A loud and very sincere "Bravo, Scott!!"-this is exactly what I am talking
about! If it weren't for this attitude, our fore fathers might not have
rebelled and our LBCs would just be __little cars__!
Laura G. and Nigel
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Hall <sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
To: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougbert@rcn.com>
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, May 21, 1999 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: Crude Prices
>
>let us_NOT_ say because everybody else has it so bad we should have it
>worse. what kind of thinking is this? people are being murdered all
>over the world (kosovo, rwanda, etc.) should we not be upset over
>murder here just because it isn't on such a great scale? let them
>be them and we'll be us (so to speak). just because other countries tax
>their citizens to death doesn't mean we have to too! and we SHOULD
>complain LOUDLY about each and every cent prices go up! otherwise the
>creep will just keep going, and going, and going... and we should also
>hold oil companies accountable for the higher prices. how to do that,
>though?
>
>scott
>
>On Wed, 19 May 1999, Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou wrote:
>
>>
>> Perhaps, since we drive English cars, we should take the English attitude
here.
>> In England, gas is at least three times the price here. (Maybe 2.5X
compared
>> to California, and 3.5X compared to New Jersey). So, we should be amazed
how cheap
>> the stuff is, and not worry about a measly 10 cents per gallon difference
here or there...
>>
>> Quiz: Try naming some liquids besides water that you can buy retail in
small quantities
>> more cheaply than gasoline.
>>
>> Doug Braun
>> '72 Spit
>>
>> P.S.: One thing that sort of annoys me is the fact
>> that there is such a large variation in gas proces across the country.
>>
>> >I was just watching the stock report on CNN-they reported that Oil
companies
>> >"took a beating as crude prices fell".
>> >
>> >Hmmm...."Crude prices fell". Now I know that it still takes money to
refine
>> >the stuff into food for our little machines-but, aren't crude prices ine
of
>> >the reasons that they're always raising prices?
>> >
>> >BTW-did anyone else get the e-mail about boycotting just one oil
company,
>> >and Chevron was picked as the one we should boycott. Oh no!!! But,
they're
>> >the ones I have an account with! Now, I've been trying to buy the
cheapest
>> >in my neighbourhood, and it just so happens that other than Arco,
Chevron IS
>> >the cheapest in a 3mile radius--what's a socially conscious girl to do?
>> >
>> >Laura G. and Nigel
>>
>
>
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