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"Chuck Gould" wrote in message oups.com... Weren't just about the same folks now calling for a boycott of CITGO demanding that everybody smash all of their Dixie Chicks CD's a couple of years ago? The DC's seem to be back stronger than ever now Nope. The Dixie Chicks had to cancel numerous concert dates across this country due to poor ticket sales, and replace them with concerts in Canada. , and whatever one might happen to think of GWB he is no better or worse president as a result of Natalie's on-stage insult *or* the boycott by furious GWB fans. But here's a practical suggestion for you. I would suspect that, unlike roadside filling stations, CITGO probably doesn't own very many of the fuel docks. It would be more likely that the fuel docks are privately owned and buy fuel from CITGO wholesale (so part of your money supports an independent American small businessperson who probably votes a lot like you do- see how complicated this can get?) If you have a privately owned fuel dock selling CITGO fuel and you *really* feel strongly about the situation, get up a petition signed by yourself and several other people on the dock *requesting* that the fuel dock owner switch to a different brand of fuel. Why get a petition? He'll get the point more effectively when he sees declining fuel sales. |
Buy Citgo gas and pay Chavez
NOYB wrote: "Chuck Gould" wrote in message oups.com... Weren't just about the same folks now calling for a boycott of CITGO demanding that everybody smash all of their Dixie Chicks CD's a couple of years ago? The DC's seem to be back stronger than ever now Nope. The Dixie Chicks had to cancel numerous concert dates across this country due to poor ticket sales, and replace them with concerts in Canada. It's probably a rare day that we can both be reasonably right on the same issue, NOYB. Record sales are through the roof right now for the Chicks. Last album sold over a half million copies in the first week! One of the reasons their concerts didn't sell very well in the south didn't have much to do with the fans. After all, somebody is buying all those records, aren't they? The biggest problems the Chicks had was that certain radio stations, notably those owned by the network that airs Rush Limbaugh (and that can be all of the stations in a lot of smaller communities) refused to allow the promoters to buy advertising time on their radio stations. From an article on the net: The Chicks' new album, entitled Taking the Long Way, was released in stores and online May 22, 2006. The album was produced by Rick Rubin (who had worked with Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, and the Beastie Boys among others) and was publicized to be more rock-intensive than country-oriented. [5] [6] All 14 tracks were co-written by the three Chicks, alongside various other songwriters. The album contained additional tracks that seemed to indirectly reference what the group called "The Incident", and the group remained outwardly defiant. For instance, in the May 29 issue of Time, Maguire said, "I'd rather have a smaller following of really cool people who get it, who will grow with us as we grow and are fans for life, than people that have us in their five-disc changer with Reba McEntire and Toby Keith. We don't want those kinds of fans. They limit what you can do." Maines also retracted her earlier apology to Bush, stating, "I apologized for disrespecting the office of the President, but I don't feel that way anymore. I don't feel he is owed any respect whatsoever." [7] Despite minimal airplay, Taking the Long Way debuted at number one on both the U.S. pop albums chart and the U.S. country albums chart, selling 526,000 copies in the first week (the year's second-best such total for any country act) and making it a gold record within its first week. The Chicks became the first female group in chart history to have three albums debut at #1.[8] The group's Accidents & Accusations Tour began in July 2006. Ticket sales were strong in Canada, decent in some Northeastern markets, but notably weak in other areas. A number of shows were cancelled due to poor sales, and in Houston, Texas, tickets never even went on sale when local radio stations refused to accept advertising for the event [9]. In August, a re-routed tour schedule was announced with a greater emphasis on Canadian dates, where Taking the Long Way had gone five-times-platinum. The tour's shows themselves generally refrained from any explicit verbal political comments, letting the music, especially the central performance of "Not Ready to Make Nice", speak for itself. But here's a practical suggestion for you. I would suspect that, unlike roadside filling stations, CITGO probably doesn't own very many of the fuel docks. It would be more likely that the fuel docks are privately owned and buy fuel from CITGO wholesale (so part of your money supports an independent American small businessperson who probably votes a lot like you do- see how complicated this can get?) If you have a privately owned fuel dock selling CITGO fuel and you *really* feel strongly about the situation, get up a petition signed by yourself and several other people on the dock *requesting* that the fuel dock owner switch to a different brand of fuel. Why get a petition? He'll get the point more effectively when he sees declining fuel sales. No, the point here is that he probably *won't* see any declining fuel sales if (as in most locations) there isn't another fuel dock in the immediate vicinity. If there's no choice people will buy it. Same thing as with these silly "Don't buy any gas for a day" boycotts that pop up from time to time. Ok, so one day is slow.....sales are all the more red hot for three days thereafter because nobody stopped drving, they just timed their fill-up differently. Oil company/ gas station/ fuel dock sells just as much product for the week as always, just on a different day. |
Buy Citgo gas and pay Chavez
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. .. "Chuck Gould" wrote in message ps.com... JimH wrote: Not OT as there are Citgo gas stations at marinas across the US. With every dollar you spend at a Citgo station (owned by Hugo Chavez) you put money towards the weapons he purchases with an aim to kill you, your family and your friends in the United States. Those dollars will eventually buy the nuclear missiles he will station on Cuba. Doubt me? Just wait. Once Fidel passes away we will see the Cuban missile crisis relived, this time more volatile and lead by Hugo Chavez. Troll. Response not OT as trolls live under bridges, bridges go over rivers, and there might be a boat on the river. :-) Why is this a troll Chuck? How is it not related to the gas you choose to purchase at your marina, which may or may not be a Citgo station? The post is indeed on topic. What a ****ing idiot. How many marinas offer multiple brands of gasoline? |
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" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
... Not OT as there are Citgo gas stations at marinas across the US. With every dollar you spend at a Citgo station (owned by Hugo Chavez) you put money towards the weapons he purchases with an aim to kill you, your family and your friends in the United States. Those dollars will eventually buy the nuclear missiles he will station on Cuba. Doubt me? Just wait. Once Fidel passes away we will see the Cuban missile crisis relived, this time more volatile and lead by Hugo Chavez. Pattern recognition is obviously NOT one of your skills. At various summit meetings, your president has said inane things without realizing his microphone was on. He slithers up behind the German chancellor* and rubs her shoulders, a stupid thing normally practiced by drunk college boys who are trying to look down the front of a girl's blouse. Certainly you don't believe other world leaders give him a pass for these practices, just because of his title. They don't. Instead, they hang out together and think up things to say which they know will get him all worked up so he'll say even more stupid things. It works on you, too. * http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Bush_m...at_0718.htm l |
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Wayne.B wrote in
: On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:36:06 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote: Citgo is a wholly owned subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, Venezuela's state owned petroleium industry. A former US company, it is headquartered in the US. It is *not* "owned" by Hugo Chavez. Eisboch There you go, trying to confuse the all knowing with the facts. You'd think they'd appreciate it, wouldn't you? Why do we ALWAYS try to make oil producers feeding our toys HATE US? -- There's amazing intelligence in the Universe. You can tell because none of them ever called Earth. |
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JimH wrote:
Not OT as there are Citgo gas stations at marinas across the US. With every dollar you spend at a Citgo station (owned by Hugo Chavez) you put money towards the weapons he purchases with an aim to kill you, your family and your friends in the United States. Those dollars will eventually buy the nuclear missiles he will station on Cuba. Doubt me? Just wait. Once Fidel passes away we will see the Cuban missile crisis relived, this time more volatile and lead by Hugo Chavez. I think the mutual animosity between Bush and Chavez has to do with Chavez nationalized their oil industry and Bush tried (and failed) to engineer a military coup against Chavez. When someone tries to stage a coup against a country leader (and a democratically elected leader), that country leader is not going to be friendly to that person. This is unavoidable that Chavez hates Bush so much. When a small country whose only important strategy resource in the country is oil, that small country will try to gain control over that strategy resource in their country to maximize their national interest. Otherwise, that small country would have very little bargaining power as comparing to gaint mult-national companies (that can be as powerful as the small country). Therefore, this is probably unavoidable that Chavez wanted to nationalize their oil industry. Bush, being friendly to big oil firms in US, of course does all kind of things to hurt Chavez. I think Bush should start believing what he has preached (democracy and all these) and accepts that Chavez is a democratically elected leader that represents the will of their people, and start talking to him and repairing the damaged relationship between two countries. And Chavez should get out from the "garrison state" mentality and stop wasting oil money to buy friends. Meanwhile, I will continue getting oil from Citgo or the like as long as the price is right. Jay Chan |
Buy Citgo gas and pay Chavez
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Buy Citgo gas and pay Chavez
JimH wrote:
Not OT as there are Citgo gas stations at marinas across the US. With every dollar you spend at a Citgo station (owned by Hugo Chavez) you put money towards the weapons he purchases with an aim to kill you, your family and your friends in the United States. Those dollars will eventually buy the nuclear missiles he will station on Cuba. Doubt me? Just wait. Once Fidel passes away we will see the Cuban missile crisis relived, this time more volatile and lead by Hugo Chavez. So, you want to boycott an oil company that tried and did more for the U.S. when we were running low on crude? http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...ver-usat_x.htm |
Buy Citgo gas and pay Chavez
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message ps.com... NOYB wrote: "Chuck Gould" wrote in message oups.com... Weren't just about the same folks now calling for a boycott of CITGO demanding that everybody smash all of their Dixie Chicks CD's a couple of years ago? The DC's seem to be back stronger than ever now Nope. The Dixie Chicks had to cancel numerous concert dates across this country due to poor ticket sales, and replace them with concerts in Canada. It's probably a rare day that we can both be reasonably right on the same issue, NOYB. Record sales are through the roof right now for the Chicks. Thanks to the international market. Last album sold over a half million copies in the first week! One of the reasons their concerts didn't sell very well in the south didn't have much to do with the fans. Sure it did. It had *alot* to do with the insults they hurled at Bush, and the insults they hurled at country fans in general (remember the spat with Reba McIntyre?) After all, somebody is buying all those records, aren't they? Yup. Canadians, Australians, and the Brits. ? The biggest problems the Chicks had was that certain radio stations, notably those owned by the network that airs Rush Limbaugh (and that can be all of the stations in a lot of smaller communities) refused to allow the promoters to buy advertising time on their radio stations. The biggest problem the Chicks had was their mouths. From an article on the net: I'm not interested in what some blogger decided to write on the readily editable Wikipedia. But here's a practical suggestion for you. I would suspect that, unlike roadside filling stations, CITGO probably doesn't own very many of the fuel docks. It would be more likely that the fuel docks are privately owned and buy fuel from CITGO wholesale (so part of your money supports an independent American small businessperson who probably votes a lot like you do- see how complicated this can get?) If you have a privately owned fuel dock selling CITGO fuel and you *really* feel strongly about the situation, get up a petition signed by yourself and several other people on the dock *requesting* that the fuel dock owner switch to a different brand of fuel. Why get a petition? He'll get the point more effectively when he sees declining fuel sales. No, the point here is that he probably *won't* see any declining fuel sales if (as in most locations) there isn't another fuel dock in the immediate vicinity. You're discounting the fact that people can turn to mobile fueling services. |
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