Re: A small way in which to fight terrorism

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: Excellent! For all that matters, don't buy products made from there either. Many customer service departments for large U.S. Corporations such as American express are moving to the middle east and taking away jobs from americans because the labor is cheaper. It's just sad. : : I'm sure most of you have already seen this, but if not... : : >GASOLINE SOLUTION! : : >We CAN buy gasoline that's not from Middle East. Why didn't George W. : : >think of this? 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 are the best to buy gas from and which major : : >companies import Middle Eastern oil (for the period 9/1/00 - 8/31/01): : : >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! : : >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 thirty 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? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people : : >within one day 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within : : >the next eight days!

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