DID YOU KNOW YOU ARE SUPPORTING TERRIOST?

It's in all caps, so it must be true.

And we will all be waiting to see you in the local news media when you
blatantly harrasss this business.

Most Americans won't die from terrorism but from the unhealthy food
they consume at places like McDonalds lol.

As many people that are hooked to Mc.D's and need gas I am sure your
boycott will go over well. Cheers to your new found health without the
Mc.D's!

www.valero.com

Back in late '06, all the Citgos in the Cleveland, OH area have just
become Valero. Just thought I'd give you a little tidbit.

The correct spelling is "terrorist". The root word is "terror." Just
thought you might like to know.

thank goodness I don't eat fast food or else I would feel terrible.
/sarcasm

And did you know that you're sponsoring POTATOES??!!

Uhm......don't yell. We're not deaf.

It begins with a simple letter to Target asking a question about the
Salvation Army, a letter which generated 122 responses, mostly
negative. Had I known what I know now, I would have just written a
letter and dropped it in the mail.

This site provides a good service and an easy way to contact
companies, but it has probably migrated into a statistic gathering
device instead of the "voice it was intended to be.

I admit I got wrapped up in the game as well; I couldn't wait to
"hammer" a letter writer or comment on a post. My level of
one-upmanship grew to an embarrassing level.

I started writing letters with good content, but crafted them in such
a way that they were sure to cause controversy, and it worked for a
while. Not only was it fun, but it was a bit therapeutic.

Suddenly, I am banished and no one wants to post to my letters, this
only gives me cause to post to other letters, and I post some
doozies.

I have been referred to as a slack jaw, a yokel, a bumpkin, an idiot,
an a-hole, etc.... Most of this was directed at the name I created,
but a lot was probably personal attacks. I am amazed at the level of
hatred generated by simple letters.

I have one suggestion. When a OP is creating a letter, he/she should
be queried about their interaction with the manager. I can't start to
count the number of responses that begin with "did you speak to a
manager?"

I find that I am spending way to much time on this site; I am not
leaving, but I am no longer going to fill this site with my writings,
it just isn't worth it any longer.

I do wish you all well and urge you to examine your personal post over
the past month or so and ask yourself "am I being helpful or
spiteful?"

For the record, I posted on 57% complaints, 35% compliments, and 8%
questions; 23 letters with only 2 responses. One from Dominoes and one
from Target; I recommend you patronize these stores.

For all of you that think I am an uneducated hick; I have a college
degree, as does my wife, I have made life/death decisions throughout
my career, in 2005 & 2006 I made 36 platelet donations to a blood
donation center, look up platelet donation on google to see what a
huge commitment this was. I honestly feel as though my platelets saved
lives. I don't let my kids kill anything they aren't prepared to eat,
I believe every living creature has a right to live until it is ready
to enter the food chain. Yes, I catch bugs in my house, but I always
take them outside and let them go.

I have one more letter to write, then I am going to make cameo
appearances, not the daily barrage I am known for.

Clete

While I think Citgo as well as most other Petro companies (insert
suction sound here) and I think Hugo Chavez is a (insert multiple
swears here) They both care nothing.... NOT ONE THING about you and
your opinion.

If you want to really send a message to them, send it with your
wallet.

I do not spend a dime in places I think stink, Citgo, McDonalds,
WalMart being a few off the top of my head.


If you want to support a gas station you know is terror free go here
for the list

http://www.terrorfreeoil.org/companies.php

Chavez does not own CitGo nor he is a terrorist. I think President
Chavez is more responsible then President Bush and I hope he sues you
for libel.

N/T!

Wait, we're all worked up over this letter for nothing. I misread and
thought the OP was saying that McDs supports "terrorists." Instead,
McDs supports a "Terriost," which is an entirely other matter.

From Dictionary.com:

"Terriost: ter-ee-ohst (n): Low-level-education trolls who post
nonsensical, poorly thought out, poorly written letters by typing them
in between rounds of crushing empty beer cans against their forehead
and shooting rats."

I agree with Gino's post below. Everytime you buy gas, you are
supporting terrorism. Where do you think Al Qaeda and the other
groups get their money from? This country needs to get rid of its
dependence on foreign oil. The people who drive hummers that get like
8-10 miles per gallon are not only destroying the earth, but are
lining these people's pockets at the same time.

If I were in office, I would propose that everyone who buys gas for a
car that gets under 20 miles a gallon receive a punch in the stomach.
We could call it the mother nature tax. After awhile im sure people
would drive more fuel effecient vehicles and not be supporting
terrorism.

Here's a little bit of education for you Jay. Chavez (or I should say
his country) does not own the Citgo station in and of itself. True,
the oil/gas that they get comes from Venezuela. But that's it. If
McDonalds is leasing the space the money goes to the owner of the
station which is not Venezuela (Chavez).

But hey, I'm half way with you. I never get gas at Citgo stations.

I'm sure this nonsensicle rant with really do something to McDonald's
bottom line.

*le sigh*

Well, you'll certainly be healthier by boycotting McDonald's, no
matter what the reason is. This could be a blessing in disguise.

Hah. Terrorist. You're ridiculous.

Jay,

Everytime you buy gas anywhere, you're supporting terrorists. Citgo is
the lesser of all evils, at least they help people who can't afford to
heat their homes. BP just got fined for cornering the market and
artificially inflating propane prices, where's the boycott?

*sigh*

I don't think the McDonald's is supporting the Citgo. These two
companies wanted to open in the same area, and teamed up. That's what
stores do. People do it to live, as well, when they create a building
with a common wall.

You can interrupt your life and launch a campaign against [?]. It
sounds like your complaint is against McDonald's, which you called "an
outstanding American company." So, you are threatening to expose an
outstanding American company of doing something that you clearly do
not believe is outstanding.

Do you have any proof the McDonald's restaurant is "supporting" the
Citgo?

1. Agreed. You did twist those facts pretty good, although I am
pleased to see you admitted that you did so.

2. Agreed. Again.

3. Specifics? There are several newspapers in New York. Not only do I
want the name of the paper, I also want the article and the date it
was printed.

And, so help me, if you say the New York Sun, I'll give you such a
pinch.

4. That's a cute trick you just pulled. You think that because I don't
support the War in Iraq that I don't support fighting terrorism AT
ALL. Here's the fact you're missing. The War in Iraq is actually
making the terrorists stronger, not weaker.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/world/middleeast/24terror.html

So which one of us is it that supports increasing death rates here at
home? Seems to me like it's the one who supports the thing that's
increasing the rate of terrorism, not the one who opposes it.

5. How is it that I'm any safer thanks to the valiant efforts of
George W. Bush? Is it his belief in pre-emptive war that makes me
safer? His leaving the borders wide open so anyone can get in? His
underfunding of emergency relief programs so that when we have actual
emergencies here at home, American citizens are left up the creek
without a paddle? I'll be honest with you here. I don't feel safer,
and you shouldn't either. Because George Bush is not making the world
a safer place. He's doing exactly the opposite.

God bless our troops, man. They volunteered for their mission and they
do their jobs well. That's why it's up to the leaders we elect to not
put them in harm's way needlessly. But that's exactly what your
President did. He sent them to do something that didn't need to be
done, and now he won't even have the decency to tell us why.

6. This one is simple. Because the number of failures have been so
much more pronounced and catastrophic than any successes that have
been achieved.

It is finished!

I cannot debate someone who is omnipotent and/or unwilling to see the
forest for the trees.

New York Post

Idiot-turn your caps off! Oh, you probably don't even know what "caps
lock" is!

Jay,

With all due respect (and following that letter, that respect is about
nil) you are spewing heresay and rhetoric with no correlation to the
insidious intentions you're implying.

I strongly suggest before you try spouting off about things that you
hear from chain mails that you try doing a little research as Red did
below. The truth of the matter is that you are not accurately
depicting the situation and the fact that McDonald's has opted to
partner with this particular Citgo station isn't indicative of
anything other than people who stop to get gas are sometimes hungry.


Is this store by chance off a freeway? Also another reason to put two
logical businesses together.

Sometimes it's JUST a McDonald's.

Even if your point is valid, you aren't going to convince anyone with
all caps and bad spelling. If you redo your letter, turn off the caps
lock and correct the spelling and grammar errors, you'll be surprised
how many more people will take you seriously.

From Snopes:

"...Citgo may be owned by Petroleos de Venezuela, it is a formerly
American company which is still headquartered in the U.S. (in Houston,
Texas), employ 4,000 people, supplies 14,000 independent retailers
with gasoline and other petroleum products - Americans with no
substantive connection to Venezuela who would be economicaly harmed by
such action. (Citgo also provides free or discounted heating oil to
low-income communities and tribal reservations within the U.S.)"

Dude, I am with you on this one! I will not buy Citgo gas, even if it
is a few cents cheaper than most others.

Hats off to 7-11, they actually stopped selling Citgo gas about a year
ago.

Be sure to post a link to your pic!!

Clete