And if you don’t like the guilt you’ve earned by driving your Hummer–or wanting to–then dude, you’re the one who needs to move. Speaking up is American. Telling someone else to pipe down because they hurt your feelings is the sign of a true weakling.

If you don’t like seeing people drive Hummers around here, go somewhere else where they do not have the luxury of doing so. I have gotten real tired of all the guilt ridden apologists in this country.

ps…. hey John Kerry:

Kerry*, meanwhile, declared, “We cannot have it both ways in the war in Iraq.” Here is a partial list of the positions Kerry has taken on the war in Iraq:

* “The threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but as I said, it is not new. It has been with us since the end of that war, and particularly in the last four years we know after Operation Desert Fox failed to force him to reaccept them, that he has continued to build those weapons. He has had a free hand for four years to reconstitute these weapons, allowing the world, during the interval, to lose the focus we had on weapons of mass destruction and the issue of proliferation.”–Oct. 9, 2002

* “Yea.”–vote on authorizing military force to liberate Iraq, Oct. 12, 2002

* “Even having botched the diplomacy, it is the duty of any president, in the final analysis, to defend this nation and dispel the security threat. . . . Saddam Hussein has brought military action upon himself by refusing for 12 years to comply with the mandates of the United Nations.”–March 18, 2003

* “The vote is the vote. I voted to authorize. It was the right vote, and the reason I mentioned the threat is that we gave the–we had to give life to the threat. If there wasn’t a legitimate threat, Saddam Hussein was not going to allow inspectors in. Now, let me make two points if I may. Ed [Gordon] questioned my answer. The reason I can’t tell you to a certainty whether the president misled us is because I don’t have any clue what he really knew about it, or whether he was just reading what was put in front of him. And I have no knowledge whether or not this president was in depth–I just don’t know that. And that’s an honest answer, and there are serious suspicions about the level to which this president really was involved in asking the questions that he should’ve. With respect to the question of, you know, the vote–let’s remember where we were. If there hadn’t been a vote, we would never have had inspectors. And if we hadn’t voted the way we voted, we would not have been able to have a chance of going to the United Nations and stopping the president, in effect, who already had the votes, and who was obviously asking serious questions about whether or not the Congress was going to be there to enforce the effort to create a threat. So I think we did the right thing. I’m convinced we did.”–Sept. 9, 2003

* “Nay.”–vote on $87 billion to fund operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, Oct. 17, 2003

* “I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.”–March 16, 2004

* “The president made a mistake in invading Iraq.”–Sept. 30, 2004

* “No.”–answer to Jim Lehrer’s question “Are Americans now dying in Iraq for a mistake?,” Sept. 30, 2004

* ” I was wrong to vote for that Iraqi resolution.”–June 13, 2006

No wonder Kerry says you can’t have it both ways–as nuanced as he is, he’s had it at least half a dozen ways!

lets all get high, get naked, and sing give peace a chance. I am sure the mullah’s and clerics wouldn’t behead the women for not being fully covered by clothing head to toe. What was that link you gave me again? Have you been to it?

honestly, when I want my politics I’ll go to hotair, LGF, opinion journal, NRO, etc….

WTF DOES COMMUNISM, BLOOD FOR OIL, ‘AN INCOMPETENT ARGUMENT’, BLATANT STUPIDITY AND STEREOTYPING, SELF RIGHTEOUS AGENDA PUSHING, PLAGERISTIC BULLSHIT HAVE TO DO WITH A DUMBASS PRINTING ELITIST LEFT WING EAST COAST EDITORIALIST? wait, I just answered my own question.

“What should be done is a law that says you only get what you need. You should be required to fill out a form for what you need in a vehicle”

“At a time when this country is essentially in the middle of a war who’s central focus is oil ”

“global warming is now beginning to produce some significant weather events”

“Ask any crazy, overprivileged suburban soccer mom why…She’s a selfish little dope. She’ll blush and mumble and look at the ground and mutter something about feeling safer or liking the high vantage point”

“pointless, expensive, disastrous big-vehicle habit for its own selfish ends”

“They’re not leading the market; they’re crack dealers cleaning up in dark corners”

Honestly, is it possible to find a BBS somewhere that is strictly for auto enthusiasts? all these moonbats are giving me a migrain with their conspiracy theories and short sided, childish, tantrum~esque rantings about incoherent babble.

The GM SUVs people want, they mostly shouldn’t. The overwhelming majority of SUV buyers do NOT need the capacity, horsepower or 4WD capability. Ask any crazy, overprivileged suburban soccer mom why she needs a Tahoe or Suburban to toddle off to Safeway. She’s not a rancher or construction professional who needs a truck. She’s a selfish little dope. She’ll blush and mumble and look at the ground and mutter something about feeling safer or liking the high vantage point. These are not good reasons.

GM is supporting this pointless, expensive, disastrous big-vehicle habit for its own selfish ends. These people think it’s still 1968. The whole last 35 years of oil trauma haven’t taught them a thing. They’re not leading the market; they’re crack dealers cleaning up in dark corners. Toyota is clearly the world’s foremost vehicle manufacturer, and GM and Ford handed them the prize.

Did you actually read what Friedman wrote?

- By nearly every account (and with the exception of one or two vehicles in the GM lineup like the ‘Vette and the Solstice), GM vehicles are a full generation behind what is being offered by Toyota or Honda. The reason people buy them (and fewer and fewer people are buying GM cars, look at the sales numbers) is because GM discounts them heavily; a car that is a generation behind the technology but costs $5000 less then the competition from Toyota makes for a compelling sale.

- At a time when this country is essentially in the middle of a war who’s central focus is oil and when global warming is now beginning to produce some significant weather events, many people are getting very sick of short sighted “It is my RIGHT to drive what I want!” arguments like yours. Your choice of vehicle is not written into the constitution and if you are too stupid to figure out that the huge number of American soccer moms driving single occupancy gas guzzlers are a major contribution to our national problems, perhaps legislation is necessary.

- Friedman pointed out that Toyota’s SUVs, in every category, are more fuel efficient then their GM counterparts according to Consumer Reports.

- Friedman also points out that GM builds E85/FlexFuel vehicles in order to boost their CAFE standard fuel economy numbers and has been doing so, without telling consumers, for years. The tired “GM builds more 30mpg vehicles then everyone else!” line used by RenCen apologists such as yourself is the result of GM cynically cheating the system by building FlexFuel vehocles. Besides, E85 is a complete farce: Number of regular gas stations in the US: 20,000. FlexFuel gas stations: 750 (source PRI’s Marketplace radio show).

- Unlike you, Friedman cited numerous third party sources and he knows how to write without putting a ! after every statement.

People buy what they want, it is my hope that if peopel were not buying hummers, that GM would stop making them. I am not privy to the #’s, but you have to be a moron to keep selling a vehicle that nobody actually wants.

The problem is that for some of us no American cars appeal. It does not always mean they are crap it just means we are not someone they care to sell a car too. I can not think fo a single American vehicle that competes with Audi and BMW, these cars have the exact qualities I look for and while I wish they would build a competeing car I don’t see it happening.

I think GM has enough trouble fighting for the lower market that Toyota, Honda and countless others are dominating.

2 kids, 4 suitcases, plywood, 2×4′s

Then you would be given a certificate to buy the vehicle for your needs. A person with 2 kids does not need anything more than a 4 seater compact car. Trucks should only go to those who have real businees needs for them.

While we are at it we should limit the size of home we can own. Say 500 sq ft per person. A 5 person family would be able to buy up to a 2500 sq ft home. Everyone write thier congressmen!!

That said, it is true that GM has more models that get over 30 mpg, but the real question is what manufacturer SELLS THE MOST CARS THAT GET ABOVE 30 MPG? The Hummer H2 gets sh**ty gas milage, but it is a very low volumn vehicle. Somebody do some relevant research, please.

who cares what this nancy east coast liberal thinks about anything? I read the WS Journal, where the news (about business) is actually relevant, not a rag full of political commentary.

FWD – its better

SUV’s – bigger is better

Cash back – its the way to sell cars.

I have gone into a few dealerships, selling GTO’s and Corvettes. As I walk around the showroom staring at an Aztek, I’ll may say something like,”Do you guys have trouble selling this crapola?”