[FC] Re: Does this seem right? Boycott time????

[Merv Krull and or Loretta Prosser]

Well, the only way to make the oil companies sit up and take consumers 
seriously is if we can get together in sufficient numbers, make lots of 
noise, and vote with our dollars. If we all choose to boycott ONE oil 
company, it will soon have to lower their price. Other companies will then 
follow as consumers drift to the lower price stations.
None of this "don't buy gas for one day" nonsense... it has to be an all out 
boycott of ONE oil company.
Has any particular oil company been supportive of the Corvair Preservation 
Foundation? Or in any other way helpful to classic car enthusiasts? None 
come to my mind so how about we, as a group, boycott Exxon/Esso? Shell did 
make a hell of a mess and ultimately kill a bunch of native folk in South 
America...? Any particular company you would like to pick on first? 
Remember, it really doesn't matter who we boycott first. All of them will 
have to drop their prices too!!!
By the way, we Canucks pay the equivalent of $2.88 per US gallon and the 
minimum wage here in BC is $6.00 per hour for the first 500 hours then $8.60 
after that.
Let's talk it up, eh?
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm, BC


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Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 10:24 PM
Subject: FW: Does this seem right?


> Note. The information enclosed has not been verified but seems entirely
> plausible considering Exxons past history.
>
> Roland Martin
> rolandmartin at earthlink.net
>
>
>> Subject: Does this seem right?
>>
>> In light of high gas prices, this just doesn't seem right.  We are paying
> a
>> hefty price for gas, and the oil companies are recording record profits.
>>  Do gas prices really need to be as high as they are?????
>>
>> Exxon Mobil CEO takes home $38 mln
>>
>> Wednesday April 13, 7:40 PM EDT
>>
>> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM
>> </jsp/qt/full.jsp?time=0&symbol_search_text=XOM>) Chief Executive Lee
>> Raymond's compensation package jumped to more than $38 million last year,
>> when soaring energy prices helped the No. 1 public oil company report one
>> of the largest profits in U.S. corporate history.
>> Raymond's salary rose slightly to $3.6 million while his bonus rose to
> $3.9
>> million. He also received restricted stock awards worth more than $28
>> million, up from $17.9 million a year earlier.
>> The past year was an exceptionally good one for Exxon, which rode the
> wave
>> of rising oil and gas prices to post revenue of more than $298 billion
> and
>> a record profit of $25.33 billion. The company's share price also surged
>> more than 28 percent in the year.
>
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