This is probably the most obnoxious column I’ve seen in print this year. Here’s my favorite part:
The whole point of the Hummer is that it chugs fuel, and chugs it proudly, devoid of any sort of neurotic preoccupation with gloomy prophecies of Peak Oil or gas at 10 bucks a gallon.
And here is where its symbolic fortitude is most threatened: For American life to work, the illusion of endless abundance must be maintained. Sure, we must adapt to a future of less-abundant natural resources. Our vehicles will need to become radically more efficient. But we require vestiges of the old dream to sustain our national optimism, which in turn nourishes our national character.
More Washington Post dreck.
Congress just mandated the Military not to source oil from Canada Tar sands – it’s dirty oil. Hmmm
T. Boone Pickens has a plan, – – backed by the Sierra Club. It’s a plan to make money on the next phase, alternative energy…. He’s spending $50 million to promote the plan.
Perhaps we can just use old Hummers as lawn ornaments to help maintain the illusion.
Beat your Hummers into plowshares.
A mini scandal for Bush – what’s new?
President George W Bush lobbyist in `cash for access’ row
hummers, eh…kinda like lust in space? must not be any significant developments to prattle on about, so perhaps mr. deBord…no pun intended…should stick to writing wine reviews, as he’s obviously been imbibing.
Oh, so now there’s going to be a 35 – 250 Million Mile High Club?
when i’m on the highway, i have this bad habit of pulling up alongside hummers, pointing at the driver, and laughing hysterically.
but they deserve it so I don’t care.
Heh..my teenage sons yell “soccer mom!” at them.
Their glass is tinted so I have no idea whether anyone is looking but I always make faces at hummers and chant, “Shame on you!”
deBord’s essay brilliantly sums up everything that’s bad and wrong about America.
The essay is snark. Here’s something else DeBord’s written about cars:
Oh please:
viagra’s cheaper, with less social and environmental side-effects.
Or, since our cherished 2nd Amendment rights have been reaffirmed by the Supreme’s, they could just go buy a big-assed gun to stroke.
I feel sorry for the guys who drive Hummers, and hope that someday medical science provides a cure for SDS*.
*(Small Dick Syndrome)
We bought a Prius last November when the dealer was still offering incentives. Now it’s fun to drive by the other pumps at the gas station when we fill up and giggle at the big numbers displayed while our car takes about 3 gallons a week or less.
You made a good move getting one last fall: the dealer here doesn’t even have one for me to test drive.
and when the climate on the hill changes, I wonder what sort of incentives they’ll be offering for Hummer sales????
the shine on the crystal only lasts for a little while ;(
peace
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Christ, DeBord’s first paragraph lays out all of the Great Satans who have destroyed the American economy and credibility abroad, doesn’t it:
Emphasis mine. What a douchebag.