Quite OT: NYTimes.com Article: TV Ads Say S.U.V. Owners SupportTerrorists

[tberk@mindspring.com (T Berk)]

Ron Pieper wrote:
> 
> --- Neal Tovsen <nealtovsen@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> It makes me think that the fucking liberals running the media, esp. the
> NYT, have scary power.
> 

Uh oh. The scary word are starting to get thrown around. It'll be
newsgroup feeling here any minute.


> WHY didn't they start their bitching when PICKUP TRUCKS - certainly
> higher fuel consumers than SUV's - became the largest selling passenger
> vehicles in the US?  I sell a hell of a lot more empty bed pickups than
> I do one passenger SUVs.  Tell me *they* are more practical and consume
> less fuel per man-mile!  Ha!  This is a typical liberal-dumbocrat
> selective attack.
> 

Ron?

> And *we* can't talk either.  Outside of Drew, name one of us who
> SPECIFICALLY aimed and succeeded at making his/her car *more* fuel
> efficient and less polluting?  Who drives conservatively?  All I see is
> no cat, big engine swap, 0-60 and 1/4 mile times...I'll offer that it's
> hypocritical for us to agree with this NYT crap.
> 
> Freedom of choice, keep the government OUT of my wallet and OUT of my
> garage.
> 

So, do we leave responsibility up to the individual then? OK, your on
the Honor System.

I for one don't get into 1/4 mile times, I upgrade my power plant so I
don't have to wheeze down the road and up and down the hills in my
part of the country.

Hmmmm, I wonder what radio talk show host you listen to. Never mind.


TBerk