My new SUV and I are apparently helping terrorists in this series of parodyish - but not quite ad’s that are running on national TV in major markets over the next few days. Does anyone have a link to these ads?
I helped blow up a Bali nightclub – by driving my SUV to work every day!
Do you actually have an SUV, or were you just using that to make the point?
Not just an SUV mon frere, I’m especially evil, I have the SUV.
So, let’s get this straight. If you drive an SUV, you help the terrorists. If you use illegal drugs, you help the terrorists. If you buy diamonds, you help the terrorists. I’ve also heard similar claims about caviar and honey (yes really! On an NPR program just after 9/11.)
Any bets on how fast “if you do X, you help the terrorists” is going to become a tired old cliche?
September 12, 2001
Ah here we go! Google didn’t have it but MSNBC did.
New campaign in SUV battle - Ads claim connection between SUV drivers and terrorism
And here is the text of the ads.
I’m glad I don’t watch TV enough to catch one of these adverts. They sound like the most ridiculous propaganda EVER.
Sure, I think SUVs are gaudy and Just Too Big and I roll my eyes at them like everyone else, but isn’t that taking it just a bit too far?
“When you drive your Range Rover, you’re driving with SATAN!”
Right. Eminently sensible. After all, the gasoline pumped into an SUVs tank comes entirely from horrible dictatorships that fund terrorism against the US, while the the gasoline pumped into a regular car’s tank flows down in rivers from the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
Right. Because if they showed all the stockholders who share the company’s profits, that would be too many witches to make a bonfire practical.
Ugh. Sounds like those anti-smoking ads…is there something about crackpots that make their commercials have such a distinctive smell?
Nope pal, you have my SUV. You ding it, I’m gonna be pissed.
Oh! That’s right I was gonna deliver it to you as soon as possible after Christmas, but I umm… got busy … and… well I was on the way to your house the other day and I picked up this group of three stranded female librarians who were on their way to compete in a “Naughiest Nightie” contest at the Canton Inn in Delaware… and well things got complicated. Yeah that’s it! That’s the ticket… it just got complicated.
I’d have to go with the drugs=>terrorism ads for that award. Booze is going to be sold either by Budweiser or by Al Capone, ditto for drugs.
Thats gotta be the dumbest video I’ve ever seen. Since El_kabong stole what I was going to say, I’ll just agree with him.
astro: Tell ya what; you keep the SUV and send me the three librarians instead.
If you ding 'em, I’m gonna be pissed.
Conserving oil is un-American. Did we conserve oil in WW2? Hell no!! Do Saudis support terrorist groups? Of course not!! Americans who drive SUVs to work from distant suburbs should be proud that they are keeping the American economy strong by keeping spending strong. Sacrafices are for the weak and hatchbacks are for the timid. We can rest assured that our oil supplies come entirely from profoundly pro-American sources and if not we can kick their a** and take their gas!
I hope you’re forgetting the rolleyes Rogzilla.
They’ve been going on about this on CNN all day. Their coverage sounds decidely partisan to me (taking the side of the activists who created the ads). Yes, I’m sure me and my Cherokee are responsible for the end of the world.
I’d drive my SUV to work, but there is a 8 year waiting list for parking space, which i would then pay $100+ a month for. Almost worth it to spite these idiots.
The MSN video implies that it’s intentional.
It reminded me of “Every time you masturbate, God kills a kitten.”
SUV’s only account for 27% of new auto sales. What about the other 73% of terrorist fundraising devices? 