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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

This brave new world can get truly nutzoid.

I guess I would make some large sandwich style signs that say “See what the environmentalists did to my nice new car?” and “What are you doing to displease the enviro-Nazis?” and post the whole works on the street for several weeks.


41 posted on 07/18/2007 8:42:07 AM PDT by NaughtiusMaximus ("Eat yer groatcakes, Porgy!" "Heavy on the thirty weight, Mom!")
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To: Xenalyte
LOL I would agree with you......

My sons work at horse shows in the summer and they made the remark, the only time these SUV’s go off road is when they park in the grass parking areas. My eldest had to pull some of these SUV’s out of the mud, they did not realize they had 4WD......

42 posted on 07/18/2007 8:42:13 AM PDT by Kimmers (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: 3AngelaD

This guy didn’t have a clue, that he was pissing off his neighborhood??


43 posted on 07/18/2007 8:42:28 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: Tax-chick
And 17-year-old boys in loud Toyotas with leaky exhaust pipes. "Ooooooooh, honey! I can smell the testosterone from here!"

HEY!

It wasn't my fault! Somebody stole my catalytic converter.
And I'm not 17...

Just saying.

44 posted on 07/18/2007 8:42:34 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: Weeedley

Hoo boy . . . I know EXACTLY the type you’re talkin’ about.

Fortunately, at 38 I’m about 20 years too old to be the target demographic of those guys.


45 posted on 07/18/2007 8:42:46 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
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To: Xenalyte
(I’ve also been known to cast aspersions on the manhood of middle-aged guys who drive Corvettes.)

Well then, I'm glad I sold my Vette (for a profit). After driving a luxury car, driving a '69 Vette kind of sucks no matter how fast it is. At least I've been driving two seaters since I was 18 and still do.

46 posted on 07/18/2007 8:43:20 AM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: American Quilter

Fix it and put it back out as bait!..Vedeo tape and alarm..all the while packing...they criminals where so brave..bandanas and masks..

But before it’s fixed..put a big sign on it that says tolerant people did this and how much damage to the envirnment did you cause because of the paint fumes and energy needed to fix this?


47 posted on 07/18/2007 8:43:20 AM PDT by conservativehusker (GO BIG RED!!!!)
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To: Xenalyte
If you’re not gonna use the SUV for the reason God created it, buy a damn station wagon.

What's a station wagon?

48 posted on 07/18/2007 8:43:27 AM PDT by Huck (Soylent Green is People.)
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To: 3AngelaD

I wonder why he never considered this might happen? I would have.


49 posted on 07/18/2007 8:43:28 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: 3AngelaD

Set up cameras to catch the jealous pigs.


50 posted on 07/18/2007 8:44:14 AM PDT by bannie (The Good Guys cannot win when they're the only ones to play by the rules.)
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To: JamesP81
In a search for a good picture of some dude in midlife crisis, I Googled "bald corvette," and this came up.

Britney Spears Bald

Go figure, huh?
51 posted on 07/18/2007 8:44:43 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
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To: Xenalyte

An SUV that never goes off road is often a good protect the kids in case of an accident vehicle.


52 posted on 07/18/2007 8:44:44 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: xcamel

That house is considered upscale?

Man, If that’s what’s considered upscale there, count me out... that’s a bread and butter house, hardly upscale.


53 posted on 07/18/2007 8:45:04 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Ditter
I wonder why he never considered this might happen? I would have.

It's a sad commentary on this day and age.

54 posted on 07/18/2007 8:45:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: 3AngelaD

This is nuts. Sue Al Gore.


55 posted on 07/18/2007 8:45:30 AM PDT by Vision ("Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him." Jeremiah 17:7)
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To: Tax-chick
And 17-year-old boys in loud Toyotas with leaky exhaust pipes. "Ooooooooh, honey! I can smell the testosterone from here!"

These punks are the very reason I want to own a Corvette or a Trans Am. Because they think they're badasses riding around in 4 cylinder economy cars with fart cannons and a three foot tall rear wing on a front wheel drive car.
56 posted on 07/18/2007 8:45:37 AM PDT by JamesP81 (Keep your friends close; keep your enemies at optimal engagement range)
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To: Xenalyte
The reality is that SUVs are today’e generation’s station wagon.

It is more environmentally friendly to drive one SUV to the car pool line at school than two smaller cars.

57 posted on 07/18/2007 8:45:43 AM PDT by NeilGus
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To: taxcontrol

So’s a Lincoln Town Car.

So’s a Volvo.

Heck, so’s a VW van like the Libyans drove in “Back to the Future.”


58 posted on 07/18/2007 8:46:21 AM PDT by Xenalyte (Lord, I apologize . . . and be with the starving pygmies in New Guinea amen.)
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To: Abathar
Gun-barrel grey.....

Probably another reason the whack-O's went wild.....

59 posted on 07/18/2007 8:46:35 AM PDT by Osage Orange (The old/liberal/socialist media is the most ruthless and destructive enemy of this country.)
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To: 3AngelaD

Oh-oh

You and me
In our Sport Utility Vehicles!
Cruisin’ to 7-11
For a bag of Frito-Lays!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzojLCLALnM&mode=related&search=

Seriously, damaging the property is bad news. But buy a car that fits in your freakin’ garage, dude. It annoys the neighbors to dodge your vehicle every day of the year.


60 posted on 07/18/2007 8:46:57 AM PDT by agrarianlady
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