[TheForge] What a gas! (way OT)

[Bruce Freeman]

I don't know who's behind this idea, but I can get along without
refueling today, so I will.
BTW, I think "behind" has been substituted by someone, in lieu of the
original verbiage.  No doubt that original word was "GAS", or something
like that...
Bruce
NJ
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>IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES 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 MAY 19TH HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED "STICK IT UP THEIR  
>behind " DAY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION 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 THIS ADMINISTRATION 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 MAY 19TH A DAY THAT THE CITIZENS OF

>THE UNITED STATES SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"
>
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