>Bill Maher was adamant about how SUVs fund terrorism, not the "red herring" >drugs, "they want you to believe." He bought himself a hybrid, and somehow >worked it into the conversation everytime foriegn dependance on oil was >brought up. I don't see many others going on network television and >projecting a negative image for SUVs, do you? The irony was that his final >show was actually sponsored by one...I took it as a, "we win, you lose" slap >in the face. > >Ok you're right, Honda does have a good track record for producing ULEV >vehicles made from recycled parts, but does the American family really need >another SUV? I guess I'm just sick and tired of them and wish people would >stop buying them. SUVs are not cool, that's the image I would like to see >projected. "There oughtta be a law!" :) > >Cheers, > >Ryan Morgan >Proud owner of a 50 MPG 2002 VW Golf TDI running BD100
Rightly proud Ryan. Well, sorry, I didn't know any of that, thanks for the info. (Hey, I'm 10,000 miles away from your television set!) (And hey, that's almost far enough!) I totally agree, SUVs suck. And also guzzle. At least the Honda doesn't seem to do that too much. But maybe in that context "excellent fuel economy" means 26 mpg, LOL! Best Keith >-----Original Message----- >From: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 2:51 AM >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Subject: RE: [biofuel] Trends I see Was: On The Duty of Marketing >Biofuels > > >Ryan Morgan wrote: > > >Why the heck did ABC cancel Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect? > >http://www.newtimesla.com/issues/2001-09-27/stewart.html >Crushing a Contrarian 09/27/2001 > >"... Maher says his undoing came at the hands of two shock-jock radio >hosts in Texas who endlessly ran the snippet ("We have been the >cowards!") and whipped their audience into a frenzy. Within a few >hours, the Maher Incident was playing on radio talk shows nationwide >and consumers were besieging Politically Incorrect's commercial >sponsors with demands for a boycott. > >"Very quickly, Sears and Federal Express pulled their sponsorships, >and several Midwest stations suspended his show indefinitely." > >["We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles >away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the >building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."] > > >Anyone notice who sponsored his final show? > >Ben Franklin's ghost? > > >The Honda Pilot SUV! What a slap in the face from corporate America!!! > >... the "Ultimate Family Adventure Vehicle," - Ultra Low Emissions >Vehicle (ULEV) with excellent fuel economy, constructed with ninety >percent recyclable components. > >Huh... Honda doesn't even bother to say what the excellent fuel >economy is, shows how much they think that matters to US SUV buyers. >Well, not in their main blurb anyway, nor the news puffs. "Family >Adventure Vehicle", LOL! > >But I don't get it, why's it a slap in the face from corporate America? > >Keith > > > >Irony or a message? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/09Lw8C/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
