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Quite OT: NYTimes.com Article: TV Ads Say S.U.V. Owners SupportTerrorists
Some of our cars do run on the mere suggestion of fuel, Julie. I drove
800kms to Cincy last year on 450mL of used french-fry oil... ;)
Drew
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Julie Macfarlane wrote:
> Actually I agree. Back in the 70's there was a push for more economical
> cars. With presidents allied to the gas companies has decreased that need it
> seems.
> My 81 16v has better gas consumption than most of the newer cars! You'd
> think that after all these years, all the millions spent on development that
> our cars would run on the meer suggestion of fuel.
>
>
>
> Julie Macfarlane
> Menlo Park Research & Development
> Internet Application Developer
> Amsterdam NY
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Neal Tovsen <nealtovsen@yahoo.com>
> >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >Subject: Quite OT: NYTimes.com Article: TV Ads Say S.U.V. Owners Support
> >Terrorists Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:22:17 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >I thought I'd post this since it has been a hot issue
> >in the past. Whether you agree with it or not, it sure
> >does make you think, eh?
> >
> >Neal
> >
> > >
> > > TV Ads Say S.U.V. Owners Support Terrorists
> > >
> > > January 8, 2003
> > > By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 - Ratcheting up the debate over
> > > sport
> > > utility vehicles, new television commercials suggest
> > > that
> > > people who buy the vehicles are supporting
> > > terrorists. The
> > > commercials are so provocative that some television
> > > stations are refusing to run them.
> > >
> > > Patterned after the commercials that try to
> > > discourage drug
> > > use by suggesting that profits from illegal drugs go
> > > to
> > > terrorists, the new commercials say that money for
> > > gas
> > > needed for S.U.V.'s goes to terrorists.
> > >
> > > "This is George," a girl's voice says of an
> > > oblivious man
> > > at a gas station. "This is the gas that George
> > > bought for
> > > his S.U.V." The screen then shows a map of the
> > > Middle East.
> > > "These are the countries where the executives bought
> > > the
> > > oil that made the gas that George bought for his
> > > S.U.V."
> > > The picture switches to a scene of armed terrorists
> > > in a
> > > desert. "And these are the terrorists who get money
> > > from
> > > those countries every time George fills up his
> > > S.U.V."
> > >
> > > A second commercial depicts a series of ordinary
> > > Americans
> > > saying things like: "I helped hijack an airplane";
> > > "I gave
> > > money to a terrorist training camp in a foreign
> > > country";
> > > "What if I need to go off-road?"
> > >
> > > At the close, the screen is filled with the words:
> > > "What is
> > > your S.U.V. doing to our national security?"
> > >
> > > The two 30-second commercials are the brainchild of
> > > the
> > > author and columnist Arianna Huffington. Her target
> > > audience, she said, is Detroit and Congress,
> > > especially the
> > > Republicans and Democrats who last year voted
> > > against a
> > > bill, sponsored by Senators John McCain, Republican
> > > of
> > > Arizona, and John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts,
> > > that
> > > would have raised fuel-efficiency standards.
> > >
> > > Spokesmen for the automakers dismissed the
> > > commercials.
> > >
> > >
> > > Eron Shosteck, a spokesman for the Alliance of
> > > Automobile
> > > Manufacturers, said of Ms. Huffington, "Her opinion
> > > is
> > > out-voted every year by Americans who buy S.U.V.'s
> > > for
> > > their safety, comfort and versatility." He said that
> > > S.U.V.'s now account for 21 percent of the market.
> > >
> > > In an interview, Senator Kerry distanced himself
> > > from the
> > > commercials. He said that rather than oppose
> > > S.U.V.'s
> > > outright, he believed they should be more efficient.
> > >
> > >
> > > "I haven't seen these commercials," he said, "but
> > > anybody
> > > can drive as large an S.U.V. as they want, though it
> > > can be
> > > more efficient than it is today."
> > >
> > > Ms. Huffington's group, which calls itself the
> > > Detroit
> > > Project, has bought almost $200,000 of air time for
> > > the
> > > commercials, to run from Sunday to Thursday. While
> > > the
> > > group may lose some viewers if stations refuse to
> > > run the
> > > advertisements, the message is attracting attention
> > > through
> > > news coverage.
> > >
> > > The advertisements are to be broadcast on "Meet The
> > > Press,"
> > > "Face the Nation" and "This Week With George
> > > Stephanopoulos" in Detroit, Los Angeles, New York
> > > and
> > > Washington.
> > >
> > > But some local affiliates say they will not run
> > > them. At
> > > the ABC affiliate in New York, Art Moore, director
> > > of
> > > programming, said, "There were a lot of statements
> > > being
> > > made that were not backed up, and they're talking
> > > about
> > > hot-button issues."
> > >
> > > Ms. Huffington said she got the idea for the
> > > commercials
> > > while watching the antidrug commercials, sponsored
> > > by the
> > > Bush administration. In her syndicated column, she
> > > asked
> > > readers if they would be willing to pay for "a
> > > people's ad
> > > campaign to jolt our leaders into reality."
> > >
> > > She said she received 5,000 e-mail messages and
> > > eventually
> > > raised $50,000 from the public. Bigger contributors
> > > included Steve Bing, the film producer; Larry David,
> > > the
> > > comedian and "Seinfeld" co-creator; and Norman Lear,
> > > the
> > > television producer.
> > >
> > >
> >http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/08/business/media/08SUVS.html?ex=1043054359&ei=1&en=9c2426a0be9a21a2
> > >
> > >
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