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Re: Fwd: Re: Moscow/Pullman gas prices
At 01:13 AM 10/09/1999 -0400, Philip Cooper wrote:
>Dear Mr. O'Reilly, congratulations on the announcement of your election
>as the new CEO of Chevron. I am deeply concerned about Mr. Robert
>Hoffman's allegations contained below concerning mass murder and
>environmental degradation in Africa. While I'm confident these are
>unfounded, I feel such strong public allegations require an appropriate
>level of response.
>
>Respectfully
>
>Phil Cooper
Actually, I've already contacted Chevron to protest their activities in
Africa, so it doesn't bother me in this case that you have again shared my
views with them. I have informed Chevron that I would be boycotting their
gas stations until they were more forthcoming about the incident. An email
from Chevron told me they would refer my message to a higher position in
the company, but I've heard nothing from them since.
P.S. The incident of killings was when Chevron authorized use of its
helicopters in Nigeria to transport government troops to an oil platform
which had been seized by local residents protesting the environmental
catastrophe in that region. Two unarmed protesters were killed. I did not
characterize this as "mass murder," words which Phil Cooper tries to put in
my mouth, or on my keyboard.
There are numerous Web postings about Chevron's activities in Africa. One,
on the Corporate Watch Web site, is an article from the San Francisco
Cronicle:
http://www.corpwatch.org/trac/feature/humanrts/cases/nb-chevron.html
People may go to the Chevron Web site for what they claim is an "unbiased"
report on the matter.
At 01:13 AM 10/09/1999 -0400, Philip Cooper wrote:
>Dear Mr. O'Reilly, congratulations on the announcement of your election
>as the new CEO of Chevron. I am deeply concerned about Mr. Robert
>Hoffman's allegations contained below concerning mass murder and
>environmental degradation in Africa. While I'm confident these are
>unfounded, I feel such strong public allegations require an appropriate
>level of response.
>
>Respectfully
>
>Phil Cooper
>
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>From: PhilCooper@webtv.net (Philip Cooper)
>Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 23:48:58 -0400 (EDT)
>To: escape@alt-escape.com (Robert Hoffmann)
>Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: Re: Moscow/Pullman gas prices
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>If serving our country and upholding our national security interests is
>what you are referring to, I guess I am part of that crowd. My
>objective is to ensure you and your family can live in your precious
>house, drive your precious car or truck, and post your precious
>commentaries without having someone hack you or your family to death
>with machetes in the middle of the night. Perhaps you would be
>interested in a move to Dilli Timor to conduct a poll on the price of
>fuel?
>
>PC
>
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>To: PhilCooper@webtv.net (Philip Cooper)
>From: Robert Hoffmann <escape@alt-escape.com>
>Subject: Re: Moscow/Pullman gas prices
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>Oh, I guess you are of the "We killed them, so it now belongs to us" crowd.
>
>At 12:49 PM 10/08/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>>Pewwwwwww! There's an awful lot of gas floating around!
>>
>>PC
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>>Subject: Re: Moscow/Pullman gas prices
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>>At 08:06 AM 10/08/1999 -0700, Michael Mahaffy wrote:
>>>Had an idea.
>>>
>>>How about if we all just go to the gas stations that charge less for
>>>gas. Won't this show the owners of the 'high priced' pumps that we
>>>are not going to stand (or drive) around and continue to pay higher
>>>prices for it.
>>
>>I base my gas purchasing decisions on more than price. For instance,
>>regardless of price, I do not buy gas at Chevron. In Africa, that
>>corporation has been involved in massive environmental degradation of
>>traditional native homelands, and has also been involved in the killing of
>>protesters.
>>
>>I just don't see the sqabble over a few cents per gallon as significant in
>>the issue of petroleum.
>>
>>Act locally, think globally.
>>
>>
>>Bob Hoffmann 229 East C St., Suite B
>>Alt-Escape Adventures Moscow, ID 83843 USA
>>http://www.alt-escape.com Phone: (208) 883-0642
>> Fax: 1-800-683-3799
>>
>>
>
>Bob Hoffmann 229 East C St., Suite B
>Alt-Escape Adventures Moscow, ID 83843 USA
>http://www.alt-escape.com Phone: (208) 883-0642
> Fax: 1-800-683-3799
>
Bob Hoffmann 229 East C St., Suite B
Alt-Escape Adventures Moscow, ID 83843 USA
http://www.alt-escape.com Phone: (208) 883-0642
Fax: 1-800-683-3799
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