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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: 3AngelaD

If someone tried that here in New Hampshire they would get shot.


401 posted on 07/18/2007 11:18:20 AM PDT by t_skoz ("let me be who I am - let me kick out the jams!")
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To: Xenalyte

Touche!


402 posted on 07/18/2007 11:18:48 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: 3AngelaD


Vandalized Hummer > > >


Lucille Liem, Non-useful Idiot > > >






Fear Itself.

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403 posted on 07/18/2007 11:18:58 AM PDT by OESY
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To: OESY

Oh no, now he think’s he’s Hamlet!


404 posted on 07/18/2007 11:20:12 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: 3AngelaD
No, he just finished eating, is all.
405 posted on 07/18/2007 11:21:28 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: 3AngelaD
No he invented Shakespeare.
406 posted on 07/18/2007 11:21:32 AM PDT by Quick Shot
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To: t_skoz
If someone tried that here in New Hampshire they would get shot.

Believe me, there are neighborhoods in D.C. where doing this will get you shot too! But you can definitely get away with this kind of crap in Dupont Circle, Adams Morgan, or Woodley Park.

407 posted on 07/18/2007 11:22:11 AM PDT by jpl (Dear Al Gore: it's 3:00 A.M., do you know where your drug addicted son is?)
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To: Quick Shot; 3AngelaD; wideawake

Stop squabbling! You’re ALL correct. He is a wonderful, caring man who did all those things and more.

(Especially, it would seem, the eating. Looks like he did all sorts of more eating.)


408 posted on 07/18/2007 11:25:01 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
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To: jpl
Believe me, there are neighborhoods in D.C. where doing this will get you shot too! But you can definitely get away with this kind of crap in Dupont Circle, Adams Morgan, or Woodley Park.

Since 1990 I've been in DC maybe 20 times, and my favorite neighborhood name is "Foggy Bottom". Not even sure if I've ever been there, though.

409 posted on 07/18/2007 11:25:38 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: Xenalyte
I give you the 2007 Dodge Magnum, and ask you to tell me how this is not a station wagon.

Ah, how quickly they forget. That is, indeed, a station wagon. What it is not, is a "Full-size station wagon," which is defined as a station wagon that will hold a 4x8 sheet of plywood and optionally has a third row of seats. They've vanished, due, as others rightly said, to CAFE. The SUV is the new kidmobile.

410 posted on 07/18/2007 11:27:13 AM PDT by Athwart
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To: 3AngelaD
A couple years back I parked my 4x4 Toyota Tundra in the underground parking garage at Union Square in San Francisco. I was accosted by some pinched-faced old liberal lady near the elevators screeched at me "What do you need that big truck for?".

Thinking fast, I stammered out something like "I'm part of 'Doctors Without Borders' and I need it to get into unpaved mountainous areas in Chiapas Mexico to deliver badly needed medical supplies to the indigenous people there."

Suddenly, I was like her hero. Her eyes sparkled, she apologized, and I bet that she was fantasizing about having sex with me right there in the parking garage. Boy, did she feel like a big fat jerk.

Little did she know that I primarily use the truck to tote my assault rifles to the shooting range.

411 posted on 07/18/2007 11:29:17 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: Kimmers; Xenalyte

For some, SUV’s are nice for when the traffic is backed up for miles on the interstate and they need to cut across the median. That’s the extent of some folks off-roadin’.


412 posted on 07/18/2007 11:29:21 AM PDT by Equality 7-2521 ("Ron Paul, the only rational Republican" --BadEye)
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To: 3AngelaD
NEVER live in a neighborhood filled with brain-dead liberals. 'Nuff said.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

413 posted on 07/18/2007 11:30:03 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Xenalyte
Have you been infected by a light case of liberalism? What in the whirled has happened! We're worried!

Second, not that it matters to you, but I do get paid to perform.

I know that. But why echo the lame-ass tired stereotypes that would be well received in Marin County, like "aspersion on manhood for driving a vette." For crying out loud....better than driving a Prius...isn't it?

I';m the only FReeper I can name whose actual real-life side job makes other FReepers think ill of me without even knowing me.

Uh. No you aren't!! How bout ANYONE who works for the Guilliani campaign! Or, freepers that you think little of their manhood even though you don't know them, just because of the vette or SUV they drive.

BTW, I support your right to 'cast aspersions' on me or whomever, for cars, candidates, or whatever.....but I just expect a more refreshing saw from you! Like, perhaps, that guys who drive Lexii or Porsches are small!

414 posted on 07/18/2007 11:33:35 AM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: Xenalyte
What's your real-life side job that makes other Freepers think ill of you?

What, just that Renaissance Faire thing you're into?

415 posted on 07/18/2007 11:37:25 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Damn—RTFS. That’s okay—Skins suck too. Then again, I expect this from the liberal elites in Washington state as well.


416 posted on 07/18/2007 11:38:15 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: JamesP81; Xenalyte

I hear ‘ya! I’ve wanted one since I was eight years old. The money situation has gradually gotten better as I’ve gotten older and at this rate, I figure I’ll be able to buy one when I’m about 99 years old. Gonna do it, too. ;-)


417 posted on 07/18/2007 11:38:38 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Xenalyte
That my dear is a Shelby Cobra. Interesting you should mention Austin Powers. The Cobra was based on an English design AC motorcar, which Shelby bought, brought back to the states, and modified the body, and crammed a Ford engine in. First it was just a 289. He upped it to a 427 monster.

Ever hear Bill Cosby's album: "200MPH"? He's talking about the Cobra. Shelby made him a special edition. An honest to God 200MPG rocket that scared the holy crap out of Bill. He took it back to Shelby. LOL

A Cobra (like the one pictured) is also featured in the movie "Gumball Rally" where it takes on Ferrari.

Those babies are so classic and so sought after, you'd better have at least half a mil before even approaching an owner. And those too once sold new for around $3K.

I was born too darn late. All those cool cars when I was a kid... damn!

418 posted on 07/18/2007 11:38:51 AM PDT by AFreeBird (Will NOT vote for Rudy. <--- notice the period)
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To: 3AngelaD
“Liem added quickly that she does not condone violence”

Bauer her first to find out who committed this act of terrorism.

419 posted on 07/18/2007 11:39:08 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Liberals are blind. They are the dupes of Leftists who know exactly what they're doing.)
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To: The KG9 Kid

Yep. Little do they realize, the Rennies think I’m as freakish as many FReepers do. (My faire has four other conservatives, out of several hundred performers and vendors, to keep me company.)


420 posted on 07/18/2007 11:40:03 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
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