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Old Feb 23, 2007 | 01:50 PM
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Citgo changing its name
Beware and continue forwarding------
VERY IMPORTANT

I'm forwarding this, because CITGO is feeling a loss of American revenue.

Hugo Chavez the President of Venezuela who is hell bent on the destruction of the United States "kill all Americans" owns CITGO. This planned AKA is a move that everyone should be made aware of.

HUGO CHAVEZ REALIZING SALES ARE DOWN DUE TO U.S. CUSTOMERS NOT BUYING FROM CITGO IS CHANGING THE NAME OF SOME OF HIS GAS STATIONS TO: "PETRO EXPRESS"

DO NOT BUY FROM "PETRO EXPRESS"


Let this continue to serve as a message from AMERICA to Chavez.


"PETRO EXPRESS" IS ENTIRELY OWNED BY "HUGO CHAVEZ".


PLEASE KEEP THIS MEMO GOING, EVERYONE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF HIS
UPCOMING DECEPTION.


Got this from a friend and was wondering its validity, although this idiot is for real....
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 01:53 PM
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Looks just like a chain spam email copied and pasted onto the forum. Whenever I get an email from a friend or family member and the subject says " DO NOT DELETE " Please forward . The first thing I do before I open it is click DELETE.
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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It seems to be a hoax...

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/p/petroexpress.htm
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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Its listed on snopes.com and has been going around the Internet for quite some time now. More of an Urban Legend than anything else. Read it here: http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/citgo.asp

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Old Feb 23, 2007 | 02:00 PM
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I just snoped it, and its a hoax, although its not a bad idea. Citgo is known for low quality gas.
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 02:17 PM
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I just snoped it, and its a hoax, although its not a bad idea. Citgo is known for low quality gas.
yep, very bad gas, cheap crap with water in it.[:@][:@]never use it myself, but then I must confess that if I was on reserve and the next station was 50 miles away I might get a gal. or two if I really had to., never say never I guess, always the exception to the rule
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 02:18 PM
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Citgo is known for low quality gas.
Citgo is known for the same gas as the other brands, in the same area.

Just may have more or less "additives", mixed in at the Bulk Pumpiing Rack.
 
Old Feb 23, 2007 | 02:47 PM
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Yep, a hoax:

http://urbanlegends.about.com/librar...go_boycott.htm

 
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Old Feb 23, 2007 | 02:56 PM
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where do you get this chit? CITGO is an American Company. where the delema comes in, Citgo developed the Venezuela oil fields along with some other oil companies. Then Venezuela before Chavez nationalized the fields but allowed the oild companies to continue developing and pumping and paying the government royalties. Yes Citgo oil comes from there, no Chavez does not own Citgo. Look it up.
 
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where do you get this chit? CITGO is an American Company. where the delema comes in, Citgo developed the Venezuela oil fields along with some other oil companies. Then Venezuela before Chavez nationalized the fields but allowed the oild companies to continue developing and pumping and paying the government royalties. Yes Citgo oil comes from there, no Chavez does not own Citgo. Look it up.
I don't care who owns it, around here they sell watered down gas, either because they want to OR their tanks are old and leaky, so I don't buy it..besides when I go into that station I smell incense burning to hide the smell of the bathrooms.[:'(] matter of fact the health dept. has gotten on some of the owners to clean them up..[]
 



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