Originally Posted by
Helena Handbaskets
Or, if you want to be paranoid about it, it might be Amex' way of flagging purchases from Chevron, so they can report this unAmerican activity* to the CIA.
*Chevron is owned by the government of Hugo Chavez.
No it's not.
Chevron is the former Standard Oil. Corp., founded in 1919 by John D. Rockefeller. They changed the name, but it's the same company, entirely U.S.-based, publicly held, traded on the NYSE...
You're thinking of Citgo.