There aren't many things I can't abide in this world. Self-righteousness is one of them.

Today's L.A. Times ran an article about Arianna Huffington and her new-found crusade to rid the world of SUVs because they use more oil, and oil supports countries like Iraq and the Axis of Evil. I can't even begin to tell you how much the woman makes me want to vomit, and I hate vomiting.

First of all, her crusade group is called "The Detroit Group." I find this incredibly ironic considering she's driving a Toyota Prius. A Japanese car. And let's conveniently ignore the fact that a mere 60 years ago, the Japanese were our mortal enemies and are, to this day, only the second nation to ever attack Americans on American soil. Additionally, she's taking money away from our country by supporting Toyota!

Additionally, everyone seems to be forgetting the fact that we only get 8% of our oil from the Middle East. That's the entire Middle East. Hell, we get more tons more oil from Russia than we get from the Middle East, and we were doing that even when they were our mortal enemies.

Third of all, by ditching oil in cars, Arianna is killing an entire industry of Jiffy Lubes and their clones and putting thousands of oil changers and (pardon the expression, but I've heard it before) other greasemonkeys out of business. She's ruining our economy! How are all the people changing our oil for us supposed to support themselves and funnel their disposable income back into our businesses if Arianna's out there shutting down the Jiffy Lubes?

I personally think that Arianna is wasting her time and that there's about ten bazillion other, more deserving causes that she could be putting her efforts towards. Hell, if she's so anti-SUV, maybe she could even tie that in. I mean, driving to work today, I had problems seeing some of the buildings because of all the haze & smog around, and don't SUVs also pollute the air? [insert dramatic gasp of enlightenment and alarm here]

I'm fine with my little Honda Civic. I love my car, and I like the maneuverability and the ease of parking that having a compact car affords. But there are some people who need bigger cars and trucks and SUVs, maybe because they haul a lot of stuff, maybe because they use them to store their sporting equipment when they go off on weekends, maybe because they have a lot of kids. If anything, stopping those people from being able to live their lives because they can't haul their stuff or their families around... well, that's disrupting the American way of life of being able to do what we want and exercise our freedom. And that's when the terrorists win. So, Arianna, by denying us our transportation and our ability to do these things easily, you're the one supporting terrorism.

You are the weakest link. Goodbye!