GAS WAR
Projections state gas prices will hit $4 a gallon through the summer, yet petroleum companies are hitting record profit levels to the tune of billions of dollars. In the past, some have called for a 'gas boycott day' where everyone refrains from purchasing gas. As we all need gas to get to many places in our daily lives, this effort obviously failed, and petroleum companies just laughed our efforts off.
President Bush recently said, "price is determined by the marketplace and that's the way it should be." Let's show himwho drives the market. If you want to make an impact, and if you want the petroleum industry to hear you, the United Citizens of America proposes the following: DO NOT buy gas fromANY Exxon/Mobil/BP station. Drive to the next station for your needs. It does not matter which one, just do whatever it takes to not buy gas from Exxon/Mobil/BP. Why are we singling-out Exxon? There is no hate endeavor on our part, it's just they are the biggest and if we make a giant in the industry tremble, the market will take notice. Exxon has drawn criticism for becoming the most profitable company in history -- at consumers' expense, they say. Moreover, the former chief executive and chairman Lee R. Raymond, just received a $69.7 million compensation package and $98 million pension payout, thanks to us consumers. In addition, many politicians have large chunks of stock invested in Exxon, and if Exxon suffers and takes notice, so will our politicians. Now instead of our politicians saying, "They will conduct studies into price gouging and fixing," maybe they will actually do it.
The squeaky wheel gets the oil - - so lets allstart squeaking! How will this work? Please read on and join with us! For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from EXXON/MOBIL/BP. If they are not selling any gas, the market will take notice. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. It's simple to do! Now, don't wimp out at this point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people. I am sending this note to 500 people. If each of us sends it to at least ten more (500 x 10 =5000) ... and those 5000 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 =50000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth group of people, we will have reached over SIX MILLION people. If those SIX million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 60 million people will be contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE >>>>HUNDRED MILLION >>>>PEOPLE!!!
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. If you don't have 10 other email addresses, send it to the one's you do have.
How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day of receipt, 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days! This will be just in time to stop the gouging that mid summer pricing will bring.
I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you? Acting together we can make a difference. Please, for the sake of America and your own pocket book, pass this message on. IT WILL WORK! Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Angelo Pesce
President - United Citizens of America
p.s. 60% of theyour gas price isfrom hidden federal taxation. Supporting our U-ACT taxation plan will drive this 60% out of gas prices.Join the nation - UCANATION.ORG
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The libs can use this excuse for everything else, why can't we use if for $4.00 gasoline? It's only a matter of time before someone says it seriously........
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President Bush recently said, "price is determined by the marketplace and that's the way it should be." Let's show himwho drives the market.
Lol,Bush knows who drives the marketil speculators. The American market is but one part of the international market.
I guess we should just go ahead and punish the oil industry simply because its accomplishing its objectives, namely providing goods and services that consumers demand, and turning a profit by doing so. Do you realize how many people would lose their jobs were Big Oil to go under? Perhaps we should just nationalize the industry so the feds can babysit our energy for us. Yeah, that'll bring prices down.
I really wouldn't think a self-described 'hawk' would think so much like a socialist. Yes, high gas prices are bad for everyone, but those prices are high in part because we demand so much along with the rest of the world (i.e. China, India, Europe, et al).
So anyway, go ahead and boycott whatever you want. You won't accomplish anything because oil is beyond the control of one country, no matter how big it is. Hey, China would love for Americans to stop using it--that way they get all they want for less money. Now that's good for the USA....
GAS WAR
Projections state gas prices will hit $4 a gallon through the summer, yet petroleum companies are hitting record profit levels to the tune of billions of dollars. In the past, some have called for a 'gas boycott day' where everyone refrains from purchasing gas. As we all need gas to get to many places in our daily lives, this effort obviously failed, and petroleum companies just laughed our efforts off.
President Bush recently said, "price is determined by the marketplace and that's the way it should be." Let's show himwho drives the market. If you want to make an impact, and if you want the petroleum industry to hear you, the United Citizens of America proposes the following: DO NOT buy gas fromANY Exxon/Mobil/BP station. Drive to the next station for your needs. It does not matter which one, just do whatever it takes to not buy gas from Exxon/Mobil/BP. Why are we singling-out Exxon? There is no hate endeavor on our part, it's just they are the biggest and if we make a giant in the industry tremble, the market will take notice. Exxon has drawn criticism for becoming the most profitable company in history -- at consumers' expense, they say. Moreover, the former chief executive and chairman Lee R. Raymond, just received a $69.7 million compensation package and $98 million pension payout, thanks to us consumers. In addition, many politicians have large chunks of stock invested in Exxon, and if Exxon suffers and takes notice, so will our politicians. Now instead of our politicians saying, "They will conduct studies into price gouging and fixing," maybe they will actually do it.
The squeaky wheel gets the oil - - so lets allstart squeaking! How will this work? Please read on and join with us! For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from EXXON/MOBIL/BP. If they are not selling any gas, the market will take notice. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. It's simple to do! Now, don't wimp out at this point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people. I am sending this note to 500 people. If each of us sends it to at least ten more (500 x 10 =5000) ... and those 5000 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 =50000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth group of people, we will have reached over SIX MILLION people. If those SIX million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 60 million people will be contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE >>>>HUNDRED MILLION >>>>PEOPLE!!!
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. If you don't have 10 other email addresses, send it to the one's you do have.
How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day of receipt, 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days! This will be just in time to stop the gouging that mid summer pricing will bring.
I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you? Acting together we can make a difference. Please, for the sake of America and your own pocket book, pass this message on. IT WILL WORK! Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Angelo Pesce
President - United Citizens of America
p.s. 60% of theyour gas price isfrom hidden federal taxation. Supporting our U-ACT taxation plan will drive this 60% out of gas prices.Join the nation - UCANATION.ORG
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I got this from Neal Boortz's website it fits in great here:
If you've been paying any attention to the morning news shows you will know that the heat is being turned up on so-called "Big Oil" and on President Bush. To listen to the news you would think that gas prices are rising due to two, and only two factors: (1) the evil Big Oil companies are price gouging; and, (2) President Bush isn't doing anything about it. Democrats are demanding hearings and investigations. They're clearly trying to create a feeling in Americans ignorant of the true facts that those extra dollars that are being spent to fill up the tanks are the fault of none other than George Bush and the wicked Republicans. Oh ... and the media seems to be more than anxious to help them spread the word.
Let's take a look at a few facts. First, the cost of crude oil for each gallon of gas sold in this country has gone up from about 35 cents per gallon in 1999 to $1.59 per gallon in 2006. So ... crude oil prices go up by 454% over a period of seven years. How much did gas prices go up during the same period? Try 162%. Looks to me like things could be worse.
So ... did George Bush set those crude oil prices? Did the oil companies go out there and set the prices that high? Helllloooo! Do you think the oil producing countries like Saudi Arabia might have had anything to do with it? Is it possible that the ever-increasing worldwide demand for crude oil was a factor? How about the fact that oil exploration slowed several years ago when crude was selling for under $20 a barrel? Now that the price is so much higher many more companies are getting into the exploration business ... but it takes somewhere around 5 years from discovery of an oil deposit to actual production. The price of oil didn't start its uphill swing until about 2004. Do the math. You also have the fact that oil is a commodity that is traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Traders have much to do about setting prices. Do you suppose that George Bush is calling these traders in to coach them on just what those prices should be? That's what the Democrats want you to believe.
Besides .. can Big Oil set the price, even if it wanted to? As The Motley Fool points out on their website, there are dozens of publicly traded oil companies. Add to that mix the government-owned oil companies like Saudi Aramco, and the hundreds of small private companies (my brother used to be the president of one such company) that are drilling around the world ... and the Democrats want you to believe that they all got together to set these crude prices? Not one of these companies wants to seek an advantage in the market place by lowering their prices?
This is all about playing on the ignorance of the American people for political advantage. These Democrats and most in the media know the score. They understand the difference between gross profits and profit margins ... and they know that most Americans do not.
Once again --- just why do you think they defend our system of hideous government education so much
Oil and gasoline prices have been going up for the last 5 or 6 years. There are vehicles out there that get over 40 mpg and have been out there for a long time. The people who bitch the most are either lefties who couldn't care less if gasoline prices went through the roof because its an opportunity to bash big (evil capitalistic) business or its the morons who have 2 full size dodge (Its Got A Hemiaaaaay!) trucks in their garage which they can barely afford the payments on let alone afford to fill up. Its either put up or shutup (btw, I own an SUV and a pickup truck and I'm not complaining a bit) At the same time, oil companies have been making record profits- I'm going to sound like a broken record on this, but if oil companies are making big profits, why aren't you getting in on the action? Boycott exxon-mobil? not me, I'm part owner of the corporation.
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Exxon has drawn criticism for becoming the most profitable company in history -- at consumers' expense, they say. Moreover, the former chief executive and chairman Lee R. Raymond, just received a $69.7 million compensation package and $98 million pension payout, thanks to us consumers.
Wow, that is one of the most self contradictary statements I've ever read. Paying the CEO for making a company the most profitable in histroy, who wudda thunk it? People who complain of this have never managed anything in their life other than managing not to get piss on their shoes while standing at the urinal, at least most of the time.
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The people who bitch the most are either lefties who couldn't care less if gasoline prices went through the roof because its an opportunity to bash big (evil capitalistic) business or its the morons who have 2 full size dodge (Its Got A Hemiaaaaay!) trucks in their garage which they can barely afford the payments on let alone afford to fill up.
I am certainly not a leftie and I do not own two full-size Dodges or even one (or any other SUV or full-sized pickup), and I'll gripe anytime I darned well please.
You guys keep defending the oil companies and chalk up their record profits to "supply and demand" and good-ol' fashioned capitalism.
However, anytime you have an industry that purposely limits supply in order to drive up demand and, in turn, drive up prices, something's bad wrong.
Will you still be defending "big oil" when the increasing gas prices finally reach the breaking point and tank our economy?
An elderly acquaintance said it best: The increasing gas prices are, indeed, all about supply & demand: The oil companies' demand for money is greater than our supply of it.
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However, anytime you have an industry that purposely limits supply in order to drive up demand and, in turn, drive up prices, something's bad wrong.
The demand is driven by the consumers not by the seller. The demand for gasoline keeps increasing because people keep buying more and more 14 mpg vehicles instead of 45 mpg vehicles, not to mention the pressure caused by China buying increasingly more oil each year to feul its growing economy.If oil companies limit the supply, if anything, its going to decrease the demand as prices go higher. People aren't going to drive quite as much or will adjust their driving habits if asoline costs $3/gal versus $1.50/gal. Some day we will all look back and reminesce on the good old days when gasoline only cost us $3/gallon. It is and will be a fact of life whether or not people want to face reality.
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As long as I continue to see 4x4 duallys doing 70+ on the freeway with only one person in the truck I'm not going to waste my time joining any boycotts . I honestly believe that we're being ripped off in an egregious fashion , but boycotts aren't the answer . Reducing overall demand for a product is the only realistic way to bring it's price down , and you can't acheive that by boycotting a single company in an industry , or even a small group of the largest ones . Want lower gas prices ? Get your foot off of the gas pedal and set your cruise control for the speed limit or lower . I have mine on 50 MPH , even in zones where I can legally do 65 , I just stay in the "grandpa lane" and watch the suckers blast by me . I can almost hear their fuel pumps sucking their wallets dry . Hehehe .
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The Gas War
il speculators. The American market is but one part of the international market.
