Don't root for Milka

[professor]

See below



Read below carefully..

IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA LAST WEEK, AT A CITGO STATION, REGULAR GAS WAS PRICED AT$2.82 PER GALLON, AND NO CUSTOMERS.

HOWEVER, ACROSS THE STREET FUEL WAS SELLING FOR $2.85 PER GALLON AND ALL PUMPS THERE HAD CARS WAITINGTO FUEL UP. What's going on? Word is getting around!!!!! Read on:

Have you noticed how the CITGO signs have disappeared in the past 7-8 months? A very clever move by Chavez. But guess what, "CITGO" IS CHANGING ITS NAME, too....
This is serious, Americans,...make sure you read this very carefully.

NEWS FLASH:
Chavez is NOW getting a Russian Weapons Factory built by Putin. The RUSSIANS are building an AK -47 Kalashnikov Assault Rifle factory in Venezuela , to give armament support to Communist Rebel groups throughout the Americas .

Chavez NOW has IRANIANS operating his oil refineries in Venezuela for him. It is likely only a matter of time, if not already, before Chavez has Iranian built LONG RANGE missiles, with a variety of warhead types aimed at: Guess Who?

CITGO is NOW in the process of Changing Its Name to "PETRO EXPRESS" due to the loss of gasoline sales in the USA ....due to the recent publicity of ownership by Chavez of Venezuela.

Every dollar you spend with ''CITGO" or "PETRO EXPRESS" gasoline will be used against you, your basic human rights, and your freedoms. He will start wars here in the Americas that will probably be the death of millions.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT because Chavez is starting to feel the loss of revenue from his holdings. HE OWNS "CITGO". This is a very important move that everyone should be aware of..

ANNOUNCED JUST RECENTLY: "CITGO", BEING AWARE THAT SALES ARE DOWN DUE TO U.S.. CUSTOMERS NOT WANTING TO BUY FROM 'CITGO-CHAVEZ', HAVE STARTED TOCHANGE THE NAME OF SOME OF THEIR STORES TO: 'PETRO EXPRESS'. DO NOT BUYFROM "PETRO EXPRESS" EITHER!!! 'PETRO EXPRESS' IS ALSO 100% OWNED BY "CHAVEZ."


KEEP THIS MEMO GOING SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
BOTTOM LINE,-- BOYCOTT "CITGO" & "PETRO EXPRESS" please!!

PLEASE MAKE SURE THIS IS PASSED ON TO EVERYONE IN YOUR E-MAIL LIST IN THE UNITED STATES AND OUTSIDE OF AMERICA .

[pje]

Well.............sort of. Beware of what you read on the internet or race car modeling forums.

www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/citgo.asp

Paul Erlendson

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Without getting overly political, we really shouldn't root for

-McDonald's car --- Treatment of livestock
-Target car --- Imported goods from China
-National Guard or U.S. Air Force cars --- War machine
-Motorola car --- Outsource their work to foreign countries
-Tagliani & Tracy --- Darned Canadians ;D
-ALMOST half the field --- Foreign drivers

-Dallara and Honda --- Foreign manufacturers


Well, enough ~snarky~ from me but I hope you get the idea.

Don't buy CITGO, but leave Milka out of this....

[Deleted]

Milka looks very beautiful, like Danica . . .
(Here now is 7:58 PM)

[indycals]

For the record, Citgo:

Is the largest ever corporate contributor to Jerry's kids
Employes over 4000 Americans in a corporate capacity here in the US
supplied low cost heating fuel to hurricane Katrina victims.

Make your decisions as you see fit. Root for her, don't root for her. Buy Citgo, don't buy Citgo - but do so based on all the facts.

[professor]

Guys,
I posted that sort of tongue in cheek. I don't care who you root for. I just hope the winner is a first timer.

Tom O.

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It has been long know that CITGO is owned by Chavez, who he is, and what he does. Publicity *stunts* (that's what Holly wood calls them!) doesn't change his political actions. I know we always had some food in the rabbit boxes, how else would we lure them in? Chavez is simply exploiting the major market for his company, and using the gains for other purposes. If you believe his money is not a threat to peace in the USA, as well as the rest of the World, you are sadly mistaken.

Off the soap box now..... I am not political, I am American.
Mongo

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May 19, 2009 22:54:22 GMT -5 professor said:

Guys,
I posted that sort of tongue in cheek. I don't care who you root for. I just hope the winner is a first timer.

Tom O.

OK. I understand. Sorry if I took it wrong.

[racerbrown]

too bad we don't have a tongue in cheek emoticon - it might save a lot of trouble. my sarcasm has always gotten me into a lot of trouble! ;D
duane

[indy]

Sarcasm is something that I find hard to pull off online without doing something blatant like <sarcasm on>Wow, why didn't I think of that that<sarcasm off> or the like (just an example ;D )

Let's just try to keep this in mind as we post - thanks!

Jordan

[Deleted]

Maybe use the wink on either side of the joke or sarcasm like this:

Blah blah blah

G

[indy]

The one reason to root for Milka....!?!?

www.milkaduno.com/articles/05_farmatodo.pdf

[indy]

...oops I forgot this --->

Milka does have fans though and she's very fan friendly from what I hear.

Jordan

[mrindy77]

...isn't that 2 reasons (.)(.) ?

[Deleted]

Milka may not be the best of the best in terms of driving, but she's an all around good egg with the fans. Anybody that takes care of the fans AND aggravates Danica is o.k. with me.
As for Hugo, Hugo is Hugo. He's a big dog with a lot of bark. I too, share the sentiments of keeping politics out of this stuff. I know it's hard sometimes and everybody has a right to an opinion, but this site is about racing and modeling.
Hope I didn't upset anyone.

[indycals]

May 20, 2009 22:53:27 GMT -5 indy said:

...oops I forgot this --->

Milka does have fans though and she's very fan friendly from what I hear.

Jordan

She was signing autographs in the garage area after the race last year long after everyone else was gone.

[indy]

May 21, 2009 12:11:02 GMT -5 @racetrain63 said:

I know it's hard sometimes and everybody has a right to an opinion, but this site is about racing and modeling.
Hope I didn't upset anyone.

No, not upset at all - I think that is very well said ;D

Jordan

[Deleted]

Thank you. As a side note, I happened to speak with one of the ladies in the museum gift shop. She said that Milka came into the shop recently at an early hour just after opening. She was prepping herself for autographs that she was going to be signing for several large school groups. She took care of all the kids involved that day, something like several hundred.
On the other hand, I made a valiant, yet futile attempt to get an autograph on a Danica poster last weekend. My son's not old enough to go into the garages so I told him I'd try. Standing out in the rain with about 20 other people, not a big crowd, Danica starts waving at all of us to leave and get out of the rain. O.K. Like she couldn't have one of her mechanics come out and bring some stuff in to sign. It wasn't exactly a "feeding frenzy" environment where the crowd would start growing by leaps and bounds if she had approached it this way. It was a cool, misty, miserable rain. Those of us there thought she just might show a little class. WRONG! The next day I was over at Wheldons garage and just for laughs asked his PR gal if Dan could sign it for a gag. She got a laugh out of it but that was about the end of the idea. So the idea of a Danica poster signed by D.W. died with a laugh and a whimper. ;D
Sorry for digressing.

[Deleted]

Toronto and Detroit in the early/ mid 90's were great for talking to drivers.