Idiot SUV owners have trouble selling

[SDEngineer]

“Are you one of MANY MANY people that still believes Al Gore invented the internet?”

Just an OT reply on a OT thread – Al Gore never claimed to have invented the internet. He did, however, claim to have taken the initiative to create the internet – a claim that is backed by Vint Cerf (who is one of the prime personages who actually could be said to have “invented” – at least in large part – the internet). In context, it is absolutely clear that Gore’s comments about the internet had to do with his role as one of the primary congressmembers who saw the potential and actively lobbied for funding for the nascent internet in the 80’s. The idea that he thought – or intended for anyone else to think – that he had somehow engineered the entire thing himself is ludicrous on it’s face, and a prime example of “soundbite” politics at it’s most dishonest.

Al Gore steered a LOT of funding towards the interconnection of the various disparate networks that were rising in the 80s (cerfNet, ARPAnet, etc) into a unified whole. He was probably the most technologically savvy senator during the 80s, and clearly had a very good idea of what was being done with those funds. Without Al Gore, it is likely that the unification of the various networks would have taken considerably longer.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp

[equalizer]

Young people driving big SUV and trucks?? No, those liberals are driving there civics and cheap toyo lowest end pickups because they cant afford a real truck or Beemer. As more women are driving the bigger vans,etc, the stats are more likely overstating case for largest vehicles. How many 20 somethings do you know besides Paris crowd driving Escalades?

“Evidence is clear that when given the choice between making a mortgage payment or a car payment, the house wins out. The weak U.S. economy and a housing market in the dumps kept many folks from buying a new set of wheels last year. The average age of new-vehicle buyers ended the year at 48 years old; in January 2007 it was 43.”
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2008/01/down-economy-mo.html

[equalizer]

Young people driving big SUV and trucks?? No, those liberals are driving there civics and cheap toyo lowest end pickups because they cant afford a real truck or Beemer. As more women are driving the bigger vans,etc, the stats are more likely overstating case for largest vehicles. How many 20 somethings do you know besides Paris crowd driving Escalades?

“Evidence is clear that when given the choice between making a mortgage payment or a car payment, the house wins out. The weak U.S. economy and a housing market in the dumps kept many folks from buying a new set of wheels last year. The average age of new-vehicle buyers ended the year at 48 years old; in January 2007 it was 43.”
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2008/01/down-economy-mo.html

[equalizer]

Young people driving big SUV and trucks?? No, those liberals are driving there civics and cheap toyo lowest end pickups because they cant afford a real truck or Beemer. As more women are driving the bigger vans,etc, the stats are more likely overstating case for largest vehicles. How many 20 somethings do you know besides Paris crowd driving Escalades?

“Evidence is clear that when given the choice between making a mortgage payment or a car payment, the house wins out. The weak U.S. economy and a housing market in the dumps kept many folks from buying a new set of wheels last year. The average age of new-vehicle buyers ended the year at 48 years old; in January 2007 it was 43.”
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2008/01/down-economy-mo.html

[equalizer]

Young people driving big SUV and trucks?? No, those liberals are driving there civics and cheap toyo lowest end pickups because they cant afford a real truck or Beemer. As more women are driving the bigger vans,etc, the stats are more likely overstating case for largest vehicles. How many 20 somethings do you know besides Paris crowd driving Escalades?

“Evidence is clear that when given the choice between making a mortgage payment or a car payment, the house wins out. The weak U.S. economy and a housing market in the dumps kept many folks from buying a new set of wheels last year. The average age of new-vehicle buyers ended the year at 48 years old; in January 2007 it was 43.”
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2008/01/down-economy-mo.html

[equalizer]

Young people driving big SUV and trucks?? No, those liberals are driving there civics and cheap toyo lowest end pickups because they cant afford a real truck or Beemer. As more women are driving the bigger vans,etc, the stats are more likely overstating case for largest vehicles. How many 20 somethings do you know besides Paris crowd driving Escalades?

“Evidence is clear that when given the choice between making a mortgage payment or a car payment, the house wins out. The weak U.S. economy and a housing market in the dumps kept many folks from buying a new set of wheels last year. The average age of new-vehicle buyers ended the year at 48 years old; in January 2007 it was 43.”
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2008/01/down-economy-mo.html

[luchabee]

Equalizer, a good point about women driving SUVs, making the fatalities proportionally less for SUVs.

The edmunds.com article on the 2005 fatalities ony discussed trucks and young males. Likely, there is no way for us on this board to control and factor in driver characteristics as a percentage of drivers of certain vehicles leading to more or less fatalities.

Thanks for the insightful comments, unlike the OP (from my perspective).

I guess I’ll just take my chances in my large American Sedan.

[luchabee]

Equalizer, a good point about women driving SUVs, making the fatalities proportionally less for SUVs.

The edmunds.com article on the 2005 fatalities ony discussed trucks and young males. Likely, there is no way for us on this board to control and factor in driver characteristics as a percentage of drivers of certain vehicles leading to more or less fatalities.

Thanks for the insightful comments, unlike the OP (from my perspective).

I guess I’ll just take my chances in my large American Sedan.

[luchabee]

Equalizer, a good point about women driving SUVs, making the fatalities proportionally less for SUVs.

The edmunds.com article on the 2005 fatalities ony discussed trucks and young males. Likely, there is no way for us on this board to control and factor in driver characteristics as a percentage of drivers of certain vehicles leading to more or less fatalities.

Thanks for the insightful comments, unlike the OP (from my perspective).

I guess I’ll just take my chances in my large American Sedan.

[luchabee]

Equalizer, a good point about women driving SUVs, making the fatalities proportionally less for SUVs.

The edmunds.com article on the 2005 fatalities ony discussed trucks and young males. Likely, there is no way for us on this board to control and factor in driver characteristics as a percentage of drivers of certain vehicles leading to more or less fatalities.

Thanks for the insightful comments, unlike the OP (from my perspective).

I guess I’ll just take my chances in my large American Sedan.

[luchabee]

Equalizer, a good point about women driving SUVs, making the fatalities proportionally less for SUVs.

The edmunds.com article on the 2005 fatalities ony discussed trucks and young males. Likely, there is no way for us on this board to control and factor in driver characteristics as a percentage of drivers of certain vehicles leading to more or less fatalities.

Thanks for the insightful comments, unlike the OP (from my perspective).

I guess I’ll just take my chances in my large American Sedan.

[TheBreeze]

Actually, you SUV drivers have persuaded me. If I go down, I’m taking some people with me. Behold! My new ride:

[img_assist|nid=7483|title=My SUV|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=466|height=466]

[TheBreeze]

Actually, you SUV drivers have persuaded me. If I go down, I’m taking some people with me. Behold! My new ride:

[img_assist|nid=7483|title=My SUV|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=466|height=466]

[TheBreeze]

Actually, you SUV drivers have persuaded me. If I go down, I’m taking some people with me. Behold! My new ride:

[img_assist|nid=7483|title=My SUV|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=466|height=466]

[TheBreeze]

Actually, you SUV drivers have persuaded me. If I go down, I’m taking some people with me. Behold! My new ride:

[img_assist|nid=7483|title=My SUV|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=466|height=466]

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