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echo: memories
to: KURT WEISKE
from: NANCY BACKUS
date: 2012-08-18 21:47:00
subject: Re: Gas was: Pennies

-=> Quoting Kurt Weiske to Nancy Backus on 08-18-12  09:01 <=-

 >  BB> CA had a big fire at a refinery a few weeks ago so gas jumped up about
 >  BB> 18c in less than 4 days. :)  Little blurb in today's paper saying that
 >  BB> that fire shouldn't have that much impact, but too late now. 
 
 > They take any pretext, don't they... 

 KW> Globalism is a boon to Big Oil - any time *anything* happens that
 KW> makes the radar, people start talking about "ripples"
causing increases
 KW> worldwide. Happened a year ago when there was a fire in Holland. Prices
 KW> on already purchased product immediately went up.

I'd say that they think us gullible... except that I suspect it's more
that they just figure we are helpless.. which is mostly probably true...  

ttyl          neb

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