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Subject:Re: Fwd: Fw: Gasoline: Any VANAGON People buy this concept?
From:Max Wellhouse
Date:Sat, 5 Mar 2011 16:30:54 -0600

We don't have any Exxon Mobil stations here.   Gotta 3/4/5 we could pick on???

Looking for a bicycle for my prostitute girlfriend so she can peddle
it all over town.

DM&FS

At 03:17 PM 3/5/2011, George Wietor wrote:

>   IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT  WILL SHOW YOU
> HOW  WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO    $1.30 PER  GALLON.
>This  was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive.  It came from one
>of  his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton.  If you
>are  tired of the gas prices going up AND they will continue to rise
>this  summer, take time to read this  please.
>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!
>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?
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>We  need to take some intelligent, united  action.
>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 $2.00 is
>super  cheap.  Me too!  It is currently $3.08 at Arco and
>Costco  for regular unleaded in Salem, Oregon and climbing every  week.
>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 on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how  simple
>it is to reach millions of  people!!
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>I  am sending this note to 30 people.  If each of us send it to
>at  least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ...  and those 300 send it to
>at  least ten more (300 x 10 =  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!
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>If  it goes one level further, you guessed it.....  THREE
>HUNDRED  MILLION PEOPLE!!!
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>Again,  all you have to do is send this to 10 people.  That's  all!
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>(If  you don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you
>have to  do is send this to 10 people....  Well, let's face it, you
>just  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  $2.00 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.  THIS CAN REALLY  WORK.
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