You're saying the British royal family owns shares in BP?
So?
I'm saying the British Royals OWN BP, if not in toto, then disporportionately heavily.
It's a publically traded company, has been for decades. Do you have any documentation of a majority shareholder stake on the part of the Royals?
I have a source that is usually reliable. So I usually don't check up on him any more. Let me see if I misinterpreted his charge, and I'll come back to this thread, with clarity.
For Sergeant Bob,
I just didn't want to try to list everyone specifically. Haliburton is part of it, sure. Name an oil company, speculator, or refinery, and I'll probably make you giddy as you laugh at my "paranoia," or whatever you choose to call it.
I don't like what I see as corporations bend public policy to their purposes. And for those who want to deny this, let me point you to an OLD book on management by "The Godfather of Modern Management," Peter Drucker, wherein he ADVISED corporate leaders to influence laws and regulatory rulemaking: Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices.
Anything that can be used for good can be used for bad. And having worked a LOT in corporate America, I'm here to tell you that Drucker's admonition to professional managers to use the "Primum non nocere" rule is flatly ignored, especially in the trans-national companies. I see plenty of "proof in the pudding" that they have cynically influenced policy, and I see not one reason to believe they're above it.
So, laugh it up, Bob. I'll laugh at the same time. But am I laughing with you?