the government owns the cleanup equipment, including the skimmers now being deployed in the Gulf.
On Jun 18, 1:59 pm, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > poor dumb pattie > > too stupid to even talk to > > if the Dutch government had forced Dutch taxpayers to invest in excess > skimmers it just has sitting around that would instead show that socialism > doesn't work > > if you were literate you would be able to read about the "calculation > debate" in the early 20th century that demonstrated that central planners > always make such Pharonic malinvestments as they have no market price > signals to guide them > > as it turns out, the skimmers belong to a private company > > *Royal Dutch Shell* plc<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_limited_company>, > commonly known simply as *Shell*, is a > multinational<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinational_corporation> > petroleum company <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_company> of > Dutch<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands> > and British <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom> origins. One of > the six "supermajors <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermajor>" (vertically > integrated <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_integration> private > sector <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_sector> oil > exploration<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_exploration> > , natural gas <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas>, and > petroleum<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum> product > marketing companies), Shell was listed as the world's eighth largest > corporation for 2010 by > Forbes.[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Shell#cite_note-1> > The > company's headquarters are in The > Hague<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague> > , Netherlands > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands>,[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Shell#cite_note-Shell_Intern...> > with > its registered office at the Shell > Centre<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Centre> > inLondon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London>, United > Kingdom<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom> > .[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Dutch_Shell#cite_note-Shell_Intern...> > > Shell operates in over 140 countries. In the United > States<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States>, > the Shell Oil Company <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_Oil_Company> > subsidiary, > headquartered in Houston <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston>, > Texas<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas>, > is one of its largest businesses. > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:50 PM, euwe <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes. > > > On Jun 18, 1:43 pm, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > > > sheeple eating her own patties now > > > > are the Dutch skimmers state owned? > > > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:39 PM, euwe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > socialism? > > > > > -- > > > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > > > > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > > > > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > > > > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > > -- > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
