A freind sent me this today. It makes sense and seems like it would work if we all did it. I'm going to do my part anyway...nothing to lose and a lot to gain! I don't buy gas from those  anyway! Let's do this!   Dwain

THIS IS BETTER THAN PAYING HIGH PRICES FOR GAS AND HAVING THE TWO  LARGEST
OIL COMPANIES TAKE IN THE DOUGH!!!



GAS WAR - an idea that WILL  work


This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It  came from
one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It ' s worth
your consideration.


Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to  hit close to $4.00 a
gallon by next summer and it might go higher!! Want  gasoline prices to
come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action.  Phillip
Hollsworth offered this good idea.


This makes MUCH MORE SENSE  than the "don't buy gas on a certain day"
campaign that was going around last  April or May! The oil companies just
laughed at that because they knew we  wouldn't continue to "hurt"
ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an  inconvenience to us
than it was a problem for them.


BUT, whoever  thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can
really work. Please read  on and join with us! By now you're probably
thinking gasoline priced at about  $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is
currently $2.79 for regular unleaded in my  town. Now that the oil
companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to  think that the cost
of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to  take aggressive
action to teach them that BUYERS control the
marketplace.....  not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more
each day, we consumers  need to take action. The only way we are going to
see the price of gas come down  is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by
not purchasing their gas! And, we can  do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't  just stop buying gas. But we
CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act  together to force a price
war.


Here's the idea:


For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two
biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL.

 If they are not
selling any gas, they will  be inclined to reduce their prices. If they
reduce their prices, the other  companies will have to follow suit.


But to have an impact, we need to  reach literally millions of Exxon and
Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to  do! Now, don't wimp out at this
point.... keep reading and I'll explain how  simple it is to reach
millions of people.


I am sending this note to  30 people. If each of us sends it to at least
ten more (30 x 10 =3D 300) ... and  those 300 send it to at least ten more
(300 x 10 =3D 3,000)...and so on, by the  time the message reaches the
sixth group of people, we will have reached over  THREE MILLION consumers.
If those three million get excited and pass this on to  ten friends each,
then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes  one level
further, you guessed it..... THREE
>>>>HUNDRED MILLION  >>>>PEOPLE!!!


Again, all you have to do is send this to  10 people. That's all. (If you
don't understand how we can reach 300 million and  all you have to do is
send this to 10 people.... Maybe you aren't a
mathematician, but I am, so trust me on this one.)


How long  would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten
more people  within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could
conceivably be contacted  within the next 8 days!!!


I'll bet you didn't think you and I had  that much potential, did you?


Acting together we can make a  difference. If this makes sense to you,
please pass this message on. I suggest  that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL
UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30  RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.


THIS CAN REALLY  WORK.

Wayne A. Messer
Project Manager
Maine MEP
AVCOG
125 Manley Road
Auburn, Maine 04210
Phone: (207) 783-9186
Fax: (207) 783-5211
Cell Phone: (207) 837-3013
E-mail: waynem@mainemep.org

I just got the same message from mu sister-in-law

Sounds like it might work if everyone boycotted the choosen few - I'll do my part

Big Al

Sounds like it might work if everyone boycotted the choosen few - I'll do my part

Big Al

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Same here...

It seems that we get an email on this subject almost every day now. If the following is true, Citco should go to the top of the list to be boycotted. 

Venezuela Dictator Vows To Bring Down U.S. Government

Venezuela government is sole owner of Citco gasoline company

Venezuela Dictator Hugo Chavez has vowed to bring down the U.S. government. Chavez, president of Venezuela, told a TV audience: "Enough of imperialist aggression; we must tell the world: down with the U.S. empire. We have to bury imperialism this century."

The guest on his television program beamed across Venezuela was Cindy Sheehan, the antiwar activist. Chavez recently had as his guest Harry Belafonte, who called President Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world."

Chavez is pushing a socialist/communist revolution and has a close alliance with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

Regardless of your feelings about the war in Iraq, the issue here is that we have a communist dictator vowing to bring down the government of the U.S. And he is using our money to achieve his goal!

The Venezuela government, run by the dictator Chavez, is the sole owner of Citgo gas company. Sales of products at Citgo stations send money back to Chavez to help him in his vow to bring down our government.

this is why it's important to be educated on these matters. Meaning, not to just listen to what news outlets are telling you, or what chuck shumer from new york tells you. The gas companies do not control the price of oil. It is a commotatie controlled by the markets. No one person or business controls the price of oil. The want and demand for a certain commotatie controls what it is worth. If you look at the scale, every time the nut in Iran says he is going to blow up Israel the price of oil goes up. This is because the speculators are figuring there will be a shortage if this happens. Thus the price of oil goes up. If you look at the profit that the oil companies make on a gallon of fuel. You'll be shocked to find out that the government of the U.S.A. makes about 5 times that on taxes. This for doing nothing but holding out there hand. Also the oil companies are forced to change the formula depending on what time of year it is, or what state you live in. All this adds to the added price of fuel. Also there are only 2 out of 25 refineries running up to full potential after catrena, not to mention how many oil rigs were knocked out and are not on line yet. So before you blame the oil companies look at the government and the special interest groups (the enviromentalists) who stand in the way, and won't let drilling be done in the gulf of mexico, anwar or any of the other places where there is oil. Funny, Mexico is going to start drilling in the gulf and so is cuba.

[QUOTE=kstyer]While everything Jack says is true, the oil companies are still making record high profits.[/QUOTE]

Amen to record high profits. I also agree with most of what Jack is saying but the following article has nothing to do with any of that.

Last year, Exxon made the biggest profit of any company ever, $36 billion, and its retiring chairman appears to be reaping the benefits.

Exxon is giving Lee Raymond one of the most generous retirement packages in history, nearly $400 million, including pension, stock options and other perks, such as a $1 million consulting deal, two years of home security, personal security, a car and driver, and use of a corporate jet for professional purposes.

Last November, when he was still chairman of Exxon, Raymond told Congress that gas prices were high because of global supply and demand.

"We're all in this together, everywhere in the world," he testified.

Raymond, however, was confronted with caustic complaints about his compensation.

"In 2004, Mr. Raymond, your bonus was over $3.6 million," Sen. Barbara Boxer said.

That was before new corporate documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that revealed Raymond's retirement deal and his $51.1 million paycheck in 2005. That's equivalent to $141,000 a day, nearly $6,000 an hour.

"I think it will spark a lot of outrage," said Sarah Anderson, a fellow in the global economy program at the Institute for Policy Studies, an independent think tank. "Clearly much of his high-level pay is due to the high price of gas."

Exxon defends Raymond's compensation, pointing out that during the 12 years he ran the company, Exxon became the largest oil company in the world and that the stock price went up 500 percent.

A company spokesman said the compensation package reflected "a very long and distinguished career."