Political Insider

By BPJ

September 25, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

Obviously the game will be played. But this UGA fan wishes that Perdue and the rest of the people who run state government had gotten behind the “Brain Train” several years ago (better late than never). The biggest number of people comes from the Atlanta area to Athens, and back. The Brain Train will run from Downtown Atlanta, through Emory, through Gwinnett, and on to Athens (about 6 stops total). On game days, extra cars could be added, trains could run on a special schedule - and thousands of fans (including some drunks) - would be off the road for most of the distance.

By Cow

September 25, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this

MOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

By Tigers03

September 25, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this

Ha Ha! Sonny Perdue would have to hide for the rest of his term if he did that.

By wtf

September 25, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this

wtf

By lk

September 25, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this

Second the Brain Train! How awesome/easy would it be to hop on a train to Athens. The already have a new station with a dedicated platform - right in Downtown. The rail lines are there. Get a train and make it happen.

By Call me Stupid but...

September 25, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this

I have a suggestion for Mr. Pitfield. Lower the price of gaoline to something AFFORDABLE!

By Flash5

September 25, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this

This man is a loon! He’s going to ask a Govenor to stop a NCAA football game and single out the GA Bama game! What about all of the other events happening in Atlanta and the State for that matter? He would have been better off asking Sonny to mandate that we all HAVE to stay home this weekend. How silly to pick the game to make his point…

By Tom

September 25, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this

Those same gas stations that are going out of business because of the gas need the revenue from beer/soda/food sales that game day in Athens brings! Nice one sided opinion.

By no dogs

September 25, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

They should have named it the Lame Brain Train. If ga. fans want a train to ride to Athens, take up a collection at your games and PAY for it. Don’t saddle taxpayers who could care less about u of ga.with the cost of this stupid idea. Also, if you believe the “gas shortage” and higher prices are about anything other than profiteering you probably went to lame-brain U.

By Greasy

September 25, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

Cancelling the UGA/Bama game is not the answer. Booting Sonny out of office is! What a joke……

By 200,000

September 25, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this

a couple hundred thousand football fans??? - he must just be talking about the folks in and around the stadium - if he’s talking about the whole kit and kaboodle were talking a couple million football fans - this is the biggest college game to date this season - espn gameday is posted up in athens now - the show must go on - if we give in to the oil barons and the sheiks, they win - stay the course!!!

By DONKEY

September 25, 2008 4:35 PM | Link to this

HEE-HAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

By dawgfan72

September 25, 2008 4:35 PM | Link to this

Pitfield is a moron. He’s just upset he doesn’t have gas to sell to pad his wallet even further. Having commuter trains would be a great thing if there were even a thought of such a thing for people outside of the metro. Anyway, Pitfield must be a Tech fan…… GO DAWGS!!!

By aggrevated driver

September 25, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

I recently had to travel to Alabama for business. They ARE N OT in the middle of a gas shortage, and as of two days ago, all the gas stations in Alabama had plenty of gas and the price was $3.55/gallon. So, why is it $.50-.80 more just over the state line? And why are the citizens of Ga having to beg or the gas? Wake up Sonny, what happened to your campaign slogan “Sorry Cares”, sure haven’t seen that.

By S.C. BBQ Boy

September 25, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

Maybe Mr. Pitfield would like to explain how when the oil price goes up a dollar, the gas price jumps 10 cents, but when the oil price drops, the gas price remains the same or only drops a penney. Or how about a shot at this one, gas is cheaper in other parts of the state and they have gas, but in Atlanta where there is a station on every corner, we have the highest prices and no gas. I asked the clerk at QT when they would start wearing mask and holding guns on the customers, because the oil companies and gas station owners are robbing the people.

By outspoken1

September 25, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

People we are being played like a drum. Explain to me how some states have plenty of gas at much lower prices than others. I am sick of all this bs our gov is force feeding us.

By nocon

September 25, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

If the game was canceled, a lot of the people who would otherwise stay home and watch television will hop in their car and drive somewhere for a their Saturday night entertainment. The net effect would likely be to use more gas, rather than less.

By GTKyle

September 25, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

If they could find a way to power the state of Georgia with idiocy then the UGA fanbase could single handedly solve our energy issues.

By chuck allison

September 25, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this

This is a stroke of genious. In addition to saving gas, you would eliminate many DUI’s and injuries, fatalities due to accidents. Besides, the game itself is injurious to the character of our young people. I agree it should be cancelled.

By ATLien

September 25, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this

Perdue is incompetent? No way……….. what a shocker. I know! Bring back the “Go Fish Georgia” campaign rather than saving families from foreclosure or raising GA from the depths of embarrassing SAT scores.

By bankerdawg

September 25, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this

Amazing.

Did he seriously just compare cancelling the UGA v Bama game to him cancelling his tennis game….

Just….wow.

By frank

September 25, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

mr. pity field,

you are gay, and your mother dresses you funny!

By ab

September 25, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this

Dork

By keith

September 25, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this

What an idiot…if he had a credible beef with the Governor, not many people will ever listen after those comments.

By 7Straight

September 25, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

Pittfield can kiss my gascap. He is a greedy moron and has no right to tell the Bulldog nation—or any other—how we can spend our money and use our resources.

By Non-Paniked Dogs Fan

September 25, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

There wasn’t this type of shortage during Katrina. I think that Pick-head is mad that Sonny said he can’t sell it for 5 6 or 7 $ a gallon to gouge us so he just won’t deliver it. What a pick head.

By Bad Brad

September 25, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this

I love to see anyone give Bubba Puredoo a hard time. No one deserves it more.

By SEC Fan in Texas

September 25, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this

You know, I was here in Austin during the hurricane and we did not panic and buy up all the gas, etc. They are not talking about cancelling games (what an idiotic idea! If we’re going to do that let’s cancel dinner, movies, Six Flags, shopping, etc). When I first heard about this “gas shortage” from friends in Cleveland, TN, I laughed!

By john j

September 25, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this

It’s funny that the distributors and station onwners always say they make less than one cent per gallon on gas sales. If a station sold a million gallons,enough to fill 50,000 cars, that is only $10,000. If their business fails after two weeks and only 10 grand then something is fundamentally wrong with the business. (How many stations could actually handle 50,000 cars in two weeks?)

By 200,000

September 25, 2008 4:51 PM | Link to this

a couple hundred thousand football fans??? - he must just be talking about the folks in and around the stadium - if he’s talking about the whole kit and kaboodle were talking a couple million football fans - this is the biggest college game to date this season - espn gameday is posted up in athens now - the show must go on - if we give in to the oil barons and the sheiks, they win - stay the course!!!

By Fred

September 25, 2008 4:51 PM | Link to this

He almost spells his name correctly, it should be Tex Pitiful. What the hell is a french Canadian doing with a first name of “Tex” anyways? Take your french socialist crap back to french Canada.

The only thing worse than a damnyankee coming down here and telling us how to do things is a sniveling french Canadian doing the same thing. Isn’t this the same guy who was shorting gas station owners and selling his fuel to an illegal gambling/black market gas organization?

Thanks “Tex.” Now saddle up your burro, adjust your beret and sway on back to Montreal.

By Sonny Fan- NOT

September 25, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

No, they shouldn’t cancel the game, they should just move it to Tuscaloosa - that way people could buy gas, and not have to be exposed to what has become The Apocalypse - formerly known as Atlanta.

By KC in Athens

September 25, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

The reality is, of course the game will be full, but a lot of fans who would normally come will not come for precisely this reason. My parents, who live in southeastern Georgia will not come for fear of not being able to get back home. The folks who live close enough to get to Athens and back home on one tank will be the ones coming. That said, Mr. Pitfield you are an obvious yankee (Tex or no Tex). Go back to your yankee state. College football is way more important in the south than a few gas stations, and for that matter, if we run out of gas we’ll just deal with it. Hell, maybe I’ll get to have a day of next week.

By jwatl

September 25, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this

We need to also ask ourselves the question: Where were the wise recommendations from the state representatives and state senators in the metro area — especially those who were in office following Katrina— to call for action (i.e., waiver on Boutique gas; limits on fill ups; car pooling; etc)? Think that they are just about as worthless as actions taken (NOT) by Sonny!! Just how stupid do these politicians take us for?? SURE HOPE WE REMEMBER THEM ALL ON NOVEMBER 4, 2008!!

By BPJ

September 25, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this

The Brain Train is a commuter rail line, and would take a lot of cars off the road every day. The benefits on game day are just a bonus.

Most economists believe gas prices will be high for several years, due to rising world demand. What we can do here in the US to increase supply is small change compared to the increased demand coming from China, India, etc. Over the next decade, widespread use of hybrid engines could make a big difference; increased transit alternatives would help as well. Most Georgians get this, and even Perdue has come around.

By Fred

September 25, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this

Oh, and to you idiots that think this guy owns an oil company? He owns a TRUCKING COMPANY that delivers oil. I know thinking and googling a name is hard but just damn………….

He doesn’t set gas prices, he just hauls it from the depot to the station.

By DKNATL

September 25, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

Being gay has nothing to do with it Frank. I’m not a UGA fan, not a Perdue fan but I am gay. Don’t cancel a football game because of an idiot politican!!

Pitfield should be pushing SUSTAINABLE solutions, not band aid’s one weekend at a time.

By the Fish

September 25, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

Maybe we should pray for gas!!!!

By LOLO

September 25, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this

That’s probably the dumbest, most short-sighted comment I’ve heard all year by anyone. …and this guy is an executive of an oil distributor? No wonder there are supply problems if he’s runnning the logisitics program.

By DKNATL

September 25, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this

Being gay has nothing to do with it Frank. I’m not a UGA fan, not a Perdue fan but I am gay. Don’t cancel a football game because of an idiot politican!!

Pitfield should be pushing SUSTAINABLE solutions, not band aid’s one weekend at a time.

By Bear Bryant

September 25, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

My suggestion is that UGA fans say home and save not only gas but the embarrassment of seeing georgia get their asses kicked! ROLL TIDE!!!

By AJ102

September 25, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

Once again: Tex Pittfield is the same guy who appeared on TV a few days after Ike and said, essentially,don’t panic, there’s plenty of gas and it’s coming down the pipe. At that time he said nothing about the letter he wrote on Sept. 11th and had no dire warnings after the hurricane. Why sound the alarm bells now? It couldn’t be that he upset the wrong person and can’t get any supply for his drivers is it? That would be underhanded and everyone can see how above board everyone is about this whole thing.

By Mark Castleberry

September 25, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

Bama fans will have the most driving. Maybe we should just stop them at the border. Won’t that save gas?

By Mark Castleberry

September 25, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this

Bama fans will have the most driving to do. Maybe we should just stop them at the border and take their gas.

By Casey Jones

September 25, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this

People in Athens and all the points in between Athens and Atlanta have been advocating for commuter rail since the early 1990s but nobody from the state of federal government wanted to stick their necks out. Now every county along Ga. 316 has air quality problems due to automobile and truck exhaust when people could be moving by light rail instead.

We spend hundreds of millions expanding highways and dealing with the associated costs of a car-based culture and then balk at spending a comparative pittance to establish rail service because it “can’t be supported by ticket sales.” Got news for you, boneheads. One way or another, you wind up spending the money. Spend it on rail or spend it on asphalt and asthma medicine — your choice.

My advice: Don’t spend our tax money supporting last century’s transportation model. Start thinking ahead! Build a commuter rail system for Georgia before it’s too late!

By Mike

September 25, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

I was out in Tempe last week for the UGA-ASU game. I noticed gas was about $3.39/gallon and no panic or waiting lines. Everybody had plenty. Why is our gas in Georgia $.60 higher? State taxes? Why are we in a panic when other states are not? I would think it closer to ship gas from the New Orleans gulf area to Atlanta over Phoenix? Why is our’s higher and scarce?

By Joe

September 25, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

And what LEGAL authority does a Governor have to cancel a college footbal game anway? If that was true he could do just about anything he wanted in the state. In that case, Perdue should send the National Gaurd instead to Lake Lanier and take control of the dam from the “Feds” and stop wasting all the water. Now that would be something.

F#CK this oil loon.

Joe

By Mark Castleberry

September 25, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

Bama fans will have the most driving to do. Maybe we should just stop them at the border and take their gas.

By :C

September 25, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

This dude is a little melodramatic.

By Charles M German

September 25, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this

Why not just post a moratorium on gasoline sales for a couple of days. That should do the trick if the big oil would allow it.

By ChattHills Jacket

September 25, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this

BLACKS came from all over the country to ride busses to SELMA, Al. Blacks and Fat Rednecks can carpool to see a football game. Save money and buy EVERCLEAR 190 proff and put it in the gas tank and the rednecks can suck on the tailpipe to get drunk from 7am to 9pm then strool in to the SEPTIC TANK of the SOUTH.

By Joe

September 25, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this

And what LEGAL authority does a Governor have to cancel a college footbal game anway? If that was true he could do just about anything he wanted in the state. In that case, Perdue should send the National Gaurd instead to Lake Lanier and take control of the dam from the “Feds” and stop wasting all the water. Now that would be something.

F#CK this oil loon.

Joe

By Joe

September 25, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this

And what LEGAL authority does a Governor have to cancel a college footbal game anway? If that was true he could do just about anything he wanted in the state. In that case, Perdue should send the National Gaurd instead to Lake Lanier and take control of the dam from the “Feds” and stop wasting all the water. Now that would be something.

F#CK this oil loon.

Joe

By Mike

September 25, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this

Three points 1. The game must go on. 2. Sonny is named after a fat chicken for a reason. 3. I wish Richt wouldn’t have whined so much about the heat in Arizona. Come on man, we’re Georgia boys, we can handle it, what are you afraid of?

By Fred

September 25, 2008 5:12 PM | Link to this

Somebody tell me who Saraguay Petroleum sells to so I know who to boycott.

By BEN DOVER

September 25, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this

S.C. BBQ Boy, you bring up some good questions. However i do have explanation for the ATL metro gas issue. Due to EPA regs the metro area has to sell a special “special” blend for smog reduction purposes.

By LC

September 25, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this

This dude is a little melodramatic…and I’ve personally only driven to work and back this week to save gas in order to go to the game this weekend without coming across a problem. I don’t foresee myself having issues because I’ve been conservative with gas.

ChuckAllison, your opinions on the morals of youth have absolutely nothing to do with gas prices. Stick to the topic at hand—there are many ways to partake in a Georgia game without having your morals “injured,” and there’s no sense putting in an opinion that has nothing to do with the story. We’re talking about gas, buddy.

By Alan

September 25, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this

This guy needs to shut his mouth and go back to his boyfriend/husband, cause that is the only one who would listen to this garbage!

By Chris

September 25, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this

To the idiot who thinks the Brain Train is a UGA conspiracy….I think hundreds of thousands of commuters will disagree with your stupid reason not to develop the system.

By the truth

September 25, 2008 5:16 PM | Link to this

Keep in mind that Sonny is a UGA alum and former football player. Maybe that explains his high level of intelligence.

By Alan

September 25, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this

This guy needs to shut his mouth and go back to his boyfriend/husband, cause that is the only one who would listen to this garbage!

By Reid in EAV

September 25, 2008 5:20 PM | Link to this

I love the ignorance of people who think commuter rail would be a unique burden on taxpayers. Do you really think that none of your general tax dollars go to support our highway infrastructure and your driving addiction? The gas tax doesn’t even come close to covering the cost. Highways are both socialized (free for all, regardless of peak or non-peak hours) and subsidized.

I’m a libertarian-leaning conservative, and given that a) no transportation infrastructure does any better than breakeven, at best, and b) the efficiency of rail (moving more people on a gallon of fuel than nearly anything else, and yes, car addicts, that also takes traffic off your precious roads) plus c) the environmental benefits of other modes besides driving, an Athens-Atlanta commuter line is an AMAZINGLY good idea.

Too bad we won’t have it for this week’s game… or even next year’s game. We deserve what we’re about to get for our lack of foresight.

By LC

September 25, 2008 5:20 PM | Link to this

This dude is a little melodramatic…and I’ve personally only driven to work and back this week to save gas in order to go to the game this weekend without coming across a problem. I don’t foresee myself having issues because I’ve been conservative with gas.

ChuckAllison, your opinions on the morals of youth have absolutely nothing to do with gas prices. Stick to the topic at hand—there are many ways to partake in a Georgia game without having your morals “injured,” and there’s no sense putting in an opinion that has nothing to do with the story. We’re talking about gas, buddy.

By rolltide2u

September 25, 2008 5:20 PM | Link to this

I am coming to the game in my big gas guzzling SUV from Montgomery…I’m bringing 5 empty 5 gallon gas cans and I’m filling up anywhere I see that there is gas…Almost forgot, I’m leaving every water faucet that I run across open…I’m going to use up as much of GA’s gas and water that I can while I’m in your precious state….

Roll Tide !!!!!

By Mike

September 25, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

Mr. Galloway, get your facts straight. I googled this “Tex” Pitfield as well. I don’t see he’s an oil exec, I see he is in transportation and railroad. I also see he is a Canadian Blue-Blood prima-dona who is used to getting his own way. How dare you scare the rest of us. Call off the football game to keep your trucking company in business? Forget it. As far as I’m concerned, I wish the government would take over the distribution and sale of gas as a public utility and run all these bottom-feeding oil people out of business. They have abused us too long with their high prices, lame excuses and record-setting profit levels.

By Gary

September 25, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this

I’ve never heard of this guy or his company, but judging from his comments he’s an idiot and if his company is struggling, perhaps he should look in the mirror for who to blame, rather than a football game. I live in Tallahassee where we had a similar gas shortage two weeks ago. The difference is our governor and attorney general immediately sprung to action by first assuring drivers there was plenty of gas and then subpoening oil companies and distributers who were jacking up the price of gas for no good reason. Gas prices are now back to normal and there are no lines at any stations.

By Alan

September 25, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this

This guy needs to shut his mouth and go back to his boyfriend/husband, cause that is the only one who would listen to this garbage!

By LC

September 25, 2008 5:23 PM | Link to this

This dude is a little melodramatic…and I’ve personally only driven to work and back this week to save gas in order to go to the game this weekend without coming across a problem. I don’t foresee myself having issues because I’ve been conservative with gas.

ChuckAllison, your opinions on the morals of youth have absolutely nothing to do with gas prices. Stick to the topic at hand—there are many ways to partake in a Georgia game without having your morals “injured,” and there’s no sense putting in an opinion that has nothing to do with the story. We’re talking about gas, buddy.

By OldGold

September 25, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this

How about we cancel work for a day every week, and we’ll save trillions of gallons a year.

By BEN DOVER

September 25, 2008 5:28 PM | Link to this

Charles German might have the best answer I’ve heard in awhile. Will it happen, no.

By LA Dem

September 25, 2008 5:28 PM | Link to this

The Bama crowd will arrive on their mules and in their oxen pulled wagons. Forget the gas, just have plenty of hay.

By lucky

September 25, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this

Ya’ll come on down to Florida, we have plenty of gasoline.

By salmonandgrits

September 25, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this

Gov’s “mission” has a two fold problem: (1) how can he travel to Europe when state employees are being furlowed! This trip is a complete slap in the face to all State employees being asked to take less pay. (2) why did Gov take so long to request the waiver to get us more gas? And those of us in Athens would be happy to have game Saturday and be able to park and eat where ever we wish…just everyone else stay home…conserve gas. I can walk to the game :-)

By salmonandgrits

September 25, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

Gov’s “mission” has a two fold problem: (1) how can he travel to Europe when state employees are being furlowed! This trip is a complete slap in the face to all State employees being asked to take less pay. (2) why did Gov take so long to request the waiver to get us more gas? And those of us in Athens would be happy to have game Saturday and be able to park and eat where ever we wish…just everyone else stay home…conserve gas. I can walk to the game :-)

By Elva

September 25, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this

Pitfield is an obvious Tech fan, or a democrat. But an idiot for sure.

By lucky

September 25, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this

Ya’ll come on down to Florida, we have plenty of gasoline. How about cancelling the Taladega race too.

By lucky

September 25, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this

How about cancelling the Taladega race too?

By Georgia

September 25, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this

Pitfield is an idiot. Anyone that wants to believe ANYTHING that a petroleum executive is also an idiot. The Oil Companys are robbing us blind & our:President, Senators and Congressmen allow it to happen.

By patch

September 25, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this

Petroleum exec?? LOL. that company is too small to even have a president LOL.

By Jim P.

September 25, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this

Pitfield must be a Bama fan and is afraid they will get beat like a Mike Vick Pitbull!

By Elva

September 25, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this

Pitfield is either a Tech fan or a democrat…either way an idiot.

By J.ATL

September 25, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

The anti-christ has spoken.

By Forrest

September 25, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this

F gas, I’m running to the game from Greenbow, Alabama.

By J.ATL

September 25, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this

The anti-christ has spoken.

By HOG EATER

September 25, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this

Shoot, them Alabama people won’t use much gas, they will be hitch hiking, riding lawn mowers, mules, three wheelers, mopeds and tractors to the game.

By J.ATL

September 25, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this

The anti-christ has spoken.

By Steve Sleek

September 25, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this

It strange that the problems in the refineries only effect the Atlanta area. Also the news noted that the foreign maket were up right after the hurricane since there was so little damage, almost none. Make me wonder how big oil can put such a spin on the topic and RAISE prices.

By Pitbull

September 25, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this

Tex Pitfield, president and CEO of Saraguay Petroleum can kiss my lilly white arse. What a queer.

And no more comments from the Rolled Turds for a while, ok?

By J.ATL

September 25, 2008 5:51 PM | Link to this

The anti-christ has spoken

By boots

September 25, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this

I am a life-long Republican and generally a fan of the Gov. However, he is clueless on this gas situation. There is NOT ample supply in the state - certainly not where I live. My colleagues and I have had to cancel business meetings because no one can get gas. I did travel from Woodstock to Atlanta today and counted 3 of 12 stations that had gas. Lines were crazy long.

By J.ATL

September 25, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

The anti-christ has spoken

By FinanceBuzz

September 25, 2008 5:57 PM | Link to this

I never cease to be amazed at the numerous and creative way that this paper manages to work UGAg football in just about every little story. Do they want to be a newspaper or a UGAg game day program?

By dd

September 25, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

Hey GTKyle,

Tech women keep the “zit” cream companies in business.

Go DAWGS!!!!

By R&B

September 25, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

“PAROLE TIDE”! “gObama”!

By James

September 25, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this

I bet Mr. Piti-field typed up the letter AFTER the interview in which he said there was plenty of gas. What an idiot.

By Jack G

September 25, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this

Did you stop to think that Alabama has gas because they fill their storage tanks from the same pipeline that we do. If there is any gas left in the line after they fill the tanks., they let it trickle into GA.

And they accuse us of emptying the Chatahoochee

By wareagle

September 25, 2008 6:07 PM | Link to this

The headline of this article is misleading. Pitfield is not a “petroleum executive”. He’s the owner of a small 18-tractor truck line that happens to specialize in hauling fuel. He’s a ne’er do well Canadian that moved south and used family money to set up his small truck line. He’s also, as noted, involved in liberal causes and Democratic politics. So, he knows nothing of football or the petroleum industry.

By puppydawg

September 25, 2008 6:07 PM | Link to this

Tex Pitiful’s phone number is 770-457-7747. Light him up, folks!

By slaughdog

September 25, 2008 6:08 PM | Link to this

To all you ALABAMA haters, @ least their education/school system rank alot higher than JAWGA.

You inbreds are just kissing cousins of ALABAMA.(can you read map)

By Anon

September 25, 2008 6:11 PM | Link to this

The shortage in Atlanta is caused by the type of gas we are required to use - the “less dirty” burning kind. Now that the EPA has lifted that restriction, we should have gas back in our stations.

By KB

September 25, 2008 6:12 PM | Link to this

The Brain Train isn’t the solution. I don’t think anyone wants 50,000 drunk a-clowns on public transportation, which is what would happen on Saturdays in the fall.

Besides, doesn’t the name of the train pretty much exclude anyone with a connection to the U(sic) of GA?

By honestly

September 25, 2008 6:16 PM | Link to this

95% of these posts prove the problem, yall are all retarded

By pt

September 25, 2008 6:19 PM | Link to this

Have you been on marta lately? You build a line to athens, and there would be no room for fans as the homeless would love a change of scenery.

By ugaivfan

September 25, 2008 6:19 PM | Link to this

If this carney thinks for one second that him canceling his neighborhood tennis match even comes close to the National Audience that this game is going to draw someone needs to take him to Milledgeville.

When is the last time Game Day showed up at your ALTA match?

Also he must be a Bama fan.

By srschirm

September 25, 2008 6:21 PM | Link to this

If I was a Georgia fan, I’d want the game to be cancelled…

By JMW

September 25, 2008 6:23 PM | Link to this

By GTKyle

Bravo. Now that is rich. Sonny says we have ample gas, plenty of water, and I’m taking 20+ of my friends on a taxpayer paid European tour. Add that to, “we disapprove of GWB, but we will vote for the old white man” and “let’s take money from the public schools and give it to the folks who want the state to pay for their kids private schools” and you can understand why GA is 48th challenging for 50th

By kool$kat

September 25, 2008 6:25 PM | Link to this

Hey now, Mr Pitfield is just trying to save the mangy mutts from a butt-kickin!!! ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDDE

By chazz

September 25, 2008 6:25 PM | Link to this

That oil exec obviously went to Bama.

By don't think so.

September 25, 2008 6:28 PM | Link to this

Oh, and I guess that by Sonny “JET” / “GAS Guzzling” setting to Europe is ok and cheaper?

Can we trade Sonny to Europe? Maybe that is what he is going for, I am all for that, hell,we can’t lose, even if we got nothing in return atleast we got rid of a bad apple.

I think its that “Dirty Bird” Fuel that the falcons been burnin thats in the air.

It’s all hogwash, what do you believe in today?

By Denver Dawg

September 25, 2008 6:40 PM | Link to this

Pitfield is a pinhead. I’m sure he rides his bike to work.

By Drexel Gal

September 25, 2008 6:41 PM | Link to this

The Twentieth Century’s worst US President, Jimmy Carter, proved to us that rationing does not work.

By L Morris

September 25, 2008 6:42 PM | Link to this

Are you a idiot…………cancel life cause we got a problem…….plenty of gas in the surbars…………leave the city.

By Lady Dawg

September 25, 2008 6:51 PM | Link to this

Where is this nut from??? I really appreciate him saving gas by not going to play tennis. I’m sure he counts his money all the way to the bank everyday. $4.00+ a gallon. So, if the country is about to crash, UGA and Ala will have one last party to celebrate. Tennis match? Does he wear a little white skirt?

Go Dawgs!!

By joe white

September 25, 2008 6:51 PM | Link to this

For all the ceo’s of oil company, try this suggestion, stop raping the american people of natural resources god put on this earth for the use of his people not the profit. I cant believe in this day and time you want people not to go anywhere because you making record profits from charging us more than you need too. The current gas prices dont have to be this high, but yall sorry azz dont want to change to make people lives just a little better. You all are sick b*******.

By Brad

September 25, 2008 6:58 PM | Link to this

WTF , why should we have to sacrifice our fun for the idiots at the oil companies who put us in this mess in the first place !!!! While this guy is calling to cancel the game his wallet is to fat for his pockets !! I say we cancel the stranglehold that oil companies have on us !!!!!! And limit thier workers and owners to 100,000 dollars a year instead of of millions and millions !!!

By uga.all.the.way

September 25, 2008 7:01 PM | Link to this

This guy is dumb as hell! Whoever put him charge needs to be slapped! If Perdue cancel this game, he might as well cancel the rest of his term.

LETS GO DAWGSSSSSS

By BENJAMIN T. COLLIER V

September 25, 2008 7:05 PM | Link to this

NOW I remember why I left Georgia 26+ years ago…

By borodawg

September 25, 2008 7:07 PM | Link to this

Light rail to Athens? Who’s gonna pay for it? How many will ride it? Light rail is a fixed entity and would require riders to converge in downtown ATL or…?… Buses are the answer. Set up park-ride lots in different parts of metro ATL and maybe east of Lawrenceville. Buses can be added/removed from service as need dictates. A train would run one route; whether empty or partially loaded. Anyway, the idea of canceling the game is ludicrous. Sonny is shortsighted and cares only for ‘development at all cost’. Alabamer is loving all the tax breaks KIA is getting from GA for its new plant near West Point, while almost all the workers will live in ALA and spend their paychecks in ALA. Meanwhile, we’ve clear-cut 100’s of acres, expanded the infrastructure, etc. Brilliant. Jet off to Europe, Sonny; and maybe we can build another plant at another of our state lines; to the benefit of the other state. Brilliant.

By BENJAMIN T. COLLIER V

September 25, 2008 7:09 PM | Link to this

NOW I remember why I left Georgia 26+ years ago…

By DHD

September 25, 2008 7:12 PM | Link to this

What is your priority? Going to work or going to the game?

See you at the game.

By BENJAMIN T. COLLIER V

September 25, 2008 7:14 PM | Link to this

NOW I remember why I left Georgia 26+ years ago…

By BENJAMIN T. COLLIER V

September 25, 2008 7:17 PM | Link to this

NOW I remember why I left Georgia 26+ years ago…

By DHD

September 25, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this

What is your priority? Going to work or going to the game?

See you at the game.

By Ken

September 25, 2008 7:26 PM | Link to this

I attended a Ga.-Ala football game played in Atlanta in 1942 because of a gas shortage durning the war.I was a freshman at Georgia at that time. Frank Sinkwich led the Dawgs to victory that day.

By Lady Dawg

September 25, 2008 7:26 PM | Link to this

BENJAMIN, we’re all so happy you decided to leave Georgia 26+ years ago. WAREAGLE, Thanks for giving us some info on this so called “oil exec”. See everybody at the game Sat.

By DHD

September 25, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this

What is your priority? Going to work or going to the game?

See you at the game.

By Kendell

September 25, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this

Someone tell Terrance Moore to shut the hell up.. I know he text message that non-sense to Tex Pitfield telling him to ask Sonny to do that.

By snapshot

September 25, 2008 7:28 PM | Link to this

please don’t cancel the game. i would not get to see Alabama beat the leg humpers.

By JT

September 25, 2008 7:29 PM | Link to this

So fat cat Sonny is off to Europe while we wait in lines for gas. God forbid we cancel a game in times of shortage and conserve fuel. Sounds like Bush and our God given right to drive SUV (yes I drive one too). Time for me to grow up and time for Sonny Boy to step up and govern!

By PTC DAWG

September 25, 2008 7:32 PM | Link to this

The GAS Exec is an idjit…

By monnie loveless

September 25, 2008 7:34 PM | Link to this

this has nothing to do with any one except the good Lord. and the bible . you cant stop what God wants to happen, but his people will always be taken care of. so you guys keep fussing and being rude to each other , it really dosnt matter, he has the whole world in his hands

By monnie loveless

September 25, 2008 7:37 PM | Link to this

this has nothing to do with any one except the good Lord. and the bible . you cant stop what God wants to happen, but his people will always be taken care of. so you guys keep fussing and being rude to each other , it really dosnt matter, he has the whole world in his hands

By bsmythe

September 25, 2008 7:40 PM | Link to this

this guy is a freakin idiot..

By bsmythe

September 25, 2008 7:40 PM | Link to this

this guy is a freakin idiot..

By bsmythe

September 25, 2008 7:40 PM | Link to this

this guy is a freakin idiot..

By The Thin Guy

September 25, 2008 7:41 PM | Link to this

How about cancel all the car races? Why is it important to determine which red neck can make 500 miles of left hand turns in the shortest period of time. At least the people going to football games aren’t driving in circles for no reason.

By The Truth

September 25, 2008 7:46 PM | Link to this

The truth is his first thought was to try an cancel the GA TECH game, but his staff informed him it would only save about 10 gallons of gas.

By chicken little

September 25, 2008 7:49 PM | Link to this

Call off the Georgia-Alabama game! Call of the Atlanta Football Classic! Call off the Tour Championship! Cancel School! Nobody should go to work! Shut down MARTA! Shut down CCT! I’m wetting my pants! We have no gas! Oh HEAVENLY FATHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP US!!!!!!!!!!!

By The Truth

September 25, 2008 7:49 PM | Link to this

The truth is his first thought was to try an cancel the GA TECH game, but his staff informed him it would only save about 10 gallons of gas.

By mel

September 25, 2008 7:52 PM | Link to this

I’m still confused about why this guy thinks that Sonny can cancel the game. How does that work- is it because UGA is a public institution? Wouldn’t Adams/Evans/Richt and Alabama’s equivalent make that call-but could take Sonny’s suggestion under advisement? Seriously, can someone give an answer that doesn’t involve UGA/UA bashing, but just a real answer.

Shouldn’t he ask for all of the other “attractions” to close for the weekend as well?

By wake up

September 25, 2008 8:11 PM | Link to this

wow yeah gov P can totally just change the cost of gasoline with a push of a button you didn’t know that? yeah it’s true he’s that powerful… wake up people everyone freaked out bought to much gas, it takes longer to refine and more money to refine the gas that the epa lets ga sell we have a high standard in metro atl because of smog that’s why the gas is more expensive than neighboring states these days… one week gas will be back to normal just an unfortunate series of events… so take a deep breath realize that infact you will live and calm the f* down….. jesus do you really want the big bad gov to wipe your a too? get up and think and do something for yourself you lazy irresponsible whining losers

By GasMan

September 25, 2008 8:19 PM | Link to this

I’ve got 250 - 5 gallon gas containers all full and ready to go. I’ll be selling them on one of the main thoroughfares into / out of Athens on the side of the Road. $75 each. Includes the gas can. Already sold 31 today in 2 hours.

By ATL Dawg Fan

September 25, 2008 8:23 PM | Link to this

“No Dogs,”

You might be interested to know that the train from Atlanta to Athens was proposed approx. 20 years ago as part of a “light rail” system to link outlying towns within close proximity to Atlanta. At that time, the goal was to provide greater access for those who commute to Atlanta to work. Given the clogged roads in and around Atlanta and surrounding metro areas on ANY day, seems more “lame brained” not to have build the rail to me.

By ATL Dawg Fan

September 25, 2008 8:24 PM | Link to this

“No Dogs,”

You might be interested to know that the train from Atlanta to Athens was proposed approx. 20 years ago as part of a “light rail” system to link outlying towns within close proximity to Atlanta. At that time, the goal was to provide greater access for those who commute to Atlanta to work. Given the clogged roads in and around Atlanta and surrounding metro areas on ANY day, seems more “lame brained” not to have built the rail to me.

By The Thin Guy

September 25, 2008 8:25 PM | Link to this

How about cancel all the car races? Why is it important to determine which red neck can make 500 miles of left hand turns in the shortest period of time. At least the people going to football games aren’t driving in circles for no reason.

By Roll Tide

September 25, 2008 8:29 PM | Link to this

Would it really be so bad if all those mutts got stuck in Athens?

By Roll Tide

September 25, 2008 8:32 PM | Link to this

Would it really be so bad if all those mutts got stuck in Athens?

By Dawg Fan

September 25, 2008 8:40 PM | Link to this

Lettuce jest cancel werk for won weak!

By Obi's Sister

September 25, 2008 8:42 PM | Link to this

Tex Pitfield is obviously a Gator!

By HS Sp Ed UGA Teacher

September 25, 2008 8:51 PM | Link to this

I want to know what brand of gas that guy sells. I will stop buying that kind!

Work is just 11 miles r/t so I have plenty of gas to get to the Game, even though Quik Trip at my exit has no gas.

By UGA Prof

September 25, 2008 9:14 PM | Link to this

Why not organize some BUSES from Atlanta to Athens?

By scott

September 25, 2008 9:25 PM | Link to this

Between the Oil executives, financial executives, and the 700 billion dollar bailout our country does not have to worry much about a ball game. We are all screwed so enjoy the game while you can.

By scott

September 25, 2008 9:29 PM | Link to this

Between the Oil executives, financial executives, and the 700 billion dollar bailout our country does not have to worry much about a ball game. We are all screwed so enjoy the game while you can.

By charles

September 25, 2008 9:39 PM | Link to this

I hope this guy isn’t serious about canceling the biggest game in the SEC this year. He must have not been raised in the South. All I have to say is he is a complete dumbass. Go work for PETA or something.

By Mac

September 25, 2008 9:52 PM | Link to this

Hey, if you don’t want the game, move it to Tuscaloosa. We can handle it.

By sheila

September 25, 2008 10:13 PM | Link to this

Go ahead and cancel the game since our COUNTRY is in a crisis , we can all go to one of McCain’s houses and have a party , one of his cars will pick us up , I am sure he has plenty of gas . Please live wisely , my Mother always said save for a rainy day , I quess the rain is on the way.

By michaelp

September 25, 2008 10:13 PM | Link to this

Hopefully the situation in Athens has improved since Wednesday, but I had to drive around for 30 minutes that afternoon to find a station with gas. Come with a full tank of gas, or just plan on getting tanked until you can find a way home.

By Huckleberry

September 25, 2008 10:22 PM | Link to this

Who would play tennis on an SEC game day?

By Football fan

September 25, 2008 10:22 PM | Link to this

Well, if Ga/Bama should be cancelled then shouldn’t ALL high school football games on Friday night be also? Look at the gas saved there. Buses, parents, students….seems you might save more from a Friday night cancellation than Saturday’s. Gwinnett County goes to Camden County, etc…….. Sorry “Pity field” didn’t have the $$$’s for gas to make his tennis match. He needs to get his priorities straight, straight back to what ever country or northern state he hails from. I’m a Tn fan…..BUT……GO DAWGS!

By Dee

September 25, 2008 10:42 PM | Link to this

Pitfield’s pulling a McCain.

By michaelp

September 25, 2008 10:44 PM | Link to this

It’s interesting that the Washington Post is reporting a major gas shortage in the Southeast, including in Atlanta, but the AJC can only focus on whether a UGA football game should be cancelled. Where are the journalists??? Where are the priorities??? (And I’m a diehard UGA fan.)

By Tim

September 25, 2008 10:55 PM | Link to this

I’ll say Go Jackets, but this is a stupid comment for the exec. We aren’t in a gas crisis…there is 80% of the normal amount of gas in the city; it is just that everyone is filling up every day which leads to stations running out and long lines. On a normal day, only 1/3 of the gas in Atlanta is at a station, 2/3 are in car gas tanks. People need to stop being paranoid. It is the media’s fault!

By Salty Dawg

September 25, 2008 11:31 PM | Link to this

What exactly is it that this idiot thinks Purdue can do about the gasoline shortage if he is here rather than going to Europe? Is he going to drive a tanker truck? Anything Purdue can do about the situation can be done by phone and teleconference from anywhere in the world. In the same breath he talks about failing companies and complains about Purdue’s efforts to bring more businesses to Georgia. With geniuses like this in charge of the fuel supply its no wonder we are running out. And as if that isn’t enough, he wants to cancel the game??? More fuel will be wasted sitting in rush hour tomorrow morning than will be spent traveling to the game. Oh well, nothing like using a pebble to stop the Mississippi.

By Salty Dawg

September 25, 2008 11:37 PM | Link to this

What exactly is it that this idiot thinks Purdue can do about the gasoline shortage if he is here rather than going to Europe? Is he going to drive a tanker truck? Anything Purdue can do about the situation can be done by phone and teleconference from anywhere in the world. In the same breath he talks about failing companies and complains about Purdue’s efforts to bring more businesses to Georgia. With geniuses like this in charge of the fuel supply its no wonder we are running out. And as if that isn’t enough, he wants to cancel the game??? More fuel will be wasted sitting in rush hour tomorrow morning than will be spent traveling to the game. Oh well, nothing like using a pebble to stop the Mississippi.

By Salty Dawg

September 25, 2008 11:41 PM | Link to this

I’ve got 250 - 5 gallon gas containers all full and ready to go. I’ll be selling them on one of the main thoroughfares into / out of Athens on the side of the Road. $75 each. Includes the gas can. Already sold 31 today in 2 hours.

Well congratulations on being a degenerate and a moron. It’s f*******ers like you that are causing the problem. Rather than going to the game Saturday you should consider staying home and practicing *not being a complete douche bag.

By the Deets

September 26, 2008 12:11 AM | Link to this

If fuel suppliers were actually able to build and or upgrade a refinery or two in the past 35 years as well as not having them all concentrated in H-town, Texas, then maybe we would not have such disruptions in the supply chain. Talk about telegraphing an economic achilles heel to the islamofascists. Moreover, I call shennanigans on “price-gouging!!” It is simple Econ. 101. So the next time you are waiting for go juice, thank a DEMOCRAT!!! Btw, Senator reid tried to sneak in more energy bans (on oil Shale) into the Fed. Govt. Continuing Resolution Bill. Whatta guy!!! Almost forgot… GOOOOO DAWGS!!! SIK’em!!! WOOF!! WOOF!!

By Chief

September 26, 2008 12:16 AM | Link to this

This idiot is a loser socialist from Quebec, Canada. What do we care what he says anyhow.

By Greg

September 26, 2008 12:31 AM | Link to this

Why in the world do they not build up MARTA so people have an alternative. I know it costs more, but maybe it will cost less in the long run with gas costs going up and shortages and make sure there are express trains, not just local, that stop at every stop. The only other viable alternative for major change is to build houses, apartments, and condos closer together. Although whitey won’t like living closer to riff-raff.

By PoorLeghumpers

September 26, 2008 12:40 AM | Link to this

He has a point. It’s hard for UGA fans to fill their tanks on Hardee’s salaries.

By ugaunleaded

September 26, 2008 12:46 AM | Link to this

Hey guys!!! Did you know that “Tex” drives a Lincoln Navigator. Hey Tex why don’t you just not drive this weekend and will have our game? Is that ok with you!!!! YOUR A TOOL “TEX” FROM CANADA!!!!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!

By spotts

September 26, 2008 12:46 AM | Link to this

“If I was governor I’d cancel the game.”

Looks like he’s not winning any elections soon.

By ugaunleaded

September 26, 2008 12:49 AM | Link to this

Hey guys!!! Did you know that “Tex” drives a Lincoln Navigator. Hey Tex why don’t you just not drive this weekend and will have our game? Is that ok with you!!!! YOUR A TOOL “TEX” FROM CANADA!!!!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!

By ugaunleaded

September 26, 2008 12:50 AM | Link to this

Hey guys!!! Did you know that “Tex” drives a Lincoln Navigator. Hey Tex why don’t you just not drive this weekend and will have our game? Is that ok with you!!!! YOUR A TOOL “TEX” FROM CANADA!!!!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!

By V Doolie

September 26, 2008 1:32 AM | Link to this

You should go [gueax] to the game Anthony [Tex] Pitfield. It’s all about traditions.

By Bullett "Bob" Armstrong

September 26, 2008 2:44 AM | Link to this

Leave it to an elitist to determine what is best for the masses. He probably knows nothing about the game being from the great white north. Mr. Pitiful, drag your pale white a* back to Saskatchewan and shut the f!ck up!

By SeriousSam

September 26, 2008 4:12 AM | Link to this

Can we still have GameDay if we cancel the game?

By j sutter

September 26, 2008 5:15 AM | Link to this

stations in Alabama had plenty of gas and the price was $3.55/gallon.

Pittifield is ripping us off !

By j sutter

September 26, 2008 5:17 AM | Link to this

stations in Alabama had plenty of gas and the price was $3.55/gallon.

Pittifield is ripping us off !

By dawgman

September 26, 2008 6:27 AM | Link to this

I live in St Petersburg and gas is $3.69 (up about 15 cents) and there is no shortage. We get supplies from the hurricane affected areas just like everyone else. There’s something wrong up in Georgia, but its not supply related.

Kinda reminds me of your water supply problems. Try managing resources, huh?

By macfute

September 26, 2008 6:32 AM | Link to this

Obviously this guy is an Obama supporter.

By dawgman

September 26, 2008 6:38 AM | Link to this

Gas Man, you are my hero! Great idea to sell gas on the side of the road…at least until the passenger in an Alabama truck tries to light his farts while the driver counts out $75 in nickels.

By Mike

September 26, 2008 7:54 AM | Link to this

This guy is a complete idiot! This is a prime example of the IDIOTS we have as executives of Petro companies that gouge us and spit out record profits- now this IDIOT is going to tell us we should not use fuel to go to the UGA game. This IDIOT needs to get off his record billion dollar profits and lower the price of gas. Poor Tex- he gave up his tennis game…whaaaaa…whaaaa…whaaa….tex-you are a complete and total JERK!

By Tom, Resident Georgia Fan

September 26, 2008 7:56 AM | Link to this

Leave it to a greedy executive to tell us how to live.

By josh

September 26, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this

Can we cancel NASCAR too?

By by the BIG DAWG

September 26, 2008 8:18 AM | Link to this

He must be a GA TECH grad…

By Tootles

September 26, 2008 8:31 AM | Link to this

LMFAO!!

By Doug

September 26, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this

I think people need to direct the comments directly to the governor. There are NOT gas shortages in other parts of the country. It is an Atlanta area problem and the governor refuses to take a leadership role. In stead he choses to give us trivial sound bites like “don’t panic, all is well”. Sounds like Kevin Bacon at the parade in the closing scenes of Animal House.

Well the good news is the governor is leaving the state and going to Spain so he can’t say anything else stupid.

By revo

September 26, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this

GIVE US ELECTRIC CARS!!!!!!!!!!IT’S TIME FOR A REVOLUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By pooh

September 26, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this

Maybe Mr.Pitfield could donate his yearly profit sharing from his company to the state of Georgia and then we would probably not be in this mess!

By Doug

September 26, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this

I think people need to direct the comments directly to the governor. There are NOT gas shortages in other parts of the country. It is an Atlanta area problem and the governor refuses to take a leadership role. In stead he choses to give us trivial sound bites like “don’t panic, all is well”. Sounds like Kevin Bacon at the parade in the closing scenes of Animal House.

Well the good news is the governor is leaving the state and going to Spain so he can’t say anything else stupid.

By Doug

September 26, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this

I think people need to direct the comments directly to the governor. There are NOT gas shortages in other parts of the country. It is an Atlanta area problem and the governor refuses to take a leadership role. In stead he choses to give us trivial sound bites like “don’t panic, all is well”. Sounds like Kevin Bacon at the parade in the closing scenes of Animal House.

Well the good news is the governor is leaving the state and going to Spain so he can’t say anything else stupid.

By 2N4YEARS

September 26, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this

Anyone with a brain knows that these ‘little stations’ don’t make their revenue on Gas anyway; they make it on the ‘convenience’ factor of food, drinks, etc. In fact, since the price of gas has risen so high, there is actually a LOWER profit on Gas NOW than when it was $185/gal!! Hence the reason Exxon is trying to sell off their corporate owned stations because of low profit margins. This guy is just another example of a sore-loser Democrat that blames everything on someone else. Maybe this Michael Moore twin should look in the mirror.

By Tom

September 26, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

While I recognize that the AJC is not a completely credible source of information relative to much of anything, I am appaled to learn that our “Governor” is leaving the state (and the country for that matter) during a significant crisis. A good CEO never leaves his “company” in difficult times.

By oldfaithfuldawg

September 26, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

This is all ridiculous. Those of us that went to Arizona found plentiful gas and at prices or 3.39-3.59. The same gas. Why is GA the only state with a crisis? And they wonder why we think it makes no sense. We should all conserve, but when everthing they tell us appears bogus, where is the real incentive. By their own actions, they “appear” to only want to line their pockets………but we still need Sonny GONE.

By future freshman

September 26, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

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September 26, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this

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By Tech fan 81

September 26, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this

Sick ‘em DAWGS!!! Beat bama!!!

By Tech fan 81

September 26, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

Sick ‘em DAWGS!!! Beat bama!!! Take back the #1 ranking.

By Tech fan 81

September 26, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

Sick ‘em DAWGS!!! Beat bama!!! Take back the #1 ranking.

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September 26, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

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September 26, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

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By future freshman

September 26, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

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By Joel in ATL

September 26, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this

I soent last weekend in in South Carolina, up and down the coast. Gas prices were around $3.67 to $3.77 without line and bags over pumps. It’s kinda hard to beliebe that they have gas througout the entire state yet Georgia has a gas shortage. If there is a shortage ok there is but really I don’t think s. If they are rationing it out then just say so!!! Yet what is really funny is that Perdue said by the end of the week this issue would be getting better. It’s the end of the week so I guess it’s better casue he got enough gas to fly to Europe. Gas Shortage…ok if you say so. The reason only certain stations have gas is because they can afford it or near a major interstate…duh.

By GetOverIt

September 26, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

Shoot and Dangnabit! I ain’t gawin to be ridin’ no brain train to da game. How am i gonna tailgate if be ridin’ a train? I gots to get mah drank on befo da game.

By AJ102

September 26, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this

People, hit the “POST” button once! Who cares if Sonny is here or not. He can be equally ineffective from anywhere.

By ROLL TIDE

September 26, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this

Never happen, go hug a tree…kiss Al Gores smelly rear end, hell….vote for the muslim if you want, just don’t think for one second we won’t be watching the Tide run all over Georgia. Two of the most overrated teams this year: USC and Georgia.

By Gary

September 26, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this

Have ya’ll bothered to google this guy’s company? It’s not a petroleum company, its a mom and pop trucking company that delivers gas to local stations. They only have a handful of trucks. Why is a station even bothering to interview this guy, he aparently knows nothing about what’s really going on, only that his company is struggling. I’d say ignore this idiot and the station that chose to interview this clown instead of people who really know what’s going on.

By informant

September 26, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this

DID ANYBODY DO A BACKGROUND CHECK ON THIS GUY?

SHOULD HAVE BEFORE HEADLINING HIM!!!!!

By Seagles

September 26, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

There is only one problem with gasoline these days and it ain’t not having enough gas, its gouging the common man on the street with ridiculously high prices. Yeah, let’s cancel the game, but don’t forget to pick up your multi-million dollar salary this week.

By current events club ;

September 26, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

The football game will stimulate the economy up north, around athens. Traviepie may lose opportunities to get gas because other people will take his gas. uga will win.

By current events club ;

September 26, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

The football game will stimulate the economy up north, around athens. Traviepie may lose opportunities to get gas because other people will take his gas. uga will win.

By buckheaddad

September 26, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this

Perhaps Gov Perdue should go on down to Paraguay and rest up with his buddy George Bush on Bush’s new 90,000 acre “get-a-way”? (or should that be “HIDE A WAY”).

Perdue could take his a*-kissing friend Saxby with him .

buckheaddad

By You funny Guy

September 26, 2008 12:33 PM | Link to this

Truth, I love an attempt at humor as much as the next guy but Tech doesn’t play this weekend. So your little joke simply turned out to be an idiotic post.

Thanks for playin though

By GSU Grad

September 26, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this

I work in extreme Northeast Alabama and live in extreme Northwest Georgia. My commute is about 30 miles, with one stop light. Georgia’s gas, especially Atlanta, has additives to help with the smog from all of the commuters. That might explain the shortage around that area. But for anyone to say that we’ve got plenty of gas in ‘Bama is stupid. Every station in our little town is out. The idiot fan will still get on the road with his SUV to tailgate, get drunk, not remember the game, and stagger home, possibly killing a few innocents on the way. I don’t understand the mentality. Of course, when I went to GSU we didn’t have football. My son attends Auburn, and can’t get tickets to the game because of all of the blue hair alumni that “just have to be there”. He can hear the game from his dorm, but there are no tickets, unless he’s willing to pay over face value. It’s time for the “boomers” to grow up. I predict thousands of SUV’s on the side of the highway out of gas this weekend. Maybe they should save some of the barbecue and beer for AFTER the game!! Be responsible, stay home, watch the game on TV, save money on beer and gasoline!

I know, no way that will ever happen.

By NoWheyMan

September 26, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

If Mr. Pitfield knew anything about SEC football, he would have realized that when he made these ridiculous statements most of the UGA and Bama fans were already in Athens tailgating. They had already bought gas and made the drive!

By NoWheyMan

September 26, 2008 2:08 PM | Link to this

If Mr. Pitfield knew anything about SEC football, he would have realized that when he made these ridiculous statements most of the UGA and Bama fans were already in Athens tailgating. They had already bought gas and made the drive!

By Dale

September 26, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this

Sonny Perdue is a worthless piece of excrement, He has consistently gotten richer while serving as Governor while the majority of Georgians have gotten poorer. Now he has the gall to take a European vacation at state expense while every state agency is having to cut back. It’s gotten so bad that Public safety vehicles are on the road with over 200,000 miles on them. Sonny needs to get his head out of his a* and Govern like he was elected to do. He is by far the worse Governer the state of Georgia ever had.

By Dawgman

September 26, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this

Pitfield is an ex-petroleum truck driver who started his own hauling company. He has no supply nor does he even sell gas, he just delivers it for distributors. He just tries to make people believe he’s a big shot.

By Proud Displaced Texan in D'ville

September 26, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this

PLEASE tell me this guy’s not serious?!

By Booger

September 26, 2008 8:22 PM | Link to this

That guy is a complete idiot. Nothing is more important to us rednecks than a football game, a gun, and a tank of gas. Hell, if we run out of gas, we can go a-huntin’ and a-shootin while parked on the side of the road out of gas. I may get fired for not showing up for work cuz i don’t have no stinkin’ gas, but by almighty God, that is my right as a red blooded american hick.

By Go Bama

September 26, 2008 11:20 PM | Link to this

Under Perdue Chicken’s leadeship, Georgia has no water, no gas and no plans… Who voted for him???

By Herbert Hoover

September 27, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

Are you better off than you were 8 years ago? George (Herbert Hoover) Busch

By buzz

September 27, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

Just give both teams a loss for the stupidity of their fan base. GO JACKETS!

By buzz

September 27, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

Just give both teams a loss for the stupidity of their fan base. GO JACKETS!

By Reb

September 27, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this

You guys are proving my point that the only purpose of the Brain Train is to subsidize transportation for UGA fans so they can drink as much as they want at the game and not have to face a DUI. No thank you - I don’t wish to have my tax dollars pay for your convenience. If the Brain Train is such a great idea, have a private company start a daily bus system between Athens and Atlanta. If it can make money on its own without public assistance, then go ahead with the Brain Train - also owned and operated by a private firm with no public dollars. But my guess is that there is only enough demand for Athens-Atlanta mass transportation during football season.

By OOPS

September 28, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

I bet now y’all wish the game was cancelled. What a crappy performance.

By TechFan

September 28, 2008 3:03 PM | Link to this

“That’s probably the dumbest, most short-sighted comment I’ve heard all year by anyone. …and this guy is an executive of an oil distributor? No wonder there are supply problems if he’s runnning the logisitics program.”

I’ll bet on the list of most “short-sighted comments” the bottle-rocket scientist (i.e., UGA fan) who made this comment above will be wishing he DIDNN’T waste a week’s worth of fuel traveling to Athens for a resounding rear-end kicking.

But…how typical of UGA folks…the cannot live past a day without thinking of football.

By jim

September 29, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

All you morons who said Tex as wrong, fu˘k YOU, you idiots, keep buying your made in china crap and topping off your big a$$ suvs, and continue to hunt for imported gas and wait in long lines, serves you right for allowing your government to allow us to become so dependent on a substance that would eventually run out, and to top it off our enemies have the most control over it. No one except Brazil (and the foreign auto makers) learned a damn thing from the oil embargo of the 70s.

By War Eagle

September 29, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

Football goes on or the terrorists win! Why should we listen to some greedy oil guy from Texas anyway? Look where that got us for the last eight years. D’OH!

By Gasless

September 30, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this

Some people keep saying “well, lower the gas prices.” That is a geat idea except for the fact that there is non to be had! Even if gas was $1, there is just no gas around.

I agree with the guy in the article, but maybe cancelling the game is extreme. I would have just warned people that if they come to Athens, don’t expect to fill up.