Re: Why do the Dutch have better skimmers than the US?

btw, what's an "extra" skimmer? Is that like "extra" ammunition? Or
"extra" first aid kits?

On Jun 18, 3:59 pm, bruce majors <bruce.maj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> you still haven't addressed the issue of the Dutch over-production of
> skimmers
>
> they have extras sitting around costing their taxpayers money
>
> a failure of socialism
>
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:07 PM, euwe <machgie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > provide references
> > --------
> > I assumed you were one of the guys who can find stuff. I shouldn't
> > have.
>
> >http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=%22the+government+owns+the+cleanup+equ...
>
> > The way you do it is - you go tohttp://www.google.com, put the text
> > you're searching for in the window and press "submit"
>
> > On Jun 18, 2:22 pm, bruce majors <bruce.maj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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 <machgie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > the government owns the cleanup equipment, including the skimmers now
> > > > being deployed in the Gulf.
>
> > > > On Jun 18, 1:59 pm, bruce majors <bruce.maj...@gmail.com> 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 <machgie...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > Yes.
>
> > > > > > On Jun 18, 1:43 pm, bruce majors <bruce.maj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > sheeple eating her own patties now
>
> > > > > > > are the Dutch skimmers state owned?
>
> > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 2:39 PM, euwe <machgie...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > > > > > socialism?
>
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