Hummer / Asteroids TV commercial

From: Ron Hudson <rhudson_at_cnonline.net>
Date: Tue Nov 4 20:54:41 2003

On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 08:39 PM, Teo Zenios wrote:

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> Subject: Re: Hummer / Asteroids TV commercial
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>> On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Hans Franke wrote:
>>
>>> Ron, give him a break, he's driving one of these big useless
>>> Toyota SUVs, and I'm bugging him every time I'm over when he
>>> finaly get's rid of that fuel sucking monster and gets himself
>>> a nice roomy and economic station wagoon.
>>
>> I'm still waiting for the SmartCar to appear in the States...
>>
>>> Then again, gas is so damn cheap in California ....
>>
>> Well, it used to be, until we invaded Iraq, presumably to get cheaper
>> oil.
>> Haha, the joke's on us.
>>
>
> We invaded Iraq so the OIL companies can get cheaper oil, since when do
> politicians do anything good for th consumer? Still prices here (Ohio)
> have
> dropped quite a bit since the summer.
>

Prices in CA are high because there is an artificial monopoly. Only
about
5 companies make "California" gas with MTBE. That and the extra taxes
the
environmentally aware Californians put on.
Received on Tue Nov 04 2003 - 20:54:41 GMT