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Hummer Owner Gets Angry Message
Washington Post ^ | July 18, 2007 | Allison Klein

Posted on 07/18/2007 8:28:59 AM PDT by 3AngelaD

Vandals Batter D.C. Man's SUV, Slash Its Tires and Scratch In an Eco Note

On a narrow, leafy street in Northwest Washington, where Prius hybrid cars and Volvos are the norm, one man bought a flashy gray Hummer that was too massive to fit in his garage. So he parked the seven-foot-tall behemoth on the street in front of his house and smiled politely when his eco-friendly neighbors looked on in disapproval at his "dream car."

It lasted five days on the street before two masked men took a bat to every window, a knife to each 38-inch tire and scratched into the body: "FOR THE ENVIRON."

"The thought of somebody vandalizing it never crossed my mind," said Gareth Groves...

Now, as Groves ponders what to do with the remains of his $38,000 SUV, he has been the target of a number of people who have driven by the crime scene in his upscale neighborhood and glared at him in smug satisfaction...

Neighbor Lucille Liem, 37, who owns a Prius hybrid, said that a common sentiment in the neighborhood is that large vehicles are impractical and a strain on the Earth -- and Hummers in particular are a symbol of consumer excess... Liem added quickly that she does not condone violence...

Investigators said they are searching for the vandals but don't have many leads. Witnesses saw two men about six feet tall with bandanas or masks over their faces smash up the car about 3:30 a.m. Monday and then run off...

He bought the used 2005 vehicle a month ago from a dentist in Fairfax County..."I'm worried about what I do now," he said. "If I get it fixed, do I put it back in the same spot three weeks from now?"

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: econazis; ecoterror; ecoterrorism; environment; moonbat; suv
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To: Xenalyte

How about mind your own business?


21 posted on 07/18/2007 8:36:42 AM PDT by Aznar5
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To: Xenalyte
Y’know, while I would never key someone’s car, I have on occasion made loud remarks about posers who drive an SUV that’s used neither for utility nor sport.

Why is it any of your damn business?

22 posted on 07/18/2007 8:37:10 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: Abathar
They kill one of your Hummers...

You kill ten of their Prius's...

23 posted on 07/18/2007 8:37:16 AM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: Aznar5

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but my words can never harm you.

Unless you let them.

Or unless they’re true and you’re embarrassed that others can see it.


24 posted on 07/18/2007 8:37:47 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
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To: American Quilter

Geez, this sounds like something Mao’s Red Guards would do during the cultural revolution.

This guy better watch his back.


25 posted on 07/18/2007 8:37:59 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: Xenalyte
(I’ve also been known to cast aspersions on the manhood of middle-aged guys who drive Corvettes.)

And 17-year-old boys in loud Toyotas with leaky exhaust pipes. "Ooooooooh, honey! I can smell the testosterone from here!"

26 posted on 07/18/2007 8:37:59 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("A dependence on mass immigration is always a structural weakness and should be understood as such.")
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To: xcamel

The guy does look like a tool. Love his Backstreet Boys beard.
No reason to trash a guys hooptie!


27 posted on 07/18/2007 8:38:25 AM PDT by Holicheese (Zap Razdowler Rules!)
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To: 3AngelaD

Only group more intolerant than Islamofacists are liberals!


28 posted on 07/18/2007 8:38:25 AM PDT by Renkluaf
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To: 3AngelaD
"They've got everything at their disposal in this city to make a statement in a legal way," Fremaux said of the bat-wielding men who struck out at the Hummer. "I consider this a hate crime."

So vandalizing is now a hate crime!

29 posted on 07/18/2007 8:38:32 AM PDT by Uncledave
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To: RightWhale

It’s cold up there!


30 posted on 07/18/2007 8:39:12 AM PDT by Frapster (Arrrgghhh - hands off me booty, mate!)
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To: dfwgator

That’s an odd question, to ask me why what I think is my business.

I like to mock posers. Who doesn’t?

I’m just up-front about it, partly because I don’t like to talk about people behind their backs, but mostly because it’s funny to watch them get pissed off.


31 posted on 07/18/2007 8:39:21 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
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To: Xenalyte

lol...they might *someday* go camping. Or maybe even out of town to buy groceries!


32 posted on 07/18/2007 8:39:44 AM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow (FR Member ItsOurTimeNow: Declared Anathema by the Council of Trent)
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To: 3AngelaD

Fix it. Park it. Wait............


33 posted on 07/18/2007 8:39:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (No wonder Mexico is so filthy. Everybody who does cleaning jobs is HERE!.......)
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To: Tax-chick

Kids like that need shaming.

“How much did you pay for that after-market plastic spoiler? Less than for those huge pants you’re sorta wearing, I bet.”


34 posted on 07/18/2007 8:40:18 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
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To: Frapster

Right. 75 today


35 posted on 07/18/2007 8:40:38 AM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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To: Abathar
Boy am I glad that wasn't me, I don't deal well with situations like that by @ssh0!$ neighbors. I tend to put them in a situation where its my turn to drive by with a smug look of satisfaction on my face...

Me too, I'd have to see just how well those Prious run on urine. I'd have to test the ventilation on how well it filters the smell of cat urine.

36 posted on 07/18/2007 8:40:56 AM PDT by strange1 ("Show the enemy harm so he shall not advance" Sun Tzu The Art of War)
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To: Xenalyte

If the gray hairs have the nerve to drive a Viper, you know they got a load going on...


37 posted on 07/18/2007 8:40:59 AM PDT by Weeedley
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To: battlegearboat
Hehehe - Like Sean Connery in "The Untouchables":

"They send one of your Hummers to the bodyshop, you send on of their Prius's to the scrapyard."

38 posted on 07/18/2007 8:41:15 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: Xenalyte
I’ve also been known to cast aspersions on the manhood of middle-aged guys who drive Corvettes

You got to go easy on this one. Corvettes aren't cheap and many men can't afford one until middle age. I'd like to buy one, but I've been out of college for only 2 and a half years, and buying even a 10 year old Corvette for a second vehicle would be hard on my money.
39 posted on 07/18/2007 8:41:53 AM PDT by JamesP81 (Keep your friends close; keep your enemies at optimal engagement range)
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To: ItsOurTimeNow

When I get an SUV, I’ll off-road that bad boy every chance I get, and to my husband’s chagrin I will likely never wash it.


40 posted on 07/18/2007 8:41:57 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
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