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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (17218)	2/2/2007 11:51:46 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Apparently "obscene profits" means large profits in any industry that the reporter or on air personality doesn't like.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (17218)	2/4/2007 5:22:03 PM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

They were talking about Exxon Mobil. Some people said it was obscene because part of the profits were directed toward financing organizations that argued against the legitimacy of global warming. Just like people said it was obscene for tobacco companies to fund research aimed at disproving the link between smoking and lung cancer. The obscene part is this, tobacco companies knew cigarettes were addictive and can make you sick, but they promoted a pseudoscience that argued otherwise. Now you have Exxon funding research that aims to prove that humans have nothing to do with climate change. A kajillion people had to die of cancer before tobacco companies admitted they knew all along that smoking was addictive and caused illness. So too do Exxon executives know that carbon emmissions are at unprecedented levels in our atmosphere and the sh*ts going to hit the fan soon enough. Tobacco company executives acted obscenely denying the "real" medical science behind smoking. So too Exxon executive today, as they deny the conclusions of the "real" science that studies climate change.