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Wednesday, December 14, 2005 12:00 AM

The war against Prius "smugmobiles"

The Wall Street Journal says that hybrid owners aren't saving fuel. Are they jealous, or just crazy?
Andrew Leonard

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  • Wednesday, December 14, 2005 01:12 PM

    The WSJ gives Hummer owners the hummer they so demonstrably demand.

    As per Leonard's allusion to Gandhi ("They can't be ignored, so they must be ridiculed"), we're halfway to winning.

    Also, it's amusing to consider that someone would recommend driving a Hummer as a demonstration of anti-smugness (I guess that would be modesty). If not to demonstrate your smugness, why else would you voluntarily drive a Hummer? (Aside from misguided beliefs about the relative safety of various vehicles.)

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