this thread proves many people don't understand satire.
No, your post proves that some people don’t know Arianna Huffington’s stated agenda. She advocates for more government control of our purchasing decisions, and government policies to force car makers to meet her green objectives.
Would it be so painful for us to slow down the intravenous drip of oil that keeps these hideously anti-American regimes alive? There are car companies with electric and hybrid cars already on the market. And a little pressure on our wasteful ways could unleash a new wave of good old American inventiveness…Bush Inc. has sided with the Enrons of the world to stifle energy-saving technology and keep America in an artificially prolonged state of dependence…Of course, waiting for the Bush administration to get religion on energy conservation would be about as fruitful as waiting for Saddam to welcome U.S. inspectors to his palaces. It ain't gonna happen.
- Arianna Huffington 10/22/02
No, your post proves that some people don’t know Arianna Huffington’s stated agenda. She advocates for more government control of our purchasing decisions, and government policies to force car makers to meet her green objectives.
ms. huffington clearly understands that abject dishonesty of the logic that drugs=terrorism. see here.
In addition to setting new standards for illogic, the ads are also exercises in highly selective finger-pointing. We know, for instance, that bin Laden and al-Qaida used tens of millions of dollars in profits from the diamond industry to fund their operations. So how come we didn't see a commercial with a woman, say, a senator's wife, fingering the diamonds on her sparkling tennis bracelet and admitting: "I helped kids learn how to kill?" And, given the fact that 15 out of the 19 hijackers, and most of the detainees in Cuba, came from Saudi Arabia -- where the ruling family, glutted with oil profits, has coddled extremists for decades -- why no taxpayer-funded ad showing a soccer mom filling up her SUV and saying: "I helped blow up buildings?"
she knows this is bad logic, so you cannot argue that she is trying to make a valid argument. this is called satire.