Let's NOT boycott Citgo!
If your marriage is like mine (and you are very fortunate if so), then you discuss pretty much everything with your spouse. My wife and I study the Bible together, watch sports and news and educational shows together, talk about just about everything and enjoy it all immensely. We were discussing the proposed Citgo boycott. Now, the reason many are saying we should boycott Citgo is because it is owned by the government of that raving lunatic Hugo Chavez, friend to Jesse Jackson and Danny Glover but certainly an enemy of the United States. I asked my wife what she thought? (Her words in italics)
"No, no, no we shouldn't boycott Citgo, they'll just sell the oil to someone else and it won't hurt them."
"Sure it will hurt them! If they can't sell it to the US, they have to sell it elsewhere for less money.."
"It doesn't matter, they'll still sell it and it won't do any good."
"It will hurt their bottom line..."
"But boycotting Citgo will only hurt the gas stations owners, not Chavez. It won't hurt him at all!"
"Hmm, well, you are right. If we boycott Citgo it will hurt the small business owners here in the States a lot more than Hugo Chavez. It will cost him a little bit of money but it will hurt Americans a lot more. True."
"Yeah, so we shouldn't boycott Citgo."
"I agree, it is a dumb idea to boycott Citgo."
(She adds, yes, if you boycott Citgo and the local stations don't sell as much, he'll get the message, but you will hurt a lot of people on the way. See, that is another reason why I married her. She saw right to the point of the matter, that is, boycotting Citgo is first boycotting all the innocent gas station owners who have nothing to do personally with Hugo Chavez at all. They just want to feed their families. Again, dumb idea, let's not do it!)
Amy Proctor disagrees here.
"No, no, no we shouldn't boycott Citgo, they'll just sell the oil to someone else and it won't hurt them."
"Sure it will hurt them! If they can't sell it to the US, they have to sell it elsewhere for less money.."
"It doesn't matter, they'll still sell it and it won't do any good."
"It will hurt their bottom line..."
"But boycotting Citgo will only hurt the gas stations owners, not Chavez. It won't hurt him at all!"
"Hmm, well, you are right. If we boycott Citgo it will hurt the small business owners here in the States a lot more than Hugo Chavez. It will cost him a little bit of money but it will hurt Americans a lot more. True."
"Yeah, so we shouldn't boycott Citgo."
"I agree, it is a dumb idea to boycott Citgo."
(She adds, yes, if you boycott Citgo and the local stations don't sell as much, he'll get the message, but you will hurt a lot of people on the way. See, that is another reason why I married her. She saw right to the point of the matter, that is, boycotting Citgo is first boycotting all the innocent gas station owners who have nothing to do personally with Hugo Chavez at all. They just want to feed their families. Again, dumb idea, let's not do it!)
Amy Proctor disagrees here.