Slow Learners 1
As H. L. Mencken pointed out, “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people” (emphasis added):
Recent data and interviews with local dealers show more U.S. consumers have bought SUVs and pickups of late than any other new vehicle, thanks to the free-fall of crude-oil prices and must-sell discounts that would make even Santa Claus seem like a cheapskate.
Full disclosure: I have a light truck. I also have a 2500 pound trailer boat. I didn’t get the truck to make up for my sense of masculine inadequacy.
December 19, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Ya know, I knew this was going to happen.
At the time, I told Chris that OPEC wasn’t going to keep the current production levels as high as they were, because they want their profits. Now OPEC is cutting production by 2 mil barrels a day to drive up the price.
The morons who have run out & bought the gas guzzlers AGAIN deserve what they will be paying, not only in gas but truck payments too. For their own stupidity, they deserve it.