http://www.physorg.com/news134646313.html

I put the oil price rise as just plane greed!! And you can bet that Mr. Bush and sir Cheney will recieve their pay off in the near future..In oil dollars! Paid for by American men and women giveing their blood and lives in Bushes war for the super rich among us..

I'm sure they get paid quite handsomely, though maybe not in cash or check.
More likely in things intangable, like a free pass to the ball game, if you get my drift.