I got this email:

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From: Di Pietro, Frank
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 11:47 AM
Subject: Gas Strike May 19th



Subject: Gas Strike May 19th


LET'S DO IT! IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA DID NOT PURCHASE A DROP OF GASOLINE FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES. AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WITH A NET LOSS OF OVER 4.6 BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE OIL COMPANIES.
THEREFORE WEDNESDAY MAY 19TH HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED "STICK IT TO THEM" DAY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SHOULD NOT BUY A SINGLE DROP OF GASOLINE

THAT DAY. THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE DONE IS IF YOU FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT.

WAITING ON THIS ADMIINSTRATION TO STEP IN AND CONTROL THE PRICES IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REDUCTION AND CONTROL IN PRICES THAT THE ARAB NATIONS PROMISED TWO WEEKS AGO? REMEMBER ONE THING, NOT
ONLY IS THE PRICE OF GASOLINE GOING UP BUT AT THE SAME TIME AIRLINES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES, TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH EFFECTS PRICES ON EVERYTHING THAT IS SHIPPED.
THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, BUILDING MATERIALS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES ETC. WHO PAYS IN THE END? WE DO! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IF THEY DON'T GET THE MESSAGE AFTER ONE DAY, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
SO DO YOUR PART AND SPREAD THE WORD. FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND MAKE MAY 19TH A DAY THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"

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A Proud Indian Canadian

Another Email on same line:

WELL SOMEONE DID THE MATH.....




MONTREAL: CAN$0.949 / LITRE

ST ALBANS, VERMONT: US$1.85 / GAL DIVIDED BY 4 = US$0.46 / LITRE X 1.4 = CAN$0.648 / LITRE

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY PAYING WAY TOO MUCH!

We should be willing to try anything before the prices really get much more out of hand.




Dear friends & family,

I hear we are going to hit close to a $1.42 a Litre by the summer. Want
gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united
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 April or May! 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 $.80 a litre is
super cheap. Me too! It is currently .78 to .89 depending on what day it
is, for regular unleaded gas in Montreal, Qc. We all know that we're
being screwed by the oil companies. Does everyone remember how they
drove up the prices way past a dollar and got the gas prices to where
they wanted them, claiming there was a shortage of oil. Well, there
isn't any shortage now, and the oil is more abundant than it was 35
years ago when the price of a litre of gas was 29 cents!!!

Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to
think that the cost of a litre of gas is CHEAP at $0.78-$0.85, 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 cant 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, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline
from the two biggest companies (which now are one), PETRO CANADA,
SHELL. 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 PETRO CANADA and SHELL buyers. Its really simple to do!!
Now, don't whimp out on me at this point... keep reading and Ill explain
how simple it is to reach millions of people!!

I am sending this note to at least 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. 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, lets face it, you just aren't a
Mathematician. But I am. 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 MILLION people could
conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! Ill bet you I 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 HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $0.64 OR LESS RANGE
AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK!!!!!!!

PLEASE take a few minutes and pass this on to everyone you know!! If you
can't e-mail it to at least ten people, please print out a bunch of
copies and hand it out to your family and friends!!

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A Proud Indian Canadian