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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Moynihan"
> To: "Josh Rodriguez"
> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 2:46 PM
> Subject: Gas
>
> > > I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the summer. Want
> > > gasoline prices to come  down? We need to take some united,
> > > intelligent action. Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea: This
> > > makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on  a certain day"
> > > campaign that was going around last year. The oil companies just
laughed
> > > at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by
> > > refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was
a
> > > problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with
a
> > > plan that can  really work. Please read it and join with us!
> > > By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is
super
> > > cheap. Me too! It is currently $1.97 for regular unleaded in my town.
> > > (California).
> > > Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to
> > > think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at$1.50-$1.75 we need
to
> > > take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the
marketplace
> > > ....not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we
> > > consumers need to  take action. The only way we are going to see the
> > > price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the  pocketbook by not
> > > purchasing THEIR gas!! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
> > > How?
> > > Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas.  But we
> > > CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a
price
> > > war. Here's the idea:
> > > For the rest of this year, starting as soon after April 1st as
possible,
> > > DON"T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now
> > > are one), EXXON and MOBIL.
> > > If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their
> > > prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to
> > > follow suit.
> > > But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon
and
> > > Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do!! Now, don't whimp out   at
> > > this point...keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach
> > > millions of people!! .
> > > I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of them send it
> > > to 10 more (30 x 10 = 300) and those 300 send it to at 10 more (300 x
> > > 10= 3,000) ... and so on, by the time this message   reaches the sixth
> > > generation of people, we will
> > > have reached over 3 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 only one
> > > level further, you guessed  it.....THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!.
> > > All you have to do is send this to ten people. That's all. (If you
don't
> > > understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is send
> > > this to 10 people.... well, there it is, in black and white, so trust
me
> > > on this one.)
> > > How long would all that take? If each of us   sends this email out to
> > > ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MI LLION people
could
> > > conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days. I'll bet you didn't
> > > think you and I had that much potential, did you? Acting together we
can
> > > make a difference.  If this makes sense to you, please pass this
> > > message on.
> > > PLEASE GIVE IT A TRY UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
> > > THIS CAN REALLY WORK IF WE DON'T DELETE THIS AND KEEP IT GOING. DO IT
> > > NOW, WHILE IT IS IN FRONT OF YOU. WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE AND WE'VE
> > > EVERYTHING TO GAIN AND START IT YOURSELF WITH YOUR NEXT FILL-UP. >>
> > >
> > >
> >
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What do you think, Its worth a try! Right?

Copy & Send this by e-mail to everyone you know, We can make this work!