Replying to Re: the article Where to Buy Gas

Does anybody else see a bunch of problems with this article. I mean how could it be considering the Saudi government a terrorist organization or even a sponsor of terrorism when they are an ally of the U.S. and Western nations and have condemned and fought terrorism. I mean Saudi princes aren't really out blowing up buildings, they are having dinner with President Bush and training horses to win the Kentucky Derby. Sure a few Saudis are terrorists, but the country is one of our most important allies and trading partners.

I guess its not really suprising to be hearing that completely false and twisted propaganda from an organization like the Begin Group. An Israeli nationalist organization obviously wants us to stop buying Saudi oil, because their greatest joy would be to see the Saudi economy destroyed and the people starving to death (kind of like the Palestinians, eh? but thats another issue). In my mind we shouldn't do anymore to validate the opinions of a group that promotes violence and destruction than we would to validate the opinions of a terrorist group.

Another thing, you think prices will somehow go down if a few people go to the Conoco instead of the Amoco. The U.S. is heavily dependent on gasoline, no matter which station you buy it from. A few hundred, hell a few thousand people changing their preference won't do a thing to the world oil market. Honestly, Exxon-Mobil isn't really going to care if you spend your 10 bucks somewhere else because they will still make hundreds of billions of dollars a year and these oil compaines will still bring in and spit out more cash each year than entire countries do in ten years. The fact that your gas station lowered its prices was based on the crude oil prices that are standard worldwide and fluctuate frequently. A lot of things affect this, terrorism, the time of year, economic and political factors, but definitely not some piece of propaganda issued by some Israelis that is passed around amongst some people in Ohio. Perhaps the most far-fetched comment, because it has already been proved false, is that your gas prices went down because you stopped buying Saudi oil. When we stopped buying Saudi oil in the 1970's the United States economy was literally devastaed and people waited in line for hours to pay 4 or 5 bucks for a gallon of gas. Without the Oil States like Saudi Arabia we simply don't have enough oil, so for now we are dependent on them.

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