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WhoIsNumberNone

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20. Nobody held a gun to your head and made you buy that Hummer, douchebag
Thu Feb 23, 2012, 10:43 PM
Feb 2012

And now you're mad at Obama because your car gets shitty gas mileage? The solution seems obvious...

there's a reason it's called a "gas-guzzler" Terra Alta Feb 2012 #1
because he's an idiot who drives a hummer. ejpoeta Feb 2012 #2
How can he complain? Bluegene Feb 2012 #12
amen. if you are going to drive a car like that then you don't get to complain ejpoeta Feb 2012 #33
and they're the party of personal responsibility Johonny Feb 2012 #36
Uh Alan? Why don't you ask your sugar daddies in big oil? muntrv Feb 2012 #3
Because he's a moron who bought a Hummer? MineralMan Feb 2012 #4
Free market at work Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #5
Obviously a jerk-off with a teeny weenie problem. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2012 #6
He should ask his buddies at Goldman Sachs Canuckistanian Feb 2012 #7
You mean he had to fill up his own Hummer? Bluegene Feb 2012 #8
It cost fifty bucks to fill up my Hyundai Elantra customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #9
But the Elantra gets 40 mpg, so you should get to drive quite a bit before your next fill-up. bullwinkle428 Feb 2012 #13
Mine is from 2002 customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #32
Yeah Alan! Why does it cost $70 to fill your hummer despite my tax dollars subsidizing big oil? muntrv Feb 2012 #10
It took 82 to fill my Mini Van today... Bennyboy Feb 2012 #11
Added another link for more on this story. Galraedia Feb 2012 #14
Seventy bucks? Obviously his tank was only half full. demosincebirth Feb 2012 #15
No Hummers have itty bitty tanks considering their horrible gas mileage csziggy Feb 2012 #23
I don't have much better highway range and a worse city one dsc Feb 2012 #35
Hey, if you can afford a Hummer, you can afford to put gas in it. And the President is not a appleannie1 Feb 2012 #16
And surely he cannot grasp the irony and outright denial in his comments. bluerum Feb 2012 #17
...because its a fucking piece of millitary hardware that was never meant to be a civillian vehicle. JNathanK Feb 2012 #18
Somebody posted a chart the other day for gas prices csziggy Feb 2012 #24
There's really a basic lack of understanding on how economcs work in relation to oil it sounds. n/t JNathanK Feb 2012 #25
Your'e kinda wrong, but it's worse than you think Mopar151 Feb 2012 #28
Actually it is not a piece of military hardware madokie Feb 2012 #31
It costs $70 at current rate to fill my Nissan. Initech Feb 2012 #19
Nobody held a gun to your head and made you buy that Hummer, douchebag WhoIsNumberNone Feb 2012 #20
Now we know why we can't balance our budget and pay our debts. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #21
It's the FREE MARKET, stupid. kestrel91316 Feb 2012 #22
Allen West, pathetic crybaby. I hope this gets back to him. Zalatix Feb 2012 #26
Because Jesus shoulda spent more time killin' dinosaurs, and less time mollycoddlin' em! Warren DeMontague Feb 2012 #27
An H3? Not even a real, H1 Hummer? mikeytherat Feb 2012 #29
H3 - The same as the folks with the $50 Rolex watches they bought from a guy on the street Bozita Feb 2012 #37
Another West Poutrage of the day. hobbit709 Feb 2012 #30
Ask the commodity speculators and the oil companies, Einstein. hifiguy Feb 2012 #34
Republicans control congress, so why don't B Calm Feb 2012 #38
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