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   FatterDumber& Happier Moe to Campaign   
   Re: This is why we hate Toyota   
   11 Feb 11 10:39:29   
   
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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: "WheresMyCheck"@UncleSamLoves.Mee   
      
   His Highness the TibetanMonkey, originator of the Stop the Bullshit   
   Campaign wrote:   
   > (It could really be any other brand, but I don't know why "dumb" and   
   > "Toyota" come to my mind)   
   >   
   > On Feb 11, 6:11 am, Martin Edwards  wrote:   
   >> On 11/02/2011 01:22, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, originator of the   
   >> Stop the Bullshit Campaign wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> On Feb 10, 3:20 pm, Stephen Furley  wrote:   
   >>>> On 8/2/11 06:44, in article buosjvzc9fu....@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com, "Miles   
   >>>> Bader"  wrote:   
   >>>>> "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, originator of the Stop the Bullshit   
   >>>>> Campaign"  writes:   
   >>>>>> I try to classify those who use use public   
   >>>>>> transportation for different reasons:   
   >>>>> ...reasons 1-6 omitted...   
   >>>>> 7. Don't have a driver's license, too annoying to get one, and cars are   
   >>>>>     a hugely expensive nuisance to own anyway   
   >>>>> [roughly my GF's reason for using public transport, I think, and   
   >>>>> probably applies to many people in places like NYC....]   
   >>>>> -Miles   
   >>>> 8. Just hate driving, and don't want to do it.  I had a car for about four   
   >>>> years, drove a few hundred miles in that time, more than half of it on one   
   >>>> day.   
   >>>> Only got the car in the first place because mother wanted taking to   
   various   
   >>>> local places occasionally.  When both she and the car expired at about the   
   >>>> same time I stopped driving, in 1982.   
   >>> Oh, good to hear from you. We have been led to believe by the official   
   >>> media that we *all* love the automobile. ;)   
   >> I quite liked driving, but was nearly bankrupted by a car.   
   >   
   > If you like driving, something with stick shift and good performance,   
   > YOU'LL HATE DRIVING IN AMERICA. Our roads belong to the dumb drivers   
   > and vigilantes blocking the FAST LANE. And then you get a ticket for   
   > speeding.   
   >   
   >   
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