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Die, Eco-Weenies!

The above headline grabbed our attention when we first saw it on the front cover of the December issue of Automobile Magazine. It hinted that we in this business are not alone in our distaste for the wretched excesses of the ecology movement.

The article it headed inside the magazine left no doubt we have plenty of company. Author P.J. O'Rourke zestfully drove seven gas guzzling cars, some designed strictly for fun (Dodge Viper, Ferrari 512TR), some for practical matters (Chewolet Suburban, Ford F150 XLT Lightning), some for self indulgence ( Jaguar XJ 12, RollsRoyce Silver Spur III). All are guaranteed to bring on a fit of hand wringing by the oh-so-caring ecology types. O'Rourke set them straight in the two following paragraphs, which we reproduce below by kind permission of Automobile Magazine.

"There are people who don't want us to own these cars. They say we'll hurt the planet. They say we'll hurt ourselves. Do the eco-weenies real-

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ly care that much about the whole earth, not to mention us? Or are they up to something else with all their caring?

"The Green dweebs want a world where individuals don't count for much, where all the important decisionssuch as whether to shift the Viper into fifthare made in Washington. They want a world controlled by political process. That's because the shrub cuddlers are, as individuals, so insignificant. They're losers, the threebong-hit saviors of the earth, lava lamp Luddites, global warming dolts, ozone boneheads, peace creeps, tofu twinks, Birkenstock buttinskis and bed-wetting vegetarian bicylists who bother whales on weekends. They have no money, sense or skills. But they can make their mark on politics because the whole idea of politics is to achieve power without possessing merit."

To which we say, amen. And may the world increasingly wake up to what wood products people have already learned the hard way.

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