Quite OT: NYTimes.com Article: TV Ads Say S.U.V. Owners Support Terrorists

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I love it!

Hey, if smoking pot that is grown in upstate NY by "Bob" supports
terrorism..... :D

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From: "Neal Tovsen" <nealtovsen@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 3:22 PM
Subject: Quite OT: NYTimes.com Article: TV Ads Say S.U.V. Owners Support
Terrorists


> I thought I'd post this since it has been a hot issue
> in the past. Whether you agree with it or not, it sure
> does make you think, eh?
>
> Neal
>
> >
> > TV Ads Say S.U.V. Owners Support Terrorists
> >
> > January 8, 2003
> > By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 - Ratcheting up the debate over
> > sport
> > utility vehicles, new television commercials suggest
> > that
> > people who buy the vehicles are supporting
> > terrorists. The
> > commercials are so provocative that some television
> > stations are refusing to run them.
> >
> > Patterned after the commercials that try to
> > discourage drug
> > use by suggesting that profits from illegal drugs go
> > to
> > terrorists, the new commercials say that money for
> > gas
> > needed for S.U.V.'s goes to terrorists.
> >
> > "This is George," a girl's voice says of an
> > oblivious man
> > at a gas station. "This is the gas that George
> > bought for
> > his S.U.V." The screen then shows a map of the
> > Middle East.
> > "These are the countries where the executives bought
> > the
> > oil that made the gas that George bought for his
> > S.U.V."
> > The picture switches to a scene of armed terrorists
> > in a
> > desert. "And these are the terrorists who get money
> > from
> > those countries every time George fills up his
> > S.U.V."
> >
> > A second commercial depicts a series of ordinary
> > Americans
> > saying things like: "I helped hijack an airplane";
> > "I gave
> > money to a terrorist training camp in a foreign
> > country";
> > "What if I need to go off-road?"
> >
> > At the close, the screen is filled with the words:
> > "What is
> > your S.U.V. doing to our national security?"
> >
> > The two 30-second commercials are the brainchild of
> > the
> > author and columnist Arianna Huffington. Her target
> > audience, she said, is Detroit and Congress,
> > especially the
> > Republicans and Democrats who last year voted
> > against a
> > bill, sponsored by Senators John McCain, Republican
> > of
> > Arizona, and John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts,
> > that
> > would have raised fuel-efficiency standards.
> >
> > Spokesmen for the automakers dismissed the
> > commercials.
> >
> >
> > Eron Shosteck, a spokesman for the Alliance of
> > Automobile
> > Manufacturers, said of Ms. Huffington, "Her opinion
> > is
> > out-voted every year by Americans who buy S.U.V.'s
> > for
> > their safety, comfort and versatility." He said that
> > S.U.V.'s now account for 21 percent of the market.
> >
> > In an interview, Senator Kerry distanced himself
> > from the
> > commercials. He said that rather than oppose
> > S.U.V.'s
> > outright, he believed they should be more efficient.
> >
> >
> > "I haven't seen these commercials," he said, "but
> > anybody
> > can drive as large an S.U.V. as they want, though it
> > can be
> > more efficient than it is today."
> >
> > Ms. Huffington's group, which calls itself the
> > Detroit
> > Project, has bought almost $200,000 of air time for
> > the
> > commercials, to run from Sunday to Thursday. While
> > the
> > group may lose some viewers if stations refuse to
> > run the
> > advertisements, the message is attracting attention
> > through
> > news coverage.
> >
> > The advertisements are to be broadcast on "Meet The
> > Press,"
> > "Face the Nation" and "This Week With George
> > Stephanopoulos" in Detroit, Los Angeles, New York
> > and
> > Washington.
> >
> > But some local affiliates say they will not run
> > them. At
> > the ABC affiliate in New York, Art Moore, director
> > of
> > programming, said, "There were a lot of statements
> > being
> > made that were not backed up, and they're talking
> > about
> > hot-button issues."
> >
> > Ms. Huffington said she got the idea for the
> > commercials
> > while watching the antidrug commercials, sponsored
> > by the
> > Bush administration. In her syndicated column, she
> > asked
> > readers if they would be willing to pay for "a
> > people's ad
> > campaign to jolt our leaders into reality."
> >
> > She said she received 5,000 e-mail messages and
> > eventually
> > raised $50,000 from the public. Bigger contributors
> > included Steve Bing, the film producer; Larry David,
> > the
> > comedian and "Seinfeld" co-creator; and Norman Lear,
> > the
> > television producer.
> >
> >
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/08/business/media/08SUVS.html?ex=1043054359&e
i=1&en=9c2426a0be9a21a2
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