We Love Our Trucks
The rest of the nation just doesn’t understand cowboys’ and ranchers especially when it comes to the rigs we drive and the miles we cover. Welcome to Open Range, I’m Susan Allen. With this administration’s "big beef" (forgive the pun) with fuel consumption what the president and the folks in the burbs just don’t get is those of us in the rural west are not about to give up our pick-ups. Ever! Oh I know the distain you feel Ms. Pretty prius, when I fly past you in my big old dust covered V8 diesel. I see it in your eyes and sometimes your middle finger. You strapped safely away in your little green machine, so to quick to judge, don’t realize that we need trucks; for big jobs and big sky adventures over country roads and raging weather. My goodness wherever would our Border Collies ride? And how would we ever haul those carbon emitting, manure producing critters to summer pastures so steak cans sizzle on your grill? Then there is the image thing . A Marlboro man would have to fold in two to fit into your little hybrid. Where'd he put his cowboy hat? While Ford Motors has shown remarkable “cowboy ethics”, by working hard and refusing the hand-outs its competitor, Obama Motors received it appears for Ford to remain competitive they’ll have to cave to fuel standard pressure. So, Ford is manufacturing a V-6 F-150 politically correct crew cab and they’ve dubbed the 3.5 liter engine “ecoboost “. In typical disconnect from the rural west one Wall Street Journal reviewer called the engine strong enough to pull a trailer with a rodeo bull. Now how the heck did he know that’s what all of us out west are dying to do everyday, haul around one big old buckin bull...Somewhere. Honk when you see me on a country road, I'll be the lady that’s full of bull! I’m Susan Allen
The rest of the nation just doesn’t understand cowbooys and ranchers especially when it comes to the rigs we drive and the miles we cover. Welcome to Open Range, I’m Susan Allen. With this administration’s "big beef" (forgive the pun) with fuel consumption what the president and the folks in the burbs just don’t get is those of us in the rural west are not about to give up our pick-ups. Ever! Oh I know the distain you feel Ms. pretty prius, when I fly past you in my big old dust covered V8 diesel. I see it in your eyes and sometimes your middle finger. You strapped safely away in your little green machine, so to quick to judge, don’t realize that we need trucks; for big jobs and big sky adventures over country roads and raging weather. My goodness whereever would our Border Collies ride? And how would we ever haul those carbon emmitting, manure producing critters to summer pastures so steak cans sizzle on your grill? Then there is the image thing . A Marlboro man would have to fold in two to fit into your little hybrid. Where'd he put his cowboy hat? While Ford Motors has shown remarkable “cowboy ethics”, by working hard and refusing the hand-outs it’s competitor, Obama Motors received it appears for Ford to remain competitive they’ll have to cave to fuel standard pressure. So, Ford is manufacturing a V-6 F-150 politically correct crew cab and they’ve dubbed the 3.5 liter engine “ecoboost “. In typical disconnect from the rural west one Wall Street Journal reviewer called the engine strong enough to pull a trailer with a rodeo bull. Now how the heck did he know that’s what all of us out west are dying to do everyday, haul around one big old buckin bull...Somewhere. Honk when you see me on a country road, I'll be the the lady thats full of bull! hI’m Susan Allen
