Do American Automakers suck?

Did 9/11 change everything?

It didn't change American automakers. It didn't change gas-guzzling auto consumers.

Why is there such a disconnect?

Why is America in the Middle East - the root of Bin Laden's American angst? Do we love the sand? Do we just like Arabs better than Africans?

Obviously terrorism and Iraq have nothing to do with oil.

Thus, GM will spend almost $3 billion - $3 BILLION - marketing gas guzzlers because foreign oil dependency is a good thing.

Hybrid cars, electric cars, and fuel efficiency, on the other hand, are too expensive - they are bad things.

American automakers and their Unions have told Americans for decades that buying foreign cars is bad for America, yet buying more and more foreign oil is good for America?

That sucks.

What will it take for GM to make foreign oil dependency their top priority? A WMD terrorist attack? WWIII? When will they take all their eggs out of the cheap foreign oil basket and put them into the stronger America basket?

Ultimately, 9/11 changed almost everything, except American automakers and America's dependence on foreign oil. Oooops, that's not exactly correct. America has changed its dependence on foreign oil - we've increased it.

That really sucks.

American automakers owe Americans the most fuel efficient automobiles. While I think they should focus on smaller cars, the Toyota Highlander hybrid and the Ford Escape hybrid prove that even SUVs can be made significantly more fuel efficient.

Can't GM just take a billion out of their marketing budget for a few years to help make a more secure America? Isn't that a better investment than marketing gas-guzzling Hummers?

I guess not, and that really, really sucks.