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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 08:29 PM
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New astroturf says: Try to ameliorate global warming and people'll DIE!
brought to you by those pliant (application- and moral-wise) PR corps, working for dirty corps.
"A public relations firm with ties to the automobile industry has launched ads suggesting that a proposed California rule to cut carbon dioxide exhaust could cause more people to die in traffic accidents.
"Starring "Squeezy the Clown," the radio and newspaper advertisements by the Sport Utility Vehicle Owners of America use humor to make a questionable claim: The regulation to combat global warming will compel auto companies to make smaller vehicles, forcing California families into diminutive cars and trucks that could endanger their lives."
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-warm26aug26,1,6269539.story
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Paulie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 08:34 PM
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1. Less SUV's
Edited on Thu Aug-26-04 08:35 PM by Paulie
everyone will be on a more equal footing. I trust professional truck drivers NOT to kill me, can't say the same about your average SUV driver.

It's a BS argument.
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NoMoreMrNiceGuy Donating Member (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 08:39 PM
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2. Killing entire planet vs. more deaths on the road...
not that I actually believe it will lead to more deaths on the road but for the sake of arguement lets say it does....which side of the arguement would a sane person be for?
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