ever get negative comments?

[Arnold McBain]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DRTYFN:
Yep, you're a fruit. Even Eric thinks so. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

God, even if my 8-year old said something like that, I'd tell him to grow up.

Of course, he knows lots of gay people; many are friends and colleques of mine. Even my little boy questioned why others might have problems with gay people.

I explaind the word "homophobe" to him. Just to remind you, that means "fear of homosexuals, and fear of being a homosexual yourself." I explained that some people feel so bad about some of their own desires, that they find comfort in making fun of others who are more grown up and can accept what they are.

"Dirty Fun", I'm going to ignore you from now on. I've had enough of easy targets.

(But you do know that your nick refers to scat play, right?)

[DRTYFN]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Arnold McBain:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DennisAJC:
LOL! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, good one, that. I'm with ya, bud. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Me too.

So, "Arnold" or would you prefer to be called Anthony? How's Petaluma?

[DRTYFN]

God damn it!!! You're cutting into my XBox Live time now. I keep waiting & watching for your pitiful posts like I was sitting at a deadly intersection waiting for another accident.

And I'm curios- how did you convince your "spouse" to "marry" you? Did you promise him/her all the salt licks and chewing tobacco he/she could ever hope for? Or did you promise to never let the kids at the petting zoo poke him/her in the 'nads?

[Arnold McBain]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by HUMMERDOGG:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Arnold McBain:
Right, we should all mind our own business.

Still, this is the only defense I've heard (also from sfox above), that you guys just don't care about what people think and that you have the right to drive whatever you want. And I'll agree to both the points.

But tell me why Hummers, and other city-driven SUVs aren't wasteful of limited resources, namely the fossil fuel over which we're fighting a war and losing soldiers?

What is your answer other than "just shut the **** up you jealous moron"? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
You are correct in stating that the supply of oil and gasoline derived from fossil fuels is being depleted, however you really need to start reading the news and recognize that ethanol derived from corn and biodiesel and biogasoline derived from waste vegetable oil, animal and plant byproducts is making a huge push to replace them. So I wouldn't worry too much about replacing our depleting fossil fuels. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, good point. I'm well aware of the existance of alternative fuels, yet I wouldn't call it quite a "push". Considering that we're asking to convert on such a large scale, government research and funding is scant (and I wonder why?)

I think this is a really, really encouraging report, though, if you haven't seen it:

<A HREF="http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html" TARGET=_blank>www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html*
</A>

Nevertheless, even if we were able to convert completely, it'd still be wrong to waste.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>
With regards to our troops dying over Iraqi oil. You would have to believe that we went to war over oil as opposed to trying to remove a dictator and liberate a country. That's actually your opinion and you would have to take that up with W... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yes, you're right. Unfortunately with the lies and maneuvering dubya's done over the war, no one can ever be sure why the hell we went. The facts to me, however, point to oil and the oil economy. There are a few good links at my site, if you're willing:

post 64 at http://hummerssuck.com/gb/guestbook.php

[DRTYFN]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by HUMMERDOGG:
What's truly funny is that my H2 gets better gas mileage than my wife's Infinity QX4 did. I'm suprise you haven't gone after Nissan for importing fuel inefficient suv's into the US.

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

B I N G O!!!!(was his name-o)
The reason the wackos and malcontents don't go after any of the other rigs is because it would take brain power(and we know they're seriously deficient in that area) to actually do the research to find out how many vehicles suck down gas faster than the H2. And there's plenty of them out there. But the real reason, and it's something I've been saying since they started this crap, is that the H2 is the most easily recognizable vehicle on the road. Why would they want to actually get their facts straight and present a valid argument when all they have to do is run on misguided emotion and disinformation? ****, the Kerry/Edwards campaign did it- why can't they?

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

I have had one negative action. I was at a Jermaine Taylor boxing match in Little Rock last weekend so I attribute all the reactions from the adreniline flowing except it was a 17 or 18 year old girl. As i backed up to get in line to drive out Her feller ran up behind me and blocked Me at which she stuck her tongue out and gave me the bird salute.. I squared around and ran up beside warned them that if it had been a real redneck i would have just backed up and pushed you over on your top. She says I don't care those are just to much money for their to be hungry people, I replied Jesus said the poor we will have with us always and that those that do not work do not eat. I said well I started with nothing and I'm a God made man not doing without anything so there is a way to move up the ladder and this H2 cost would by 5 to 6 of yours. Again she said well I do not care. I replied well maybe you do not but my 2 daughters are very greatful that their dad gets them good cars and buy thier gas so and would not trade places with you for anything, now tell me you really think i'm stupid enough to believe you would not jump on that deal if your Dad could do it for You. She sticks her tongue out so i respond by rubbing it in, so i tell her well my girls get to pick what they drive and by the looks of yours your jellous and it does not become you. I took off runnning up beside of 5 cars to exit having to jump ditchs and very tall curbs where no onelse could go. I sat outside gate and when they came up she looked down sheepishly and said that is really neat. I told her when you get done with enjoyng being a kid which you should enjoy, you to can get serious about what you want and earn you one.
She says sorry where i replied thank You. She said it is a very pretty truck. I guess we have to let people know we are not going to back down for being able to put in the work time and effort to have H2's if that is what we choose to spend our money on.
Well Thank You for the use of The Soapbox.
Rick

[sbmike]

Arnie: In case it hasn't occurred to you after 150+ posts on this thread, you have not managed to change anyone's mind about owning an H2 in this forum. Are you surprised? So tell us again why you bothered to post something on this site in the first place. You didn't have a chance from the start and yet you posted anyway. I'd be willing to bet this isn't the first forum on which you have decided to impart your wordy "wisdom" to try and dissuade other groups from their evil ways. Perhaps you should focus on things that you enjoy rather than on things you hate. It makes getting up every morning a lot easier.

[H2Pilot]

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Really, you shouldn't flatter yourselves thinking all the negativity is the result of jealousy. That's just a mechinism that allows you to so easily deny the truth.

Anyone with anything more thoughtful to say than:
blah blah blah
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What I really hate is liberals spewing their belief that America is fighting the war in Iraq for fuel. That is absolutely ridculous. I have fought for freedom as a US Marine and am ofended by your remarks. I am now employed in a position that affords me information about the war in Iraq that disproves the conjecture of "blood for oil". What an idiot you are to believe everything thing some liberal nut tells you on TV or at your tree-hugging parties in the woods.

I purchased my H2 with plenty of forethought as to its impact on my family, my budget, and the environment in which I live. I am married with three kids and live in the mountains of New Mexico. I purchased a used H2 because it was LESS EXPENSIVE than other new vehicles that gave the same performance and which I actually liked. It carries my entire family through the snow and mud and protects them from the people on the road who drive like idiots.

As far as the gas mileage goes, I really only drive about 5000 miles a year and I often ride my mountain bike to work. Over a 5 year period my H2 will burn roughly 2080 gallons (12 mpg) while other vehicles that would fit my situation would burn about 1660. Saving a little over 400 gallons of gas over 5 years. Big Deal.

Why does it bother me that some morons like your self hate Hummers? Because I like my vehicle, I take care of it, pay for it, and because some people have some misguided opinions about it, they go out of their way to vandalize my property or harrass me or my family.

Does that answer you moronic question? Hope so.

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I Forgot a couple of things. I used to drive a large pickup that got worse gas mileage but was able to haul stuff all over the country. We used to have a little Honda civic that got great gas mileage until some idiot in a little blazer ran a stop sign in front of my wife, son and step mother totalling the civic and nearly killing my family. I decided we will never drive something small again.

[Killhard 101]

man, the H2's are **** loads of fun. but i also like the H1's. either way, they are all american and we are helping support american workers, instead of those other people who try to save gas by driving those tiny little cars that would be crushed by the supior size of any hummer!

[Arnold McBain]

Skipped the answers? Er...what part of mine didn't you get. Sorry if it was too subtle. I notice there's not a lot of that around here.

So, I'll spell it out slowly: I beleive that you have the right to drive or wear or believe whatever you want. There's just one more step to being adult called social responsiblity. It usually starts with understanding the facts, thinking about actions, and then acting accordingly.

So I would not "have' anyone do anything except think, really.

Have you thought about my question? Or do you feel satisfied with just making threats that only show your lack of an answer?

What is your excuse for throwing away resources people are dying for? And if you have none, why are you so put off by "negative comments?"

Me? Well, I'm obviously liberal, and also atheist and upper-middle class. I drive an 88 Honda Accord, so you can rip me about that I guess.

But really, I just don't get why people think it's socially OK to just espouse flagrant waste, like GM does with its Hummer marketing, and that people actually fall for it, and then drive these things through America's streets as the nation is in war to keep them fuled.

Why don't you believe we should be lowering average gas milage instead of increasing it? Why isn't that a no-brainer?

Cranky prick? Maybe. But I'll lighten up as soon as I find some rational discussion...but maybe not here either.

[DRTYFN]

Oh yeah, you're wife is really hot.
Maybe down 101 in S.F. maybe.

[DRTYFN]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Arnold McBain:
Not sure how that would "further my ego", but anyway do tell why these wouldn't qualify as "veiled" threats?

First, this rib bustin' classic by DRTYFN (hey, that name could get some hot action in SF.)

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>
the only way to get an idea into your head is with actual blunt force trauma. And while that is an appealing idea the possible consequences far outweigh any pleasure I might derive from bludgeoning you. Oh yeah, and pissing all over you... after I've eaten a couple pounds of asparagus. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Then his less subtle:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>
It shouldn't be too tough to track down someone with the last name of McBain/Stubtoe.

Would you like some help? Should we send the info to you on Turner Court? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

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You WISH someone would make some threats towards you so you could call the police and tattle. That would make you feel so much better about your pathetic existence.

Sorry we didn't catch the obscure reference to the Simpsons, If you would have chosen Crusty it might have been a little more obvious. I did drop a couple of not so subtle hints that your real identity is known. Not that it matters. Looking you up rates right up there with looking in the toilet to see if there's any corn or peanuts in my dump- mildly entertaining, but I'm still just going to flush it away. You on the other hand, would probably indulge in your feces fetish and have a bite. But, you are the sick pud, anyway.
Anthony, I've noticed that you usually post late at night. Just getting off the swing shift at the 7/11? That would explain the '88 Honda and the poor attitude towards folks that have more than you do.

[PARAGON]

Arnie,

Please excuse me for giving you more credit than what you are worth. Damn, you had to copy and paste your PM comment to me and couldn't come up with an original post.

Point out again exactly how the comment "not even an American car" equates to "foreign economies (are) harming America and American jobs." Just stupid, plain stupid.

As far as your ego, you are not sure of anything, I'll grant you that. But you want to project some idea that anyone cares enough about your miniscule existence that they would actually make a threat. Again your wonderful power of extrapolation has molded a very simple comment into one being about you. I realize information, especially confirmed logical information, would be a threat to you, but remember you are speaking to a community of people and must use their mores if you want to be understood. Someone saying they would like to piss on you after bludgeoning an idea into your head really doesn't constitue a threat, veiled or otherwise, except in your own narcissistic world.

I "waited for you to show up on the site," riiigght. More of your obsessive narcissism at work. How in the hell would I know you were going to show, no, no.....let me think.....just like every other neurotic psycho, you have a pattern. Yours is just much more distinct than others. It's this pattern that gives you away and you can't do **** about it because you have flung it all over the internet.

Also, please understand how the human being works, one of which you barely seem to be. They overcompensate when trying to hide something. Otherwise they do not try to go into great detail to overexplain something that is true. It's only when they are caught in lies and half-truths do they resort to the stupidity of typing a bunch of mumbo-jumbo to explain away their actions.

So, it took you 5 seconds to google the Jedi quote, but you turn around and, again narcissistically reply, that I must be obsessed with your almightiness by right after replying "it's possible you had to go through hundreds of google hits." Cool, you are such the hardcore internet guru that it took you 5 seconds to find your quote (by the way that is not the only place you made the jedi comment) but I had to search through pages and pages to find the same thing. Hmmm!

As far as your minority, freethinking, bassackward, dumbass thoughts. No, my tinkerbell of a friend, you just had to come out in one of your first posts that you are an athiest. So, I didn't start it, nanna nanna boo boo.

Start a thread in the off topic? Are you so cement-headed that you don't realize no one here cares about your thoughts and/or comments. You are the one posting in a Hummer owners' forum. How absolutely blind are you going to continue to be.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>from blunderhead's private offer:
I'll agree not to post this email to the list, if you agree to just chill out a bit. Maybe even admit that you were mistaken. That way, we'll both feel a little better. On the other hand, it's fine with me to if you would rather not, since you would then be giving me the OK to have fun with you guilt-free. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Is the previous post you having fun. You talked more about you than you did me. Be careful of the games you play, it's not just your stupid website that is being watched. This is not a threat, it's an honest warning. Anonymity on the internet is a farce. So stay around, play some more and things will just get funnier and funnier. Only idiots run around posting in forums that they have no business being apart of.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Posted by the dumbass:
Yeah, you're a pussy all right :-) <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Is that a threat!

[DRTYFN]

Your mother-in-law is probably looking real hot to you too.

[DRTYFN]

Well, Paragon did rip you a new one and it's understandable that your widdo feewings got all hurtums. But life goes on and you still need to show up tomorrow at 7/11 for your shift.

Orlando Bloom? You are a homo, aren't you?

After the Paragon sodomizing you've been getting might I suggest you go buy(steal in your case) some of this stuff to rub on your inflamed anus.

[Humdinger]

From what I acquired on Arnold, he feels he is doing society some justice by admonishing those of us who drive the H2. What he does not understand is that, he is in the minority. Not just on this site, but in life. Society is the evil doer, and he is the prophecy. Well Arnold, you are lacking the wherewithal to understand the art of persuation. Thus, making you a hypocrite. If you truly wanted a change in society, your tactics would not be that of slander, but those of salvation. Please enlighten me as to how you would change society? I feel you should read the book 1984.

[Arnold McBain]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Yetti:
Well I read a little of Amy's rantings..Oh s'cuse Arni's rantings, but never the less they are the opinion of a society the encourages the sufferage of the well to do. the middle class is lead to believe they are the just deserved. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Do you mean suffrage as in the right to vote? Or "suffering"? Well, my parents didn't give me a lot, but I did get a fair education. Sorry you missed out…

And why is this a class war thing? Did I ever bring that up? Seriously, you have an issue with the entire middle class? Do the rest of you hold this view?

[DRTYFN]

I did find this picture of you back in the day on the short bus. Rock on dude.

[PARAGON]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Arnold McBain:
I imagined or wished for the power of a Jedi. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

[Sideshow]

I fought for this country and will drive WHATEVER I damn well please. I have that right and NOBODY is going to take it from me.