March 8,2026 — WTI Crude Hits $110. THANKS TRUMP

[Porter]

Just now, AggiesAreWe said:

Wounded Warrior Project

Veterans From War

American Cancer Society

Shriners Hospital

Christian Care Center

So you send all of your Exxon profits to these organizations? 
Sorry if I am skeptical but I have a hard time believing that. 

[Porter]

This just makes gas prices even more than a slap in the face. If we’re the king of oil then why in the heck are we paying ridiculous fuel prices?!!

 

[AggiesAreWe]

2 minutes ago, Porter said:

So you send all of your Exxon profits to these organizations? 
Sorry if I am skeptical but I have a hard time believing that. 

Not all but about 80%.

20% finances my poker.

Not really concerned what you believe. The govt. believes me. At least the IRS does.

[Porter]

2 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Not all but about 80%.

20% finances my poker.

Not really concerned what you believe. The govt. believes me. At least the IRS does.

Well obviously you are concerned or you wouldn’t have responded but I like the Ronald Reagan belief “Trust but verify” and until I see receipts I am very skeptical. 
 

Either way the American people are being and have been price gouged by Exxon, Chevron and many other oil and gas companies since this war started. Their profits have doubled from the 2nd quarter last year to the 2nd quarter this year. At the end of the day it’s blood money in my opinion. If you to want be happy about it knock yourself out. 

[AggiesAreWe]

8 minutes ago, Porter said:

Well obviously you are concerned or you wouldn’t have responded but I like the Ronald Reagan belief “Trust but verify” and until I see receipts I am very skeptical. 
 

Either way the American people are being and have been price gouged by Exxon, Chevron and many other oil and gas companies since this war started. Their profits have doubled from the 2nd quarter last year to the 2nd quarter this year. At the end of the day it’s blood money in my opinion. If you to want be happy about it knock yourself out. 

I was answering your questions that you directed to me. Not concerned if you believe them or not.

I am happy that I can contribute to those charities.

[Porter]

10 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

I was answering your questions that you directed to me. Not concerned if you believe them or not.

I am happy that I can contribute to those charities.

Contributing to charities is commended. Celebrating price gouging the American people is not very cool in my book which is what you said. That price gouging not only affects the price of fuel but everything else an American  buy. I also tithe at my church which supports a lot different ministries but it’s not with blood money. It’s with honest hard earned money. 

[AggiesAreWe]

8 minutes ago, Porter said:

Contributing to charities is commended. Celebrating price gouging the American people is not very cool in my book which is what you said. That price gouging not only affects the price of fuel but everything else an American  buy. I also tithe at my church which supports a lot different ministries but it’s not with blood money. It’s with honest hard earned money. 

I also tithe. 

So what you are saying is it's okay to reap benefits just don't celebrate it. Gotcha

BTW, not one of those charities or the church asked how I was able to give the money. 

Helping to spread good will with my investment monies. That's all.

[Porter]

4 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

I also tithe. 

So what you are saying is it's okay to reap benefits just don't celebrate it. Gotcha

BTW, not one of those charities or the church asked how I was able to give the money. 

Helping to spread good will with my investment monies. That's all.

Bruh you are twisting what I am saying. Celebrating Americans getting the shaft because your bank account is getting fat from Exxon bending people over at the pump is not cool. There are soldiers losing their lives over Exxon exploiting this crisis. Maybe that’s something you should have kept in your head instead of putting in post. If you can’t understand that I don’t know what to tell you. Tithing and contributing to charities is a great thing. 

[AggiesAreWe]

23 minutes ago, Porter said:

Bruh you are twisting what I am saying. Celebrating Americans getting the shaft because your bank account is getting fat from Exxon bending people over at the pump is not cool. There are soldiers losing their lives over Exxon exploiting this crisis. Maybe that’s something you should have kept in your head instead of putting in post. If you can’t understand that I don’t know what to tell you. Tithing and contributing to charities is a great thing. 

Soldiers are losing lives because of Exxon?

[Porter]

12 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Soldiers are losing lives because of Exxon?

That really is a silly post. And you wonder how insults get started on here.. You are really twisting aren’t you. Exxon along with other oil and gas companies are exploiting this crisis with Iran to the tune of doubling their profits from last year. 7.1 billion to 14.2 billion while soldiers are losing their lives. As a 7 year military veteran I find it disgusting. As my original post said Americans are being gouged at the pump.

Maybe by the end of the year gas will be $6 a gallon and you can get on here and celebrate your bank account getting fat because of it. SMH

[AggiesAreWe]

27 minutes ago, Porter said:

That really is a silly post. And you wonder how insults get started on here.. You are really twisting aren’t you. Exxon along with other oil and gas companies are exploiting this crisis with Iran to the tune of doubling their profits from last year. 7.1 billion to 14.2 billion while soldiers are losing their lives. As a 7 year military veteran I find it disgusting. As my original post said Americans are being gouged at the pump.

Maybe by the end of the year gas will be $6 a gallon and you can get on here and celebrate your bank account getting fat because of it. SMH

This is what you posted:

There are soldiers losing their lives over Exxon exploiting this crisis.

 

That reads as though Exxon is causing the soldier's deaths. As if the war is being run by Exxon.

Is that what you mean?

I think you meant to say Exxon is exploiting this crisis while soldiers are losing their lives.

That would make a little more sense.

[mat]

I don’t agree with the direction of the war.

Big oil and many other industries have been exploiting things for decades for mega profit, nothing new. Right or wrong it has positive or negative effects for most citizens. 
 

I don’t think anyone on here is OK the loss of military life but none of us can do anything about it.

[AggiesAreWe]

4 minutes ago, mat said:

I don’t agree with the direction of the war.

Big oil and many other industries have been exploiting things for decades for mega profit, nothing new. Right or wrong it has positive or negative effects for most citizens. 
 

I don’t think anyone on here is OK the loss of military life but none of us can do anything about it.

I agree.

[baddog]

Man, and I always thought that the country profits from wartimes. WWII got us out of the Great Depression. Some of us would not have survived that era.

[Porter]

59 minutes ago, AggiesAreWe said:

This is what you posted:

There are soldiers losing their lives over Exxon exploiting this crisis.

 

That reads as though Exxon is causing the soldier's deaths. As if the war is being run by Exxon.

Is that what you mean?

I think you meant to say Exxon is exploiting this crisis while soldiers are losing their lives.

That would make a little more sense.

By bad , my wording was in correct. Just woke up and hadn’t had my coffee. Lol

But glad to see you think you know what I was trying to say. 
 

I stand corrected.

[Porter]

1 hour ago, mat said:

I don’t agree with the direction of the war.

Big oil and many other industries have been exploiting things for decades for mega profit, nothing new. Right or wrong it has positive or negative effects for most citizens. 
 

I don’t think anyone on here is OK the loss of military life but none of us can do anything about it.

I understand but bragging about financial gain from a war while soldiers are losing their lives and people are struggling just to fill their vehicles up and put food on their table just didn’t sit well with me. 

There are people across this country that are struggling from the cost of high fuel which causes everything else to go up. 
 

Just at our church alone I have seen the lines of cars that we give food to weekly go up drastically since fuel prices have went up. 

Not everyone is as fortunate as others. 

[AggiesAreWe]

My financial gain is because of investments I made many many years ago with some royalties I have from some property I own up around Cushing, Tx.

Exxon and a couple other oil companies were part of my investment plan along with a few other stocks.

I have taken some hits over the years but in the long term it has been very profitable.

Being invested in oil company stocks you have to take the good with the bad.

I am quite proud of the work I have done in my investing.

[mat]

16 minutes ago, Porter said:

I understand but bragging about financial gain from a war while soldiers are losing their lives and people are struggling just to fill their vehicles up and put food on their table just didn’t sit well with me. 

There are people across this country that are struggling from the cost of high fuel which causes everything else to go up. 
 

Just at our church alone I have seen the lines of cars that we give food to weekly go up drastically since fuel prices have went up. 

Not everyone is as fortunate as others. 

Judge not

[Porter]

1 minute ago, mat said:

Judge not

Boast not

[Porter]

He’s right.

 

[OlDawg]

22 minutes ago, Porter said:

He’s right.

 

I've explained this over and over again until I'm blue in the face.

All politicians--regardless of Party--blame Big Oil when something they do causes prices to rise. Oil is a global commodity. If Administrations hadn't invoked policies that made it difficult to build/revamp refineries to process our own product, we wouldn't be quite so dependent on foreign supply. Trump is taking the easy way out. Just like all the rest. Blame someone else for your own screw-ups.

Project reinvestments are typically done on a 10 year payout. The 10 year average profit margin for XOM & CVX is right at 6%. Hardly a profit large enough to make major investments in new technology. They don't set the price of oil, nor the price at the majority of the pumps.

I guess everyone's a free market capitalist--until they're not. No wonder socialism and communism are gaining traction. Now, we're deciding how much profit is too much. Sounds suspiciously like the Democratic Socialists like AOC, Mamdani, & the Bernie Bro's to me.

[AggiesAreWe]

38 minutes ago, OlDawg said:

I've explained this over and over again until I'm blue in the face.

All politicians--regardless of Party--blame Big Oil when something they do causes prices to rise. Oil is a global commodity. If Administrations hadn't invoked policies that made it difficult to build/revamp refineries to process our own product, we wouldn't be quite so dependent on foreign supply. Trump is taking the easy way out. Just like all the rest. Blame someone else for your own screw-ups.

Project reinvestments are typically done on a 10 year payout. The 10 year average profit margin for XOM & CVX is right at 6%. Hardly a profit large enough to make major investments in new technology. They don't set the price of oil, nor the price at the majority of the pumps.

I guess everyone's a free market capitalist--until they're not. No wonder socialism and communism are gaining traction. Now, we're deciding how much profit is too much. Sounds suspiciously like the Democratic Socialists like AOC, Mamdani, & the Bernie Bro's to me.

THIS!!!!!

Well said.

[Porter]

43 minutes ago, OlDawg said:

I've explained this over and over again until I'm blue in the face.

All politicians--regardless of Party--blame Big Oil when something they do causes prices to rise. Oil is a global commodity. If Administrations hadn't invoked policies that made it difficult to build/revamp refineries to process our own product, we wouldn't be quite so dependent on foreign supply. Trump is taking the easy way out. Just like all the rest. Blame someone else for your own screw-ups.

Project reinvestments are typically done on a 10 year payout. The 10 year average profit margin for XOM & CVX is right at 6%. Hardly a profit large enough to make major investments in new technology. They don't set the price of oil, nor the price at the majority of the pumps.

I guess everyone's a free market capitalist--until they're not. No wonder socialism and communism are gaining traction. Now, we're deciding how much profit is too much. Sounds suspiciously like the Democratic Socialists like AOC, Mamdani, & the Bernie Bro's to me.

I thought we were energy independent when it came to oil? 
 

No doubt he’s saying it to make people’s ears feel good just thought it was interesting for him to say it out loud.