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Flag Flap in Houston (CITGO lowers United States, Texas and Venezuelan flags)
Mega 949 ^ | 3/7/2013

Posted on 03/07/2013 10:18:39 AM PST by llevrok

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To: a fool in paradise

Outrageous. Citgo no longer a choice for fuel.


21 posted on 03/07/2013 10:43:38 AM PST by hummingbird
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To: llevrok
I wonder when CITGO will announce changing the “C” in Citgo to a hammer and sickle....
22 posted on 03/07/2013 10:51:34 AM PST by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are crimes committed by illegal aliens)
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To: PATRIOT1876

I stopped patronizing CITCO Stations years ago.


23 posted on 03/07/2013 10:53:17 AM PST by sport
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To: llevrok

A worm goes to join the other worms. That calls for a celebration.


24 posted on 03/07/2013 10:55:36 AM PST by I want the USA back
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To: llevrok

It’s their property, their company, their flags and their flagpole.

And you can boycott Citgo but being that oil in fungible, you likely cannot avoid buying Citgo oil products.


25 posted on 03/07/2013 11:00:44 AM PST by OKRA2012
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To: rarestia

7-11 stopped using Citgo as a supplier in 2006


26 posted on 03/07/2013 11:04:30 AM PST by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: llevrok

Citgo used to have a handful of gas stations in my town some years back. After the word got out they were using Venezuelan oil, enough people boycotted the stations that they all closed down within a year. Haven’t seen on in the area since.


27 posted on 03/07/2013 11:05:06 AM PST by Marko413
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To: Mount Athos

Good news then! Thank you for that information, Athos.


28 posted on 03/07/2013 11:05:20 AM PST by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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To: llevrok; Nachum; Gay State Conservative; StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; ...
CITGO lowers the American flag??!! to "honor" the dictator thug Hugo Chavez?!

Eff CITGO! They are all over our area - including only a couple of miles from our house... my husband and I will NOT use their gas. We've been boycotting 'em for many years now, and the boycott continues.

29 posted on 03/07/2013 11:09:42 AM PST by nutmeg (Who and WHERE are the Benghazi survivors??)
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To: llevrok
Too bad they don't lower this one.

Kenmore Square, Boston

30 posted on 03/07/2013 11:10:02 AM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The meek shall not inherit the Earth)
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To: PATRIOT1876

Just about every picture of Fenway Park shows the Citgo sign behind The Green Monster.

Disgusting !

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31 posted on 03/07/2013 11:12:36 AM PST by Mears
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To: Marko413
Citgo used to have a handful of gas stations in my town some years back. After the word got out they were using Venezuelan oil, enough people boycotted the stations that they all closed down within a year. Haven’t seen on in the area since.

You live in a great area with a lot of good patriots! Unfortunately, here in the People's Socialist Republik of Connecticut, Citgo stations are thriving... people are always at the pumps, getting their "cheap" gas (selling their souls to the Devil, IMO).

My husband and I have been boycotting Citgo for many years, even though their stations are all around us...

32 posted on 03/07/2013 11:12:55 AM PST by nutmeg (Who and WHERE are the Benghazi survivors??)
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To: Doogle
simple, boycott for a month

A month? My husband and I (and everyone we educate about Citgo) have been boycotting Citgo every since Dictator Hugo Chavez took it over.

Those damn Citgo stations are all over our area, and their gas is usually the least expensive, but we always drive right past 'em...

33 posted on 03/07/2013 11:16:01 AM PST by nutmeg (Who and WHERE are the Benghazi survivors??)
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To: Twinkie
We’re on a PERMANENT boycott of CITGO; were already on it before this.

Same here, Twinkie!

34 posted on 03/07/2013 11:16:54 AM PST by nutmeg (Who and WHERE are the Benghazi survivors??)
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To: llevrok

Citgo’s not owned by the US or TX government, last I checked. It’s owned by the Venezuelan governemt. If they want to fly their flag at half-staff, that’s their business. But they shouldn’t have lowered the US and TX flags as well. I would caution anybody intending to go there and raise the two flags by force, that would be trespassing and criminal mischief.

Does anyody know? Do they normally fly the US flag below the Venezuelan flag?


35 posted on 03/07/2013 11:18:37 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: Cyber Liberty
Separate Poles.


36 posted on 03/07/2013 11:23:56 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney

I see. And I see they follow the correct protocol of the US flag being on the left, when facing the building.

I wouldn’t have lowered the non-Venezuelan flags if I were in charge there. Probably would the Citgo flag, being a governmentowned company.

But there are a lot more things to be pi$$ed at Citgo for.


37 posted on 03/07/2013 11:27:43 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: llevrok

From Wiki article:

The first sign, featuring the Cities Service logo, was built in 1940, and replaced with the trimark in 1965. In 1979, Governor Edward J. King ordered it turned off as a symbol of energy conservation. Four years later, Citgo attempted to disassemble the weatherbeaten sign, and was surprised to be met with widespread public affection for the sign and protest at its threatened removal. The Boston Landmarks Commission ordered its disassembly postponed while the issue was debated. While never formally given landmark status, it was refurbished and relit by Citgo in 1983 and has remained in operation ever since.

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38 posted on 03/07/2013 11:30:16 AM PST by Mears
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To: Twinkie

CITGO was previously known as Cities Service and was headquartered in Tulsa. Their choice to take the HQ to Houston left many disgruntled here in Tulsa, resulting in a significant loss of business for those local CITGO-branded stations.


39 posted on 03/07/2013 11:32:04 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: Doogle

I’ve seen Lukoil stations, but didn’t realize they were Russian owned until I googled it after your post.

According to Wikopedia they have also purchased Getty Oil and some stations selling other brands:

“In 2000, Lukoil purchased Getty Oil and converted a number of Getty stations in the US to Lukoil in 2003.

“In 2004, Lukoil acquired Schlotzmeyer Bros., who formerly owned the Mobil stations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Many of these stations had Circle K stores, which Lukoil converted to its own Kwik Farms brand. However, many Mobil franchisees in the area did not want to convert their stations to Lukoil, because it sold its fuel at the same prices as more established brands.”


40 posted on 03/07/2013 11:34:12 AM PST by John Galt's cousin (WTF? We couldn't rescue four men in Benghazi? Is our military IMPOTENT? ( /s ))
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