The fact that they own so many gas stations is really irrelevant since we as americans sell these gas stations to them. sure the government throws money at them like a damn parade, but we are so money hungry we jump at the first oppurtunity to sell. In the town I live in all of our gas stations were owned and operated by americans untill they sold it to Indians. The question that I have is, Why are they allowed to sell bongs, pipes(and meth pipes), but americans are not. Also why are they allowed to have slot machines in there stores, again americans are not. And why are all of them named Patel. When I was working at a blockbuster many years ago I typed in the name "Smith" a common last name that generated a lot of hits, but when I typed in "Patel" it was like a fucking plague. The name Patel more than tripled the name Smith. That my friends is very very scary. WHAT THE FUCK IS A PATEL?