Terrific, the Vanagon List has fallen to the level of chain letters!  Je-sus
Christ.

If you don't send this letter to ten friends your WBX will start puking
coolant from the rubber bands...

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 1:17 PM, George Wietor <wietorg@yahoo.com> wrote:

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>   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.
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> 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.
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> 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!!!!
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> I  hear we are going to hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer and  it
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>  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 .
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> 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!
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> With  the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to
> take action.
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> 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.
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> How?  Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying  gas.
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> But  we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a
> price war.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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 .
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> I'll  bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did  you!
> Acting together we  can make a difference.
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> 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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Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

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