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Re: Cost of a solution..... |
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JimmieD |
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Feb 17, 06 - 5:47 AM |
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I don't personally say that we cannot do anything. What I suggest is that one must know their enemy. That is, this is not a simple thing of holding our breath till we turn blue, and that will show those big nasties a thing or two.
If one would even consider to succeed at bringing down the oil companies, and most of the middle east, from their lofty perch then it must be approached as a full-on campaign with considerable resources dedicated to success, success, at any cost. These guys have some very big guns figuratively speaking, and pea shooters aren't a match for them.
A campaign, if it is to be successful, needs o be carefully and intelligently organized. Yes, they are diversified and almost beyond comprehension when you really do some digging. Part of the solution would be that in any one company chosen for economic aggression one would carefully research just what the nature of their corporate diversification is. Then don't just attack on one front, but use the tried and true pincers movement, first described in the Bible, and then becoming a major part of many successful military endeavors. Hit them on every side of their holdings and portfolio, all at once, and unceasingly.
If you have one particular company that for some reason seems worse to you, or who you think should be the first likely target [biggest, weakest, most offensive, whatever] then do the homework and see where their assets lie, and then blow their assets off till they can't stand up. Expect a long campaign, and also within knowing your enemy: know that they will surely fire back in direct proportion to how dearly they prize their corporate income and to their abilities to retaliate. Know your enemy.
Bond or the Terminator can pull it off as a one man army and win. That's Hollywood, and this isn't. You need ORGANIZATION, and you need STRENGTH IN NUMBERS, and you need FULL DEDICATION TO THE OBJECTIVE at whatever cost seems reasonable to achieve the desired result. That takes time, energy, recruitment, and resources. Then you have to have a precise plan, and timing, timing, timing.
One of the easiest attacks is to prove price fixing. You will notice in many small towns the price of fuel goes up at every station simultaneously even when deliveries came at different times, and when the stations are not corporately owned by one entity. You may also notice that stations must keep precise records of deliveries and gallonage per day. Where the delivery, supplier pricing, and simultaneous price increase don't jive you have an example of price fixing, and that's a felony far as I know.
You will note gas price increases simply on threats of increase per barrel from OPEC. When those increases are simultaneous, and not based on real world costs, that may indicate price fixing. How much will it cost to go to court, and how much does it cost to buy the courtroom, and do you have the resources, or do they....? Know your enemy. |
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