If you drive your own private automobile, here is an interesting way to
support the people of Venezuela and their efforts to free themselves from
control of the big oil corporations -- as well as the poor in this
country. Even if you don't drive, it's worth reading. Consumer
power!

Mary Anne

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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:57:01 GMT
From: TrueMajority <alerts@...>
Reply-To: notice-reply-w38su8g2h5bt63w@...
To: Mary Anne Mercer <mamercer@...>
Subject: Stop buying Middle East oil: Buy Citgo

Support Democracy, not the Middle East

Dear Mary Anne,

Of the top oil producing countries in the world, only one is a
democracy with a president who was elected on a platform of
using his nation's oil revenue to benefit the poor. [1] The
money you pay to Citgo goes primarily to Venezuela - not Saudi
Arabia or the Middle East.

"Citgo is not just another oil company," says Citgo CEO Felix
Rodriguez. "With Venezuela's state oil company, of which we are
a subsidiary, we share a broad social mission." So buy Citgo
gasoline and support democracy in South America:

http://www.truemajority.org/find_station.php

And this winter Citgo is helping out less fortunate Americans,
too.

You already may have seen the headlines about how Citgo, unlike
every other oil company in the U.S., is making cut-rate heating
oil available to struggling families in the Northeast. The
Energy Department predicts a nearly 26 percent jump in heating
costs this winter compared with last year, [2] and despite a
year of record oil company profits, the country's heating oil
assistance fund is falling behind. [3]

Citgo has stepped in to help out. They're selling heating oil at
discounted rates to poorer communities in Massachusetts and the
Bronx, NY, and working on deals to keep low-income homes in
Rhode Island and Vermont warm, too.

So while you're out on the road this month, you can help some
fellow Americans by filling your tank with Venezuelan gas.
Here's a link to find the nearest one of the 14,000 Citgo gas
stations in the U.S.:

Find the Citgo station closest to your home address:

http://www.truemajority.org/find_station.php

Naturally, if you can get where you're going without a car, do
so. And we'll continue to work for a country with more renewable
energy options. But in the meantime, help your Northeast
neighbors by supporting Citgo when you drive.

Thanks for all that you do,

Matt Holland
TrueMajority

[1] Buy Your Gas at Citgo: Join the BUY-cott!
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0516-25.htm

[2] Poor get chilly federal reception:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-12-15-fuentes-edit_x.htm

[3]OUT IN THE COLD: How Much LIHEAP Funding Will Be Needed to
Protect Beneficiaries from Rising Energy Prices?
http://www.cbpp.org/10-6-05bud.htm

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