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>Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 18:11:15 -0700
>
>>>Subject: gas prices
>>>
>>>
>>>Subject: Join the resistance! I hear we are going to hit close to
>>>$3. 00 a
>>>gallon by the summer. 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 last April or May! 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 it and join with us! By now you're probably
>>>thinking
>>>gasoline priced at about $1. 50 is super cheap. Me too! It is
>>>currently
>>>$1. 97 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 this year, 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 whimp out on me
>>>at this
>>>point... keep
>>>reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of
>>>people!!
>>>
>>>I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send
>>>it to at
>>>least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at
>>>least ten
>>>more (300 x 10 = 3,000)... and so on, by the time the message
>>>reaches the
>>>sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE
>>>MILLION
>>>consumers! If those three million get excited and ! pass this on
>>>to ten
>>>friends each, 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 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.
>>>PLEASE HOLD OUT
>>>UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1. 30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM
>>>DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK!!!!!
" IT makes good sense to me"
>
>>>Subject: gas prices
>>>
>>>
>>>Subject: Join the resistance! I hear we are going to hit close to
>>>$3. 00 a
>>>gallon by the summer. 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 last April or May! 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 it and join with us! By now you're probably
>>>thinking
>>>gasoline priced at about $1. 50 is super cheap. Me too! It is
>>>currently
>>>$1. 97 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 this year, 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 whimp out on me
>>>at this
>>>point... keep
>>>reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of
>>>people!!
>>>
>>>I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send
>>>it to at
>>>least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at
>>>least ten
>>>more (300 x 10 = 3,000)... and so on, by the time the message
>>>reaches the
>>>sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE
>>>MILLION
>>>consumers! If those three million get excited and ! pass this on
>>>to ten
>>>friends each, 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 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.
>>>PLEASE HOLD OUT
>>>UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1. 30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM
>>>DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK!!!!!
" IT makes good sense to me"
But keep the CTD of course
