The Hummer. The ultimate symbol of American arrogance. The bloated, loud, gas-guzzling road monster trailer trash uses to impress cheerleaders and kill “ragheads”. The ultimate rejection of any kind of ecological sensitivity. The proud expression of the imperial hubris which wannabe Texas machos (like Dubya) liked to see Americans drive in.
The Hummer is being sold to “Communist” China.
What a pathetically fitting end for this obnoxious piece of garbage.
That looks like something Stephen Colbert would drive.
-AA
I never liked the hummer much, but I must confess, I truly love the nearly equally gigantic Toyota Land Cruiser.
Forgive me, but I do love that beast.
Nevertheless, the symbolism of American Decline is hard to miss.
@Lysander: The Land Cruiser was/is a very well built car which performed extremely well in very difficult conditions. I once took an off-road driving course on Toyota Land Cruisers and I was amazed at what one could do with these machines. But even more relevantly, the Land Cruiser has never been anybody’s ideological symbol of arrogance (except the ICRC maybe? just kiddin…).
That being sad, diving a Land Cruiser for normal daily trips is overkill as much as driving a Hummer would be, I think.
Cheers,
VS
Hilariously ironic. Yeah, AA, that is definitely Colbert’s ride. ;)