This weekend I accompanied my wife to Ann Arbor, Michigan, so she could visit
a library there. She also had her hair cut, and while I’m waiting for her to
finish there, these folks pull up outside:
They’re with or acting on behalf of a group called Bluewater
Network. In between shivering, since it was extremely cold out, they were
registering their displeasure with Ford Motor Company for not doing enough to
stop global warming.
Bill Ford — whose real crime is the sorry state the Detroit Lions are still
in — has had this habit over the past couple years of trying to appease environmentalists
with claims that Ford will do all it can to reduce the level of greenhouse gases
its cars emit, etc., and these folks were there to demand that Ford keep his
promises. (He should admit they were stupid promises to begin with).
Some of the rhetoric was a bit heated, such as this car, decorated with signs
like:
Ford: Oil wars kill innocent children. I’m assuming here they’re referring
to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait back in 1990, though I’m not sure how that’s Ford’s
fault. That’s the only major recent war fought over oil that I can remember.
This one’s a bit harder to make out — Global warming: The planet cannot afFord
it! Of course, I’m not sure how leaving a car window rolled down in the middle
of winter is exactly energy efficient either.
Presumaby by enrolling at Oil User’s Anonymous.
I’m still trying to figure out what “Steet” is. Or maybe Ford is
causing global spelling problemsas well?
Turn that CO2 frown upside down?
Ford can’t escape its broken promises. Well, maybe if they have Dale Jarett
driving they might have a shot.
Demand Clean Cars Now! Which is really the crux of their problem — they’re
angry at Ford for producing the sort of cars that I and millions of other people
actually want to buy rather than what Bluewater Network would prefer that they
sell.
Well, if they hurry they could get a really good financing deal.