Damage from some type of chemical that was put on the vehicle.
Posted on 09/14/2009 5:51:28 PM PDT by jazusamo
PORTLAND, Ore. - Vandals in Portland targeted some pretty pricey cars over night, throwing acid or paint stripper all over them. No one has claimed responsibility, and there's no telling just how many people were involved.
The damage to as many as 15 cars is expensive. Here's one, a Hummer from the besieged Vic Alfonso Cadillac Dealership in Northeast Portland. You can see a number of spots where the paint is now peeling off the car.
A sociology professor at Portland State University said there are plenty of reasons that could have motivated the vandals to do all of this damage.
"The Humvee has become sort of this symbol of our culture in general," said PSU Sociology Professor Randy Blazak. "It symbolizes conspicuous consumption, environmental degradation, it symbolizes the war."
The Portland Police Bureau has just confirmed that 15 vehicles were damaged in the vandalism. Aside from that, detectives are being pretty tight lipped about the case. However, they did confirm that agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are helping in the investigation.
Blazak points to the option that this could be the effort of an eco-terrorism group. "The environmental groups don't typically kill anybody," said Blazak, "but they can cause millions of dollars in damages to property so they get the full attention of federal law enforcement for that reason."
The Earth Liberation Front said on its Web site that it is not claiming responsibility, but said that the act is "an evident response to the impact SUVs and Hummers have on the environment."
Police said there is a possibility that this wasn't even eco-terrorism. Anyone could have done this damage.
Damage from some type of chemical that was put on the vehicle.
"The Humvee has become sort of this symbol of our culture in general," said PSU Sociology Professor Randy Blazak. "It symbolizes conspicuous consumption, environmental degradation, it symbolizes the war."BETTER CHECK HIS WHEREABOUTS, HIS STUDENTS AND ANYONE AFFILIATED WITH HIM...
That’s a good point. I saw some video earlier from a TV station and the damage shown on this vehicle is minor compared to others.
You’ve got that right. He has to be a flaming lib being a sociology prof from PSU.
BTW, thanks for pinging Sal, I meant to and forgot it.
If it were not for the fabricated fraud of Global Warming, there would be no foundation or basis of these crimes.
Consider the following:
VIDEO Joe Bastardi of Accuweather.com in debunking blame of CA fires on Global Warming, debunks GW
Accuweather.com ^ | 9/10/09 | PRO1
Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:02:57 PM by PRO 1
Joe Bastardi of Accuweather.com on Accuweather’s website and again on Bill O’Reilly’s show 9/9/09 presents irrefutable evidence which debunks claims by environmentalists that California’s wild fires were caused by Global Warming. In a few short minutes and with just a few graphics of charts and images He debunks contemporary claims of Global Warming entirely.
Certainly, many far better than myself, have refuted the false claims of Global Warming and the so called human cause of it. But for obvious reasons, those who’s attempts to do so have been thwarted by a biased agendized media, disinterested and dishonest politicians, and an ignorant distracted public.
Few of us were of the scientific background to immediately refute or take the time or expend the resources to independently research the topic entirely to where we would be fully informed. Combing the volumes of research data where deep within lay the truths that would expose the fraud has been something inaccessible to most Americans.
This is how they fooled and/or silenced most of us. Not because we were stupid but because we lacked the “at finger tip” tools to refute the liars as they told their tale.
Here is a tool. Here is a very simple, easy to replay, irrefutable presentation that is for even the layman (which most of us are) to comprehend and understand.
Not being a skilled poster I apologize in advance. I’ve always sought a simple brief presentation (which I knew would come along eventually) that I could show people I know which would prove Global Warming to be a fraud, or at a minimum, show it to be highly suspect.
Think for a moment of all the billions if not trillions of dollars which has been stolen from the American taxpayer to prop up a complete fraud. Because if it indeed is a fraud, then every action based on that fraud that has been taken is equally fraudulent also. The list includes; Greenhouse Gasses, Cafe Standards, all “green” initiatives (Fed,State,Local), “Green” related products, bogus research grants, all related taxes, all government legislation and bureaucracies, Climate Change, Oil consumption and exploration restrictions, and all other actions taken in response to a completely false and unsubstantiated premise called “Global Warming”.
All the fraud, all the wasted energy, all the wasted tax and business expenses would end if we can just reach everyone with the truth.
Link:
http://www.accuweather.com/video-on-demand.asp?video=37129475001
2009 HUMMER H3T
Cash for Clunkers - Eligible New Cars
http://www.edmunds.com/cash-for-clunkers/new-car-candidates.html
Texas:
Activist admits keying Hummers in Southlake Video
SOUTHLAKE - A 72-year-old man caught on camera keying a teen's Hummer admitted to police it wasn't his first time.
James Jeppe said he has keyed four other Hummers over the last four months, according to an arrest warrant.
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa0809022_mo_hummers.a0ce3f9c.html
ELF, I bet!
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Now, why would KATU immediately interview a liberal professor about auto vandalism? To justify the act.
Inside job? Insurance scam?
Thanks, George. That sure shoots down the enviros hate for the Hummer.
I’d forgotten about that old hypocrite that was keying the Hummers, and he drove a BMW that was a gas hog.
Wouldn't surprise me at all, it fits their twisted agenda.
The custodian at the elementary school wasn’t available.
The prof was probably one of the reporters idols in college.
In that little burst of "activism" going on at the time, the same bunch tried to blow up a local oil company's tank farm. Who know how big a mess that would have made.
If these people really thought they were saving the environment by destroying property they'd be idiots. Whatever they destroy gets repaired or rebuilt - so whatever "harm" was caused by their target is effectively doubled.
Of course they're just communist tools, out to destroy the evil that is wealth and property.
I agree, that's exactly what it's about with them.
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