Farging gas prices

[Diomedes]

Good for you, Joel.

[Rome]

Good for you, Joel.

No sweat, Crackhead.

[Butchers Bill]

Good for you, Joel.

Thanks for thinking of me when the term "responsibility" came up.  I know thats a dirty word for your kind.   

[Father Demon]

I run up debt every month on my credit card.

Then I pay the balance off.  Each month.

What's the problem? 

Ditto.  And get about three free roundtrips a year on Southwest.  My card costs me $29 a year in annual fees, and I pay no interest.

I win.

[Diomedes]

Thanks for thinking of me when the term "responsibility" came up.

You're welcome.  Anytime a pompous ass makes a smug comment like that, I think of you.

[SunMo]

I don't know.  You have a problem?

Several, but being irresponsible with credit isn't one of them.

good for you, it's a shame we're not all as awesome.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The balance on my M/C as of yesterday was over $5k.

I pay the bill in full every month.

[SunMo]

buy me stuff...please

[Wingspan]

i'm in the middle. i went through credit card hell...paid it off, never used credit cards for about 4 years.

now with rewards cards, i use them as debit cards. if i dont have the cash to cover, i don't buy it, but when i do, i use a credit card. been doing that about 4 years now...and i havent paid more than $200 out of pocket for plane tickets since (flown to spain, cancun, aruba in consecutive years)

95% of the time, i pay the balance in full every month. even the other 5% is paid off within 2.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

buy me stuff...please

Isn't it plainly obvious that I'm already buying plenty of stuff for myself and my wife?

Of course, the cost of an upcoming vacation is in there, so it's out of the ordinary.  And last month's bill was due yesterday, so the balance is significantly lower today than it was yesterday morning.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Exxon Chairman Gets $400 Million Retirement Package Amid Soaring Gas Prices
Exxon Made Record Profits in 2005

April 14, 2006— - Soaring gas prices are squeezing most Americans at the pump, but at least one man isn't complaining.

Last year, Exxon made the biggest profit of any company ever, $36 billion, and its retiring chairman appears to be reaping the benefits.

Exxon is giving Lee Raymond one of the most generous retirement packages in history, nearly $400 million, including pension, stock options and other perks, such as a $1 million consulting deal, two years of home security, personal security, a car and driver, and use of a corporate jet for professional purposes.

Last November, when he was still chairman of Exxon, Raymond told Congress that gas prices were high because of global supply and demand.

"We're all in this together, everywhere in the world," he testified.

Raymond, however, was confronted with caustic complaints about his compensation.

"In 2004, Mr. Raymond, your bonus was over $3.6 million," Sen. Barbara Boxer said.

That was before new corporate documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that revealed Raymond's retirement deal and his $51.1 million paycheck in 2005. That's equivalent to $141,000 a day, nearly $6,000 an hour. It's almost more than five times what the CEO of Chevron made.

"I think it will spark a lot of outrage," said Sarah Anderson, a fellow in the global economy program at the Institute for Policy Studies, an independent think tank. "Clearly much of his high-level pay is due to the high price of gas."

Exxon defends Raymond's compensation, pointing out that during the 12 years he ran the company, Exxon became the largest oil company in the world and that the stock price went up 500 percent.

A company spokesman said the compensation package reflected "a very long and distinguished career."

Some Exxon shareholders are now trying to pass resolutions criticizing the company's executive pay policies. The company is urging other shareholders to vote against those resolutions.

Holy farging shtein, that is a lot of money to make in a year. 

I paid $2.91 this morning for regular. 

[Geowhizzer]

I paid $2.91 this morning for regular. 

And Lee Raymond probably made 50 times that in the time it took you to pump one gallon.

[phillymic2000]

Geesh, i think he should drop at least 1 or 2 mil on some cosmetic surgery, some dental work, and you know if his face looks like that the rest of him probably looks like hell, better make it a cool 3 mil and he should bounce back nicely

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Geesh, i think he should drop at least 1 or 2 mil on some cosmetic surgery, some dental work, and you know if his face looks like that the rest of him probably looks like hell, better make it a cool 3 mil and he should bounce back nicely

Seriously... his 2nd chin is like 4 times bigger than his actual chin.

[sharpie]

$34.00 for a gas today. 

Thats nothing. I have an '06 Acura MDX (SUV); $50 to fill up its 20 gallon tank. Good on gas for a 7 passenger truck. Gets 20 MPG city/HW.

Gas in S.J. is 2.58 and rising daily.........This Iran B.S. will run it over $3.50 within the next 6 months IMO