The campaign of the master of the twitterverse, Lt. Governor Peter Kinder (r), raked in some more big bucks today – via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION

C091145 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER [pdf] 11/8/2010

Apex Oil Company, Inc.

8235 Forsyth Blvd.

St. Louis, MO 63105

11/8/2010

$15,000.00

[emphasis added]

Oil. Why is no one surprised?