American-made hypocrisy: Buying imports and foreign oil dependency
Are American-made gas-guzzlers really patriotic?With bailout talk heating up in recent weeks, I've received a number of e-mails and blog comments calling import buyers un-American. So, I guess I'm not very patriotic, however....
After 9/11, I decided that I had to kill my foreign oil footprint. And, today, I rarely drive, as I've built most of my life around LA's public transportation system, often to my inconvenience. When I do drive, however, I drive a foreign-made hybrid because in LA congestion, foreign-made hybrid cars offer the best fuel economy of any mainstream autos, PERIOD.
Like, ex-CIA director, James Woolsey, I believe foreign oil dependency is the greatest threat to American national security. In fact, I think regularly driving an American-made gas-guzzler is unpatriotic. I don't care if it's made in America. The foreign oil it guzzles is contributing to what Boone Pickens has called the greatest transfer of wealth the world has ever seen, while bin Laden has called it the greatest theft the world has ever seen.
So, take your American-made gas guzzler and stick it where the sun don't shine, cuz without tons of American national security-threatening Persian Gulf oil, you couldn't drive your gas hog. And waving your American flag can't cover up that hypocrisy.
Labels: Foreign Oil Dependency, Hybrid Vehicles
posted by Dahcredyns at
9:15 AM
10 Comments:
There's a good chance that "foreign-made hybrid car" was made in America. There's also a chance that an 'American' car was made in a foreign country. It's not a clear cut definition anymore. Quite frankly, we should be angered and ashamed at the 'American' carmakers for their poor business models that lead to failure.
Indeed.
What bothers me the most, and you can find this in most pro-American forums and threads for cars...just go over to Autoblog as a perfect example...is how much people want to blame the unions.
I'm sure they have their fair share of corruption BUT...if it wasn't for the unions, any jobs that you see now in Detroit would have been shipped overseas as well.
These same morons complaining about unions giving Americans AMERICAN jobs don't see to be too concerned with these same corporations they love so much shipping jobs overseas.
This world is so fked up, I don't even know where to begin. It's become such a huge chaotic clusterfrak that it's unfathomable.
Unions are for lazy people who don't want to work hard. Management in the big 3 is for lazy, educated people who don't want to work hard. Let them both descend into oblivion.
I hate to hear the union bashing.
Most working people would not have the wages and benefits they have now if it were not for people that stick up for there rights.
If it were up to the company, everyone would work for minimun wage with no medical, no 401, no vacation, no holiday pay and the ceo would give himself a billion dollar bonus.
Amen on union bashing.
I'm in the union and I work my butt off. Mr. Lazy Anonymous from a couple comments above can kiss my ass.
You can talk about American carmakers not building gas saving cars all day ,but when it comes down to it they gave us what we bought.
You mean we bought what they offered us...and yes...we were too dumb to realize it.
I doubt the Big 3 were flooded with letters asking them to make 8 passenger SUVs getting 12 MPG and weighing 5000lbs...do you think?
Both are to blame. We are stupid, they are greedy. It's as simple as that.
Corporations are required to be as responsible patrons of this planet as we are as individuals.
"Are American-made gas-guzzlers really patriotic?" - NO!!!!
they may not be patriotic be millions of us didn't have a problem droping 40 grand for one when cheaper more fuel saving ones were out there.
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