This article from the Sheboygan Press says it all:

"Oil companies tried their best to get us to feel sorry for them in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

...

But then came the third-quarter earnings reports from companies such as ExxonMobil, BP and Conoco-Phillips.

ExxonMobil said its profit rose by 75 percent.  Conoco-Phillips was up 89 percent.  BP was the piker among the three with only a 34 percent increase in profits.

So much for sympathy."

Motherfucking oil companies.  And to me, it's not even about the oil.  I only drive a car twice a week for 5 minutes each way.  It's the principle.  Companies should not be allowed to get away with this shit!

Where are the reduced gasoline prices to make it up to the consumers?  Where are the money-hungry lawyers' class action lawsuits?  The article states, "Politicians from both sides of the aisle are calling for investigations into the huge profits."  Which is just the government's way of looking like they care, when really all they want is to give the appearance of outrage, but I'll bet nothing comes of it.  Why do we - the consumers - not seem to care about this?

Because we're sheeple!  We simply pay the price and bend over to take it the ass.  That's the American way!

Truthfully, it's because we feel like there's nothing we can do.  Our system is set up in such a way that we have elected officials that are supposed to take care of the "people."  But they don't.  We can't trust politicians to take care of us, and we have no other effective means to affect change (key word is "effective").  Sure you can set up a protest, or an internet site, but those tactics are simply not effective.

What are we to do, then?

The revolution will not be televised.