gore’s newest line, “politicians are renewable resources, vote for the environment.” Good job.
Hey everybody,
They got us coming and going. When oil goes up during the summer, it’s a conspiracy to make record profits. When oil goes down in the fall, it’s a conspiracy for votes by lulling us into a false sense of security.
In the ’20s, cars ran on oil, steam and electricity, and could do so today. (Steam ran out because of foot and mouth disease; all those open water tanks had to be drained because of danger of infecting livestock.) There is no reason not to make steam or electric cars, or alcohol (not from corn, that just gives subsidies away!).