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Old Aug 26, 2005 | 02:47 PM
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IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA

>DID NOT PURCHASE A DROP OF GASOLINE FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE SAME

>TIME, THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES.

>

>

>AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WITH A NET LOSS OF

>OVER 4.6 BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE OIL

>COMPANIES.

>

>THEREFORE SEPTEMBER 1st HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED "STICK IT UP THEIR

>BEHIND " DAY AND THE PEOPLE OF THESE TWO NATIONS SHOULD NOT BUY A

>SINGLE DROP OF GASOLINE THAT DAY.

>

>THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE DONE IS IF YOU FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO AS MANY

>PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT.

>

>WAITING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN AND CONTROL THE PRICES IS NOT

>GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REDUCTION AND CONTROL IN PRICES

>THAT THE ARAB NATIONS PROMISED TWO WEEKS AGO?

>

>REMEMBER ONE THING, NOT ONLY IS THE PRICE OF GASOLINE GOING UP BUT AT

>THE SAME TIME AIRLINES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES, TRUCKING

>COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH EFFECTS PRICES ON

>EVERYTHING THAT IS SHIPPED. THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, BUILDING

>MATERIALS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES ETC. WHO PAYS IN THE END? WE DO!

>

>WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IF THEY DON'T GET THE MESSAGE AFTER ONE DAY,

>WE WILL DO IT

>

>AGAIN AND AGAIN.

>

>SO DO YOUR PART AND SPREAD THE WORD. FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO EVERYONE

>YOU KNOW. MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND MAKE SEPTEMBER 1ST A DAY THAT THE

>CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"
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Old Aug 26, 2005 | 03:18 PM
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I'm as sick of reading these type of letters as I am paying high prices for gas.
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Old Aug 26, 2005 | 03:47 PM
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I'm as sick of reading these type of letters as I am paying high prices for gas.
Amen brother!
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Old Aug 29, 2005 | 01:32 AM
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If it only worked like that
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Old Aug 29, 2005 | 04:31 PM
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Get ready for the prices to go up now that the hurricane is hitting the states. They had to shutdown that oil companys in the gulf and from what I hear we get 30% of that oil. It will continue to climb.
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Old Aug 30, 2005 | 01:18 AM
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that's funny. went up 30 cents in my area tonight at midnight..

hmm 30%, 30 cents... and is it necessary? as soon as i can make my 350 run on cooking oil like my diesel i'm done with these high gas prices.

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