Oil at $66 a barrel...I thought it was "Kick their ass, take their gas"???

[OrlandoGator]

Funny, don't seem to see that bumper sticker much anymore. Nor the one that says, "My SUV loves Iraqi oil!"

But good thing we just signed a bill into law hand billions to an industry charging record prices and making record profits. Who needs healthcare?

[Hissyspit]

1. Well, all that Iraq petroleum has gone to pay for the war...

um, wait, it HASN'T paid for the war.

[dweller]

2. it changed to

"We have the gas, we own your ass."

dp

[Bozita]

3. "We kicked their ass; now, let's buy their gas"

Hard to believe that SUV sales are up.

[OrlandoGator]

4. Sales are only up because they are being sold near cost.

That's what all these "employee discount" promotions are all about. The point was that the gas hogs weren't selling, so Ford and GM had to take drastic measures to move them off the lots.

[Biased Liberal Media]

5. Are you serious?

Is there a report online I can read about that?? You'd think it would be the other way around...

[Bozita]

6. Start with this

http://www.dcexaminer.com/articles/2005/08/10/news/d_c_news/03newsdc11suvs.txt

Gas prices don't deter SUV buyers
By Christy Goodman and Samson Habte
Examiner Staff Writers

Soaring gas prices - $2.38 a gallon is Virginia's current average - could be assumed to be leading car shoppers to shun SUVs. But they're not.

While sales of the gas-guzzling behemoths dropped dramatically in the first few months of 2005, an innovative sales gimmick introduced this summer by General Motors, Chrysler and Ford - which currently offers all buyers steep discounts previously reserved for employees - has stemmed the decline nationally and locally, according to automobile industry analysts and local dealers.

"Initially there was a slowdown, but with the advent of employee pricing everyone has jumped on the SUV bandwagon," said Eric Jacobi, general manager of Crystal Ford in Silver Spring.

Through July, nationwide sales of Sports Utility Vehichles were 5 percent higher than they were in 2004, according to Kevin Tynan, a senior analyst with the Argus Research Group. Tynan pointed out that SUV sales were down 0.8 percent before the introduction of the GMs' employee discount policy.

more...

[OrlandoGator]

7. Sales are up on SUV's, but profits are way down.

They are selling them dirt cheap.

[lectrobyte]

9. Suckers.

[kansasblue]

8. "we'll kick your ass if you take our gas" Iraq