== Rejoice, The Hummer Is Dead = By Mark Morford

[madokie]

It might be the end of the world's most phallically sad SUV. But has the damage been done?

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/archive/2007/05/23/notes052307.DTL&nl=fix

The late Rev. Jerry Falwell? He was exactly like a Hummer H2. Oh yes he was. Bloated, arrogant, offensive to millions and deeply wrong in a thousand ways and yet blindly worshipped by a shockingly large and happily uninformed throng of devout minions for no other reason than he was, well, bloated, arrogant and wrong.

Is that too harsh? Lacking in prudent subtlety? I'm completely OK with that.

See, it is time for much rejoicing. It is time for an upraising of hands and a hallelujah and a praise be to the heavens despite how, of course, the heavens don't really exist.

No, not for the death of Falwell, for that would be pointless and in poor taste and besides, the ever-acerbic Christopher Hitchens did it much better over at Slate. And as I pointed out last week, Falwell's own collection of (in)famous quotes do a far better job of revealing the man's true nature and worth to humanity than any sort of carefully articulated, cheerful celebration of his demise ever could. ...

[opihimoimoi]

1. Any Vehicle for the common folk that doesn't get 20 to 40 MPG will wither on the sales lot

At 9 miles per gallon(roughly)...them hummers will soon be extinct...especially when gas reaches $5.00+ per gal.

Bikes will make a comeback.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. I agree with Mark: the Hummer is the ultimate symbol of Bush's America.