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THE PENCOPAL PROJECT

2004-05-17 - 2:24 p.m.

Wednesday is Damn the Man, Save the Empire Day.

They�re actually calling it �Stick It Up Their Behind Day,� but that's an utterly stupid name for a boycott. The Pencopal rename is more fun, and should remind you of Rory Cochrane's character in Empire Records, which is always a good thing.

In protest of skyrocketing gasoline prices, the forces behind Stick It Up Their Behind Day are requesting that like-minded citizens refrain from buying gas on Wednesday, May 19. The e-mail is flying around the Internet, and even if it�s a hoax, I say, don�t buy gas anyway.

Show these fuckers (and by these fuckers I mean the heads of the oil refineries and gasoline distribution companies) that it�s the consumer who lines their pockets with cash. Put forth a show of consumer strength that these robber barons will have to notice. Detractors believe that people will just buy gas on other days, so what does it matter? But it does matter. A show of strength says that there are limits to how long they�ll be able to jack up prices before a grassroots movement will emerge.

An article on Forbes.com states that global demand for crude oil is rising while production remains the same, driving up prices. But the same article says gasoline prices are rising twice as much as crude oil prices. So is it a simple lesson of supply and demand, or are we all getting fucked in the ass by a giant Shell?

Think about that shit. And don�t buy gas on Wednesday.

Damn the man. Save the Empire

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