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Bee County leaders urging boycott of Exxon Mobil
My San Antonio ^ | 04/26/2006 12:00 AM CDT | Jeorge Zarazua

Posted on 04/26/2006 6:25:51 AM PDT by freakboy

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I think this is a great idea. I wish everybody else (besides me) would voluntarily cut their gasoline consumption. That would mean more gasoline consumption for me at even lower prices! Of course, I have no intentions of cutting my own consumption. If these people want to reduce their own consumption, that's fine with me. Just don't force me to reduce mine.
1 posted on 04/26/2006 6:25:52 AM PDT by freakboy
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I think as many people should boycott as possible. That would leave more gas for the rest of us who understand economics.


2 posted on 04/26/2006 6:27:17 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: freakboy; Darksheare; darkwing104; MikefromOhio

Oh boy.


3 posted on 04/26/2006 6:27:49 AM PDT by ARealMothersSonForever (Political troglodyte with a partisan axe to grind)
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has anybody wondered why this POS in Iran keeps stirring things up? Maybe to keep the volatility and the price of oil artificially high? I mean who really benefits from all this uncertainty. OPEC!!!


4 posted on 04/26/2006 6:29:48 AM PDT by Jazzman1
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Gov't Gas Taxes Exceed Oil Company Profits
5 posted on 04/26/2006 6:30:16 AM PDT by B Knotts
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Between Boycotting Exxon and Citgo, I guess I'll have to start walking to work.


6 posted on 04/26/2006 6:34:20 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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Wonder if they will boycott Honda? They made money last quarter.


7 posted on 04/26/2006 6:38:18 AM PDT by IamConservative (Who does not trust a man of principle? A man who has none.)
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I've never visited Bee County, but it sounds like it is run by a nest of idiots.

Complaining about gasoline prices at these levels is quite natural, but boycotts won't solve the problem. More refineries are needed as well as more exploration and more nuclear plants. Anything short of that is useless hand wringing.


8 posted on 04/26/2006 6:42:40 AM PDT by RexBeach ("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
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I wonder if they are boycotting wheat in India:

Apr. 22--NEW DELHI -- Wheat futures have started hitting record highs.
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/04/25/1609648.htm

Those evil Indian farmers!!!


9 posted on 04/26/2006 6:47:26 AM PDT by freakboy
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But the boycott call is targeted only at Exxon Mobil gasoline until retailers agree to drop the price to $1.30 a gallon.

About $0.50 / gallon is for taxes, so they want the untaxed gasoline to be $0.80 / gallon. Since the price of the crude oil is about $1.80 / gallon, they want Exxon to lose $1.00/gallon on the oil plus refine it, ship it and run the station for free.

Maybe they can make up for it in volume.

10 posted on 04/26/2006 6:47:38 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Congress, since you only understand Spanish here is my proposal: ¡Amnistía, no! ¡Deportación, sí!)
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Sure, screw the hell out of the local retailers, the likely only people who would get hurt by such an idiotic proposal.

SA - any comments?


11 posted on 04/26/2006 6:49:01 AM PDT by Toby06 (Make illegal immigration illegal!)
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I got this same message thru an email, specifically pointed at Exxon-Mobil. Passed it on to all my email friends, just as others have done.

It's spreading like hot butter on toast.


12 posted on 04/26/2006 6:58:23 AM PDT by wizr (wiz - Sound on prairie, made by buffalo.)
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Do you want to buy a bridge too? :) http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp


13 posted on 04/26/2006 7:04:47 AM PDT by Andy from Beaverton (I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
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I guess I should have read closer. I thought they were boycotting gas in general.


14 posted on 04/26/2006 7:07:52 AM PDT by freakboy
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Why do we have to "urge" people to boycott a product whose price has become "too high". When Cable TV got too expensive for me, I didn't need anybody to urge me to "boycott". Don't people have enough sense to make their decision for themselves?


15 posted on 04/26/2006 7:19:43 AM PDT by Lekker 1 ("Computers in the future may have only 1000 vacuum tubes..." - Popular Mechanics, March 1949)
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$1.30 a gallon??? LOL!

Hey, Mr. Plumber, I want you to charge me only $5 an hour instead of $85.

And you, Mr Lawyer... I insist that you charge me legal fees of only $3.50/hr.

What? What do you mean you can't do that? I DEMAND it!


16 posted on 04/26/2006 7:25:16 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (http://ntxsolutions.com)
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What are so many politicians rushing out to investigate why Americans are having to fork out an extra $5-10 a week for the luxury of personal travel????

Seriously folks, what is the deal? We'll spend $5 for a Big Mac value meal without batting an eye. We buy Starbucks coffee for $4 a cup.


17 posted on 04/26/2006 7:33:42 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (http://ntxsolutions.com)
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"Martinez said Bee County didn't pass a resolution to hurt local businesses, but to "protect the masses.""

Hmmmmmmm.......Sounds a little marxist there does it not?


18 posted on 04/26/2006 7:59:42 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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What a joke. Are they also planning on boycotting the government which makes more per gallon than Exxon?


19 posted on 04/26/2006 8:01:12 AM PDT by stockstrader
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And I really flamed the two who sent it to me last week. Not a personal attack, but a reply giving them the facts.


20 posted on 04/26/2006 8:01:53 AM PDT by nuke rocketeer
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