[Yhslug] Lest start a price war!

[Waseem S. Daher]

Also,
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp

- Waseem

On 5/2/07, Thomas Doggette <tdoggette at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just say NO to forwarding things.
>
> On 5/2/07, flint at flint.com <flint at flint.com> wrote:
> > Greetings List Lurkers,
> >
> > While I am capable of anything, I thought that forwarding a chain letter
> > was beyond even my morality.  I was wrong once again.  Please consider
> > the proposal below.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Flint
> >
> > /************************************
> >
> > Paul Flint
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> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 00:37:02 -0400
> > From: TJFenner <tjfenner at comcast.net>
> > To: Smith Stan <ssmith at earthsciencesystems.com>, jsowers at tbegroup.com,
> >      jdanehy at danehycpa.com, Lindsey O'Connor <loconnor at tbegroup.com>,
> >      trandall at tbegroup.com
> > Subject: Lest start a price war!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one
> > of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton.  It's worthy of your
> > consideration.
> >
> > Join the resistance!  I hear we are going to hit close to $4.00 a gallon by
> > summer and it might possibly go higher!  Want gasoline prices to come down?
> > We need to take some intelligent, united action.  Phillip Hollsworth offered
> > this good idea.
> >
> > This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day"
> > campaign that was going around earlier!  The oil companies just laughed at
> > that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing
> > to buy gas.  It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for
> > them.
> >
> > BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really
> > work.  Please read on and join with us! By now you're probably thinking
> > gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.79
> > for regular unleaded in my town.  Now that the oil companies and the OPEC
> > nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is
> > CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that
> > BUYERS control the marketplace..... not sellers.  With the price of gasoline
> > going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we
> > are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the
> > pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting
> > ourselves.  How?  Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying
> > gas.  But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to
> > force a price war.
> >
> > Here's the idea:
> >
> > For the rest of 2007, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest
> > companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any
> > gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their
> > prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.
> >
> > But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and
> > Mobil gas buyers.  It's really 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 30 people. If each of us sends it to at least ten
> > more (30 x 10 =3D 300)... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x
> > 10 =3D 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth group
> > of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers.  If those
> > three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends eac h, then 30
> > million people will have been 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 understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is send
> > this to 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you just</FONT>aren't a
> > mathematician. But I am, so trust me on this one.)
> >
> > How long would all that take?  If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten
> > more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could
> > conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!!
> >
> > I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you?
> >
> > Acting together we can make a difference.  If this makes sense to you,
> > please pass this message on.  I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL
> > UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICESTO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "It is the duty of the Patriot to protect his country from its government"
> >
> >
> >
> > -Thomas Paine
> >
> >
> >
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