Re: Shooting out the tires of SUVs is better than drilling for oil

"www.bobbarr2008.com" <no@spamm.com> wrote in message
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> In article <St-dnVxV5NSc1uzVnZ2dnUVZ_rDinZ2d@comcast.com>, __@____.___
> says...
>>
>> "Jorge W. Arbusto, Prezidentchul Candydate" <Cleanin'_The
>> _Stables@fakeranch.tx> wrote in message
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>> > Major Debacle wrote:
>> >> Starkiller wrote:
>> >>> On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:34:33 -0700, Major Debacle
>> >>> <Major_Debawkle@the_Pentagram.mil> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> aol@aol.com wrote:
>> >>>>> On Jul 6, 3:47 pm, Major Debacle
<Major_Debawkle@the_Pentagram.mil>
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>> Forcing people out of gas guzzling SUVs and into cars
that get 30
>> >>>>>> mpg combined city and highway will do far more toward
weaning
>> >>>>>> America from Mideast oil than drilling a million new
wells in the
>> >>>>>> US, 99.9% of which will be dry and most of the rest
producing
>> >>>>>> only 100 barrels a day or less.
>> >>>>> That may be true but there has to be a less violent way to
achieve
>> >>>>> the same results.
>> >>>> How about sugar in the gas tank?
>> >>>
>> >>> Since you're such a big advocate of destroying what belongs to
others
>> >>> then why don't you just yank them out of their big evil SUV and
whip
>> >>> their ass?  One is not much worse than the other.
>> >>> If you get caught doing either of your little cowardly suggestions
>> >>> you'll likely end up in a fight anyway so why not just skip the
>> >>> complications and open up a can of whoop ass?
>> >>> Or are you simply all talk and no action?
>> >>
>> >> It's a device to get your attention, Gomer.
>> >>
>> >> It's a simple fact. Force people out of their gas guzzlers and into
>> >> cars that get twice the gas mileage and you do more to wean America
>> >> off Mideast oil than if allow Big Oil to plunder every last drop of
>> >> crude in the country.
>> >>
>> > Drivers will get rid of the SUVs only when it becomes economically
>> > viable
>> > for them to do so.
>>
>> That day is coming.  The majority of SUV owners are suburbanites and
>> exurbanites, who have the huge garages in which to park the damned
>> things.
>> They have long commutes, almost by definition.  The wealthy probably
>> don't
>> care as much; but the middle class, and upper-middle class are feeling
>> the
>> pinch as gas heads for $5/gal.   There are a lot fewer multi-millionaires
>> than there are dual-income families that commute 20+ miles to work (at
>> least
>> in large cities).    It's no wonder SUV sales have dropped into the
>> toilet.
>> That market segment is deader than dogshit as we head into the long
>> downward
>> economic spiral on the backside of the Bush bubble economy.
>>
>>
>>
> Tax credit! Even Republicans should like that idea, oh wait no they won't,
> they have to help support big oil.

Yes, and doggedly defend their right to vote against their own interests.
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