Comments on: The SUV on the Monolith: In Honor of Earth Day http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/the-suv-on-the-monolith-in-honor-of-earth-day.html An Independent Netzine About Ideas Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:20:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: liberalamerican http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/the-suv-on-the-monolith-in-honor-of-earth-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-8088 liberalamerican Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:51:31 +0000 http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/?p=376#comment-8088 Welcome back! I hear you. I've done a bit of that also and as the cliche goes, some of my best friends are SUV owners, although a few of them are looking to sell them for something that gets better gas mileage. Welcome back! I hear you. I’ve done a bit of that also and as the cliche goes, some of my best friends are SUV owners, although a few of them are looking to sell them for something that gets better gas mileage.

]]> By: brooks http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/the-suv-on-the-monolith-in-honor-of-earth-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-8085 brooks Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:03:35 +0000 http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/?p=376#comment-8085 I still maintain that my Jeep Wrangler was the greatest vehicle I have ever owned. It was rugged, unstoppable, and reliable. And fun to drive. But it was wretched on gas, so I got rid of it when prices climbed up to 1.50 a gallon. Off-roading the right way is immensely fun. Traveling slowly on established trails/paths, not shredding the landscape, I was able to explore many miles of North Carolina backcountry. I used to take it out on my lunch hour, drive out into the woods, cut the engine and eat in the midst of the trees and birds. I used it to escape from the doldrums of office park living. And now I want to live in the city or well into the rural areas. No in between. The middle ground is nothing but strip malls and chemically treated lawns; SUV's and industrial supermarkets; consumers and consumption. It's the death of spirit. They want us to think that god put the SUV on the monolith...but they're clear about one thing, advertising is god these days. I still maintain that my Jeep Wrangler was the greatest vehicle I have ever owned. It was rugged, unstoppable, and reliable. And fun to drive. But it was wretched on gas, so I got rid of it when prices climbed up to 1.50 a gallon.

Off-roading the right way is immensely fun. Traveling slowly on established trails/paths, not shredding the landscape, I was able to explore many miles of North Carolina backcountry. I used to take it out on my lunch hour, drive out into the woods, cut the engine and eat in the midst of the trees and birds. I used it to escape from the doldrums of office park living.

And now I want to live in the city or well into the rural areas. No in between. The middle ground is nothing but strip malls and chemically treated lawns; SUV’s and industrial supermarkets; consumers and consumption. It’s the death of spirit.

They want us to think that god put the SUV on the monolith…but they’re clear about one thing, advertising is god these days.

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