What we’ve done…

December 19, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post, Separate Oil and State

Thank you. With your support, we are just more than a year into building an organization that is conducting strategic corporate and educational campaigns to diminish the power of the oil industry. But we need your help to keep challenging Big Oil. We have achieved a lot with a little this year – please read … Read More

Bush: Actually, it IS about oil

November 5, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post 1 Comment

While talking to Rush Limbaugh last week, and in his last minute campaign barnstorming for Republican candidates, George Bush confirmed his fear of Islamic extremists who “control oil resources” – and then immediately talked about “a country that doesn’t like us with a nuclear weapon”. You think maybe he’s thinking about Iran? “Give me a … Read More

Separating Oil & State

October 18, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post, Separate Oil and State

It’s working – if current trends hold, this next Congress will be the least beholden to the oil industry of any since 1990! Significantly more members of Congress are clean, and less money overall has been accepted than at any other time over the last 15 years (not that $13 million from the oil & … Read More

Are You Loyal to Big Oil?

September 23, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post, Separate Oil and State 1 Comment

I pledge allegiance to Big Oil, run by the richest CEOs in America, and to the gas pump from which it flows: one profit margin, unchecked by Congress, with higher gas prices for all! Loyal to Big Oil—a partnership between Billionaires for Bush and Oil Change International’s Separation of Oil and State campaign—is a strategic … Read More

Billions Submerged

August 15, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post

File under truly absurd: two American symbols of supersize, McDonalds and Hummer, have hooked up to inflate their profits and your kids’ waist lines. McD’s is giving away toy Hummers with Kids Meals for the rest of the month. Have some fun with this absurdity thanks to Environmental Working Group at: www.RonaldMcHummer.com

Big Oil Rips You Off. Need more proof?

August 12, 2006By Steve KretzmannBlog Post

Here are two great recent reports detailing EXACTLY how oil companies rip us all off, from Consumers Union. Although its been woefully under-reported in both the traditional and alternative media, the conclusions of CU’s May report (“Debunking Oil Industry Myths and Deception: The $100 Billion Consumer Rip-Off”) are strong and clear, and the research is … Read More