Thursday, April 05, 2012

HARRY Inc. Expands! Introducing: HARRY Oil!


"Thieving is for when little people steal. I call it good business practice.
The will of the people is to screw the people. Upon that foundation rests my hallowed corporation.
My holy will be done!"
- Harry's Law

"As I’ve said publicly and repeatedly there are no silver bullets when it comes to gas prices," Obama said on Wednesday.

Hi suckers, morons and losers! First, let me thank you for being my bitches and keeping me rolling in the ill-gotten wealth I so richly deserve. And also let me thank our oh-so-sincere President without whose help I could not so easily line my pockets with your petro dollars. Like taking candy from a baby. I'd feel guilty if I had a conscience!

Of course, it's not stealing if I can brainwash you otherwise. And when you got the Brainwasher in Chief in your back pocket you know you got it made. All day long at the Texas Oil Club and Strip Joint we've been laughing our asses off! We kept rewinding the tape watching it over and over. It never gets old!

"I don’t engage in a SPR release lightly," the president declared in an impromptu appearance at the White House Personal Finance Online Summit.

"You have to factor in how effective is it going to be? How much participation will you get internationally? Are the major oil producers behind the release because they recognize that it’s in their long-term interests?" he explained at the second annual finance summit.

That's right, folks, listen to your President, an oil man's dream come true! First, you cannot kill us vampires because there are NO silver bullets in the entire universe! I can't tell you how important it is to believe that. (you're getting sleepy, sleeeepy). Next, we take our fake solutions very seriously. (HAHAHAHAHAHA!) Sorry, still hard not to laugh.

Buy my stock now before it goes up!

Has there ever been a better time to be an oil man? All my right wing bitches love the thievery and raping, having orgasms on sucking the life out of the poor and weak each and every day. And the left wing bitches can't complain because the President's got his dick in their mouth. Keep sucking on it, bitches, or the world will fall apart!! You is responsible, you is!

"Our production levels are higher than they’ve been in eight years. We’re actually — because the economy has become more efficient, the auto industry in the United States has become more efficient — we’re actually using less oil than we have each year that I’ve been in office," the president said.

Who says evil can't be genius? That goddam moron Bush stuck evildoers with a bad reputation. I may be joining the game late but I don't intend to be shortchanged in my pillaging! So I actually had that line above included when we wrote our bitch's speech. Throw a little reality in there and the little people go, "Gosh, he's really in touch!" Of course, analyzing a problem and solving it are two different things. But heck, if people knew the difference between that they wouldn't be little people!

So, how does one explain sky high gas prices during an historically high time of oil production and historically low time of oil usage? When our busboy President asked me that I told him not to worry. People don't want to hear they're getting ripped off of hundreds of billions of dollars. Did anyone care during the Iraq war? Nah! Does anyone care about why we big shots do anything? Heck, no! If they start asking questions next thing you know someone might start asking questions about them. Don't want that, now do we??


I just told him to mumble something no matter how ludicrous. "Trust me, just sound authoritative and empathetic and you could speak in Swahili and people will buy it. No one listens to the words, just the tone.

He pointed to a combination of factors for the high gasoline prices, including the disappearance of more than a million barrels of oil per day from the world market "in bits and drabs" as well as higher insurance costs for oil tankers based on uncertainty in the Middle East.

Boat insurance will get ya every time! I'm telling ya, there wasn't a dry eye in the club when he came up with that line. We started joking about how anytime someone complained about a price going up it could always be blamed on that darned "boat insurance!" Shit, now I think about it I may just have to branch out again: HARRY Boat Insurance: "Coming to a gas pump near you!"

Trust me, you will buy it - you already have!

"You NEED boat insurance, bitch!"

Of course, unlike me who is one of the good evil people living large at other's expense, there are those who are trying to destroy the world! DO NOT LISTEN TO THEM! THEY WILL FUCK IT UP FOR EVERYONE! ("Everyone" meaning everyone rich, of course)

Some pussy libtard Democraps got suckered in by one of those blame-Wall Street-for-everything liars. Remember, what this liar said can NOT be true or you are the fool of the ages! Do you want to be a fool of the ages?? I thought not! Now that I know you're smart, I can show you what lies not to believe:

Financial speculators are gambling on oil the same way they gambled on the housing market a few years ago — a frightening prospect for the fragile economy, a Democratic congressional committee was told Wednesday.

"It is similar to the gambling Wall Street did on whether or not people would pay their subprime (below-market rate) mortgages in the mortgage meltdown," said Michael Greenberger, a law professor at the University of Maryland and a former federal regulator of financial markets. "Now they are betting on the upward direction of the price of oil."

Repeat after me: "NO silver bullets!"

Folks, there's a reason why he's a FORMER federal regulator: he's a moron! You need a pillar of the community to explain the world to you. I am, after all, successful, and that makes me your all knowing god. (I learned that from watching Tony Robbins). But I want you to see the gall of people like this. They will SAY ANYTHING to get their way!

"It is excessive speculation, which is a fancy word for saying that gamblers wearing Wall Street suits have taken these markets over," he said.

Financial speculators such as investment banks and hedge funds account for at least 65 percent of purchases of contracts for future oil deliveries, more than twice their traditional share, while buyers who intend to actually take delivery of the oil and use it, such as airlines, make up only about one-third of demand. The speculators bid up contract prices, sending oil and gasoline prices higher and reaping them huge profits.

Ohhh, profits! Don't want that now, do we! Bad ol' evil profits! What an asshole! How many of you peasants would have a job out there without profits?? That's right, exactly zero! So when you hear the word "profits" you just need to shut the fuck up and realize your opinion has no value. Efforts to stop us will not be tolerated!

Congress has tried to pressure the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to put limits on how many contracts anyone can buy, but financial interests have stymied CFTC efforts in federal court.

Greenberger suggested several remedies, including a strong Justice Department probe. He said the threat of a serious investigation can be enough to intimidate speculators.

"If there is a real investigation, just the appearance of it will cause these cockroaches to scatter," he said, "because the light will be turned on."

The Energy Information Administration said Wednesday that U.S. crude oil inventories "are above the upper limit of the average range for this time of year." Total motor gasoline inventories also remain in the upper limit of the average range. Both were as of March 30. That means supplies are plentiful; there's no shortage pressure driving prices up.


Who you calling cockroach! This jerk is defying our President! Calling him a liar and deceiver and in the pocket of Wall Street, investment banks and oil industry (oops) and other outrageous fabrications! I am a good American. Our president is a man of integrity and honor. He's intelligent and articulate. He's not like that idiot Bush who gave evildoing a bad name - and that's the most important thing to remember!

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Twisters, Texas Style! The Destructive Dozen (Photo/Video)

360 Power Lines
Quarter mile from me a power line was hit

Growing up in the Texas Panhandle, the windiest place in the country, tornados were as common as prairie dogs. Most I remember seeing was six in one night as I stood in the parking lot of the hotel restaurant where I worked as a busboy. They came in all shapes and sizes, some skinny, some darker but all skirting the city limits.

That probably imbued me with an unhealthy disregard for the destructive power of tornados. So when I heard the sirens go off about 1:15 I just thought to myself, "Big Woo! It's windy!" I needed to put my car in the shop and gave a big "Meh!" to the weather as I drove on in. Different story when I got to the dealership!

360 Power Lines Pole

Everyone was gathered around the TV in the waiting area. I saw pictures of trailers thrown into the air like toys from an angry child. The radar also showed rotations headed RIGHT FOR US! Keeping my emotions in check I knew this would be the worst possible time to drive back. Leaving my kitten alone to face the storm was killing me. But the rain had stopped, turning ominously quiet. That's when tornados strike.

Once again I found myself in a parking lot looking up into the sky. Grey green clouds swept rapidly around us as the dark fingers of God edged downward in the distance. Would the funnel come down? This time the answer was no. When the rain returned I pulled my car out of the service bay and blazed my way home to find kitty safe and sound. 45 minutes later I had to watch as another rotation alert and hail came through but that too was without serious incident.

360 Power Lines Sign
Perhaps the twister was on its way to I-Hop

When the radar cleared and the skies turned less violent I decided to investigate my city's "state of disaster" as deemed by the mayor. It was then I discovered how close a funnel had briefly touched down when I saw the snapped power line pole shown above. Radar had been more accurate than I thought.

360 Power Lines Sky
Safe to venture out

I headed to the storm area most affected by me and was surprised by the extreme lack of rush hour traffic. Don't know what to attribute that to. But I was grateful! Telltale signs soon revealed I was getting close. Tornados HATE signs telling them what to do!

Green Oaks Sign A

Bardin Sign

360 Power Lines Yield

When touring a tornado ravaged area, certain themes arise. First one is fences. It looked as if a rampaging 100-foot giant had stomped his way through not caring what sort of chaos he left behind. Fences were certainly no obstacle!

Green Oaks Fence A

Green Oaks Fence B

Bardin Fence Flat

It's also a great way to check out the neighbors' backyards!

Bardin Rampage

Bardin Backyard

Bardin Fence Flat 2
New fence! He was just asking to get hit!

Another theme, of course, is downed trees. The angry giant pushed them to the side making its way through in unstoppable fury. Where they may land he cared not.

Some came to rest on nearby objects...

Bardin Tree Roof

Bardin Tree Fence

Bardin Tree Rest

Some rudely blocked driveways and streets!

Bardin Driveway Trees 2

Bardin Driveway Trees

Bardin Driveway Trees A
Try getting that car out!

Not that you could go anywhere...

Bardin Tree Block A

Downed power lines are another fun distraction.

Bardin Power Lines

Bardin Power Lines Wrapped

Bardin Transformer

Bardin Power Lines Snapped

Another tree theme is ones that just plain got their ass kicked! Either mangled...

Green Oaks Mangled

Bardin Cracking

Green Oaks Mess

...or uprooted

Green Oaks Uprooted

Bardin Uprooted

Police were onsite, blocking auto access due to the dangerous conditions. I also heard talk of a curfew in the area most likely to prevent looting.

Green Oaks Cops

Bardin Cops

They also marked houses as ones too dangerous to enter.

Bardin XAPD

Bardin Disaster XAPD

For some, the healing started right away, tarping roofs and cutting the trees down to size.

Bardin Tarping

Bardin Tarp

Bardin Firewood

Bardin Scavenger A
Picking out belongings. I heard one kid say, "It's like a scavenger hunt."

Streets were like a war zone, scattered debris everywhere.

Bardin

Bardin Debris 2

Bardin Shingles

Some houses were hit harder than others.

Bardin Disaster

Bardin Disaster Roof

Bardin Disaster Back Zoom

A curious anomaly about tornados is that one spot can be a total disaster and a spot close by appear to be completely untouched (this is more apparent on the video).

Here we have a tale of two trees. The one on the foreground is fine, a board ripe for picking still inlaid among its branches. Behind it another tree is severed, its amputated branch seemingly clinging for dear life

Green Oaks Two Trees

Or even amidst this total devastation a bird feeder still hangs from a tree waiting to perform its duty.

Bardin Disaster Bird Feeder

Fortunately there were no deaths in the tornado strikes. But a human toll does exist in material loss. We all need a home for those most precious.

Bardin Girl

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Preliminary Stats:

6-12 tornados

650 homes/buildings damaged

Hundreds of flights cancelled. 110 planes suffer hail damage.

Zero dead, 18 injured.

Some areas suffered far worse damage than shown here, houses completely leveled, cars tossed around, belongings literally gone with the wind. Considering the wind, the hail and the twisters, I'd say we got lucky. Nothing so humbling as Mother Nature!