Don't Put Family Businesses out of Business due to the "Don't Buy Foreign Oil" scam

I am sick and tired of getting all these "Don't buy foreign oil" crap.  I mean really people GROW UP!!!  Not buying gas from somewhere will ONLY hurt the mom and pop who have the station and are just branded that type of fuel.  Are you really willing to put a family owned business out of commission for something that is so far BEYOND their control?  To everyone who thinks this will really help, then maybe you should rethink many of the items in your home you enjoy as well...

I hate to tell everyone but, as a former oil company worker, one ship pulls in and it is rationed to various companies even if they "claim" to use non foreign oil, they still do at some point.  Best way to avoid foreign oil is to walk or ride a bike...  BUT where did the petroleum in your rubber sole shoes or bike tires come from??  most likely foreign so I guess that means we should all walk bare foot everywhere, but only on the grass as the asphalt most likely also has some sort of foreign oil in it.  LOL

As for the flying J's, race trac and Pilot...  Umm they take what ever is cheapest at the rack and they don't care where the oil comes from.  

There is no way to make oil prices go down until we get rid of all the bureaucratic BS and all the politics that is really behind prices.  I mean, maybe just maybe if the American Dollar was really worth a Dollar then we could have cheaper everything.  But that would mean more Americans would have to step up and start taking manufacturing jobs for less money so that businesses would WANT to have plants in the US.  Our labor costs are too high.  It would take a drastic overhaul of everything and no one wants to give up what they have now to rebuild.  We should, but why do that if we have a government that is willing to pay more in unemployment to someone than we pay to the men and woman who are risking their lives everyday in those foreign lands.  They are the ones who need the extra money not someone sitting on their rear collecting a check when there are plenty of nickel and dime jobs out there, like working in a mall or scooping poo at the zoo.

ok, stepping off my soapbox now...