18 Feb 2006 Houston’s Clear Thinkers Has a Question for Bill O’Reilly

Posted at 23:05h in Blog by

Houston’s Clear Thinkers is waiting for a word of explanation from the Fox New Channel’s Bill O’Reilly about why oil company CEOs are “allowing” a drop in oil prices.

O’Reilly, of course, told the world that the post-Katrina gas price increase was not a reflection of market forces, but was “manipulated” by oil company CEOs.

One assumes that if O’Reilly was right, the CEOs would be keeping the prices high in order to maximize their companies’ profits.

Indeed, if the CEOs have the power O’Reilly claims they have, they might very well owe it to their stockholders to keep the prices high.



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