Better get out the world's smallest violin for the SUVs destroyed. Can't say I'm very sad to see those things up in flames--today Jessica and I saw a totaled SUV on the other side of the freeway. The people inside were all right, but the gas-guzzler was a write-off. Good, we both said at the same time. (Hey kids, let's try to bring back that word--gas-guzzler--it really helped put the kibosh on wasteful cars the first time around, and can you see anyone 40 years from now waxing lyrical over the Ford Explorer? No. Anyway, we'll all be dead from global warming, so there won't be a chance.)
Radicals Target SUVs in Series of Southland AttacksSat Aug 23,11:35 AM ET
By Julie Tamaki, Jia-Rui Chong and Mitchell LandsbergVandals acting in the name of radical environmentalism struck four car dealerships and several individual car owners in the San Gabriel Valley early Friday, setting fire to one Chevrolet dealership and destroying or defacing dozens of Hummers and other SUVs, many painted with the word "polluter."
The Earth Liberation Front, a loose association of militant environmentalists, claimed responsibility for the attacks, which it said were intended to "take the profit motive" away from those responsible for pollution.