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In news:iPOdnbrvid4ei5bYnZ2dnUVZ_u-dnZ2d@comcast.com timeOday
<timeOday-UNSPAM@theknack.net> wrote: 

> Bert Hyman wrote:
>> timeOday-UNSPAM@theknack.net (timeOday) wrote in
>> news:8-ydnXlFmYikYZfYnZ2dnUVZ_s2dnZ2d@comcast.com: 
>> 
>> 
>>>Bert Hyman wrote:
>>>
>>>>bearclaw@cruller.invalid () wrote in
>>>>news:bearclaw-CEC938.11093515092006 @news.supernews.com:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Whee! We're in the money!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>So? 
>>>>
>>>>It's not your money; why would you care how it's spent?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Oil executives don't have a god-given right to profit from natural 
>>>resources while everybody else pays through the nose.  They don't
>>>"make" oil, they just pump it from the ground.
>> 
>> 
>> Then presumably, you could do the same.
>> 
>> The exploration, drilling, pumping, pipelines, tankers and storage
>> facilities are all free for the taking, so go for it. 
>> 
> 
> Obviously I should have born into an oil dynasty.  Nice work if you
> can get it.

And of course, those "oil dynasties" have existed since the creation of
the universe and a lucky few stumbled across them and picked them up
before you got there. 

Too bad.

Maybe you can find an unclaimed "cantaloupe dynasty" or something.

It certainly beats trying to invent an entire industry from scratch,
doesn't it? 

-- 
Bert Hyman	St. Paul, MN	bert@iphouse.com