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Re: Yikes! Gas Price $5 Gallon in Canada - Don't Visit Alberta!!

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From: John Kulp
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:02
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On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:39:26 GMT, 20April <20April@xmail.com> wrote:

>Media across Canada are moaning that this year will see a drastic drop in
>tourism, caused by the obscene gas prices in communist Canada.

And which nutbar are we dealing with now?  Please identify yourself so
we can all have a good laugh.

>
>With the oil companies recording their highest profits in history - in
>BILLIONS, places such as Alberta Canada deserve to have their 
>tourism industry go down the toilet, with no tourists prepared to 
>get ripped off for $5 gallon gasoline!!

Right.  They're all headed to Europe where they can pay $8 a gallon.

>
>On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:11:36 GMT, 20April <20April@xmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Your gas comes from Oilberta Canada.
>
>>At the refinery here, sucker canuckleheads are now paying $5.00 a gallon[US]!!
>>We make it here but the crooked governments in collusion with the oil
>>companies are ripping us off!1
>
>>if YOU had to pay $5 WOULD YOU RIOT?
>
>>Here the sheeple just pay....
>
>
>>On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:02:54 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
>><barbschaller@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>>On my way home from the supermarket I saw a BP (Nicollet & ~126th in 
>>>Burnsville - between the Pkwy and 13) with gas at 3.529.  Highest I've 
>>>seen yet.  I didn't read the fine print, but I assumed that was for 
>>>regular; I stopped at the Holiday near me and filled up for $3.379 
>>>minus 11 cents/gallon with my Cub discount slips.
>
>>>Oh, the counter guy at the station had just returned from chasing a 
>>>drive-off -- he got his license number.  More and more of those 
>>>happening.
>
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