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Hummer Death Watch

Final nail.

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3 Responses to “Hummer Death Watch”

  1. Kevin Love Says:
    February 24th, 2010 at 10:29 pm

    The New York Times section to which the link sends me is entitled:

    “Wheels - The Nuts and Bolts of Whatever Moves You”

    Yet, in spite of this title, I scrolled through the articles and could not find any about bicycles.

    What “moves me” to work, the grocery store and wherever else I go is my Pashley Sovereign Roadster bicycle.

    I find this sort of elitist prejudice very annoying. The corporate fat cats of The New York Times may be so ultra-rich and ultra-irresponsible that they “move” everywhere by car. But ordinary people are not.

  2. Jack Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 8:14 am

    I suppose many Hummer drivers may be considered “elitists” but not the mass market of ordinary people that prefer the culture of speed-convenience over livable communities. These road hogs should been kept in MidEast deserts where they belong.

  3. Don Says:
    March 3rd, 2010 at 8:50 am

    Too bad, as the name itself has lent itself to many great vanity plates.

    Best one I saw once, and unfortunately I didn’t have my camera with me was, “IWanna”. Mind you the license plate sits just above the back bumper with the letters HUMMER imprinted into the bumper.

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