Mid-East Oil

[Wayne Johnson]

Yeah.  What ever happened to the Sweeney Todd Brigade anyway?

wgJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Madelon Umlauf" <madelon@austincc.edu>
To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: Mid-East Oil


> Clark,
> 
> This idea has been bouncing around the Internet.
> 
> Unfortunately, it is a non starter. The reason is that
> although there are brands that themselves don't
> import or refine Near East oil, that doesn't mean they
> are not selling it at their stations. And that is because
> all the oil companies buy and sell from one another's
> tank farms. There is I believe only one tank farm in
> Austin on the east side, I think it is owned by Mobil,
> which supplies all the local gas stations.
> 
> Like Marlon Brando said as the oil tycoon in some
> unmemorable movie I once saw: "The Arabs? The
> Arabs? But we ARE the Arabs."
> 
> In other words, there are no good oil companies.
> Eat the rich!
> 
> Mike el Poltroon
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Clark Santos" <clarksantos@earthlink.net>
> To: "Remembrances of Austin Ghetto" <GHETTO2@LISTS.WHATHELPS.COM>;
> <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:22 AM
> Subject: Fwd: Mid-East Oil
> 
> 
> Nothing fancy, just practice what you preach, the good guys are usually
> cheaper anyway.
> 
> El Patron
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Johncabeen@aol.com
> Date: December 1, 2004 5:18:59 AM CST
> To: clarksantos@argolink.net
> Subject: Fwd: Mid-East Oil
> 
> 
> Subject: Mid-East Oil
> 
> 
> This email originally came from a scientist employed by Monsanto and Air
>  Products. We have a choice when we buy gas so why not be intentional?
> If
>  this makes sense to you, buy differently and send this message along to
>  others who might want to know.
> 
> We CAN buy gasoline that is not from the Middle East. Gas rationing in
> the 80's worked even though we grumbled about it. It might even be good
> for us!
> 
> The Saudis are boycotting American goods. We should return the favor.
> 
> An interesting thought is to boycott their GAS. Every time you fill up
> the car, you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi
> Arabia.
>  Just buy from gas companies that don't import their oil from the
> Saudis.
> 
> Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill-up
> the tank, I am sending my money to people who are trying to kill me, my
> family, and my friends. I thought it might be interesting for you to
> know
>  which oil companies import Middle Eastern oil. They are:
> 
> Shell....... ...................205,742,000 barrels
> Chevron/Texaco..................144,332,000 barrels
> Exxon /Mobil....................130,082,000 barrels
> Marathon/Speedway...............117,740,000 barrels
> Amoco........................... 62,231,000 barrels
> 
> If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18
> BILLION! I think it is up to $40 /barrel now!!! THINK ABOUT IT!!
> 
> Here are some large companies that DO NOT import Middle Eastern oil:
> 
> Citgo...........................0 barrels
> Sunoco..........................0 barrels
> Conoco..........................0 barrels
> Sinclair........................0 barrels
> BP/Phillips.....................0 barrels
> Hess............................0 barrels
> 
> All of this information is available from the Department of Energy
> and
> each is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are
> importing. They report on a monthly basis. Keep this list in your car;
> share
>  it with friends. Stop paying for terrorism.............
> 
> But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of 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'm sending this note to about ten 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. How much would all
>  that take?
> 
> 
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