take Joe Kennedy with you....
Amen to that!
Have you seen those despicable commercials where Joe Kennedy proudly proclaims that he is able to bring "Hugo Chavez' oil to the US to heat the homes of the poor"?! I almost fell out of my chair when I saw that ad recently!
My husband and I continue to boycott CITGO gas stations. Not always easy - we are surrounded by them here in The People's Republik of Connecticut...
I wonder what Joe Kennedy II is going to do for a living now? I’m not saying Joe Kennedy II is a thug, he is more a parasite, with thuggish impulses. If he had any power, he would be a thug. His “Citizen’s Energy” company provides low cost oil to low income people in eastern Massachusetts and as of 2011, his salary was $596,988.
The company’s ads feature Joe dragging a hose to some old lady’s house in South Boston or Ravvear (sometimes mistakenly spelled Revere) and include a shout out to Hugo and Citgo. A bizarre and unedifying spectacle, all in all. I wonder what visitors to Boston make of them? Citizens Energy was able to provide this bounty through the fickle beneficence of Hugo Chavez.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy_II#Citizens_Energy_.28since_1979.29
The Boston skyline is forever defaced with the Citgo sign, which was declared a landmark and cannot be taken down. (Were there Yankee moles on the Boston Landmark Commission?) It is difficult to see from any place except Memorial Drive on the north bank of the Charles and pre-2005 television coverage of the Red Sox. Since the Green Monster seats were installed, it is no longer visible in TV coverage of shots over the Green Monster, fans must content themselves with old shots of Bucky Dent’s 1978 pop fly home run.
At the 2:05 mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shTqUztrAd0
The Citgo sign is no where nearly as large or prominent “in person”, this is an example of the optical phenomenon of foreshortening. How many Mets fans remember Serval Zippers?
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj90/alpineinc/ClassicSheaStadium/shea71l.jpg
There's a CITGO station about .2 miles from my house that consistently sells diesel for far less than any other station I've seen.However,I avoid it like the plague for the very same reason that I avoid buying products made in China whenever possible.
