Hi Frank,<br>No offense, but these email mass mailings have no credibility whatsoever. Mass action doesn't happen because everyone gets some kind of call to action ovr-inflected email. There are tons of these floating around. Real action happens because people are active in their communities and have real physical contact with people. Please don't send these to mailing lists which aren't really intended for this kind of thing. Personally, I get enough of this kind of stuff as it is.
<br><br>thanks for understanding,<br>wes<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/24/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Frank Gao</b> <<a href="mailto:gao@mdimaging.com">gao@mdimaging.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> </span></font><font color="#993366"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 102);">I am sorry this is not related to the topic of this two
forums, but promise this is the only time, and an idea for all.</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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Very interesting Gas Plan Idea!!! </span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
<p><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work (or
at least get forwarded around a lot...) </span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>
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<p><font color="blue" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue;">This was originally sent by a retired Coca
Cola executive It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from
Halliburton. It's worth your consideration.<br>
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Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by
next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come
down? We need to take some intelligent, united action.<br>
<br>
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 on and join with us!<br>
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By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap.
Me too! It is currently $2.79 for regular unleaded in my town. 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?<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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</span></font><b><font color="blue" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: blue; font-weight: bold;">Here's the idea: For the
rest of this year, 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 wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how
simple it is to reach millions of people!!<br>
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I am sending this note to over 30 people. If each of us 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 group of people,
we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers.<br>
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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!!!<br>
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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, let's face it, you just aren't a
mathematician. But I am. so trust me on this one.) :-)<br>
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How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more
people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION 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.<br>
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If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. I suggest that we not
buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP
THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.<br>
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Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coordinator <br>
Thanks for your support.</span></font></p>
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