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Hollywood Versus SUVs.···

The Democracy of Hypocrisy is Dumbocracy's Mockracy.·
Here's a movie theatre supporting the entertainment industry;
Here's a Greenie driving a Yugo to avoid unnecessary consumption of fuel;
Here's the Greenie driving to a movie theatre for the luxury of being entertained;
Here's the oil company providing fuel for the Greenie's Yugo;
Here's the Middle-East country paid by the oil company for the oil;
Here's the terrorist funded by money from the country paid by the oil company.
Here's the Greenie suporting terror by consuming fuel other than for a necessity.
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Inspired by the latest anti-SUV campaign characterizing SUV drivers' consumption of more fuel than necessary for the mere luxury of driving in a vehicle safer than a Yugo as being the equivalent of supporting terrorism--Jim Wrenn, Editor@PoliSat.Com.·
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Feb. 21, 2003:  PoliSat.Com's Political Satire/Commentary Daily Update #01··™©·2003···
An SUV Pledge to give us an edge.·
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    From Hollywood's preaching I've learned SUVs
    are burning more gas than a driver should need
    and thereby support
    regimes that resort
    to funding of terrorists' murderous creeds.

    An SUV driver I am, so I pledge,
    to stop wasting fuel to give us an edge
    in war against terror.
    Confessing my error,
    I'll stop wasting fuel, I solemnly pledge.

    Since "need" is the standard that Hollywood set,
    and safety's* a need by my SUV met,
    I'll certainly keep
    my own SUV,
    but driving for things I don't "need" I'll forget.
    
    I'll not drive to places for things I don't "need"
    like movies where Actors of Conscience are seen
    or video stores
    or musical stores
    or places like Redford's where people can ski.

    Since trips to a movie are not for a "need,"
    an Actor of Conscience to fans oughta plead: 
    "To help us fight terror
    abstain from the error
    of trav'ling to places where movies are seen."··
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    Inspired by the relentless, sanctimonious assault on SUV drivers by unwitting advocates of a New Utilitarianism.  Coming soon-- the "pledge" SUV drivers will demand that the anti-SUV activists take to apply to themselves the utilitarian standards they seek to apply to the activities of other people.  Those sanctimonious New Utilitarians waste far more energy per capita for demonstrably non-essential activities, products, services, etc. than the SUV drivers at whom they are self-righteously pointing their fingers.  See also Hollywood v. SUVs.
    *Despite fraudulent "statistics" (spouted by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the Hollywood claque now attacking SUV drivers as "supporters of terror") purporting to show people are more likely to be injuried while riding in an SUV than smaller vehicles, I know not only from a fundamental understanding of physics but also from personal experience that my SUV is vastly safer than standard-size cars, let alone those "Yugo" size cars.
    Kennedy says people should not buy SUV's unless they have a "need" for them-- Notwithstanding his opinion, I consider greater safety a "need" and don't buy his fraudulent statistics purporting to show riding in an SUV is more dangerous than riding in a smaller vehicle.  The size, design and stability of my SUV (a 10,000 pound, four-wheel-drive, wide-track Suburban) has twice saved my family and me from death or serious injury on the highway.  
    Are there some SUV's rendered more likely to "roll over" due to designs allowing greater height without compensatory increases in width such that they are more likely to "roll over" after a "blowout" or sudden swerve?  Of course.  Are there poorly designed cars making them even more dangerous under such circumstances?  Of course.  With respect to SUV's, do such safety-design issues have anything to do with fuel economy?  Of course not.  Do the fuel-economy-driven designs of smaller cars have anything to do with the reduced level of safety they provide?  Of course they do. --Jim Wrenn, Editor@PoliSat.Com.·
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