Boycott Gas - Page 2

gldstwmn · #16 08-24-2005, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

It won't, this has gone around in the past and according to snopes.com won't do a thing. However, if we all boycott Exxon Mobile and get gas elsewhere that *might* do something.

Yes but the problem with that is I don't have Exxon Mobil out here.

I say let them jack the price up to $5 a gallon and let the chips fall where they may. That's what it's going to take to wake people up in this country. Hit them in the pocketbook and then something will get done.

gldstwmn · #17 08-24-2005, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Gypsy-Rhiannon

Are you guys moaning about the price of petrol again?! LMAO

Pip

Well yes but this country is huge with no real centralized system of transportation in many of its major cities, not to mention the vast heartland of America which is less populated.
We also buy our oil in much larger quantities so based on that we know that our gas should be less expensive. What it boils down to is we are getting gouged with these gas prices because our president and his friends are lining their pockets with the money from the oil. Just do a Google search and see how the profits of US oil companies have skyrocketed in the last couple of years.

What is disastrous for our economy also has a ripple effect on the economies that are tied to ours.

dissention · #18 08-24-2005, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Yes but the problem with that is I don't have Exxon Mobil out here.

I say let them jack the price up to $5 a gallon and let the chips fall where they may. That's what it's going to take to wake people up in this country. Hit them in the pocketbook and then something will get done.

Did you see that piece CNN had on earlier about how gas prices are affecting middle America? I almost choked on my beverage.

They picked this housewife and mother of who the hell knows how many spawns, put her on camera, and let her moan and bitch and cry and weep her exasperated little self into a tizzy by explaining how, because of gas prices, she can no longer take her children to the store with her because they'll ask for more new toys and she won't be able to afford them.

Then, the real kicker: she drives an SUV. I swear on my grandmother's ashes, I just about laughed so hard and loud that the wench heard it thousands of miles away and her eardrums popped. Not that she can go to the doctor to have them looked at, she has to fill her gas tank instead. Come Christmas, I just know that she'll be diving into Salvation Army bins at three in the morning to get the first Barbie that she can find with all of the limbs still attached. Woe is me, the poor owner of an SUV.

gldstwmn · #19 08-24-2005, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Did you see that piece CNN had on earlier about how gas prices are affecting middle America? I almost choked on my beverage.

They picked this housewife and mother of who the hell knows how many spawns, put her on camera, and let her moan and bitch and cry and weep her exasperated little self into a tizzy by explaining how, because of gas prices, she can no longer take her children to the store with her because they'll ask for more new toys and she won't be able to afford them.

Let me guess. She shops at China Mart. I mean Wal Mart. Oy.

Brwn_eyes0511 · #20 08-24-2005, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl

I know this has been discussed before, and I don't think it ever happened..but seems to me it would work.. They said on the news that gas prices will not go down unless there is a sudden drop in demand, so why can't everyone get together on one day and try to drop the demand?

I've been gettign this message from everyone :

"Dont Buy gas on September 3rd!!!!
Boycotting the gas company will decrease the price dramatically. Ive checked into it and if over half the US didnt buy gas for 1 day, the gas companys would be close to bankrupcy!!! So Lets show them how to lower gas prices. So repost this to all your friends. We have to get the word out. Its NATIONAL DONT BUY GAS DAY!!!
So repost it!!!

And yes

GAS PRICES SUCK"

I agree...we should!

dissention · #21 08-24-2005, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Let me guess. She shops at China Mart. I mean Wal Mart. Oy.

Pfffffft, she's fallen on hard times, woman! Wally World is too upscale for her now that she has to fill that bitch of tank twice a week. From now on it's Dollar Tree.

gldstwmn · #22 08-24-2005, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Pfffffft, she's fallen on hard times, woman! Wally World is too upscale for her now that she has to fill that bitch of tank twice a week. From now on it's Dollar Tree.

That reminds me. I was driving down tony 1st Avenue this afternoon when I glance over and see this huge ass Chevy Suburban with a "Boycott France" sticker on it.

Then, I glance over to my left and see a dented gold, and yes I mean gold pickup truck with American flags plastered all over it and then some NRA bumper stickers I couldn't read and of course the obligatory yellow "Support Our Troops" ribbon that was made in China.

Red · #23 08-24-2005, 11:00 PM

Soooooo I don't drive. Does that make me an active participant?

gldstwmn · #24 08-24-2005, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Red

Soooooo I don't drive. Does that make me an active participant?

I love Canadians!

Red · #25 08-24-2005, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I love Canadians!

mwah!!

Janet · #26 08-25-2005, 12:11 AM

#1. I can't buy a new car. I don't have 20K or 10K or 100 dollars to my name right now.

#2. Not buying gas for a day, again, as Dissention said, everyone would spend twice as much the day before.

#3. The world is just turning into a crazy place.

diamondsnake · #27 08-25-2005, 01:05 AM

Gas prices truely have gotten out of control. It cost me $40 to fill up my car yesterday. $40!!!!! I about had a heart attack!

$40 may seem like nothing to some people, but to this jobless high schooler, it is a lot!!!

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #28 08-25-2005, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by diamondsnake

Gas prices truely have gotten out of control. It cost me $40 to fill up my car yesterday. $40!!!!! I about had a heart attack!

$40 may seem like nothing to some people, but to this jobless high schooler, it is a lot!!!

It takes me £40 (around $72) to fill up my car. At it's just a 1.6 Beetle. Nothing big and flash

Pip

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #29 08-25-2005, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Well yes but this country is huge with no real centralized system of transportation in many of its major cities, not to mention the vast heartland of America which is less populated.
We also buy our oil in much larger quantities so based on that we know that our gas should be less expensive. What it boils down to is we are getting gouged with these gas prices because our president and his friends are lining their pockets with the money from the oil. Just do a Google search and see how the profits of US oil companies have skyrocketed in the last couple of years.

What is disastrous for our economy also has a ripple effect on the economies that are tied to ours.

Point taken.

Pip

Jessica Leigh · #30 08-25-2005, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by lbelle1214

I'm IN. It's not only afffecting the auto probs, my electricity bill has gone up about 50% this summer. When was the last time they raised minimum wage? How are the senior citizens keeping up? They use their entire paycheck/ss check for meds, but may not be able to continue picking them up 'cause they can't afford the gas to get there!

exactly!! minimum wage is not going up with the cost of living- did you know that federal minimum wage has not gone up one penny in almost 8 years? back then, eight years ago, i was in high school and worked part time and could fill up my gas tank for about $15. less than three hours' work. NOW, my tank fills up for about $42... which, if i was still making minimum wage, would be about 8 hours of work. 8 hours!