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What brand of gas you should REALLY boycott!
05/19/04 | self

Posted on 05/19/2004 11:57:59 AM PDT by kaktuskid

For all of those getting e-chain letters saying to not buy gasoline today, or don't buy this gas brand or that, I have one company you can vent your anger on...CITGO.

CITGO is owned 100% by the Venenzuelan government, run by that nutjob dictator Hugo "parrotbrain" Chavez, the nutcase who is the main reason why OPEC is cutting production, and keeps ranting about cutting off oil supplies, seize this, seize that,etc.

If any of you have a CITGO credit card, cut it up,send it back, and tell them why. And don't buy gas or motor oil from these thugs!


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: boycott; citgo; economy; oil; venenzuela
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To: bmwcyle

I've never bought Citgo.


61 posted on 06/01/2004 8:28:02 AM PDT by JesseHousman (Execute Mumia Abu-Jamal)
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To: JesseHousman

It is time to run the commies right out of business.


62 posted on 06/01/2004 8:32:05 AM PDT by bmwcyle (<a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/" target="_blank">miserable failure)
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To: Tracker47; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

Amen and dittos.


63 posted on 06/01/2004 8:37:32 AM PDT by SeeRushToldU_So (Good girls do it too.)
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To: lilylangtree
"Unfortunately, that leaves the other oil "money grubbing" companies that much richer. "

I agree there is a lot of greed in the oil business...but to call them all "money grubbers" is generalizing it a bit.

All things considered, SOMEBODY has got to pump, refine, distribute, and sell the stuff. I don't know, maybe we could get them to set it up like Amway, and everyone have pumps on the front lawn.

We could pyramid this stuff, and everybody would make money...but wait. In these pyramid schemes the only ones who really make money are the top dogs who got in early...then THEY would be the new "money grubbers".

Oil has always been "black gold", and will be until some brainiac comes up with a viable alternative source of energy. Back in the beginning, the guy who had a "gusher" made the dough. It's a fact of life.

The envy of the rich will always bring accusations of money grubbing, greed, and unfairness...it's human nature. And like the old propector who fiercly guarded his claim, today's "grubbers" are going to guard their source of wealth. Those who hit life's lottery spend a good deal of their time and fortune, protecting their fortune.

So, the grubbers are going to be there, and there is very little any of us can do. A boycott is a fine and noble idea, but it has to really be organized and en masse to work effectively.

And, those other "grubbers" out there who make their living using transportation that requires petroleum products, well, they're not going to join these boycotts and ruid their livlihoods...they'll just pay the @-bucks a gallon and pass the cost on to the consumer.

Now, I think a faster way to fix the problem with dependence on middle east oil is to BOYCOTT THE ENVIRO-NUTS...and start the offshore and ANWR drilling ASAP.
64 posted on 06/01/2004 8:43:54 AM PDT by FrankR
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To: SeeRushToldU_So; Tracker47; Dog Gone; TexasCowboy
Great point on post #14 Tracker!

DogGone, I already saw some of your comments here - Cowboy, worth a read.........Rush - thanks for the ping.

Having lived most of my life in Texas I know how the Oil and Gas industry literally breathes life into that State - everything goes up in price, healthcare, cars, housing, clothing, food - why the H#*L do people expect gas prices not to go up?

65 posted on 06/01/2004 9:05:03 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (I am, once again, a homeowner in Texas!)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

I filled up yesterday at $1.89 per gallon. This morning at the same station it was $1.86. Those dang oil companies shouldn't lower the price like that. Boy am I steamed.


66 posted on 06/01/2004 9:17:35 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone

Well calm down - I filled up my daughter's car this morning and paid $2.09 so I made up the slack for ya............


67 posted on 06/01/2004 9:40:49 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (I am, once again, a homeowner in Texas!)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
I think there ought to be a rule.

If you work for an oil company, you get free gas.

68 posted on 06/01/2004 9:51:06 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Fun Bob

Hess gets much of its crude from Venezuela.


69 posted on 06/01/2004 9:55:11 AM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: Dog Gone; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
"If you work for an oil company, you get free gas."

No, you got it backward, Dog.

You're one of those rich oil men so therefore you should buy everyone else's gas!

"To each according to his need......"

70 posted on 06/01/2004 1:28:40 PM PDT by TexasCowboy (COB1)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; Dog Gone
I don't know why everyone zeroes in on the oil companies in the first place!

There's lots of fingers in the pie besides the oil companies.

71 posted on 06/01/2004 1:32:49 PM PDT by TexasCowboy (COB1)
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To: TexasCowboy
Just thinking about that gives me gas.
72 posted on 06/01/2004 1:33:15 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
HOLD IT!

When the price of methane hits $20. per thousand you can make some money!

73 posted on 06/01/2004 1:35:03 PM PDT by TexasCowboy (COB1)
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To: TexasCowboy

My youngest brother should be a millionaire. I swear, growing up he was good for at least 500 MCF a day.


74 posted on 06/01/2004 1:43:44 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: lilylangtree
Short-sighted. You forget that most stations are owned by independent business men who buy gasoline refined by companies who employ thousands of Americans and who have thousands of stockholders, etc., etc., etc.

A gallon of gasoline is cheaper than a gallon of Heinz ketchup!

75 posted on 06/01/2004 1:45:15 PM PDT by lonestar (Me, too!--Weinie)
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To: Dog Gone
"he was good for at least 500 MCF a day."

Reminds me of a wife I had one time.
Hers would peel paint.
I should have kept her. I had a gold mine (or shaft, whichever way you want to look at it).
I would have had to have an operation to remove my olfactory senses, though.

76 posted on 06/01/2004 2:06:40 PM PDT by TexasCowboy (COB1)
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To: TexasCowboy; Dog Gone

Remind me to plan "outdoor" meals when I invite you two over!


77 posted on 06/01/2004 9:39:42 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (I am, once again, a homeowner in Texas!)
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To: Dog Gone

""""""Well, somebody gave you some bad info. There's no way any of that oil was sold to Russia. It's California heavy crude, and Russia is an oil exporter. They certainly don't want any low-quality California crude.
Armand Hammer was a great commie-lover, though.""""

The oil was not Calif. heavy crude, it was oil from our national reserves. When Gore was running for pres we were having price increases do to supply and demand. To get some "brownie points" (for lack of a better term), Gore got Clinton to release some of our reserves so that he could look good. Anyway, after a few problems arose and they found it did not work, they needed to get rid of that particular oil from reserves and sold it at a loss to YES RUSSIA!


78 posted on 04/03/2006 4:54:04 PM PDT by mbonkers
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To: mbonkers

I don't know why you're trying to bump an old thread, but your post makes no sense.

I was responding to assertion that Oxy was selling heavy California crude to Russia.

There are no SPR sites in California and never have been.


79 posted on 04/03/2006 5:07:57 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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