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Boycott Gas on May 19th

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sporegasm
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Check this out-

Jesus, gas is really fucking expensive now. We're paying approx $2.15 for a gallon of unleaded fuel here now. Lets choke the fucking life out of Oil Companies' stocks.


>
> IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES 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 MAY 19TH HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED 'STICK IT TO THEM DAY' AND
THE
> PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SH! OULD 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 ADMINISTRATION 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 A! GAIN AND AGAIN.
>
> SO DO YOUR PART AND SPREAD THE W ORD. FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO EVERYONE YOU
KNOW.
> MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND MAKE MAY 19TH A DAY THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE
UNITED
> STATES SAY 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH'
>
> REMEMBER
> DO NOT BUY GAS!!!!
> MAY 19, 2004
May 17 2004 12:28PM
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jono
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thats gonna make gas cost more if they lose that much money. haha stick it to them champ
May 17 2004 12:33PM
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sporegasm
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No it wont, trust me on this one.
May 17 2004 12:37PM
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CallMeAl
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dude. please.




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May 17 2004 12:38PM
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dspin7x
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Yeah it may be a good idea but good luck getting everyone in the world to do it.

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May 17 2004 12:41PM
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J.D.
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The best way to lower gas prices is to buy gas from every company EXCEPT Shell and Esso. The prices WILL drop if everyone does that.

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May 17 2004 12:44PM
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freeskiing04
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alright, can we get some opinions of someone who really knows what they're talking about in here? i am interested in hearing more about this.
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May 17 2004 1:00PM
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ScratchCobra66
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yeah i agree with J.D.....only boycott certian companies.



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May 17 2004 1:02PM
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Who supplies Canadian Tire will their fuel?



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May 17 2004 1:06PM
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sporegasm
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OPEC didnt reduce the gas supply recently, in fact with Iraq gas supply has increased into American oil companies' stock. It is simply the oil refineries in the U.S. which isnt at its full capacity. They normally run at 80-85% but are currently around 65% capacity. The oil exists, it's just not being refined. Cant you see it, they're 'playing games' with us.

A boycott would hit the right people.
May 17 2004 1:11PM
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sporegasm
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And JD- boycotting certain oil companies will make a very little or no impact on anything.

All American oil companies is on same team. Most of oil came from Iraq is pumped by VP Cheney's former company Halliburton, also Howe-Baker Engineering Inc., Mobil Oil, and Pullman-Kellogg companies is currently` involved on pumping oil in Iraq..

Oil Daily magazine reported that Shell, BP, Chevron, and Coastal are among the companies interested in buying Iraqi crude oil.

Iraq holds world's 15% of crude oil.
May 17 2004 1:18PM
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J.D.
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I would think that boycotting those two in particular would case them to lower their prices, and initiate a price war (after their prices drop, everyone buys solely from them, and then the other companies drop theirs). The last time that happened, I was buying gas at 40 cents a litre (disgustingly cheap for here). Now that it's over a buck, taking the bus doesn't look so bad.

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A stormy haze
I’ll be around
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May 17 2004 1:22PM
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jsof9
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boycott Exxon/Mobil fools

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May 17 2004 1:25PM
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sporegasm
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If there's train, bus, and other transportation is available in this area, I would have taken that oppournity with no questions asked. But they're not readily available in this area, so that leaves me no other option except to take my economy sized car to commute to work and other places. I envy these Europeans that have plenty of other transportation methods available. You really have to think about others. I was told people in California & Hawaii is paying $3+ per gallon. 2/3 of Americans is earning below poverty-level incomes, it's more than enough to raise hell on our middle-class wallets. I had to lend my mom gas money more often to pay for her gas cuz apparently her making $60k a year isnt enough. I'm getting very tired of corporates' bullshit. They own this country now and we dont.
May 17 2004 1:31PM
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*Fujative*
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i will pay you if you can get everyone in the us to not by gas... b/c i will go buy some
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May 17 2004 1:54PM
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221
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you can make a difference, people who dont think so are stupid. Stupid people only respond to pain so hide in the bushes at popular gas stations with an air rifle and pepper those who refuse to support the boycott with BBs. when the gas prices go down they will forget all about the welts on their face and thank you.

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May 17 2004 2:32PM
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T.L.
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u guys are fucked up thats just gonna make people mad and wanna blow stuff up. plus consider yourself lucky here. gas in europe is double or triple our prices so quit bitching

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May 17 2004 2:36PM
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jksl
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i need to go to school that day, what if there isn't enough gas to get me there and back?, it's a 30 minute ride to school

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May 17 2004 2:37PM
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221
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yeah europe also has effective mass transit and compact cities, N. America has big stupid sprawling suburbia hellholes and colossal distances to travel. you pretty much need a car.

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May 17 2004 2:47PM
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sporegasm
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Local_608: 'gas in europe is double or triple our prices so quit bitching'

I see that you lack significant amount of brain cells because you missed my point-

I'm sure nearly everybody in US will use other transportation method if it IS offered to them, but there's very limited choices we have here comparing what Europeans have, most of em dont own a car- so that's why it's $5 a gallon in Europe.

There's not a fuckin bus stop, or passenger train for miles here, that forces me and my family & neighbors use our vehicles. Stop thinking about yourself. Not all buses stops in every parts of cities.


May 17 2004 2:48PM
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J.D.
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Yeah, after being to switzerland, I fully realize that the Vancouver bus system (which wins awards, somehow) totally sucks ass. Their public transportation is awesome, they have electric trains running along the streets. It's great.

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In a haze
A stormy haze
I’ll be around
I’ll be loving you
Always
Always

Here I am
And I’ll take my time
Here I am
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Always
Always...
May 17 2004 2:53PM
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ThisAngelicRage
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doubt it will work, it'd be better to just completely stop buying from certain companies because all the lost money will be made up the night before when everyone fills their tanks





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May 17 2004 2:53PM
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nut
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i do not know the numbers, but normal citizens in their cars are a small fraction of total fuel consumption. think trucking industry, airplanes...


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May 17 2004 3:06PM
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aclsarescary
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sell your gassoline run car, buy a diesel run vehicle make a couple modifications and you can run it on vegtable oil, which is free from restaurants or schools or fastfood joints. Or you can buy biodiesel which is made from vegtable oil and has no fossil fuels in it(meaning you are not supporting gasolleen companies).
May 17 2004 3:08PM
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IrishDrink87
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You guys who think this will work are RETARDED. First off, I dont know one person who fills their car every day. and there are only like 3 diff actual gas companies in the fucking world. they own all of the other ones. and their daily profit is in the billions, so all you morons who think that you will make a difference, its impossible.


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May 17 2004 3:38PM
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LittleDevil720
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ya think of it, truckers, they wouldnt do this,nor would other people, they have places to go and things to do. it is a great i dea but will never happen....my english teacher told us aout the boycott a few weeks ago
May 17 2004 3:57PM
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221
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well let me relate a story: after watching calgarygasprices.com for several weeks, the top10 cheapest stations are always small obscure stations (and the Indian gas station of course). The top 10 most expensive stations are dominated by the big 3 - PetroCan, Shell and Esso. Thats proof enough for me. How can the little guys afford to sell for 8 cents a litre cheaper??? Because the big guys are fucking everyone. So make them pay. Last time gas was expensive, on the radio they said 'tomorrow gas is going to shoot over 1.00 a litre, everyone panicked and filled up but there was noticeably less business at the major stations because that e-mail was going around. guess what? the prices never went up and soon dropped after that. the big companies tried one last ditch attempt to make a buck because here at least just driving around you tell people were avoiding the big gas stations. Its not asking you to riot in the streets, its asking you to drive a couple blocks away and buy gas thats cheaper anyways. And it does make a difference.

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May 17 2004 4:39PM
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hoodratz47
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ok.. i wont buy but ill drive. still........... it cost me 50 bucks to fill my tank and that only lasts for 4 days at most









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May 17 2004 4:48PM
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if it doesn't work, everyone who said it wornt work are at fault so screw u if u think it wont!


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May 17 2004 5:10PM
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asac
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HOW THE FUCK DOES THIS HELP US





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May 17 2004 5:25PM
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davidh
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do you think those hot shot rich guys care if the gas costs $2.15 a gallon? They have enough money that it doesnt matter to them. Some of them will prolly fill up just to spite people. It'll never work.




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May 17 2004 5:30PM
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sporegasm
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You negative assholes wont make this work because you give up too easily. Most of you guys are clueless on how stock markets works. I already have a degree in economy and political science. I KNOW this will fucking work, dudes. Wake the fuck up, corporate bastards owns you people, and they already owned America. Scroll up a bit and read my other posts, I already explained why gas prices is jacked up.

Also Semis uses Diesel fuel, and jets uses different kind of gas, not ones they buy directly from gas station, morons.
May 17 2004 6:02PM
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J.D.
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It would certainly have an effect, but wouldn't they overcome their losses and regroup fairly quickly? I mean if we went, say, 2 weeks without driving, then maybe this would cripple them, but a day... seems like too little to me. I don't know enough about it to make judgements or anything, that's just how it seems.

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A stormy haze
I’ll be around
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May 17 2004 6:05PM
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what he said^^^^









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May 17 2004 6:08PM
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asac
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Boycotting gas means no driving means HIGHER PRICES on everything. this hurts us more than it hurts them.





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May 17 2004 6:12PM
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Hobo_De_Esquiar
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That is by far the stupidest idea i have ever heard.

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May 17 2004 7:19PM
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nut
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never did i say that airplanes were filling up at gas stations. sounds funny just to type it.

but, deisel and airline fuel all contain petroleum or 'crude oil'. this crude oil is heated to produce many different kinds of fuel from solvents to gasoline to DIESEL fuel to lubricating oils. mmmmm mm lubricating oils


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May 17 2004 7:21PM
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ScratchCobra66
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Gas will get to a point, where it cant rise anymore, and if it rises too much, people will riot, its too bad, the goverment controls the industry, or else they would probably stop the price gouging



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May 17 2004 7:37PM
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asac
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no one is gonna riot, no one is gonna take any real action, it'll be just like last summer (or was it the summer before) when the prices were ridiculously high. everything will go back to normal.





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May 17 2004 7:47PM
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ScratchCobra66
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did they ever go back normal over the winter? they went down but not to what they were.



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'Id like to please ask our contestants to refrain from using ethnic slurrs, ok so on with the show, here we have Mr. Connery wi...'
'You think your so smart Alex Trebek with your Greasy hair and your Dego mustache.'
'what did i just say about ethnic slurrs!?'
May 17 2004 7:48PM
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cams
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how about.. mass transportation??


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May 17 2004 7:51PM
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TwinTipRider
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ya i say that will work iam spreading the word right now ....but in 3-5 years with the hydrogen cell car ass wont be a problem any more we can fill our cars up with cheep and easy elecra fied water ...i sent an e-mail to GAC and the sent a huge thing back telling me all about it and i have reshurched it for about a year now it' so cool check it out .
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oh so thats what you call a getaway well tell me what you got away with cuz i'v seen more spine in a gelly fish i'v seen more guts in an 11 year old kid. have another drink and drive your self home .i hope there is ice on all the roads. so you can think of me when you forget your seatbelt . and again whn you'r head smashes thro the winsheald .
May 17 2004 8:02PM
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IrishDrink87
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what you dont understand is that GAS IS A NECESSITY. its like shampoo and toothpaste and coffee. you NEED it if you have a car. and when you started driving you learned that its expensive upkeep. this happens every summer people think that they can not pump gas, and make a difference. lameo, not gonna happen.


I dont want a large Farva!
May 17 2004 10:42PM
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jarossamdb7
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not witha fucking attitude like thAT were not! serously the guy is a fucking degree in this! you guys are asking for someone with some crudentials, well here he fucking is!


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May 17 2004 10:53PM
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ThisAngelicRage
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cars, shampoo, toothpaste, and coffee are not necessities. neither are cars. you do not need any of those things in order to survive.





-Lauren


Lauren and Ella: together changing teenaged boys lives since 2001.

THE FIST OF FURY
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May 17 2004 11:28PM
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IrishDrink87
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i was kidding about the coffee, but it is a necessity. you need it to get around if you have a car. unless you have one of those fag 25 mph electric cars. its not a life or death thing, but there is no fucking way that this could ever EVER, in a million years, work. and i dont care if this dumb shit is studying it. they can do it and have their pickit signs up and cuss at me when im laughing and dancing at the gas station about how gay they all are and im going to the mall. ...in an suv.


I dont want a large Farva!
May 17 2004 11:36PM
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homestead
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stick it to the man!


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May 18 2004 5:52PM
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*ELLA*
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you dont need fucking gas..... its called excercise, walk, ride a bike... take a bus and let the state pay for the bus companies gas.... it would force gas companies to bring their prices down... and SUV's are the stupidest things to have if your a teenager irishdrink... all your doing is wasting your money on an ugly ass piece of shit that i bet you dont need
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May 18 2004 6:06PM
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J.D.
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^I'm with you on the SUVs. WHy the hell does ANY city person have one of those!? I see Escalades all the time in the fucking suburbs! Are you firing up the 4wd to get out of your driveway? Bloody idiots. Get an import, save some money. I've said it before and I'll say it again: I want a hybrid (once they stop deliberately making them ugly as shit). But I guess I'll stick with my free insurance car. But I won't be filling it up on the 19th because it isn't running. So... I'm in!

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In a haze
A stormy haze
I’ll be around
I’ll be loving you
Always
Always

Here I am
And I’ll take my time
Here I am
And I’ll wait in line
Always
Always...
May 18 2004 6:11PM
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IrishDrink87
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no. lincoln navigators are tight. you just havnt been in an suv. haha, my friends family has a hummer, an expedition, an F350, a tundra, and an escalade. awesome.


I dont want a large Farva!
May 18 2004 6:15PM
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con_cept
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^Irish..: Please go run over to their place now... I want to hear about a murder suicide when I watch the news tommorrow morning (along with gas-prices have gone down due to decreased demand)

Seriously get a fucking normal C-A-R

There should be an International ''Slash Your Neighbors SUV Tires'' Day



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