Comments on: Eli Manning, Give Back Your Hybrid Escalade! http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/ Life in America, life in the details. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Letters from a Small State › The Air Up There http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-2807 Letters from a Small State › The Air Up There Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:45:30 +0000 http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-2807 [...] truth is, every topic I have ever ranted on here in this “neutralish” blog — from Superbowl Super hero Eli Manning’s Hybrid Escalade and our fat holidays, to Terror Sticks for Christmas gifts and the Abominable Snowman’s [...] [...] truth is, every topic I have ever ranted on here in this “neutralish” blog — from Superbowl Super hero Eli Manning’s Hybrid Escalade and our fat holidays, to Terror Sticks for Christmas gifts and the Abominable Snowman’s [...]

]]> By: Peyton Manning Sports http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-1418 Peyton Manning Sports Sun, 11 May 2008 17:51:11 +0000 http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-1418 <strong>Peyton Manning Sports...</strong> I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read…... Peyton Manning Sports…

I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read……

]]> By: Elizabeth http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-393 Elizabeth Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:47:06 +0000 http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-393 Pete, The difference is that he just went from mere mortal role model to uber-role model. And, the difference is that when you begin to really KNOW why you can't or don't need to WASTE, why would you continue to do it, for vanity's sake? Because you are rich and because you can? Because you think just the little bit that YOU do doesn't matter? Because you are ignorant enough to think that each tiny drop in the bucket will never ever make it overflow? I am terribly sorry to hear that your mother never read you the story about the tortoise and the hare, or that you never understood it. Yes, better IS better. But SUVs were WRONG from the get go. And there's a difference between consumers trying to change their lives for the sake of healing the world, and consumers trying to change their lives just so they can drive around in a big huge SUV-sized symbol of their own limitations that says "I am Eli Manning. I can pull out one of the biggest upsets of NFL history. But I can't be bothered to do any better than flashy show-off faux-green when it comes to taking care of the place wear I live." Pete,

The difference is that he just went from mere mortal role model to uber-role model. And, the difference is that when you begin to really KNOW why you can’t or don’t need to WASTE, why would you continue to do it, for vanity’s sake? Because you are rich and because you can? Because you think just the little bit that YOU do doesn’t matter? Because you are ignorant enough to think that each tiny drop in the bucket will never ever make it overflow?

I am terribly sorry to hear that your mother never read you the story about the tortoise and the hare, or that you never understood it. Yes, better IS better. But SUVs were WRONG from the get go. And there’s a difference between consumers trying to change their lives for the sake of healing the world, and consumers trying to change their lives just so they can drive around in a big huge SUV-sized symbol of their own limitations that says “I am Eli Manning. I can pull out one of the biggest upsets of NFL history. But I can’t be bothered to do any better than flashy show-off faux-green when it comes to taking care of the place wear I live.”

]]> By: Zero Energy and Green Building in New Homes | Greenwashing Eli Manning’s New Hybrid Caddi-Wack Escalade http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-392 Zero Energy and Green Building in New Homes | Greenwashing Eli Manning’s New Hybrid Caddi-Wack Escalade Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:53:47 +0000 http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-392 [...] status seems like a serious dose of greenwashing. Blogstress Elizabeth Howard is asking Eli to give back the 18 mpg hybrid gas guzzler, and we’ll second that [...] [...] status seems like a serious dose of greenwashing. Blogstress Elizabeth Howard is asking Eli to give back the 18 mpg hybrid gas guzzler, and we’ll second that [...]

]]> By: Pete http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-391 Pete Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:07:46 +0000 http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-391 Does Eli even drive an SUV? If he does already and is willing to switch to the Hybrid isn't that better than him driving his old non hybrid version? Or a V12 Uber sedan or sports car that gets 9-15mpg highway?!!?.. If he doesn't drive an SUV on a regular basis, what makes you think he'll drive this one much? Does Eli even drive an SUV? If he does already and is willing to switch to the Hybrid isn’t that better than him driving his old non hybrid version? Or a V12 Uber sedan or sports car that gets 9-15mpg highway?!!?.. If he doesn’t drive an SUV on a regular basis, what makes you think he’ll drive this one much?

]]> By: Grinder http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-390 Grinder Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:14:55 +0000 http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-390 Eliz - email me - important Might not reply instantly but can not find your address - it's about darkness and daughter. :-( Eliz - email me - important

Might not reply instantly but can not find your address - it’s about darkness and daughter. :-(

]]> By: Cranial Midget http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-389 Cranial Midget Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:09:09 +0000 http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-389 Wow - I guess what they say about steroid shrinkage and SUV-compensation is true, eh? All I was talking about is the fact that a big ol' car on the outside doesn't necessarily translate to more room for the driver inside. But those big, gas-guzzling Tonka toys might help "BOYS" feel better about their masculinity, huh? Wow - I guess what they say about steroid shrinkage and SUV-compensation is true, eh? All I was talking about is the fact that a big ol’ car on the outside doesn’t necessarily translate to more room for the driver inside. But those big, gas-guzzling Tonka toys might help “BOYS” feel better about their masculinity, huh?

]]> By: Grinder http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-388 Grinder Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:17:22 +0000 http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-388 Cranial Midget - ummm - OK - all of you macho NFL players - raise your hands if you think a testosterone laden player should pull up to a stadium in a mini-cooper. Cranial Midget - ummm - OK - all of you macho NFL players - raise your hands if you think a testosterone laden player should pull up to a stadium in a mini-cooper.

]]> By: Cranial Midget http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-387 Cranial Midget Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:45:46 +0000 http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-387 Way to go, Eliza!!! Maybe you could find out how to send him a link? Brilliant idea. Way to go, Giants! Grinder: That's not necessarily the case. My Mini Cooper has more front-seat space than many larger vehicles...equipped for a person with a stature up to 6" 4'. (Did I screw up the ' and the "? I can never remember... Oh: and way to go Connecticut! GOBAMA!!! :) Way to go, Eliza!!! Maybe you could find out how to send him a link? Brilliant idea.

Way to go, Giants!

Grinder: That’s not necessarily the case. My Mini Cooper has more front-seat space than many larger vehicles…equipped for a person with a stature up to 6″ 4′. (Did I screw up the ‘ and the “? I can never remember…

Oh: and way to go Connecticut! GOBAMA!!!

:)

]]> By: Grinder http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-386 Grinder Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:56:09 +0000 http://blog.elizabethhoward.net/2008/02/04/eli-manning-give-back-you-hybrid-escalade/#comment-386 While I agree with you in principle. Most NFL players need a HUGE SUV because it is the only thing they can get into that is large enough. Remember - even a tiny QB is 6'5" While I agree with you in principle.

Most NFL players need a HUGE SUV because it is the only thing they can get into that is large enough.

Remember - even a tiny QB is 6′5″

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