It’s a terrible thing you know, beating a dead post while it just lies there and does nothing. You don’t accomplish anything either. No snarky wit or ingenious insight into a current situation comes of it. No witty turns of phrase abound that boggle the mind of the reader–just…nothing.

So what brings on all this melancholic reflection? Well, just this…

For the last few days I’ve been pounding on a post that had it’s origins in GM’s sale of Hummer to some Chinese Heavy Equipment Manufacturer (just Google it and you’ll find it) and my reaction to that. And after 3 or 4 days beating on that single post, belaying all others that I might have written during this time, I ended up wiping most of it out at least 3 times until I finally realized that it was hopeless endeavor.

I just despise the civilian version of the Humvee that much.

This is not to be mixed up with the original military versions of the Hummer which will still be made by GM’s AM General which is not included in the sale. It’s only the Hummers sold to the consumer that will be owned by a Chinese company with absolutely no auto making experience whatsoever. Instead (supposedly) these behemoths of inefficient bad taste will still be manufactured here in the States but with Chinese pieces/parts in place of the pieces/parts not already currently made in China. We all know the high quality of Chinese steel know don’t we?

Whatever.

So no matter how you add it up, it just means one thing. It means that the rich and snobbish will still be able to get their paws on one of these fuel sucking status symbols so that everyone who might be watching as they roll by will know just this:

That more than likely, there’s a pompous jerk behind the wheel.

It’s the American way after all.

You see why I gave up on that post? It just brings out the worst in me. Now on to something less irritating.