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Boycott Hugo Chavez by Boycotting CITGO Gas
Buzz Blog ^ | 2/2/2006 | Buzz Blog

Posted on 09/21/2006 10:08:50 AM PDT by joinedafterattack

I’ve decided to boycott Citgo gas stations. I’m not one that normally participates in boycotts, but for Citgo I’ll make an exception. I not trying to start a nationwide movement, and I won’t be out front of my local Citgo with a placard, I’m just making my personal decision public.

I was informed by my brother, a resident of San Francisco, that many of the leftists of that fair city only purchase gasoline from Citgo to send a message to Bush. He told me that supporting Citgo was a way to support Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan strong man.

At first I doubted my brother’s words. Surely Citgo was not in the pocket of Chavez? However, I did a quick Google search which led me to two pieces of information which confirmed my fears........

http://www.buzzbrockway.com/?p=326#


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KEYWORDS: boycottchavez; chavez
Don't Support Hugo Chavez. Boycott Citgo. "Of the top oil producing countries in the world, only one is a democracy with a president who was elected on a platform of using his nation’s oil revenue to benefit the poor. The country is Venezuela. The President is Hugo Chavez. Call him “the Anti-Bush.”
1 posted on 09/21/2006 10:08:50 AM PDT by joinedafterattack
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To: joinedafterattack

This idea isn't exactly new... and it won't work as well as you seem to think it will.


2 posted on 09/21/2006 10:09:27 AM PDT by Gordongekko909 (Mark 5:9)
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To: joinedafterattack

My understanding is that Venezuela sold out it's share of CITGO. Am I correct in this?


3 posted on 09/21/2006 10:10:20 AM PDT by downtownconservative (Murtha is truly an EX-Marine...his motto, "nunquam fidelis")
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To: joinedafterattack
Citgo just released a press announcement asking people to not hold Chavez's comments against them because it would hurt American workers and the communities. My question is when has a 7-11 ever hired an American Worker?
4 posted on 09/21/2006 10:11:27 AM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: joinedafterattack

I'm already on it! Plenty of other options out there.


5 posted on 09/21/2006 10:17:37 AM PDT by rj45mis
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To: downtownconservative

No. CITGO announced that is going to stop selling gasoline in much of the Midwest to concentrate on the East and West coasts, so CITGO is leaving some states, but it is still wholly-owned by the government of Venezuela.


6 posted on 09/21/2006 10:26:52 AM PDT by mak5
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To: joinedafterattack

Someone called in to the Savage show yesterday and said Citgo is changing their signs to Petro Express. Not sure why. Did Citgo sell out or beginning to hide already?


7 posted on 09/21/2006 10:28:35 AM PDT by Eastbound
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To: joinedafterattack

CITGO Petroleum Corporation is recognized as a leading manufacturer, marketer and transporter of gasoline, jet turbine fuel, diesel fuel, heating oils, lubricants, refined waxes, petrochemicals, asphalt and petroleum-based industrial products.
The company's success is due in large part to CITGO's continued emphasis on its key priorities: safe worksites for employees, environmental stewardship and a commitment to long-term financial health through strategic growth and business diversity.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, CITGO is owned by PDV America, Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), the national oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

http://www.citgo.com/InvestorRelations/InvestorRelations.jsp

Fernando Garay
Public Affairs Manager
(832) 486-1489
InvRel@citgo.com


8 posted on 09/21/2006 11:13:52 AM PDT by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?")
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To: joinedafterattack

I don't think it would work. Even though gas prices are falling, people will still look for the lowest price. If it happens to be Citgo, they will go there. Also it would hurt American workers. The best way to hurt Chavez IMO is to hurt HIM (if you get my drift)


9 posted on 09/21/2006 11:57:26 AM PDT by Rebel Yankee
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To: Eastbound

I thought the way the caller explained it (and the way Savage understood it) was that Petro Express is just Citgo under another name...sort of like Coke sells Tab?


10 posted on 09/21/2006 5:19:50 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: tobyhill
The little CITGO stations around my part of the state are staffed by good ol' boys and girls, mom and pop operations.

I shop where I get good service and kind words.
11 posted on 09/21/2006 6:37:50 PM PDT by PeteB570 (Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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To: PeteB570
They should consider selling a different brand. A lot of 7-11s in my area have switched brands.
12 posted on 09/21/2006 6:46:24 PM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: joinedafterattack

This is from a fervent anti-Bush commentator:
The discussion concludes with examination of the geographical relocation of Al Qaeda elements to the ‘tri-border area.’ Note that this area has historically been repository for Nazi war criminals. Note also the presence of Al Qaeda elements in Venezuela. Venezuela is currently headed by the fervently anti-American Hugo Chavez. As noted in FTR#401, Chavez has departed from OPEC policy vis a vis the pricing of its oil exports. In addition (as noted in FTR#383, Chavez has appointed Carlos the Jackal’s brother to a key position in the nation’s petroleum industry. Carlos is intimately to Francois Genoud and his milieu, as discussed in the programs cited above in connection with Genoud.) “The US faces a growing risk from both Middle Eastern terrorists relocating to Latin America and terror groups from the region, a top US military official has warned. General James Hill, commander of US Southern Command, told Latin American military officers and regional intelligence analysts in Miami yesterday that groups such as Hizbollah, the militant Shia Muslim group, had established bases in Latin America. These groups were taking advantage of smuggling hot spots such as the tri-border area’ joining Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, and Venezuela’s Margarita Island to channel to funds to terrorist groups found the world. . . .Fernando Falcon, a former Venezuelan state security police chief, said: ‘If I were Al Qaeda, I would be setting up in Venezuela right now.’” (“Terrorist Groups Are ‘Relocating to US Backyard” by Andy Webb-Vidal in Miami; The Financial Times; 3/5/2003; p. 5.)
http://www.spitfirelist.com/f402.html

http://www.ChavezGoHome.com


13 posted on 12/22/2007 3:16:02 AM PST by thenderson
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