SUV Owners Are Terrorists

I learned yesterday from the Washington Post by Annys Shin (is your name pronounced Anus Shin?) that I am a terrorist. Apparently because I bought an SUV I am a terrorist, and by logic if you support the terrorists, there you too are a terrorist.

The article itself should have been in the Op/Ed section since it was full of opinion, hatred, venom, and vitriol. "Americans' love affair with 22-inch rims, eight cylinders and four-wheel drive wrapped in an 8,000-pound package is over. " 8,000 pounds? Come on. Honda Pilot weighs 5900 lbs, the Ford Explorer weighs 6000 lbs, even the Chevy Suburban weighs 7200 pounds. 8,000 pounds. Does Annys think everyone drives a Ford Canyonaro or a Hummer H2?

"For those determined to swap their fuel-thirsty behemoths for gas-sipping subcompacts..." She forgot to mention fuel thirsty minivans. Oh, yes. Their gas mileage sucks, too, Ms. Shin!

"The infatuation with SUVs began a decade ago. " Wrong! The Chevy S-10 Blazer was introduced in 1982, the Ford Explorer in 1990, and the Jeep Cherokee in 1984. Immediately sales of these vehicles took off. Any by my math, a decade ago was 1998, well after the infatuation began.

"Through the years, SUV owners drove on, unfazed by the danger of rollovers ..." Shut up you tofu eating level 3 vegan granola nut!!!

And if the article wasn't looney enough, there were the comments left by readers:

I don't feel sorry for these idiots who purchased these huge gas guzzling vehicles, knowing one day the cost of gas could rise. I am still seeing blacks and Central Americans driving around in brand new SUV's even thou gasoline prices have skyrocketed. (Nice racist comment)

Just wait till next winter when the public service announcements go out for four-wheel drive vehicles to assist with hospital personnel. Are all you hyper-milers going to rise to the occassion? (Yeah, F-the Prius crowd!!!)

I propose: Outlawing all 8 Cyl Vehicles, All Cars that go over 55 MPH, All cars that are older than 5 years, All Rigs that are diesel and gas powered. Hydrogen baby! (I propose outlawing Internet access for liberals)

wallstreethotrod (my Washington Post user name) is an idiot. must work for bear sterns.he thinks we have the freedom to drive whatever we want. try driving a tank down the highway, you moron.This is about the future of the planet.SUVs use too much gas and cause too much pollution. There's no upside. They are bad. They are wrong. They should never have been built in the first place.Maybe someday big vehicles will be illegal and that would be a good idea.You do not have a right to drive. Any driver instructor will tell you that, you stupid idiot.

The comments by these SUV haters are hysterical. These are the same people that are hollering about civil rights, liberties, and freedom of speech. But it only seems to apply when it meets their agenda. People that want the freedom to drive whatever they want - damn them! I love the condescending left! (this guy is brilliant!!! Oh, wait, I wrote that.)

I think we should put in place a sort of commercial vehicle tax on everything getting less than 30 mpg. The license plate would cost what it now costs plus a new $3000 "resource hog" fee similar to the $3000 commercial vehicle fee that semi trailer rigs and buses now pay. (I think liberals ought to cut off their testicals when their hybrid batteries die and they send them to Taiwan to be incinerated)

Fuel efficient cars keep us off foreign oil and are patriotic. Rebpulican style SUVs only help the terrorists. ( I hate them Rebpulican's, too!)

You have a choice.You can be a patriot and do the right thing.Or you can be a terrorist-supporting SUV driver and keep supplying your gas dollars to the terrorist source of Saudi Arabia - where al-Qaeda gets more than 90 percent of their funding or volunteers. (See I am a terrorist!)