Cool. I had no idea Condoleezza Rice got an oil tanker named after her!

October 23, 2001 11:40 AM

Cool. I had no idea Condoleezza Rice got an oil tanker named after her!
Any bets on names for the upcoming trans-Afghanistan oil pipeline?
posted by fold_and_mutilate (14 comments total)

We SHELL not falter in our attempt to reach an AMOCOable solution. However, the Persian GULF is too important to our security for these terrorists to ever be EXXONerated. We must MOBILize all resources against them. CHEVRONald Reagan Memorial Pipeline sounds good to me.
posted by quercus at 11:52 AM on October 23, 2001

well done, quercus.
posted by msacheson at 11:54 AM on October 23, 2001

This wouldn't be because of a relationship to an oil company, would it?
posted by mmarcos at 12:37 PM on October 23, 2001

we stand UNOCALited :)
posted by kliuless at 12:43 PM on October 23, 2001

the pipeline should be called The Cheney Bypass
posted by billder at 12:47 PM on October 23, 2001

yes Kliuless-we stand UNOCALited- OIL for one and one for OIL! As President and former governor of TEXACOas, let it BP perfectly clear: our CARS is just! we are going to GAS these terrorists with the FUMES of our vengeance until our fury is EXHAUSTed
posted by quercus at 1:57 PM on October 23, 2001

Chevron christened the Condoleezza Rice, a 136,000 deadweight-ton

That's just funny. Emphasis mine.
posted by taumeson at 2:24 PM on October 23, 2001

Wait a minute...

Some of the people in the Bush Ad are affiliated with oil companies?

Don't tell the dittoheads, they think they're in the White House because they're "adults" and the "adults are in charge now".

Whoa, I said dittoheads "think", 'scuse me.
posted by BarneyFifesBullet at 2:47 PM on October 23, 2001

Leave it to an anonymous user to elevate the discourse through ad hominem attacks. Thanks, Fife.
posted by mikewas at 2:50 PM on October 23, 2001

the TOTAL FINAl solution!
posted by kliuless at 3:02 PM on October 23, 2001

Ms Rice was on the Board of Directors at Chevron in the late 80's/early 90's.
posted by scottfree at 9:14 PM on October 23, 2001

Common practice to name their tankers after former execs and board members. Their is a George Schulz (fmr board member) as well.
posted by scottfree at 9:19 PM on October 23, 2001

Leave it to an anonymous user to elevate the discourse through ad hominem attacks. Thanks, Fife.

Anonymous???

Why, you're welcome, mike.

You can put the thesaurus down now and go back to the radio for further instructions.
posted by BarneyFifesBullet at 9:50 PM on October 23, 2001

Now Exxon, on the other hand, decreed that, following the Exxon Valdez disaster, no Exxon tanker was to have the word EXXON as part of the vessel's name. This was to minimise the damage to the company's reputation the next time they dropped 37,000 tonnes of crude oil into a pristine wilderness. (way to drag the thread off topic - sorry!)
posted by RichLyon at 2:10 AM on October 24, 2001