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zeemike

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11. If that is the case why don't they refine it themselves and ship it from their ports?

Reply to jazzimov (Reply #6)

Thu Nov 7, 2013, 11:00 PM

Nov 2013

But no, they want to ship it across the continental US to a deep water port in the Gulf of Mexico and let America share some of the profits from doing it...that makes no sense, unless you consider that it is a global company, and America is heavily invested in it...and their government,just like ours, is there to facilitate their enterprise.

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