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SammyBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:37 PM
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This was posted on my myspace.com bulletin by a geologist friend of mine who calls himself "patriotic" and "supports the pResident" until the pResident does something truly wrong. Yes, he's a fraternity brother.

It's rather pie in the sky, but it's true.

Exxon Mobil was the TOP Fortune 500 company this year with profits of 36 MILLION!!! That is PROFIT!!! After the cost of oil, expenses, and wages are all paid, the left over profit that we are paying to line pockets were over 3 times higher than the number 2 fortune 500 company (Wal-Mart, whose profits were 11 million). We need to TAKE ACTION!

GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work

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.

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.
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Systematic Chaos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:39 PM
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1. Remedial math, anyone?
Exxon Mobil was the TOP Fortune 500 company this year with profits of 36 MILLION!!! That is PROFIT!!! After the cost of oil, expenses, and wages are all paid, the left over profit that we are paying to line pockets were over 3 times higher than the number 2 fortune 500 company (Wal-Mart, whose profits were 11 million). We need to TAKE ACTION!

:eyes:
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SammyBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:40 PM
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2. I didn't write it. I'm just posting it,. n/t
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:42 PM
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3. You probably meant billion, with 'b'
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 01:44 PM
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4. Snopes is your friend
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 07:38 PM
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-14-06 07:33 AM
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6. i did, esp the line "but it's true"
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