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reason · 04-18-08, 06:59 PM

So... I have been getting emails telling me to boycott Citgo ... but check out what Snopes says:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/citgo.asp

"By buying your gasoline at Citgo, you are contributing to the billions of dollars that Venezuela's democratic government is using to provide health care, literacy and education, and subsidized food for the majority of Venezuelans."

"Instead of using government to help the rich and the corporate, as Bush does, Chavez is using the resources and oil revenue of his government to help the poor in Venezuela."

give me a freaking break.....

since when did Chaves become Mother Teresa!?!?

i am sure that some of the money goes to these places.... but it's probably little more than the amount required to make it all look legitamate enough to hide the additional laundering and finding of thier arms programs.

or maybe i am too un-educated, and am jumping to conclusions

umalak_ · 04-18-08, 07:22 PM

i've boycotted Citgo for years

i dont even know where a Citgo station is

MC Twinkie · 04-18-08, 08:46 PM

The guy that owns citgo, that services most 7-11 stores, makes anti-america comments all the time. There are several reasons to boycott him. I started buying QT gas for a while till I started having problems with my fuel injectors getting dirty all the time. He isn't a nice guy but it would be really really difficult to put him out of business. Gas prices are high because of high demand. If his sales went down all he would have to do is lower his prices by .25 if that and everyone would buy citgo gas again. even after 1M gallions sold he would have only lost 250K but at 3$ a gallon its nothing compaired to 3M$ he would make.

Hell, boycotting citgo would just make the price of other pumps go up if anything. We are a slave to the octane, nothing you can do about it.

david austin · 04-18-08, 08:59 PM

welcome to a few years ago.

Dionysos · 04-18-08, 10:32 PM

I got this email that said if I forward it to everyone, Bill Gates will pay me $100.

reason · 04-19-08, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by david austin

welcome to a few years ago.

lmao.... sorry - guess i was out of the loop

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dionysos

I got this email that said if I forward it to everyone, Bill Gates will pay me $100.

DO IT ... it works!! i am waiting on my check right now!! it should be here any day now....

Deff Gordon · 04-19-08, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clay donkey

The guy that owns citgo, that services most 7-11 stores, makes anti-america comments all the time. There are several reasons to boycott him. I started buying QT gas for a while till I started having problems with my fuel injectors getting dirty all the time. He isn't a nice guy but it would be really really difficult to put him out of business. Gas prices are high because of high demand. If his sales went down all he would have to do is lower his prices by .25 if that and everyone would buy citgo gas again. even after 1M gallions sold he would have only lost 250K but at 3$ a gallon its nothing compaired to 3M$ he would make.

Hell, boycotting citgo would just make the price of other pumps go up if anything. We are a slave to the octane, nothing you can do about it.

fyi: 7-11 dumped citgo back in 2006

BradH · 04-19-08, 10:47 AM

who cares

charlie brown · 04-19-08, 05:35 PM

lol

Blake · 04-20-08, 02:35 AM

Click Me

04-18-08, 06:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
reason Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: the mother ship Posts: 366	Citgo Gas Owned by Hugo Chaves - boycott? So... I have been getting emails telling me to boycott Citgo ... but check out what Snopes says: http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/citgo.asp "By buying your gasoline at Citgo, you are contributing to the billions of dollars that Venezuela's democratic government is using to provide health care, literacy and education, and subsidized food for the majority of Venezuelans." "Instead of using government to help the rich and the corporate, as Bush does, Chavez is using the resources and oil revenue of his government to help the poor in Venezuela." give me a freaking break..... since when did Chaves become Mother Teresa!?!? i am sure that some of the money goes to these places.... but it's probably little more than the amount required to make it all look legitamate enough to hide the additional laundering and finding of thier arms programs. or maybe i am too un-educated, and am jumping to conclusions __________________ intellectualism is only as valuable as the posessor's ability to comprehend his self. Last edited by reason; 04-19-08 at 10:26 AM.

04-18-08, 07:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
umalak_ Spurs > Mavs Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 9,361	i've boycotted Citgo for years i dont even know where a Citgo station is __________________ "The fiend in his own shape is less hideous than when he rages in the breast of man." - Hawthorne (Young Goodman Brown) "Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it." - Thoreau (Resistance To Civil Government) "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears the beat of a different drummer." - Thoreau (Walden)

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david austin Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas Posts: 8,657	welcome to a few years ago. __________________ -273 = absolute zero. You can only go up from there.

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04-18-08, 08:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
MC Twinkie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: I'm always fresh and full of cream filling! Posts: 2,036	The guy that owns citgo, that services most 7-11 stores, makes anti-america comments all the time. There are several reasons to boycott him. I started buying QT gas for a while till I started having problems with my fuel injectors getting dirty all the time. He isn't a nice guy but it would be really really difficult to put him out of business. Gas prices are high because of high demand. If his sales went down all he would have to do is lower his prices by .25 if that and everyone would buy citgo gas again. even after 1M gallions sold he would have only lost 250K but at 3$ a gallon its nothing compaired to 3M$ he would make. Hell, boycotting citgo would just make the price of other pumps go up if anything. We are a slave to the octane, nothing you can do about it.

04-19-08, 10:47 AM	#8 (permalink)
BradH tonicphoto.com Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,391	who cares

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