so the Dutch state owns skimmers it forced Dutch taxpayers to pay for, even though Shell owns its own, and having no use for them it offers them to Obama
you seem to have provided no link to show that they are state owned my google still shows that Shell owns skimmers, which the Dutch government offered you don't seem to be able to think abstractly or provide references so our assessment of you is unchanged On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:18 PM, euwe <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
