no petrol day my arse.

alrighty, it's been a while so something new and fun to kickoff. there is a proposed "No Petrol Day - 22nd September" the details of which can be found below. you may have been emailed this info or maybe you clicked on the wrong link during your daily porn search.

the pitch:
it has been calculated that if everyone in australia did not purchase a drop of petrol 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 over 4.6 billion dollars which affects the bottom lines of the oil companies. therefore thursday september 22nd has been formally declared "stick it up their ass" day and the people of this nation should not buy a single drop of petrol 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 the government 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 petrol 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 supplies 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 again and again. so do your part and spread the word. forward this email to everyone you know. mark your calendars and make september 22nd a day that the citizens of australia "enough is enough"

my thought's regarding this apathetic 'joining of the people':

yep and then the next day we'll all go out and get a full tank, making up for the day before. a truly useless gesture which will affect nothing but give us all a collective 'pat on the shoulder' so we can feel good that we've achieved something which we wont have. negative the comment may seem but true which gives it that little oomph.

funny how we all think making a stand against oil companies is so important yet apart from whinging about the wars going on under our countries names we're not doing a 'stand against the government and/or war' so whole-heartedly. much easier to make a stand by doing nothing i guess.

if anyone actually wants to do something worthwhile and want to follow through with the 'hard hitting' war-against-oil-companies, send the 20 bucks you're saving on fuel on the 22nd to a charity of your choice or maybe go buy a hit or heroin and hand it to the first homeless person you see. your choice.

also, as a little side note. how exactly are they supposed to 'choke on their stockpiles'?!? how does any company do that? what, they don't have enough containers? also, can someone send me a link to the media release from those sneaky 'arab nations' that talked about reducing the prices please. i'm fairly sure i missed that one.

quote for the day:
"I never learned from a man who agreed with me."
- Robert A. Heinlein (1907 - 1988)