The Church Of The Sacred Bleeding SUV

MediaStupidStar
SelfDelusionVille

Apropos of our previous piece on the bicyclification of one of Vancouver's main arteries and the greedhead pressure being brought to bear on those who support it, along comes today's column from Globe and Mail media mop-up maven, Margaret Wente.

"The other day I stuck the nozzle in the tank of my dainty little SUV and paid for my first $50 fill. It was a shock, but I knew it was coming, and I know it's going to get worse. Gas prices in Toronto are about to hit a dollar a litre, and the outlook is not good. I have a feeling that one day I'll remember my $50 fill as fondly as a 25-cent Coke."

So, clearly Ms. Wente is fond of her Cute-You-Vee. In fact she's very fond of automobiles in general, as becomes abundantly clear as you move further into the bowels of the piece.

"....No matter how good you make it, public transit will never be able to compete with cars. Cars are private. They're convenient. They're comfortable. They're fun."

That's right. Because when you're spam in a can 24/7 the whole world smiles at you. And as for the rest of you who can't afford the $50 dollar cutesy tankful or those of you who have a different philospophy of being in and of the world.....well, screw you Jack and Jill, because Maggie the Magpie is free to be, well, free.

".....break our dependency on cars? Never. We may have to run them on electricity or wind power or moonshine. We may have to pay a fortune for the privilege. But pay we will. Cars mean freedom, and freedom's worth a lot."

Wow.

You reckon David Frum just called up the Cheneyburtonians to ask if they could put the Magginator on the payroll?

After all, wouldn't The Junta be ecstatic if it could convince the serfs the next time out that, after an initial diversion to make the world safe for NASCAR, that the war against Iran was actually designed to strike a blow for the liberation of global, single occupancy vehicular commuters everywhere brought to them by those freedom-loving folks from GM, Ford and the non-Daimler part of Chrysler.

.