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DVO Speaks Out: Robber Barons and Truckers
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      April 9, 2008 :: Robber Barons and Truckers

      Robber Barons and Truckers

      Poor Big Oil - it is suffering such an economic squeeze that it has
absolutely no choice but to pass its suffering on to the public through
ever-rising prices for gasoline, diesel and other fuels.

      Take poor little Exxon-Mobil for example. The squeeze is hurting it so
badly that its quarterly profits have only been able to reach
$11,000,000,000.00 (11 billion dollars) and change.

      Let's try to visualize 11 billion dollars by letting each dollar
represent one minute. Rounded off, 11 billion minutes divided by 60 (minutes
per hour) would equal 183,333,333 hours; which divided by 24 (hours per day)
would equal 7,638,889 days; which divided by 365 (days per year) would equal
20,928 years. Thus if one dollar represents one minute, it takes nearly 21
thousand years worth of minutes to reach Exxon-Mobil's approximately $11
billion profit for the 4th quarter of 2007.

      Putting it into perspective - according to modern archeology, 21
thousand years ago among the human race there was probably no hint of
cities, towns, organized farming, or the written word.

      You and I are not the only ones who perceive something fraudulent
about the Big Oil Robber Barons telling us that economic pressures force
them to raise prices at the pump higher, higher, and higher; while at the
same time they are making profits that the human mind can barely imagine,
higher and higher with each passing month.

      Some of the people who most directly experience the disastrous impact
of rising fuel prices that cannot be justified by "market" explanations,
i.e. independent truck drivers, are fighting back. As eloquently described
by the writer-blogger Barbara Ehrenreich in her recent article, "Truckers
Protest, the Resistance Begins" [click here for article], truckers have
begun to defy and resist the robber baron oil economy in various collective
actions, and more is on the way. They are certainly fighting back more than
any of the politicians are.

      Their resistance is no less inspiring and patriotic than that of the
American patriots who resisted the British King George III in 1776 and that
of the Texan patriots who resisted the Dictator Santa Anna in 1836. I salute
them and I hope it spreads.




      David Van Os



            Through 31 years of law practice, David Van Os has concentrated
his priorities in the defense of Constitutional rights and liberties through
the courts, the protection of working people through labor law and union
contracts, and the promotion of human rights.

            He has been listed in the prestigious reference book Best
Lawyers in America by peer review for over 20 consecutive years. In 2005 the
Backbone Campaign honored David with its Spine Award.

            David is considered a co-founder in 2002 of the Texas Democratic
Progressive Populist Caucus, and continues as an ex officio member of the
steering committee. In 2007 he was named chairman of the board of the
Inter-American Education Consortium and its hallmark project, the Liberty
and Democracy Alliance.

            For more information contact Rachel Barrios-Van Os 210-332-7080
or visit http://vanosfortexasag.com.


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