Want gas prices to go down. Give up driving. Hell that is what the Socialist want you to do anyway. Mass Transet. Take a bus. Move into a commune. Stan On 6/15/04, Linda wrote: > On 3/02/04, jf wrote: >> Just thought I would share.... >> >> Subject: Fw: GAS WAR! >> >> 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 =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 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 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. >> >> >> Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coordinator >> Interventional Cardiology Research Laboratories >> Division of Cardiovascular Diseases >> 932 Ziegler Research Bldg >> 703 South 19th Street >> University of Alabama @ B'ham >> Birmingham, Al 35294-0007 >> Phone: (205) 934-6163 >> Fax: (205) 934-7360 >> > > This Email is a HOAX ,, its used to SPAM E-mail systems, its > a form of Vandalism ,, Electronic Vandalism .