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BP has cut corners, lied to the public and has been sometimes disingenuous in its statements regarding the Gulf oil spill. Mass boycotts against big companies (BP made 16 billion last year) seldom work, but if you have a chance to get to another gas station even if it is a few cents higher you can send a message. This mornings reports say the combination of hurricane season and the possibility they can't shut the flow till August or even December will cause untold decades-long devastation. Might as well rename the Gulf the Dead or Dying Sea. Oh and many people are saying that gas stations are just local people who franchise out to BP. Tough luck, they made a pact with the devil and need to pay.



Aledo Illinois, for instance has a tough choice with their 3 major gas stations. They have a BP, a Mobil and Casey's. Well, Casey's jacked their prices and gouged the public right after 9/11. And their Mobil is run by Arabs who canned local employees after they bough the place. We were in there last week and loud Middle Eastern music was blaring and the worker was talking on the phone in a foreign tongue without any regard for customer service. Who do you patronize in that town? I don't know, and I'm glad I don't live there.




All I am suggesting is to exercise your right as a customer. Patronize those places that you are comfortable with handing over your money. You do have power.



Oh, and if you still can't decide, how's this statistic from ABC News and the past 3 years of oil company "willful, egregious safety violations":




Conoco: 8


Sunoco: 8


Citgo: 2


Exxon: 1


BP: 760



BP takes in $65 million a day and is paying $23 million a day during this crisis.


Oil Spill Graphic:



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