An article e-mailed from Mom in Pittsburgh:

TULSA, Okla. (AP) – Some gas station owners in Oklahoma are dropping the Venezuelan state-owned Citgo brand, saying sales have dropped significantly since the Venezuelan president criticized President Bush in a speech last month.The president of Tulsa-based Arkansas Valley, a wholesale distributor which delivers Citgo gas to about 30 stations in Oklahoma and Missouri, said sales fell 10 percent to 15 percent after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s United Nations speech in which he referred to Bush as “the devil.”

There’s more.Says Mom: “And the big wheels in Washington and California don’t think middle America knows what is going on.”