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Old 04-20-2005, 12:57 PM
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> > > Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to
> > > $3.00 a gallon by the 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 it and join with us! By now you're probably
> > > thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me
> > > too! It is currently $2.09 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 whimp out on me at this point...keep
> > > reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions
> > > of people!!
> > >
> > > I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of
> > > you 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 generation 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.... 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.
> > > PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30
> > > RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
> > >
> > > THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
> > >
> > > Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coordinator
> > > Interventional Cardiology Research Laboratories Division of
> > > Cardiovascular Diseases
> > > 932 Ziegler Research Bldg
> > > 703 South 19th Street University of Alabama @ B'ham
> > > Birmingham, Al 35294-0007
> > > Phone: (205) 934-6163 Fax: (205) 934-7360
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Old 04-20-2005, 01:01 PM
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right
and Exon and Mobil dont sell to anyone else under another label.....
common
nice in theory....
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Old 04-20-2005, 01:08 PM
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Wow, why didn't I think of that. This has to work.
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Old 04-20-2005, 01:21 PM
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oh god.. hasnt this email gone around the internet long enough...
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Old 04-20-2005, 01:31 PM
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oh god.. hasnt this email gone around the internet long enough...

agreeed
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