I say cut down the tree and lets see how well this wacko and his buddy the tree really BOND...

 

36Fan,

I think that kind of bonding with a tree is called a Sliver .

 

I think this is the group that burned that lodge. Apparently, the only requirement to be a member is do something crazy in the name of the group. The people that maintain the webpage claim they have no contact with these people personally, and get anonymous reports to post on the webpage...yeah right....

Let them burn 3 SUVs, unlike the Raelins (sp?), I just drove by a Ford dealership, and it appears that they have successfully cloned about 1000 more SUVs....Resistance is futile.....we will assimilate the Enviromentalists..

 

Stations reject TV ads that connect SUVs to terrorism

By JOAN LOWY
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE

Television stations in New York, Detroit and Los Angeles are refusing to air ads that link driving sport utility vehicles with supporting terrorism, producers of the ads said yesterday.

The two ads were produced for The Detroit Project, a media campaign organized by author and columnist Arianna Huffington and Hollywood movie producer Lawrence Bender, among others. Both ads were modeled on hard-hitting anti-drug public service announcements produced by the Bush administration that equate drug use with support for violence and terrorism.

In one ad, a man pumps gas into his SUV while a voice says that every time he fills up he makes money for oil companies who buy oil from countries that support terrorists. A map of the Persian Gulf shows Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran.

"What kind of mileage does your SUV get? Oil money supports some terrible things," the ad says.

The second ad, in an ironic vein, features supposed SUV owners proudly claiming responsibility for blowing up nightclubs and putting U.S. troops in harm's way. It concludes: "What is your SUV doing to national security? Detroit, America needs hybrid cars now."

Stations who have refused to air the ads are WABC in New York; WDIV in Detroit; and WABC and WCBS in Los Angeles, Huffington said.

"I guess it takes courage to go up against the auto manufacturers and some of these networks don't have that kind of guts," said Bender, who produced the hit movies "Good Will Hunting" and "Pulp Fiction."

Art Moore, programming director for WABC, said the station has a policy against running any "controversial" ads.

Officials for the three other stations declined to comment on their reasons for rejecting the ads.

The media campaign is part of a growing national backlash against SUVs, which now account for 27 percent of the U.S. car market. When combined with minivans and small pickups, sales of so-called "light trucks" now exceed new car sales.

The United States produces 25 percent of the world's man-made carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas responsible for global warming.

"We're asking the public to connect the dots between our behavior as consumers and national security," Huffington said. "We're not trying to demonize SUVs."

Huffington said she drove a Lincoln Navigator until shortly after Sept. 11, when a friend persuaded her that driving gas-guzzlers undermines national security. She now drives a Toyota Prius, a four-door hybrid electric that gets about 50 miles per gallon.

On Monday, General Motors, the world's biggest automaker, announced that it plans to offer a variety of hybrid cars over the next four years. However, automakers reject any connection between gas-guzzlers and national security.

"Eighty percent of refined oil (used in the United States) comes from outside the Persian Gulf," said Eron Shosteck, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. "We as an industry are doing our part by offering consumers choices. We offer more than 30 different models that get 30 miles to the gallon or better, but very few consumers buy them."

The corporate average fuel economy standard for SUVs and other light trucks is 20.7 mpg, versus 27.5 mpg for other cars.

The Bush administration has opposed increasing fuel economy standards except for a token 1.5 mpg increase for light trucks to be phased in over several years.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/nation...50_suv08.shtml

 

That is absolutely FUNNY as hell. I can't believe there are really moron's that believe SUV's support terriosm in any form. If anything SUV's support people on walfare to name one. Gas has got some good tax added on for the state and federal gov't.

These tree hugging drug induced moron's need to get a life or perhaps hang out in the woods during hunting season LOL. If I seen some nutcase next to my truck with a match and gas can I would unload all six shoots of my 12 gauge in his body.

I say it's about time these TV stations knew RIGHT from WRONG and they know what these ad's are saying and protraying are just plain WRONG.

God it must be nice for these people to be able to hug trees all day suck the pulp from the wood take drugs all day and not have to worry about WORKING and earning a paycheck. Do they ever wonder where they money that SUPPORTS them comes from????

 

Well then, if they want to go that route I will expect everyone that believes this steps up to the plate and hands over their vehicles along with anything and everything that has plastic in it. Gotta set a good example.

 

I've stopped wearing shoes for fear of being perceived as a supporter of Mad Cow disease. I've stopped wearing underwear, as the elastic band is a petrochemical product, thus avoiding the appearance of wanting Bin Laden to come over to my house for a dinner party. I've stopped wearing deodorant since they all come in those evil little petrochemical containers. I've stopped using toilet paper, since commercial tree harvesting requires the use of fuel-sucking vehicles and equipment.

Hopefully, these sacrifices will persuade Areola Huffington to allow me to continue to drive my vile, nasty Ford Expedition