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Normally I wouldn't bother, but it just so happens that EH's post provides a perfect demonstration of the Assault on Reason that Al Gore's talking about.

First, he raises a potentially relevant question: is durability an issue with hybrids in New York, and if so, will

Then, to answer, he sidesteps any attempt to make a rational analysis, (like independently verifiied assessments of hybrid lifespans, or weighing a (potential) decrease in lifespan against public health benefits, reduced gasoline expenditures, etc...), and answers his own question based solely on what would make him sound like more of an arse.

Of course this is typical trolling, no surprise there. Trolls feel like they're scoring points with immature little comments like EH's, and since they have so much time on their hands, they have no problem gumming up a blog with their inanity. Not a big deal in a website, maybe, but the problem is something similar has been happening in the US media. EcoHitler is only copying what he hears on talk radio, or Fox Noise, or even CNN with Glenn Beck. This juvenile, playground language is what the network executives think audiences want, and it's how politicians think they need to talk to the people. And it's precisely how Bush was able to get away with a completely unplanned, horribly executed war.

Again, I think Americans are finally cluing in to this situation, and want to change things. It's why Bush has the highest-ever disapproval rating and why Gore's book is at no. 3 on Amazon (which is amazing considering who he is and what it's about.)