Gas prices are out of control!

May 4 2007

[balboa]

Did anyone get this email about May 15 2007? On this day, the email states that there is going to be a walk out on buying gas, throughout the U.S.A..

In my opinion and the way gas prices are sky rocketing in the United States, this is a great idea! Lets show these politicians and oil companies who is really in charge, us! Lets all banned together, and show them how we can control the price of gas too!

May 15 2007

1. Everyone in the U.S. does not buy gas for one whole day! Gas up a couple of days before May 15.

2. Same goes for Natural and Propane gas, don't use it for the whole day.

If we don't make a stand now, it will be too late!

[GSWarrior]

Not this shiite again!

[what's up]

Milk prices are up too!

Let's boycott milk!

[neodad]

Lets all banned together

Projection? Forshadowing?

[philsfan24]

oh man - the idiocy of this crap never stops. do people have functioning brains?

[listenhillary]

Knock yourself out. You will be laughed at.

No really! Knock yourself out.

[Tallguy]

Please...

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Have you seen the price of a bottle of water? Sheesh lets all not drink water for week?

[driftdiver]

Only milk with BST

[pabianice]

balboa Since March 27, 2007

Is that OZONE I smell...?

[Spruce]

It’s definitely Friday.

[avacado]

"Lets show these politicians and oil companies who is really in charge..."

Yeah, that will do it. China will be all too pleased to buy up any surplus on the market at a lower price.

[jrooney]

Pelosi’s and Reid’s fault. They blamed GW and the republicans before they gained power and promised to lower the prices. Prices are hitting all time highs since Pelosi and Reid took over. They are to blame.

[netmilsmom]

The problem is, my FRiend, is that if everyone goes without buying gas one day, we will make it up the day before or after.

No one wins.

[Responsibility2nd]

Oh Jeez!

I predict we will soon be seeing a rash of these post on FR again.

And again.

And again.

[elc]

I buy gas for my SUV with the Carbon Offsets I sell on Ebay!

Put that on a bumber sticker and you'll make millions!

[balboa]

see attitudes like this, is why nothing is ever said and done by the American people. You should be ashamed of yourself. This is how you get things done, you fight for it!

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Yeah....where's that "Awwww,geeez...." guy when ya' need 'em????

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

So the revenue will get moved around by a day or two, that wont help.

Secret to getting this to work would be for everyone to refrain from buying gas for two days for the reason that it would completely screw up the distribution process. That would hurt, but if you keep telling everyone what day it's going to happen then they can plan for it.

When you can send out a subliminal message to all the FReepers, then your cooking with gas fake charcoal briquettes...!

:o)

[P-40]

Unless you change your total consumption, it does not matter a whit if you don’t buy gas for one day...or two...or three.

[netmilsmom]

I’m down wit dat.

[Mom MD]

IBTZ?

[johnny7]

I’ll write it down... good day to fill up.

[Dixie Yooper]

Chain mail.............

[pabianice]

NOW YOU'VE DONE IT! YOU'VE AWAKENED VIKING KITTY SCHMECKEL THE TERRIBLE!

[listenhillary]

Cheap gasoline should be a right. It’s right there in the general welfare clause of the US constitution.

(/sarcasm)

[technomage]

Go here:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp

[migjig]

funny, then the day after the walk-out gas prices go up 50 cents yep you guys will really show them who’s in charge lol

[balboa]

it’s easy to knock ideas, when your sitting in a chair and letting other people fight your battles! Man up.

[The Pack Knight]

1. Everyone in the U.S. does not buy gas for one whole day! Gas up a couple of days before May 15.

So they make their money a few days early... that'll teach 'em!!

[azhenfud]

"Lets all banned together...."

I don't think I want to get banned right yet.....

[CWW]

It’s call lack of refining capacity — thanks Earth First types!

[netmilsmom]

We got a new puppy who provides enough methane to run my van if we could capture it!
Really, we are now walking to the store. Most of the kids activities are over so now, feet don’t fail me now!

[xjcsa]

Idiocy.

[eyedigress]

Keep in mind where all that revenue is going. Got a 401(k)?

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I think my IQ dropped 20 points just from reading this post.

[TChris]

1. Everyone in the U.S. does not buy gas for one whole day! Gas up a couple of days before May 15.

This will accomplish the following:

diddly
-------
squat

...oh, and it might make you feel better.

2. Same goes for Natural and Propane gas, don't use it for the whole day.

But the increased pressure on the gas lines might make the whole city explode! ;-)

If we don't make a stand now, it will be too late!

It already is too late! The capitalists have taken over the world! People are free to buy or not to buy! They're free to seek alternative modes of transportation! They're free to ride a bicycle!

Save the women and children!

Oh, the hugh Manatee!

[unkus]

I actually heard a woman who was paying for gas remark to a convenience store clerk that she thought gas prices were going down because the Dems now control Congress.

[Cementjungle]

I’m searching ebay to see if I can buy a nuclear powered car so I can dump the gasoline car.

[migjig]

aw viking kittie reminds me of my cat, they look exactly alike

[E. Pluribus Unum]

1. Everyone in the U.S. does not buy gas for one whole day! Gas up a couple of days before May 15.

BWAAA-HAAA-HAAA!!!!!

[sr4402]

The Problem is not our Oil Companies, but the U.S. Congress and State not allowing any more refineries to be built in the U.S. This create a bottleneck in the demand and spikes the prices once the bottleneck has been reached.

I blame the democrats who have tied up our energy policy with extreme environmentalism. IMHO they are trying to break our economy so they can institute another form of government - a liberal one.

[netmilsmom]

>>I actually heard a woman who was paying for gas remark to a convenience store clerk that she thought gas prices were going down because the Dems now control Congress.<<

You owe me a Keyboard!

[null and void]

Not Schmeckel the Terrible!!!!

RUN!!!

[unkus]

I’d prefer a wind powered car with a big sail on top. I bet I could hit 35 MPH on I-25.

[listenhillary]

Good point. How do you keep the EVIL oil companies and gas stations from getting tipped off about the email?

They could drop the price on the day of the boycott and then raise it to $3.95 a gallon on the next three days.

We need secret decoder rings, so the gas stations can’t read about the boycott. That way we can sneak up on them!

(/attempt at being funny)

[null and void]

A better idea *might* be to shop around a little bit and only fill up at the cheapest place...

[balboa]

You would think in this day and age you would have learned something by now. Nothing gets done, if you don’t try. You can’t get things handed to you on a silver plater, you got to earn it, fight for it.

[Responsibility2nd]

Yowza!

A troll that talks to himself!

Watch out for flying kittens!

[Crysis]

I had one co-worker and one family member fall for this one...
Oh, and now you.