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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." --C.S. Lewis

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:: Monday, August 28, 2006 ::

Hollywood's hypocritical elite embrace eco-nightmare hyper-hummer:

"The Gurkha can go more than 150 kilometres per hour - plenty fast for a military vehicle - and is the highest level of protection you can get next to sitting in a tank, Whyte says. It certainly looks fierce enough.

"The squat 8,620 kilogram vehicle looks every bit the ticked-off hedgehog, bristling with testosterone and armour plating.

"Whyte says the first 40 have been built this year for delivery to the Canadian and the American military in the Middle East. The first civilian delivery is for a "well-known personality" in California that will take place next month, Whyte says. The customer, who is a friend of California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, intends to use it as daily transport, Whyte says. "It's a very California mentality to have the biggest and the best."

"It's also in the spirit of one-upmanship. Schwarzenegger was the first civilian to take ownership of a Hummer military vehicle - which most famously kick-started sales of the armoured car." [emphasis mine, ed.]

Via Tim Blair

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