Posted on 04/26/2006 6:25:51 AM PDT by freakboy
Let the lefties boycott. The less of them on the road, the safer the roads are.
Only 25% of its business and investment is in the US. Good luck boycotting.Only 25%? Ask the Exxon shareholders if a 25% reduction is so insignificant.
Venezuela just tried a government power play and they simply just got up and left.If that's true I'll bet if Venezuela was 25% of its business and investment they would've sung a different tune.
What do you mean you can't do that? I DEMAND it!
That message seems to be working for the illegal aliens in America, doesn't it?
I've been thinking some more about boycotting a specific company. Assuming they buy the gas elsewhere, what they are essentially doing is REDUCING competition. Taking it to the extreme, if they decide they are going to boycott every company except one, they are essentially creating a monopoly. By discriminating in any other way besides prices, they are going to pay more than the competitive price. If they truly get utility out of buying gas from comapnies who aren't exxon mobil, that is fine with me. However, they may have to pay higher prices to do so.
"ExxonMobil and its affiliated companies are present on a world scale, doing business in some 200 countries and territories. We explore for oil and natural gas on six of the seven continents and are the world's largest non-government gas marketer and reserves holder."
Exxon is a brand name and on many stations. However in the US 90% of all service stations are individually owned no matter who's brand is being used. Exxon is a oil supplier and its oil can be sold anywhere in the world. If US buyers don't want their oil it will simply be picked up by other traders and countries. Most of it's reserves are not in the US and their is no requirement that they sell them in the US
Bee County Judge Jimmy Martinez is a demonRat; helped into office by dead people voting absentee. IMHO
Wow, what a great idea. This would be just as effective as boycotting McDonald's to decrease the price of hamburgers. (s/off)
One might think that with 50 year mortgages, repackaging of 80s TV shows as movies, Star Wars 1-3, Brittney Spears, and wedge salads we would of reached a Stupidity Saturation Point.
But alas the SSP doesn't exist and there will always be a fresh and easily exchanged supply of stupidity available for use by large groups of silly people to do things like this.
I urge the citizens of Bee County to boycott the county commissioners until their total IQ rises to 130.
There was a call for a nation-wide boycott of Exxon-Mobil last week. The reasoning; let the largest oil company feel the hit in the ol' pocketbook and they will lower gasoline prices forcing others to follow suit.
I almost ran out of gas last night passing up the Exxon station where I used to shop until I joined this boycott.
From the Bee-Picayune
http://www.bee-picayune.com/front1.shtml
Judge Martinez introduced a resolution to ask Bee County citizens to refrain from purchasing gasoline from Exxon Mobil until prices return to at least $1.30 per gallon. “We want to send the message that we’re committed to doing whatever we can,” he said. “This is something we can do as a group.”
Exxon and Mobil were the two largest oil companies in the United States and recently merged into one, according to Martinez, who called the current price of gas outrageous.
Rodriguez questioned if a boycott would impact local gas station owners. The judge said that a reduction in the price would help business owners since consumers would have money to spend inside the store, not just at the pump.
“This is a bigger issue than Bee County,” Stasny said. She expressed concerns over the way the resolution was worded and the mention of specific businesses. She did not find the resolution appropriate and withheld her vote.
“This is your chance. You stand with the oil companies or Bee County,” Martinez said. “There is no other way but to start at the grassroots. That is what we are doing here.”
The commissioners, without Stasny’s vote, approved the resolution.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.