October-27th-2006, 10:14 PM
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Next year....
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Boycott Chevy NOW
During the World Series we were exposed to the most cynical of commercialism with the ad for Silverado Trucks.
The song which drives the images of firemen, children and American disaters, etc. retorts: "This is our country" and ends with a very young girl in a cowboy hat leaning through the window of a Chevy Silverado.
The Chevy people are using human tragedy to sell a goddammed truck, fer crissakes.
A f**king truck!
Just what the hell is the matter with these people? Have they no shame? Do they not understand the suffering these people went through and how inappropriate it is to use their difficulties to sell a piece of metal on wheels?
Geez!
The commercial sickened me to the point of vomiting...I was beside myself with total, abject disbelief. Have they no shame...at all?!?
BOYCOTT
GENERAL
MOTORS!!!
Last edited by GoodSpeak; October-28th-2006 at 03:14 PM.
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October-27th-2006, 11:38 PM
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2007 Stanley Cup Champs
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And Bob Seger, too!
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October-27th-2006, 11:44 PM
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Six decades
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But it's Mellenhead.
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October-27th-2006, 11:50 PM
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banned
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Um, I guess I missed said commercial. Can someone translate from Goodspeak to English what it was really about?
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October-27th-2006, 11:51 PM
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with a twist
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Originally Posted by GoodSpeak
BOYCOTT
GENERAL
MOTORS!!!
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Whoever buys those piece of shit vehicles deserves them.
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October-27th-2006, 11:53 PM
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Jon
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Chevy's standard flag-wrapped commercial with a few too many elements consistent with a 9/11 montage to be coincidental.
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October-28th-2006, 12:22 AM
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Next year....
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Originally Posted by Noj
Chevy's standard flag-wrapped commercial with a few too many elements consistent with a 9/11 montage to be coincidental.
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Damn straight, Noj.
The bastards.
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October-28th-2006, 12:27 AM
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banned
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Originally Posted by stonemonkts
Whoever buys those piece of shit vehicles deserves them.
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Hahahahaha.................too true!
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October-28th-2006, 12:28 AM
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banned
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Originally Posted by Noj
Chevy's standard flag-wrapped commercial with a few too many elements consistent with a 9/11 montage to be coincidental.
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Hmmm.............
I'm not sure what is wrong with that. But I'll reserve making a judgement on it until I see it.
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October-28th-2006, 12:29 AM
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Universal Sky Marshall
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Let's all not buy trucks this weekend.
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October-28th-2006, 12:34 AM
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Next year....
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Originally Posted by John P. Cooper
Let's all not buy trucks this weekend.
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Weekend...hell.
Boycott Chevy in perpetuity.
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October-28th-2006, 12:36 AM
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Next year....
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Originally Posted by Scott Dolan
Hmmm.............
I'm not sure what is wrong with that. But I'll reserve making a judgement on it until I see it.
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Brother Dolan...they used pictures of Katrina, too.
Given our obvious political differences...I believe even you will come to the same disgusted conclusion.
Last edited by GoodSpeak; October-28th-2006 at 12:37 AM.
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October-28th-2006, 12:58 AM
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Um....I think I just saw it.
I'm not sure I get the outrage.
You have a middle American singer singing a middle American anthem while images that are close to middle America's heart flash across the screen,
I'm all for getting outraged about something, but you'll have to explain it to me a little more in detail. It doesn't seem any different than most other Chevy commercials I've seen.
I'm all set to be outraged about the Ford truck commercials though. That fat hick with the Ford emblem on his geetar droning on about being a Ford truck man makes my balls itch.
But I am willing to transfer, or at least split, my outrage between both automakers if it helps.
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October-28th-2006, 01:00 AM
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banned
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Oh, and I can also guarantee you a lifetime ban on all Chevy and Ford autos.
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October-28th-2006, 08:13 AM
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holier than thou
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The way things are going with GM, I don't think you'll have to do much boycotting.
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October-28th-2006, 08:52 AM
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The Bluegrass
Join Date: Mar 2003
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They're pretty much boycotting themselves, already.
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October-28th-2006, 03:16 PM
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Next year....
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Originally Posted by Scott Dolan
Um....I think I just saw it.
I'm not sure I get the outrage.
You have a middle American singer singing a middle American anthem while images that are close to middle America's heart flash across the screen,
I'm all for getting outraged about something, but you'll have to explain it to me a little more in detail. It doesn't seem any different than most other Chevy commercials I've seen.
I'm all set to be outraged about the Ford truck commercials though. That fat hick with the Ford emblem on his geetar droning on about being a Ford truck man makes my balls itch.
But I am willing to transfer, or at least split, my outrage between both automakers if it helps.
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Maybe it's just me, then...but that commercial with all it's associations to American tragedy is a low as it gets when wrapping one's self in the flag.
It still fries my butt.
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October-30th-2006, 04:05 AM
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Registered User
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The American auto industry has been on the ropes, big-time, for decades. It's in red-zone crisis mode right now with literally thousands of lay-offs happening this past year alone. That said, in 35 yrs of auto buying I've NEVER bought an american car for myself. I heard something on one of the talk stations about how the U.S. Gov't. will never allow GM & Ford to completely shut down due to the fact that they build our wartime vehicles! Toyota tanks anyone!? 
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October-30th-2006, 04:47 AM
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Registered User
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i am and always will be a toyota man so i've been boycotting chevy for 30 years. 
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October-30th-2006, 06:32 AM
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Registered User
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Originally Posted by Scott Dolan
I'm all set to be outraged about the Ford truck commercials though. That fat hick with the Ford emblem on his geetar droning on about being a Ford truck man makes my balls itch.
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The descriptors used here should never be read before breakfast
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October-30th-2006, 07:30 AM
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The Bluegrass
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The bit about the government is nonsense. In any case, Ford had to have his arms twisted to even build for the government, as he was an open admirer of fascism and Hitler. He was pretty much forced into it by government pressure.
I've always bought Chrysler products, either Plymouth or Dodge, except for my first car, which was an enormous '63 Mercury.
I rented a Chevy a couple of months ago. I don't know the model. One of those little cars that kind of look like 40s models in front and sheared off flat in back. It was okay for a toy, but what a dog. I had to depress the accelerator a good five inches before anything noticeable happened. Not what you'd want for lane changes or entering traffic, where you need a quick power boost. I'd not own one, myself.
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October-30th-2006, 08:59 AM
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Middle Man
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I've been boycotting Chevy Chase for years, both the town and the alleged comedian.
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October-30th-2006, 10:07 AM
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banned
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Now THAT I can get behind. Well, except for Christmas Vacation. I'll always have a soft spot in my head for that one.
C'mon man, Beverly D'Angelo..........
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October-30th-2006, 10:22 AM
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Game On
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Originally Posted by Root Doctor
I've been boycotting Chevy Chase for years, both the town and the alleged comedian.
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You mean after that great talk show he had for about 5 minutes?? He made Magic Johnson look like Johnny Carson. Worst.tv.ever
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November-5th-2006, 12:53 AM
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Next year....
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[ahem]
Chevy Chase is also the name of a street in Beverly Hills....but we ain't talkin' comic here, boyz...this is about an auto-maker selling us a truck on the backs of suffering Americans who couldn't afford the damn things anyway.
Boycott the bastards!
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