Veterans Voices

“Vietnam Veterans of America–and our affiliated organization, Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America–can and will come together to help our fellow citizens in Louisiana and Mississippi get through this horrendous natural disaster,” Rowan said.

Rowan announced that the VVA relief effort will be coordinated by the organization’s Florida State Council. “The excellent job the Florida State Council did during the disastrous Florida hurricanes in 2004 makes our members in Florida ideally suited to coordinate this relief effort,” Rowan said.

Contributions will be used to purchase basic supplies, such as bottled water, food, and other necessities for hundreds of thousands of those who have been affected by the hurricane. Checks should be made out to “VVA Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund.” Send the checks to Vietnam Veterans of America, Attn: VVA Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund, 8605 Cameron Street, Ste. 400, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. For more information see http://www.vva.org

“This unfortunate tragedy has affected the lives of so many,” Rowan said. “As in the past, I know that our VVA and AVVA members will step up during this time of need. There is much work ahead for all of us as we work together to overcome this American tsunami.”

 where to buy gas

WHERE TO BUY YOUR USA-GAS

WHERE TO BUY YOUR USA-GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. 
Why didn't George W. think of this?  Gas rationing in the 80's  worked even though we grumbled about it.
     
It might even be good for us!
    
The Saudis are boycotting American goods.
      
We should return the favor.
 
An interesting thought is to boycott their GAS.
Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more  money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia
Just buy from gas companies that don't import their oil from the Saudis.


       Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time  I fill-up the tank, I am sending my money to people who are trying to kill me, my family, and my friends.

I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies are the best to buy gas from and which major companies import  Middle Eastern oil.

These companies import Middle Eastern oil:
      Shell............................ 205,742,000 barrels
     Chevron/Texaco......... 144,332,000 barrels
       Exxon /Mobil............... 130,082,000 barrels
       Marathon/Speedway... 117,740,000 barrels
      Amoco............................62,231,000 barrels
     If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to  over $18 BILLION! (oil is now $55-$60 a barrel)


Here are some large companies that
do not import Middle  Eastern oil:

       Citgo......................0 barrels
       Sunoco...................0 barrels
       Conoco..................0 barrels
        Sinclair.................0 barrels
      BP/Phillips............0 barrels
       Hess.......................0 barrels
        ARC0.....................0 barrels

     All of this information is available from the Department of  Energy
and each is required to state where they get their oil and how much
they are importing.

       But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions
of gas buyers.      It's really simple to do.

     Now, don't wimp out at this point.... keep reading and I'll
explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!

       I'm sending this note to about thirty people.
    
If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 =  300)... and

those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) .. and

so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people,

we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers !!!!!!!

     If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten
friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!

If it goes one level further, you guessed it ..... THREE  HUNDRED MILLION  PEOPLE!!!


Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How long would all that take?

If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next eight days!